Patents by Inventor Alan Anthony Del Paggio

Alan Anthony Del Paggio has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11952539
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from solid biomass and/or residual waste feedstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb Urade, Alan Anthony Del Paggio, Madhusudhan Rao Panchagnula, Laxmi Narasimhan Chilkoor Soundararajan, Srikant Gopal
  • Publication number: 20230016539
    Abstract: A system for the treatment of a liquid plastic-derived oil having a pretreating section that includes a pretreating system having one or more reactors that may receive the liquid plastic-derived oil having one or more contaminants and a first contamination level. The one or more reactors includes a sorbent material having a faujasite (FAU) crystal framework type zeolitic molecular sieve and that may remove a first portion of the one or more contaminants from the liquid plastic-derived oil and generate a treated liquid plastic-derived oil having a second contamination level that is less than the first contamination level. The liquid plastic-derived oil is derived from a solid plastic waste (SPW), and the first portion of the one or more contaminants includes a halogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Alan Anthony DEL PAGGIO, Wes W. Whitecotton, Christopher Rausch, Alexandra Ioana Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11174438
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a biomass, biomass containing and/or biomass-derived feedstock, said process comprising the steps of: a) contacting the feedstock with a first hydropyrolysis catalyst composition and molecular hydrogen in a first hydropyrolysis reactor vessel at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 600° C. and a pressure in the range of from 0.50 to 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb Urade, Laxmi Narasimhan Chilkoor Soundararajan, Madhusudhan Rao Panchagnula, Alan Anthony Del Paggio
  • Patent number: 10829695
    Abstract: A process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a biomass-containing feedstock and/or a biomass-derived feedstock is provided. The process comprises: a) contacting the feedstock with a hydropyrolysis catalyst composition and molecular hydrogen in a hydropyrolysis reactor vessel to produce a product stream comprising a deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1-C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; b) removing char and catalyst fines from said product stream; c) cooling the remaining product stream to a temperature of no more than 300° C.; and d) hydroconverting all or a portion of said deoxygenated hydrocarbon product in a hydroconversion reactor in the presence of one or more catalyst compositions suitable for the aromatic saturation of the deoxygenated hydrocarbon product and of the H2O, CO2, CO, H2, and C1-C3 gas generated in step a), to produce a product comprising C4+ hydrocarbon product, H2O, CO, CO2, and C1-C3 gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Laxmi Narasimhan Chilkoor Soundararajan, Alan Anthony Del Paggio, Dhairya Dilip Mehta, Vikrant Nanasaheb Urade
  • Patent number: 10822546
    Abstract: A process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a biomass-containing feedstock and/or a biomass-derived feedstock is provided. The process comprises: a) contacting the feedstock with a hydropyrolysis catalyst composition and molecular hydrogen in a hydropyrolysis reactor vessel to produce a product stream comprising a partially deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1-C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; b) removing char and catalyst fines from said product stream; c) cooling the remaining product stream to a temperature in the range of from 150 to 400° C.; and d) hydroconverting said partially deoxygenated hydrocarbon product in a hydroconversion reactor in the presence of one or more catalyst compositions suitable for hydrodeoxygenation and aromatic saturation of the partially deoxygenated hydrocarbon product in the presence of H2O, CO2, CO, H2, and C1-C3 gas generated in step a), to produce a vapour phase product comprising a C4+ hydrocarbon product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb Urade, Dhairya Dilip Mehta, Laxmi Narasimhan Chilkoor Soundararajan, Alan Anthony Del Paggio
  • Patent number: 10822545
    Abstract: A process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a biomass feedstock is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb Urade, Laxmi Narasimhan Chilkoor Soundararajan, Madhusudhan Rao Panchagnula, Alan Anthony Del Paggio
  • Patent number: 10774270
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from solid biomass and/or residual waste feedstocks, said process comprising the steps of: a) a first stage of hydropyrolysing the solid feedstock in a hydropyrolysis reactor vessel in the presence of molecular hydrogen and one or more deoxygenation catalysts, producing a product stream comprising partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1-C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; b) removing said char and catalyst fines from said product stream; c) a second stage of hydroconverting said partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product in a hydroconversion reactor vessel in the presence of one or more hydroconversion catalysts and of the H2O, CO2, CO, H2, and C1-C3 gas generated in step a), producing a vapour phase product comprising substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, CO, CO2, and C1-C3 gases; d) condensing the vapour phase product of step d) to provide a liquid phase product comprising su
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb Urade, Alan Anthony Del Paggio, Laxmi Narasimhan Chilkoor Soundararajan
  • Patent number: 10647924
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a feedstock comprising at least one of a solid biomass-containing feedstock and a solid biomass-derived feedstock and in the range of from 50 to 15000 ppmw of chlorides, said process comprising the steps of: a) incorporating a chloride trap material into said feedstock to provide a combined feedstock/chloride trap material; b) densifying the combined feedstock/chloride trap material to form densified feed in the form of pellets or briquettes; c) contacting said densified feed with a hydropyrolysis catalyst composition and molecular hydrogen in a hydropyrolysis reactor vessel at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 600° C. and a pressure in the range of from 0.50 to 7.50 MPa to produce a product stream comprising a deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1—C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; and d) removing all or a portion of said char and catalyst fines from said product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb Urade, Laxmi Narasimhan Chilkoor Soundararajan, Alan Anthony Del Paggio, Srikant Gopal, Prakhar Arora
  • Publication number: 20190169508
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a feedstock comprising at least one of a solid biomass-containing feedstock and a solid biomass-derived feedstock and in the range of from 50 to 15000 ppmw of chlorides, said process comprising the steps of: a) incorporating a chloride trap material into said feedstock to provide a combined feedstock/chloride trap material; b) densifying the combined feedstock/chloride trap material to form densified feed in the form of pellets or briquettes; c) contacting said densified feed with a hydropyrolysis catalyst composition and molecular hydrogen in a hydropyrolysis reactor vessel at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 600° C. and a pressure in the range of from 0.50 to 7.50 MPa to produce a product stream comprising a deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1-C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; and d) removing all or a portion of said char and catalyst fines from said product stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb URADE, Laxmi Narasimhan CHILKOOR SOUNDARARAJAN, Alan Anthony DEL PAGGIO, Srikant GOPAL, Prakhar ARORA
  • Publication number: 20190153324
    Abstract: A process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a biomass feedstock is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb URADE, Laxmi Narasimhan CHILKOOR SOUNDARARAJAN, Madhusudhan Rao PANCHAGNULA, Alan Anthony DEL PAGGIO
  • Patent number: 10190056
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a solid biomass feedstock, said process comprising the steps of: a) providing in a first hydropyrolysis reactor vessel a first hydropyrolysis catalyst composition; b) contacting the solid biomass feedstock with said first hydropyrolysis catalyst composition and molecular hydrogen in said first hydropyrolysis reactor vessel to produce a product stream comprising partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1-C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; c) removing said char and catalyst fines from said product stream; d) hydroconverting said partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product in a hydroconversion reactor vessel in the presence of one or more hydroconversion catalyst and of the H2O, CO2, CO, H2, and C1-C3 gas generated in step a), to produce a vapor phase product comprising substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, CO, CO2, and C1-C3 gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb Urade, Laxmi Narasimhan Chilkoor Soundararajan, Srikant Gopal, Madhusudhan Rao Panchagnula, Alan Anthony Del Paggio
  • Patent number: 10183279
    Abstract: A hydropyrolysis catalyst and a process using that catalyst are described. The catalyst comprises a support and an active metal component wherein the catalyst is an eggshell type catalyst having the active metal component located in the outer portion of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Larry Gordon Felix, Lawrence Stephen Kraus, Martin Brendan Linck, Terry Louise Marker, Celeste Jean McLeod, Alan Anthony Del Paggio, Michael John Roberts
  • Patent number: 10174259
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a solid biomass feedstock, said process comprising the steps of: a) providing in a first hydropyrolysis reactor vessel a first hydropyrolysis catalyst composition; b) contacting the solid biomass feedstock with said first hydropyrolysis catalyst composition and molecular hydrogen in said first hydropyrolysis reactor vessel to produce a product stream comprising partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1-C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; c) removing said char and catalyst fines from said product stream; d) hydroconverting said partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product in a hydroconversion reactor vessel in the presence of one or more hydroconversion catalyst and of the H2O, CO2, CO, H2, and C1-C3 gas generated in step a), to produce a vapor phase product comprising substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, CO, CO2, and C1-C3 gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb Urade, Laxmi Narasimhan Chilkoor Soundararajan, Madhusudhan Rao Panchagnula, Alan Anthony Del Paggio
  • Patent number: 10167429
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a solid biomass feedstock, said process comprising the steps of: a) providing in a first hydropyrolysis reactor vessel a first hydropyrolysis catalyst composition; b) contacting the solid biomass feedstock with said first hydropyrolysis catalyst composition and molecular hydrogen in said first hydropyrolysis reactor vessel to produce a product stream comprising partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1-C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; c) removing said char and catalyst fines from said product stream; d) hydroconverting said partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product in a hydroconversion reactor vessel in the presence of one or more hydroconversion catalyst and of the H2O, CO2, CO, H2, and C1-C3 gas generated in step a), to produce a vapor phase product comprising substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, CO, CO2, and C1-C3 gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb Urade, Laxmi Narasimhan Chilkoor Soundararajan, Madhusudhan Rao Panchagnula, Alan Anthony Del Paggio
  • Publication number: 20180346823
    Abstract: A process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a biomass-containing feedstock and/or a biomass-derived feedstock is provided. The process comprises: a) contacting the feedstock with a hydropyrolysis catalyst composition and molecular hydrogen in a hydropyrolysis reactor vessel to produce a product stream comprising a partially deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1-C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; b) removing char and catalyst fines from said product stream; c) cooling the remaining product stream to a temperature in the range of from 150 to 400° C.; and d) hydroconverting said partially deoxygenated hydrocarbon product in a hydroconversion reactor in the presence of one or more catalyst compositions suitable for hydrodeoxygenation and aromatic saturation of the partially deoxygenated hydrocarbon product in the presence of H2O, CO2, CO, H2, and C1-C3 gas generated in step a), to produce a vapour phase product comprising a C4+ hydrocarbon product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb URADE, Dhairya Dilip MEHTA, Laxmi Narasimhan CHILKOOR SOUNDARARAJAN, Alan Anthony DEL PAGGIO
  • Publication number: 20180346820
    Abstract: A process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a biomass-containing feedstock and/or a biomass-derived feedstock is provided. The process comprises: a) contacting the feedstock with a hydropyrolysis catalyst composition and molecular hydrogen in a hydropyrolysis reactor vessel to produce a product stream comprising a deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1-C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; b) removing char and catalyst fines from said product stream; c) cooling the remaining product stream to a temperature of no more than 300° C.; and d) hydroconverting all or a portion of said deoxygenated hydrocarbon product in a hydroconversion reactor in the presence of one or more catalyst compositions suitable for the aromatic saturation of the deoxygenated hydrocarbon product and of the H2O, CO2, CO, H2, and C1-C3 gas generated in step a), to produce a product comprising C4+ hydrocarbon product, H2O, CO, CO2, and C1-C3 gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Laxmi Narasimhan CHILKOOR SOUNDARARAJAN, Alan Anthony DEL PAGGIO, Dhairya Dilip MEHTA, Vikrant Nanasaheb URADE
  • Publication number: 20180298288
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from solid biomass and/or residual waste feedstocks, said process comprising the steps of: a) a first stage of hydropyrolysing the solid feedstock in a hydropyrolysis reactor vessel in the presence of molecular hydrogen and one or more deoxygenation catalysts, producing a product stream comprising partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1-C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; b) removing said char and catalyst fines from said product stream; c) a second stage of hydroconverting said partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product in a hydroconversion reactor vessel in the presence of one or more hydroconversion catalysts and of the H2O, CO2, CO, H2, and C1-C3 gas generated in step a), producing a vapour phase product comprising substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, CO, CO2, and C1-C3 gases; d) condensing the vapour phase product of step d) to 20 provide a liquid phase product comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb URADE, Alan Anthony DEL PAGGIO, Laxmi Narasimhan CHILKOOR SOUNDARARAJAN
  • Publication number: 20180245000
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a biomass, biomass containing and/or biomass-derived feedstock, said process comprising the steps of: a) contacting the feedstock with a first hydropyrolysis catalyst composition and molecular hydrogen in a first hydropyrolysis reactor vessel at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 600° C. and a pressure in the range of from 0.50 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb URADE, Laxmi Narasimhan CHILKOOR SOUNDARARAJAN, Madhusudhan Rao PANCHAGNULA, Alan Anthony DEL PAGGIO
  • Publication number: 20180193823
    Abstract: A hydropyrolysis catalyst and a process using that catalyst are described. The catalyst comprises a support and an active metal component wherein the catalyst is an eggshell type catalyst having the active metal component located in the outer portion of the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Larry Gordon FELIX, Lawrence Stephen KRAUS, Martin Brendan LINCK, Terry Louise MARKER, Celeste Jean MCLEOD, Alan Anthony DEL PAGGIO, Michael John ROBERTS
  • Patent number: 10005964
    Abstract: A process for converting a biomass material comprising a) converting a biomass material in one or more steps into one or more C3-C12 oxygenates; b) contacting the one or more C3-C12 oxygenates with hydrogen at a hydrogen partial pressure of more than 1.0 MegaPascal in the presence of a sulphided carbon-carbon coupling catalyst; wherein the carbon-carbon coupling catalyst comprises equal to or more than 60 wt % of a zeolite and in the range from equal to or more than 0.1% wt to equal to or less than 10 wt % of a hydrogenation metal, based on the total weight of the carbon-carbon coupling catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant Nanasaheb Urade, Alan Anthony Del Paggio, Laxmi Narasimhan Chilkoor Soundararajan, Madhusudhan Rao Panchagnula