Patents by Inventor Albrecht Goethe

Albrecht Goethe 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).

  • Light ends recovery process for a GTL plant
    Patent number: 7910629
    Abstract: The GTL process of the invention comprises: reacting a combustible carbonaceous material in a syngas reactor, preferably an autothermal reformer, under conditions to produce a synthesis gas; contacting the synthesis gas with an F-T catalyst to form liquid products and a tail gas; separating the tail gas from the liquid products; separating CO2 from the light products in the tail gas; recovering the light products as additional products for sale or other use and utilizing at least a portion of the separated CO2 as a feed stream to the syngas reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Moses K. Minta, Edward L. Kimble, Russ H. Oelfke, Eric D. Nelson, Ross Mowrey, Albrecht Goethe
  • Light ends recovery process for a GTL plant
    Publication number: 20080096985
    Abstract: The GTL process of the invention comprises: reacting a combustible carbonaceous material in a syngas reactor, preferably an autothermal reformer, under conditions to produce a synthesis gas; contacting the synthesis gas with an F-T catalyst to form liquid products and a tail gas; separating the tail gas from the liquid products; separating CO2 from the light products in the tail gas; recovering the light products as additional products for sale or other use and utilizing at least a portion of the separated CO2 as a feed stream to the syngas reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Moses Minta, Edward Kimble, Russ Oelfke, Eric Nelson, Ross Mowrey, Albrecht Goethe