Patents by Inventor Alisdair Quentin Clark
Alisdair Quentin Clark 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: 8536389Abstract: Unleaded blend composition having a Motor Octane Number (MON) of at least 80 having less than 42% of aromatic compounds, and at least 2% by volume of the total composition of component (a?), which is a substantially aliphatic hydrocarbon refinery stream of MON value of at least 85. At least 70% in total of the stream is branched chain alkanes, the stream being obtained by distillation from a refinery material as a cut having Initial Boiling Point of at least 15° C. and Final Boiling Point of at most 160° C. The Boiling Points are measured according to ASTMID2892. At least 5% of at least one paraffin, aromatic hydrocarbon compound or olefinic hydrocarbon has a bp 60-160° C., with not more than 5% of the total composition of hydrocarbon having a bp more than 160° C. Less than 5% 2,2,3-trimethylbutane or 2,2,3-trimethylpentane is present.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: BP Oil International LimitedInventors: Alisdair Quentin Clark, Philip Howard, Anthony George William Parker
-
Publication number: 20130116487Abstract: Unleaded blend composition having a Motor Octane Number (MON) of at least 80 having less than 42% of aromatic compounds, and at least 2% by volume of the total composition of component (a?), which is a substantially aliphatic hydrocarbon refinery stream of MON value of at least 85. At least 70% in total of the stream is branched chain alkanes, the stream being obtained by distillation from a refinery material as a cut having Initial Boiling Point of at least 15° C. and Final Boiling Point of at most 160° C. The Boiling Points are measured according to ASTMID2892. At least 5% of at least one paraffin, aromatic hydrocarbon compound or olefinic hydrocarbon has a bp 60-160° C., with not more than 5% of the total composition of hydrocarbon having a bp more than 160° C. Less than 5% 2,2,3-trimethylbutane or 2,2,3-trimethylpentane is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: BP Oil International LimitedInventors: Alisdair Quentin Clark, Philip Howard, Anthony George Parker
-
Patent number: 8232437Abstract: Unleaded blend compositions, as well as formulated gasolines containing them have a Motor Octane Number (MON) of at least 80 comprising either: (i) component (a) at least 5% (by volume of the total composition) of at least one hydrocarbon having the following formula I R—CH2—CH(CH3)—C(CH3)2—CH3??I wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, especially triptane, or (ii) at least 2% of component (a?), which is at least one branched chain alkane of MON value of at least 90 and of boiling point 15-160° C. or a substantially aliphatic hydrocarbon refinery stream, of MON value of at least 85, at least 70% in total of said stream being branched chain alkanes, said stream being obtainable or obtained by distillation from a refinery material as a cut having Initial Boiling Point of at least 15° C. and Final Boiling Point of at most 160° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: BP Oil International LimitedInventors: Alisdair Quentin Clark, Philip Howard, Anthony George William Parker
-
Publication number: 20110100879Abstract: A magnetic filter device and method for using same, for removing ferromagnetic particles from a liquid, which device comprises a vessel having an inlet for liquid to flow into the vessel and an outlet for the liquid to flow out of the vessel, and the vessel having one or more magnets suspended therein for removing ferromagnetic particles from liquid flowing between the inlet and outlet, characterised in that: the vessel is a horizontal pipe with the inlet at one end and the outlet at the other end, the magnets are suspended transverse to the longitudinal axis of the pipe in one or more sets, and the vessel has one or more helical flow generators which in use, generate helical flow of the liquid as it flows between the inlet and outlet, and/or one or more turbulent flow generators which in use, generate turbulent flow of the liquid as it flows between the inlet and outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Alisdair Quentin Clark, Ricci Middleton, Peter Robert William Pugh
-
Patent number: 7833295Abstract: Unleaded blend compositions, as well as formulated gasolines containing them have a Motor Octane Number (MON) of at least 80 comprising either: (i) component (a) at least 5% (by volume of the total composition) of at least one hydrocarbon having the following formula I R—CH2—CH(CH3)—C(CH3)2—CH3??I wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, especially triptane, or (ii) at least 2% of component (a?), which is at least one branched chain alkane of MON value of at least 90 and of boiling point 15-160° C. or a substantially aliphatic hydrocarbon refinery stream, of MON value of at least 85, at least 70% in total of said stream being branched chain alkanes, said stream being obtainable or obtained by distillation from a refinery material as a cut having Initial Boiling Point of at least 15° C. and Final Boiling Point of at most 160° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2008Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: BP Oil International LimitedInventor: Alisdair Quentin Clark
-
Patent number: 7553404Abstract: A process for preparing at least two compositions suitable for production of gasoline, which process comprises: fractionating an alkylation product to produce a first cut boiling in the range 90-106° C., a second cut boiling at temperature lower than said first cut, and a third cut boiling at a temperature above said first Cut, blending at least 2% by volume of said first cut with at least 5% of a component selected from at least one of a paraffin, an aromatic hydrocarbon and an olefinic hydrocarbon, said component having a boiling point of 60-160° C., wherein not more than 5% of the total composition of hydrocarbon has a boiling point of more than 160° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: BP Oil International LimitedInventors: Alisdair Quentin Clark, Philip Howard, Anthony George William Parker
-
Patent number: 7550074Abstract: A process for preparing a gasoline including blending appropriate components together to prepare a gasoline having a final boiling point of less than 200° C. and contacting the blended gasoline as a whole with a decolorizing, activated carbon. The carbon removes at least some of the following trace impurities: indanes, naphthalenes, phenanthrenes, pryene, alkylbenzene, and mixtures thereof. The prepared gasoline, when combusted, can provide reduced deposits.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2002Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: BP Oil International LimitedInventors: Alisdair Quentin Clark, Spencer Edwin Taylor
-
Patent number: 7462207Abstract: Unleaded blend compositions, as well as formulated gasolines containing them have a Motor Octane Number (MON) of at least 80 comprising either: (i) component (a) at least 5% (by volume of the total composition) of at least one hydrocarbon having the following formula I R—CH2—CH(CH3)—C(CH3)2—CH3??I wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, especially triptane, or (ii) at least 2% of component (a?), which is at least one branched chain alkane of MON value of at least 90 and of boiling point 15-160° C. or a substantially aliphatic hydrocarbon refinery stream, of MON value of at least 85, at least 70% in total of said stream being branched chain alkanes, said stream being obtainable or obtained by distillation from a refinery material as a cut having Initial Boiling Point of at least 15° C. and Final Boiling Point of at most 160° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: BP Oil International LimitedInventor: Alisdair Quentin Clark
-
Publication number: 20080295388Abstract: Unleaded blend compositions, as well as formulated gasolines containing them have a Motor Octane Number (MON) of at least 80 comprising either: (i) component (a) at least 5% (by volume of the total composition) of at least one hydrocarbon having the following formula I R—CH2—CH(CH3)—C(CH3)2—CH3??I wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, especially triptane, or (ii) at least 2% of component (a?), which is at least one branched chain alkane of MON value of at least 90 and of boiling point 15-160° C. or a substantially aliphatic hydrocarbon refinery stream, of MON value of at least 85, at least 70% in total of said stream being branched chain alkanes, said stream being obtainable or obtained by distillation from a refinery material as a cut having Initial Boiling Point of at least 15° C. and Final Boiling Point of at most 160° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: BP Oil International LimitedInventors: Roberto Vittorio Bazzani, Paul James Bennett, Graham Butler, Alisdair Quentin Clark, John Hardy Cooper, Philip Howard, Anthony George William Parker
-
Publication number: 20080289250Abstract: Unleaded blend compositions, as well as formulated gasolines containing them have a Motor Octane Number (MON) of at least 80 comprising either: (i) component (a) at least 5% (by volume of the total composition) of at least one hydrocarbon having the following formula I R—CH2—CH(CH3)—C(CH3)2—CH3??I wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, especially triptane, or (ii) at least 2% of component (a?), which is at least one branched chain alkane of MON value of at least 90 and of boiling point 15-160° C. or a substantially aliphatic hydrocarbon refinery stream, of MON value of at least 85, at least 70% in total of said stream being branched chain alkanes, said stream being obtainable or obtained by distillation from a refinery material as a cut having Initial Boiling Point of at least 15° C. and Final Boiling Point of at most 160° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: BP Oil International LimitedInventors: Roberto Vittorio Bazzani, Paul James Bennett, Graham Butlar, Alisdair Quentin Clark, John Hardy Cooper, Phillip Howard, Anthony George William Parker
-
Publication number: 20080289998Abstract: Unleaded blend compositions, as well as formulated gasolines containing them have a Motor Octane Number (MON) of at least 80 comprising either: (i) component (a) at least 5% (by volume of the total composition) of at least one hydrocarbon having the following formula I R—CH2—CH(CH3)—C(CH3)2—CH3??I wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, especially triptane, or (ii) at least 2% of component (a?), which is at least one branched chain alkane of MON value of at least 90 and of boiling point 15-160° C. or a substantially aliphatic hydrocarbon refinery stream, of MON value of at least 85, at least 70% in total of said stream being branched chain alkanes, said stream being obtainable or obtained by distillation from a refinery material as a cut having Initial Boiling Point of at least 15° C. and Final Boiling Point of at most 160° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: BP Oil International LimitedInventors: Roberto Vittorio Bazzani, Paul James Bennett, Graham Butler, Alisdair Quentin Clark, John Hardy Cooper, Philip Howard, Anthony George William Parker
-
Patent number: 7416568Abstract: An aviation gasoline composition comprising at least one tri-methyl pentane hydrocarbon and at least one C4 or C5 alkane wherein the amount of the at least one tri-methyl pentane in said composition is 10 to 90 vol %, the composition is substantially free of any lead compounds and the composition has a motor octane number of at least 92 and less than 98. The composition of the present invention may be made by blending together one or more process streams and may be used in a spark ignition aviation engine.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2003Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: BP Oil International LimitedInventor: Alisdair Quentin Clark
-
Publication number: 20080178519Abstract: Unleaded blend compositions, as well as formulated gasolines containing them have a Motor Octane Number (MON) of at least 80 comprising either: (i) component (a) at least 5% (by volume of the total composition) of at least one hydrocarbon having the following formula I R—CH2—CH(CH3)—C(CH3)2—CH3I wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, especially triptane, or (ii) at least 2% of component (a?), which is at least one branched chain alkane of MON value of at least 90 and of boiling point 15-160° C. or a substantially aliphatic hydrocarbon refinery stream, of MON value of at least 85, at least 70% in total of said stream being branched chain alkanes, said stream being obtainable or obtained by distillation from a refinery material as a cut having Initial Boiling Point of at least 15° C. and Final Boiling Point of at most 160° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: BP Oil International LimitedInventors: Roberto Vittorio Bazzani, Paul James Bennett, Graham Butler, Alisdair Quentin Clark, John Hardy Cooper, Philip Howard, Anthony George William Parker
-
Publication number: 20080172931Abstract: Unleaded blend compositions, as well as formulated gasolines containing them have a Motor Octane Number (MON) of at least 80 comprising either: (i) component (a) at least 5% (by volume of the total composition) of at least one hydrocarbon having the following formula I R—CH2—CH(CH3)—C(CH3)2—CH3I wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, especially triptane, or (ii) at least 2% of component (a?), which is at least one branched chain alkane of MON value of at least 90 and of boiling point 15-160° C. or a substantially aliphatic hydrocarbon refinery stream, of MON value of at least 85, at least 70% in total of said stream being branched chain alkanes, said stream being obtainable or obtained by distillation from a refinery material as a cut having Initial Boiling Point of at least 15° C. and Final Boiling Point of at most 160° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: BP Oil Internationa LimitedInventors: Roberto Vittorio Bazzani, Paul James Bennett, Graham Butler, Alisdair Quentin Clark, John Hardy Cooper, Philip Howard, Anthony George William Parker
-
Patent number: 6789699Abstract: An apparatus for containing a fluid, said apparatus comprising (d) at least two internal chambers, (f) a fluid product line leading from each chamber to (g) a junction for product lines from at least two of said chambers to produce a mixed product, (h) means for delivering a desired ratio of fluid products in said mixed fluid product, (i) an exit line from said junction for said mixed fluid product, and (j) means for reversibly closing said exit line.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2003Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: BP Oil International LimitedInventors: Alisdair Quentin Clark, Harry Read
-
Publication number: 20040129608Abstract: A process for decolourising gasoline and for removing from liquid hydrocarbon fuels especially gasoline, at least some of trace impurities selected from the group consisting of indanes, naphthalenes, phenanthrenes, pyrene, alkylbenzenes and mixtures thereof, the process comprising contacting the liquid hydrocarbon fuel, especially gasoline, with a decolourising carbon. The product gasoline provides reduced engine deposit formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventors: Alisdair Quentin Clark, Spencer Edwin Taylor
-
Publication number: 20040124122Abstract: An aviation gasoline composition comprising at least one tri-methyl pentane hydrocarbon and at least one C4 or C5 alkane wherein the amount of the at least one tri-methyl pentane in said composition is 10 to 90 vol %, the composition is substantially free of any lead compounds and the composition has a motor octane number of at least 92 and less than 98. The composition of the present invention may be made by blending together one or more process streams and may be used in a spark ignition aviation engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventor: Alisdair Quentin Clark
-
Publication number: 20030189063Abstract: An apparatus for containing a fluid, said apparatus comprising (d) at least two internal chambers, (f) a fluid product line leading from each chamber to (g) a junction for product lines from at least two of said chambers to produce a mixed product, (h) means for delivering a desired ratio of fluid products in said mixed fluid product, (i) an exit line from said junction for said mixed fluid product, and means for reversibly closing said exit line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2003Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventors: Alisdair Quentin Clark, Harry Read
-
Publication number: 20030183554Abstract: Unleaded blend compositions, as well as formulated gasolines containing them have a Motor Octane Number (MON) of at least 80 comprising either:Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicant: BP Oil International LimitedInventors: Roberto Vittorio Bazzani, Paul James Bennett, Graham Butler, Alisdair Quentin Clark, John Hardy Cooper, Philip Howard, Anthony George William Parker
-
Publication number: 20030040650Abstract: Unleaded blend compositions, as well as formulated gasolines containing them have a Motor Octane Number (MON) of at least 80 comprising at least 10% of component (a), which is at least one branched chain alkane of 8-12 carbons with at least 4 methyl or ethyl branches, and as component (b) at least 20% of at least one, liquid hydrocarbon or mixture thereof of bp60-160° C., especially of MON value at least 70 and RON at least 90 or as component (b) at least 20% of one or more refinery streams. The component (a) gives rise to reduced emissions to the composition or gasoline on combustion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2002Publication date: February 27, 2003Inventors: Graham Butler, Alisdair Quentin Clark