Patents by Inventor Amanda K. Miller

Amanda K. Miller 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: 10035962
    Abstract: Methods and catalysts are provided for performing dewaxing of diesel boiling range fractions, such as trim dewaxing, that allow for production of diesel boiling range fuels with improved cold flow properties at desirable yields. In some aspects, the methods can include use of dewaxing catalysts based on an MEL framework structure (ZSM-11) to provide improved dewaxing activity. In some aspects improved dewaxing is achieved operating at lower pressures and with higher amounts of organic nitrogen slip from hydrotreatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Podsiadlo, Stephen J. McCarthy, Richard C. Baliban, Amanda K. Miller
  • Patent number: 9938475
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for producing an improved product slate during hydrocracking of a feedstock for production of naphtha and distillate fuels. The methods can include use of stacked beds and/or sequential reactors so that a feedstock is exposed to a suitable catalyst under aromatic saturation conditions prior to exposing the feedstock to the hydrocracking catalyst. The catalyst for performing the aromatic saturation process can be a catalyst including a Group VIII noble metal, such as Pt, Pd, or a combination thereof, while the hydrocracking catalyst can include Group VIB and Group VIII non-noble metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Xiaochun Xu, Amanda K. Miller
  • Publication number: 20170175015
    Abstract: Methods and catalysts are provided for performing dewaxing of diesel boiling range fractions, such as trim dewaxing, that allow for production of diesel boiling range fuels with improved cold flow properties at desirable yields. In some aspects, the methods can include use of dewaxing catalysts based on an MEL framework structure (ZSM-11) to provide improved dewaxing activity. In some aspects improved dewaxing is achieved operating at lower pressures and with higher amounts of organic nitrogen slip from hydrotreatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Podsiadlo, Stephen J. McCarthy, Richard C. Baliban, Amanda K. Miller
  • Publication number: 20160115401
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for producing an improved product slate during hydrocracking of a feedstock for production of naphtha and distillate fuels. The methods can include use of stacked beds and/or sequential reactors so that a feedstock is exposed to a suitable catalyst under aromatic saturation conditions prior to exposing the feedstock to the hydrocracking catalyst. The catalyst for performing the aromatic saturation process can be a catalyst including a Group VIII noble metal, such as Pt, Pd, or a combination thereof, while the hydrocracking catalyst can include Group VIB and Group VIII non-noble metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Xiaochun Xu, Amanda K. MILLER
  • Publication number: 20160115402
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for producing an improved product slate during hydrocracking of a feedstock that results in production of naphtha and distillate fuels. The methods can include use of stacked beds and/or sequential reactors so that a feedstock is exposed to suitable catalysts under hydrocracking conditions and aromatic saturation conditions. The catalyst for performing the aromatic saturation process can be a catalyst including a Group VIII noble metal, such as Pt, Pd, or a combination thereof, while the hydrocracking catalyst can include Group VIB and Group VIII non-noble metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Xiaochun Xu, Amanda K. MILLER, Adam MADLINGER, Richard J. QUANN, Dean Edwin PARKER, Jeffrey Lawrence KAUFMAN, Matthew KAWABE
  • Publication number: 20080029435
    Abstract: A method of rejuvenating a deactivated molecular sieve catalyst, deactivated by use in an olefin oligomerization or aromatics alkylation process, which method comprises contacting the deactivated catalyst with a stream of rejuvenation gas comprising a hydrocarbon product fraction from the process at an elevated temperature and pressure for a time sufficient to effect an increase in catalytic activity of the deactivated catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Umansky, Ajit B. Dandekar, Tomas R. Melli, Amanda K. Miller, Ronald D. McGihon
  • Publication number: 20070185359
    Abstract: A process unit for the zeolite-catalyzed conversion of light refinery olefins from an FCC unit such as ethylene, propylene, and butylene to gasoline boiling range motor fuels comprises at least two sequential, serially connected reactors connected in parallel to a fractionation section with at one or two fractionators for separating the reactor effluents into product fraction with an optional recycle stream or streams. The configurations according to this scheme allow the adjustment of reactor temperature and/or pressure and/or space velocity to be based on the reactivities of the olefin compounds present in the LPG streams so that the gasoline produced in each reactor will be separated immediately, to reduce over-polymerization of the gasoline in the low severity reactor and to ensure that gasoline formed in the low severity reactor will not be sent to the higher severity reactor e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Umansky, Arthur P. Werner, Amanda K. Miller, Tomas R. Melli, Christopher M. Dean, Niveen S. Ismail, Garland B. Brignac