Patents by Inventor Anita Eleonora Ferreira Fontes

Anita Eleonora Ferreira Fontes 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: 8067657
    Abstract: The process described by this invention involves the hydroconversion of vegetable oils appropriately selected for the production of N-paraffins, through hydrotreatment of a stream of vegetable hydrocarbon oils in and/or natural fats that may be used in a pure state or in a mixture with mineral hydrocarbon oil. This mixture flow is submitted to the process of hydrotreatment, obtaining as a result, a product flow with an elevated content of N-paraffins in the range of C10-C-13. This process provides an alternative to the usual process that uses a mineral hydrocarbon oil load (petroleum kerosene of paraffin base) to produce C10-C13 N-paraffins that are raw materials for the production of detergents (LAB), being, therefore, especially advantageous for use in situations where kerosene is a limiting factor for producing N-paraffins, resulting in a product of good quality with a reasonable gain in the production of N-paraffins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
    Inventors: Fernando Antonio Duarte Santiago, Wlamir Soares Nogueira, Anita Eleonora Ferreira Fontes, Lelia Maria Ximenes Lowe, Jefferson Roberto Gomes
  • Publication number: 20080132435
    Abstract: Process for hydroconversion of loads of mixtures of waxes from renewable resources that may be made up of waxes of mineral origin or waxes of animal origin, that may be used in their pure form or mixed in any proportion, that may optionally be combined with loads of hydrocarbons of mineral origin, as is the case of waxes obtained from petroleum, by industrial treatment. This mixture flow is submitted to a hydrotreatment and hydroisomerization/hydrofinishing process and the referenced process takes place under the usual hydroconversion conditions, in the presence of a hydrogen stream and hydroconversion catalysts, resulting in obtaining products referred to as biolubricants and bioparaffins, that present characteristics of being biodegradable and less of an environmental pollutant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Anita Eleonora Ferreira Fontes, Wlamir Soares Nogueira, Fernando Antonio Duarte Santiago, Jefferson Roberto Gomes
  • Publication number: 20070260102
    Abstract: The process described by this invention involves the hydroconversion of vegetable oils appropriately selected for the production of N-paraffins, through hydrotreatment of a stream of vegetable hydrocarbon oils in and/or natural fats that may be used in a pure state or in a mixture with mineral hydrocarbon oil. This mixture flow is submitted to the process of hydrotreatment, obtaining as a result, a product flow with an elevated content of N-paraffins in the range of C10-C-13. This process provides an alternative to the usual process that uses a mineral hydrocarbon oil load (petroleum kerosene of paraffin base) to produce C10-C13 N-paraffins that are raw materials for the production of detergents (LAB), being, therefore, especially advantageous for use in situations where kerosene is a limiting factor for producing N-paraffins, resulting in a product of good quality with a reasonable gain in the production of N-paraffins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Fernando Antonio Duarte Santiago, Wlamir Soares Nogueira, Anita Eleonora Ferreira Fontes, Lelia Maria Ximenes Lowe, Jefferson Roberto Gomes