Patents by Inventor Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers
Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers 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).
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Patent number: 10774277Abstract: A process to prepare paraffins and waxes is provided, the process comprising: subjecting a Fischer-Tropsch product stream comprising paraffins having from 10 to 300 carbon atoms to a hydrogenation step, thereby obtaining a hydrogenated Fischer-Tropsch product stream comprising 10 to 300 carbon atoms; separating the hydrogenated Fischer-Tropsch product stream, thereby obtaining at least a fraction comprising 10 to 17 carbon atoms and a fraction comprising 18 to 300 carbon atoms; separating the fraction comprising 18 to 300 carbon atoms, thereby obtaining one or more first light waxes having a congealing point in the range of 30 to 75° C. and a second heavy wax having a congealing point in the range of 75 to 120° C.; and hydrofinishing one or more wax fractions having a congealing point in the range of 30 to 75° C. thereby obtaining one or more hydrofinished wax fractions having a congealing point in the range of 30 to 75° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Arend Hoek, Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers, Kaushik Majumder, Hélène Toledano
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Patent number: 10723881Abstract: The present invention provides a paraffin wax having a congealing point according to ASTM D938 of at least 100° C. and a Saybolt colour according to ASTM D156 of at least 25 cm.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Arend Hoek, Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers, Kaushik Majumder
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Publication number: 20180002618Abstract: The present invention provides a paraffin wax having a congealing point according to ASTM D938 of at least 75° C. and a Saybolt colour according to ASTM D156 of at least 25 cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Arend HOEK, Antonius Adrianus Maria ROOVERS, Kaushik MAJUMDER
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Publication number: 20170369799Abstract: A process to prepare paraffins and waxes is provided, the process comprising: subjecting a Fischer-Tropsch product stream comprising paraffins having from 10 to 300 carbon atoms to a hydrogenation step, thereby obtaining a hydrogenated Fischer-Tropsch product stream comprising 10 to 300 carbon atoms; separating the hydrogenated Fischer-Tropsch product stream, thereby obtaining at least a fraction comprising 10 to 17 carbon atoms and a fraction comprising 18 to 300 carbon atoms; separating the fraction comprising 18 to 300 carbon atoms, thereby obtaining one or more first light waxes having a congealing point in the range of 30 to 75° C. and a second heavy wax having a congealing point in the range of 75 to 120° C.; and hydrofinishing one or more wax fractions having a congealing point in the range of 30 to 75° C. thereby obtaining one or more hydrofinished wax fractions having a congealing point in the range of 30 to 75° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Arend HOEK, Antonius Adrianus Maria ROOVERS, Kaushik MAJUMDER, Hélène TOLEDANO
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Publication number: 20170355852Abstract: The present invention provides a paraffin wax having a congealing point according to ASTM D938 of at least 100° C. and a Saybolt colour according to ASTM D156 of at least 25 cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Arend HOEK, Antonius Adrianus Maria ROOVERS, Kaushik MAJUMDER
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Publication number: 20150034528Abstract: The present invention provides a Fischer-Tropsch derived paraffin wax comprising paraffins having from 9 to 24 carbon atoms. In another aspect the present invention provides a thermal energy storage material comprising a Fischer-Tropsch derived paraffin wax comprising paraffins having from 9 to 24 carbon atoms, which Fischer-Tropsch derived paraffin wax has a melting point in the range of 15 to 40° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Arlène Marcellina Pouw, Pascal Edzo Armin Rots, Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers, Lip Piang Kueh, Jelle Sietsma, Iris Teo Jin Li
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Patent number: 8685231Abstract: The invention provides a process for converting a paraffinic feedstock comprising at least 50 wt % of compounds boiling above 370° C., a paraffin content of at least 60 wt %, an aromatics content below 1 wt %, a naphthenic content below 2 wt %, a nitrogen content below 0.1 wt %, and a sulphur content below 0.1 wt %, comprising: (a) reacting the feedstock with hydrogen at a temperature between 175 and 400° C. and a pressure between 20 and 100 bar using a catalyst comprising 0.005 to 5.0 wt % of a Group VIII noble metal on a carrier comprising 0.1-15 wt % zeolite beta and at least 40 wt % amorphous silica-alumina (b) withdrawing the effluent (c) subjecting the effluent to a fractionation step to form a heavy fraction, an intermediate fraction, and a light fraction; and (d) providing at least part of the heavy fraction to the reaction zone.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Jolinde Machteld Van De Graaf, Arend Hoek, Johannes Petrus De Jonge, Wiebe Sjoerd Kijlstra, Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers, Jelle Rudolf Anne Sietsma, Johannes Anthonius Robert Van Veen
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Patent number: 8088845Abstract: The invention is directed to a paraffin wax contained in a thermoplastic polymer packaging material which is meltable along with the paraffin wax.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Stephane Le Clerc, Mohd Yazid Bin Jaafar, Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers, Jason Boon Eong Teh
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Publication number: 20110139678Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the conversion of a paraffinic feedstock that comprises at least 50 wt % of compounds boiling above 370° C. and which has a paraffin content of at least 60 wt %, an aromatics content of below 1 wt %, a naphthenic content below 2 wt % a nitrogen content of below 0.1 wt %, and a sulphur content of below 0.1 wt %, which process comprises the steps of: (a) providing the feedstock to a reaction zone, where it is contacted with hydrogen at a temperature in the range of 175 to 400° C. and a pressure in the range of 20 to 100 bar in the presence of a catalyst comprising 0.005 to 5.0 wt % of a Group 8 noble metal on a carrier, the carrier comprising 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventors: Jolinde Machteld Van De Graaf, Arend Hoek, Johannes Petrus De Jonge, Wiebe Sjoerd Kijlstra, Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers, Jelle Rudolf Anne Sietsma, Johannes Anthonius Robert Van Veen
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Publication number: 20100311875Abstract: The invention is directed to a paraffin wax contained in a thermoplastic polymer packaging material which is meltable along with the paraffin wax.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Stephane Le Clerc, Mohd Yazid Bin Jaafar, Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers, Jason Boon Eong Teh
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Patent number: 6916562Abstract: A method for treating hydrocarbonaceous feedstock to produce hydrogen, electricity, and one or more liquid hydrocarbon product, the method comprising: (a) subjecting hydrocarbonaceous feedstock to hydrotreating hydrogen in the presence of supported catalyst under hydrotreating conditions effective to produce hydrotreated product comprising one or more liquid hydrocarbon product; (b) subjecting hydrotreated product to hydrogen production conditions effective to produce hydrogen product and hydrogen production remainder; (c) subjecting a first part of the hydrogen product to electricity generating conditions effective to produce electricity; and (d) recycling a second part of the hydrogen product as hydrotreating hydrogen.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2000Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Johan Willem Gosselink, Michiel Jan Groeneveld, Andreas Karl Nowak, Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers
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Patent number: 6908602Abstract: Method for producing hydrogen and a hydroprocessed product from a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock by subjecting it to a catalytic hydrocracking treatment using hydrogen which has been at least partly produced from hydrocracked feedstock and subjecting at least pan of the hydrocracked feedstock, after having subjected it to a separation treatment in the event that hydroprocessed product is to be recovered, to a treatment to produce hydrogen in a single operation which hydrogen is at least partly recovered as product.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2000Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Johan Willem Gosselink, Michiel Jan Groeneveld, Andreas Karl Nowak, Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers
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Publication number: 20020007587Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying a liquid hydrocarbon fuel consisting of 5% by weight or less of high molecular weight contaminants, in which the fuel is contacted with a hydrophobic non-porous or nano-filtration membrane and the purified product stream is recovered as the permeate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2001Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: Eduard Rudolf Geus, Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers