Patents by Inventor B. Daniel Thomas

B. Daniel Thomas 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).

  • Process for producing diesel fuel
    Patent number: 9783748
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for producing a diesel fuel. The process can include providing a hydrocarbon feed to a residue processing unit. Generally, the residue processing unit includes a solvent deasphalting zone, a hydroprocessing zone, and a hydroprocessing fractionation zone. The process can further include recycling at least a portion of an unconverted oil stream from the hydroprocessing fractionation zone, and sending one part of the at least a portion of the recycled unconverted oil stream to the unconverted oil fractionation zone providing a light unconverted oil stream downstream of the solvent deasphalting zone and a heavy unconverted oil stream to the solvent deasphalting zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Craig Harvey, Haiyan Wang, B. Daniel Thomas, Brian Ganyu, Jagannathan Govindhakannan
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DIESEL FUEL
    Publication number: 20160068767
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for producing a diesel fuel. The process can include providing a hydrocarbon feed to a residue processing unit. Generally, the residue processing unit includes a solvent deasphalting zone, a hydroprocessing zone, and a hydroprocessing fractionation zone. The process can further include recycling at least a portion of an unconverted oil stream from the hydroprocessing fractionation zone, and sending one part of the at least a portion of the recycled unconverted oil stream to the unconverted oil fractionation zone providing a light unconverted oil stream downstream of the solvent deasphalting zone and a heavy unconverted oil stream to the solvent deasphalting zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Craig Harvey, Haiyan Wang, B. Daniel Thomas, Brian Ganyu, Jagannathan Govindhakannan