Patents by Inventor Barry Freel
Barry Freel 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: 11827860Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an integrated process for the pre-treatment of biomass and its use as a feedstock in a process for the production of biochemicals and biofuels, said integrated process preferably allowing the obtaining of quality bio-oil from a biomass such as wood, forest residues, and residues from the sugar-alcohol and energy cane industry.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Suzano S.A.Inventors: Danilo Ribeiro De Lima, Matheus Antunes Guimaraes, Barry Freel, Geoffrey D. Hopkins
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Patent number: 11441081Abstract: The present application generally relates to the introduction of a renewable fuel oil as a feedstock into refinery systems or field upgrading equipment. For example, the present application is directed to methods of introducing a liquid thermally produced from biomass into a petroleum conversion unit; for example, a refinery fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), a coker, a field upgrader system, a hydrocracker, and/or hydrotreating unit; for co-processing with petroleum fractions, petroleum fraction reactants, and/or petroleum fraction feedstocks and the products, e.g., fuels, and uses and value of the products resulting therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Robert G. Graham
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Patent number: 11427765Abstract: The present application generally relates to catalytically preparing liquid fuel products with an improved product mix by co-processing a plurality of reactants in in refinery or field-upgrading operations. The reactants may include, for example, petroleum fraction and a biocrude oil having an alcohol additive.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventor: Barry A. Freel
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Publication number: 20210348065Abstract: The present application generally relates to catalytically preparing liquid fuel products with an improved product mix by co-processing a plurality of reactants in in refinery or field-upgrading operations. The reactants may include, for example, petroleum fraction and a biocrude oil having an alcohol additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2017Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventor: Barry A. Freel
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Publication number: 20210189247Abstract: Methods are provided to use water-free quench liquids to obtain pyrolytic liquid products with reduced formaldehyde content. Products include liquids with improved hydroxyacetaldehyde content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: KERRY LUXEMBOURG S.À.R.L.Inventors: Barry A. FREEL, Satya T. JUJJURI, Douglas A. CLARKE
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Patent number: 10982152Abstract: Methods, processes, systems, or apparatus are provided to remove contaminants such as metals and chlorine present in a pyrolysis stream to form reduced-contaminant liquid biomass. In certain embodiments, for example, a metal chelating agent is dissolved into a metal-containing pyrolysis stream condensate to form metal chelate complex, followed by filtering to obtain the reduced-contaminant liquid biomass.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Josh Normand, Timothy A. Brandvold, Stanley J. Frey, Doug Clarke
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Patent number: 10975315Abstract: The present application generally relates to the introduction of a renewable fuel oil as a feedstock into refinery systems or field upgrading equipment. For example, the present application is directed to methods of introducing a liquid thermally produced from biomass into a petroleum conversion unit; for example, a refinery fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), a coker, a field upgrader system, a hydrocracker, and/or hydrotreating unit; for co-processing with petroleum fractions, petroleum fraction reactants, and/or petroleum fraction feedstocks and the products, e.g., fuels, and uses and value of the products resulting therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Robert G. Graham
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Patent number: 10948179Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the introduction of a liquid biomass in heating systems such as commercial boilers in order to reduce dependence on petroleum-based heating fuel oils as a source of combustion fuel. More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses utilizing a liquid thermally produced from biomass into commercial and industrial boiler or thermal systems such as boilers, furnaces, and kilns, and methods for generating renewable identification numbers (RINs), alternative energy credits (AECs) and renewable energy credits (RECs).Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Geoffrey D. Hopkins, Cameron A. F. Stiles, R. Lee Torrens, Stefan Muller
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Publication number: 20200255746Abstract: The present application generally relates to the introduction of a renewable fuel oil as a feedstock into refinery systems or field upgrading equipment. For example, the present application is directed to methods of introducing a liquid thermally produced from biomass into a petroleum conversion unit; for example, a refinery fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), a coker, a field upgrader system, a hydrocracker, and/or hydrotreating unit; for co-processing with petroleum fractions, petroleum fraction reactants, and/or petroleum fraction feedstocks and the products, e.g., fuels, and uses and value of the products resulting therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Robert G. Graham
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Publication number: 20200190406Abstract: The present invent provides improved rapid thermal conversion processes for efficiently converting wood, other biomass materials, and other carbonaceous feedstock (including hydrocarbons) into high yields of valuable liquid product, e.g., bio-oil, on a large scale production. In an embodiment, biomass material, e.g., wood, is feed to a conversion system where the biomass material is mixed with an upward stream of hot heat carriers, e.g., sand, that thermally convert the biomass into a hot vapor stream. The hot vapor stream is rapidly quenched with quench media in one or more condensing chambers located downstream of the conversion system. The rapid quenching condenses the vapor stream into liquid product, which is collected from the condensing chambers as a valuable liquid product. In one embodiment, the liquid product itself is used as the quench media.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventor: Barry A. Freel
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Patent number: 10640719Abstract: The present application generally relates to the introduction of a renewable fuel oil as a feedstock into refinery systems or field upgrading equipment. For example, the present application is directed to methods of introducing a liquid thermally produced from biomass into a petroleum conversion unit; for example, a refinery fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), a coker, a field upgrader system, a hydrocracker, and/or hydrotreating unit; for co-processing with petroleum fractions, petroleum fraction reactants, and/or petroleum fraction feedstocks and the products, e.g., fuels, and uses and value of the products resulting therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Robert G. Graham
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Patent number: 10633606Abstract: The present application generally relates to the introduction of a renewable fuel oil as a feedstock into refinery systems or field upgrading equipment. For example, the present application is directed to methods of introducing a liquid thermally produced from biomass into a petroleum conversion unit; for example, a refinery fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), a coker, a field upgrader system, a hydrocracker, and/or hydrotreating unit; for co-processing with petroleum fractions, petroleum fraction reactants, and/or petroleum fraction feedstocks and the products, e.g., fuels, and uses and value of the products resulting therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Robert G. Graham
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Patent number: 10570340Abstract: The present application generally relates to the introduction of a renewable fuel oil as a feedstock into refinery systems or field upgrading equipment. For example, the present application is directed to methods of introducing a liquid thermally produced from biomass into a petroleum conversion unit; for example, a refinery fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), a coker, a field upgrader system, a hydrocracker, and/or hydrotreating unit; for co-processing with petroleum fractions, petroleum fraction reactants, and/or petroleum fraction feedstocks and the products, e.g., fuels, and uses and value of the products resulting therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Robert G. Graham
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Patent number: 10544368Abstract: The present invent provides improved rapid thermal conversion processes for efficiently converting wood, other biomass materials, and other carbonaceous feedstock (including hydrocarbons) into high yields of valuable liquid product, e.g., bio-oil, on a large scale production. In an embodiment, biomass material, e.g., wood, is feed to a conversion system where the biomass material is mixed with an upward stream of hot heat carriers, e.g., sand, that thermally convert the biomass into a hot vapor stream. The hot vapor stream is rapidly quenched with quench media in one or more condensing chambers located downstream of the conversion system. The rapid quenching condenses the vapor stream into liquid product, which is collected from the condensing chambers as a valuable liquid product. In one embodiment, the liquid product itself is used as the quench media.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventor: Barry A. Freel
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Publication number: 20200010764Abstract: Methods, processes, systems, or apparatus are provided to remove contaminants such as metals and chlorine present in a pyrolysis stream to form reduced-contaminant liquid biomass. In certain embodiments, for example, a metal chelating agent is dissolved into a metal-containing pyrolysis stream condensate to form metal chelate complex, followed by filtering to obtain the reduced-contaminant liquid biomass.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Josh Normand, Timothy A. Brandvold, Stanley J. Frey, Doug Clarke
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Patent number: 10472575Abstract: The present application generally relates to the introduction of a renewable fuel oil as a feedstock into refinery systems or field upgrading equipment. For example, the present application is directed to methods of introducing a liquid thermally produced from biomass into a petroleum conversion unit; for example, a refinery fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), a coker, a field upgrader system, a hydrocracker, and/or hydrotreating unit; for co-processing with petroleum fractions, petroleum fraction reactants, and/or petroleum fraction feedstocks and the products, e.g., fuels, and uses and value of the products resulting therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Robert G. Graham
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Patent number: 10407622Abstract: The present invent provides improved rapid thermal conversion processes for efficiently converting wood, other biomass materials, and other carbonaceous feedstock (including hydrocarbons) into high yields of valuable liquid product, e.g., bio-oil, on a large scale production. In an embodiment, biomass material, e.g., wood, is feed to a conversion system where the biomass material is mixed with an upward stream of hot heat carriers, e.g., sand, that thermally convert the biomass into a hot vapor stream. The hot vapor stream is rapidly quenched with quench media in one or more condensing chambers located downstream of the conversion system. The rapid quenching condenses the vapor stream into liquid product, which is collected from the condensing chambers as a valuable liquid product. In one embodiment, the liquid product itself is used as the quench media.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventor: Barry A. Freel
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Patent number: 10400176Abstract: Methods, processes, systems, or apparatus are provided to remove contaminants such as metals and chlorine present in a pyrolysis stream to form reduced-contaminant liquid biomass. In certain embodiments, for example, a metal chelating agent is dissolved into a metal-containing pyrolysis stream condensate to form metal chelate complex, followed by filtering to obtain the reduced-contaminant liquid biomass.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Josh Normand, Timothy A. Brandvold, Stanley J. Frey, Doug Clarke
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Patent number: 10337726Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the introduction of a liquid biomass in heating systems such as commercial boilers in order to reduce dependence on petroleum-based heating fuel oils as a source of combustion fuel. More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses utilizing a liquid thermally produced from biomass into commercial and industrial boiler or thermal systems such as boilers, furnaces, and kilns, and methods for generating renewable identification numbers (RINs), alternative energy credits (AECs) and renewable energy credits (RECs).Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Geoffrey D. Hopkins, Cameron A. F. Stiles, R. Lee Torrens, Stefan Muller
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Publication number: 20190162404Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the introduction of a liquid biomass in heating systems such as commercial boilers in order to reduce dependence on petroleum-based heating fuel oils as a source of combustion fuel. More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses utilizing a liquid thermally produced from biomass into commercial and industrial boiler or thermal systems such as boilers, furnaces, and kilns, and methods for generating renewable identification numbers (RINs), alternative energy credits (AECs) and renewable energy credits (RECs).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Geoffrey D. Hopkins, Cameron A.F. Stiles, R. Lee Torrens, Stefan Muller