Patents by Inventor Buddhadeb Kundu

Buddhadeb Kundu 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 obtaining food grade hexane
    Patent number: 9611196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for obtaining food grade hexane, comprising: fractionating a hydrocarbon feed having a boiling point in the range of 50° C. to 140° C. to obtain a hydrocarbon fraction having boiling point in the range of 63° C. to 69° C. and having 3%-15% (wt/wt) of aromatic compounds content; extracting the hydrocarbon fraction by counter current solvent extraction using sulfolane as a solvent to obtain a first raffinate phase; extracting the first raffinate phase by co-current solvent extraction using sulfolane as a solvent to obtain a second raffinate phase; and washing the second raffinate phase with water to obtain a food grade hexane containing less than 100 ppm of aromatic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD
    Inventors: Pragya Rai, Jose Nehamiah, Chiranjeevi Thota, Dattatraya Tammannashastri Gokak, Poyyamani Swaminathan Viswanathan, Shashikant Shukla, Buddhadeb Kundu, Satish Kumar Goel
  • PROCESS FOR OBTAINING FOOD GRADE HEXANE
    Publication number: 20150034474
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for obtaining food grade hexane, comprising: fractionating a hydrocarbon feed having a boiling point in the range of 50° C. to 140° C. to obtain a hydrocarbon fraction having boiling point in the range of 63° C. to 69° C. and having 3%-15% (wt/wt) of aromatic compounds content; extracting the hydrocarbon fraction by counter current solvent extraction using sulfolane as a solvent to obtain a first raffinate phase; extracting the first raffinate phase by co-current solvent extraction using sulfolane as a solvent to obtain a second raffinate phase; and washing the second raffinate phase with water to obtain a food grade hexane containing less than 100 ppm of aromatic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD
    Inventors: Pragya Rai, Jose Nehamiah, Chiranjeevi Thota, Dattatraya Tammannashastri Gokak, Poyyamani Swaminathan Viswanathan, Shashikant Shukla, Buddhadeb Kundu, Satish Kumar Goel