Patents by Inventor Claudia Maria de Lacerda Alvarenga Baptista

Claudia Maria de Lacerda Alvarenga Baptista 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: 8128806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and equipment for fluid catalytic cracking for the production of middle distillates of low aromaticity that comprises cracking a mixed feed consisting of heavy fractions of hydrocarbons, in the absence of added hydrogen and employing a catalyst of low activity and low acidity, in a dense-bed FCC reactor to produce an effluent constituted of fractions of middle distillates and naphtha of low aromaticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras
    Inventors: Claudia Maria de Lacerda Alvarenga Baptista, Edisson Morgado Junior, William Richard Gilbert
  • Patent number: 8088274
    Abstract: A process is described for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks from petroleum refining which increases substantially the yields of light olefins. The process limits the extreme conditions to a first reaction section and introduces a stream of cooling fluid above the feedstock injection point so as to maintain a second reaction section under cracking conditions which produce light olefins propene and ethene, and inhibits reactions undesirable for the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
    Inventors: William Richard Gilbert, Emanuel Freire Sandes, Andrea de Rezende Pinho, Claudia Maria de Lacerda Alvarenga Baptista
  • Patent number: 7736491
    Abstract: A process for the fluid catalytic cracking of mixed hydrocarbon feeds from different sources is described, such as feeds A and B of different crackability, the process being especially directed to obtaining light fractions such as LPG and comprising injecting feed A in the base of the riser reactive section and feed B, of lower crackability, at a height between 10% and 80% of the riser, with feed B comprising between 5% and 50% of the total processed feed. The process requires that the feeds present differences in the contaminant content, improved dispersion of feeds A and B and feed B injection temperature same or higher than that of feed A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
    Inventors: Claudia Maria de Lacerda Alvarenga Baptista, Henrique Soares Cerqueira, Emanuel Freire Sandes
  • Patent number: 7691768
    Abstract: A process for the preparation and modification of additives, with a zeolite base and a high silica alumina ratio (SAR) like the ZSM-5, to increase the yield of propene and LPG in low severity FCC operations, that seeks to maximize the production of medium-distillates with low aromaticity and to minimize molecular cracking in the LCO range. The additives involved guarantee an increase in light olefin yields without altering the yield or the quality of the LCO produced. The innovative process includes surprising actions from rare earths (RE) on the active sites of zeolite, that at once partially block their pores and, in this way, make molecular cracking in the medium-distillate range difficult, which preferably occur at low reaction temperatures and keeps the remaining sites quite active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Petroleo Basileiro S.A. - Petrobras
    Inventors: Lam Yiu Lau, Raquel Bastiani, Claudia Maria de Lacerda Alvarenga Baptista
  • Patent number: 7658837
    Abstract: A process and device to optimize the yield of fluid catalytic cracking products through a reactive stripping process are disclosed. One or more hydrocarbon streams (3) are introduced in an intermediary region of the stripper (1) of a fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC), from a device that allows a homogeneous distribution with adequate dispersion. This/these stream(s) react(s) with the catalyst of FCC, although its activity is reduced due to the adsorption of hydrocarbons in the reaction zone, generating products that improve and/or change the global distribution of products, providing a refinery profile adequate to meet quality demands and requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras
    Inventors: Henrique Soares Cerqueira, Claudia Maria de Lacerda Alvarenga Baptista, William Richard Gilbert, Oscar Rene Chamberlain Pravia
  • Publication number: 20090188835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and equipment for fluid catalytic cracking for the production of middle distillates of low aromaticity that comprises cracking a mixed feed consisting of heavy fractions of hydrocarbons, in the absence of added hydrogen and employing a catalyst of low activity and low acidity, in a dense-bed FCC reactor to produce an effluent constituted of fractions of middle distillates and naphtha of low aromaticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. -PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Claudia Maria De Lacerda Alvarenga BAPTISTA, Edisson MORGADO JUNIOR, William Richard Gilbert
  • Publication number: 20090107885
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the field of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes. The invention provides a process increasing production of LPG and propene in FCC units operating under conditions of maximisation of middle distillates of low aromaticity, such that they may be incorporated into the diesel oil pool. The invention also relates to the preparation and employment of additives based on zeolites having small pores, such as ferrierite (FER), in catalytic systems for FCC units, wherein conditions of low severity are adopted with a view to increasing yields of LPG and light olefins whilst improving stability of petrol. The invention also provides an original catalytic system, being more efficient than catalytic systems known in the state of the art, to increase the yield of LPG and propene without prejudicing the yield and quality of LCO. Furthermore it provides a method of preparation of an additive for said process employing the zeolite ferrierite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.- PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Raquel Bastiani, Lam Yiu Lam, Claudia Maria de Lacerda Alvarenga Baptista
  • Publication number: 20080179219
    Abstract: A process is described for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks from petroleum refining which increases substantially the yields of light olefins. The process limits the extreme conditions to a first reaction section and introduces a stream of cooling fluid above the feedstock injection point so as to maintain a second reaction section under cracking conditions which produce light olefins propene and ethene, and inhibits reactions undesirable for the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A - PETROBRAS
    Inventors: William Richard GILBERT, Emanuel Freire Sandes, Andrea de Rezende Pinho, Claudia Maria de Lacerda Alvarenga Baptista
  • Publication number: 20080015105
    Abstract: A process for the preparation and modification of additives, with a zeolite base and a high silica alumina ratio (SAR) like the ZSM-5, to increase the yield of propene and LPG in low severity FCC operations, that seeks to maximize the production of medium-distillates with low aromaticity and to minimize molecular cracking in the LCO range. The additives involved guarantee an increase in light olefin yields without altering the yield or the quality of the LCO produced. The innovative process includes surprising actions from rare earths (RE) on the active sites of zeolite, that at once partially block their pores and, in this way, make molecular cracking in the medium-distillate range difficult, which preferably occur at low reaction temperatures and keeps the remaining sites quite active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Lam Yiu Lau, Raquel Bastiani, Claudia Maria de Lacerda Alvarenga Baptista
  • Publication number: 20070095724
    Abstract: A FCC process for the maximization of medium distillates from feedstocks of different sources, by the contact of the feedstock which circulates in a riser reactor together with a fine particulate catalyst from a regenerator (6), under FCC conditions of maximum LCO, at temperatures between about 480° C. and about 520° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Claudia Maria de Lacerda Alvarenga Baptista, William Richard Gilbert