Patents by Inventor David Loring

David Loring 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).

  • Modification of a methanol plant for converting natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 7087653
    Abstract: A gas-to-liquid (GTL) process and system for converting a natural gas) into liquid hydrocarbons (e.g. diesel, naphtha, distillates, etc.) wherein the equipment subsystems from existing gas-to-methanol plants are re-utilized in the (GTL) process. The syngas generator from the methanol plant is used to generate syngas in the present process. The syngas is then adjusted to remove CO2 and H2 before the syngas is passed through a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor to convert the syngas to liquid hydrocarbons. The FT reactor is comprised of the same equipment that was use previously to convert syngas into methanol except for the respective catalysts. The liquid hydrocarbons are then upgraded and separated into individual hydrocarbon products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: World GTL, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. A. Tijm, David Loring, Leigh Takeo Noda
  • Modification of a methanol plant for converting natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20060167118
    Abstract: A gas-to-liquid (GTL) process and system for converting a natural gas) into liquid hydrocarbons (e.g. diesel, naphtha, distillates, etc.) wherein the equipment subsystems from existing gas-to-methanol plants are re-utilized in the (GTL) process. The syngas generator from the methanol plant is used to generate syngas in the present process. The syngas is then adjusted to remove CO2 and H2 before the syngas is passed through a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor to convert the syngas to liquid hydrocarbons. The FT reactor is comprised of the same equipment that was use previously to convert syngas into methanol except for the respective catalysts. The liquid hydrocarbons are then upgraded and separated into individual hydrocarbon products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Tijm, David Loring, Leigh Noda
  • Modification of a methanol plant for converting natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20050137270
    Abstract: A gas-to-liquid (GTL) process and system for converting a natural gas) into liquid hydrocarbons (e.g. diesel, naphtha, distillates, etc.) wherein the equipment subsystems from existing gas-to-methanol plants are re-utilized in the (GTL) process. The syngas generator from the methanol plant is used to generate syngas in the present process. The syngas is then adjusted to remove CO2 and H2 before the syngas is passed through a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor to convert the syngas to liquid hydrocarbons. The FT reactor is comprised of the same equipment that was use previously to convert syngas into methanol except for the respective catalysts. The liquid hydrocarbons are then upgraded and separated into individual hydrocarbon products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Jacobus Tijm, David Loring, Leigh Noda