Patents by Inventor Dennis Yakobson

Dennis Yakobson 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).

  • Ethanol as a feedstock for a BCTL facility
    Patent number: 8084508
    Abstract: A method of producing fuel by converting an alcohol stream comprising at least one alcohol into synthesis gas; providing a first synthesis gas stream, wherein at least a portion of the first synthesis gas stream comprises synthesis gas obtained from the alcohol conversion; converting a feed comprising synthesis gas via Fischer-Tropsch into a Fischer-Tropsch product comprising hydrocarbons, wherein at least a portion of the feed comprises synthesis gas from the first synthesis gas stream; and converting at least a portion of the Fischer-Tropsch product into fuel. A diesel fuel comprising hydrocarbons formed by Fischer-Tropsch conversion of synthesis gas derived from an alcohol stream comprising at least one alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Rentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Yakobson, Harold A. Wright, Richard Penning
  • ETHANOL AS A FEEDSTOCK FOR A BCTL FACILITY
    Publication number: 20090172996
    Abstract: A method of producing fuel by converting an alcohol stream comprising at least one alcohol into synthesis gas; providing a first synthesis gas stream, wherein at least a portion of the first synthesis gas stream comprises synthesis gas obtained from the alcohol conversion; converting a feed comprising synthesis gas via Fischer-Tropsch into a Fischer-Tropsch product comprising hydrocarbons, wherein at least a portion of the feed comprises synthesis gas from the first synthesis gas stream; and converting at least a portion of the Fischer-Tropsch product into fuel. A diesel fuel comprising hydrocarbons formed by Fischer-Tropsch conversion of synthesis gas derived from an alcohol stream comprising at least one alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: RENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis Yakobson, Harold A. Wright, Richard Penning