Patents by Inventor Doron Levin
Doron Levin 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: 10118165Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst composition and its use in a process for the conversion of a feedstock containing C8+ aromatic hydrocarbons to produce light aromatic products, comprising benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst composition comprises a first zeolite having a constraint index of 3 to 12, a second zeolite comprising a mordenite zeolite synthesized from TEA or MTEA, at least one first metal of Group 10 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, and at least one second metal of Group 11 to 15 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, wherein said mordenite zeolite has a mesopore surface area of greater than 30 m2/g and said mordenite zeolite comprises agglomerates composed of primary crystallites, wherein said primary crystallites have an average primary crystal size as measured by TEM of less than 80 nm and an aspect ratio of less than 2.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Wenyih F. Lai, Christine N. Elia, Jane C. Cheng, Shifang L. Luo, Hari Nair, Joshua I. Cutler, Doron Levin
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Publication number: 20180264450Abstract: The precursor of a hydroprocessing catalyst is made by impregnating a metal oxide component comprising at least one metal from Group 6 of the Periodic Table and at least one metal from Groups 8-10 of the Periodic Table with an amide formed from a first organic compound containing at least one amine group, and a second organic compound containing at least one carboxylic acid group. Following impregnation heat treatment follows to form in situ generated unsaturation additional to that in the two organic compounds. The catalyst precursor is sulfided to form an active, sulfide hydroprocessing catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: STUART L. SOLED, SABATO MISEO, JOSEPH E. BAUMGARTNER, IULIAN NISTOR, PARTHA NANDI, JAVIER GUZMAN, DORON LEVIN, Keith Wilson, JACOB ARIE BERGWERFF, RONALD HUIBERTS, ARNOLD VAN LOEVEZIJN
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Patent number: 10058853Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst composition and its use in a process for the conversion of a feedstock containing C8+ aromatic hydrocarbons to produce light aromatic products, comprising benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst composition comprises a mordenite zeolite synthesized from TEA or MTEA, optionally at least one first metal of Group 10 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, and optionally at least one second metal of Group 11 to 15 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, wherein said mordenite zeolite has a mesopore surface area of greater than 30 m2/g and said mordenite zeolite comprises agglomerates composed of primary crystallites, wherein said primary crystallites have an average primary crystal size as measured by TEM of less than 80 nm and an aspect ratio of less than 2.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Wenyih F. Lai, Christine N. Elia, Jane C. Cheng, Shifang L. Luo, Hari Nair, Joshua I. Cutler, Doron Levin, Chuansheng Bai
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Patent number: 10040735Abstract: Methods are provided for producing an alcohol-containing pyrolysis product. Initially, a hydrocarbon feedstock is pyrolyzed in the presence of a catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising a basic metal oxide catalyst and a hydrogenation metal catalyst. A pyrolysis product is produced that contains at least one alcohol. The basic metal oxide catalyst is comprised of at least one metal from Group 2, Group 3 including Lanthanides and Actinides, or Group 4 of the Periodic Table of Elements, and the supported hydrogenation metal catalyst is comprised of at least one metal from Group 6 or Groups 8-10 of the Periodic Table of Elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANYInventor: Doron Levin
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Patent number: 10022712Abstract: The precursor of a hydroprocessing catalyst is made by impregnating a metal oxide component comprising at least one metal from Group 6 of the Periodic Table and at least one metal from Groups 8-10 of the Periodic Table with an amide formed from a first organic compound containing at least one amine group, and a second organic compound containing at least one carboxylic acid group. Following impregnation heat treatment follows to form in situ generated unsaturation additional to that in the two organic compounds. The catalyst precursor is sulfided to form an active, sulfide hydroprocessing catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANYInventors: Stuart L. Soled, Sabato Miseo, Joseph E. Baumgartner, Iulian Nistor, Partha Nandi, Javier Guzman, Doron Levin, Keith Wilson, Jacob Arie Bergweff, Ronald Jan Huiberts, Arnold Van Loevezijn
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Publication number: 20180187102Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for block operation during lubricant and/or fuels production from deasphalted oil. During “block” operation, a deasphalted oil and/or the hydroprocessed effluent from an initial processing stage can be split into a plurality of fractions. The fractions can correspond, for example, to feed fractions suitable for forming a light neutral fraction, a heavy neutral fraction, and a bright stock fraction, or the plurality of fractions can correspond to any other convenient split into separate fractions. The plurality of separate fractions can then be processed separately in the process train (or in the sweet portion of the process train) for forming fuels and/or lubricant base stocks. The initial stage can optionally include a bulk hydrotreating catalyst to assist with increasing the space velocity in the initial stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Kendall S. Fruchey, Michael B. Carroll, Timothy L. Hilbert, Sara K. Green, Doron Levin
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Publication number: 20170354961Abstract: Catalysts including at least one microporous material (e.g., zeolite), an organosilica material binder, and at least one catalyst metal are provided herein. Methods of making the catalysts, preferably without surfactants and processes of using the catalysts, e.g., for aromatic hydrogenation, are also provided herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Paul Podsiadlo, Quanchang Li, David C. Calabro, Kiara M. Benitez, Machteld M.W. Mertens, Scott J. Weigel, Doron Levin, Randall D. Partridge
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Publication number: 20170183580Abstract: Methods are provided for producing lubricant base stocks from deasphalted oils formed by sequential deasphalting. The deasphalted oil can be exposed a first deasphalting process using a first solvent that can provide a lower severity of deasphalting and a second deasphalting process using a second solvent that can provide a higher severity of deasphalting. This can result in formation of at least a deasphalted oil and a resin fraction. The resin fraction can represent a fraction that traditionally would have been included as part of a deasphalter rock fraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Mohsen N. Harandi, Doron Levin, Himanshu Gupta, James R. Lattner, Glenn C. Wood, Keith K. Aldous, Timothy L. Hilbert, Michael B. Carroll, Ajit B. Dandekar, Sara L. Yohe, Stephen H. Brown, Tracie L. Owens, April D. Ross, Eric B. Senzer, Steven Pyl
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Publication number: 20160220987Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst composition and its use in a process for the conversion of a feedstock containing C8+ aromatic hydrocarbons to produce light aromatic products, comprising benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst composition comprises a first zeolite having a constraint index of 3 to 12, a second zeolite comprising a mordenite zeolite synthesized from TEA or MTEA, at least one first metal of Group 10 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, and at least one second metal of Group 11 to 15 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, wherein said mordenite zeolite has a mesopore surface area of greater than 30 m2/g and said mordenite zeolite comprises agglomerates composed of primary crystallites, wherein said primary crystallites have an average primary crystal size as measured by TEM of less than 80 nm and an aspect ratio of less than 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Wenyih F. Lai, Christine N. Elia, Jane C. Cheng, Shifang L. Luo, Hari Nair, Joshua I. Cutler, Doron Levin
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Publication number: 20160221895Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst composition and its use in a process for the conversion of a feedstock containing C8+ aromatic hydrocarbons to produce light aromatic products, comprising benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst composition comprises a mordenite zeolite synthesized from TEA or MTEA, optionally at least one first metal of Group 10 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, and optionally at least one second metal of Group 11 to 15 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, wherein said mordenite zeolite has a mesopore surface area of greater than 30 m2/g and said mordenite zeolite comprises agglomerates composed of primary crystallites, wherein said primary crystallites have an average primary crystal size as measured by TEM of less than 80 nm and an aspect ratio of less than 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Wenyih F. Lai, Christine N. Elia, Jane C. Cheng, Shifang L. Luo, Hari Nair, Joshua I. Cutler, Doron Levin, Chuansheng Bai
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Publication number: 20160145503Abstract: Methods are provided for hydrotreating a feed to generate a product with a reduced or minimized aromatics content and/or an increased distillate product yield. A distillate boiling range feed having an elevated content of sulfur and/or nitrogen can be hydrotreated using at least two hydrotreating stages with intermediate separation to produce a hydrotreated distillate boiling range product with a reduced or minimized aromatics content. Additionally or alternately, a mixed metal catalyst formed from a suitable precursor can be used during the hydrotreating. A mixed metal catalyst formed from a suitable precursor can provide an unexpectedly superior activity for aromatic saturation. A still further unexpected benefit can be achieved by combining a multi-stage hydrotreating process with intermediate separation with hydrotreating in the presence of a mixed metal catalyst formed from a suitable precursor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Xiaochun XU, Keith WILSON, Stuart Leon SOLED, Sabato MISEO, Doron LEVIN, Joseph Ernest BAUMGARTNER
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Publication number: 20160145511Abstract: Methods are provided for hydroprocessing a feed (such as hydrotreating, hydrocracking, or hydrofining a feed) to generate a product with a reduced or minimized aromatics content relative to the severity of the hydroprocessing conditions. In some types of hydroprocessing applications, it can be desirable to select the severity of hydroprocessing conditions to achieve a desired level of removal for sulfur, a desired level for removal of nitrogen, and/or a desired level for increasing the viscosity index of a feed. The severity for heteroatom removal and/or viscosity index uplift can also correspond to an amount of conversion of a feed to lower boiling point products, so the lowest severity conditions suitable for achieving a product quality can be desirable. By improving the aromatics saturation during hydroprocessing, the severity of subsequent aromatics saturation processes can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANYInventors: Xiaochun Xu, Bradley R. Fingland, Keith Wilson, Doron Levin, Stuart L. Soled, Sabato Miseo, Joseph E. Baumgartner, Ajit B. Dandekar
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Patent number: 9249078Abstract: Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions useful in selective decomposition of organic oxygenates. A feed comprising an organic oxygenate may be contacted with a catalyst comprising (a) at least 0.1 wt % of an oxide of an element selected from Group 3 of the Periodic Table of Elements, wherein Group 3 includes the Lanthanide series; (b) at least 0.1 wt % of an oxide of an element selected from Group 6 of the Periodic Table of Elements; and (c) at least 0.1 wt % of an oxide of at least one element selected from Group 4 of the Periodic Table of Elements, wherein the wt % s are based upon the total combined weight of the oxides in (a) through (c) and excludes any other components.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Kun Wang, Roberto Garcia, Charles Morris Smith, Doron Levin, James C. Vartuli
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Publication number: 20150321980Abstract: Methods are provided for producing an alcohol-containing pyrolysis product. Initially, a hydrocarbon feedstock is pyrolyzed in the presence of a catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising a basic metal oxide catalyst and a hydrogenation metal catalyst. A pyrolysis product is produced that contains at least one alcohol. The basic metal oxide catalyst is comprised of at least one metal from Group 2, Group 3 including Lanthanides and Actinides, or Group 4 of the Periodic Table of Elements, and the supported hydrogenation metal catalyst is comprised of at least one metal from Group 6 or Groups 8-10 of the Periodic Table of Elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventor: Doron LEVIN
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Patent number: 9162942Abstract: This disclosure relates to a process for regenerating a catalyst composition to improve the aging rate in subsequent cycles.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: James H. Beech, Jr., Julia E. Steinheider, Doron Levin, Selma S. Lawrence
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Publication number: 20150148567Abstract: Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions useful in selective decomposition of organic oxygenates. A feed comprising an organic oxygenate may be contacted with a catalyst comprising (a) at least 0.1 wt % of an oxide of an element selected from Group 3 of the Periodic Table of Elements, wherein Group 3 includes the Lanthanide series; (b) at least 0.1 wt % of an oxide of an element selected from Group 6 of the Periodic Table of Elements; and (c) at least 0.1 wt % of an oxide of at least one element selected from Group 4 of the Periodic Table of Elements, wherein the wt % s are based upon the total combined weight of the oxides in (a) through (c) and excludes any other components.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Kun Wang, Roberto Garcia, Charles Morris Smith, Doron Levin, James C. Vartuli
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Patent number: 9034780Abstract: This disclosure relates to a catalyst system adapted for transalkylation a C9+ aromatic feedstock with a C6-C7 aromatic feedstock, comprising: (a) a first catalyst comprising a first molecular sieve having a Constraint Index in the range of 3-12 and 0.01 to 5 wt. % of at least one source of a first metal element of Groups 6-10; and (b) a second catalyst comprising a second molecular sieve having a Constraint Index less than 3 and 0 to 5 wt. % of at least one source of a second metal element of Groups 6-10, wherein the weight ratio of the first catalyst over the second catalyst is in the range of 5:95 to 75:25 and wherein the first catalyst is located in front of the second catalyst when they are brought into contacting with the C9+ aromatic feedstock and the C6-C7 aromatic feedstock in the present of hydrogen.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventor: Doron Levin
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Patent number: 9006125Abstract: In a process for producing xylene by transalkylation of a C9+ aromatic hydrocarbon feedstock with a C6 and/or C7 aromatic hydrocarbon, the C9+ aromatic hydrocarbon feedstock, at least one C6 and/or C7 aromatic hydrocarbon and hydrogen are contacted with a first catalyst comprising (i) a first molecular sieve having a Constraint Index in the range of about 3 to about 12 and (ii) at least first and second different metals or compounds thereof of Groups 6 to 12 of the Periodic Table of the Elements. Contacting with the first catalyst is conducted under conditions effective to dealkylate aromatic hydrocarbons in the feedstock containing C2+ alkyl groups and to saturate C2+ olefins formed so as to produce a first effluent.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Doron Levin, April D. Ross, James H. Beech, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140374319Abstract: The precursor of a hydroprocessing catalyst is made by impregnating a metal oxide component comprising at least one metal from Group 6 of the Periodic Table and at least one metal from Groups 8-10 of the Periodic Table with an amide formed from a first organic compound containing at least one amine group, and a second organic compound containing at least one carboxylic acid group. Following impregnation heat treatment follows to form in situ generated unsaturation additional to that in the two organic compounds. The catalyst precursor is sulfided to form an active, sulfide hydroprocessing catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANYInventors: Stuart L. Soled, Sabato Miseo, Joseph E. Baumgartner, Iulian Nistor, Partha Nandi, Javier Guzman, Doron Levin, Keith Wilson, Jacob Arie Bergweff, Ronald Jan Huiberts, Arnold Van Loevezijn
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Patent number: 8822363Abstract: This disclosure relates to a process for regenerating a catalyst composition, wherein the catalyst composition comprising a molecular sieve and at least 10 wt. % coke having a C/H molar ratio in the range of 0.26 to 5, the process comprising (a) contacting the catalyst composition with a first oxidative medium having oxygen and water at first conditions sufficient to form a first regenerated catalyst composition having at least 50 wt.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Doron Levin, James Harding Beech, Jr., Selma SheungNam Lawrence, Julia Elizabeth Steinheider