Patents by Inventor Edward Stanley Ellis

Edward Stanley Ellis 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: 9290701
    Abstract: Processes are provided for producing a diesel fuel product having a sulfur content of 15 wppm or less (e.g., 10 wppm or less) from feed sources that include a biocomponent feedstock. The biocomponent feedstock can be initially co-processed with a mineral feed in a fluidized bed stage, such as an ebullating bed processing stage. Ebullating bed processing can mitigate the impact of the biocomponent feed on other hydrotreatment aspects of a diesel boiling range feed. Challenged biocomponent feeds can be handled by introducing the biocomponent feed into the ebullating bed reactor in a manner that reduces the fouling impact of the feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Patrick L. Hanks, William Ernest Lewis, Edward Stanley Ellis, Kathryn Younger Cole
  • Publication number: 20140213838
    Abstract: Processes are provided for producing a diesel fuel product having a sulfur content of 15 wppm or less (e.g., 10 wppm or less) from feed sources that include a biocomponent feedstock. The biocomponent feedstock can be initially co-processed with a mineral feed in a fluidized bed stage, such as an ebullating bed processing stage. Ebullating bed processing can mitigate the impact of the biocomponent feed on other hydrotreatment aspects of a diesel boiling range feed. Challenged biocomponent feeds can be handled by introducing the biocomponent feed into the ebullating bed reactor in a manner that reduces the fouling impact of the feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Patrick L. Hanks, William Ernest Lewis, Edward Stanley Ellis, Kathryn Younger Cole
  • Patent number: 8734638
    Abstract: Processes are provided for producing a diesel fuel product having a sulfur content of 15 wppm or less (e.g., 10 wppm or less) from feed sources that include a biocomponent feedstock. The biocomponent feedstock can be initially co-processed with a mineral feed in a fluidized bed stage, such as an ebullating bed processing stage. Ebullating bed processing can mitigate the impact of the biocomponent feed on other hydrotreatment aspects of a diesel boiling range feed. Challenged biocomponent feeds can be handled by introducing the biocomponent feed into the ebullating bed reactor in a manner that reduces the fouling impact of the feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Patrick L. Hanks, Kathryn Younger Cole, William Ernest Lewis, Edward Stanley Ellis
  • Publication number: 20100319242
    Abstract: Processes are provided for producing a diesel fuel product having a sulfur content of 15 wppm or less (e.g., 10 wppm or less) from feed sources that include a biocomponent feedstock. The biocomponent feedstock can be initially co-processed with a mineral feed in a fluidized bed stage, such as an ebullating bed processing stage. Ebullating bed processing can mitigate the impact of the biocomponent feed on other hydrotreatment aspects of a diesel boiling range feed. Challenged biocomponent feeds can be handled by introducing the biocomponent feed into the ebullating bed reactor in a manner that reduces the fouling impact of the feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company
    Inventors: Patrick L. Hanks, Kathryn Younger Cole, William Ernest Lewis, Edward Stanley Ellis
  • Patent number: 6929738
    Abstract: A two stage hydrodesulfurizing process for producing low sulfur distillates. A distillate boiling range feedstock containing in excess of about 3,000 wppm sulfur is hydrodesulfurized in a first hydrodesulfurizing stage containing one or more reaction zones in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrodesulfurizing catalyst. The liquid product stream thereof is passed to a first separation stage wherein a vapor phase product stream and a liquid product stream are produced. The liquid product stream, which has a substantially lower sulfur and nitrogen content then the original feedstream is passed to a second hydrodesulfurizing stage also containing one or more reaction zones where it is reacted in the presence of hydrogen and a second hydrodesulfurizing catalyst at hydrodesulfurizing conditions. The catalyst in any one or more reaction zones is a bulk multimetallic catalyst comprised of at least one Group VIII non-noble metal and at least two Group VIB metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Llyod Riley, Darryl Patrick Klein, Zhiguo Hou, Stuart Leon Soled, Michael Charles Kerby, Gary Brice McVicker, Edward Stanley Ellis, Michele Sue Touvelle, Sabato Miseo
  • Patent number: 6783663
    Abstract: A hydroprocessing process, comprising: contacting a feedstock, at hydrotreating conditions, with a bulk multimetallic catalyst comprised of at least one Group VIII non-noble metal and at least two Group VIB metals and wherein the ratio of Group VIB metal to Group VIII non-noble metal is from about 10:1 to about 1:10 to form a hydrotreated product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Lloyd Riley, Darryl Patrick Klein, Zhiguo Hou, Stuart Leon Soled, Michael Charles Kerby, Gary Brice McVicker, Edward Stanley Ellis, Michele Sue Touvelle, Sabato Miseo
  • Patent number: 6582590
    Abstract: Sulfur content of distillate feedstock, which is greater than 3,000 wppm, is reduced using multi-stage hydrodesulfurization by reacting the feestream in stages with reaction zone(s) containing bulk multimetallic catalyst comprised of Group VIII non-noble metal(s) and at least two group VIB metals. The ratio of Group VIB to Group VIII non-noble metals is 10:1 to 1:10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Lloyd Riley, Darryl Patrick Klein, Zhiguo Hou, Stuart Leon Soled, Michael Charles Kerby, Gary Brice McVicker, Edward Stanley Ellis, Michele Sue Touvelle, Sabato Miseo