Patents by Inventor Emad Naji Al-Shafei
Emad Naji Al-Shafei 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: 11708314Abstract: A process for producing olefins from the hydrocarbon feed includes introducing the hydrocarbon feed into a Solvent Deasphalting Unit (SDA) to remove asphaltene from the hydrocarbon feed producing a deasphalted oil stream, wherein the SDA comprises a solvent that reacts with the hydrocarbon feed, and the deasphalted oil stream comprises from 0.01 weight percent (wt. %) to 18 wt. % asphaltenes; introducing the deasphalted oil stream into a steam catalytic cracking system; steam catalytically cracking the deasphalted oil stream in the steam catalytic cracking system in the presence of steam and a nano zeolite cracking catalyst to produce a steam catalytic cracking effluent; and separating the olefins from the steam catalytic cracking effluent.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Mohammed Z. Al-Bahar, Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Mohammad F. Al-Jishi, Ali S. Al-Nasir
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Publication number: 20220220047Abstract: A process for producing olefins from the hydrocarbon feed includes introducing the hydrocarbon feed into a Solvent Deasphalting Unit (SDA) to remove asphaltene from the hydrocarbon feed producing a deasphalted oil stream, wherein the SDA comprises a solvent that reacts with the hydrocarbon feed, and the deasphalted oil stream comprises from 0.01 weight percent (wt. %) to 18 wt. % asphaltenes; introducing the deasphalted oil stream into a steam catalytic cracking system; steam catalytically cracking the deasphalted oil stream in the steam catalytic cracking system in the presence of steam and a nano zeolite cracking catalyst to produce a steam catalytic cracking effluent; and separating the olefins from the steam catalytic cracking effluent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Mohammed Z. Al-Bahar, Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Mohammad F. Al-Jishi, Ali S. Al-Nasir
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Publication number: 20220220046Abstract: A process for producing olefins from the hydrocarbon feed includes introducing the hydrocarbon feed into a Solvent Deasphalting Unit (SDA) to remove asphaltene from the hydrocarbon feed producing a deasphalted oil stream, wherein the SDA comprises a solvent that reacts with the hydrocarbon feed, and the deasphalted oil stream comprises from 0.01 weight percent (wt. %) to 18 wt. % asphaltenes; introducing the deasphalted oil stream into a steam catalytic cracking system; steam catalytically cracking the deasphalted oil stream in the steam catalytic cracking system in the presence of steam and a nano zeolite cracking catalyst to produce a steam catalytic cracking effluent; and separating the olefins from the steam catalytic cracking effluent.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Mohammed Z. Al-Bahar, Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Mohammad F. Al-Jishi, Ali S. Al-Nasir
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Patent number: 11370731Abstract: A process for producing olefins from the hydrocarbon feed includes introducing the hydrocarbon feed into a Solvent Deasphalting Unit (SDA) to remove asphaltene from the hydrocarbon feed producing a deasphalted oil stream, wherein the SDA comprises a solvent that reacts with the hydrocarbon feed, and the deasphalted oil stream comprises from 0.01 weight percent (wt. %) to 18 wt. % asphaltenes; introducing the deasphalted oil stream into a steam catalytic cracking system; steam catalytically cracking the deasphalted oil stream in the steam catalytic cracking system in the presence of steam and a nano zeolite cracking catalyst to produce a steam catalytic cracking effluent; and separating the olefins from the steam catalytic cracking effluent.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Mohammed Z. Al-Bahar, Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Mohammad F. Al-Jishi, Ali S. Al-Nasir
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Patent number: 11365358Abstract: An integrated process for conversion of a hydrocarbon stream comprising light naphtha to enhanced value products. The process includes passing the hydrocarbon stream through a first reactor, the first reactor being a catalytic bed reactor with a dual-function catalyst to simultaneously reform light naphtha to BTEX and crack light naphtha to ethane, propane, and butanes. Further, the process includes passing an effluent of the first reactor to a gas-liquid separating unit to generate a liquid stream and a gas stream, and passing the gas stream to a gas separator unit to remove hydrogen gas and methane and generate an enhanced gas stream. The process further includes passing the enhanced gas stream through a second reactor, the second reactor being a pyrolysis unit operated at steam cracking conditions to convert ethane, propane, and butanes in the enhanced gas stream to light.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Mohammed Z. Al-Bahar, Manal Al-Eid, Lianhui Ding, Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Ki-Hyouk Choi
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Patent number: 11345605Abstract: Methods and systems for production of consistently-sized BEA zeolite nano-crystals, the method including mixing an emulsion, the emulsion comprising a surfactant and an organic solvent; heating the emulsion; mixing a zeolite solution, the zeolite solution comprising a silicon-containing compound and an aluminum-containing compound; heating the zeolite solution; adding the emulsion to the zeolite solution drop-wise over time to create an zeolite emulsion solution mixture; heating the zeolite emulsion solution mixture; and precipitating the consistently-sized BEA zeolite nano-crystals.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Oki Muraza, Mohamed Ahmed, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Zain Hassan Yamani
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Patent number: 11261098Abstract: Methods and systems for production of consistently-sized BEA zeolite nano-crystals incorporating at least one metal oxide, the method including removing an organic template from a BEA zeolite comprising an organic template via calcination; desilicating the BEA zeolite following the step of removing the organic template; incorporating at least one metal oxide into the structure of the BEA zeolite after the step of desilicating; protonating the BEA zeolite after the step of incorporating the at least one metal oxide; and calcining the BEA zeolite after the step of protonating to form a modified BEA zeolite product.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Oki Muraza, Mohamed Ahmed, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Ali Al-Nasir, Zain Hassan Yamani
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Publication number: 20220017829Abstract: A process for converting a hydrocarbon feed to olefins includes passing the hydrocarbon feed to a distillation system to separate the hydrocarbon feed to produce a light gas stream, a plurality of distillate fractions, and a residue. The process further includes passing at least one of the distillate fractions to a steam catalytic cracking system that includes at least one steam catalytic cracking reactor that is a fixed bed reactor containing a nano-zeolite cracking catalyst. The steam catalytic cracking system contacts the one or more of the plurality of distillate fractions with steam in the presence of the nano-zeolite cracking catalyst, which causes steam catalytic cracking of at least a portion of hydrocarbons in the at least one distillate fraction to produce a steam catalytic cracking effluent comprising the olefins.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2020Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Mohammed Z. Al-Bahar, Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Mohammad F. Al-Jishi, Ali S. Al-Nasir
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Patent number: 11225612Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for producing light olefins from a hydrocarbon feed. The hydrocarbon feed and a water feed are introduced to a reactor to produce an effluent stream. The reactor is operated at a temperature and pressure such that cracking reactions occur in the reactor. The reactor includes a catalyst bed including a nanoscale zeolite catalyst having a crystal size ranging between 10 nm and 300 nm. The effluent stream includes the light olefins. The effluent stream is introduced to a first separator to produce a gas phase fraction and a liquid phase fraction. The gas phase fraction includes the light olefins. The liquid phase fraction is introduced to a second separator to produce a liquid hydrocarbon stream and a spent water stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Mohammed Z. Al-Bahar, Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Mohammad F. Al-Jishi, Ali S. Al-Nasir
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Publication number: 20210363438Abstract: An integrated process for conversion of a hydrocarbon stream comprising light naphtha to enhanced value products. The process includes passing the hydrocarbon stream through a first reactor, the first reactor being a catalytic bed reactor with a dual-function catalyst to simultaneously reform light naphtha to BTEX and crack light naphtha to ethane, propane, and butanes. Further, the process includes passing an effluent of the first reactor to a gas-liquid separating unit to generate a liquid stream and a gas stream, and passing the gas stream to a gas separator unit to remove hydrogen gas and methane and generate an enhanced gas stream. The process further includes passing the enhanced gas stream through a second reactor, the second reactor being a pyrolysis unit operated at steam cracking conditions to convert ethane, propane, and butanes in the enhanced gas stream to light.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Mohammed Z. Al-Bahar, Manal Al-Eid, Lianhui Ding, Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Ki-Hyouk Choi
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Publication number: 20210301212Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for producing light olefins from a hydrocarbon feed. The hydrocarbon feed and a water feed are introduced to a reactor to produce an effluent stream. The reactor is operated at a temperature and pressure such that cracking reactions occur in the reactor. The reactor includes a catalyst bed including a nanoscale zeolite catalyst having a crystal size ranging between 10 nm and 300 nm. The effluent stream includes the light olefins. The effluent stream is introduced to a first separator to produce a gas phase fraction and a liquid phase fraction. The gas phase fraction includes the light olefins. The liquid phase fraction is introduced to a second separator to produce a liquid hydrocarbon stream and a spent water stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Emad Naji AL-SHAFEI, Mohammed Z. AL-BAHAR, Ali Nader AL-JISHI, Ki-Hyouk CHOI, Mohammad F. AL-JISHI, Ali S. AL-NASIR
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Patent number: 11090643Abstract: Systems and methods for production of externally-pore-blocked, internally-pore-opened modified zeolite crystals, the method including mixing zeolite crystals with an organic pore blocking agent; heating the zeolite crystals mixed with the organic pore blocking agent to block internal pores of the zeolite crystals and produce internally-pore-blocked zeolite crystals; mixing the internally-pore-blocked zeolite crystals with an external pore blocking agent; and calcining the internally-pore-blocked zeolite crystals mixed with the external pore blocking agent, to re-open internal pores via decomposition of the organic pore blocking agent and to block external pores via formation of a silica layer over external pores of the zeolite crystals, forming the externally-pore-blocked, internally-pore-opened modified zeolite crystals.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Oki Muraza, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Ali Al-Nasir, Zain Hassan Yamani, Idris Akolade Bakare, Mohammad Al-Abdullah
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Patent number: 11066605Abstract: Systems and methods for upgrading a heavy oil feed to a light product comprising distillate fractions and olefins, the method including combining a heavy oil feed with a naphtha-based cracking additive to produce a mixed heavy oil feed; heating the mixed heavy oil feed with a nano-zeolite catalyst to effect catalytic upgrading of the mixed heavy oil feed to produce lighter distillate fractions and olefins in an upgraded product; and separating the lighter distillate fractions from the olefins.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Mohamed Al-Bahar, Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Mohammad Al-Jishi, Ali Al-Nasir
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Patent number: 11066606Abstract: Systems and methods for upgrading a heavy oil feed to a light product comprising distillate fractions and olefins, the method including combining a heavy oil feed with a naphtha-based cracking additive to produce a mixed heavy oil feed; heating the mixed heavy oil feed with a nano-zeolite catalyst in the presence of steam to effect catalytic upgrading of the mixed heavy oil feed to produce lighter distillate fractions and olefins in an upgraded product, the upgraded product including at least about 30 wt. % olefins; and separating the lighter distillate fractions from the olefins.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Mohamed Al-Bahar, Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Ali Al-Nasir, Mohammad Al-Jishi
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Publication number: 20210147246Abstract: Methods and systems for production of consistently-sized BEA zeolite nano-crystals, the method including mixing an emulsion, the emulsion comprising a surfactant and an organic solvent; heating the emulsion; mixing a zeolite solution, the zeolite solution comprising a silicon-containing compound and an aluminum-containing compound; heating the zeolite solution; adding the emulsion to the zeolite solution drop-wise over time to create an zeolite emulsion solution mixture; heating the zeolite emulsion solution mixture; and precipitating the consistently-sized BEA zeolite nano-crystals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Oki Muraza, Mohamed Ahmed, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Zain Hassan Yamani
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Publication number: 20210139793Abstract: Systems and methods for upgrading a heavy oil feed to a light product comprising distillate fractions and olefins, the method including combining a heavy oil feed with a naphtha-based cracking additive to produce a mixed heavy oil feed; heating the mixed heavy oil feed with a nano-zeolite catalyst in the presence of steam to effect catalytic upgrading of the mixed heavy oil feed to produce lighter distillate fractions and olefins in an upgraded product, the upgraded product including at least about 30 wt. % olefins; and separating the lighter distillate fractions from the olefins.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Mohamed Al-Bahar, Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Ali Al-Nasir, Mohammad Al-Jishi
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Publication number: 20210139336Abstract: Systems and methods for production of consistently-sized ZSM-22 zeolite catalyst crystals, a method including preparing an aluminate solution; preparing a silica solution; mixing the aluminate solution and the silica solution to form a zeolite-forming solution; heating the zeolite solution with microwave irradiation in a first, a second, a third, and a fourth distinct isothermal stage to produce the consistently-sized ZSM-22 zeolite catalyst crystals within a pre-selected crystal size range using a non-ionic surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Oki Muraza, Anas Karrar Jamil, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Zain Hassan Yamani
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Publication number: 20210139790Abstract: Systems and methods for upgrading a heavy oil feed to a light product comprising distillate fractions and olefins, the method including combining a heavy oil feed with a naphtha-based cracking additive to produce a mixed heavy oil feed; heating the mixed heavy oil feed with a nano-zeolite catalyst to effect catalytic upgrading of the mixed heavy oil feed to produce lighter distillate fractions and olefins in an upgraded product; and separating the lighter distillate fractions from the olefins.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Mohamed Al-Bahar, Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Mohammad Al-Jishi, Ali Al-Nasir
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Publication number: 20210130178Abstract: Methods and systems for production of consistently-sized BEA zeolite nano-crystals incorporating at least one metal oxide, the method including removing an organic template from a BEA zeolite comprising an organic template via calcination; desilicating the BEA zeolite following the step of removing the organic template; incorporating at least one metal oxide into the structure of the BEA zeolite after the step of desilicating; protonating the BEA zeolite after the step of incorporating the at least one metal oxide; and calcining the BEA zeolite after the step of protonating to form a modified BEA zeolite product.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Oki Muraza, Mohamed Ahmed, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Ali Al-Nasir, Zain Hassan Yamani
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Publication number: 20210129127Abstract: Systems and methods for production of externally-pore-blocked, internally-pore-opened modified zeolite crystals, the method including mixing zeolite crystals with an organic pore blocking agent; heating the zeolite crystals mixed with the organic pore blocking agent to block internal pores of the zeolite crystals and produce internally-pore-blocked zeolite crystals; mixing the internally-pore-blocked zeolite crystals with an external pore blocking agent; and calcining the internally-pore-blocked zeolite crystals mixed with the external pore blocking agent, to re-open internal pores via decomposition of the organic pore blocking agent and to block external pores via formation of a silica layer over external pores of the zeolite crystals, forming the externally-pore-blocked, internally-pore-opened modified zeolite crystals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Oki Muraza, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Ali Al-Nasir, Zain Hassan Yamani, Idris Akolade Bakare, Mohammad Al-Abdullah