Patents by Inventor G. Alan Vaughan

G. Alan Vaughan 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).

  • UPGRADING CHALLENGED FEEDS AND PITCHES PRODUCED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20200181497
    Abstract: A method for producing pitch can include: hydroprocessing a challenged feed from a refinery operation to produce a hydroprocessed product; distilling the hydroprocessed product to yield one or more upgraded fractions and a resid fraction; and solvent deasphalting the resid fraction to yield a deasphalted oil stream and a hydroprocessed pitch stream. The resultant pitch can have a micro carbon residue (MCR) of 50 wt % or greater, a solubility in toluene of 95 wt % or greater, and a softening point of 200° C. or less. The pitch can optionally be fluxed with a fluxing solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen H. Brown, G. Alan Vaughan, Patrick L. Hanks, Keith K. Aldous, Warren B. Ames, Federico Barrai, Samia Ilias, Randolph J. Smiley, David C. Boyer