Patents by Inventor Hamid Reza Khakdaman

Hamid Reza Khakdaman 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: 7491750
    Abstract: An improved Method for the separation of catalyst particles and the wax product from the output slurry of a Fischer-Tropsch bubble column reactor comprising the contact of a hydrocarbon solvent from a cyclic solvent stream with the slurry, wherein the solvent is a hydrocarbon fraction which is pressurized and heated to its supercritical state and the temperature and the pressure of the solvent at the supercritical state are similar to those of the F-T reactor. After the separating of the catalyst from the hydrocarbon mixture of the solvent and the slurry in a catalyst separation section the hydrocarbon solvent and the wax product are separated, whereby the recovered solvent phase is lead to the cyclic solvent stream; which is used after re-pressurizing and re-heating in a supercritical solvent supply module to recycling the hydrocarbon solvent for the contact step. A system for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI)
    Inventors: Hamid Reza Khakdaman, Bahman Amini Horri, Hossein Manafi Varkiani, Sasan Sadraei Noori, Khairolah Jafari Jozani