Patents by Inventor Jeroen Willem Bolk

Jeroen Willem Bolk 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).

  • Process for mixing an oxidant having explosive potential with a hydrocarbon
    Patent number: 7750170
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the mixing of an oxidant having explosive potential with a hydrocarbon material, which comprises conveying a first stream comprising the hydrocarbon material and a second stream comprising the oxidant into a microchannel apparatus, allowing mixing to occur, and withdrawing the mixture. The process is useful for the preparation of ethylene oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Jeroen Willem Bolk, Alouisius Nicolaas Renée Bos
  • Method of installing an epoxidation catalyst in a reactor, a method of preparing an epoxidation catalyst, an epoxidation catalyst, a process for the preparation of an olefin oxide or a chemical derivable from an olefin oxide, and a reactor suitable for such a process
    Publication number: 20080154052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved epoxidation process and an improved epoxidation reactor. The present invention makes use of a reactor which comprises a plurality of microchannels. Such process microchannels may be adapted such that the epoxidation and optionally other processes can take place in the microchannels and that they are in a heat exchange relation with channels adapted to contain a heat exchange fluid. A reactor comprising such process microchannels is referred to as a “microchannel reactor”. The invention also provides a method of installing an epoxidation catalyst in a microchannel reactor. The invention also provides a method of preparing an epoxidation catalyst. The invention also provides an epoxidation catalyst. The invention also provides a certain process for the epoxidation of an olefin and a process for the preparation of a chemical derivable from an olefin oxide. The invention also provides a microchannel reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Jeroen Willem Bolk, Alouisius Nicolaas Renee Bos, Wayne Errol Evans, John Robert Lockemeyer, Paul Michael McAllister, Bernardus Franciscus Josef Marie Ramakers, Dominicus Maria Rekers, Mathias Jozef Paul Slapak
  • Method of installing an epoxidation catalyst in a reactor, a method of preparing an epoxidation catalyst, an epoxidation catalyst, a process for the preparation of an olefin oxide or a chemical derivable from an olefin oxide, and a reactor suitable for such a process
    Publication number: 20080154051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved epoxidation process and an improved epoxidation reactor. The present invention makes use of a reactor which comprises a plurality of microchannels. Such process microchannels may be adapted such that the epoxidation and optionally other processes can take place in the microchannels and that they are in a heat exchange relation with channels adapted to contain a heat exchange fluid. A reactor comprising such process microchannels is referred to as a “microchannel reactor”. The invention also provides a method of installing an epoxidation catalyst in a microchannel reactor. The invention also provides a method of preparing an epoxidation catalyst. The invention also provides an epoxidation catalyst. The invention also provides a certain process for the epoxidation of an olefin and a process for the preparation of a chemical derivable from an olefin oxide. The invention also provides a microchannel reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Jeroen Willem Bolk, Alouisius Nicolaas Renee Bos, Wayne Errol Evans, John Robert Lockemeyer, Paul Michael Mcallister, Bernardus Franciscus Josef Marie Ramakers, Dominicus Maria Rekers, Mathias Jozef Paul Slapak