Patents by Inventor John Winram

John Winram 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).

  • Processing diesel fuel from waste oil
    Patent number: 9868913
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method for processing diesel fuel from petroleum-based waste oil on a small scale compared to conventional methods for re-refining waste oil to a valuable product. In an embodiment, the method comprises dehydrating waste oil to remove water from the waste oil, and operating a vertical cylindrical reactor to induce pyrolysis of the dehydrated waste oil and convert it into a hydrocarbon vapor phase. The hydrocarbon vapor derived from pyrolysis is condensed and distilled using a distillation tower to produce diesel fuel, heavy liquid hydrocarbon, light liquid hydrocarbon and light hydrocarbon vapor. A filtering step cleans the processed diesel fuel to obtain a clean diesel fuel product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: HD Petroleum Inc.
    Inventors: Orville Middleton, Bernhard G. Habicht, Todd Habicht, John Winram
  • Processing Diesel Fuel From Waste Oil
    Publication number: 20170145321
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method for processing diesel fuel from petroleum-based waste oil on a small scale compared to conventional methods for re-refining waste oil to a valuable product. In an embodiment, the method comprises dehydrating waste oil to remove water from the waste oil, and operating a vertical cylindrical reactor to induce pyrolysis of the dehydrated waste oil and convert it into a hydrocarbon vapour phase. The hydrocarbon vapour derived from pyrolysis is condensed and distilled using a distillation tower to produce diesel fuel, heavy liquid hydrocarbon, light liquid hydrocarbon and light hydrocarbon vapour. A filtering step cleans the processed diesel fuel to obtain a clean diesel fuel product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Orville Middleton, Bernhard G. Habicht (deceased), Todd Habicht, John Winram
  • Processing Diesel Fuel From Waste Oil
    Publication number: 20160053190
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method for processing diesel fuel from petroleum-based waste oil on a small scale compared to conventional methods for re-refining waste oil to a valuable product. In an embodiment, the method comprises dehydrating waste oil to remove water from the waste oil, and operating a vertical cylindrical reactor to induce pyrolysis of the dehydrated waste oil and convert it into a hydrocarbon vapour phase. The hydrocarbon vapour derived from pyrolysis is condensed and distilled using a distillation tower to produce diesel fuel, heavy liquid hydrocarbon, light liquid hydrocarbon and light hydrocarbon vapour. A filtering step cleans the processed diesel fuel to obtain a clean diesel fuel product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Orville Middleton, Bernhard G. Habicht (deceased), Todd Habicht, John Winram