Patents by Inventor José Luís MONIZ JARDIM

José Luís MONIZ JARDIM 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: 11078430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the cloud point of a base oil with high saturates/paraffinic content to below 0° C., wherein the method comprises subjecting said base oils to a cloud point reduction step comprising adding said base oil to a solvent mixture, wherein the solvent mixture comprises a paraffin naphtha fraction and a co-solvent to obtain a solvent treatment mixture; and subjecting the solvent treatment mixture to a solvent de-waxing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Eglantine Armelle Christiane Colette Marie Albe, Godfried Johannes Aarts, José Luís Moniz Jardim, Cornelis Hyacinthus Maria Van Der Hulst, Ralf Gunnar Meister
  • Patent number: 10934496
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the cloud point of a Fischer-Tropsch derived fraction to below 0° C., wherein the method comprises subjecting the Fischer-Tropsch derived fraction to a cloud point reduction step comprising mixing the Fischer-Tropsch derived fraction, which comprises more than 80 wt. % of paraffins and 90 wt. % of saturates, with a solvent mixture (16), wherein the solvent mixture (16) comprises a paraffinic naphtha fraction (7) and a co-solvent (15); and subjecting the solvent treatment mixture (23) to a solvent de-waxing step (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Eglantine Armelle Christiane Colette Marie Albe, Godfried Johannes Aarts, José Luís Moniz Jardim, Cornelis Hyacinthus Maria Van Der Hulst, Eduard Philip Kieffer, Edward Julius Creyghton
  • Publication number: 20200087581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the cloud point of a base oil with high saturates/paraffinic content to below 0° C., wherein the method comprises subjecting said base oils to a cloud point reduction step comprising adding said base oil to a solvent mixture, wherein the solvent mixture comprises a paraffin naphtha fraction and a co-solvent to obtain a solvent treatment mixture; and subjecting the solvent treatment mixture to a solvent de-waxing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Eglantine Armelle Christiane Colette Marie ALBE, Godfried Johannes AARTS, José Luís MONIZ JARDIM, Cornelis Hyacinthus Maria VAN DER HULST, Ralf Gunnar MEISTER
  • Publication number: 20200017780
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the cloud point of a Fischer-Tropsch derived fraction to below 0° C., wherein the method comprises subjecting the Fischer-Tropsch derived fraction to a cloud point reduction step comprising mixing the Fischer-Tropsch derived fraction, which comprises more than 80 wt. % of paraffins and 90 wt. % of saturates, with a solvent mixture (16), wherein the solvent mixture (16) comprises a paraffinic naphtha fraction (7) and a co-solvent (15); and subjecting the solvent treatment mixture (23) to a solvent de-waxing step (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Eglantine Armelle Christiane Colette Marie ALBE, Godfried Johannes AARTS, José Luís MONIZ JARDIM, Cornelis Hyacinthus Maria VAN DER HULST, Eduard Philip KIEFFER, Edward Julius CREYGHTON