Patents by Inventor Jose Armando Salazar
Jose Armando Salazar 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).
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Patent number: 11001772Abstract: A process for increasing olefin production from refinery that processes hydrocarbon streams that are rich in aromatic compounds and includes steam cracking and hydrotreating an aromatically rich feedstock to produce a hydrotreated pyrolysis gasoline stream and light pyrolysis oil byproduct, saturating at least one additional naphtha/hydrocarbon stream together with the hydrotreated pyrolysis gasoline stream or together with the light pyrolysis oil byproducts to form a first naphthene stream, and steam cracking the first naphthene stream to produce olefins.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Sheetal Bafna, Jose Armando Salazar-Guillen, Sanjeev Deshpande, Scott Stevenson, Michael Huckman, Joseph W. Schroer
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Patent number: 10550342Abstract: An integrated process for increasing olefin production is described through which heavy cracker residues of fluid catalytic cracking unit and steam cracking unit are completely mixed, and mixed stream is properly recycled and further combined with atmospheric tower bottoms. Combined stream is deasphalted and hydrotreated to produce a proper feedstock for steam cracking unit for manufacturing light olefin compounds. The integrated process produces higher amount of light olefins than a substantially similar process without processing the heavy cracker residues.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Jose Armando Salazar-Guillen, Michael Huckman, Scott Stevenson
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Publication number: 20190055482Abstract: An integrated process for increasing olefin production is described through which heavy cracker residues of fluid catalytic cracking unit and steam cracking unit are completely mixed, and mixed stream is properly recycled and further combined with atmospheric tower bottoms. Combined stream is deasphalted and hydrotreated to produce a proper feedstock for steam cracking unit for manufacturing light olefin compounds. The integrated process produces higher amount of light olefins than a substantially similar process without processing the heavy cracker residues.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Jose Armando SALAZAR-GUILLEN, Michael HUCKMAN, Scott STEVENSON
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Publication number: 20190055483Abstract: A process for increasing olefin production from refinery that processes hydrocarbon streams that are rich in aromatic compounds and includes steam cracking and hydrotreating an aromatically rich feedstock to produce a hydrotreated pyrolysis gasoline stream and light pyrolysis oil byproduct, saturating at least one additional naphtha/hydrocarbon stream together with the hydrotreated pyrolysis gasoline stream or together with the light pyrolysis oil byproducts to form a first naphthene stream, and steam cracking the first naphthene stream to produce olefins.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Sheetal BAFNA, Jose Armando SALAZAR-GUILLEN, Sanjeev DESHPANDE, Scott STEVENSON, Michael HUCKMAN, Joseph W. SCHROER
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Patent number: 8636958Abstract: A nozzle reactor includes a passage having one or more regions with a converging-diverging shape. The nozzle reactor accelerates a reacting fluid to supersonic velocities and mixes it with a feed material. The reacting fluid and the feed material may be pre-heated. The high speed collision between the reacting fluid and the feed material at elevated temperatures causes the materials to react.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Marathon Oil Canada CorporationInventors: Jose Armando Salazar-Guillen, Mahendra Joshi, Christopher Ard
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Publication number: 20130341245Abstract: A hydrocarbon upgrading method is described. The method can generally include a step of providing a nozzle reactor, a step of injecting hydrocarbon residuum into the feed passage of the nozzle reactor, and a step of injecting a cracking material into the main passage of the nozzle reactor, and a step of collecting a product stream exiting the exit opening of the main passage of the nozzle reactor. The hydrocarbon residuum used in the method can be obtained from a hydroconversion-type upgrader, such as an ebullating bed hydrocracker.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: MARATHON OIL CANADA CORPORATIONInventors: Jose Armando Salazar-Guillen, Mahendra Joshi, Dominic J. Zelnik
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Patent number: 8586515Abstract: A process for producing biofuels and biolubricants from lipid material includes reacting lipid material with a motive fluid in a reactor. The reactor may be configured to cause a high energy collision between the motive fluid and the lipid material that facilitates the reactions that result in biofuels and biolubricants. A heavy fraction of the effluent may be repeatedly recycled back through the reactor until most, if not all, of the lipid material has been converted.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Marathon Oil Canada CorporationInventors: Jose Armando Salazar-Guillen, Mahendra Joshi
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Publication number: 20130299387Abstract: Methods and systems for upgrading hydrocarbon material, including bituminous material such as tar sands. A hydrocarbon material and a cracking material can be injected into separate injection ports of a nozzle reactor to produce a hydrocarbon product. The hydrocarbon product can be injected directly into a coker so that heavy hydrocarbon compounds can be upgraded into lighter hydrocarbon compounds, or the hydrocarbon product can first be injected into a separation vessel to separate hydrocarbons having higher boiling point temperature from hydrocarbons having lower boiling point temperature. The hydrocarbons having higher boiling point temperature can then be injected into a coker.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Jose Armando Salazar, Mahendra L. Joshi
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Publication number: 20130251597Abstract: A nozzle reactor includes a passage having one or more regions with a converging-diverging shape. The nozzle reactor accelerates a reacting fluid to supersonic velocities and mixes it with a feed material. The reacting fluid and the feed material may be pre-heated. The high speed collision between the reacting fluid and the feed material at elevated temperatures causes the materials to react.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: MARATHON CANADIAN OIL SANDS HOLDING LIMITEDInventors: Jose Armando Salazar, Mahendra Joshi, Christopher Daniel Ard, Dominic J. Zelnik
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Patent number: 8435402Abstract: A method of cracking hydrocarbon material in a nozzle reactor. The method includes a step of providing a nozzle reactor, a step of injecting a stream of cracking material into the reactor body of the nozzle reactor, and a step of injecting hydrocarbon material into the reactor body of the nozzle reactor, wherein the cracking material is methanol, ethanol, ethane, propane, biodiesel, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, or combinations thereof. The cracking material can also include steam. The hydrocarbon material can be injected into the reactor body at a direction transverse to the direction the cracking material is injected into the reactor body.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Marathon Canadian Oil Sands Holding LimitedInventors: Willem P. C. Duyvesteyn, Jose Armando Salazar
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Publication number: 20130105362Abstract: Methods and systems for integrating bitumen extraction processes with bitumen upgrading processes are disclosed. The methods and systems can include recovering an emulsion of hydrocarbon and water from a Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage extraction process, breaking the emulsion, using the water from the emulsion to make steam, upgrading the hydrocarbon from the emulsion using the steam, separating diluent from the upgraded hydrocarbon, and using the diluent to break SAGD-produced emulsion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: MARATHON OIL CANADA CORPORATIONInventors: Jose Armando Salazar, Mahendra Joshi
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Publication number: 20130105361Abstract: A nozzle reactor system for increasing the conversion rate of material feed injected into the nozzle reactor system. The system includes two or more nozzle reactors aligned in parallel. A main stream of material to be upgraded is divided such that one stream is produced for each nozzle reactor in the system. Each nozzle reactor includes an interior reactor chamber and an injection passage and material feed passage that are each in material injecting communication with the interior reactor chamber. Furthermore, the injection passage is aligned transversely to the injection passage. The injection passage is configured to accelerate cracking material passed therethrough to a supersonic speed. The product produced from each of the nozzle reactors is combined into one product stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: MARATHON OIL CANADA CORPORATIONInventors: Jose Armando Salazar, Mahendra Joshi, Christopher Daniel Ard
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Publication number: 20130092599Abstract: Methods and systems of upgrading hydrocarbon material, such as bituminous material, are described. The methods and systems can reduce or eliminate the need for the use of atmospheric and/or vacuum distillation towers by instead using clyconic separation apparatus. The methods and systems can include the use of one or more cyclonic separation apparatus aligned in series in order to separate out a high boiling point fraction of the hydrocarbon material and then upgrading the high boiling point hydrocarbon material in a nozzle reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: MARATHON OIL CANADA CORPORATIONInventors: Jose Armando Salazar, Mahendra Joshi, Dominic J. Zelnik
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Publication number: 20130058835Abstract: A nozzle reactor includes a passage having one or more regions with a converging-diverging shape. The nozzle reactor accelerates a reacting fluid to supersonic velocities and mixes it with a feed material. The reacting fluid and the feed material may be pre-heated. The high speed collision between the reacting fluid and the feed material at elevated temperatures causes the materials to react.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: MARATHON OIL CANADA COMPANYInventors: Jose Armando Salazar-Guillen, Mahendra Joshi, Christopher Ard
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Publication number: 20130048539Abstract: Methods and systems for upgrading hydrocarbon are described. The system can include a combustor and a nozzle reactor. The combustor can be used to produce a motive fluid suitable for use in the nozzle reactor. The motive fluid produced by the combustor and a hydrocarbon stream can be injected into the nozzle reactor to upgrade the hydrocarbon material. The systems and methods can also be integrated with a steam assisted gravity drainage system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: MARATHON OIL CANADA CORPORATIONInventors: Jose Armando Salazar, Mahendra Joshi, Thomas Edward Carter
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Publication number: 20130043033Abstract: Methods and systems for upgrading hydrocarbon on offshore platforms are described. Hydrocarbon material can be extracted from deposits under bodies of water and upgraded on offshore platforms, such as through the use of one or more nozzle reactors. The upgraded hydrocarbon material produced by the nozzle reactor, can than be transported back to shore through pipelines, in part due to the improved viscosity of the upgraded material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: MARATHON OIL CANADA CORPORATIONInventors: Jose Armando Salazar, Mahendra Joshi, Thomas Edward Carter
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Publication number: 20120267286Abstract: A reactor for cracking heavy hydrocarbons includes a tube having an internal passage filled with a fluid that includes heavy hydrocarbon material. The reactor is oriented vertically so that the fluid moves downward through the internal passage of the tube. The internal passage includes alternating linear sections and curved sections. The internal passage is oriented so that it lies on a single plane. The reactor may be combined with another reactor to produce a reactor system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: MARATHON OIL CANADA COMPANYInventors: Jose Armando Salazar-Guillen, Christopher Ard
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Publication number: 20120101014Abstract: A process for producing biofuels and biolubricants from lipid material includes reacting lipid material with a motive fluid in a reactor. The reactor may be configured to cause a high energy collision between the motive fluid and the lipid material that facilitates the reactions that result in biofuels and biolubricants. A heavy fraction of the effluent may be repeatedly recycled back through the reactor until most, if not all, of the lipid material has been converted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: Jose Armando Salazar-Guillen, Mahendra Joshi
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Publication number: 20110308995Abstract: An improved hydrocarbon cracking process includes a first reactor such as a nozzle reactor positioned in series with a second reactor such as a tubular reactor. A cracking fluid such as steam or natural gas is reacted with heavy hydrocarbon material in the first reactor. The first reactor may provide a tremendous amount of thermal and kinetic energy that initiates cracking of heavy hydrocarbon materials. The second reactor provides sufficient residence time at high temperature to increase the conversion of heavy hydrocarbon materials to the desired level. The cracking fluid functions as a hydrogen donor in the cracking reactions so that very little of the heavy hydrocarbon material becomes hydrogen depleted and forms coke even if the heavy hydrocarbon material is repeatedly recycled through the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Jose Armando Salazar-Guillen, Christopher Ard
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Publication number: 20110233114Abstract: A method of cracking hydrocarbon material in a nozzle reactor. The method includes a step of providing a nozzle reactor, a step of injecting a stream of cracking material into the reactor body of the nozzle reactor, and a step of injecting hydrocarbon material into the reactor body of the nozzle reactor, wherein the cracking material is methanol, ethanol, ethane, propane, biodiesel, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, or combinations thereof. The cracking material can also include steam. The hydrocarbon material can be injected into the reactor body at a direction transverse to the direction the cracking material is injected into the reactor body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: MARATHON OIL CANADA CORPORATIONInventors: Willem P.C. Duyvesteyn, Jose Armando Salazar