Patents by Inventor Joseph S. Famolaro

Joseph S. Famolaro 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 Chydrocarbon conversion
    Patent number: 11643608
    Abstract: The invention relates to C5+ hydrocarbon conversion. More particularly, the invention relates to separating a vapor phase product and a liquid phase product from a heated mixture that includes steam and C5+ hydrocarbons, catalytically cracking the liquid phase product and steam cracking the vapor phase product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Terrance C. Osby, Thomas E. Hewitt, III, Joseph S. Famolaro, Nikki L. Griggs, Ronald J. Cimini, Steven M. Slack, Jackie S. Thompson, John R. DeLaney
  • Process for C5+ Hydrocarbon Conversion
    Publication number: 20210253961
    Abstract: The invention relates to C5+ hydrocarbon conversion. More particularly, the invention relates to separating a vapor phase product and a liquid phase product from a heated mixture that includes steam and C5+ hydrocarbons, catalytically cracking the liquid phase product and steam cracking the vapor phase product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Terrance C. Osby, Thomas E. Hewitt, III, Joseph S. Famolaro, Nikki L. Griggs, Ronald J. Cimini, Steven M. Slack, Jackie S. Thompson, John R. DeLaney
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOVING GAS CONTAMINANTS FROM FLOWING SOLIDS
    Publication number: 20200377805
    Abstract: A method for removing gas contaminants from flowing solids in a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process can include: catalytically cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock in the presence of a catalyst in a riser of a FCC unit to produce a hydrocarbon product; separating the hydrocarbon product from a spent catalyst to produce a hydrocarbon product stream; regenerating the spent catalyst in a regeneration gas comprising oxygen to produce a mixture comprising a regenerated catalyst and a gas contaminant at a first concentration; introducing a stripping gas and the mixture into a regenerated catalyst stripper to produce a regenerated catalyst stream comprising the regenerated catalyst, the stripping gas, and a gas contaminant at a second concentration that is reduced by 50% or greater as compared to the first concentration; and introducing the regenerated catalyst stream to the riser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew S. Mettler, Joseph S. Famolaro, Masaaki Sugita, William S. Holloway, Chris J. Wolfe
  • Fluid bed reactor with staged baffles
    Patent number: 9095831
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of alkylating aromatic hydrocarbons, and more particularly a process of making paraxylene by alkylation of benzene and/or toluene with methanol and/or dimethyl ether, and to an apparatus for carrying out said process, the improvement comprising staged injection of one of the reactants, with the stages separated by structured packing so as to minimize at least one of gas phase back-mixing, by-pass phenomena, and gas bubble size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Lu Han, Rathna P. Davuluri, Christopher G. Smalley, Mark P. Hagemeister, Masaaki Sugita, Joseph S. Famolaro, Robert G. Tinger
  • Fluid Bed Reactor with Staged Baffles
    Publication number: 20130165724
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of alkylating aromatic hydrocarbons, and more particularly a process of making paraxylene by alkylation of benzene and/or toluene with methanol and/or dimethyl ether, and to an apparatus for carrying out said process, the improvement comprising staged injection of one of the reactants, with the stages separated by structured packing so as to minimize at least one of gas phase back-mixing, by-pass phenomena, and gas bubble size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Lu Han, Rathna P. Davuluri, Christopher G. Smalley, Mark Hagemeister, Masaaki Sugita, Joseph S. Famolaro, Robert G. Tinger
  • FCC catalyst stripper configuration
    Patent number: 7744746
    Abstract: This invention relates to the catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed. In particular, this invention relates to an apparatus and process utilizing a catalyst stripper section of a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) reactor with chordal trays designed to provide improved stripping of hydrocarbons from spent FCC catalyst in an FCC reactor stripping zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Brian A. Cunningham, Christopher G. Smalley, Richard C. Senior, Joseph S. Famolaro, Rathna P. Davuluri, David L. Johnson, James H. Beech, Jeffrey S. Smith
  • FCC catalyst stripper configuration
    Publication number: 20070251863
    Abstract: This invention relates to the catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed. In particular, this invention relates to an apparatus and process utilizing a catalyst stripper section of a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) reactor with chordal trays designed to provide improved stripping of hydrocarbons from spent FCC catalyst in an FCC reactor stripping zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Brian A. Cunningham, Christopher G. Smalley, Richard C. Senior, Joseph S. Famolaro, Rathna P. Davuluri, David L. Johnson, James H. Beech, Jeffrey S. Smith