Patents by Inventor Karl O. Albrecht
Karl O. Albrecht 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: 10538464Abstract: A system and process for processing biologically-derived compounds or a complex bio-oil by converting cyclic compounds in a complex bio-oil or biologically-derived compounds to desired materials such as high molecular weight paraffins with minimal carbon loss by using a ring-contraction catalyst to selectively produce C5 ring containing compounds; and then reacting the C5 ring containing compounds with a C5 ring opening catalyst in a second reactor to minimize carbon loss via cracking reactions.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Vanessa Dagle, Karl O. Albrecht, Robert A. Dagle
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Patent number: 10005974Abstract: Systems, processes, and catalysts are disclosed for obtaining fuels and fuel blends containing selected ratios of open-chain and closed-chain fuel-range hydrocarbons suitable for production of alternate fuels including gasolines, jet fuels, and diesel fuels. Fuel-range hydrocarbons may be derived from ethylene-containing feedstocks and ethanol-containing feedstocks.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Michael A. Lilga, Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Alan R. Cooper, John G. Frye, Karthikeyan Kallupalayam Ramasamy
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Patent number: 9932531Abstract: Systems, processes, and catalysts are disclosed for obtaining fuel and fuel blends containing selected ratios of open-chain and closed-chain fuel-range hydrocarbons suitable for production of alternate fuels including gasolines, jet fuels, and diesel fuels. Fuel-range hydrocarbons may be derived from ethylene-containing feedstocks and ethanol-containing feedstocks.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Michael A. Lilga, Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Alan R. Cooper, John G. Frye, Karthikeyan Kallupalayam Ramasamy
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Publication number: 20170369804Abstract: Systems, processes, and catalysts are disclosed for obtaining fuels and fuel blends containing selected ratios of open-chain and closed-chain fuel-range hydrocarbons suitable for production of alternate fuels including gasolines, jet fuels, and diesel fuels. Fuel-range hydrocarbons may be derived from ethylene-containing feedstocks and ethanol-containing feedstocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Michael A. Lilga, Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Alan R. Cooper, John G. Frye, Karthikeyan Kallupalayam Ramasamy
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Patent number: 9771533Abstract: Systems, processes, and catalysts are disclosed for obtaining fuels and fuel blends containing selected ratios of open-chain and closed-chain fuel-range hydrocarbons suitable for production of alternate fuels including gasolines, jet fuels, and diesel fuels. Fuel-range hydrocarbons may be derived from ethylene-containing feedstocks and ethanol-containing feedstocks.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Michael A. Lilga, Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Alan R. Cooper, John G. Frye, Karthikeyan Kallupalayam Ramasamy
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Publication number: 20170218283Abstract: Systems, processes, and catalysts are disclosed for obtaining fuel and fuel blends containing selected ratios of open-chain and closed-chain fuel-range hydrocarbons suitable for production of alternate fuels including gasolines, jet fuels, and diesel fuels. Fuel-range hydrocarbons may be derived from ethylene-containing feedstocks and ethanol-containing feedstocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Michael A. Lilga, Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Alan R. Cooper, John G. Frye, Karthikeyan Kallupalayam Ramasamy
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Patent number: 9663416Abstract: Systems, processes, and catalysts are disclosed for obtaining fuel and fuel blends containing selected ratios of open-chain and closed-chain fuel-range hydrocarbons suitable for production of alternate fuels including gasolines, jet fuels, and diesel fuels. Fuel-range hydrocarbons may be derived from ethylene-containing feedstocks and ethanol-containing feedstocks.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Michael A. Lilga, Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Alan R. Cooper, John G. Frye, Karthikeyan Kallupalayam Ramasamy
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Patent number: 9434659Abstract: A composition comprising 2,3-butanediol is dehydrated to methyl vinyl carbinol and/or 1,3-butadiene by exposure to a catalyst comprising (a) MxOy wherein M is a rare earth metal, a group IIIA metal, Zr, or a combination thereof, and x and y are based upon an oxidation state of M, or (b) M3a(PO4)b where M3 is a group IA, a group IIA metal, a group IIIA metal, or a combination thereof, and a and b are based upon the oxidation state of M3. Embodiments of the catalyst comprising MxOy may further include M2, wherein M2 is a rare earth metal, a group IIA metal, Zr, Al, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, 2,3-butanediol is dehydrated to methyl vinyl carbinol and/or 1,3-butadiene by a catalyst comprising MxOy, and the methyl vinyl carbinol is subsequently dehydrated to 1,3-butadiene by exposure to a solid acid catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Michael A. Lilga, John G. Frye, Jr., Suh-Jane Lee, Karl O. Albrecht
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Publication number: 20160194572Abstract: Systems, processes, and catalysts are disclosed for obtaining fuels and fuel blends containing selected ratios of open-chain and closed-chain fuel-range hydrocarbons suitable for production of alternate fuels including gasolines, jet fuels, and diesel fuels. Fuel-range hydrocarbons may be derived from ethylene-containing feedstocks and ethanol-containing feedstocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Michael A. Lilga, Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Alan R. Cooper, John G. Frye, Karthi Ramasamy
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Publication number: 20160194257Abstract: Systems, processes, and catalysts are disclosed for obtaining fuel and fuel blends containing selected ratios of open-chain and closed-chain fuel-range hydrocarbons suitable for production of alternate fuels including gasolines, jet fuels, and diesel fuels. Fuel-range hydrocarbons may be derived from ethylene-containing feedstocks and ethanol-containing feedstocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Michael A. Lilga, Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Alan R. Cooper, John G. Frye, Karthi Ramasamy
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Publication number: 20150218062Abstract: A composition comprising 2,3-butanediol is dehydrated to methyl vinyl carbinol and/or 1,3-butadiene by exposure to a catalyst comprising (a) MxOy wherein M is a rare earth metal, a group IIIA metal, Zr, or a combination thereof, and x and y are based upon an oxidation state of M, or (b) M3a(PO4)b where M3 is a group IA, a group IIA metal, a group IIIA metal, or a combination thereof, and a and b are based upon the oxidation state of M3. Embodiments of the catalyst comprising MxOy may further include M2, wherein M2 is a rare earth metal, a group IIA metal, Zr, Al, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, 2,3-butanediol is dehydrated to methyl vinyl carbinol and/or 1,3-butadiene by a catalyst comprising MxOy, and the methyl vinyl carbinol is subsequently dehydrated to 1,3-butadiene by exposure to a solid acid catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Michael A. Lilga, John G. Frye, JR., Suh-Jane Lee, Karl O. Albrecht
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Patent number: 8882990Abstract: Embodiments of methods for making renewable diesel by deoxygenating (decarboxylating/decarbonylating/dehydrating) fatty acids to produce hydrocarbons are disclosed. Fatty acids are exposed to a catalyst selected from a) Pt and MO3 on ZrO2 (M is W, Mo, or a combination thereof), or b) Pt/Ge or Pt/Sn on carbon, and the catalyst decarboxylates at least 10% of the fatty acids. In particular embodiments, the catalyst consists essentially of 0.7 wt % Pt and 12 wt % WO3, relative to a mass of catalyst, or the catalyst consists essentially of a) 5 wt % Pt and b) 0.5 wt % Ge or 0.5 wt % Sn, relative to a mass of catalyst. Deoxygenation is performed without added hydrogen and at less than 100 psi. Disclosed embodiments of the catalysts deoxygenate at least 10% of fatty acids in a fatty acid feed, and remain capable of deoxygenating fatty acids for at least 200 minutes to more than 350 hours.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Heather M. Brown, James F. White
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Patent number: 8388829Abstract: Embodiments of methods for making renewable diesel by deoxygenating (decarboxylating/decarbonylating/dehydrating) fatty acids to produce hydrocarbons are disclosed. Fatty acids are exposed to a catalyst selected from a) Pt and MO3 on ZrO2 (M is W, Mo, or a combination thereof), or b) Pt/Ge or Pt/Sn on carbon, and the catalyst decarboxylates at least 10% of the fatty acids. In particular embodiments, the catalyst consists essentially of 0.7 wt % Pt and 12 wt % WO3, relative to a mass of catalyst, or the catalyst consists essentially of a) 5 wt % Pt and b) 0.5 wt % Ge or 0.5 wt % Sn, relative to a mass of catalyst. Deoxygenation is performed without added hydrogen and at less than 100 psi. Disclosed embodiments of the catalysts deoxygenate at least 10% of fatty acids in a fatty acid feed, and remain capable of deoxygenating fatty acids for at least 200 minutes to more than 350 hours.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Heather M. Brown, James F. White
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Patent number: 8366907Abstract: Embodiments of methods for making renewable diesel by deoxygenating (decarboxylating/decarbonylating/dehydrating) fatty acids to produce hydrocarbons are disclosed. Fatty acids are exposed to a catalyst selected from a) Pt and MO3 on ZrO2 (M is W, Mo, or a combination thereof), or b) Pt/Ge or Pt/Sn on carbon, and the catalyst decarboxylates at least 10% of the fatty acids. In particular embodiments, the catalyst consists essentially of 0.7 wt % Pt and 12 wt % WO3, relative to a mass of catalyst, or the catalyst consists essentially of a) 5 wt % Pt and b) 0.5 wt % Ge or 0.5 wt % Sn, relative to a mass of catalyst. Deoxygenation is performed without added hydrogen and at less than 100 psi. Disclosed embodiments of the catalysts deoxygenate at least 10% of fatty acids in a fatty acid feed, and remain capable of deoxygenating fatty acids for at least 200 minutes to more than 350 hours.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Heather M. Brown, James F. White
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Publication number: 20130018213Abstract: Embodiments of methods for making renewable diesel by deoxygenating (decarboxylating/decarbonylating/dehydrating) fatty acids to produce hydrocarbons are disclosed. Fatty acids are exposed to a catalyst selected from a) Pt and MO3 on ZrO2 (M is W, Mo, or a combination thereof), or b) Pt/Ge or Pt/Sn on carbon, and the catalyst decarboxylates at least 10% of the fatty acids. In particular embodiments, the catalyst consists essentially of 0.7 wt % Pt and 12 wt % WO3, relative to a mass of catalyst, or the catalyst consists essentially of a) 5 wt % Pt and b) 0.5 wt % Ge or 0.5 wt % Sn, relative to a mass of catalyst. Deoxygenation is performed without added hydrogen and at less than 100 psi. Disclosed embodiments of the catalysts deoxygenate at least 10% of fatty acids in a fatty acid feed, and remain capable of deoxygenating fatty acids for at least 200 minutes to more than 350 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Heather M. Brown, James F. White
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Publication number: 20130008080Abstract: Embodiments of methods for making renewable diesel by deoxygenating (decarboxylating/decarbonylating/dehydrating) fatty acids to produce hydrocarbons are disclosed. Fatty acids are exposed to a catalyst selected from a) Pt and MO3 on ZrO2 (M is W, Mo, or a combination thereof), or b) Pt/Ge or Pt/Sn on carbon, and the catalyst decarboxylates at least 10% of the fatty acids. In particular embodiments, the catalyst consists essentially of 0.7 wt % Pt and 12 wt % WO3, relative to a mass of catalyst, or the catalyst consists essentially of a) 5 wt % Pt and b) 0.5 wt % Ge or 0.5 wt % Sn, relative to a mass of catalyst. Deoxygenation is performed without added hydrogen and at less than 100 psi. Disclosed embodiments of the catalysts deoxygenate at least 10% of fatty acids in a fatty acid feed, and remain capable of deoxygenating fatty acids for at least 200 minutes to more than 350 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Heather M. Brown, James F. White
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Publication number: 20120029250Abstract: Embodiments of methods for making renewable diesel by deoxygenating (decarboxylating/decarbonylating/dehydrating) fatty acids to produce hydrocarbons are disclosed. Fatty acids are exposed to a catalyst selected from a) Pt and MO3 on ZrO2 (M is W, Mo, or a combination thereof), or b) Pt/Ge or Pt/Sn on carbon, and the catalyst decarboxylates at least 10% of the fatty acids. In particular embodiments, the catalyst consists essentially of 0.7 wt % Pt and 12 wt % WO3, relative to a mass of catalyst, or the catalyst consists essentially of a) 5 wt % Pt and b) 0.5 wt % Ge or 0.5 wt % Sn, relative to a mass of catalyst. Deoxygenation is performed without added hydrogen and at less than 100 psi. Disclosed embodiments of the catalysts deoxygenate at least 10% of fatty acids in a fatty acid feed, and remain capable of deoxygenating fatty acids for at least 200 minutes to more than 350 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Richard T. Hallen, Karl O. Albrecht, Heather M. Brown, James F. White