Patents by Inventor Khalid Azzam

Khalid Azzam 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).

  • Publication number: 20230061675
    Abstract: A method of performing an oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) reaction to produce C2+ compounds using a low temperature gas mixture feed is provided. The method includes introducing a gas mixture feed containing methane, oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide at a temperature of less than or equal to 300° C. to an inlet of an OCM reactor, which contains a combustion catalyst and an OCM catalyst. At least a portion of the gas mixture feed is combusted using the combustion catalyst to generate a heated gas mixture having a temperature of at least 450° C. The heated gas mixture contacts the OCM catalyst to initiate an OCM reaction and produce an OCM effluent that includes C2+ compounds. A system for performing an OCM reaction using a low temperature feedstock gas mixture is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Gary Podrebarac, Zan Liu, Khalid Azzam, Daniel Rosenberg
  • Publication number: 20170209852
    Abstract: A method for controllably producing a hematite-containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst by combining an iron nitrate solution with a precipitating agent solution at a precipitating temperature and over a precipitation time to form a precipitate comprising iron phases; holding the precipitate from at a hold temperature for a hold time to provide a hematite containing precipitate; and washing the hematite containing precipitate via contact with a wash solution and filtering, to provide a washed hematite containing catalyst. The method may further comprise promoting the washed hematite containing catalyst with a chemical promoter; spray drying the promoted hematite containing catalyst; and calcining the spray dried hematite containing catalyst to provide a calcined hematite-containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Dawid J. Duvenhage, Christine Schmidt, Mark Still, Khalid Azzam, Karl C. Kharas, Sara Hunegnaw, Olga Ionkina, Ray J. Huang, Harold A. Wright
  • Patent number: 9669390
    Abstract: A method for controllably producing a hematite-containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst by combining an iron nitrate solution with a precipitating agent solution at a precipitating temperature and over a precipitation time to form a precipitate comprising iron phases; holding the precipitate from at a hold temperature for a hold time to provide a hematite containing precipitate; and washing the hematite containing precipitate via contact with a wash solution and filtering, to provide a washed hematite containing catalyst. The method may further comprise promoting the washed hematite containing catalyst with a chemical promoter; spray drying the promoted hematite containing catalyst; and calcining the spray dried hematite containing catalyst to provide a calcined hematite-containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: RES USA, LLC
    Inventors: Dawid J. Duvenhage, Christine Schmidt, Mark Still, Khalid Azzam, Karl C. Kharas, Sara Hunegnaw, Olga Ionkina, Ray J. Huang, Harold A. Wright
  • Publication number: 20160001267
    Abstract: A method for controllably producing a hematite-containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst by combining an iron nitrate solution with a precipitating agent solution at a precipitating temperature and over a precipitation time to form a precipitate comprising iron phases; holding the precipitate from at a hold temperature for a hold time to provide a hematite containing precipitate; and washing the hematite containing precipitate via contact with a wash solution and filtering, to provide a washed hematite containing catalyst. The method may further comprise promoting the washed hematite containing catalyst with a chemical promoter; spray drying the promoted hematite containing catalyst; and calcining the spray dried hematite containing catalyst to provide a calcined hematite-containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Dawid J. Duvenhage, Christine Schmidt, Mark Still, Khalid Azzam, Karl C. Kharas, Sara Hunegnaw, Olga Ionkina, Ray J. Huang, Harold A. Wright