Patents by Inventor Kimchi T. Phan

Kimchi T. Phan 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: 11229860
    Abstract: A scavenger comprising a formaldehyde sulfoxylate may be used to scavenge hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from systems that are brine or mixed production. Suitable formaldehyde sulfoxylates include, but are not necessarily limited to, sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, zinc formaldehyde sulfoxylate, and calcium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, potassium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, magnesium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, iron formaldehyde sulfoxylate, copper formaldehyde sulfoxylate, alkene aldehyde sulfoxylates, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Scott E. Lehrer, Soma Chakraborty, Sunder Ramachandran, Kimchi T. Phan
  • Publication number: 20210101095
    Abstract: A scavenger comprising a formaldehyde sulfoxylate may be used to scavenge hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from systems that are brine or mixed production. Suitable formaldehyde sulfoxylates include, but are not necessarily limited to, sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, zinc formaldehyde sulfoxylate, and calcium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, potassium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, magnesium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, iron formaldehyde sulfoxylate, copper formaldehyde sulfoxylate, alkene aldehyde sulfoxylates, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Scott E. Lehrer, Soma Chakraborty, Sunder Ramachandran, Kimchi T. Phan
  • Patent number: 10940407
    Abstract: A scavenger comprising a formaldehyde sulfoxylate may be used to scavenge hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from systems that are brine or mixed production. Suitable formaldehyde sulfoxylates include, but are not necessarily limited to, sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, zinc formaldehyde sulfoxylate, and calcium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, potassium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, magnesium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, iron formaldehyde sulfoxylate, copper formaldehyde sulfoxylate, alkene aldehyde sulfoxylates, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Scott E. Lehrer, Soma Chakraborty, Sunder Ramachandran, Kimchi T. Phan
  • Publication number: 20190015763
    Abstract: A scavenger comprising a formaldehyde sulfoxylate may be used to scavenge hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from systems that are brine or mixed production. Suitable formaldehyde sulfoxylates include, but are not necessarily limited to, sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, zinc formaldehyde sulfoxylate, and calcium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, potassium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, magnesium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, iron formaldehyde sulfoxylate, copper formaldehyde sulfoxylate, alkene aldehyde sulfoxylates, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Scott E. Lehrer, Soma Chakraborty, Sunder Ramachandran, Kimchi T. Phan
  • Patent number: 10093868
    Abstract: Treatment of hydrocarbon streams, e.g. gasoline, with basic ionic liquids (ILs), results in reduction of the sulfur compounds such as H2S thiophenes, disulfides, thioethers, and/or mercaptans that are present to remove these compounds. The IL is a quaternary ammonium compound having the formula R4N+ X? or X? R3N+R?N+R3 X?, where R is independently an alkyl group, an alkylbenzyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, or a hydroxyalkylbenzyl group, and R is straight or branched and has 1-22 carbon atoms, R? is a straight or branched alkylene or oxyalkylene having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and where X? can be hydroxide, carbonate, alkylcarbonate, bicarbonate or alkoxide, where the alkyl group of the alkylcarbonate or alkoxide, if present, is straight or branched and has 1 to 8 carbon atoms. The ILs can be used in applications where liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon fluids are treated by direct injection or by extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry J. Weers, Henry Nguyen, Weldon J. Cappel, Kimchi T. Phan
  • Publication number: 20130239465
    Abstract: The cold flow of middle distillate fuels may be improved by adding an effective improving amount of one or more alpha-olefin compositions. The compositions include, but are not necessarily limited to, polymers of alpha-olefins per se, copolymerized or grafted alpha-olefins with maleic anhydride, acrylic acid, vinyl acetate, alkyl acrylates, methacrylic acid, and/or alkyl methacrylates. These resulting copolymers or grafted polymers may be blended with alkylphenol-formaldehyde resins, which in turn may be blended with ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer. In a non-limiting example, the cold filter plugging point (CFPP) may be synergistically improved as compared with the expected additive effect of using the components separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Ben Morgan, John A. Schield, Paul J. Biggerstaff, Kimchi T. Phan, Jack Bradford Ward