Patents by Inventor LEONARDO DÍAZ GARCÍA

LEONARDO DÍAZ GARCÍA 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: 10974229
    Abstract: According to this invention, a Ni—Mo—W trimetallic catalyst supported on porous alumina is obtained that shows very high activity for hydrotreating (HDT) of gasoils, particularly deep hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and hydrodesnitrogenation (HDN) of straight run gasoil in conditions of moderate pressure. When the catalyst is applied to HDT of diesel, the NiMoW catalyst exhibits high catalytic activity. The content of sulfur and nitrogen in the resulting diesel can be reduced from 13,200 to 10 ppm and nitrogen from 360 ppm to less than 1 ppm, under moderate pressure, temperature and space-velocity (LHSV) similar to those of an industrial unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO
    Inventors: Blanca Lucia Medellín Rivera, Gonzolo Hernández Tapia, Maria del Rosario Socorro Luna Ramírez, Leonardo Díaz García, Maria Teresa Gómez Pérez, Roberto Garcia De León
  • Patent number: 10858594
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for the hydrodeoxygenation of vegetable oils or animal fats to produce green diesel, which comprises contacting the vegetable oil or animal fat with a Nickel-Molybdenum or Cobalt-Molybdenum catalyst supported on alumina-titania or titania, respectively; in a fixed bed reactor in the presence of hydrogen. The process involves hydrocracking, hydrogenation, decarboxylation, decarbonylation, carried out in a fixed bed reactor at temperature of about 270° C. to about 360° C., pressure of about 40 kgf/cm2 to about 60 kgf/cm2, liquid hourly space velocity (LHSV) between about 0.8 h?1 to about 3.0 h?1, and H2/oil ratio of about 2,700 ft3/bbl to about 7,000 ft3/bbl, that allows to obtain a conversion up to 99% and up to 92.7% yield on green diesel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Luis Felipe Ramirez Verduzco, Jorge Arturo Aburto Anell, Myriam Adela Amezcua Allieri, Maria Del Rosario Socorro Luna Ramirez, Leonardo Diaz Garcia, Blanca Lucia Medellin Rivera, Javier Esteban Rodriguez Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20200102506
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for the hydrodeoxygenation of vegetable oils or animal fats to produce green diesel, which comprises contacting the vegetable oil or animal fat with a Nickel-Molybdenum or Cobalt-Molybdenum catalyst supported on alumina-titania or titania, respectively; in a fixed bed reactor in the presence of hydrogen. The process involves hydrocracking, hydrogenation, decarboxylation, decarbonylation, carried out in a fixed bed reactor at temperature of about 270° C. to about 360° C., pressure of about 40 kgf/cm2 to about 60 kgf/cm2, liquid hourly space velocity (LHSV) between about 0.8 h?1 to about 3.0 h?1, and H2/oil ratio of about 2,700 ft3/bbl to about 7,000 ft3/bbl, that allows to obtain a conversion up to 99% and up to 92.7% yield on green diesel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Luis Felipe RAMIREZ VERDUZCO, Jorge Arturo ABURTO ANELL, Myriam Adela AMEZCUA ALLIERI, Maria del Rosario Socorro LUNA RAMIREZ, Leonardo DIAZ GARCIA, Lucia MEDELLIN RIVERA, Javier Esteban RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ
  • Patent number: 10512906
    Abstract: The present invention is an in-situ cleaning procedure for the recovery of catalytic activity of a based alumina HDS catalyst, molybdenum, nickel coated coke and contaminants and it has an HDS activity seriously diminished. The catalyst under study had between 13 and 18 wt % total carbon. Reformate, half the total volume, industrial toluene=35 volume % and Iso-propylic alcohol, 15 volume %, in order to reactivate a deactivated catalyst, a solvent mixture with the following volumetric ratio is prepared. Or it can also be used only reformate (100% volume). The solvent mixture is passed using a LHSV of 2 hr?1 for 72 hours at 50° C. or also using a recirculating three 24-hour cycles at 50° C. Option lasts 24 hours pure reformate LHSV=2h?1 to 50° C. The washed catalyst is fed back to the load reaction conditions maintained for 36 hours at 340° C., to initiate HDS activity balances. During this treatment oxides of molybdenum and nickel in the active phase are re-sulfided by increasing the HDS activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO
    Inventors: Leonardo Díaz Garcia, María del Rosario Socorro Luna Ramírez, Gonzalo Hernández Tapia, Blanca Lucía Medellín Rivera, Maria Teresa Gómez Pérez, Maria Teresa Cortez De La Paz, Alicia del Rayo Jaramillo Jacob
  • Publication number: 20190126254
    Abstract: According to this invention, a Ni—Mo—W trimetallic catalyst supported on porous alumina is obtained that shows very high activity for hydrotreating (HDT) of gasoils, particularly deep hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and hydrodesnitrogenation (HDN) of straight run gasoil in conditions of moderate pressure. When the catalyst is applied to HDT of diesel, the NiMoW catalyst exhibits high catalytic activity. The content of sulfur and nitrogen in the resulting diesel can be reduced from 13,200 to 10 ppm and nitrogen from 360 ppm to less than 1 ppm, under moderate pressure, temperature and space-velocity (LHSV) similar to those of an industrial unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO
    Inventors: BLANCA LUCIA MEDELLÍN RIVERA, GONZOLO HERNÁNDEZ TAPIA, MARIA del Rosario Socorro LUNA RAMÍREZ, LEONARDO DÍAZ GARCÍA, MARIA TERESA GÓMEZ PÉREZ, ROBERTO GARCIA DE LEÓN
  • Publication number: 20160167039
    Abstract: The present invention is an in-situ cleaning procedure for the recovery of catalytic activity of a based alumina HDS catalyst, molybdenum, nickel coated coke and contaminants and it has an HDS activity seriously diminished. The catalyst under study had between 13 and 18 wt % total carbon. Reformate, half the total volume, industrial toluene=35 volume % and Iso-propylic alcohol, 15 volume %, in order to reactivate a deactivated catalyst, a solvent mixture with the following volumetric ratio is prepared. Or it can also be used only reformate (100% volume). The solvent mixture is passed using a LHSV of 2 hr?1 for 72 hours at 50° C. or also using a recirculating three 24-hour cycles at 50° C. Option lasts 24 hours pure reformate LHSV=2h?1 to 50° C. The washed catalyst is fed back to the load reaction conditions maintained for 36 hours at 340° C., to initiate HDS activity balances. During this treatment oxides of molybdenum and nickel in the active phase are re-sulfided by increasing the HDS activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Leonardo DÍAZ GARCIA, María del Rosario Socorro LUNA RAMÍREZ, Gonzalo HERNÁNDEZ TAPIA, Blanca Lucía MEDELLÍN RIVERA, Maria Teresa GÓMEZ PÉREZ, Maria Teresa CORTEZ DE LA PAZ, Alicia del Rayo JARAMILLO JACOB