Patents by Inventor Maliha WIlliamson

Maliha WIlliamson 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).

  • Fuel gas conditioning process using glassy polymer membranes
    Patent number: 9221730
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for conditioning natural gas containing C3+ hydrocarbons, so that it can be used as combustion fuel to run gas-powered equipment, including gas engines and turbine-driven compressors, in the gas field or the gas processing plant. The claimed process use glassy polymeric membranes that are preferentially permeable to methane over C2+ hydrocarbons to produce a partially purified methane stream. The process operates at a stage cut of at least about 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaaeid A. Lokhandwala, Maliha Williamson, Sachin Joshi
  • FUEL GAS CONDITIONING PROCESS USING GLASSY POLYMER MEMBRANES
    Publication number: 20140107388
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for conditioning natural gas containing C3+ hydrocarbons, so that it can be used as combustion fuel to run gas-powered equipment, including gas engines and turbine-driven compressors, in the gas field or the gas processing plant. The claimed process use glassy polymeric membranes that are preferentially permeable to methane over C2+ hydrocarbons to produce a partially purified methane stream. The process operates at a stage cut of at least about 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Kaaeid A. Lokhandwala, Maliha Williamson, Sachin Joshi
  • FUEL GAS CONDITIONING PROCESS USING GLASSY POLYMER MEMBRANES
    Publication number: 20130014643
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for conditioning natural gas containing C3+ hydrocarbons, so that it can be used as combustion fuel to run gas-powered equipment, including gas engines and turbine-driven compressors, in the gas field or the gas processing plant. The claimed process uses glassy polymeric membranes that are preferentially permeable to methane over C2+ hydrocarbons to produce a partially purified methane stream. Conditioned fuel gas has lower heating value, higher methane number, and will result in greatly reduced emissions from the engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Kaaeid A. Lokhandwala, Maliha WIlliamson, Sachin Joshi