Patents by Inventor Manish Bhargava

Manish Bhargava 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: 11834405
    Abstract: A dividing wall column system for producing hexane includes a dividing wall column including a dividing wall that divides the dividing wall column at least partially into a first side and a second side, with one side of the first and second sides configured to operate as a deisohexanizer column and the other side of the first and second side configured to operate as a hexane column to produce hexane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED, SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Roomi Kalita, Amit Kanda, Pamaraju V Ravitej, Kondapalli Shreya Chaudhary
  • Patent number: 11745116
    Abstract: An apparatus for a dividing wall column in an isomerization unit is disclosed. The apparatus includes a at least one primary vertical wall located at a first set of predetermined plurality of trays and configured to separate a feed from a first side cut; one or more walls placed at a second set of predetermined plurality of trays and configured to enable a second side cut wherein each of the one or more walls includes at least one predetermined shape, wherein the dividing wall column produces four cuts wherein one is hexane cut, wherein there are two walls in different sections of the column. The at least one primary vertical wall includes one of a straight wall, an ‘L’ shaped wall, an ‘?’ shaped wall, or a zig-zag wall. The one or more walls are mechanically coupled to form a second vertical wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Manish Bhargava
  • Publication number: 20230105091
    Abstract: An apparatus for a dividing wall column in an isomerization unit is disclosed. The apparatus includes a at least one primary vertical wall located at a first set of predetermined plurality of trays and configured to separate a feed from a first side cut; one or more walls placed at a second set of predetermined plurality of trays and configured to enable a second side cut wherein each of the one or more walls includes at least one predetermined shape, wherein the dividing wall column produces four cuts wherein one is hexane cut, wherein there are two walls in different sections of the column. The at least one primary vertical wall includes one of a straight wall, an ‘L’ shaped wall, an ‘?’ shaped wall, or a zig-zag wall. The one or more walls are mechanically coupled to form a second vertical wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventor: Manish Bhargava
  • Publication number: 20220227688
    Abstract: A dividing wall column system for producing hexane includes a dividing wall column including a dividing wall that divides the dividing wall column at least partially into a first side and a second side, with one side of the first and second sides configured to operate as a deisohexanizer column and the other side of the first and second side configured to operate as a hexane column to produce hexane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Manish BHARGAVA, Roomi KALITA, Amit KANDA, Pamaraju V RAVITEJ, Kondapalli Shreya CHAUDHARY
  • Patent number: 11161055
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a combined naphtha hydrotreating (NHT) and isomerization process scheme, which includes dividing wall columns (DWC) that replace multiple distillation columns and allow optimized heat integration within the system. The disclosed design provides reductions in both capital and energy costs compared to conventional schemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Roomi Kalita, Joseph C. Gentry
  • Publication number: 20200223771
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a combined naphtha hydrotreating (NHT) and isomerization process scheme, which includes dividing wall columns (DWC) that replace multiple distillation columns and allow optimized heat integration within the system. The disclosed design provides reductions in both capital and energy costs compared to conventional schemes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Roomi Kalita, Joseph C. Gentry
  • Patent number: 10653975
    Abstract: A processing unit includes a naphtha hydrotreating unit comprising a first divided wall column, a naphtha splitter system, and a deisopentanizer column coupled to an output of a naphtha splitter of the naphtha splitter system, an isomerization unit coupled to an outlet of the deisopentanizer column, and a second divided wall column. The processing unit also includes an isomerization reactor coupled between the deisopentanizer column and the stabilizer column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: GTC Technology US LLC
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Roomi Kalita, Amit Kanda
  • Patent number: 10653974
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a combined naphtha hydrotreating (NHT) and isomerization process scheme, which includes dividing wall columns (DWC) that replace multiple distillation columns and allow optimized heat integration within the system. The disclosed design provides reductions in both capital and energy costs compared to conventional schemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: GTC Technology US LLC
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Roomi Kalita, Joseph C. Gentry
  • Patent number: 10500522
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a process wherein two different unit operations (absorption and distillation) take place on either side of a top dividing wall column. One side of the dividing wall column uses absorption to separate non-condensable components from the feed; the other side of the dividing wall uses distillation to separate heavier liquid components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: GTC Technology US, LLC
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Joseph C. Gentry
  • Publication number: 20190329151
    Abstract: A processing unit includes a naphtha hydrotreating unit comprising a first divided wall column. The first divided wall column includes a wall dividing a top portion of the first divided wall column, an outlet associated with the second top section of the first divided wall column for recovery of liquid petroleum gas, and an outlet associated with a bottoms portion of the first divided wall column and coupled to a naphtha splitter system. The processing unit also includes a deisopentanizer column coupled to an output of a naphtha splitter of the naphtha splitter system, an isomerization unit coupled to an outlet of the deisopentanizer column, and a second divided wall column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Roomi Kalita, Amit Kanda
  • Publication number: 20190083898
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a combined naphtha hydrotreating (NHT) and isomerization process scheme, which includes dividing wall columns (DWC) that replace multiple distillation columns and allow optimized heat integration within the system. The disclosed design provides reductions in both capital and energy costs compared to conventional schemes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Roomi Kalita, Joseph C. Gentry
  • Patent number: 10234958
    Abstract: A first touch input can indicate a selection of a character from a first virtual keyboard configured for an Indic script. A modified first virtual keyboard can be displayed in response to the first touch input when the selected character is a consonant, the modified first virtual keyboard including diacritic forms of vowels from the first virtual keyboard. A second virtual keyboard can be displayed in response to the first touch input when the selected character is a vowel and a duration of the first touch input is greater than or equal to a predetermined duration, the second virtual keyboard including at least one of (i) diacritic forms of the selected character and (ii) vowels having similar sounds as the selected character. A second touch input can indicate a selection of (i) a vowel from the modified first virtual keyboard or (ii) a vowel from the second virtual keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ruiyi Chen, Fan Yang, Manish Bhargava
  • Patent number: 10035079
    Abstract: The claimed invention relates to a method for reducing energy consumption in a distillation process by using thermal coupling. Embodiments of the claimed invention are directed to the inclusion of a side reboiler and a partial condenser in the prefractionation section of a first column, which in turn helps to uniformly distribute the vapor liquid traffic between a first column and a second column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: GTC Technology US LLC
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Ashraf Lakha, Sachin Joshi, TingTing Kok
  • Patent number: 9724619
    Abstract: The claimed invention provides a technique wherein the two column system is combined into a single column. The light components are concentrated on the prefractionation side (feed side) of the column, where they are removed as an overhead top product. The middle boiling components are removed as an overhead product on the opposite side of dividing wall. For the same product specifications, top divided column requires substantially lower capital and operating cost than a conventional two-column system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: GTC Technology US LLC
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Cole Nelson
  • Publication number: 20170102780
    Abstract: A first touch input can indicate a selection of a character from a first virtual keyboard configured for an Indic script. A modified first virtual keyboard can be displayed in response to the first touch input when the selected character is a consonant, the modified first virtual keyboard including diacritic forms of vowels from the first virtual keyboard. A second virtual keyboard can be displayed in response to the first touch input when the selected character is a vowel and a duration of the first touch input is greater than or equal to a predetermined duration, the second virtual keyboard including at least one of (i) diacritic forms of the selected character and (ii) vowels having similar sounds as the selected character. A second touch input can indicate a selection of (i) a vowel from the modified first virtual keyboard or (ii) a vowel from the second virtual keyboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ruiyi Chen, Fan Yang, Manish Bhargava
  • Patent number: 9529449
    Abstract: A first touch input can indicate a selection of a character from a first virtual keyboard configured for an Indic script. A modified first virtual keyboard can be displayed in response to the first touch input when the selected character is a consonant, the modified first virtual keyboard including diacritic forms of vowels from the first virtual keyboard. A second virtual keyboard can be displayed in response to the first touch input when the selected character is a vowel and a duration of the first touch input is greater than or equal to a predetermined duration, the second virtual keyboard including at least one of (i) diacritic forms of the selected character and (ii) vowels having similar sounds as the selected character. A second touch input can indicate a selection of (i) a vowel from the modified first virtual keyboard or (ii) a vowel from the second virtual keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ruiyi Chen, Fan Yang, Manish Bhargava
  • Publication number: 20150211790
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a process wherein two different unit operations (absorption and distillation) take place on either side of a top dividing wall column. One side of the dividing wall column uses absorption to separate non-condensable components from the feed; the other side of the dividing wall uses distillation to separate heavier liquid components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Joseph C. Gentry
  • Publication number: 20140231238
    Abstract: The claimed invention provides a technique wherein the two column system is combined into a single column. The light components are concentrated on the prefractionation side (feed side) of the column, where they are removed as an overhead top product. The middle boiling components are removed as an overhead product on the opposite side of dividing wall. For the same product specifications, top divided column requires substantially lower capital and operating cost than a conventional two-column system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: GTC Technology US LLC
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Cole Nelson
  • Publication number: 20140224637
    Abstract: The claimed invention relates to a method for reducing energy consumption in a distillation process by using thermal coupling. Embodiments of the claimed invention are directed to the inclusion of a side reboiler and a partial condenser in the prefractionation section of a first column, which in turn helps to uniformly distribute the vapor liquid traffic between a first column and a second column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: GTC Technology US LLC
    Inventors: Manish Bhargava, Ashraf Lakha, Sachin Joshi, TingTing Kok
  • Patent number: 8697917
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing low methanol concentration acetone are provided. The method can include oxidizing and cleaving cumene to produce a crude acetone product. The crude acetone product can be neutralized in a neutralization unit to produce a neutralized crude acetone product. The neutralized crude acetone product can be fractionated in an acetone fractionation column to produce an acetone product and an acetone bottoms product. Methanol can be removed from the acetone bottoms product to produce a methanol-depleted product. The methanol-depleted product can be introduced to the neutralization unit, a dephenolation unit, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kellogg Brown & Root LLC
    Inventors: Theodor R. Wilks, Manish Bhargava, Eric Wing-Tak Wong