Patents by Inventor Manoj Som
Manoj Som 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).
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Publication number: 20240124788Abstract: Systems and processes for the treatment of a naphtha range hydrocarbon feedstock comprising sulfur-containing compounds, nitrogen-containing compounds, olefins, diolefins, and aromatics. The systems and processes are configured to treat the naphtha range hydrocarbon feedstock to convert the sulfur-containing compounds, nitrogen-containing compounds, and olefins, diolefins while less than 2 wt % aromatics are hydrogenated, producing an olefin lean overheads fraction comprising less than 0.2 wt % olefins and less than 100 mg/kg sulfur and an aromatics rich fraction comprising less than 50 ppmw olefins, less than 0.5 ppmw sulfur and less than 0.5 ppmw nitrogen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Rama Rao Marri, Zhiliang Wang, Liang Chen, Marc Andrew Laurin, Yongqiang Xu, Manoj Som, Robert Pham, Brian Boeger
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Publication number: 20230365478Abstract: Processes and systems for the production of heavy isoparaffinic hydrocarbons include feeding hydrogen and a mixed isoolefin stream, including C8-C12 olefins, isoolefins, and oligomers, and C8-C12+ hydrogenated hydrocarbons to a trickle-bed reactor system. The hydrogen and mixed isoolefin are reacted over a hydrogenation catalyst, producing a liquid effluent comprising hydrogenated hydrocarbons and unreacted olefins and oligomers, and a vapor effluent comprising hydrogenated hydrocarbons, hydrogen and unreacted olefins and oligomers. The liquid effluent is fed to a first heat exchanger, producing a cooled liquid effluent stream, which is combined with the vapor effluent, producing a mixed phase effluent. The mixed phase effluent is cooled in a second heat exchanger, producing a partially condensed effluent, which is fed to a drum, producing a vent stream, a hydrogenated product stream having greater than 95 wt % C8-C12 saturated hydrocarbons, and a hydrogenated recycle stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Marc Andrew Laurin, Rosette Barias, Manoj Som, Liang Chen
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Publication number: 20230227731Abstract: Systems and processes for pyrolyzing waste plastics, including, in one or more heating stages, heating a waste plastic from an initial temperature to a peak pyrolysis temperature, and, in a final pyrolysis stage, providing heat input sufficient to maintain a temperature of the waste plastic at a pyrolysis reaction temperature less than the peak pyrolysis temperature and maintaining the waste plastic at the pyrolysis reaction temperature for a time period to convert a portion of the waste plastic to a pyrolyzed product and a pitch. The process further includes recovering the pyrolyzed product and recovering the pitch.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Sudipto Chakraborty, Liang Chen, Te-Chun Chu, Manoj Som, David Lee Guymon, Daniel T. Fernald, Richard John Jibb, Ron Herbanek
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Publication number: 20230054650Abstract: Systems and processes for the flexible production of gasoline and jet fuel via alkylation of C4 and C5 olefins.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Zan Liu, Jackeline Medina Bolívar, Maurice Korpelshoek, Romain Lemoine, Manoj Som
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Patent number: 11511256Abstract: Systems and processes for the flexible production of gasoline and jet fuel via alkylation of C4 and C5 olefins.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Zan Liu, Jackeline Medina Bolívar, Maurice Korpelshoek, Romain Lemoine, Manoj Som
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Patent number: 11401475Abstract: A reactor system configured for efficiently removing contaminants (CCR, nickel, vanadium, nitrogen, sodium, iron, calcium, chlorine etc.) from a heavy portion of the crude oil. The products are routed to a common main fractionation section. The heavy feed with lower contaminants may then be processed in a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit, the overall concept employing a fluid catalytic reaction platform with carbon rejection approach. Also disclosed is a reactor system for efficiently processing crude oil in a fluid catalytic cracking unit with a dual-reactor and dual catalyst system to maximize petrochemical building blocks such as ethylene, propylene, butylenes, BTX (benzene, toluene and xylene) rich naphtha from a variety of crude oils.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Rama Rao Marri, Justin Breckenridge, Liang Chen, Manoj Som
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Publication number: 20210284921Abstract: A reactor system configured for efficiently removing contaminants (CCR, nickel, vanadium, nitrogen, sodium, iron, calcium, chlorine etc.) from a heavy portion of the crude oil. The products are routed to a common main fractionation section. The heavy feed with lower contaminants may then be processed in a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit, the overall concept employing a fluid catalytic reaction platform with carbon rejection approach. Also disclosed is a reactor system for efficiently processing crude oil in a fluid catalytic cracking unit with a dual-reactor and dual catalyst system to maximize petrochemical building blocks such as ethylene, propylene, butylenes, BTX (benzene, toluene and xylene) rich naphtha from a variety of crude oils.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Rama Rao Marri, Justin Breckenridge, Liang Chen, Manoj Som
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Publication number: 20200368709Abstract: Systems and processes for the flexible production of gasoline and jet fuel via alkylation of C4 and C5 olefins.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Zan Liu, Jackeline Medina Bolívar, Maurice Korpelshoek, Romain Lemoine, Manoj Som
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Patent number: 7153415Abstract: A light cracked naphtha is treated to convert mercaptans to sulfides and saturate dienes and then subjected to destructive hydrodesulfurization (HDS) to convert the organic sulfur compounds to hydrogen sulfide. The recombinant mercaptans formed by reaction of hydrogen sulfide and olefins at the outlet of the HDS are generally heavier than the light cracked naphtha is fractionated in admixture with a heavy cracked naphtha. A low sulfur content light cracked naphtha is produced as an overheads and the major portion of the mercaptans leave with heavy cracked naphtha as bottoms. It also advantageous to pass the heavy cracked naphtha through the HDS in admixture with the light cracked naphtha, since the recombinant mercaptans formed with the heavy cracked naphtha olefins (which displace some of the lower mercaptans which would form the light cracked naphtha olefins) will be even higher boiling and easier to separate by fractionation.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2002Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Catalytic Distillation TechnologiesInventors: Gary G. Podrebarac, Willibrord A. Groten, Manoj Som, Martinus J. Almering
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Patent number: 6984312Abstract: A process for the treatment of a light cracked naphtha is disclosed wherein the light cracked naphtha is first subjected to thioetherification and fractionation into two boiling fractions. The lower boiling fraction is removed as overheads for later recombination with the product and the higher boiling fraction is combined with a heavy cracked naphtha and subjected to simultaneous hydrodesulfurization and fractionation to separate the higher boiling fraction from the heavy cracked naphtha which is recycled. The recycled heavy cracked naphtha is eventually desulfurized and hydrogenated to produce a clean solvent which washes the catalyst and extends catalyst life.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2003Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Catalytic Distillation TechnologiesInventors: Manoj Som, Gary G. Podrebarac, Scott W. Shorey
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Publication number: 20040099574Abstract: A process for the treatment of a light cracked naphtha is disclosed wherein the light cracked naphtha is first subjected to thioetherification and fractionation into two boiling fractions. The lower boiling fraction is removed as overheads for later recombination with the product and the higher boiling fraction is combined with a heavy cracked naphtha and subjected to simultaneous hydrodesulfurization and fractionation to separate the higher boiling fraction from the heavy cracked naphtha which is recycled. The recycled heavy cracked naphtha is eventually desulfurized and hydrogenated to produce a clean solvent which washes the catalyst and extends catalyst life.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Applicant: CATALYTIC DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Manoj Som, Gary G. Podrebarac, Scott W. Shorey
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Publication number: 20040000506Abstract: A light cracked naphtha is treated to convert mercaptans to sulfides and saturate dienes and then subjected to destructive hydrodesulfurization (HDS) to convert the organic sulfur compounds to hydrogen sulfide. The recombinant mercaptans formed by reaction of hydrogen sulfide and olefins at the outlet of the HDS are generally heavier than the light cracked naphtha is fractionated in admixture with a heavy cracked naphtha. A low sulfur content light cracked naphtha is produced as an overheads and the major portion of the mercaptans leave with heavy cracked naphtha as bottoms. It also advantageous to pass the heavy cracked naphtha through the HDS in admixture with the light cracked naphtha, since the recombinant mercaptans formed with the heavy cracked naphtha olefins (which displace some of the lower mercaptans which would form the light cracked naphtha olefins) will be even higher boiling and easier to separate by fractionation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2002Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicant: CATALYTIC DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Gary G. Podrebarac, Willibrord A. Groten, Manoj Som, Martinus J. Almering