Patents by Inventor Megan Christina Fry Nitz

Megan Christina Fry Nitz 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).

  • System and methods for making bioproducts
    Patent number: 10526564
    Abstract: Processes and system for producing biofuels and coproducts are described herein. The system includes a heterogeneous acid catalyst and reactors for reacting a) an alcohol and b) a mixture of a fatty acid glyceride and a fatty acid. The system may further include a pretreatment system and a purification system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, LP
    Inventors: Matthew Wesley Phillips, Megan Christina Fry Nitz, Erich Charles Pfalzgraf, Rebecca Williams, William A. Summers
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING BIOPRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20190153355
    Abstract: Processes and system for producing biofuels and coproducts are described herein. The system includes a heterogeneous acid catalyst and reactors for reacting a) an alcohol and b) a mixture of a fatty acid glyceride and a fatty acid. The system may further include a pretreatment system and a purification system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Flint Hills Resources, LP
    Inventors: Matthew Wesley Phillips, Megan Christina Fry Nitz, Erich Charles Pfalzgraf, Rebecca Williams, William A. Summers
  • System and methods for making bioproducts
    Patent number: 10087397
    Abstract: Processes and system for producing biofuels and coproducts are described herein. The processes include pretreating a feedstock comprising fatty acid glycerides and free fatty acids to remove contaminants, contacting the feedstock with alcohols and a solid acidic catalyst to produce a biofuel comprising fatty acid alkyl esters, and purifying the biofuel and coproducts from the resulting reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, LP
    Inventors: Matthew Wesley Phillips, Megan Christina Fry Nitz, Erich Charles Pfalzgraf, Rebecca Williams, William A. Summers
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING BIOPRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20160194581
    Abstract: Processes and system for producing biofuels and coproducts are described herein. The processes include pretreating a feedstock comprising fatty acid glycerides and free fatty acids to remove contaminants, contacting the feedstock with alcohols and a solid acidic catalyst to produce a biofuel comprising fatty acid alkyl esters, and purifying the biofuel and coproducts from the resulting reaction mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Wesley Phillips, Megan Christina Fry Nitz, Erich Charles Pfalzgraf, Rebecca Williams, William A. Summers