Patents by Inventor Michael Wormsbecker

Michael Wormsbecker 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).

  • Liquid yield from fluid coking reactors
    Patent number: 10703979
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards modifying the internals of the reactor section of a fluidized coke reactor such that the majority of the hydrocarbon feed will react in the core region of the reactor section and that any hydrocarbon vapour that is produced in the annular region will be released into the core region. Therefore, the present invention reduces the residence time of vapour immediately flashed from the injected hydrocarbon feed, resulting in reduced secondary vapour phase cracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Wormsbecker, Jennifer McMillan, Craig McKnight, Jason Wiens
  • FLUID COKING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20160312126
    Abstract: A fluid coking process is operated in a fluidized bed coking reactor in which a plurality of heavy oil inlet nozzles are arranged in a number of rings around the periphery of the dense bed reaction section at vertically spaced elevations. A heavy oil feed is injected with atomization steam through the nozzles into the fluidized. bed, operating at a lower steam-to-oil ratio for the upper ring or rings of nozzles than for the lower ring or rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Wormsbecker, Jason S. Wiens, Jennifer McMillan, Craig A. McKnight, Brian A. Knapper