Patents by Inventor Mike Maholland

Mike Maholland 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).

  • Fluid catalytic cracking process employing a lipid-containing feedstock
    Patent number: 10479943
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for making diesel, gasoline and LPG comprising coprocessing a petroleum-derived feedstock with up to 50 wt. %, relative to the total weight of the feedstocks, of a lipid-containing feedstock in the presence of a catalyst under fluidized catalyst cracking conditions. Also disclosed herein is a method for making a diesel fuel or a combined diesel and gasoline fuel by injecting up to 50 wt. %, relative to the total weight of the feedstocks, of a lipid-containing feedstock to a stripper or a riser quench downstream from a petroleum derived feedstock injection point in a fluid catalytic cracking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Tengfei Liu, Mingting Xu, Charles Guthrie, Richard Grove, Mike Maholland