Patents by Inventor Minli Cui

Minli Cui 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: 8784650
    Abstract: A method for multistage transforming carbonaceous solid fuel to oil, includes mixing solid fuel (17) with heavy oil (40) to obtain fuel-oil slurry; heating and dehydrating of the slurry; liquefying of the slurry by hydrogenation under a low-medium pressure to obtain light oil (25) and heavy oil-residue slurry; hydrorefining the light oil (25) to obtain refined oil; gasifying the heavy oil-residue slurry in a gasifier (11) to obtain syngas (47); producing F-T synthesis oil (52) with the syngas (47); hydrorefining and hydrocracking the F-T synthesis oil (52) to obtain refined oil; mixing the refined oil from the F-T synthesis oil with the refined oil from liquefying by hydrogenation for producing high quality oil with low sulfur and low ammonia, and other chemical product. The method can be applied to various kinds of coals and biomass, especially applied to lignite and biomass. A suspended bed reactor for liquefying of carbonaceous solid fuel by hydrogenation is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Minli Cui, Jianwei Huang, Xu Hao, Liren Cao, Yongwang Li
  • Publication number: 20110174683
    Abstract: A method for multistage transforming carbonaceous solid fuel to oil, includes mixing solid fuel (17) with heavy oil (40) to obtain fuel-oil slurry; heating and dehydrating of the slurry; liquefying of the slurry by hydrogenation under a low-medium pressure to obtain light oil (25) and heavy oil-residue slurry; hydrorefining the light oil (25) to obtain refined oil; gasifying the heavy oil-residue slurry in a gasifier (11) to obtain syngas (47); producing F-T synthesis oil (52) with the syngas (47); hydrorefining and hydrocracking the F-T synthesis oil (52) to obtain refined oil; mixing the refined oil from the F-T synthesis oil with the refined oil from liquefying by hydrogenation for producing high quality oil with low sulfur and low ammonia, and other chemical product. The method can be applied to various kinds of coals and biomass, especially applied to lignite and biomass. A suspended bed reactor for liquefying of carbonaceous solid fuel by hydrogenation is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: SYNFUELS CHINA CO., LTD
    Inventors: Minli Cui, Jianwei Huang, Xu Hao, Liren Cao, Yongwang Li
  • Patent number: 7763167
    Abstract: Process for direct coal liquefaction of coal, including: (1) preparing a coal slurry from raw coal; (2) preheating the coal slurry, then feeding it into reaction system to undergo liquefaction reaction; (3) separating reaction products in a separator to form a liquid phase and a gas phase, wherein the liquid phase is fractionated in an atmospheric tower into a light oil fraction and a bottom product; (4) feeding the atmospheric tower bottom product to a vacuum tower to separate into distillate and vacuum residue; (5) mixing the light oil fraction and the distillate to form a mixture, then feeding the mixture to a suspended bed hydrotreating reactor with forced circulation for hydrogenation; (6) fractionating hydrogenation products into oil products and a hydrogen donor recycling solvent. The process can operate long periods, with higher reactor efficiency and utilization factor, increased liquid oil yield and can supply high-quality feedstock for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignees: Shenhua Group Corporation Limited, China Shenhua Coal Liquefaction Corporation
    Inventors: Yuzhuo Zhang, Geping Shu, Jialu Jin, Minli Cui, Xiuzhang Wu, Xiangkun Ren, Yaowu Xu, Shipu Liang, Jianwei Huang, Ming Yuan, Juzhong Gao, Yufei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20090283450
    Abstract: Process for direct coal liquefaction of coal, including: (1) preparing a coal slurry from raw coal; (2) preheating the coal slurry, then feeding it into reaction system to undergo liquefaction reaction; (3) separating reaction products in a separator to form a liquid phase and a gas phase, wherein the liquid phase is fractionated in an atmospheric tower into a light oil fraction and a bottom product; (4) feeding the atmospheric tower bottom product to a vacuum tower to separate into distillate and vacuum residue; (5) mixing the light oil fraction and the distillate to form a mixture, then feeding the mixture to a suspended bed hydrotreating reactor with forced circulation for hydrogenation; (6) fractionating hydrogenation products into oil products and a hydrogen donor recycling solvent. The process can operate long periods, with higher reactor efficiency and utilization factor, increased liquid oil yield and can supply high-quality feedstock for further processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicants: SHENHUA GROUP CORPORATION LIMITED, CHINA SHENHUA COAL LIQUEFACTION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuzhuo Zhang, Geping Shu, Jialu Jin, Minli Cui, Xiuzhang Wu, Xiangkun Ren, Yaowu Xu, Shipu Liang, Jianwei Huang, Ming Yuan, Juzhong Gao, Yufei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20090152171
    Abstract: Process for direct coal liquefaction of coal, including: (1) preparing a coal slurry from raw coal; (2) preheating the coal slurry, then feeding it into reaction system to undergo liquefaction reaction; (3) separating reaction products in a separator to form a liquid phase and a gas phase, wherein the liquid phase is fractionated in an atmospheric tower into a light oil fraction and a bottom product; (4) feeding the atmospheric tower bottom product to a vacuum tower to separate into distillate and vacuum residue; (5) mixing the light oil fraction and the distillate to form a mixture, then feeding the mixture to a suspended bed hydrotreating reactor with forced circulation for hydrogenation; (6) fractionating hydrogenation products into oil products and a hydrogen donor recycling solvent. The process can operate long periods, with higher reactor efficiency and utilization factor, increased liquid oil yield and can supply high-quality feedstock for further processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuzhuo Zhang, Geping Shu, Jialu Jin, Minli Cui, Xiuzhang Wu, Xiangkun Ren, Yaowu Xu, Shipu Liang, Jianwei Huang, Ming Yuan, Juzhong Gao, Yufei Zhu