Patents by Inventor Pankaj M. Shah

Pankaj M. Shah 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).

  • Pelletization of petroleum resids
    Patent number: 6361682
    Abstract: Disclosed are an integrated process and plant for slurrying and gasification or combustion of a petroleum resid such as asphaltenes from to make a synthesis gas or steam and/or power. The resid is prilled into a gaseous medium as a liquid with a rotating prilling head to form particles which form into a spherical shape. The liquid particles are directly quenched with a water spray to form a slurry of resid particles in water. The slurry comprises a solids loading of 50 to 80 percent and can also include a minor amount of a dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon C. Moretta, Pankaj M. Shah, Murugesan Subramanian