Patents by Inventor Paul Jason Williams
Paul Jason Williams 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).
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Publication number: 20210379538Abstract: The present invention provides an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas separation performance properties and a process for preparing an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas separation performance properties. The process comprises treating a polymeric precursor fiber with a solution containing a modifying agent prior to pyrolysis. The concentration of the modifying agent in the solution may be selected in order to obtain an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having a desired combination of gas permeance and selectivity properties. The treated precursor fiber is then pyrolyzed to form an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas permeance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Nitesh Bhuwania, William John Koros, Paul Jason Williams
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Patent number: 11123693Abstract: The present invention provides an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas separation performance properties and a process for preparing an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas separation performance properties. The process comprises treating a polymeric precursor fiber with a solution containing a modifying agent prior to pyrolysis. The concentration of the modifying agent in the solution may be selected in order to obtain an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having a desired combination of gas permeance and selectivity properties. The treated precursor fiber is then pyrolyzed to form an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas permeance.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES U.S., LLCInventors: Nitesh Bhuwania, William John Koros, Paul Jason Williams
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Patent number: 10717041Abstract: The present disclosure describes a process for separating at least a first gas component and a second gas component by contacting a gas stream comprising the first and second gas components with a carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane under aggressive gas separation conditions in which the partial pressure of the selectively sorbed gas component in the gas stream is high. Despite the high partial pressure of the sorbed gas component, the selectivity of the carbon molecular sieve membrane is not substantially reduced by plasticization or saturation. In some embodiments, the aggressive gas separation process may include contacting a gas stream at supercritical conditions with a CMS membrane to separate at least first and second gas components. The process may be useful for, among other things, the separation of CO2 from a natural gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignees: SHELL OIL COMPANY, GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATIONInventors: Chen Zhang, William John Koros, Joseph Marshall Mayne, Paul Jason Williams
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Patent number: 10669486Abstract: The Fischer-Tropsch process can be used for the conversion of hydrocarbonaceous feed stocks into normally liquid and/or solid hydrocarbons (i.e. measured at 0° C., 1 bar). The feed stock (e.g. natural gas, associated gas, coal-bed methane, residual oil fractions, biomass and/or coal) is converted in a first step into a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This mixture is often referred to as synthesis gas or syngas. The present invention relates to process for preparing a paraffin product from a carbonaceous feedstock and a system for preparing a paraffin product from a carbonaceous feedstock.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Gerald Sprachmann, Paul Jason Williams, Mahesh Venkataraman Iyer
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Publication number: 20190284480Abstract: The Fischer-Tropsch process can be used for the conversion of hydrocarbonaceous feed stocks into normally liquid and/or solid hydrocarbons (i.e. measured at 0° C., 1 bar). The feed stock (e.g. natural gas, associated gas, coal-bed methane, residual oil fractions, biomass and/or coal) is converted in a first step into a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This mixture is often referred to as synthesis gas or syngas. The present invention relates to process for preparing a paraffin product from a carbonaceous feedstock and a system for preparing a paraffin product from a carbonaceous feedstock.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Gerald SPRACHMANN, Paul Jason WILLIAMS, Mahesh Venkataraman IYER
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Patent number: 10351780Abstract: The Fischer-Tropsch process can be used for the conversion of hydrocarbonaceous feed stocks into normally liquid and/or solid hydrocarbons (i.e. measured at 0° C., 1 bar). The feed stock (e.g. natural gas, associated gas, coal-bed methane, residual oil fractions, biomass and/or coal) is converted in a first step into a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This mixture is often referred to as synthesis gas or syngas. The present invention relates to process for preparing a paraffin product from a carbonaceous feedstock and a system for preparing a paraffin product from a carbonaceous feedstock.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Gerald Sprachmann, Paul Jason Williams, Mahesh Venkataraman Iyer
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Publication number: 20180237700Abstract: The Fischer-Tropsch process can be used for the conversion of hydrocarbonaceous feed stocks into normally liquid and/or solid hydrocarbons (i.e. measured at 0° C., 1 bar). The feed stock (e.g. natural gas, associated gas, coal-bed methane, residual oil fractions, biomass and/or coal) is converted in a first step into a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This mixture is often referred to as synthesis gas or syngas. The present invention relates to process for preparing a paraffin product from a carbonaceous feedstock and a system for preparing a paraffin product from a carbonaceous feedstock.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Gerald SPRACHMANN, Paul Jason WILLIAMS, Mahesh Venkataraman IYER
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Publication number: 20180229181Abstract: The present disclosure describes a process for separating at least a first gas component and a second gas component by contacting a gas stream comprising the first and second gas components with a carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane under aggressive gas separation conditions in which the partial pressure of the selectively sorbed gas component in the gas stream is high. Despite the high partial pressure of the sorbed gas component, the selectivity of the carbon molecular sieve membrane is not substantially reduced by plasticization or saturation. In some embodiments, the aggressive gas separation process may include contacting a gas stream at supercritical conditions with a CMS membrane to separate at least first and second gas components. The process may be useful for, among other things, the separation of CO2 from a natural gas stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Chen Zhang, William John Koros, Joseph Marshall Mayne, Paul Jason Williams
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Publication number: 20180071691Abstract: The present invention provides an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas separation performance properties and a process for preparing an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas separation performance properties. The process comprises treating a polymeric precursor fiber with a solution containing a modifying agent prior to pyrolysis. The concentration of the modifying agent in the solution may be selected in order to obtain an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having a desired combination of gas permeance and selectivity properties. The treated precursor fiber is then pyrolyzed to form an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas permeance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Nitesh Bhuwania, William John Koros, Paul Jason Williams
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Patent number: 9815030Abstract: The present invention provides an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas separation performance properties and a process for preparing an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas separation performance properties. The process comprises treating a polymeric precursor fiber with a solution containing a modifying agent prior to pyrolysis. The concentration of the modifying agent in the solution may be selected in order to obtain an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having a desired combination of gas permeance and selectivity properties. The treated precursor fiber is then pyrolyzed to form an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas permeance.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignees: SHELL OIL COMPANY, GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATIONInventors: Nitesh Bhuwania, William John Koros, Paul Jason Williams
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Patent number: 9211504Abstract: Carbon molecular sieves (CMS) membranes having improved thermal and/or mechanical properties are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a carbon molecular sieve membrane for separating a first and one or more second gases from a feed mixture of the first gas and one or more second gases comprises a hollow filamentary carbon core and a thermally stabilized polymer precursor disposed on at least an outer portion of the core. In some embodiments, the thermally stabilized polymer precursor is created by the process of placing in a reaction vessel the carbon molecular sieve membrane comprising an unmodified aromatic imide polymer, filling the reaction vessel with a modifying agent, and changing the temperature of the reaction vessel at a temperature ramp up rate and ramp down rate for a period of time so that the modifying agent alters the unmodified aromatic imide polymer to form a thermally stabilized polymer precursor.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignees: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Nitesh Bhuwania, William John Koros, Paul Jason Williams
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Publication number: 20150094445Abstract: The present invention provides an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas separation performance properties and a process for preparing an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas separation performance properties. The process comprises treating a polymeric precursor fiber with a solution containing a modifying agent prior to pyrolysis. The concentration of the modifying agent in the solution may be selected in order to obtain an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having a desired combination of gas permeance and selectivity properties. The treated precursor fiber is then pyrolyzed to form an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas permeance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Nitesh Bhuwania, William John Koros, Paul Jason Williams
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Patent number: 8753425Abstract: A method of preparing a supported gas separation membrane, comprising: preparing crystalline seeds from a synthesis mixture comprising an aluminum source, a phosphorous source, a silicon source, at least one organic templating agent and water; applying the seeds to a porous support to produce a seeded porous support; contacting the seeded porous support with a synthesis gel under hydrothermal synthesis conditions to produce a coated porous support; and calcining the coated porous support is described. A supported gas separation membrane made by this method is also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Brendan Dermot Murray, Paul Jason Williams
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Publication number: 20140154410Abstract: A method including preparing a molecular sieve material in a first chamber; transferring the molecular sieve material from the first chamber to a second chamber comprising at least one support; in the second chamber, contacting the at least one support with the molecular sieve material under conditions that promote the crystallization of molecular sieve material on the at least one support; and synthesizing crystals of molecular sieve material on the at least one support. A system including a first chamber defining a volume sufficient to accommodate a volume of molecular sieve material, an inlet and an outlet; a heating element coupled to the first chamber; and a second chamber comprising a pair of inlets and defining a volume sufficient to accommodate a support.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Inventors: Akhil Agarwal, Joseph Marshall Mayne, Brendan Dermot Murray, Chen Elizabeth Ramachandran, Paul Jason Williams
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Patent number: 8709133Abstract: The invention concerns carbon molecular sieve membranes (“CMS membranes”), and more particularly the use of such membranes in gas separation. In particular, the present disclosure concerns an advantageous method for producing CMS membranes with desired selectivity and permeability properties. By controlling and selecting the oxygen concentration in the pyrolysis atmosphere used to produce CMS membranes, membrane selectivity and permeability can be adjusted. Additionally, oxygen concentration can be used in conjunction with pyrolysis temperature to further produce tuned or optimized CMS membranes.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignees: Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Mayumi Kiyono, Paul Jason Williams, William John Koros
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Patent number: 8685143Abstract: A method of making a supported gas separation molecular sieve membrane. In this method a porous support, which is preferably pretreated, is contacted with a molecular sieve synthesis mixture under hydrothermal synthesis conditions. The contacting step is conducted for a shortened crystallization time period. The resulting coated porous support is calcined to yield the supported gas separation molecular sieve membrane having particularly good gas separation characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: Shell Oil Company, The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body CorporateInventors: Moises Abraham Carreon, Zaida Diaz, John Lucien Falconer, Hans Heinrich Funke, Shiguang Li, Brendan Dermot Murray, Richard Daniel Noble, Paul Jason Williams
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Patent number: 8617291Abstract: A method of preparing a supported gas separation membrane, comprising: preparing crystalline seeds from a synthesis mixture comprising an aluminum source, a phosphorous source, a silicon source, at least one organic templating agent and water; applying the seeds to a porous support to produce a seeded porous support; contacting the seeded porous support with a synthesis gel under hydrothermal synthesis conditions to produce a coated porous support; and calcining the coated porous support is described. A supported gas separation membrane made by this method is also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Brendan Dermot Murray, Paul Jason Williams
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Publication number: 20130305921Abstract: The invention concerns carbon molecular sieve membranes (“CMS membranes”), and more particularly the use of such membranes in gas separation. In particular, the present disclosure concerns an advantageous method for producing CMS membranes with desired selectivity and permeability properties. By controlling and selecting the oxygen concentration in the pyrolysis atmosphere used to produce CMS membranes, membrane selectivity and permeability can be adjusted. Additionally, oxygen concentration can be used in conjunction with pyrolysis temperature to further produce tuned or optimized CMS membranes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Mayumi Kiyono, Paul Jason Williams, William John Koros
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Patent number: 8568518Abstract: A method of making a crystalline silicoaluminophosphate-34 (SAPO-34) membrane. The method comprises the steps of providing a porous support having a pore size distribution such that a small proportion of its pores are larger than 10 microns, seeding the porous support with SAPO-34 seed crystals by capillary suspension infiltration to give a seeded support, and growing a SAPO-34 membrane layer on the surface of the seeded support.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Benedictus Clemens Bonekamp, Hendrik Jan Marsman, Johannis Pieter Overbeek, Paul Jason Williams
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Publication number: 20130280430Abstract: A method including contacting a support with a composition including an aluminum, silicon, phosphorous (SAPO) gel and/or an aluminophosphate (AlPO) gel; heating the support and the composition; and forming SAPO and/or AlPO crystals from the composition on the support; and after forming the crystals, modifying the contact between the support and the composition within a time to inhibit solubilization of a portion of the crystals. A method including seeding a support with an amount of uncalcined silicoaluminophosphate (SAPO) and/or aluminophosphate (AlPO) molecular sieve crystals; after seeding the support, contacting the support with a composition including a SAPO or AlPO gel; and heating the support and the composition to form SAPO and/or AlPO molecular sieve crystals from the gel on the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Chen Elizabeth Ramachandran, Paul Jason Williams