Patents by Inventor Remi Mahfouz
Remi Mahfouz 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: 20240128389Abstract: A layered photovoltaic device and a composition for a topcoat of a photovoltaic device are described. The layers of the photovoltaic device include a topcoat and a silicon cell. The topcoat includes one or more first nanoparticles and a polymer. The first nanoparticles comprise a lattice material and two or more Lanthanide ions. The topcoat composition comprises a polymer and one or more first nanoparticles dispersed within the polymer. The one or more nanoparticles comprise a lattice including a first material comprising ytterbium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Aziz Fihri, Yassine Malajati, Remi Mahfouz, Hamad AL Essa
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Publication number: 20240002639Abstract: A functionalized inorganic filler includes an inorganic particle that including a surface functionality that is at least one reactive cyclic carbonate group linked to a surface of the inorganic particle. A method of making a functionalized inorganic filler includes providing inorganic particles with at least one reactive compound to form a reactive mixture, agitating the reactive mixture to form a modified inorganic particle having a reactive surface functionality, and reacting the modified inorganic particle with a cyclizing compound to form the functionalized inorganic filler. A polymer composite includes an epoxy-based polymer matrix including an amine curing agent and a functionalized inorganic filler.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Yassine Malajati, Aziz Fihri, Remi Mahfouz
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Publication number: 20240002633Abstract: A functionalized inorganic filler includes a dendritic fibrous nanoparticle that has a surface functionality including at least one amine functional group linked to a surface of the dendritic fibrous nanoparticle. A method of making a functionalized inorganic filler includes reacting an inorganic particle precursor and a shape-directing agent to provide a dendritic fibrous nanoparticle, then reacting the dendritic fibrous nanoparticle with a reactive compound that has at least one amine functional group to form the functionalized inorganic filler. A polymer composite includes an epoxy-based polymer matrix and a functionalized inorganic filler.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Aziz Fihri, Yassine Malajati, Abdullatif Jazzar, Remi Mahfouz
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Publication number: 20230395736Abstract: A layered photovoltaic device and a composition for a topcoat of a photovoltaic device are described. The layers of the photovoltaic device include a topcoat and a silicon cell. The topcoat includes one or more first nanoparticles and a polymer. The first nanoparticles comprise a lattice material and two or more Lanthanide ions. The topcoat composition comprises a polymer and one or more first nanoparticles dispersed within the polymer. The one or more nanoparticles comprise a lattice including a first material comprising ytterbium.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Aziz Fihri, Yassine Malajati, Remi Mahfouz
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Publication number: 20220325111Abstract: An anti-corrosive coating for a substrate surface comprises an insulation layer positioned over the substrate and a cured epoxy layer positioned on the insulation layer, the cured epoxy layer including a plurality of nanoparticles having diameters within a range of about 200 nm to about 350 nm. Water droplets positioned on an external surface of the cured epoxy layer form a contact angle of at least 130 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Remi Mahfouz, Aziz Fihri, Nada Qari
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Publication number: 20220158014Abstract: Photovoltaic modules include a front sheet, a back sheet, a photovoltaic layer, a first encapsulant layer, and a second encapsulant layer. The front sheet is made of or includes a composite of a thermoplastic material and a nanoparticle filler dispersed in the thermoplastic material. The thermoplastic material is a poly(methyl methacrylate) or a polycarbonate. The nanoparticle filler may include nanoparticles such as silica nanoparticles, titania nanoparticles, zirconia nanoparticles, zinc oxide nanoparticles, and combinations thereof, for example. The photovoltaic layer is interposed between the front sheet and the back sheet and includes at least one photovoltaic cell. The first encapsulant layer is interposed between the front sheet and the at least one photovoltaic cell. The second encapsulant layer is interposed between the at least one photovoltaic cell and the back sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Aziz Fihri, Yassine Malajati, Abdullatif Jazzar, Remi Mahfouz
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Patent number: 11319490Abstract: An integrated method for mesophase pitch and petrochemicals production. The method including supplying crude oil to a reactor vessel; heating the crude oil in the reactor vessel to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time; reducing asphaltene content in the crude oil by allowing polymerization reactions to occur in the reactor vessel at an elevated pressure in the absence of oxygen; producing a three-phase upgraded hydrocarbon product comprising gas, liquid, and solid hydrocarbon components, where the liquid hydrocarbon component comprises deasphalted oil and the solid hydrocarbon component comprises mesophase pitch; separating the gas, liquid, and solid hydrocarbon components; directly utilizing the liquid hydrocarbon component for petrochemicals production; and directly utilizing the solid hydrocarbon component for carbon artifact production.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Remi Mahfouz, Ola Ali, Isidoro Morales Osorio, Wei Xu, Xinglong Dong, Yu Han
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Patent number: 11300031Abstract: Systems and methods for treating automotive vehicle emissions on board an automotive vehicle include the use of waste heat recovery, electrochemical water splitting, phototcatalytic water splitting, and selective catalytic reduction. Waste heat recovery is used to power electrochemical water splitting, or photocatalytic water splitting. Photons collected from a solar panel are used in photocatalytic water splitting, or in photo-assisted selective catalytic reduction. Hydrogen gas generated by water splitting is used in conjunction with catalytic reduction units to catalytically reduce NOx in an engine exhaust gas.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Christos M. Kalamaras, Esam Z. Hamad, Remi Mahfouz, Tamour Javed
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Patent number: 11286822Abstract: Exhaust gas is treated onboard a vehicle. Solar energy is converted into electricity, which is used to power an electrochemical cell mounted onboard the vehicle. Oxygen and hydrogen are produced by the electrochemical cell. Heat and the oxygen produced by the electrochemical cell are provided to a particulate matter filter onboard the vehicle, thereby oxidizing particulate matter disposed on the particulate matter filter.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Remi Mahfouz, Tamour Javed
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Patent number: 11242785Abstract: Provided is a process that may comprise cooling an engine exhaust emissions comprising SOx on a vehicle that may come from an engine. The cooled engine exhaust emissions comprising SOx may be passed to one or more absorption units. The SOx may be extracted from the engine exhaust emissions with a sorbent supported on solid porous media in an absorption unit on the vehicle to form an absorbed SOx. The absorbed SOx may be desorbed, followed by forming one or more SOx product from the desorbed SOx. The one or more SOx product may be unloaded to an off-vehicle facility.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Maryam M Al-Taher, Esam Zaki Hamad, Remi Mahfouz
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Publication number: 20210404360Abstract: Provided is a process that may comprise cooling an engine exhaust emissions comprising SOx on a vehicle that may come from an engine. The cooled engine exhaust emissions comprising SOx may be passed to one or more absorption units. The SOx may be extracted from the engine exhaust emissions with a sorbent supported on solid porous media in an absorption unit on the vehicle to form an absorbed SOx. The absorbed SOx may be desorbed, followed by forming one or more SOx product from the desorbed SOx. The one or more SOx product may be unloaded to an off-vehicle facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Maryam M. Al-Taher, Esam Zaki Hamad, Remi Mahfouz
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Patent number: 11097222Abstract: Systems and methods for treating automotive vehicle emissions on board an automotive vehicle include the use of waste heat recovery, electrochemical water splitting, phototcatalytic water splitting, and selective catalytic reduction. Waste heat recovery is used to power electrochemical water splitting, or photocatalytic water splitting. Photons collected from a solar panel are used in photocatalytic water splitting, or in photo-assisted selective catalytic reduction. Hydrogen gas generated by water splitting is used in conjunction with catalytic reduction units to catalytically reduce NOx in an engine exhaust gas.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Christos M. Kalamaras, Esam Z. Hamad, Remi Mahfouz, Tamour Javed
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Patent number: 11099135Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed relating to composite photonic materials used to design structures and detecting material deformation for the purpose of monitoring structural health of physical structures. According to one aspect, a composite structure is provided that includes a base material, an optical diffraction grating and one or more fluorophore materials constructed such that localized perturbations create a measureable change in the structure's diffraction pattern. An inspection device is also provided that is configured to detect perturbations in the composite structure. The inspection device is configured to emit an inspecting radiation into the structure and capture the refracted radiation and measure the change in the diffraction pattern and quantify the perturbation based on the wavelength and the angular information for the diffracted radiation.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Enrico Bovero, Vincent Brian Cunningham, Ilham Mokhtari, Aziz Fihri, Remi Mahfouz
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Patent number: 11085344Abstract: Systems and methods for treating automotive vehicle emissions on board an automotive vehicle include the use of waste heat recovery, electrochemical water splitting, phototcatalytic water splitting, and selective catalytic reduction. Waste heat recovery is used to power electrochemical water splitting, or photocatalytic water splitting. Photons collected from a solar panel are used in photocatalytic water splitting, or in photo-assisted selective catalytic reduction. Hydrogen gas generated by water splitting is used in conjunction with catalytic reduction units to catalytically reduce NOx in an engine exhaust gas.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Christos M. Kalamaras, Esam Z. Hamad, Remi Mahfouz, Tamour Javed
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Publication number: 20210215073Abstract: Exhaust gas is treated onboard a vehicle. Solar energy is converted into electricity, which is used to power an electrochemical cell mounted onboard the vehicle. Oxygen and hydrogen are produced by the electrochemical cell. Heat and the oxygen produced by the electrochemical cell are provided to a particulate matter filter onboard the vehicle, thereby oxidizing particulate matter disposed on the particulate matter filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Remi Mahfouz, Tamour Javed
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Publication number: 20210122981Abstract: An integrated method for mesophase pitch and petrochemicals production. The method including supplying crude oil to a reactor vessel; heating the crude oil in the reactor vessel to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time; reducing asphaltene content in the crude oil by allowing polymerization reactions to occur in the reactor vessel at an elevated pressure in the absence of oxygen; producing a three-phase upgraded hydrocarbon product comprising gas, liquid, and solid hydrocarbon components, where the liquid hydrocarbon component comprises deasphalted oil and the solid hydrocarbon component comprises mesophase pitch; separating the gas, liquid, and solid hydrocarbon components; directly utilizing the liquid hydrocarbon component for petrochemicals production; and directly utilizing the solid hydrocarbon component for carbon artifact production.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2021Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Inventors: Remi Mahfouz, Ola Ali, Isidoro Morales Osorio, Wei Xu, Xinglong Dong, Yu Han
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Publication number: 20210113965Abstract: Systems and methods for treating automotive vehicle emissions on board an automotive vehicle include the use of waste heat recovery, electrochemical water splitting, phototcatalytic water splitting, and selective catalytic reduction. Waste heat recovery is used to power electrochemical water splitting, or photocatalytic water splitting. Photons collected from a solar panel are used in photocatalytic water splitting, or in photo-assisted selective catalytic reduction. Hydrogen gas generated by water splitting is used in conjunction with catalytic reduction units to catalytically reduce NOx in an engine exhaust gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Christos M. Kalamaras, Esam Z. Hamad, Remi Mahfouz, Tamour Javed
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Publication number: 20210115830Abstract: Systems and methods for treating automotive vehicle emissions on board an automotive vehicle include the use of waste heat recovery, electrochemical water splitting, phototcatalytic water splitting, and selective catalytic reduction. Waste heat recovery is used to power electrochemical water splitting, or photocatalytic water splitting. Photons collected from a solar panel are used in photocatalytic water splitting, or in photo-assisted selective catalytic reduction. Hydrogen gas generated by water splitting is used in conjunction with catalytic reduction units to catalytically reduce NOx in an engine exhaust gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Christos M. Kalamaras, Esam Z. Hamad, Remi Mahfouz, Tamour Javed
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Publication number: 20210115827Abstract: Systems and methods for treating automotive vehicle emissions on board an automotive vehicle include the use of waste heat recovery, electrochemical water splitting, phototcatalytic water splitting, and selective catalytic reduction. Waste heat recovery is used to power electrochemical water splitting, or photocatalytic water splitting. Photons collected from a solar panel are used in photocatalytic water splitting, or in photo-assisted selective catalytic reduction. Hydrogen gas generated by water splitting is used in conjunction with catalytic reduction units to catalytically reduce NOx in an engine exhaust gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Christos M. Kalamaras, Esam Z. Hamad, Remi Mahfouz, Tamour Javed
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Patent number: 10913901Abstract: An integrated method for mesophase pitch and petrochemicals production. The method including supplying crude oil to a reactor vessel; heating the crude oil in the reactor vessel to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time; reducing asphaltene content in the crude oil by allowing polymerization reactions to occur in the reactor vessel at an elevated pressure in the absence of oxygen; producing a three-phase upgraded hydrocarbon product comprising gas, liquid, and solid hydrocarbon components, where the liquid hydrocarbon component comprises deasphalted oil and the solid hydrocarbon component comprises mesophase pitch; separating the gas, liquid, and solid hydrocarbon components; directly utilizing the liquid hydrocarbon component for petrochemicals production; and directly utilizing the solid hydrocarbon component for carbon artifact production.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Remi Mahfouz, Ola Ali, Isidoro Morales Osorio, Wei Xu, Xinglong Dong, Yu Han