Patents by Inventor Sharon Booyens

Sharon Booyens 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).

  • Publication number: 20230390754
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst comprising in its unreduced form a) Fe as catalytically active metal, b) an alkali metal and/or alkaline-earth metal in an alkali metal- and/or alkaline-earth metal-containing promoter, the alkali metal, c) and a further promoter comprising, or consisting of, one or more element(s) selected from the group of boron, germanium, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, sulphur, selenium and tellurium, to a process for the synthesis of a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst, to a hydrocarbon synthesis process which is operated in the present of such a catalyst and to the use of such a catalyst in a hydrocarbon synthesis process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Reinier CROUS, Tracy Carolyn BROMFIELD, Sharon BOOYENS
  • Patent number: 11806699
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst comprising in its unreduced form a) Fe as catalytically active metal, b) an alkali metal and/or alkaline-earth metal in an alkali metal- and/or alkaline-earth metal-containing promoter, the alkali metal, c) and a further promoter comprising, or consisting of, one or more element(s) selected from the group of boron, germanium, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, sulphur, selenium and tellurium, to a process for the synthesis of a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst, to a hydrocarbon synthesis process which is operated in the present of such a catalyst and to the use of such a catalyst in a hydrocarbon synthesis process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: SASOL TECHNOLOGY (PTY.) LIMITED, SASOL WAX GMBH
    Inventors: Reinier Crous, Tracy Carolyn Bromfield, Sharon Booyens
  • Publication number: 20120029096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst comprising in its unreduced form a) Fe as catalytically active metal, b) an alkali metal and/or alkaline-earth metal in an alkali metal- and/or alkaline-earth metal-containing promoter, the alkali metal, c) and a further promoter comprising, or consisting of, one or more element(s) selected from the group of boron, germanium, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, sulphur, selenium and tellurium, to a process for the synthesis of a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst, to a hydrocarbon synthesis process which is operated in the present of such a catalyst and to the use of such a catalyst in a hydrocarbon synthesis process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicants: SASOL WAX GMBH, SASOL TECHNOLOGY (PTY.) LIMITED
    Inventors: Reinier Crous, Tracy Carolyn Bromfield, Sharon Booyens