Patents by Inventor Shelton Rolim Cercal

Shelton Rolim Cercal 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: 7988924
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and respective process for distribution of mixed charges comprising a flat tray in the form of a disc drained by a series of drainage tubes located above the surface of fixed beds of catalysts, capable of promoting the homogenisation and distribution of charges by means of said device. Such drainage tubes mounted in said manner have the objective of restricting and reorienting the flow of mixed charges, multiplying the points whereon they fall, principally of the liquid phase, onto said beds of catalysts. For the purpose of doing so said drainage ducts, being segments of tubes, distributed on the entire surface of said tray possess caps affixed at the upper extremity thereof impeding the direct flow of charge onto the bed of catalyst, creating a reservoir of liquid on the tray, subsequently being drained down such device in a more controlled manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
    Inventors: Wilson Kenzo Huziwara, Donizeti Aurelio Silva Belato, Jose Antonio Vidal Vieira, Angelo Jose Gugelmin, Shelton Rolim Cercal, Jorilvaldo Medeiros, William Victor Carlos Candido, Ademaro Marchiori, Jorge Roberto Duncan Lima, Roberto Ruva, Marcelle Vensão Camargo Foschiani, Alinson Francisco Geros
  • Patent number: 7967897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for the separation of suspensions of spent catalysts and hydrocarbons formed in an FCC unit with multiple ascending flow reaction tubes, comprising interconnections between each of the ascending flow reaction tubes and the separator vessel, each interconnection also comprises two sections. The outside sections of the separator vessel are inclined and are connected to a single vertical section, which penetrates into the interior of the separator vessel, and which has at its lower end an open device for draining the spent catalyst from the suspensions separated in this sector. In the same vertical section, at the end of its internal part at the separator vessel, a series of two sets of cyclones are installed, the first set containing cyclones without sealing legs, and the second set containing conventional cyclones of the first stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
    Inventors: Wilson Kenzo Huziwara, Emanuel Freire Sandes, Luiz Carlos Casavechia, José Geraldo Furtado Ramos, Andrea De Rezende Pinho, Shelton Rolim Cercal, Aurelio Medina Dubois, Paulo Sergio Freire, Nelson Patricio Junior
  • Publication number: 20090142241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for the separation of suspensions of spent catalysts and hydrocarbons formed in an FCC unit with multiple ascending flow reaction tubes, comprising interconnections between each of the ascending flow reaction tubes and the separator vessel, each interconnection also comprises two sections The outside sections of the separator vessel are inclined and are connected to a single vertical section, which penetrates into the interior of the separator vessel, and which has at its lower end an open device for draining the spent catalyst from the suspensions separated in this sector. In the same vertical section, at the end of its internal part at the separator vessel, a series of two sets of cyclones are installed, the first set containing cyclones without sealing legs, and the second set containing conventional cyclones of the first stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Wilson Kenzo HUZIWARA, Emanuel Freire Sandes, Luiz Carlos Casavechia, Jose Geraldo Ramos, Andrea de Rezende Pinho, Shelton Rolim Cercal, Aurelio Medina Dubois, Paulo Sergio Freire, Nelson Patricio Junior
  • Publication number: 20090134063
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and respective process for distribution of mixed charges comprising a flat tray in the form of a disc drained by a series of drainage tubes located above the surface of fixed beds of catalysts, capable of promoting the homogenisation and distribution of charges by means of said device. Such drainage tubes mounted in said manner have the objective of restricting and reorienting the flow of mixed charges, multiplying the points whereon they fall, principally of the liquid phase, onto said beds of catalysts. For the purpose of doing so said drainage ducts, being segments of tubes, distributed on the entire surface of said tray possess caps affixed at the upper extremity thereof impeding the direct flow of charge onto the bed of catalyst, creating a reservoir of liquid on the tray, subsequently being drained down such device in a more controlled manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.
    Inventors: Wilson Kenzo Huziwara, Donizeti Aurelio Silva Belato, Jose Antonio Vidal Vieira, Angelo Jose Gugelmin, Shelton Rolim Cercal, Jorivaldo Medeiros, William Victor Carlos Candido, Ademaro Marchiori, Jorge Roberto Duncan Lima, Roberto Ruva, Marcelle Vensao Camargo Foschiani, Alinson Francisco Geros