Patents by Inventor Somnath Kukade

Somnath Kukade 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: 10815432
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an additive and a catalyst composition for a catalytic cracking process of vacuum gas oil for preparing cracked run naphtha having reduced liquid olefin content, and increased propylene and butylene yields in the LPG fraction. The process makes use of a catalyst composition which is a mixture of an FCC equilibrated catalyst and an additive comprising a zeolite, phosphorus and a combination of metal promoters. The process is successful in achieving high propylene and butylene yields in the LPG fraction along with a lower liquid olefin content and increased aromatic content with increase in RON unit in the resultant cracked run naphtha, as compared to that achieved using an FCC equilibrated catalyst alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Raman Ravishankar, Sunil Mehla, Somnath Kukade, Peddy Venkata Chalapathi Rao, Nettem Venkateswarlu Choudary
  • Patent number: 10800978
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an additive and a catalyst composition for a catalytic cracking process of vacuum gas oil for preparing cracked run naphtha having reduced liquid olefin content, and increased propylene and butylene yields in the LPG fraction. The process makes use of a catalyst composition which is a mixture of an FCC equilibrated catalyst and an additive comprising a zeolite, phosphorus and a combination of metal promoters. The process is successful in achieving high propylene and butylene yields in the LPG fraction along with a lower liquid olefin content and increased aromatic content with increase in RON unit in the resultant cracked run naphtha, as compared to that achieved using an FCC equilibrated catalyst alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Raman Ravishankar, Somnath Kukade, Peddy Venkata Chalapathi Rao, Nettem Venkateswarlu Choudary
  • Patent number: 10280372
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel catalyst composition for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon streams to enhance the yield of light olefins. The catalyst composition for the cracking of hydrocarbon feed streams to light olefins, comprises a USY zeolite with silica/alumina ratio of more than 40, pentasil zeolite, a phosphate compound and alumina silica binder. The yield of olefins is further increased when the catalyst composition is impregnated with a cerium oxide. The present invention also provides a process of increasing the yield of light olefins from hydrocarbon feed streams comprising contacting the hydrocarbon streams with catalyst compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Biswanath Sarkar, Satyen Kumar Das, Somnath Kukade, Ganga Shankar Mishra, Eswar Prasad Dalai, Velusamy Chidambaram, Sudhir Kumar Pandey, Ram Mohan Thakur, Debasis Bhattacharyya, Santanam Rajagopal
  • Patent number: 10273417
    Abstract: An apparatus which is an integral hardware consisting of an annular downer reactor and a concentric upflow riser regenerator for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feed to is disclosed. The annular downer reactor terminates in annular stripper which is also concentric with the regenerator. The regenerator, reactor and stripper are in fluid connection with each other. The apparatus is highly compact and provides efficient contact between circulating catalyst and hydrocarbon feed. The proposed hardware includes a novel radial distributor for providing improved control and radial distribution of catalyst inside the downflow reactor. The radial distributor has equal numbers of stationary and movable parts placed one after another to cover the entire annular opening at the bottom of the regenerated catalyst vessel. The radial distributor is concentric with regenerator and located between the catalyst holding vessel and the reactor. A process for catalytic cracking using the invented apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Mukthiyar Sadhullah, Satheesh Vetterkunnel Kumaran, Debasis Bhattacharyya, Gadari Saidulu, Somnath Kukade, Brijesh Kumar, Santanam Rajagopal
  • Patent number: 10130929
    Abstract: An apparatus which is an integral hardware consisting of an annular downer reactor and a concentric upflow riser regenerator for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feed to is disclosed. The annular downer reactor terminates in annular stripper which is also concentric with the regenerator. The regenerator, reactor and stripper are in fluid connection with each other. The apparatus is highly compact and provides efficient contact between circulating catalyst and hydrocarbon feed. The proposed hardware includes a novel radial distributor for providing improved control and radial distribution of catalyst inside the downflow reactor. The radial distributor has equal numbers of stationary and movable parts placed one after another to cover the entire annular opening at the bottom of the regenerated catalyst vessel. The radial distributor is concentric with regenerator and located between the catalyst holding vessel and the reactor. A process for catalytic cracking using the invented apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mukthiyar Sadhullah, Satheesh Vetterkunnel Kumaran, Debasis Bhattacharyya, Gadari Saidulu, Somnath Kukade, Brijesh Kumar, Santanam Rajagopal
  • Publication number: 20180273852
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an additive and a catalyst composition for a catalytic cracking process of vacuum gas oil for preparing cracked run naphtha having reduced liquid olefin content, and increased propylene and butylene yields in the LPG fraction. The process makes use of a catalyst composition which is a mixture of an FCC equilibrated catalyst and an additive comprising a zeolite, phosphorus and a combination of metal promoters. The process is successful in achieving high propylene and butylene yields in the LPG fraction along with a lower liquid olefin content and increased aromatic content with increase in RON unit in the resultant cracked run naphtha, as compared to that achieved using an FCC equilibrated catalyst alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Raman RAVISHANKAR, Sunil MEHLA, Somnath KUKADE, Peddy Venkata Chalapathi RAO, Nettem Venkateswarlu CHOUDARY
  • Publication number: 20180265787
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an additive and a catalyst composition for a catalytic cracking process of vacuum gas oil for preparing cracked run naphtha having reduced liquid olefin content, and increased propylene and butylene yields in the LPG fraction. The process makes use of a catalyst composition which is a mixture of an FCC equilibrated catalyst and an additive comprising a zeolite, phosphorus and a combination of metal promoters. The process is successful in achieving high propylene and butylene yields in the LPG fraction along with a lower liquid olefin content and increased aromatic content with increase in RON unit in the resultant cracked run naphtha, as compared to that achieved using an FCC equilibrated catalyst alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Raman RAVISHANKAR, Somnath KUKADE, Peddy Venkata Chalapathi RAO, Nettem Venkateswarlu CHOUDARY
  • Publication number: 20180264430
    Abstract: An apparatus which is an integral hardware consisting of an annular downer reactor and a concentric upflow riser regenerator for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feed to is disclosed. The annular downer reactor terminates in annular stripper which is also concentric with the regenerator. The regenerator, reactor and stripper are in fluid connection with each other. The apparatus is highly compact and provides efficient contact between circulating catalyst and hydrocarbon feed. The proposed hardware includes a novel radial distributor for providing improved control and radial distribution of catalyst inside the downflow reactor. The radial distributor has equal numbers of stationary and movable parts placed one after another to cover the entire annular opening at the bottom of the regenerated catalyst vessel. The radial distributor is concentric with regenerator and located between the catalyst holding vessel and the reactor. A process for catalytic cracking using the invented apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Mukthiyar SADHULLAH, Satheesh Vetterkunnel KUMARAN, Debasis BHATTACHARYYA, Gadari SAIDULU, Somnath KUKADE, Brijesh KUMAR, Santanam RAJAGOPAL
  • Patent number: 9573865
    Abstract: A process for increasing the yield of C3 olefin in fluidized bed catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks is disclosed. C4 fraction produced from the cracking of hydrocarbon feedstock in the primary reaction zone (riser), optionally with external source of C4 stream is fed into the stripper which acts as a secondary reaction zone at an elevated temperature and at an optimum WHSV. The elevated temperature is achieved by injecting a part of the regenerated catalyst from regenerator, which is at a higher temperature, directly into the stripper through a dedicated additional lift line. This raises the activity of catalyst inside the stripper. The direct injection of regenerated catalyst into the stripper, besides producing higher yields of propylene, improves the stripping efficiency leading to enhanced recovery of strippable hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar Bhuyan, Debasis Bhattacharyya, Gopinath Bhanuprasad Sayapaneni, Somnath Kukade, Satheesh Kumaran Vetterkunnel
  • Publication number: 20160296925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel catalyst composition for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon streams to enhance the yield of light olefins. The catalyst composition for the cracking of hydrocarbon feed streams to light olefins, comprises a USY zeolite with silica/alumina ratio of more than 40, pentasil zeolite, a phosphate compound and alumina silica binder. The yield of olefins is further increased when the catalyst composition is impregnated with a cerium oxide. The present invention also provides a process of increasing the yield of light olefins from hydrocarbon feed streams comprising contacting the hydrocarbon streams with catalyst compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Biswanath SARKAR, Satyen Kumar DAS, Somnath KUKADE, Ganga Shankar MISHRA, Eswar Prasad DALAI, Velusamy CHIDAMBARAM, Sudhir Kumar PANDEY, Ram Mohan THAKUR, Debasis BHATTACHARYYA, Santanam RAJAGOPAL
  • Publication number: 20150053588
    Abstract: An apparatus which is an integral hardware consisting of an annular downer reactor and a concentric upflow riser regenerator for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feed to is disclosed. The annular downer reactor terminates in annular stripper which is also concentric with the regenerator. The regenerator, reactor and stripper are in fluid connection with each other. The apparatus is highly compact and provides efficient contact between circulating catalyst and hydrocarbon feed. The proposed hardware includes a novel radial distributor for providing improved control and radial distribution of catalyst inside the downflow reactor. The radial distributor has equal numbers of stationary and movable parts placed one after another to cover the entire annular opening at the bottom of the regenerated catalyst vessel. The radial distributor is concentric with regenerator and located between the catalyst holding vessel and the reactor. A process for catalytic cracking using the invented apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: Mukthiyar Sadhullah, Satheesh Vetterkunnel Kumaran, Debasis Bhattacharyya, Gadari Saidulu, Somnath Kukade, Brijesh Kumar, Santanam Rajagopal
  • Publication number: 20140257006
    Abstract: A process for increasing the yield of C3 olefin in fluidized bed catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks is disclosed. C4 fraction produced from the cracking of hydrocarbon feedstock in the primary reaction zone (riser), optionally with external source of C4 stream is fed into the stripper which acts as a secondary reaction zone at an elevated temperature and at an optimum WHSV. The elevated temperature is achieved by injecting a part of the regenerated catalyst from regenerator, which is at a higher temperature, directly into the stripper through a dedicated additional lift line. This raises the activity of catalyst inside the stripper. The direct injection of regenerated catalyst into the stripper, besides producing higher yields of propylene, improves the stripping efficiency leading to enhanced recovery of strippable hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar Bhyuan, Debasis Bhattacharyya, Gopinath Bhanuprasad Sayapaneni, Somnath Kukade, Satheesh Kumaran Vetterkunnel