Patents by Inventor Suman Thotla

Suman Thotla 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: 20230202948
    Abstract: A process for the purification of isobutene from a C4 stream with at least 1-butene, 2-butene, isobutane and isobutene includes isomerizing 1-butene from a stream of material which is concentrated in isobutane and isobutene obtained from the C4 stream into 2-butene, using a catalyst in an isomerization reactor; supplying a product stream from the isomerization reactor to a rectification column; and providing a stream of material which is concentrated in isobutene. A processing facility is utilized for the purification of isobutene from the C4 stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Suman THOTLA, Pawel Tadeusz CZAJKA, Stefan Manfred ISELBORN, Kai-Uwe WEMHÖNER, Jürgen POPP
  • Patent number: 11649197
    Abstract: A process for the purification of isobutene from a C4 stream with at least 1-butene, 2-butene, isobutane and isobutene includes isomerizing 1-butene from a stream of material which is concentrated in isobutane and isobutene obtained from the C4 stream into 2-butene, using a catalyst in an isomerization reactor; supplying a product stream from the isomerization reactor to a rectification column; and providing a stream of material which is concentrated in isobutene. A processing facility is utilized for the purification of isobutene from the C4 stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: OMV DOWNSTREAM GMBH, BASF SE
    Inventors: Suman Thotla, Pawel Tadeusz Czajka, Stefan Manfred Iselborn, Kai-Uwe Wemhöner, Jürgen Popp
  • Publication number: 20210300841
    Abstract: A process for the purification of isobutene from a C4 stream with at least 1-butene, 2-butene, isobutane and isobutene includes isomerizing 1-butene from a stream of material which is concentrated in isobutane and isobutene obtained from the C4 stream into 2-butene, using a catalyst in an isomerization reactor; supplying a product stream from the isomerization reactor to a rectification column; and providing a stream of material which is concentrated in isobutene. A processing facility is utilized for the purification of isobutene from the C4 stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Suman THOTLA, Pawel Tadeusz CZAJKA, Stefan Manfred ISELBORN, Kai-Uwe WEMHÖNER, Jürgen POPP
  • Patent number: 10047035
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for continuously preparing di-C1-3-alkyl succinates by reacting succinic acid with an C1-3-alkanol in the presence of a fixed-bed heterogeneous acidic esterification catalyst in a tubular reactor at a temperature in the range of from 60 to 100° C., wherein a mixture, comprising succinic acid, C1-3-alkanol, mono-C1-3-alkyl succinate, di-C1-3-alkyl succinate and water, is formed in a mixing stage and fed to the entrance of the tubular reactor, and wherein 5 to 75% of the outlet flow rate of the tubular reactor are recycled directly to the mixing stage as a recycle stream, and the molar ratio of C1-3-alkanol to succinic acid added to the mixing zone, and not including the C1-3-alkanol and succinic acid at the recycle stream, being in the range of from 2.0 to 9.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefanie Demming, Suman Thotla, Jens Wittenberg, Gabriele Iffland, Till Christian Brueggemann, Yvonne Hoelzl, Wolfgang Siegel, Stephan Freyer
  • Publication number: 20170342015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for continuously preparing di-C1-3-alkyl succinates by reacting succinic acid with an C1-3-alkanol in the presence of a fixed-bed heterogeneous acidic esterification catalyst in a tubular reactor at a temperature in the range of from 60 to 100° C., wherein a mixture, comprising succinic acid, C1-3-alkanol, mono-C1-3-alkyl succinate, di-C1-3-alkyl succinate and water, is formed in a mixing stage and fed to the entrance of the tubular reactor, and wherein 5 to 75% of the outlet flow rate of the tubular reactor are recycled directly to the mixing stage as a recycle stream, and the molar ratio of C1-3-alkanol to succinic acid added to the mixing zone, and not including the C1-3-alkanol and succinic acid at the recycle stream, being in the range of from 2.0 to 9.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefanie Demming, Suman Thotla, Jens Wittenberg, Gabriele Iffland, Till Christian Brueggemann, Yvonne Hoelzl, Wolfgang Siegel, Stephan Freyer
  • Patent number: 9738588
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for continuously preparing di-C1-3-alkyl succinates by reacting succinic acid with an C1-3-alkanol in the presence of a fixed-bed heterogeneous acidic esterification catalyst in a tubular reactor at a temperature in the range of from 60 to 100° C., wherein a mixture, comprising succinic acid, C1-3-alkanol, mono-C1-3-alkyl succinate, di-C1-3-alkyl succinate and water, is formed in a mixing stage and fed to the entrance of the tubular reactor, and wherein 5 to 75% of the outlet flow rate of the tubular reactor are recycled directly to the mixing stage as a recycle stream, and the molar ratio of C1-3-alkanol to succinic acid added to the mixing zone, and not including the C1-3-alkanol and succinic acid at the recycle stream, being in the range of from 2.0 to 9.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefanie Demming, Suman Thotla, Jens Wittenberg, Gabriele Iffland, Christian Brueggemann, Yvonne Hoelzl, Wolfgang Siegel, Stephan Freyer
  • Publication number: 20160083328
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for continuously preparing di-C1-3-alkyl succinates by reacting succinic acid with an C1-3-alkanol in the presence of a fixed-bed heterogeneous acidic esterification catalyst in a tubular reactor at a temperature in the range of from 60 to 100° C., wherein a mixture, comprising succinic acid, C1-3-alkanol, mono-C1-3-alkyl succinate, di-C1-3-alkyl succinate and water, is formed in a mixing stage and fed to the entrance of the tubular reactor, and wherein 5 to 75% of the outlet flow rate of the tubular reactor are recycled directly to the mixing stage as a recycle stream, and the molar ratio of C1-3-alkanol to succinic acid added to the mixing zone, and not including the C1-3-alkanol and succinic acid at the recycle stream, being in the range of from 2.0 to 9.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Stefanie Demming, Suman Thotla, Jens Wittenberg, Gabriele Iffland, Till Christian Brueggemann, Yvonne Hoelzl, Wolfgang Siegel, Stephan Freyer