Patents by Inventor Tran Tan Viet

Tran Tan Viet 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).

  • Simultaneous pretreatment method of heavy hydrocarbon distillate and lignocellulosic biomass using solvent
    Patent number: 9771521
    Abstract: A method of reforming a heavy hydrocarbon distillate, which includes treating a heavy hydrocarbon distillate and a lignocellulosic biomass with a solvent, is provided. The method can be useful in maximizing conversion of the heavy hydrocarbon distillate into higher value-added distillate, for example, naphtha and a middle distillate, and allowing a sulfur compound produced by the decomposition of a heavy hydrocarbon distillate to catalyze pretreatment of the lignocellulosic biomass. Also, oxygen, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), levulinic acid, formic acid, and sulfuric acid produced by decomposition of the lignocellulosic biomass can catalyze decomposition of a heavy hydrocarbon distillate and lignocellulosic biomass, thereby activating decomposition of a heavy hydrocarbon distillate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Chang Ha Lee, Jae Hyuk Lee, Tran Tan Viet, Ik Sung Ahn, Doo Wook Kim
  • Simultaneous Pretreatment Method Of Heavy Hydrocarbon Distillate And Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Solvent
    Publication number: 20150218459
    Abstract: A method of reforming a heavy hydrocarbon distillate, which includes treating a heavy hydrocarbon distillate and a lignocellulosic biomass with a solvent, is provided. The method can be useful in maximizing conversion of the heavy hydrocarbon distillate into higher value-added distillate, for example, naphtha and a middle distillate, and allowing a sulfur compound produced by the decomposition of a heavy hydrocarbon distillate to catalyze pretreatment of the lignocellulosic biomass. Also, oxygen, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), levulinic acid, formic acid, and sulfuric acid produced by decomposition of the lignocellulosic biomass can catalyze decomposition of a heavy hydrocarbon distillate and lignocellulosic biomass, thereby activating decomposition of a heavy hydrocarbon distillate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Industry-Academic Corporation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Chang Ha Lee, Jae Hyuk Lee, Tran Tan Viet, Ik Sung Ahn, Doo Wook Kim