Patents by Inventor Vatsala SUGUMARAN

Vatsala SUGUMARAN 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: 11739277
    Abstract: Organic sulfur compounds which are generally present in the crude oil undergoes various transformations while processing the crude oil in the secondary processing units such as fluid catalytic cracker, hydrocracker, delayed coker, visbreaker, etc. The sulfur present in the feed which enters into these secondary processing units are distributed into various products coming out of the units. Sulfur compounds which are present in the various product fractions are removed to meet the desired specifications before routing to the final product pool. Conventionally, sulfur present in the LPG has been removed by amine treatment followed by caustic and water wash. The present invention relates to a process for removal of sulfur and other impurities from Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) comprising olefins through reactive desulfurization route. The present invention is an eco-friendly process as it minimizes or eliminates the use of caustic which is conventionally used to remove the sulfur from LPG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Saravanan Subramani, Vimal Kumar Upadhyay, Prosenjit Maji, Reshmi Manna, Vatsala Sugumaran, Mahalingam Vanamamalai, Madhusudan Sau, Gurpreet Singh Kapur, Sankara Sri Venkata Ramakumar
  • Publication number: 20210292670
    Abstract: Organic sulfur compounds which are generally present in the crude oil undergoes various transformations while processing the crude oil in the secondary processing units such as fluid catalytic cracker, hydrocracker, delayed coker, visbreaker, etc. The sulfur present in the feed which enters into these secondary processing units are distributed into various products coming out of the units. Sulfur compounds which are present in the various product fractions are removed to meet the desired specifications before routing to the final product pool. Conventionally, sulfur present in the LPG has been removed by amine treatment followed by caustic and water wash. The present invention relates to a process for removal of sulfur and other impurities from Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) comprising olefins through reactive desulfurization route. The present invention is an eco-friendly process as it minimizes or eliminates the use of caustic which is conventionally used to remove the sulfur from LPG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Saravanan SUBRAMANI, Vimal Kumar Upadhyay, Prosenjit Maji, Reshmi Manna, Vatsala Sugumaran, Mahalingam Vanamamalai, Madhusudan Sau, Gurpreet Singh Kapur, Sankara Sri Venkata Ramakumar
  • Patent number: 9644155
    Abstract: An integrated process for production of ultra low sulfur products of high octane gasoline, high aromatic naphtha and high Cetane Diesel from high aromatic middle distillate range streams from any cracker units such as Light Cycle Oil (LCO) stream of Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) units and subjected to hydrotreating for removal of heteroatoms like sulfur and nitrogen. The effluent from hydrotreating is subjected to hydrocracking at same pressure of hydrotreating step above for selective opening of saturated ring of multi-ring aromatics. The effluent from hydrocracking is separated in CUT-1, CUT 2 in which the monoaromatics and alkylated monoaromatics are concentrated and CUT-3 in which concentration of saturates significantly increased. The CUT-3 is selectively oxidized in selective oxidation step in presence of catalyst, an oxidizing agent and operating conditions such that it results in diesel product with more enhanced Cetane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Ganesh Vitthalrao Butley, Mainak Sarkar, Yamini Gupta, Arangarasu Arun, Madhusudan Sau, Vatsala Sugumaran, Vivekanand Kagdiyal, Paramasivam Sakthivel, Brijesh Kumar, Biswapriya Das
  • Publication number: 20150267130
    Abstract: An integrated process for production of ultra low sulfur products of high octane gasoline, high aromatic naphtha and high Cetane Diesel from high aromatic middle distillate range streams from any cracker units such as Light Cycle Oil (LCO) stream of Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) units and comprising of subjecting the feed boiling between 200 to 400° C. and having at least 30 wt % multi-ring aromatics content subjected to hydrotreating for removal of heteroatoms like sulfur and nitrogen and at a pressure sufficient only for saturation of one ring of multi-ring aromatics. The effluent from hydrotreating is subjected to hydrocracking at same pressure of hydrotreating step above for selective opening of saturated ring of multi-ring aromatics. The effluent from hydrocracking is separated in CUT-1 boiling between 35 to 70° C., CUT-2 boiling between 70 to 200° C. in which the monoaromatics and alkylated monoaromatics are concentrated and CUT-3 boiling above 200° C. in which concentration of saturates i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Ganesh Vitthalrao BUTLEY, Mainak SARKAR, Yamini GUPTA, Arangarasu ARUN, Madhusudan SAU, Vatsala SUGUMARAN, Vivekanand KAGDIYAL, Paramasivam SAKTHIVEL, Brijesh KUMAR, Biswapriya DAS