Patents by Inventor Velusamy Chidambaram

Velusamy Chidambaram 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: 11465132
    Abstract: This invention relates to an additive capable of increasing the gasoline octane (by 2-3 units) with minimum loss of gasoline. More specifically, the present invention discloses a fluid catalytic cracking additive composition capable of enhancing gasoline octane, said composition comprising 5-50 wt. % zeolite component, 0-15 wt % alumina, 5-20 wt % colloidal silica, 10-60 wt % kaolin clay, 5-15 wt % phosphate, and 0.1 to 5.0 wt. % of bivalent metal selected from Group-IIA or Group-IB, wherein the zeolite component comprises of medium pore pentasil zeolite in an amount of 1 to 50 wt. % and said zeolite consists of one or more MFI topology zeolite having SiO2/Al2O3 mole ratio in the range of 10-280. The present invention also discloses a process for preparation of the additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mahesh Kadgaonkar, Arumugam Velayutham Karthikeyani, Kumaresan Loganathan, Balaiah Swamy, Velusamy Chidambaram, Biswanath Sarkar, Alex Cheru Pulikottil, Vineeth Venu Nath, Ram Mohan Thakur, Madhusudan Sau, Gurpreet Singh Kapur, Sankara Sri Venkata Ramakumar
  • Publication number: 20210101137
    Abstract: This invention relates to an additive capable of increasing the gasoline octane (by 2-3 units) with minimum loss of gasoline. More specifically, the present invention discloses a fluid catalytic cracking additive composition capable of enhancing gasoline octane, said composition comprising 5-50 wt. % zeolite component, 0-15 wt % alumina, 5-20 wt % colloidal silica, 10-60 wt % kaolin clay, 5-15 wt % phosphate, and 0.1 to 5.0 wt. % of bivalent metal selected from Group-IIA or Group-IB, wherein the zeolite component comprises of medium pore pentasil zeolite in an amount of 1 to 50 wt. % and said zeolite consists of one or more MFI topology zeolite having SiO2/Al2O3 mole ratio in the range of 10-280. The present invention also discloses a process for preparation of the additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mahesh KADGAONKAR, Arumugam Velayutham KARTHIKEYANI, Kumaresan LOGANATHAN, Balaiah SWAMY, Velusamy CHIDAMBARAM, Biswanath SARKAR, Alex Cheru PULIKOTTIL, Vineeth Venu NATH, Ram Mohan THAKUR, Madhusudan SAU, Gurpreet Singh KAPUR, Sankara Sri Venkata RAMAKUMAR
  • Patent number: 10960382
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst product comprising of (a) porous acidic clay material and (b) binder and matrix to shape the catalyst to either microspheres, pellet, tablet, extrudate and ring and suitable for enhancing the crack-ability of heavy feed material derived from atmospheric and vacuum distillation bottoms; FCC bottoms, coker bottoms and hydrocracker bottoms. The invention particularly relates to a catalyst cum heat supply product suitable for thermal coking process either in a batch mode or continuous coking process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Kuvettu Mohan Prabhu, Velusamy Chidambaram, Pankaj Kumar Kasliwal, Alex Cheru Pulikottil, Biswanath Sarkar, Brijesh Kumar, Santanam Rajagopal, Ravinder Kumar Malhotra
  • Patent number: 10894248
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst composition comprising rare earth exchanged USY zeolite (REUSY); pentasil zeolite; phosphorous compound; clay, silica, alumina, and spinel to enhance the catalytic activity and selectivity for light olefins in FCC operation conditions. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of Light olefin enhancing catalyst composition with high propylene yield and coke selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mohan Prabhu Kuvettu, Arumugam Velayutham Karthikeyani, Velusamy Chidambaram, Kumaresan Loganathan, Alex Cheru Pulikottil, Sanjiv Kumar Mazumdar, Sankara Sri Venkata Ramakumar
  • Publication number: 20200086304
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst composition comprising rare earth exchanged USY zeolite (REUSY); pentasil zeolite; phosphorous compound; clay, silica, alumina, and spinel to enhance the catalytic activity and selectivity for light olefins in FCC operation conditions. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of Light olefin enhancing catalyst composition with high propylene yield and coke selectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mohan Prabhu KUVETTU, Arumugam Velayutham KARTHIKEYANI, Velusamy CHIDAMBARAM, Kumaresan LOGANATHAN, Alex Cheru PULIKOTTIL, Sanjiv Kumar MAZUMDAR, Sankara Sri Venkata RAMAKUMAR
  • Patent number: 10449524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst product for cracking of heavy hydrocarbon feed stocks predominantly in to light olefins and processes for preparing the catalyst. More specifically the present invention relates to a process of preparing Fluidic Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalyst additive composition. The FCC catalyst additive composition of the present invention is a LPG selective catalyst particles comprising a medium pore zeolite bonded with clay-phosphate-silica-alumina binder. The catalyst of the present invention exhibits improved selectivity towards high value components like propylene and gasoline and suppressing low value components like dry gas and bottoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Mohan Prabhu Kuvettu, Mahesh Kadgaonkar, Biswanath Sarkar, Velusamy Chidambaram, Arumugam Velayutham Karthikeyani, Alex Pulikottil, Jayaraj Christopher, Brijesh Kumar, Biswapriya Das
  • Patent number: 10413889
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluid catalytic cracking additive composition for cracking of heavy hydrocarbon feed stocks and process for preparing the additive. The additive is suitable for enhancing yields of light olefins such as propylene, isobutylene, LPG and reduces the bottom yields. The invention specifically relates to a fluid catalytic cracking additive composition comprising a pentasil zeolite, zeolites having pore size in a range of 5.4-7.7 ?, alumina, colloidal silica, kaolin clay, and phosphate, wherein the zeolites having pore size in the range of 5.4-7.7 ? is present in an amount of 1 to 10 wt % with respect to the total amount of the pentasil zeolite and zeolite having the pore size in the range of 5.4-7.7 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Mahesh Kadgaonkar, Biswanath Sarkar, Alex Cheru Pulikottil, Velusamy Chidambaram, Arumugam Velayutham Karthikeyani, Mohan Prabhu Kuvettu, Shiba Prasad Choudhury, Jayaraj Christopher, Brijesh Kumar, Biswapriya Das
  • Patent number: 10384948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Cracking Catalyst composition for cracking of heavy hydrocarbon feed stocks and process for preparing the catalyst. The catalyst is prepared by incorporating 1-10 wt % phosphate treated USY zeolite in which phosphate is present in the range of 10 to 50 wt % on the basis of phosphated zeolite, in a mixture of 10-50 wt % dispersible alumina, 0-30 wt % non-dispersal alumina, 5-30 wt % colloidal silica, 15-50 wt % clay and 5-15 wt % phosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Biswanath Sarkar, Mohan Prabhu Kuvettu, Velusamy Chidambaram, Alex Cheru Pulikottil, Pankaj Kumar Kasliwal, Shiba Prasad Choudhury, Ram Mohan Thakur, Brijesh Kumar, Biswapriya Das
  • 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: 10245581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to attrition resistant hydrocarbon cracking catalyst additive composition comprising aluminum phosphate binder for cracking of hydrocarbon molecules to produce light olefins and process of preparation thereof. The present invention further relates to the process of preparation of the aluminum phosphate binder wherein said binder is incorporated into the ZSM-5 additive composition to enhance its attrition resistance property as well as enhance selectivity and activity of additive composition for production of light olefins such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Biswanath Sarkar, Arumugam Velayutham Karthikeyani, Mohan Prabhu Kuvettu, Mahesh Kadgaonkar, Velusamy Chidambaram, Balaiah Swamy, Brijesh Kumar, Biswapriya Das
  • Patent number: 9981246
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst additive composition suitable for fluid cracking, riser cracking and fixed bed cracking with reduction in bottom and coke, wherein the aluminosilicate and silica-alumina is generated in situ from added clay and silica. The present invention is also directed towards the preparation of the said catalyst additive composition. The invention also discloses a process for cracking of heavy hydrocarbons using the said catalyst additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Velusamy Chidambaram, Mohan Prabhu Kuvettu, Arumugam Velayutham Karthikeyani, Biswanath Sarkar, Balaiah Swamy, Shiba Prasad Choudhury, Ram Mohan Thakur, Brijesh Kumar Verma, Brijesh Kumar, Biswapriya Das
  • Publication number: 20170151554
    Abstract: The present invention relates to attrition resistant hydrocarbon cracking catalyst additive composition comprising aluminium phosphate binder for cracking of hydrocarbon molecules to produce light olefins and process of preparation thereof. The present invention further relates to the process of preparation of the aluminium phosphate binder wherein said binder is incorporated into the ZSM-5 additive composition to enhance its attrition resistance property as well as enhance selectivity and activity of additive composition for production of light olefins such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: BISWANATH SARKAR, ARUMUGAM VELAYUTHAM KARTHIKEYANI, MOHAN PRABHU KUVETTU, MAHESH KADGAONKAR, VELUSAMY CHIDAMBARAM, BALAIAH SWAMY, BRIJESH KUMAR, BISWAPRIYA DAS
  • Publication number: 20170144139
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluid catalytic cracking additive composition for cracking of heavy hydrocarbon feed stocks and process for preparing the additive. The additive is suitable for enhancing yields of light olefins such as propylene, isobutylene, LPG and reduces the bottom yields. The invention specifically relates to a fluid catalytic cracking additive composition comprising a pentasil zeolite, zeolites having pore size in a range of 5.4-7.7 ?, alumina, colloidal silica, kaolin clay, and phosphate, wherein the zeolites having pore size in the range of 5.4-7.7 ? is present in an amount of 1 to 10 wt % with respect to the total amount of the pentasil zeolite and zeolite having the pore size in the range of 5.4-7.7 ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Mahesh KADGAONKAR, Biswanath SARKAR, Alex Cheru PULIKOTTIL, Velusamy CHIDAMBARAM, Arumugam Velayutham KARTHIKEY ANI, Mohan Prabhu KUVETTU, Shiba Prasad CHOUDHURY, Jayaraj CHRISTOPHER, Brijesh KUMAR, Biswapriya DAS
  • Publication number: 20170144140
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Cracking Catalyst composition for cracking of heavy hydrocarbon feed stocks and process for preparing the catalyst. The catalyst is prepared by incorporating 1-10 wt % phosphate treated USY zeolite in which phosphate is present in the range of 10 to 50 wt % on the basis of phosphated zeolite, in a mixture of 10-50 wt % dispersible alumina, 0-30 wt % non-dispersal alumina, 5-30 wt % colloidal silica, 15-50 wt % clay and 5-15 wt % phosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Biswanath SARKAR, Mohan Prabhu KUVETTU, Velusamy CHIDAMBARAM, Alex Cheru PULIKOTTIL, Pankaj Kumar KASLIWAL, Shiba Prasad CHOUDHURY, Ram Mohan THAKUR, Brijesh KUMAR, Biswapriya DAS
  • Patent number: 9616408
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adsorbent for removal of con-carbon and contaminant metals in feed, said adsorbent composition consisting of clay in the range of 30-70 wt. % and silica in the range of 70-30 wt. %, wherein the adsorbent has a pore volume in the range of 0.25-0.45 cc/gm; a pore size in the range of 20 to 2000 ? and a bi-modal pore size distribution characteristics, with a maximum of about 32% of the adsorbent having a pore size in the range of 20-200 ? and a minimum of about 68% of the adsorbent having a pore size in the range of 200-2000 ?. The present invention also provides a process for preparing the said adsorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Arumugam Velayutham Karthikeyani, Mohan Prabhu Kuvettu, Biswanath Sarkar, Gadari Saidulu, Shiba Prasad Choudhury, Sudhir Kumar Pande, Arvind Mahant, Brijesh Kumar, Santanam Rajagopal, Ravinder Kumar Malhotra, Velusamy Chidambaram
  • Publication number: 20170056865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst product for cracking of heavy hydrocarbon feed stocks predominantly in to light olefins and processes for preparing the catalyst. More specifically the present invention relates to a process of preparing Fluidic Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalyst additive composition. The FCC catalyst additive composition of the present invention is a LPG selective catalyst particles comprising a medium pore zeolite bonded with clay-phosphate-silica-alumina binder. The catalyst of the present invention exhibits improved selectivity towards high value components like propylene and gasoline and suppressing low value components like dry gas and bottoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Mohan Prabhu KUVETTU, Mahesh KADGAONKAR, Biswanath SARKAR, Velusamy CHIDAMBARAM, Arumugam Velayutham KARTHIKEYANI, Alex PULIKOTTIL, Jayaraj CHRISTOPHER, Brijesh KUMAR, Biswapriya DAS
  • 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: 20160263556
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst product comprising of (a) porous acidic clay material and (b) binder and matrix to shape the catalyst to either microspheres, pellet, tablet, extrudate and ring and suitable for enhancing the crack-ability of heavy feed material derived from atmospheric and vacuum distillation bottoms; FCC bottoms, coker bottoms and hydrocracker bottoms. The invention particularly relates to a catalyst cum heat supply product suitable for thermal coking process either in a batch mode or continuous coking process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Kuvettu Mohan PRABHU, Velusamy CHIDAMBARAM, Pankaj Kumar KASLIWAL, Alex Cheru PULIKOTTIL, Biswanath SARKAR, Brijesh KUMAR, Santanam RAJAGOPAL, Ravinder Kumar MALHOTRA
  • Publication number: 20160074842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive composition for cracking of heavy hydrocarbon feed stocks. In particular, the present invention relates to an additive composition comprising large crystallite low surface are alumina component in combination with phosphate compound in fluid catalytic cracking additive and a process for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Biswanath SARKAR, Velusamy CHIDAMBARAM, Mahesh KADGAONKAR, Mohan Prabhu KUVETTU, Arumugam Velayutham KARTHIKEYANI, Balaiah SWAMY, Shiba Prasad CHOUDHURY, Pankaj Kumar KASLIWAL, Alex PULIKOTTIL, Ram Mohan THAKUR, Jayaraj CHRISTOPHER, Brijesh KUMAR, Santanam RAJAGOPAL, Biswapriya DAS
  • Publication number: 20160059213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst additive composition suitable for fluid cracking, riser cracking and fixed bed cracking with reduction in bottom and coke, wherein the aluminosilicate and silica-alumina is generated in situ from added clay and silica. The present invention is also directed towards the preparation of the said catalyst additive composition. The invention also discloses a process for cracking of heavy hydrocarbons using the said catalyst additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Velusamy CHIDAMBARAM, Mohan Prabhu KUVETTU, Arumugam Velayutham KARTHIKEYANI, Biswanath SARKAR, Balaiah SWAMY, Shiba Prasad CHOUDHURY, Ram Mohan THAKUR, Brijesh Kumar VERMA, Brijesh KUMAR, Biswapriya DAS