Patents by Inventor Victor J. Degouveia

Victor J. Degouveia 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).

  • Process for production of an ether-rich additive
    Patent number: 5378250
    Abstract: A process for the production of an ether-rich additive for gasoline, and more particularly, the production of MTBE, TAME and mixtures thereof from light hydrocarbon streams comprising passing the light hydrocarbon stream, preferably from an FCC feedstock, through a superactivated porous particulate medium so as to remove nitrogen compounds, mercaptan and water prior to contacting the feedstock with a catalyst under etherification process conditions. The present invention further includes a process for regenerating the spent superactivated mediums used for purifying the feedstock employed in the process for the production of ether-rich additives for gasoline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Intevep, S.A.
    Inventors: Marco A. Marquez, Jose C. Gonzalez, Victor J. Degouveia, Carmelo Bolivar, Orlando Leal, Francisco Yanez
  • Process for treating alumina
    Patent number: 5374596
    Abstract: A process for treating alumina mediums used for purifying a hydrocarbon feedstock employed in a process for the production of ether-rich additives for gasoline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Intevep, S.A.
    Inventors: Marco A. Marquez, Jose C. Gonzalez, Victor J. Degouveia, Francisco Yanez
  • Process for production of an ether-rich additive
    Patent number: 5210326
    Abstract: A process for the production of an ether-rich additive for gasoline, and more particularly, the production of MTBE, TAME and mixtures thereof from light hydrocarbon streams comprising passing the light hydrocarbon stream, preferably from an FCC feedstock, through a superactivated alumina medium so as to remove nitrogen compounds, mercaptan and water prior to contacting the feedstock with a catalyst under etherification process conditions. The present invention further includes a process for regenerating the spent superactivated alumina mediums used for purifying the feedstock employed in the process for the production of ether-rich additives for gasoline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Intevep, S.A.
    Inventors: Marco A. Marquez, Jose C. Gonzalez, Victor J. Degouveia, Francisco Yanez