Patents by Inventor Wilhelmus Hendrikus Johannes Balk

Wilhelmus Hendrikus Johannes Balk 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).

  • Hydrocarbon recovery from Fischer-Tropsch off-gas
    Patent number: 9783738
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for processing a Fischer-Tropsch off-gas wherein Fischer-Tropsch off-gas is contacted with a wash fluid in a scrubber, and wherein the wash fluid is recycled in a closed loop with a dedicated scrubber, stripper and splitter. The wash fluid preferably is kerosene or LDF. The C3+ hydrocarbons that are recovered from the off-gas are, together with other Fischer-Tropsch product, subjected to hydrocracking or hydrocracking/hydroisomerization. Additionally, hydrogen is recovered from the off-gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Harold Boerrigter, Andreas Kustosz, Andres Eduardo Leonardi, Lionel Paul Ramone, Wilhelmus Hendrikus Johannes Balk, Pascal Edzo Armin Rots
  • Method of bypassing a pipeline in a multiple pipeline system
    Patent number: 8480788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of producing gaseous and liquid component streams from at least two multi-phase streams in at least two pipelines, the method comprising at least the steps of: (a) passing a first multi-phase stream along a first pipeline and through a first slugcatcher system; (b) passing a second multi-phase stream through a second pipeline and a second slugcatcher system; (c) passing a first pig down the first pipeline to create a first pig-slug mass in the first pipeline; and (d) passing at least a fraction of the first multi-phase stream upstream of the first pig-slug mass to the second pipeline along a crossover line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Hendrikus Johannes Balk
  • METHOD OF BYPASSING A PIPELINE IN A MULTIPLE PIPELINE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110061739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of producing gaseous and liquid component streams from at least two multi-phase streams in at least two pipelines, the method comprising at least the steps of: (a) passing a first multi-phase stream along a first pipeline and through a first slugcatcher system; (b) passing a second multi-phase stream through a second pipeline and a second slugcatcher system; (c) passing a first pig down the first pipeline to create a first pig-slug mass in the first pipeline; and (d) passing at least a fraction of the first multi-phase stream upstream of the first pig-slug mass to the second pipeline along a crossover line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Hendrikus Johannes Balk