Patents by Inventor Willem Marco Boesveld

Willem Marco Boesveld 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 the production of triptane
    Patent number: 7332638
    Abstract: A process for the production of triptane, comprises: providing a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising at least 1 vol % of at least one cyclic hydrocarbon comprising a C5 and/or C6 ring; pre-treating the hydrocarbon feedstock by contacting the hydrocarbon feedstock with a catalyst in the presence of hydrogen, under conditions suitable for selectively opening the ring of the cyclic hydrocarbon; and isomerising the pre-treated feedstock by contacting the pre-treated feedstock with an isomerisation catalyst to produce a triptane-containing product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: BP Oil International Limited
    Inventors: Willem Marco Boesveld, Paul Greenough
  • Isomerisation process
    Patent number: 6855857
    Abstract: A process for the production of triptane, said process comprising: isomerising a hydrocarbon feedstock by containing said feedstock with an isomerisation catalyst at a reaction temperature of ?50 to 25° C., and a contact time of 0.01 to 150 hours, such that the triptane selectivety of the isomerisation reaction is at least 5% as a proportion of said hydrocarbon feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: BP Oil International Limited
    Inventors: Willem Marco Boesveld, Paul Greenough
  • Process for the production of triptane
    Publication number: 20040249228
    Abstract: A process for the production of triptane, comprises: providing a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising at least 1 vol % of at least one cyclic hydrocarbon comprising a C5 and/or C6 ring; pre-treating the hydrocarbon feedstock by contacting the hydrocarbon feedstock with a catalyst in the presence of hydrogen, under conditions suitable for selectively opening, the ring of the cyclic hydrocarbon: and isomerising the pre-treated feedstock by contacting the pre-treated feedstock with an isomerisation catalyst to produce a triptane-containing product stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Willem Marco Boesveld, Paul Greenough
  • Isomerisation process
    Publication number: 20030187316
    Abstract: A process for the production of triptane, said process comprising: isomerising a hydrocarbon feedstock by containing said feedstock with an isomerisation catalyst at a reaction temperature of −50 to 25° C., and a contact time of 0.01 to 150 hours, such that the triptane selectivety of the isomerisation reaction is at least 5% as a proportion of said hydrocarbon feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Willem Marco Boesveld, Paul Greenough