Including Plural Reaction Stages Patents (Class 422/600)
  • Patent number: 12214304
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for separating unsaturated hydrocarbons from a mixture of saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, which process comprises the steps of (a) contacting the mixture with a solvent; (b) allowing to form two phases in equilibrium, a first phase comprising solvent and unsaturated hydrocarbons and a second phase comprising the remainder of the mixture; (c) removing the phases separately; and (d) removing from at least one of the phases the hydrocarbons to obtain at least one product stream and regenerated solvent for use in step (a), wherein the solvent comprises dihydrolevoglucosenone or a derivative of dihydrolevoglucosenone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Brouwer, Boelo Schuur
  • Patent number: 12202789
    Abstract: A process for the production of methanol from hydrogen and carbon monoxide includes contacting the hydrogen and carbon monoxide with a liquid in at least one bubble or loop or jet loop reactor. The liquid comprises at least one solvent, an alcohol and/or an amine as a nucleophilic promoter, optionally an additional base and a catalyst, the catalyst comprising a transition metal and at least one Lewis base ligand. At least one device is provided for heat removal from the reactor. Methanol is formed as a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CREATIVEQUANTUM GMBH
    Inventor: Marek Pawel Checinski
  • Patent number: 12186729
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a preparation system and a preparation method of a diester-based composition. A first alcohol which is a reaction raw material is added to waste water as an extracting agent, and layer separation is performed to separate a second alcohol which is another reaction raw material in the waste water. Accordingly, the amount of alcohol discharged as waste water can be reduced, and an eco-friendly process operation is possible. In addition, it is economical and efficiency to use the alcohol separated again as a reaction raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeon Uk Choo, Sung Kyu Lee, Joon Ho Shin, Hyoung Jun, Chan Hyu Jin
  • Patent number: 12163118
    Abstract: A continuous flow reactor having a plurality of interwoven flow paths in fluid communication to form a single continuous flow reactor tube having a single flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Raquel Orozco, Jonathan Coffman, Stephanie Parker, Natira Gnat Matthews
  • Patent number: 12162957
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of plecanatide. Specifically, an improved process for preparation of plecanatide using a non-linear solid phase peptide synthesis. In particular, the process for preparation of plecanatide involves solid phase synthesis of peptide fragments of five amino acid units using 2-chlorotrityl chloride (2-ClTrt) resin and eleven amino acid unit using Wang resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ENZENE BIOSCIENCES LIMITED
    Inventors: Sandip Adak, Manoj Bonte, Chandrakant Kulkarni, Veeranarayana Swamy, Nivrutti Jogdand, Himanshu Gadgil
  • Patent number: 12157126
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to systems and methods for synthesizing a reaction product and increasing yield of the same. In certain aspects, the invention provides a multi-mode reaction system in which in a first mode one or more valves of the system are configured to cause reagents to flow from one or more reagent reservoirs of the system through one or more components of the system to generate a reaction product; and in a second mode the one or more valves are configured to change flow within the system such that the one or more reagent reservoirs are isolated from a remainder of the system and the generated reaction product and any remaining reactants are recycled back through the multi-mode reaction system to increase a yield of the reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Robert Graham Cooks, Zhenwei Wei
  • Patent number: 12145847
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for hydrogen production as well as apparatuses useful in such systems and methods. Hydrogen is produced by steam reforming of a hydrocarbon in a gas heated reformer that is heated using one or more streams comprising combustion products of a fuel in an oxidant, preferably in the presence of a carbon dioxide circulating stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: 8 Rivers Capital, LLC
    Inventor: Rodney John Allam
  • Patent number: 12139853
    Abstract: A method for continuous steam explosion discharge of a pressurised reactor for thermal treatment of lignocellulose biomasses. The steam explosion discharge is complete decoupled from the thermal treatment step and the loss of steam from the process is fully controlled without jeopardizing the mechanical disintegration of the lignocellulose material from the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Olof Melander, Peter Björklund
  • Patent number: 12129225
    Abstract: Some variations provide a process for producing mixed alcohols, comprising: purifying a biogas feedstock to generate a renewable natural gas stream comprising methane; introducing the renewable natural gas stream into a methane-to-syngas unit operated at effective conditions to convert the methane to a first syngas stream containing at least H2, CO, and CO2; purifying the first syngas stream, including separating the CO2 from the first syngas stream, and optionally separating some of the H2 from the first syngas stream, thereby generating a clean syngas stream; introducing the clean syngas stream into a mixed-alcohol reactor operated at effective alcohol synthesis conditions with an alcohol-synthesis catalyst, thereby generating mixed alcohols; and purifying the mixed alcohols to generate a mixed-alcohol product. The mixed-alcohol product may be blended with a hydrocarbon fuel, such as gasoline, to produce a blended fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Standard Alcohol Company of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Denham Ridley, Jr., Michael Emory Pardun
  • Patent number: 12098335
    Abstract: Processes herein may be used to thermally crack various hydrocarbon feeds, and may eliminate the refinery altogether while making the crude to chemicals process very flexible in terms of crude. In embodiments herein, crude is progressively separated into at least light and heavy fractions. Depending on the quality of the light and heavy fractions, these are routed to one of three upgrading operations, including a fixed bed hydroconversion unit, a fluidized catalytic conversion unit, or a residue hydrocracking unit that may utilize an ebullated bed reactor. Products from the upgrading operations may be used as feed to a steam cracker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC, Saudi Aramco Technologies Company, Chevron Lummus Global LLC
    Inventors: Ujjal Mukherjee, Kareemuddin Shaik, Pedro Santos, Essam Abdullah Al-Sayed, Theodorus Maesen, Mazin Tamimi, Julie Chabot, Ibrahim Abba, Kandasamy Sundaram, Sami Barnawi, Ronald M. Venner
  • Patent number: 12098080
    Abstract: Mixed rare earth carbonate may be prepared by mixing a rare earth sulfate solution with a precipitating agent comprising a first sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) solution, to form a first mixture, and generating a higher sulfate rare earth carbonate wet cake from the first mixture. The higher sulfate rare earth carbonate wet cake can be mixed with a second sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) solution to form a second mixture, and a lower sulfate rare earth carbonate can be generated from the second mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lynas Rare Earths Limited
    Inventors: Norazihan Zulkifli, Mohd Anis Shah Mohd Zainal, Luke Darbyshire, Peter Ryan, Aznor Yahya, Ermie Fadhullah Kassim
  • Patent number: 12080853
    Abstract: A battery according to the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a solid state electrolyte layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the solid state electrolyte layer containing at least a solid state electrolyte and at least carbon atoms and including a carbon unevenly distributed layer. The concentration of the carbon atoms in the carbon unevenly distributed layer is higher than the concentration of the carbon atoms in a region of the solid state electrolyte layer excluding the carbon unevenly distributed layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Morioka, Akira Kawase
  • Patent number: 12065616
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for integration of a reactor for polyolefin pyrolysis with the effluent processing train for a steam cracker. The polyolefins can correspond to, for example, polyolefins in plastic waste. Integrating a process for polyolefin pyrolysis with a steam cracker processing train can allow a mixture of polymers to be converted to monomer units while reducing or minimizing costs and/or equipment footprint. This can allow for direct conversion of polyolefins to the light olefin monomers in high yield while significantly lowering capital and energy usage due to integration with a steam cracking process train. The integration can be enabled in part by selecting feeds with appropriate mixtures of various polymer types and/or by limiting the volume of the plastic waste pyrolysis product relative to the volume from the steam cracker(s) in the steam cracking process train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Sundararajan Uppili, Bryan A. Patel, Randolph J. Smiley, Lawrence R. Gros, Anthony Go, Saurabh S. Maduskar, Melissa D. Foster, Philippe Laurent
  • Patent number: 12030029
    Abstract: A solar thermochemical processing system is disclosed. The system includes a first unit operation for receiving concentrated solar energy. Heat from the solar energy is used to drive the first unit operation. The first unit operation also receives a first set of reactants and produces a first set of products. A second unit operation receives the first set of products from the first unit operation and produces a second set of products. A third unit operation receives heat from the second unit operation to produce a portion of the first set of reactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Robert Wegeng, Paul H. Humble, Shankar Krishnan, Steven D. Leith, Daniel R. Palo, Robert A. Dagle
  • Patent number: 11975308
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dehydration catalyst, a method for preparing the same, and a method for preparing an alkene using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a dehydration catalyst that is mixed-phase alumina including 1 to 18% by weight of alpha-alumina, 65 to 95% by weight of theta-alumina, and 4 to 34% by weight of delta-alumina, a method for preparing the dehydration catalyst, and a method for preparing an alkene using the dehydration catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeon Bin Kim, Joo Young Cheon, Young Sub Keum, Dae Heung Choi
  • Patent number: 11951024
    Abstract: A method for producing x-ray markers. During the process, a predetermined breaking point is severed in order to detach x-ray markers from part of a material layer. There is also described an x-ray marker, a medical implant, and a semifinished product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK AG
    Inventors: Ullrich Bayer, Fabian Risch, Johannes Riedmueller, Bodo Quint
  • Patent number: 11938445
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in part, to enhanced weathering systems and/or apparatuses and methods of use thereof. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method of at least partially sequestering CO2 from an influent aqueous solution comprising aqueous and/or gaseous CO2. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a method of at least partially sequestering CO2 from a gaseous CO2 source. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides systems and/or apparatuses suitable for use in the methods described herein. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a method of optimizing the design and operation of a system for at least partial sequestration of CO2 from a water source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joachim Katchinoff, Noah Planavsky, Jacob Jordan, Dean Takahashi, Sinead Crotty, Justin Freiberg
  • Patent number: 11924798
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product provide enhanced emergency services fallback procedures. The user equipment may indicate the emergency services fallback within the registration request message to a network entity, such as the access and mobility management function. Upon receiving the registration request message the emergency services fallback procedure is triggered. The user equipment receives an indication, such as via an access stratum layer and the received indication is considered, such as by the non-access stratum layer in the user equipment, as the registration response message. The user equipment is configured to respond differently upon receiving differently configured registration response rejection messages or upon expiration of a response timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Sung Hwan Won
  • Patent number: 11905173
    Abstract: A reactor system for carrying out steam reforming of a feed gas comprising hydrocarbons, including: a structured catalyst arranged for catalyzing steam reforming of a feed gas including hydrocarbons, the structured catalyst including a macroscopic structure of electrically conductive material, the macroscopic structure supporting a ceramic coating, wherein the ceramic coating supports a catalytically active material; a pressure shell housing the structured catalyst; heat insulation layer between the structured catalyst and the pressure shell; at least two conductors electrically connected to the macroscopic structure and to an electrical power supply placed outside the pressure shell, wherein the electrical power supply is dimensioned to heat at least part of the structured catalyst to a temperature of at least 500° C. by passing an electrical current through the macroscopic structure. Also, a process for steam reforming of a feed gas comprising hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HALDOR TOPSØE A/S
    Inventors: Peter Mølgaard Mortensen, Robert Klein, Kim Aasberg-Petersen
  • Patent number: 11898107
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments described herein, a method for processing a hydrocarbon feedstock may include contacting the hydrocarbon feedstock and a product emulsion with supercritical carbon dioxide in a supercritical carbon dioxide extraction unit to form at least an extract emulsion and a pitch emulsion; contacting at least a portion of the pitch emulsion with supercritical water in a supercritical water gasification unit to form a gasified product; separating the gasified product into at least a product gas and the product emulsion, the product emulsion comprising water and one or more hydrocarbons; and recycling at least a portion of the product emulsion to the supercritical carbon dioxide extraction unit. Contacting the product emulsion with the supercritical carbon dioxide may break at least a portion of the product emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ki-Hyouk Choi, Joo-Hyeong Lee, Mohammed Saad Aldossary, Ali Mahmoud Al-Somali
  • Patent number: 11866653
    Abstract: A process for upgrading crude oil may include combining crude oil and feed water in a supercritical water unit to produce a first upgraded output, separating the first upgraded output in a first gas-water-oil separator to produce a first gas effluent, a first water effluent, and a first oil effluent, separating the first water effluent in a first water treatment unit to produce a rejected water stream and a recycle water stream, combining the first oil effluent and the rejected water stream in a nearcritical water unit to produce a second upgraded output, and recycling at least a portion of the recycle water stream for introduction into the supercritical water unit. A system for upgrading crude oil may include a supercritical water unit, a first gas-water-oil separator disposed downstream of the supercritical water unit, a first water treatment unit disposed downstream of the first gas-water-oil separator, and a nearcritical water unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ki-Hyouk Choi, Faisal Mohammed Almulla, Seung-Hak Choi
  • Patent number: 11851624
    Abstract: A biofuel includes a mixture having a gasoil generated from hydropyrolysis and hydroconversion of a solid biomass containing lignocellulose and an isomerized hydroprocessed ester and fatty acid (HEFA) generated from hydrotreating a renewable resource having fats and oils. The gasoil has a cetane index less than 46 and at least 10 parts per million weight (ppmw) of a heteroatom and a cetane index of the biofuel is greater than 46.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Nicolaas Van Dijk, Aldo Caiazzo, Harish Kumar Balam, Diederik Mattheus Antonius De Jonge
  • Patent number: 11845713
    Abstract: Some variations provide a process for producing mixed alcohols, comprising: purifying a biogas feedstock to generate a renewable natural gas stream comprising methane; introducing the renewable natural gas stream into a methane-to-syngas unit operated at effective conditions to convert the methane to a first syngas stream containing at least H2, CO, and CO2; purifying the first syngas stream, including separating the CO2 from the first syngas stream, and optionally separating some of the H2 from the first syngas stream, thereby generating a clean syngas stream; introducing the clean syngas stream into a mixed-alcohol reactor operated at effective alcohol synthesis conditions with an alcohol-synthesis catalyst, thereby generating mixed alcohols; and purifying the mixed alcohols to generate a mixed-alcohol product. The mixed-alcohol product may be blended with a hydrocarbon fuel, such as gasoline, to produce a blended fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Standard Alcohol Company of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Denham Ridley, Jr., Michael Emory Pardun
  • Patent number: 11827857
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing olefins and/or aromatics are disclosed. Methods disclosed includes thermal hydro-processing of crude oils and/or heavy oils and/or residues, in a thermal hydro-processing unit, to produce intermediate products, which can then be used to make valuable chemicals such as olefins and aromatics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Ravichander Narayanaswamy, Hatem Belfadhel, Girish Koripelly, Alexander Stanislaus, Krishna Kumar Ramamurthy, Krishnan Sankaranarayanan
  • Patent number: 11813615
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flow cell receiver. The flow cell receiver can include at least one platen, having a plurality of ports. The flow cell receiver can include magnets. The flow cell receiver can be configured to automatically align, secure, and retain a flow cell carrier containing a flow cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandor Kovacs, David Baranson, Eli N. Glezer
  • Patent number: 11813584
    Abstract: A combined reforming apparatus is provided. The combined reforming apparatus includes a body, a first catalyst tube disposed inside the body and reacting at a first temperature to reform hydrocarbons (CxHy) having two or more carbon atoms into methane (CH4), a second catalyst tube disposed inside the body, connected to the first catalyst tube, and reacting at a second temperature higher than the first temperature to reform methane (CH4) into synthesis gas comprising hydrogen (H2) and carbon monoxide (CO), and a combustion unit configured to supply heat to the first and second catalyst tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Nam You, Bong Keun Kim, Gyeong Mo Nam
  • Patent number: 11807590
    Abstract: A methane production system comprises: a reaction tank that produces methane and water by reacting CO and/or CO2 supplied to the reaction tank with hydrogen; a cleaning tank that is located at an upstream side of the reaction tank in a supply direction of the CO and/or CO2, and removes water-soluble impurities from a raw material gas including the CO and/or CO2 and the water-soluble impurities by bringing the raw material gas into contact with water; and a first supply line that supplies the raw material gas from which the water-soluble impurities are removed from the cleaning tank to the reaction tank; and a second supply line supplies water produced in the reaction tank from the reaction tank to the cleaning tank to bring the produced water into contact with the raw material gas in the cleaning tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shinomiya, Hiroyuki Takano, Koichi Izumiya, Masahiro Yamaki
  • Patent number: 11793901
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pass box with which not only surface sterilization by means of a germicidal lamp on an article delivered in the pass box but also isolation of different articles can be performed in a space-saving manner, the cleanliness in the pass box is maintained, and mutual contamination is prevented during article delivery in the pass box. Air is sent from a blower of an upper pass box to an upper space of the upper pass box through a filter, the air is supplied to a lower space of a lower pass box via the upper space, and an airflow circulation path is provided to return the air that has passed through the lower space to the upper blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kaneko, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11767478
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments described herein, a method for processing a hydrocarbon feedstock may include contacting a mixed feed with a solvent in a deasphalting system to form residue and deasphalted oil, contacting the deasphalted oil with supercritical water to form an upgraded oil, separating the upgraded oil into at least a light fraction and a heavy fraction, and combining at least a portion of the heavy fraction with the hydrocarbon feedstock to form the mixed feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ki-Hyouk Choi, Young-Kyoung Ahn, Abdullah Tariq AlAbdulhadi, Saad Abdullah AlShahrani, Chang-Woo Son
  • Patent number: 11761625
    Abstract: A method for transferring thermal energy to a separate endothermic process includes: (a) providing a carbon dioxide (CO2) stream and a carbonaceous fuel to a heater; (b) reacting the carbonaceous fuel in the heater to produce a heated stream; (c) transferring heat from the heated stream to the separate endothermic process; (d) separating the CO2 stream from the heated stream after (c); and (e) recycling the CO2 stream to the heater after (d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: 8 Rivers Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Rodney John Allam, Glenn William Brown, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11752484
    Abstract: The invention proceeds from an apparatus for analyzing reactions, comprising a starting material distributor and at least two reactors which are connected in parallel and are each connected via a connecting conduit to an outlet of the starting material distributor. To set the inflow, a pressure regulator and a restrictor are installed in each connecting conduit between the starting material distributor and the reactors or an outlet conduit in which a restrictor and a pressure regulator are installed branches off from each connecting conduit. The invention further relates to a method for analyzing reactions in such an apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HTE GMBH THE HIGH THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION
    Inventor: Armin Lange de Oliveira
  • Patent number: 11718799
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalytic process for upgrading a renewable crude oil produced from biomass and/or waste comprising providing a renewable crude oil and pressurizing it to a pressure in the range in the range 60 to 150 bar, contacting the pressurized renewable crude oil with hydrogen and at least one heterogeneous catalyst contained in a first reaction zone at a weight based hourly space velocity (WHSV) in the range 0.1 to 2.0 h?1 and at a temperature in the range of 150° C. to 360° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: STEEPER ENERGY APS
    Inventors: Steen B. Iversen, Julie Katerine Rodriguez Guerrero, Pedro Rafael Pereira Almao, Monica Bartolini Tiberi, Marianna Isabel Trujillo Vaccari, Lante Antonio Carbognani
  • Patent number: 11713285
    Abstract: A method, a system, and an apparatus of certain embodiments are provided to recover water and carbon dioxide from combustion emissions. The recovery includes, among other things, electrolysis and carbon dioxide capture in a suitable solvent. The recovered water and carbon dioxide are subject to reaction, such as a catalytic methanation reaction, to generate at least methane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: Shahar Golan Technology Soultions, Ltd., Ariel Scientific Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Natan Shahar, Avshalom Davidesko, Ilia Ulitsin
  • Patent number: 11707538
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices that allow the generation of [F-18]triflyl fluoride and other [F-18] sulfonyl fluorides (such as [F-18]tosyl fluoride) in a manner that is suitable for radiosynthesis of F-18 labeled radiopharmaceuticals using currently available synthesis modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventor: Dong Zhou
  • Patent number: 11679537
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a foam molded body that can make a shape of bubbles close to a perfect circle. According to the present disclosure, a method for manufacturing a foam molded body, including a step of forming a foam parison from a melt-kneaded resin obtained by melting and kneading a raw material resin and a foaming gas in a cylinder of an extruder and molding the foam parison to obtain the foam molded body, wherein the foaming gas contains 0.1 to 1.0% of argon, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ono
  • Patent number: 11674098
    Abstract: In one aspect, the disclosure relates to methods for biomass gasification to produce sustainable and renewable alternatives to fossil fuels including, but not limited to syngas having a high H2 content. The method can produce an H2/CO ratio close to 2:1, which is desirable for further chemical or transportation fuel synthesis. In another aspect, the methods disclosed herein have high yields and make use of agricultural and industrial waste (e.g., hardwood pellets and grain stovers) as starting materials. In a further aspect, the methods disclosed herein can produce useful byproducts including, but not limited to, carbon nanofibers (CNF). This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: West Virginia University
    Inventors: Jianli Hu, Amoolya D. Lalsare, Ali C. Sivri, Cosmin E. Dumitrescu
  • Patent number: 11673289
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for fabricating a component using 3D printing. A 3D printed piece is created including a body of the component, a support structure, and a first sacrificial interface region coupling the body of the component to the support structure. The body of the component is formed of a first metal or ceramic material and the first sacrificial interface region is formed at least partially of a second metal or ceramic material. The body of the component is then separated from the support structure by applying a chemical or electrochemical dissolution process to the 3D printed piece. Because the second metal or ceramic material is less resistant to the dissolution process than the first metal or ceramic material, the first sacrificial interface region at least partially dissolves, thereby separating the body of the metal component from the support structure, without dissolving the body of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Owen Hildreth, Abdalla Nassar, Timothy W. Simpson
  • Patent number: 11661340
    Abstract: Heat exchanger-reformer for use in a hydrogen production plant for producing syngas, for instance by means of a steam methane reforming method, wherein the reformer comprises vessel with a first inlet for supplying feed and a second inlet for supplying hot reformer effluent, preferably coming from a main steam methane reformer, wherein the heat exchanger-reformer further comprises a heat exchanging section that is arranged in fluid connection with the first and second inlets for exchanging heat between the feed and reformer effluent to effectuate steam reforming of hydrocarbon to produce syngas, wherein the heat exchanging section comprises a plate heat exchanger assembly for heat exchange between said feed and said reformer effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TECHNIP ENERGIES FRANCE
    Inventors: Sanjiv Ratan, Stephane Walspurger, Antonio Farace
  • Patent number: 11654412
    Abstract: In an apparatus producing hydrogen gas by the decomposition reaction of water using photocatalyst, its miniaturization is achieved while suppressing the decrease of production efficiency of hydrogen gas as low as possible or improving the efficiency. The apparatus 1 comprises a container portion 2 receiving water W; a photocatalyst member 3 immersed in the water, having photocatalyst which generates excited electrons and positive holes when irradiated with light, causes a decomposition reaction of the water and generates hydrogen gas; a light source 4 emitting the light irradiated to the photocatalyst member; and a heat exchange device 7 conducting waste heat of the light source to the water in the container portion; wherein the water to be decomposed on the photocatalyst member in the container portion is warmed by the waste heat of the light source by the heat exchange device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taizo Masuda, Kenichi Okumura, Ryota Tomizawa, Atsuki Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11641020
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for conditioning at least one process gas which is supplied to at least one electrochemical converter, via at least one process gas supply. The process gas supply has a humidifying unit configured and arranged to introduce a humidifying agent into the process gas. Water in a supercritical state can be introduced as the humidifying agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: AVL LIST GMBH
    Inventors: János Kancsár, Christoph Kügele, Stefan Jakubek
  • Patent number: 11623199
    Abstract: A solar thermochemical processing system is disclosed. The system includes a first unit operation for receiving concentrated solar energy. Heat from the solar energy is used to drive the first unit operation. The first unit operation also receives a first set of reactants and produces a first set of products. A second unit operation receives the first set of products from the first unit operation and produces a second set of products. A third unit operation receives heat from the second unit operation to produce a portion of the first set of reactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Robert S. Wegeng, Paul H. Humble, Shankar Krishnan, Steven D. Leith, Daniel R. Palo, Robert A. Dagle
  • Patent number: 11613553
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally describes methods of preparing 1?-cyano nucleosides, such as a compound of Formula (I). For example, the compound of Formula (I) can be prepared from a compound of Formula (II-a) in a flow reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Pavel R. Badalov, Stacy Bremner, Matthew R. Chin, Detian Gao, Nolan Griggs, Lars V. Heumann, Chiajen Lai, Robert R. Milburn, Sankar Mohan, Sean T. Neville, Bing Shi, Andrew C. Stevens, Nicholas A. J. Uhlig, Tiago Vieira, Todd A. Wenderski
  • Patent number: 11614387
    Abstract: Automated system configured to perform and methods for performing one or more slide processing operations on slides bearing biological samples. The system and methods enable high sample throughput while also minimizing or limiting the potential for cross-contamination of slides. The automated systems can include features that facilitate consistency, controllability of processing time, and/or processing temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kayla Capps, Henning Groll, Brian Howard Kram, Matthew Mette, Ali Mousavi, Christine Tse, Glen Ward, Daniel O'Connor, Troy Paluszcyk, Benjamin David Randall, Ken Stumpe
  • Patent number: 11608307
    Abstract: In methods for preparing an alkyl carboxylic acid ester according to embodiments of the present invention, a first reaction product is produced by reaction of a carboxylic acid stream and a first alcohol stream in a preliminary reactor. A second reaction product is produced by at least partially removing alcohol and water from the first reaction product. The second reaction product is esterified by reaction with a second alcohol stream in a main reactor. An alkyl carboxylic acid ester is recovered from the main reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GS CALTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyoung Jun Lee, In Chang Choi, Woo Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11602723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular reactor system for carrying out processes comprising mixing, chemical reactions, heat exchange and/or separations, the reactor system comprising of at least one additive manufactured module, the module each performing at least one process unit operation, and optionally, an external housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3D-CAT B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Arnoldus Maria Willemsen, Gabriel Francis De Scheemaker
  • Patent number: 11591215
    Abstract: A hydrogen plant for producing hydrogen, including: a reforming reactor system including a first catalyst bed including an electrically conductive material and a catalytically active material, a heat insulation layer between the first catalyst bed and the pressure shell, and at least two conductors electrically connected to the electrically conductive material and to an electrical power supply placed outside the pressure shell, wherein the electrical power supply is dimensioned to heat at least part of the first catalyst bed to a temperature of at least 500° C. by passing an electrical current through the electrically conductive material, where the pressure shell has a design pressure of between 5 and 200 bar; a water gas shift unit downstream the reforming reactor system; and a gas separation unit downstream the water gas shift unit. A process for producing hydrogen from a feed gas including hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HALDOR TOPSØE A/S
    Inventors: Peter Mølgaard Mortensen, Kim Aasberg-Petersen, Robert Klein
  • Patent number: 11584672
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the fractioned separation of valuable substances from aqueous many-component mixtures such as aqueous wastes, sludges and sewage sludge under supercritical conditions. The invention also comprises valuable substance fractions that are enriched after the method according to the invention, more particularly phosphorous-containing and phosphorous- and ammonium-containing compounds such as fertilisers and synthesis gas as an energy source and as a valuable substance for the chemicals industry. The invention comprises devices for carrying out the methods. With the method and devices according to the invention, valuable substances can be completely recovered from wastes, sludges and sewage sludge and given a new use. The methods and devices are particularly suitable for recovering phosphorous and ammonium in the form of plant-available fertiliser, for recovering metals and heavy metals, for producing synthesis gas and for obtaining hydrogen from synthesis gas, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: IGAS ENERGY GMBH
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Lentz
  • Patent number: 11537106
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling a vehicle computing system are provided. A computing system can include a first cooling baseplate including a first planar cooling surface and a second cooling baseplate including a second planar cooling surface. The computing system can further include one or more computing devices including a processor blade positioned on the first planar cooling surface, a coprocessor blade positioned on the second planar cooling surface, and a flexible connector coupled between the processor blade and the coprocessor blade. The flexible connector can be configured to transfer at least one of data or electric power between the processor blade and the coprocessor blade. The first planar cooling surface can be configured to transfer heat from the processor blade to a cooling fluid via conduction. The second planar cooling surface can be configured to transfer heat from the coprocessor blade to the cooling fluid via conduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Jeffery Watson, Jr., Scott Klaus Boehmke
  • Patent number: 11505753
    Abstract: The present invention describes the coprocessing of a lignocellulosic liquid stream and an intermediate fossil stream in the oil refining process comprising the steps of (a) contacting said intermediate fossil stream and said lignocellulosic liquid stream with a stream of solvent of C3-C10 hydrocarbons in an extraction section, obtaining a stream of extract with solvent and a stream of raffinate with solvent; and (b) sending said stream of extract with solvent to a separation section, obtaining a deasphalted oil stream comprising solvent-free carbon of renewable origin and a stream of recovered solvent. The present invention further relates to a process for producing fuels from the deasphalted oil stream comprising carbon of renewable origin, wherein the process comprises sending the deasphalted oil stream to a conversion section of an oil refinery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras
    Inventors: Vitor Loureiro Ximenes, Paulo Cesar Peixoto Bugueta, Marlon Brando Bezzera De Almeida, Marco Antonio Gomes Teixeira, Fabio Leal Mendes, Andrea De Rezende Pinho, Alexander Rangel Bastos, Adriano Do Couto Fraga
  • Patent number: 11472762
    Abstract: A novel process can be used for producing methacrylates such as methacrylic acid and/or alkyl methacrylates, in particular MMA. The process leads to an increased yield and increased efficiency compared to other C4-based production processes, in particular processes starting from isobutylene or tert-butanol as raw material. The process can be operated for longer periods without disruption and with the same or even increased activities and selectivities. The process can also be executed in a manner that is as simple, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Röhm GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Krill, Andreas Rühling, Florian Zschunke