Lubricant, Grease, Mineral Oil, Hydrocarbon Oil Product, Or Fats Or Lipids For Oxidation (e.g., Breakdown Products Or Contamination, Etc.) Patents (Class 436/60)
  • Patent number: 12085555
    Abstract: A deterioration estimation device includes a storage device and an execution device. The storage device is configured to store mapping data defining a mapping that outputs an output variable indicating the degree of deterioration of oil when an input variable is input. The mapping includes, as the input variable, a color variable that is a variable indicating a color of the oil and a hydrogen ion variable that is a variable indicating a hydrogen ion concentration of the oil. The execution device is configured to execute an acquisition process that is a process of acquiring the input variable and a calculation process of inputting the input variable acquired through the acquisition process to the mapping to output a value of the output variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Tabata, Ken Imamura, Kota Fujii, Koichi Okuda
  • Patent number: 11965818
    Abstract: A system for monitoring an underground propane tank, comprising a controller; a moisture sensor coupled in communication with the controller, wherein the controller is configured to measure a moisture associated with the tank; a voltage probe coupled in communication with the controller, wherein voltage probe is adapted to be disposed at least partially underground, and wherein the controller is configured to measure a potential difference between the tank and soil surrounding the tank, when the moisture associated with the tank is measured to be above a predetermined threshold; and an anode sensor coupled to an anode of the tank and coupled in communication with the controller, wherein the controller is configured to monitor the anode using the anode sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Mopeka Products LLC
    Inventors: Joel Reese Moore, Jonathan Louis Kaufmann, Jason Duane Peck
  • Patent number: 11930829
    Abstract: An apparatus, designed and configured for optically inspecting articles of the fish and meat processing industry, includes at least one imaging system which is arranged so as to be encapsulated on all sides in a housing and is configured for optically scanning the articles. The housing has a transparent viewing window and a protective element, forming a light-transmissive channel, and is releasably arranged on the outside of the housing to protect the viewing window from contamination. In addition, an arrangement for processing and inspecting the opened abdominal cavity of gutted fish, includes a conveying device configured for conveying the fish along a processing line in the longitudinal direction, which is characterised in that the arrangement comprises at least one apparatus configured for optically inspecting the abdominal cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Roland Pein
  • Patent number: 11846625
    Abstract: A method and a device for obtaining and measuring at least one physical property of a sample of grease obtained from a reservoir of grease includes attaching the barrel of a syringe to a first linear actuator and the piston of the syringe to a second linear actuator. The actuators are controllable to move the syringe as a unit along a path. The actuators are also controllable to move the piston relative to the barrel for drawing a grease sample into the syringe or expelling the grease sample from the syringe. The actuators move the syringe to one or more measuring positions along the path to measure one or more physical properties of the grease in the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: York Laboratories, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Wurzbach
  • Patent number: 11821823
    Abstract: A method and a system for creating a reference standard for hydrogen sulfide concentrations in crude oil are described. The method includes receiving a volume of crude oil in a vessel. A hydrogen sulfide gas is flowed from a pressurized gas cylinder to the vessel to form a hydrogen sulfide gas-crude oil mixture. The hydrogen sulfide gas continues to flow from the pressurized gas cylinder to the vessel at a set pressure for a predetermined time to adjust the hydrogen sulfide concentration in the hydrogen sulfide gas-crude oil mixture to a hydrogen sulfide threshold concentration. The flow of the hydrogen sulfide gas into the vessel is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Radwan Bakor, Anas S. Rushaid
  • Patent number: 11549932
    Abstract: A process for detecting oil or lubricant contamination in a manufactured product, the process comprising adding at least two fluorescent taggants to oils or lubricants contained in processing machinery for said product, irradiating said product, causing at least one of said taggants to fluoresce and detecting radiation emitted by said fluorescing taggant in an oil-contaminated product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Edmond J. Cadieux, Jr., Robert E. Wood
  • Patent number: 11333650
    Abstract: This disclosure relates methods and systems for determining asphaltene inhibitor properties. For example, one embodiment provides a method for determining a content of disaggregated asphaltene in an inhibited crude oil. The method includes measuring the dielectric constant of a sample of the crude oil, the sample having a first concentration of an asphaltene inhibitor; providing a first dielectric correction factor for the first concentration of the asphaltene inhibitor; calculating, e.g., by a computing device, a first corrected dielectric constant of the sample having the first concentration, using the first dielectric correction factor; and determining the content of disaggregated asphaltene in the first crude oil sample, based on the first corrected dielectric constant. Methods for inhibiting asphaltene aggregation in crude oil are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul R Hart, Abhishek Punase, Rama Rao Alapati
  • Patent number: 11333651
    Abstract: This disclosure relates methods and systems for determining asphaltene inhibitor properties. For example, one embodiment provides a method for determining a content of disaggregated asphaltene in an inhibited crude oil. The method includes measuring the dielectric constant of a sample of the crude oil, the sample having a first concentration of an asphaltene inhibitor; providing a first dielectric correction factor for the first concentration of the asphaltene inhibitor; calculating, e.g., by a computing device, a first corrected dielectric constant of the sample having the first concentration, using the first dielectric correction factor; and determining the content of disaggregated asphaltene in the first crude oil sample, based on the first corrected dielectric constant. Methods for inhibiting asphaltene aggregation in crude oil are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul R Hart, Abhishek Punase, Rama Rao Alapati
  • Patent number: 11249064
    Abstract: Quantifying an amount of sulfur in a petroleum sample includes sequential extraction and quantification of inorganic and organic sulfur species. An exemplary process includes extracting inorganic sulfur components from the sample to yield extracted inorganic sulfur components and a residual sample, and reducing the sulfur in the extracted inorganic sulfur components to yield a first quantity of hydrogen sulfide. The organic sulfur components are extracted from the residual sample to yield extracted organic sulfur components, and the sulfur in the extracted organic sulfur components is reduced to yield a second quantity of hydrogen sulfide. The amount of sulfur in the first quantity of hydrogen sulfide and the amount of sulfur in the second quantity of hydrogen sulfide are combined to yield a total amount of sulfur in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Harry Daniel Oduro
  • Patent number: 10852224
    Abstract: Method of measuring metal loss from equipment in process systems. Probes installed for monitoring one or both of erosion and corrosion (metal loss) in process equipment use results from resistivity measurements in a measurement element and a reference element to produce a measurement of metal loss in the measurement element exposed to process flow and may trigger an alarm when measured metal loss exceeds a threshold level. Prior art methods produce numerous false alarms hiding true alarms. The present method ignores these false alarms that are common in known methods by calculating confidence measures that are included in the metal loss calculations to attenuate noise that otherwise would produce false alarms or misinterpretation of the corrosion or erosion state in the process equipment being monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Roxar Flow Measurement AS
    Inventors: Olav Espejord, Cristian Mihai Iorga
  • Patent number: 10753853
    Abstract: A method of evaluating the corrosion resistance of a coated metal substrate, the method including putting a liquid composition into contact with a corrosion protection coating present on the surface of a metal substrate, the liquid composition including water, a gelling agent, corrosion-catalyst ions, and a color pH indicator; gelling the liquid composition in order to form a corrosion-accelerator gel in contact with the coating; performing a corrosion test during which the gel that has formed is left in contact with the corrosion protection coating; and evaluating the corrosion resistance of the substrate coated by the corrosion protection coating by observing the color of the color pH indicator present in the gel after performing the corrosion test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: ARIANEGROUP SAS, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Marie Betaille-Francoual, Loïc Oger, Anaïs Lecaplain
  • Patent number: 10466152
    Abstract: A fluid monitoring and management device that includes a housing with a fluid passageway. The fluid monitoring and management device further includes a fluid property sensor with a sensing element in the fluid passageway. A valve is in the fluid passageway of the fluid monitoring and management device. A removable bottle mount is aligned with the valve to be selectively in fluid communication with the fluid passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: LogiLube, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Gillette, II, Charles E. Ogden, Harish Muralidhara
  • Patent number: 9772269
    Abstract: Density measurement of mixtures of heavy and light crudes using the vibrating tube densitometer technique determine incompatibility in the crudes mixture containing asphaltenes by determining the incipient point of asphaltenes incompatibility threshold in the mixtures of crudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Aquino Olivos, Adriana de Jesus Aguirre Gutierrez, Jose Luis Mendoza De La Cruz, Blanca Estela Garcia Flores, Jacinto Aguila Hernandez, Veronica Ramos Corzo, Juan Carlos Cedillo Ramirez
  • Patent number: 9500638
    Abstract: A method of determining the amount of water in an industrial oil (e.g., turbine oil) includes homogenizing an oil sample, subjecting the homogenized sample to infrared spectroscopy within 30 minutes of homogenization, and determining a baseline absorbance level for the sample within a predetermined wavenumber range. That baseline is compared with spectral template baselines and, based on the comparison, the amount of water in the oil sample is estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Spectro Scientific, Inc.
    Inventor: Randi Price
  • Patent number: 9470173
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for modeling an oil dilution qualitative indicator based on an integrated difference between a commanded air-to-fuel ratio and an engine air-to-fuel ratio as determined via an oxygen sensor, cumulative cold engine temperature operating duration, and fuel injection characteristics (timing, duration, number of injections) allowing fuel injection timing modifications that minimize oil dilution when the oil dilution qualitative indicator is greater than a threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Allen Lehmen, Marcus William Fried, Shuya Shark Yamada, Steven Paul Penkevich
  • Patent number: 9234834
    Abstract: A sensor assembly senses hydrogen and moisture content of insulation liquid of a liquid-filled electrical equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: ABB RESEARCH LTD
    Inventors: Jacobus Lodevicus Martinus Van Mechelen, Robin Gremaud, Anna Di-Gianni, Barbara Panella, Miklos Lenner
  • Patent number: 9194856
    Abstract: method for diagnosing corrosion of an underground storage tank system is provided. The method includes the following steps. A sample from the underground storage tank system is collected, wherein the sample comprises at lease one metal ion. The species and the concentration of the metal ion in the sample are detected by an analysis instrument. A concentration threshold value is determined from a database according to the species of the metal ion. A mapping step is performed, wherein the concentration of the metal ion and the concentration threshold value are compared to diagnose if the underground storage tank system is corroded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Pang-Hung Liu, Huan-Yi Hung, Chien-Wei Lu, Han-Wen Chu, You-Zung Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9034654
    Abstract: A method for analyzing the liquefied petroleum gas includes the following steps. Provide a sample of the liquefied petroleum gas, and one main component group of the liquefied petroleum gas includes at least one sub component group. Analyze the sample of the liquefied petroleum gas so as to obtain a first measured THC corresponding to the main component group and a second measured THC corresponding to the sub component group. Obtain a regressed THC according to the second measured THC and a predetermined relationship of THC. Obtain a result of THC according to the first measured THC, the regressed THC, and a predetermined range of THC. The predetermined range of THC corresponds to the main component group. The device for analyzing the liquefied petroleum gas includes an inlet, a multiposition valve, a first column, a second column, an analyzing apparatus, and a computing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsiu-Li Su, Huan-Yi Hung, Han-Wen Chu, Tsung-Chou Hsu, Yao-Ting Huang
  • Patent number: 9029160
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a method for determining the H2S content arising during the warm storage of sulfur-containing crude and residual oils and mineral distillates containing sulfur-containing crude and/or residual oils, in which a sample of the sulfur-containing mineral oil is dissolved in a solvent or solvent mixture that boils at more than 200° C. and a carrier gas is caused to flow through the solution of the sulfur-containing mineral oil at temperatures above 80° C., and the quantity of hydrogen sulfide carried out with the carrier gas is analyzed quantitatively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Michael Feustel, Michael Brauchle, Dominko Andrin, Matthias Krull
  • Patent number: 8999723
    Abstract: A reliable, low cost device for determining when dangerous levels of hydrogen gas have been generated in a transformer is disclosed. The hydrogen indicator is defined by a module assembly that threads into either the headspace or into the oil-filled body of a transformer. The module has an open interior that contains a film that incorporates a hydrogen-sensitive chemochromic indicator. The indicator film is visible through a lens. When the film has been exposed to hydrogen, chemical changes in the chemochromic indicator cause the film to change color—the color change is immediately visible through the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Serveron Corporation
    Inventor: Steven Mahoney
  • Patent number: 8975083
    Abstract: Rotatable bomb device having a stationary hollow housing and a rotatable component inside the housing provides for very good temperature calibration, temperature recording and, when desired, sample control. The device can have at least one of an insulating lower disc or washer; a plurality of staggered heating bands encompassing a stationary housing; a dry scan port; a rear upper and/or lower port; and an extraction/injection fitting for access to the interior of the stationary housing. The device may be used to react or attempt to react substance(s), for example, generally as in ASTM Method D2272 testing of turbine oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Tannas Company
    Inventors: Theodore W. Selby, Gregory C. Miiller
  • Patent number: 8969088
    Abstract: A substrate mimicking intercellular lipids in stratum corneum consisting of a substrate and a lipid membrane formed on the substrate, wherein the lipid membrane is formed from ceramide, palmitic acid and cholesterol, and the ceramide, palmitic acid and cholesterol are present at a mass ratio of 20-70%:10-60%:20-40% (ceramide:palmitic acid:cholesterol).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Saiwaki, Takashi Oka, Yuichiro Mori, Toyoko Imae, Xiaojuan Wang, Masaki Ujihara
  • Patent number: 8932863
    Abstract: Methods for evaluating a fuel are provided. In one embodiment, a method of evaluating a fuel includes providing a testing specimen of the fuel. Also, the method includes analyzing the testing specimen and identifying a compound in the testing specimen. The method also provides for determining the fuel is biologically-sourced based on the identified trace compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Haiyan Wang, Michael J. McCall
  • Patent number: 8932875
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to systems and methods for sample analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample that includes a probe including a material connected to a high voltage source, a device for generating a heated gas, and a mass analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Robert Graham Cooks, Guangtao Li, Xin Li, Zheng Ouyang
  • Patent number: 8921117
    Abstract: A method for determining the amount of hydrocarbons in a composition including hydrocarbons and water is provided. The method includes adding a chemical agent to the composition in order to form an emulsion of water and hydrocarbons, taking a sample of the emulsion and dissolving this sample in a common solvent for water and hydrocarbons in order to form a solution, and measuring the amount of hydrocarbons in the solution. An installation suitable for implementing this method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Total S.A.
    Inventors: Maurice Bourrel, Jean-Michel Gras
  • Publication number: 20140363893
    Abstract: The present invention is a diagnosing method for oil-filled electrical equipment for diagnosing a degree of risk with regard to occurrence of abnormality due to copper sulfide generation in oil-filled electrical equipment, and the method includes a first step of detecting specific compounds contained in insulating oil in said oil-filled electrical equipment, a second step of evaluating a possibility of copper sulfide generation at a dangerous part leading to dielectric breakdown in said oil-filled electrical equipment in accordance with a detection result obtained in said first step, and a third step of diagnosing a degree of risk with regard to occurrence of abnormality in said oil-filled electrical equipment in accordance with an evaluation result obtained in said second step. Said specific compounds include dibenzyldisulfide and 2,6-di-t-butyl-p-cresol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nishiura, Fukutaro Kato, Eiichi Nagao
  • Publication number: 20140349406
    Abstract: Solvent extraction to quantify contamination of a sample by a hydrocarbon contaminant is performed by providing a defined quantity of the sample, providing a defined quantity of a siloxane solvent, mixing the defined quantity of the siloxane solvent and the defined quantity of the sample to extract the hydrocarbon contaminant from the sample to form a contaminant solution with the siloxane solvent, and separating the contaminant solution from the sample. A concentration of the hydrocarbon contaminant in the contaminant solution can be measured by vibrational spectroscopy. Siloxane solvents are CFC free, VOC exempt, odorless, colorless, low to moderately flammable, non-toxic, and safe for incidental skin contact. Some are even used in cosmetic products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Franklin Scott Higgins, John Arthur Seelenbinder
  • Publication number: 20140329328
    Abstract: A reliable, low cost device for determining when dangerous levels of hydrogen gas have been generated in a transformer is disclosed. The hydrogen indicator is defined by a module assembly that threads into either the headspace or into the oil-filled body of a transformer. The module has an open interior that contains a film that incorporates a hydrogen-sensitive chemochromic indicator. The indicator film is visible through a lens. When the film has been exposed to hydrogen, chemical changes in the chemochromic indicator cause the film to change color—the color change is immediately visible through the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Serveron Corporation
    Inventor: Steven Mahoney
  • Patent number: 8766024
    Abstract: It has been discovered that the residence time of oils/fats in metal apparatus, particularly in the upstream of a hydrotreating unit, for example, a heat exchanger and/or a storage/feed tank, can impact significantly on corrosiveness of oils/fats in combination with and without conventional hydrocarbons. In addition, it is also found that the presence of hydrogen in the metal apparatus can also inhibit the corrosion rate of oils/fats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventors: Jianhua Yao, Devadas Panjala, Edward L. Sughrue, II, Eric W. Vetters, Bruce Randolph
  • Patent number: 8765477
    Abstract: A method for measuring the real hot-spot temperature in an electric apparatus containing an oil, such as an electric power transformer. The electric apparatus is operated under predetermined and modifiable operating conditions. This method comprises the use of one or several chemical compounds or tracers present and soluble in the oil. Each tracer may transform, at a given temperature, in order to form a residue, such as a soluble gas. From the presence of the residue in the oil, the operator will be able to determine under which predetermined operating condition the hot-spot has been reached and to deduce the hot-spot for a given condition. Among different used compounds, there are diazoic compounds, carbonyl metals, colorants, pigments, liquid crystals and albumins. The method also allows to check the quality of the apparatus on the market and to estimate its life span.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Hydro-Quebec
    Inventors: Pierre Couture, Michel Duval
  • Patent number: 8748185
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a test medium for the rapid analysis of engine oils in internal combustion engines, having a weight per unit area of 50.0 to 200.0 g/m2, comprising, based on the total weight of the test medium, 20.0% by weight to 98.0% by weight of cotton pulp, 0.0% by weight to 50.0% by weight of cellulose and 0.1% by weight to 50.0% by weight of silicic acid and/or at least one silicate salt. The present invention also relates to a method for the rapid analysis of engine oils in internal combustion engines, in which a drop of an engine oil to be analyzed is applied to the test medium according to the invention and is allowed to penetrate into the test medium, and the text result is then preferably compared with at least one reference image in order to determine the condition of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventor: Gert Horstmeyer
  • Patent number: 8742340
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for determining and replicate unknown ratios of original target liquid blends, such as hydrocarbon fuel blends or contaminants, by using an in-process fluorescence-monitored procedure. The methods rely on trial-and-error mixing of the fuel ingredients into a single container. At the end of the trial-and-error procedure, the formed blend becomes an exact replica of the target fuel blend. The methods can also be used to build calibration curves without employing sets of previously prepared standard solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ezzat Mahmoud Hegazi, Abdullah H. Al-Grainees
  • Publication number: 20140147923
    Abstract: Methods and systems for testing fluid samples include a diffused air flotation (DAF) system and a jar. The jar includes a diffuser for injecting the diffused air into the jar and a tap for drawing a fluid out of the jar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stephen J. Wiacek, Bingbing Guo
  • Patent number: 8709815
    Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed providing techniques for measuring the amount of biodiesel in a fuel sample. The methods may be used in the field without the use of laboratory equipment. The biodiesel in the sample is converted to the corresponding free acid which can be isolated and quantified to provide information regarding the amount of biodiesel in the original sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Dexsil Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore B. Lynn, Lawrence M. Sacramone
  • Publication number: 20140004611
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a method for determining the H2S content arising during the warm storage of sulfur-containing crude and residual oils and mineral distillates containing sulfur-containing crude and/or residual oils, in which a sample of the sulfur-containing mineral oil is dissolved in a solvent or solvent mixture that boils at more than 200° C. and a carrier gas is caused to flow through the solution of the sulfur-containing mineral oil at temperatures above 80° C., and the quantity of hydrogen sulfide carried out with the carrier gas is analyzed quantitatively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Feustel, Michael Brauchle, Dominko Andrin, Matthias Krull
  • Patent number: 8569068
    Abstract: A process for controlling the composition of an xBOB so that the xBOB will yield an oxygenate-containing gasoline which precisely meets desired specifications when mixed with the desired amount of oxygenate. The process involves blending a plurality of blendstocks to produce an xBOB, withdrawing a sample of the xBOB, obtaining spectroscopic measurements for the sample, applying mathematical models that were based on correlation of xBOB spectra to associated oxygenate-containing gasoline properties, to predict laboratory analysis results for oxygenate-containing gasoline properties, and using the analysis results to control and optimize the blending process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventors: David W. Carpenter, David S. Seiver, James W. Holbert, Yi-Ming Chen, Christopher J. LaFrancois
  • Patent number: 8557589
    Abstract: A new method to determine by quantitative analysis the amount of dye present in dyed engine oils is provided. The method uses imaging techniques, such as spectrophotometry, and a combination of dilution and standard addition techniques to quantitatively determine the concentration of dye in the engine oil to ascertain whether dye concentrations in engine oil have decreased as compared with original specifications, and to quantify the amount of dye to be added to the dyed engine oil to bring dye concentrations to original concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Holly S. Eccleston, Mimi Nguyen-Vu, Philip H. Ratliff
  • Publication number: 20130230926
    Abstract: Systems and methods for testing an engine lubricant are provided. The system includes a heated block having at least one cavity therein, at least one test cylinder receiving the engine lubricant therein, and at least one heated test piston selectively disposable into the engine lubricant of the test cylinder whereby deposits are formable on the test piston. The test cylinder is positionable in the cavity of the heated block and heatable thereby. Taxi oils and/or gases may be added to facilitate testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abraham Robert DE KRAKER, Brian Lee PAPKE
  • Publication number: 20130210155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying an inhibitor to the formation of naphthenate solids in a liquid hydrocarbon including contacting a sample of the liquid hydrocarbon with an inhibitor and a buffered aqueous solution, observing the extent of formation of naphthenate solids, if any, the extent of formation of naphthenate solids being indicative of the effectiveness of the inhibitor, and repeating the steps, if necessary, until a suitable inhibitor is identified. The present invention also relates to a method for identifying an inhibitor to the formation of naphthenate scale in a liquid hydrocarbon system as well as test kits for use in the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Chandrashekhar Khandekar, Suguna Gopal, James Smith
  • Patent number: 8481322
    Abstract: A method for marking a petroleum hydrocarbon, biodiesel fuel or ethanol fuel by adding to the petroleum hydrocarbon, biodiesel fuel or ethanol fuel at least one compound having formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 independently represent at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C12 alkyl, C1-C12 alkoxy and nitro; and R3 and R4 independently represent hydrogen, methyl or ethyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: ANGUS Chemical Company
    Inventors: George David Green, Raymond John Swedo
  • Patent number: 8476075
    Abstract: A method of estimating the amount of unreacted starting materials (glycerides, methyl esters, etc.) and the composition of a biodiesel using TLC in conjunction with a lipophilic dye, Nile Red is described herein. The dye based TLC method of the present invention is convenient and provides significant advantages over existing methods for estimating the purity of a biodiesel composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Eva Deemer, Wen Yee Lee, Xiomara Carolina Chianelli
  • Patent number: 8471693
    Abstract: When biomass fuel reacts with oxygen for a long period of time, an amount of acid ions in a tank is increased with time. However, when metallic ions are generated for some reason and the reaction proceeds to change the acid ions into metallic salts, the increase rate of the amount of the acid ions in the fuel tank becomes slow. When the metallic salt forming reaction proceeds rapidly, the amount of the acid ions may even be reduced. Therefore, in the embodiment, the change of the acid ions into the metallic salts in a fuel is detected. Unless the fuel is newly supplied by refueling, the decrease of the amount of acid ions in the fuel can be considered as a change into metallic salts. Accordingly, the generation of metallic salts can be detected by monitoring the decrease of the amount of acid ions in the fuel. Thus, clogging of a fuel supply system or the like caused by the metallic salt forming reaction can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20130115704
    Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed providing techniques for measuring the amount of biodiesel in a fuel sample. The methods may be used in the field without the use of laboratory equipment. The biodiesel in the sample is converted to the corresponding free acid which can be isolated and quantified to provide information regarding the amount of biodiesel in the original sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: DEXSIL CORPORATION
    Inventor: DEXSIL CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8389285
    Abstract: A process for controlling the composition of an xBOB so that the xBOB will yield an oxygenate-containing gasoline which precisely meets desired specifications when mixed with the desired amount of oxygenate. The process involves blending a plurality of blendstocks to produce an xBOB, withdrawing a sample of the xBOB, obtaining spectroscopic measurements for the sample, applying mathematical models that were based on correlation of xBOB spectra to associated oxygenate-containing gasoline properties, to predict laboratory analysis results for oxygenate-containing gasoline properties, and using the analysis results to control and optimize the blending process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Philips 66 Company
    Inventors: David W. Carpenter, David S. Seiver, James W. Holbert, Yi-Ming Chen, Christopher J. LaFrancois
  • Publication number: 20120240454
    Abstract: The present invention is related to hydrocarbon compositions comprising butanol that have substantially the same or improved performance properties than comparable hydrocarbon compositions comprising ethanol and to methods for identifying such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Dennis P. Boyd, Theresa M. Dobel, Don Germano, Robert S. Grace, Phillip R. Greene, Delwyn Greene, Ken Kimura, Geoffrey Lulham, Adam Schubert, Ronald D. Stevens
  • Patent number: 8268624
    Abstract: A system and method of characterizing an at least partially hydrophobic sample. The method includes providing an ethanolic solution of ethanol and sodium hydrogen cyanamide, adding a first portion of the ethanolic solution to a sample to produce a reagent-sample mixture, performing infrared spectroscopic testing of the reagent-sample mixture to generate mixture absorption data representing at least one absorption characteristic of the reagent-sample mixture, and generating acidity data for the sample based on the mixture data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Thermal-Lube, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick R. van de Voort, David Pinchuk
  • Patent number: 8257975
    Abstract: The present invention relates to using a marker in a functional fluid, which survives the use of the functional fluid in an application, with a reagent solution to identify the functional fluid rapidly either before, during or after the functional fluid's use and which is a suitable method for identifying a functional fluid in the field, and which may employ the use of test wipe, or medium, that contains the reagent solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Knapton, John S. Manka
  • Patent number: 8257976
    Abstract: Herein are disclosed methods and devices for optically monitoring multiple parameters of an oil sample. In one embodiment, the methods and devices can be used for determining the quality of cooking or flying oil in terms of the free fatty acid content and total polar compound content of the oil. The methods use an optical absorbtive/reflective property in evaluating the free fatty acid content, and use optical fluorescence in evaluating the total polar compound content, with both measurements using a single sampling substrate and a single measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ai-Ping Wei, Milind Balwant Sabade, Abolghassem B. Mahmoodi
  • Patent number: 8241916
    Abstract: A method allowing an accurate diagnosis of a failure of an oil-filled electrical apparatus resulting from production of copper sulfide even with a small amount of an insulating oil is implemented. A diagnostic method for an oil-filled electrical apparatus for diagnosing a failure of the oil-filled electrical apparatus having a copper part disposed in an insulating oil is implemented by detecting at least one compound of bibenzyl and dibenzyl sulfide in the oil of the oil-filled electrical apparatus, to diagnose a failure of the oil-filled electrical apparatus in accordance with the detected amount of the compound. It is configured such that a failure of the oil-filled electrical apparatus resulting from production of copper sulfide can be diagnosed by detecting a specified substance, which allows an accurate diagnosis of a failure even with a small amount of the insulating oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Toyama, Junji Tanimura, Hisakatsu Kawarai, Tsuyoshi Amimoto
  • Patent number: 8236566
    Abstract: A process for controlling the composition of an xBOB so that the xBOB will yield an oxygenate-containing gasoline which precisely meets desired specifications when mixed with the desired amount of oxygenate. The process involves blending a plurality of blendstocks to produce an xBOB, withdrawing a sample of the xBOB, obtaining spectroscopic measurements for the sample, applying mathematical models that were based on correlation of xBOB spectra to associated oxygenate-containing gasoline properties, to predict laboratory analysis results for oxygenate-containing gasoline properties, and using the analysis results to control and optimize the blending process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventors: David W. Carpenter, David S. Seiver, James W. Holbert, Yi-Ming Chen, Christopher J. LaFrancois