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Apparatus and Process for Upgrading Heavy Hydrocarbons
20 Oct 22
Systems and methods are provided for partial upgrading of heavy hydrocarbon feeds to meet transport specifications, such as pipeline transport specifications.
Eric B. SHEN, Anjaneya S. KOVVALI, Aruna RAMKRISHNAN, Arun K. SHARMA, Samuel J. CADY, Stephen H. BROWN, Rustom M. BILLIMORIA, Brenda A. RAICH, Bryan A. PATEL, Phillip K. SCHOCH, John DELLA MORA
Filed: 14 Aug 20
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CorrectedCatalytic Compositions for the Oxidation of Substrates
6 Oct 22
Catalytic compositions and sequential catalytic methods are generally described. in some embodiments, a composition comprises a first catalyst comprising a Cu-modified zeolite, and a second catalyst capable of a coupling reaction between (a) an intermediate resulting from a reaction of a reactant at the first catalyst, and (b) a co-reagent, wherein a rate of diffusion of the co-reagent within one or more cages and/or pores of the first catalyst is lower than a rate of diffusion of the intermediate within the one or more cages and/or pores of the first catalyst.
Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Randall J. Meyer, Pedro M. Serna Merino, Mark Sullivan, Kimberly Dinh
Filed: 30 Mar 21
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High Yield Jet Fuel from Mixed Fatty Acids
6 Oct 22
Disclosed herein are processes and systems that utilize olefin cross metathesis of triglycerides to produce jet fuel such as hydrocarbons with carbons numbers from C9 to C16.
Patrick L. Hanks
Filed: 30 Mar 21
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Corrosion Prediction Methods and Systems
6 Oct 22
A hybrid model for predicting corrosion in a system integrates a physics-based model developed using laboratory data and a machine-learning model developed using in-field data.
Liezhong GONG, Thomas S. COPELAND
Filed: 24 Mar 22
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Absorbent and process for selectively removing hydrogen sulfide
4 Oct 22
Martin Ernst, Gerald Vorberg, Thomas Ingram, Georg Sieder, Carla Pereira
Filed: 30 Aug 18
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Metal-Organic Framework Materials Comprising A Pyrazolylbenzoate Ligand and Methods for Production Thereof
29 Sep 22
Metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) are highly porous entities comprising a multidentate organic ligand coordinated to multiple metal centers, typically as a coordination polymer.
Joseph M. Falkowski, Yogesh V. Joshi, Mary S. Abdulkarim, Simon C. Weston
Filed: 26 May 20
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Compositional Property Estimation Models Relating to Processes and Related Methods
22 Sep 22
Methods for building models that estimate compositional properties of a process may include (a) receiving data relating to a process; (b) cleaning the data by identifying and removing outlying data points from the data; and conditioning the data; (c) identifying inferential model parameters comprising a parameter selected from the group consisting of: a compositional property of the process as a model output that is not part of the data, operational constraints of the process, interactions between process variables of the chemical process, and any combination thereof; (d) building one or more inferential models based on the cleaned data and the inferential model parameters; and (e) outputting the one or more models and the corresponding validation metric.
Jitendra V. KADAM, George A. KHOURY, Clayton R. CARR, Trevor S. POTTORF, Onur ONEL, Victoria G. YAO
Filed: 17 Mar 22
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Methods and Systems for Optimizing a Lubricants Value Chain
22 Sep 22
A lubricants value chain (LVC) may be managed by a computer-implemented method comprising: providing a plurality of data representative of a LVC and a plurality of hypothetical inputs representative of changes to the data into an isolated data processing environment; converting the plurality of data into one or more scenarios based upon the plurality of hypothetical inputs in the isolated data processing environment; filtering the scenarios based upon one or more properties thereof to create one or more filtered scenarios; processing the filtered scenarios to generate one or more optimized scenarios using a two-stage optimization algorithm in which first and second stages of the optimization algorithm are conducted in sequence and separately from each other, the first stage of the optimization algorithm comprising recipe optimization and the second stage of the optimization algorithm comprising value chain optimization; and determining from the optimized scenarios outputs that optimize profit within the LVC.
Simon A. WATSON, Yu ZHU
Filed: 11 Mar 22
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Sequestration of De-oiled Algae Bodies
15 Sep 22
Disclosed herein are processes and systems for disposal of de-oiled algae bodies used for production of lipids and other bioproducts.
Patrick L. Hanks
Filed: 12 Mar 21
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Epoxide Functionalized Polyaromatic Feedstock and Polymers Derived Therefrom
15 Sep 22
Epoxide functionalized polyaromatic feedstocks and processes for their preparation are described.
Yunlong Zhang, Jordan N. Metz
Filed: 10 Aug 20
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Metal-Organic Framework Catalysts and Their Use Thereof in Catalytic Cracking
15 Sep 22
A hydrocarbon feed stream, particularly one comprising heavier hydrocarbons, may be converted to valuable products such as motor gasoline and/or lubricating oil by employing one or more MOF catalysts, which may be prepared from a precursor metal-organic framework (MOF).
Brandon J. O'Neill, Joseph M. Falkowski, Allen W. Burton, Scott J. Weigel
Filed: 14 Jul 20
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Non-aromatic Compound Removal Systems for Para-xylene Production
8 Sep 22
Selective removal of non-aromatic hydrocarbons from a xylene isomerization process for para-xylene production is accomplished using a membrane unit positioned within a xylene recovery loop.
Bhupender S. Minhas, Jeevan S. Abichandani, Marcus L.H. van Nuland, Wai Kit Cheng, Chong-Jhoo Wang, Robert G. Tinger
Filed: 2 Jul 20
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Increasing Hydrothermal Stability of an Adsorbent Comprising a Small Pore Zeolite In a Swing Adsorption Process
8 Sep 22
A method of increasing hydrothermal stability of an adsorbent comprising a small pore cationic zeolite in a swing adsorption process is disclosed.
Yu Wang, Quanchang Li, Stephen M. Cundy, Harry W. Deckman
Filed: 1 Jul 20
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Processes for Functionalization and Polymerization of Polyaromatic Feedstock
8 Sep 22
Processes for chemically treating polyaromatic feedstock to form aromatic-containing oligomers or polymers are provided.
Yunlong Zhang, Jordan N. Metz, Huaxing Zhou, August W. Bosse, Suzzy C. Ho, Timothy D. Shaffer, Ozcan Altintas
Filed: 10 Aug 20
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Reverse Flow Reactor with Recuperative Reverse-flow Feed Cycle
1 Sep 22
A reverse flow reactor (RFR) and process having a forward reaction feed cycle, a reverse reaction feed cycle, and a reverse regeneration cycle.
Brian M. Weiss, Changmin Chun, Sophie Liu, Federico Barrai, Paul F. Keusenkothen, Zachary D. Young
Filed: 30 Jul 20
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Apparatus and Process for Upgrading Heavy Hydrocarbons
1 Sep 22
Systems and methods are provided for partial upgrading of heavy hydrocarbon feeds to meet transport specifications, such as pipeline transport specifications.
Eric B. SHEN, Anjaneya S. KOVVALI, Aruna RAMKRISHNAN, Samuel J. CADY, Stephen H. BROWN, Rustom M. BILLIMORIA, Brenda A. RAICH, Bryan A. PATEL, Phillip K. SCHOCH, John DELLA MORA, Arun K. SHARMA
Filed: 14 Aug 20
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Metal-Organic Frameworks Having Localized Defects for Gas Separations
25 Aug 22
Provided herein are adsorption materials comprising a metal-organic framework comprising metal ions of metals, a plurality of organic linkers and one or more modulator where each modulator forms a localized defect.
Carter W. Abney, Joseph M. Failkowski, Simon C. Weston, Anna C. Ivashko
Filed: 5 Jun 20
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Redox Active Liquid Electrolytes for Organic Redox Flow Battery
11 Aug 22
A redox flow battery may include: a positive half-cell comprising a catholyte; a negative half-cell comprising an anolyte; and an ion permeable membrane, wherein the ion permeable membrane separates the catholyte and the anolyte, and wherein the catholyte, the anolyte, or both comprise a low-transition temperature material comprising: a redox-active phase; and an ionically conducting organic salt.
Divyaraj Desai, Michael R. Harper, JR., Heather A. Elsen, Jonathan D. Saathoff, Mehmet D. Ertas, Steven W. Levine
Filed: 13 Nov 21
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Flow Baffle for Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell
11 Aug 22
Molten carbonate fuel cell configurations are provided that allow for introduction of an anode input gas flow on a side of the fuel cell that is adjacent to the entry side for the cathode input gas flow while allowing the anode and cathode to operate under co-current flow and/or counter-current flow conditions.
Christopher Howard, Brandon J. O'Neill, Paul J. Rubas, Frank Hershkowitz, Lu Han, Lawrence J. Novacco, Frank J. Dobek, Keith David, Brian Bullecks
Filed: 11 Feb 21
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Upgrading Asphalt by Incorporation of Bio-oils
4 Aug 22
Asphalt compositions are provided that include bio-oil.
John A. Noel, Bennett J. Tardiff, Pavel Kriz, Luis Jose Mendez
Filed: 27 Jan 22