206 patents
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Glycol ether ester compounds of neo-alcohols useful in lubricating oil compositions and methods of making the same
10 Jan 23
Compositions include ether ester compounds derived from neo-alcohols, lubricating oil base stocks containing such ester compounds, and lubricating oil compositions containing such ester compounds.
Abhimanyu O. Patil, Satish Bodige, Kyle G. Lewis
Filed: 12 May 20
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Estimating flow velocity by harmonic excitation of injected microbubbles
13 Dec 22
Systems and methods are provided for estimating the flow velocity of a multi-phase flow in a pipe using injected microbubbles in combination with ultrasonic signals produced by transducers external to the pipe.
Kenneth W. Desmond, Gary L. Hunter
Filed: 14 Nov 18
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Processes for producing alcohols from biomass and further products derived therefrom
6 Dec 22
Processes for producing alcohols from biomass are provided.
Peter H. Galebach, Michael P. Lanci, George W. Huber, Wenzhao Wu, Ashley M. Wittrig, Nathaniel M. Eagan, Paolo Andres Cuello Penaloza, J. Scott Buchanan
Filed: 20 May 21
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Hydrogen production with integrated CO
29 Nov 22
Systems and methods are provided for performing hydrocarbon reforming within a reverse flow reactor environment (or another reactor environment with flows in opposing directions) while improving management of CO2 generated during operation of the reactor.
Everett J. O'Neal, Anastasios I. Skoulidas, Zhiyan Wang
Filed: 2 Apr 20
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Method of measuring liquid properties at zero group velocity point of a guided ultrasonic wave
8 Nov 22
Embodiments herein generally relate to systems and methods to determine the composition, properties, and morphology of a liquid in a liquid handling structure.
John J. Valenza, II
Filed: 10 Feb 20
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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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High napthenic content marine fuel compositions
19 Jul 22
Marine diesel fuel/fuel blending component compositions and fuel oil/fuel blending component compositions are provided that are derived from crude oils having high naphthenes to aromatics volume and/or weight ratios and a low sulfur content.
Kenneth C. H. Kar, Sheryl B. Rubin-Pitel, Lisa M. Guay, Timothy J. Anderson, Shifang Lou, Marcia E. Dierolf
Filed: 20 May 21
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Ligand-exchanged zeolite imidazolate frameworks
21 Jun 22
Disclosed are zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) compositions in which at least a portion of the ligands in its shell have been exchanged with other ligands, and methods of making such shell-ligand-exchanged ZIFs.
Joseph M. Falkowski, Mobae Afeworki, David C. Calabro, Yi Du, Himanshu Gupta, Simon C. Weston
Filed: 27 Feb 19
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Operation of molten carbonate fuel cells with high electrolyte fill level
17 May 22
An elevated target amount of electrolyte is used to initially fill a molten carbonate fuel cell that is operated under carbon capture conditions.
Jonathan Rosen, Heather A. Elsen, Gabor Kiss, William A. Lamberti, William C. Horn, Anding Zhang, Timothy C. Geary, Adam Franco, Abdelkader Hilmi
Filed: 26 Nov 19
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Catalysts and methods of making the same
10 May 22
Catalysts including at least one microporous material (e.g., zeolite), an organosilica material binder, and at least one catalyst metal are provided herein.
Paul Podsiadlo, Quanchang Li, David C. Calabro, Kiara M. Benitez, Machteld M. W. Mertens, Scott J. Weigel, Doron Levin, Randall D. Partridge
Filed: 7 Dec 18
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Compositions for high temperature catalysis
3 May 22
Ceramic compositions with catalytic activity are provided, along with methods for using such catalytic ceramic compositions.
Matthew S. Ide, Changmin Chun, Anastasios I. Skoulidas
Filed: 16 Jul 19
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Molecular sieves and a process for making molecular sieves
3 May 22
Processes are provided for preparing molecular sieves.
Preeti Kamakoti, Scott J. Weigel, Karl G. Strohmaier, Helge Jaensch, Marc H. Anthonis, Martine Dictus, Brita Engels, Darryl D. Lacy, Sina Sartipi
Filed: 20 Aug 19
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Molecular sieves and a process for making molecular sieves
3 May 22
Processes are provided for preparing molecular sieves of framework structure MEI, TON, MRE, MWW, MFS, MOR, FAU, EMT, or MSE.
Preeti Kamakoti, Scott J. Weigel, Karl G. Strohmaier, Helge Jaensch, Marc H. Anthonis, Martine Dictus, Brita Engels, Darryl D. Lacy, Sina Sartipi, Brandon J. O'Neill
Filed: 20 Aug 19
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Methods and systems for fault detection and identification
26 Apr 22
An example method can comprise creating a non-linear neural network based model of a system based on historical operational data of the system and receiving first sensor data from a plurality of sensors associated with the system.
Weike Sun, Antonio R. Paiva, Peng Xu
Filed: 15 Jan 20
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Dehydrogenation of substrates by transition metal complexes
5 Apr 22
Provided herein are transition metal complexes that are useful in the acceptorless dehydrogenation of various substrates, including alkanes.
Alan S. Goldman, Santanu Malakar, Xiaoguang Zhou, Kun Wang, David O. Marler
Filed: 23 Mar 21
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Hydrates for water desalination using iso-butane additive
5 Apr 22
A method for desalinating a liquid, including: contacting, within a hydrate former reactor, a feed gas stream including iso-butane in an amount ranging from above zero mol % to about 3 mol % and liquid seawater or liquid wastewater including a dissolved salt, wherein a temperature and pressure within the hydrate former reactor is controlled so that the feed gas stream and the liquid seawater or liquid wastewater form a hydrate slurry; separating hydrate particles from the hydrate slurry; and decomposing the hydrate particles into its constituents of water and gas or gas mixture containing iso-butane, wherein the water has a concentration of the dissolved salt that is less than that of the liquid seawater or liquid wastewater.
Ashish B. Mhadeshwar, Brian K. Peterson, Matthew S. Mettler, Rustom M. Billimoria
Filed: 23 Apr 19
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Surfactant performance through carbon chain extension and lower branching
5 Apr 22
Provided herein are novel extended branched alcohols having a lower branching number and improved biodegradability when compared to other branched alcohols.
Ross Mabon, Shane Deighton, Arben Jusufi, Kanmi Mao
Filed: 17 Dec 20
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Production of lubricant oils from thermally cracked resids
5 Apr 22
Methods are provided for processing deasphalted gas oils derived from thermally cracked resid fractions to form Group I, Group II, and/or Group III lubricant base oils.
Stephen H. Brown, Brenda A. Raich, Beatrice M. Gooding, Stephen M. Davis, Federico Barrai, Warren B. Ames, Keith K. Aldous
Filed: 9 Oct 20
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Apparatus for determining the congealing point of a petroleum wax sample and methods therefor
15 Mar 22
An apparatus for determining the congealing point of a wax-containing sample, the sample placed within a sample flask.
Joseph Chan, Elizabeth Turner
Filed: 12 Dec 19
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Activation of inert metal components to catalysts
22 Feb 22
Processes for transforming an inert metal component into an active metal catalyst are provided.
Matthew S. Ide, Anastasios I. Skoulidas, Joseph A. Camisa, Jianxin J. Wu
Filed: 11 May 18