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Heat transfer fluids and methods of use
17 Aug 21
Gary Christensen, Kevin J. Kelly, Shuji Luo, Heinrich R. Braun, Tobias Klande, Behrouz Engheta, Jorg F. W. Weber, Andrew E. Taggi
Filed: 4 Jun 20
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Boiling free fractionation of hydrocarbon streams utilizing a membrane cascade
10 Aug 21
Methods and systems are provided herein utilizing a membrane cascade to separate a hydrocarbon feed into boiling point fractions.
Benjamin A. McCool, Dhaval A. Bhandari, Yogesh V. Joshi
Filed: 28 May 19
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Fluidized bed conversion of oxygenates with increased aromatic selectivity
10 Aug 21
Systems and methods are provided for conversion of oxygenate-containing feeds to a hydrocarbon effluent that includes a naphtha boiling range portion with an increased research octane number and/or increased octane rating.
Brandon J. O'Neill
Filed: 14 Jan 20
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Diesel boiling-range fuel blend and methods of making the same
10 Aug 21
Diesel boiling-range fuel blends including renewable diesel, biodiesel, and petrodiesel, where the diesel boiling-range fuel blend is capable of producing a minimal volume change of at least one swellable elastomer in a diesel boiling-range fuel system are provided herein.
Alexander S. Freer, Charles D. Lund, Heather D. Hamje, Krystal B. Wrigley, Kenneth C. H. Kar
Filed: 23 Jan 18
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Interface between processing environment optimization layers
27 Jul 21
Systems and methods are provided for interfacing multiple layers of optimization for a model of one or more processes in a processing environment to achieve increased or maximized stability in the underlying layer.
Max A. Fahrenkopf, William P. Snow, Ivan E. Rodriguez Colon
Filed: 3 Oct 18
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System for tire performance alerts and assisted remediation
13 Jul 21
In various aspects, the performance optimization system described herein optimizes vehicle performance through smart alerts communicated to an operator, owner, or fleet manager of a vehicle.
Mohan Kalyanaraman, Adam G. Stern
Filed: 21 Feb 19
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Production of renewable waxes and base oils
13 Jul 21
Systems and methods are provided for processing a feed derived from a renewable source to form oligomerized compounds corresponding to waxes, ketone waxes, and/or lubricant boiling range compounds.
Virginia M. Reiner, Michel Daage, Kun Wang, Chunping Wu, Sarvesh K. Agrawal
Filed: 19 Jun 17
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Methods for preparing materials from polyaromatic heavy feedstocks
13 Jul 21
The present disclosure relates to methods for preparing materials from heavy feedstocks.
Huaxing Zhou, Arnold Lustiger, Victor DeFlorio, Srinivasan Rajagopalan, Timothy D. Shaffer, Donald N. Schulz
Filed: 25 Mar 19
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Base stocks and lubricant compositions containing same
13 Jul 21
Systems and methods are provided for block operation during lubricant and/or fuels production from deasphalted oil.
Lisa I-Ching Yeh, Yogi V. Shukla, Pilanda Watkins-Curry, Camden N. Henderson, Kendall S. Fruchey, Michael B. Carroll, Adrienne R. Diebold
Filed: 1 Aug 19
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Inversion of large, nearly-homogeneous geobodies via ultra low-dimensional shape representation using orthogonal basis functions
6 Jul 21
A two-stage method for iteratively inverting geophysical data for the purpose of subsurface imaging, including: obtaining at least one geophysical dataset and an initial subsurface model; representing subsurface such that a geometry of a geobody is defined using a set of basis functions, and a number of such basis functions is significantly smaller than the number of cells used in cell-based geobody representations, wherein an order of magnitude reduction is two or more for 2-D domains and 3 or more for 3-D domains; in a first stage, successively updating the initial subsurface model, only for the geobody, by performing iterative low-dimensional geophysical inversion based on minimizing a misfit between simulated geophysical data and the geophysical dataset, wherein the simulated geophysical data is generated from a current subsurface model at each iteration; generating a subsurface image from a final updated subsurface model obtained via the low-dimensional geophysical inversion, wherein the subsurface image includes an inverted geobody; in a second stage, successively updating the subsurface model with the inverted geobody by performing iterative cell-based geophysical inversion based on minimizing a misfit between simulated geophysical data and the geophysical dataset, wherein the simulated geophysical data is generated from a current subsurface model at each iteration.
Ashutosh Tewari, Dimitar Trenev
Filed: 9 Aug 19
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Advanced process control scheme for dividing wall column and dual-dividing wall column with multiple products
6 Jul 21
Systems and methods are provided for improving process control of separation systems that include one or more dividing walls within a single column.
Robert Piszczek, Philippe D'Hooghe, David A. Hokanson, Erik Kluwen
Filed: 20 Aug 19
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Fuel additives with low NOx emissions
29 Jun 21
This disclosure relates to compositions and methods of making an additized fuel composition comprising a base fuel composition and a randomly branched nitrate composition.
Logan P. Renninger, Scott K. Berkhous, Donald J. Mattran, Geert W. Steenbeke, Dongil Kang, Kenneth C. H. Kar
Filed: 14 Aug 20
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Process for removing volatile contaminants
29 Jun 21
A process for cleansing a liquid of volatile contaminants can be accomplished by cross flowing a liquid through a contactor vessel.
Robert J. Falkiner, Ashok Uppal, Luke J. Kariparampil, Vincent A. Brunet, Alain D. Fomo
Filed: 13 Dec 18
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Naphtha hydrodesulfurization
29 Jun 21
Methods are provided for performing selective hydrodesulfurization on a naphtha boiling range stream naphtha boiling range portion of a feed.
Chuansheng Bai, Majosefina Cunningham, Gregory R. Johnson, Wenyih F. Lai, Brandon J. O'Neill
Filed: 17 May 19
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Coating compositions for oriented strand boards and associated methods of use
1 Jun 21
Wax compositions are provided with improved properties for various applications, such as coating of composite cellulosic materials, e.g., composite wood material, more specifically oriented strand board.
Sarvesh K. Agrawal, Joseph P. Rud, Larry E. Hoch
Filed: 14 Feb 17
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Polyamine-appended metal-organic frameworks for carbon dioxide separations
25 May 21
Polyamines with lengths carefully tailored to the framework dimensions are appended to metal-organic frameworks such as Mg2(dobpdc) (dobpdc4-=4,4′-dioxidobiphenyl-3,3′-dicarboxylate) with the desired loading of one polyamine per two metal sites.
Simon C. Weston, Joseph M. Falkowski, Jeffrey R. Long, Eugene J. Kim, Jeffrey D. Martell, Phillip J. Milner, Rebecca L. Siegelman
Filed: 30 Oct 18
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Carbon capture, waste upgrade, and chemicals production using improved flexicoking
25 May 21
Systems and methods are provided for integrating a fluidized coking operation, a reverse osmosis operation, a coke gasification operation and/or processes for production of compounds from the synthesis gas generated during the coke gasification.
Martin De Wit, Mohsen N. Harandi
Filed: 29 Jan 20
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Manufacturing hydrocarbons
25 May 21
A system and methods for manufacturing a base oil stock from a light hydrocarbon stream are provided.
Matthew S. Ide, Suzzy C. Ho, Guang Cao, Brian M. Weiss, Sara L. Yohe
Filed: 15 Aug 19
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Naphtha reformer yield using modified zeolitic catalysts
11 May 21
Methods and systems for the conversion of hydrocarbon feedstocks, in particular, naphtha feedstocks, into a hydrocarbon product stream containing a high yield of high-octane gasoline and chemicals products.
William R. Gunther, Brandon J. O'Neill
Filed: 15 Apr 20
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Catalytic dewaxing of hydrocarbon feedstocks
4 May 21
In a process for improving the cold flow properties of a hydrocarbon feedstock, the feedstock is contacted with a catalyst composition comprising an EMM-17 molecular sieve and a hydrogenation component under dewaxing conditions effective to produce a dewaxed product having a cloud point and/or pour point that is reduced relative to the cloud point and/or pour point of the feedstock by at least 5° C.
Joseph E. Gatt, William W. Lonergan, Scott J. Weigel, Ivy D. Johnson, Karl G. Strohmaier, Simon C. Weston
Filed: 10 Dec 19