Patents by Inventor Simon G. Kukes
Simon G. Kukes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 5494870Abstract: A process and catalyst are provided for the hydrogenation of a hydrocarbon feedstock consisting essentially of hydrocarbon boiling between about 150.degree. F. and 700.degree. F. at atmospheric pressure. The process comprises reacting the feedstock with hydrogen at hydrogenation conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising hydrogenation metals and a support comprising beta zeolite. The hydrogenation metals comprise from about 0.1 percent by weight to about 2.0 percent by weight each of palladium and platinum measured as a percentage of the catalyst. The beta zeolite comprises from about 1 ppm by weight to about 3.0 percent by weight sodium calculated as a percentage of said beta zeolite.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1994Date of Patent: February 27, 1996Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Simon G. Kukes, Frederick T. Clark, P. Donald Hopkins
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Patent number: 5489375Abstract: Hydroconversion processes employing 2,4-heteroatom-substituted-molybdena-3,3-dioxocyclopentane hydro-conversion catalysts are disclosed. In some embodiments, inexpensive bulk catalysts in accordance with the present invention are synthesized from bulk triglyceridic epoxides or fatty acids.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1994Date of Patent: February 6, 1996Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Joseph T. Joseph, Thomas J. Karol, Simon G. Kukes
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Patent number: 5446002Abstract: 2,4-Heteroatom-substituted-molybdena-3,3-dioxocyclopentane hydro-conversion catalysts are disclosed. In some embodiments, inexpensive bulk catalysts in accordance with the present invention are synthesized from bulk triglyceridic epoxides or fatty acids.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1994Date of Patent: August 29, 1995Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Simon G. Kukes, Thomas J. Karol, Joseph T. Joseph
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Patent number: 5348928Abstract: A catalyst and method of making a catalyst are provided for the selective hydrotreating of a selective hydrotreating feedstock comprising reacting the feedstock with hydrogen at hydrotreating conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising a hydrogenation component and a support component. The hydrogenation component comprises a Group VIB metal component and a Group VIII metal component wherein the Group VIB metal component is present in an amount ranging from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % and the Group VIII metal component is present in an amount ranging from about 0.5 wt % to about 10 wt %, both calculated as oxides and based on the total catalyst weight. The support component comprises from about 0.5 wt % to about 50 wt % of a magnesium component and from about 0.02 wt % to about 10 wt % of an alkali metal component, both calculated as oxides and based on the total catalyst weight.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1993Date of Patent: September 20, 1994Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Simon G. Kukes, P. Donald Hopkins, Riitta L. A. Olleandorff, Pablo D. Hendler, Cynthia D. Ontiveros, Don M. Washecheck
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Patent number: 5346612Abstract: A process and catalyst are provided for the hydrogenation of a hydrocarbon feedstock consisting essentially of hydrocarbon boiling between about 150.degree. F. and 700.degree. F. at atmospheric pressure. The process comprises reacting the feedstock with hydrogen at hydrogenation conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising hydrogenation metals and a support comprising beta zeolite. The hydrogenation metals comprise from about 0.1 percent by weight to about 2.0 percent by weight each of palladium and platinum measured as a percentage of the catalyst. The beta zeolite comprises from about 1 ppm by weight to about 3.0 percent by weight sodium calculated as a percentage of said beta zeolite.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1993Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Simon G. Kukes, Frederick T. Clark, P. Donald Hopkins
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Patent number: 5346874Abstract: A process and catalyst is provided for the hydrogenation of a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising a substantial portion of a distillate hydrocarbon feedstock, wherein said distillate hydrocarbon feedstock consists essentially of material boiling between about 150.degree. F. and about 700.degree. F. at atmospheric pressure, which comprises reacting the feedstock with hydrogen at hydrogenation conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising from about 0.1% to about 2.0% by weight of palladium and from about 0.1% to about 2.0% by weight of platinum and a support comprising borosilicate, for producing a hydrogenated product.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1993Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Frederick T. Clark, Simon G. Kukes, P. Donald Hopkins
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Patent number: 5322829Abstract: A catalyst and process are disclosed for upgrading heavy feedstocks such as resid. The catalyst comprises a porous inorganic oxide support having an incremental pore volume maximum at a pore radius greater than 50 Angstroms bearing between 0.1 to 5.0 weight percent nickel and having at least 0.4 cc/g of pores having a radius less than 125 Angstroms. An ebullated bed hydroconversion process employing the catalyst also is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1993Date of Patent: June 21, 1994Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: David C. Artes, Simon G. Kukes
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Patent number: 5308814Abstract: A process and catalyst are provided for hydrogenation of a hydrocarbon feedstock consisting essentially of material boiling between about 150.degree. F. and about 700.degree. F. which comprises reacting the feedstock with hydrogen at hydrogenation conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising hydrogenation metals and a support comprising zeolite Y. The hydrogenation metals comprise from about 0.1 percent to about 2.0 percent by weight each of palladium and platinum calculated as a percentage of the catalyst. The zeolite Y further comprises sodium in an amount ranging from about 1.5 to about 8.0 percent of the zeolite Y by weight. The process of the present invention provides substantially improved dearomatization performance, increased desulfurization and denitrogenation, increased distillate product cetane number, and increased distillate volume expansion.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1992Date of Patent: May 3, 1994Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Simon G. Kukes, Frederick T. Clark, P. Donald Hopkins
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Patent number: 5271828Abstract: A process and catalyst is provided for the hydrogenation of a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising a substantial portion of a distillate hydrocarbon feedstock, wherein said distillate hydrocarbon feedstock consists essentially of material boiling between about 150.degree. F. and about 700.degree. F. at atmospheric pressure, which comprises reacting the feedstock with hydrogen at hydrogenation conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising from about 0.1% to about 2.0% by weight of palladium and from about 0.1% to about 2.0% by weight of platinum and a support comprising borosilicate, for producing a hydrogenated product.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 1992Date of Patent: December 21, 1993Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Frederick T. Clark, Simon G. Kukes, P. Donald Hopkins
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Patent number: 5266188Abstract: A process, catalyst, and method of making a catalyst are provided for the selective hydrotreating of a selective hydrotreating feedstock comprising reacting the feedstock with hydrogen at hydrotreating conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising a hydrogenation component and a support component. The hydrogenation component comprises a Group VIB metal component and a Group VIII metal component wherein the Group VIB metal component is present in an amount ranging from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % and the Group VIII metal component is present in an amount ranging from about 0.5 wt % to about 10 wt %, both calculated as oxides and based on the total catalyst weight. The support component comprises from about 0.5 wt % to about 50 wt % of a magnesium component and from about 0.02 wt % to about 10 wt % of an alkali metal component, both calculated as oxides and based on the total catalyst weight.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 1991Date of Patent: November 30, 1993Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Simon G. Kukes, P. Donald Hopkins, Riitta L. A. Ollendorff, Pablo D. Hendler, Cynthia D. Ontiveros, Don M. Washecheck
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Patent number: 5246570Abstract: A coal liquefaction process employing a first stage liquefaction step catalyzed by a soluble molybdenum-containing organophosphorodithioate catalyst is disclosed. In some embodiments, two consecutive liquefaction steps employ a molybdenum-containing organophosphorodithioate catalyst operating at a relatively high liquefaction temperature. In other embodiments, a second liquefaction process step operating at a relatively low temperature employs a hydrocracking catalyst to upgrade materials obtained from the first soluble catalyst liquefaction step. In some embodiments, an interstage gas separator removes gases such as carbon dioxide produced in the first liquefaction step from a partially liquefied mixture prior to further liquefying the mixture in the second liquefaction step.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1992Date of Patent: September 21, 1993Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Donald C. Cronauer, April J. Swanson, Joseph T. Joseph, Arunabha Basu, Simon G. Kukes
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Patent number: 5225383Abstract: A process and catalyst are provided for hydrogenation of a hydrocarbon feedstock consisting essentially of material boiling between about 150.degree. F. and about 700.degree. F. which comprises reacting the feedstock with hydrogen at hydrogenation conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising from about 0.1% to about 2.0% by weight each of palladium and platinum and a support comprising mordenite. The process of the present invention provides substantially improved dearomatization performance, increased desulfurization and denitrogenation, increased distillate product cetane number, increased distillate volume expansion, and utilizes a more durable catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1992Date of Patent: July 6, 1993Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Simon G. Kukes, Frederick T. Clark, P. Donald Hopkins, Lisa M. Green
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Patent number: 5221656Abstract: A hydroprocessing catalyst and process of using such catalyst wherein such catalyst has at least one hydrogenation metal deposited on an inorganic oxide support and is further characterized by a surface area of greater than about 220 m.sup.2 /g, a pore volume of about 0.23-0.30 cc/g in pores greater than about 600 Angstroms radius, an average pore radius of about 30-70 Angstroms in pores less than 600 Angstroms, and an incremental pore volume curve with a maximum at about 25-50 Angstroms radius.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1992Date of Patent: June 22, 1993Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Frederick T. Clark, Albert L. Hensley, Jr., Simon G. Kukes, David C. Arters
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Patent number: 5151172Abstract: A process and catalyust are provided for hydrogenation of a hydrocarbon feedstock consisting essentially of material boiling between about 150.degree. F. and about 700.degree. F. which comprises reacting the feedstock with hydrogen at hydrogenation conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising from about 0.1% to about 2.0% by weight each of palladium and platinum and a support comprising mordenite. The process of the present invention provides substantially improved dearomatization performance, increased desulfurization and denitrogenation, increased distillate product cetane number, increased distllate volume expansion, and utilizes a more durable catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1991Date of Patent: September 29, 1992Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Simon G. Kukes, Frederick T. Clark, P. Donald Hopkins, Lisa M. Green
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Patent number: 5147526Abstract: A process and catalyst are provided for hydrogenation of a hydrocarbon feedstock consisting essentially of material boiling between about 150.degree. F. and about 700.degree. F. which comprises reacting the feedstock with hydrogen at hydrogenation conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising hydrogenation metals and a support comprising zeolite Y. The hydrogenation metals comprise from about 0.1 percent to about 2.0 percent by weight each of palladium and platinum calculated as a percnetage of the catalyst. The zeolite Y further comprises sodium in an amount ranging from about 1.5 to about 8.0 percent of the zeolite Y by weight. The process of the present invention provides substantially improved dearomatization performance, increased desulfurization and denitrogenation, increased distillate product cetane number, and increased distillate volume expansion.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1991Date of Patent: September 15, 1992Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Simon G. Kukes, Frederick T. Clark, P. Donald Hopkins
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Patent number: 5091490Abstract: Silica supported high activity olefin polymerization catalysts, methods of producing the catalysts and methods of using the catalysts in the polymerization of olefins are provided. The methods of producing the catalysts each basically comprise contacting a particulate silica support impregnated with tungsten oxide with the soluble complex produced by heating a mixture of a metal dihalide with a transition metal compound to produce a solid, and then reacting the solid with an organoaluminum halide. The catalysts produced have improved productivities and are less soluble in polymerization media.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1991Date of Patent: February 25, 1992Assignee: Phillips Petroleum CompanyInventors: Gil R. Hawley, Simon G. Kukes, Robert L. Banks, deceased
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Patent number: 5055174Abstract: At least one decomposable molybdenum compound selected from the group consisting of molybdenum dithiophosphates and molybdenum dithiocarbamates is mixed with a hydrocarbon-containing feed stream. The hydrocarbon-containing feed stream containing such decomposable molybdenum compound is then contacted in a hydrovisbreaking process with hydrogen under suitable hydrovisbreaking conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1984Date of Patent: October 8, 1991Assignee: Phillips Petroleum CompanyInventors: Jerald A. Howell, Donald C. Tabler, Thomas Davis, Simon G. Kukes
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Patent number: 4980328Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrocracking catalyst that contains a combination of two ultrastable zeolite Y components wherein one of the zeolites is relatively more dealuminated than the other.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1990Date of Patent: December 25, 1990Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Simon G. Kukes, Christopher L. Marshall, P. Donald Hopkins, Albert L. Hensley, Jr.
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Patent number: 4971680Abstract: A hydrocarbon conversion process is disclosed involving the hydrocracking of a catalytic cycle oil in the presence of a catalyst having a nickel component, a tungsten component, and a support component containing a crystalline molecular sieve material present in an amount ranging from about 25 to about 60 wt. % based on the weight of the support component wherein at least about 1 to about 80 wt. % of the sieve material is a gallosilicate, based on the total weight of the sieve component.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1988Date of Patent: November 20, 1990Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Simon G. Kukes, Victor K. Shum, P. Donald Hopkins, L. Charles Gutberlet
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Patent number: 4959140Abstract: Disclosed is a hydrocracking process wherein the feedstock is contacted in a first reaction zone with a first reaction zone catalyst comprising a nickel component and a tungsten component deposed on a support component consisting essentially of an alumina component and a crystalline molecular sieve component. The effluent from the first reaction zone effluent is then contacted in a second reaction zone with a second reaction zone catalyst comprising a cobalt component and a molybdenum component deposed on a support component comprising an alumina component and a crystalline molecular sieve component.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1989Date of Patent: September 25, 1990Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Simon G. Kukes, Louis C. Gutberlet, Albert L. Hensley