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20090107886 | Hydroconversion Processes Employing Multi-Metallic Catalysts and Method for Making Thereof - A catalyst precursor composition and methods for making such a catalyst precursor are disclosed. The catalyst precursor comprises at least a promoter metal selected from Group VIII, Group IIB, Group IIA, Group IVA and combinations thereof, having an oxidation state of +2 or +4, at least one Group VIB metal, at least one organic, oxygen-containing ligand, and a cellulose-containing material. In one embodiment, the catalyst precursor is of the formula A | 04-30-2009 |
20090111683 | Hydroconversion Processes Employing Multi-Metallic Catalysts and Method for Making Thereof - A catalyst precursor composition and methods for making such catalyst precursor are disclosed. The catalyst precursor comprises at least a Promoter metal selected from Group VIII, Group IIB, Group IIA, Group IVA and combinations thereof, at least one Group VIB metal, at least one organic, oxygen-containing ligand, and a cellulose-containing material. Catalysts prepared from the sulfidation of such catalyst precursors are used in the hydroprocessing of hydrocarbon feeds. In one embodiment, the sulfidation is carried out by contacting the catalyst precursor with hydrogen and a sulfur containing compound, wherein the contacting is carried out ex-situ. Catalysts prepared from such catalyst precursors have a fouling rate of less than 8° F. (4.4° C.) per 1000 hour. | 04-30-2009 |
20110000824 | HYDROPROCESSING CATALYST AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to a hydroprocessing catalyst containing at least one catalyst support, one or more metals, optionally one or more molecular sieves, optionally one or more promoters, wherein deposition of at least one of the metals is achieved in the presence of a modifying agent. | 01-06-2011 |
20110092753 | HYDROISOMERIZATION AND SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF FEEDSTOCK IN IONIC LIQUID-CATALYZED ALKYLATION - A process for producing alkylate comprising contacting a first hydrocarbon stream comprising at least one olefin having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms which contains 1,3-butadiene and 1-butene with a hydroisomerization catalyst in the presence of hydrogen under conditions favoring the simultaneous selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene to butenes and the isomerization of 1-butene to 2-butene and contacting the resulting stream and a second hydrocarbon stream comprising at least one isoparaffin having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms with an acidic ionic liquid catalyst under alkylation conditions to produce an alkylate is disclosed. | 04-21-2011 |
20110132807 | METHOD FOR MAKING A HYDROPROCESSING CATALYST - The present invention is directed to a method for making a catalyst for hydroprocessing a carbonaceous feedstock under hydroprocessing conditions. More particularly, the present invention is directed to methods for inhibiting rapid decomposition of ammonium nitrate during calcination of the catalyst following metal impregnation, wherein ammonium nitrate is formed when a nitrate-containing composition and an ammonium-containing component is used in the deposition of metal onto the catalyst. | 06-09-2011 |
20120024750 | HYDRODECHLORINATION OF IONIC LIQUID-DERIVED HYDROCARBON PRODUCTS - Processes for the hydrodechlorination of one or more hydrocarbon products derived from ionic liquid catalyzed hydrocarbon conversion reactions provide a dechlorinated product and an HCl-containing off-gas. The dechlorinated product provides liquid fuel or lubricating base oil, and the HCl may be recovered from the off-gas for recycling to the ionic liquid catalyzed hydrocarbon conversion reaction as a catalyst promoter. | 02-02-2012 |
20120024751 | DENITRIFICATION OF A HYDROCARBON FEED - A denitrification method is disclosed for removing nitrogen compounds from a hydrocarbon feed in which the feed is contacted with an adsorbent including an organic heterocyclic salt deposited on a porous support. Additionally, a method for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feed which includes a hydroprocessing step is disclosed, wherein prior to hydroprocessing, the feed is contacted with an adsorbent including an organic heterocyclic salt deposited on a support. Additionally, a method for producing a lube oil which includes isomerization dewaxing of a base oil fraction is disclosed, wherein prior to the isomerization dewaxing step, the base oil fraction is contacted with an adsorbent including an organic heterocyclic salt deposited on a support. | 02-02-2012 |
20120024756 | TREATMENT OF A HYDROCARBON FEED - A method is disclosed for removing impurities such as nitrogen and/or sulfur compounds from a hydrocarbon feed, in which the feed is contacted with an adsorbent including a nitrogen-containing organic heterocyclic salt deposited on a porous support, e.g., a supported ionic liquid. Additionally, a method for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feed which includes a hydroprocessing step is disclosed, wherein prior to hydroprocessing, the feed is contacted with an adsorbent including a supported ionic liquid. Additionally, a method for producing a lube oil which includes isomerization dewaxing of a base oil fraction is disclosed, wherein prior to the isomerization dewaxing step, the base oil fraction is contacted with an adsorbent including a supported ionic liquid. In one embodiment, the adsorbent is regenerated to restore its treatment capacity. | 02-02-2012 |
20120160739 | PROCESSES FOR UPGRADING FISCHER-TROPSCH CONDENSATE OLEFINS BY ALKYLATION OF HYDROCRACKATE - Processes for upgrading Fischer-Tropsch condensate olefins by alkylation of hydrocrackate may involve providing an olefin enriched condensate stream and further providing a Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon stream comprising wax, hydrocracking the latter Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon stream to provide a distillate enriched hydrocracked product comprising isoparaffins, and alkylating the olefins with the isoparaffins in an alkylation zone to provide an alkylate product. The alkylate product may be fed to a distillation unit together with the hydrocracked product, while a naphtha containing fraction from the distillation unit may be fed to the alkylation zone together with the olefin enriched hydrocarbon stream. | 06-28-2012 |
20120160740 | PROCESSES FOR IONIC LIQUID CATALYZED UPGRADING OF OXYGENATE CONTAINING HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS - Ionic liquid catalyzed hydrocarbon conversion processes for upgrading oxygenate containing olefinic hydrocarbon feedstocks may involve treating an oxygenate containing hydrocarbon stream to provide an olefin enriched hydrocarbon stream, which may be contacted with an ionic liquid catalyst under hydrocarbon conversion conditions to provide a converted hydrocarbon stream containing one or more halogenated components; such components may be removed from the converted hydrocarbon stream to provide one or more dechlorinated hydrocarbon products. | 06-28-2012 |
20120165586 | IONIC LIQUID CATALYZED OLEFIN OLIGOMERIZATION FOR DISTILLATE PRODUCTION - Processes for upgrading condensate in a first hydrocarbon stream to provide distillate material may involve ionic liquid catalyzed olefin oligomerization of olefins in the first hydrocarbon stream to provide a first distillate enriched stream, dechlorination of the first distillate enriched stream, hydroprocessing at least one of a second and a third hydrocarbon stream to provide a second distillate enriched stream, and separation of a distillate product from the first and second distillate enriched streams. | 06-28-2012 |
20120232863 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING ADSORBENT PERFORMANCE - A method for predicting selective performance of an adsorbent is disclosed. The adsorbent is selected from a list of metals and/or metal cations for use in removing contaminants as thiophene derivatives in hydrocarbon feed. The metals or metal cations are identified from a list having a positive value for E | 09-13-2012 |
20120316093 | CONVERSION OF FATTY ACIDS TO BASE OILS AND TRANSPORTATION FUELS - The present invention is directed to methods for processing fatty acids to provide for base oil and transportation fuels, wherein decarboxylation-coupling dimerization of fatty acids provides dimer ketones from which the base oils and transportation fuels may be produced. | 12-13-2012 |
20130001133 | CATALYTIC DECHLORINATION PROCESSES TO UPGRADE FEEDSTOCK CONTAINING CHLORIDE AS FUELS - Processes for the catalytic dechlorination of one or more hydrocarbon products involve contacting a mixture comprising the hydrocarbon product(s) and a carrier gas with a dechlorination catalyst under catalytic dechlorination conditions to provide a dechlorinated hydrocarbon product, HCl, and the carrier gas. The dechlorinated hydrocarbon product may be separated from the HCl and the carrier gas to provide liquid fuel or lubricating base oil. | 01-03-2013 |
20130066121 | HYDROISOMERIZATION AND SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF FEEDSTOCK IN IONIC LIQUID-CATALYZED ALKYLATION - A process for producing alkylate comprising contacting a first hydrocarbon stream comprising at least one olefin having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms which contains 1,3-butadiene and 1-butene with a hydroisomerization catalyst in the presence of hydrogen under conditions favoring the simultaneous selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene to butenes and the isomerization of 1-butene to 2-butene and contacting the resulting stream and a second hydrocarbon stream comprising at least one isoparaffin having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms with an acidic ionic liquid catalyst under alkylation conditions to produce an alkylate is disclosed. | 03-14-2013 |
20130206643 | PROCESSES FOR UPGRADING FISCHER-TROPSCH CONDENSATE BY OLEFIN ENRICHMENT AND ALKYLATION OF HYDROCRACKATE - Processes for upgrading Fischer-Tropsch condensate olefins by alkylation of hydrocrackate involves providing an olefin enriched condensate stream and further providing a Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon stream comprising wax, hydrocracking the latter Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon stream to provide a distillate enriched hydrocracked product comprising isoparaffins, and alkylating the olefins with the isoparaffins in an alkylation zone to provide an alkylate product. The alkylate product is fed to a distillation unit together with the hydrocracked product, while a naphtha containing fraction from the distillation unit is fed to the alkylation zone together with the olefin enriched hydrocarbon stream. | 08-15-2013 |
20140005459 | HYDRODECHLORINATION OF IONIC LIQUID-DERIVED HYDROCARBON PRODUCTS | 01-02-2014 |
20140275680 | INTEGRATION OF HYDRO-DECHLORINATION AND HYDRO-REGENERATION - We provide an integrated process to produce alkylate gasoline, comprising:
| 09-18-2014 |
20150136646 | LUBRICATING BASE OIL PRODUCTION - A process is provided for producing a heavy lubricating base oil by hydrocracking a lubricating oil feedstock at high yield. The lubricating oil feedstock contains a hydroprocessed stream that is difficult to process using a conventional catalyst system. The catalyst used in the process includes a mixed metal sulfide catalyst that comprises at least one Group VIB metal and at least one Group VIII metal. The process also provides for hydroisomerization and hydrofinishing process steps to prepare the lubricating base oil. | 05-21-2015 |
20150158018 | HYDROCRACKING CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LUBE BASE STOCKS - Hydrocracking catalysts and hydrocracking processes for the selective production of lube base stocks are disclosed. The hydrocracking catalyst contains a low acidity, highly dealuminated USY zeolite having a zeolite acid site density of from 1 to 100 micromole/g, a catalyst support, and one or more metals. The hydrocracking catalysts can maximize lube base stock yield while providing for effective impurity removal and VI enhancement at lower hydrocracking conversions. | 06-11-2015 |
20150159095 | METHOD FOR MAKING A MIDDLE DISTILLATE - Hydrocracking processes for the selective production of middle distillates are disclosed. The hydrocracking catalyst contains a low acidity, highly dealuminated USY zeolite having a zeolite acid density of from 1 to 100 micromole/g, a catalyst support, and one or more metals. The hydrocracking process can maximize middle distillate yield while providing for effective impurity removal and enhanced aromatics saturation. | 06-11-2015 |
20160030934 | HYDROPROCESSING CATALYST AND HYDROPROCESSING CATALYST OF MAKING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to a hydroprocessing catalyst containing at least one catalyst support, one or more metals, optionally one or more molecular sieves, optionally one or more promoters, wherein deposition of at least one of the metals is achieved in the presence of a modifying agent. | 02-04-2016 |
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20080244567 | Portable printer driver - In accordance with the devices, systems and methods described herein a portable printer driver may be automatically uploaded and installed by using a helper application when a portable drive or portable memory device is coupled to a host. The portable printer driver and helper application may be stored on the portable memory device. The helper application may be automatically loaded into host memory, where it subsequently resides, using plug and play capability available on the host. The helper application, which is capable of being host memory resident, can monitor the state of specified computer events. Specifically, the helper application can detect the removal of the portable memory device and delete any files associated with the printer driver from the host. | 10-02-2008 |
20090089457 | RECONNECTING A HOST COMPUTER WITH A NETWORKED PRINTER HAVING A DYNAMIC NETWORK ADDRESS - Methods and apparatus for reconnecting a host computer with a networked printer having a dynamic network address without manually entering the printer's network address. In a first method, when a user presses a reconnect button on the printer, the printer broadcasts a reconnection event containing the printer's network address over the network. The host receives the event, extracts the network address and reconnects the printer accordingly. In a second method, the host obtains the network addresses of candidate printers, displays a list of them on a UI, and sends a flash signal to the candidate printers to cause them to generate an alarm one by one. The user observes the desired printer and correlates its alarm with the timing of the flash signals sent by the host. Based on the observation, the user selects one of the candidate printers on the UI and the host reconnects it. | 04-02-2009 |
20090323099 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTER DRIVER PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FOR GENERATING OUTPUT FILES - A printing method is described that allows the user to conveniently either print a document, or generate an output file from it in a desired image file format and save the file for late use, or both at once. The user opens a document using an application, and issues a print request. From the print dialog box, the user chooses to set printing preferences. The print preferences dialog box includes an “output file” tab allowing the user to specify whether an output file is to be generated, specify an output file format, specify a destination for saving the output file, and specify whether hard copies of the document are to be printed on the printer. The method may be implemented as a part of a printer driver program. | 12-31-2009 |
20100214599 | Method for printing with XPSDrv printer driver - A method used with the XPSDrv printer driver which reduces the overhead associated with loading the XPS filters is disclosed. The method may be implemented in a dynamic-link library (DLL) loaded by the configure module of the XPSDrv driver or a special function. The DLL or the special function dynamically modifies the XPSDrv driver's filter pipeline configuration file for each print job, so that only a subset of the filters, i.e., filters that are required for that print job, are included in the filter pipeline configuration file. In operation, the user uses the printer driver interface (UI) to set print property settings for the print job, and when the user exits the driver UI, the DLL or the special function modifies the filter pipeline configuration file based on the print property settings set by the user. | 08-26-2010 |
20100328704 | STACKING PRINT JOBS BEFORE FINAL PRINT - A system for producing continuous print jobs, which includes a printing unit which prints an image and a client computer having executable instructions for creating a print job for producing a continuous print job. The executable instructions include activating a continuous print mode from a list of print properties within a printer driver user interface, and wherein the continuous print mode stacks at least two print jobs in a print job queue until instructed to print; sending at least two print jobs to the print job queue; selecting a final print format for each of the at least two print jobs; processing and formatting each of the at least two print jobs into a single combined print job; and printing the single combined print job. The printing unit and the client computer are connected via a network and/or direct connection. | 12-30-2010 |
20120002220 | CONTROLLING PRINTER ENERGY CONSUMPTION - A method for controlling printer energy consumption. The method includes identifying, during a first time interval, a quantity of energy consumed by a printer since commencement of the first time interval; generating a comparison by comparing the quantity of energy with a first energy threshold for the first time interval; and invoking an energy saving mode of the printer based on the comparison. | 01-05-2012 |
20120002221 | MAINTAINING PRINT SETTINGS ACROSS MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS - A method, including: receiving a request to print a first document from a first application; displaying print settings and an option to maintain print settings (MPS); collecting a time limit, a selection enabling the option to MPS, and a selection enabling a print setting; sending a first print job corresponding to the first document and the print setting to a printer; initiating, in response to the selection enabling the option to MPS, a time window having a duration set to the time limit; receiving a request to print a second document from a second application; identifying a remaining time of the time window; retrieving, in response to the remaining time exceeding zero, the indication of the print setting; and sending, bypassing the printer driver GUI, a second print job corresponding to the second document and the print setting to the printer. | 01-05-2012 |
20120002226 | ENFORCING A MINIMUM FONT SIZE - A method for enforcing a user specified minimum font size (USMFS) in a hardcopy document (HD). The method includes: receiving a request to print an electronic document (ED) according to a magnification ratio; identifying a first character in the ED having a first font size smaller than a quotient of the USMFS divided by the magnification ratio; and increasing the first font size by a scale factor to match the quotient; where the HD is generated by scaling the ED according to the magnification ratio, and wherein the HD comprises the first character in the USMFS. | 01-05-2012 |
20140144991 | ROBUST DECODING OF COLOR BARCODE PRINTED WITH EXTREMELY SMALL DATA CELLS - A method for decoding digital data in a color barcode having a plurality of data cells, including the steps of: scanning the color barcode of the hardcopy document, separating color image of the color barcode into print primary color planes, computing peaks of each print primary color plane, projecting, for at least one of the print primary color planes, the data cells along a horizontal direction and a vertical direction at the peaks of the at least one of the primary color planes in each direction which represent data cell center locations respectively, and creating a grid where each of its intersection is a respective data cell center location, assigning a color to each grid intersection which corresponds to a respective data cell by examining values of the print primary color planes at such location, and decoding digital data from the data cells based on the respective color assigned to each data cell. | 05-29-2014 |
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20090319964 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL ANALYSIS - Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for performing thermal analysis of an integrated circuit (“IC”) design layout that includes numerous circuit modules. The method divides the IC design layout into a set of elements, where at least one element includes several wires. The method computes a set of conductivity groups of values for the set of elements. The method identifies a temperature distribution for the IC design layout based on the set of conductivity groups of values. In some embodiments, each of these elements corresponds to a particular portion of a particular layer of the IC design layout. Each element includes several nodes. Each conductivity group of values is defined by entry values. Each entry value describes how heat flow at a particular node of the element is affected by a temperature change at another particular node of the element. | 12-24-2009 |
20100023903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-DIE THERMAL ANALYSIS - Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for performing thermal analysis of a multi-die integrated circuit (IC) design layout. The thermal analysis produces a temperature distribution for analyzing internal properties of each die within the multi-die design and for analyzing thermal interactions between two or more dies of the design based on an internal configuration of the two or more dies. Therefore, in some embodiments, the temperature distribution shows a temperature distribution for each die and the individual temperature distribution show varying temperature across each of the dies. Some embodiments reduce the number of iteration required to perform the thermal analysis by constructing a high quality preconditioner based on thermal conducting segments introduced to model thermal effects at the boundaries between two dies. | 01-28-2010 |
20120102449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL ANALYSIS - Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for performing thermal analysis of an integrated circuit (“IC”) design layout that includes numerous circuit modules. The method divides the IC design layout into a set of elements, where at least one element includes several wires. The method computes a set of conductivity groups of values for the set of elements. The method identifies a temperature distribution for the IC design layout based on the set of conductivity groups of values. In some embodiments, each of these elements corresponds to a particular portion of a particular layer of the IC design layout. Each element includes several nodes. Each conductivity group of values is defined by entry values. Each entry value describes how heat flow at a particular node of the element is affected by a temperature change at another particular node of the element. | 04-26-2012 |
20120297357 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-DIE THERMAL ANALYSIS - Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for performing thermal analysis of a multi-die integrated circuit (IC) design layout. The thermal analysis produces a temperature distribution for analyzing internal properties of each die within the multi-die design and for analyzing thermal interactions between two or more dies of the design based on an internal configuration of the two or more dies. Therefore, in some embodiments, the temperature distribution shows a temperature distribution for each die and the individual temperature distributions show varying temperature across each of the dies. Some embodiments reduce the number of iteration required to perform the thermal analysis by constructing a high quality preconditioner based on thermal conducting segments introduced to model thermal effects at the boundaries between two dies. | 11-22-2012 |
20120304137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-DIE THERMAL ANALYSIS - Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for performing thermal analysis of a multi-die integrated circuit (IC) design layout. The thermal analysis produces a temperature distribution for analyzing internal properties of each die within the multi-die design and for analyzing thermal interactions between two or more dies of the design based on an internal configuration of the two or more dies. Therefore, in some embodiments, the temperature distribution shows a temperature distribution for each die and the individual temperature distributions show varying temperature across each of the dies. Some embodiments reduce the number of iteration required to perform the thermal analysis by constructing a high quality preconditioner based on thermal conducting segments introduced to model thermal effects at the boundaries between two dies. | 11-29-2012 |