Eugene R Thomas

US Patent:

8298997, Oct 30, 2012

Filed:

Jun 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/305636

Inventors:

Ramesh Varadaraj - Flemington NJ, US
Eugene R. Thomas - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company - Houston TX

International Classification:

C09K 8/58

US Classification:

507259, 507258, 507263, 507265, 507276, 1663051

Abstract:

A method is provided for enhancing the shear stability of a high-viscosity fluid-water flow system, such as a core annular flow system. The method employs a family of demulsifier additives for maintaining separation of the fluids in biphasic flow. The additive family is sodium salts of polynuclear aromatic sulfonic acids. In one aspect, the high-viscosity fluid is heavy oil. A method of transporting heavy oil through a tubular body is also provided. The method includes pumping the heavy oil through the tubular body within an annular flow of water, and subjecting the water in the tubular body to a salt of a polynuclear, aromatic sulfonic acid additive so as to improve shear stability of the heavy oil and water.

US Patent:

8529663, Sep 10, 2013

Filed:

Apr 4, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/080782

Inventors:

Sebastian C. Reyes - Branchburg NJ, US
Harry W. Deckman - Clinton NJ, US
Ronald R. Chance - Annandale NJ, US
Gregory J. DeMartin - Flemington NJ, US
Frank Hershkowitz - Liberty Corner NJ, US
Eugene R. Thomas - Houston TX, US
Paul S. Northrop - Spring TX, US
Bruce T. Kelley - Kingwood TX, US

Assignee:

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company - Annandale NJ

International Classification:

B01D 53/047

US Classification:

95 96, 95148, 96130

Abstract:

The present invention relates the separation of a target gas from a mixture of gases through the use of engineered structured adsorbent contactors in pressure swing adsorption and thermal swing adsorption processes. Preferably, the contactors contain engineered and substantially parallel flow channels wherein 20 volume percent or less of the open pore volume of the contactor, excluding the flow channels, is in the mesopore and macropore range.

US Patent:

20140076410, Mar 20, 2014

Filed:

Sep 17, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/621692

Inventors:

Ramesh Varadaraj - Flemington NJ, US
Eugene R. Thomas - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

F17D 1/16

US Classification:

137 13

Abstract:

A method is provided for enhancing the shear stability of a high-viscosity fluid-water flow system, such as a core annular flow system. The method employs a family of demulsifier additives for maintaining separation of the fluids in biphasic flow. The additive family is sodium salts of polynuclear aromatic sulfonic acids. In one aspect, the high-viscosity fluid is heavy oil. A method to flow oil through a biphasic flow system is also provided. The method includes locating an oil in the biphasic flow system; placing water within the biphasic flow system; flowing the oil through the biphasic flow system within an annular flow of water; and subjecting the water in the biphasic flow system to a salt of a polynuclear aromatic sulfonic acid additive so as to improve shear stability of the oil and water.

US Patent:

56066660, Feb 25, 1997

Filed:

Jul 19, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/277394

Inventors:

Carl H. Grant - Boca Raton FL
Jace W. Krull - Boca Raton FL
Charles E. Kuhlmann - Boca Raton FL
Shahram Salamian - Austin TX
Eugene M. Thomas - Clermont FL
James T. Tsevdos - Ft. Lauderdale FL

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1300

US Classification:

39520008

Abstract:

A computer system is provided in which asynchronously operating processing elements in the system are connected by means of an interconnection media so as to permit communication between an executing program on one of the processing elements with the memory on another processing element. Inter-processing communication logic located on each of the processing elements permits communication between executing programs on any one processing element. Inter-delivery support hardware is provided for interfacing between the interconnection media and the inter-processing communication logic. The inter-delivery support hardware operates asynchronously with respect to the executing programs on the processing elements for (i) enqueuing control elements obtained by a function on a first processing element from physical memory on the first processing element; (ii) temporarily storing the enqueued control elements in a first memory device associated with the first processing element; (iii) copying over the interconnection media via a copy transaction the temporarily stored control elements from the first memory device to a second memory device associated with a second processing element; and (iv) dequeuing the copied control elements from the second memory device to physical memory on the second processing element.

US Patent:

20150314235, Nov 5, 2015

Filed:

May 2, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/268174

Inventors:

Pavel Kortunov - Flemington NJ, US
Michael Siskin - Westfield NJ, US
Eugene R. Thomas - Pittstown NJ, US
Hans Thomann - Bedminster NJ, US

Assignee:

EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY - Annandale NJ

International Classification:

B01D 53/62
B01D 53/14

Abstract:

A cyclic process for separating COfrom a gas stream by contacting the gas stream at a first temperature and typically at a pressure of at least 30 barg with a COsorbent comprising an ionic liquid containing a potentially nucleophilic carbon atom bearing a relatively acidic hydrogen atom bonded to a potentially nucleophilic carbon atom to sorb COinto the solution and regenerating the ionic liquid absorbent by treating the sorbent under conditions including a second, typically higher, temperature, to cause desorption of at least a portion of the COand to regenerate the ionic liquid.