Pavel V Kortunov

Title: Pavel V. Kortunov and Membrane-Based Separation Innovation.

Introduction

Pavel V. Kortunov is an inventor associated with Flemington, New Jersey, and ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. His patent work addresses separation processes for mixtures containing olefins and paraffins.

Latest Patents

Kortunov is credited with 1 patent, titled “Membrane-Based Separation Processes Enhanced with an Absorption Device.” The invention combines a salt-ion membrane with an absorption device to improve olefin separation. A mixed feed containing olefins and paraffins is introduced to the membrane alongside an aqueous salt stream, producing olefin-rich permeate and olefin-lean retentate streams. The process then sends at least part of the retentate and a second aqueous salt stream to an absorption device, where olefins are extracted into an olefin-rich aqueous salt stream. A portion of that stream can be recycled as part of the first aqueous salt stream.

Career Highlights

Kortunov’s listed patent reflects work on integrating membrane separation and absorption into a process that can recover olefins while recycling an aqueous salt stream. The available information identifies ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. as his company.

Collaborations

The patent record connects Kortunov’s invention with ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. The supplied information does not identify additional collaborators.

Conclusion

Pavel V. Kortunov’s patent presents an integrated membrane-and-absorption approach to olefin separation, with salt-stream recycling as a feature of the process.