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Chevron U.s.a. Inc.

The M.w. Kellogg Company

Texaco Inc. & Texaco Development Corporation

Jerry Max Rovner

Dennis John O'Rear

Russell Evan Cooper

Curtis L Krause

Daniel Glenn Casey

Christiaan P Van Dijk

Douglas G Naae

Sujin Yean

James F Stevens

Mukund Karanjikar

Kerry Kennedy Spilker

Stephen Roby

Peter Charles Ricci

Thomas M Vu

Aage Solbakken

Zoran Mirkovic

Stephen J Decanio

Jason C Hicks

Dennis P Essl

Hosna Mogaddedi

Manuel Eduardo Quintana

Randy M Roberts

The instant invention pertains to new processes which produce an energy source effectively, efficiently, and in a more environmentally friendly manner. The process comprises hydrolyzing a lignocellulosic feedstock to form lignocellulosic hydrolyzate and a hydrolyzate residue. The lignocellulosic hydrolyzate is treated to produce hydrogen. The hydrolyzate residue may be reacted with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst to yield the energy source.

Integrated biofuel process

Trace amount levels of heavy metals such as mercury in crude oil are reduced by contacting the crude oil with a sufficient amount of a reducing agent to convert at least a portion of the non-volatile mercury into a volatile form of mercury, which can be subsequently removed by any of stripping, scrubbing, adsorption, and combinations thereof. In one embodiment, at least 50% of the mercury is removed. In another embodiment, the removal rate is at least 99%. In one embodiment, the reducing agent is selected from sulfur compounds containing at least one sulfur atom having an oxidation state less than +6; ferrous compounds; stannous compounds; oxalates; cuprous compounds; organic acids which decompose to form COand/or Hupon heating; hydroxylamine compounds; hydrazine compounds; sodium borohydride; diisobutylaluminium hydride; thiourea; transition metal halides; and mixtures thereof.

Process, method, and system for removing heavy metals from fluids

Methods for accurately and conveniently calculating the temperature of gaseous hydrogen during vehicle fueling are disclosed. The metered amount of hydrogen added to the on-board storage tank, the ambient conditions, The pressure measured at the dispenser, and a correlation to account for heat transfer are the inputs to the methods of the present invention. These inputs eliminate the need for obtaining temperature and pressure information from the vehicle which is out of the control of the dispenser and/or energy provider. In addition, the use of the equation of the present invention does not require the fill rate to be limited and the corresponding fill time to be extended.

Method for calculating hydrogen temperature during vehicle fueling

The present invention is directed to a process which uses the methanol synthesis gas from steam reforming in a first methanol plant and effectively integrates a second methanol plant which uses as the methanol synthesis gas (a) the purge gas from the first methanol plant and (b) the clean syn-gas produced by partial oxidation.

Methanol from coal and natural gas

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Jerry Max Rovner