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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce R. Cook, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Paul J. Berlowitz, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);
Bernard G. Silbernagel, Annandale, NJ (US);
Debra A. Sysyn, Old Bridge, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/08 ; C07C 5/27 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/08 ; C07C 5/27 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a process for producing a distillate fuel heavier than gasoline. The process is a Fischer-Tropsch (hydrocarbon synthesis) process that includes using,C NMR to measure cetane number and a cold flow property in order to optimize the process. Cold flow properties include cold filter plugging point, cloud point and pour point.