C10G 15/12
Cracking of hydrocarbon oils by electric means, electromagnetic or mechanical vibrations, by
Official title: with gases superheated in an electric arc, e.g. plasma
C10G15/12 (Cracking of hydrocarbon oils by electric means, electromagnetic or mechanical vibrations, by) appears on 28 US grants and 23 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C10G- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 23
- Assignees
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- Inventors
- 56
- Latest grant
- 1 Jul 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Process for partial upgrading of heavy oil1 Jul 2025US 12,344,802 B2Lteoil LLC
- Foaming system for efficient plasma processing of heavy hydrocarbon18 Feb 2025US 12,227,703 B2The Texas A&M University System
- Process for partial upgrading of heavy oil16 Jul 2024US 12,037,549 B2Lteoil LLC
- Process for partial upgrading of heavy oil1 Aug 2023US 11,713,421 B2The Texas A&M University System
- Hydrogen co-firing with carbon pre-capture for higher carbon ratio fossil fuels29 Sep 2020US 10,787,362 B2
- Conductive liquid hydrocarbon gas plasma for material and chemical synthesis and transformation7 Aug 2025US 2025/0249425 A1The Texas A&M University System
- Foaming system for efficient plasma processing of heavy hydrocarbon5 Jun 2025US 2025/0179377 A1The Texas A&M University System
- Process for partial upgrading of heavy oil7 Nov 2024US 2024/0368481 A1The Texas A&M University System
- Apparatus for depolymerizing hydrocarbon-based material29 Aug 2024US 2024/0286106 A1Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
- Process for partial upgrading of heavy oil26 Oct 2023US 2023/0340337 A1The Texas A&M University System
Most cited
By later US patents
- Low power density microwave discharge plasma excitation energy induced chemical reactions49US 5,015,349 AUniversity of Connecticut · 1991
- Upgrading of low value hydrocarbons using a hydrogen donor and microwave radiation35US 5,328,577 AExxon Research & Engineering Co. · 1994
- Method for processing hydrocarbon fuels using microwave energy35US 9,095,835 B2H Quest Partners, LP · 2015
- Electric arc conversion process28US 4,566,961 AThe British Petroleum Company p.l.c. · 1986
- Process and apparatus for the manufacture of a gas mixture containing acetylene, ethylene, methane and hydrogen, by thermal cracking of liquid hydrocarbons25US 3,992,277 ABASF SE · 1976