Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Patent Analysis: Wouldn’t it be great if …
“The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.” Mark Twain (American Humorist, Writer and Lecturer. 1835-1910)
Patent analysis is extremely labor intensive. Wouldn't it be great if you could automate the process?
Scientists pursuing AI-Artificial Intelligence are advancing toward that goal. However, we are a long way from achieving it. Read the following article, available for free full text download at http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/16389, to see how close, and how far, we are from automatic patent analysis.
TIP: For aspiring patent searchers, the article offers an excellent overview of the process.
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Journal of Intellectual Property Rights, Vol. 18, March 2013, pp 158-167
The Patent-Classification Technology/Function Matrix-A Systematic Method for Design Around
Tien-Yuan Cheng, Legal/IP Department Electronics Inc., Taiwan
Ming-Tzong Wanhg, Institute of Industrial Engineering, National Taiwan University
Abstract
The technology/function matrix is a type of patent map. A technology/function matrix can reveal through the implemented functions whether a particular technology faces a high level or low level of risk and the extent of patenting in different technologies. By analyzing the technology/function matrix, one can identify substitute technologies to implement the main function in avoiding patent infringement. However, a technology/function matrix is very difficult to create, because the patents need to be read, analyzed and structured into the elements of technology/function numbering over hundreds or thousands. In this research, the authors propose a method to create a technology/function matrix needed to execute a patent search without reading or analyzing patents. Through the proposed method anyone can creat a technology/function matrix in a short time without the help of an expert irrespective of the number of patents involved. The technology/function matrix can then be used to design around a particular technology easily, quickly, and effectively.
Excerpt from the Introduction
TRIZ is a systematic innovation and problem solving method, which is based on analysis of millions of patents. TRIZ uses several powerful tools such as contradiction matrix, function analysis, and trimming to solve creative problems. The basic TRIZ problem solving process consists of four steps. First, the problem is identified; second, the specific problem is converted to a generic problem; third, a TRIZ tool like the contradiction matrix is used to find the generic solution; and finally, the generic solution converted to a specific solution for the specific problem.
The contradiction matrix is a two dimension matrix built by putting 39 technical parameters in its columns and rows. Every matrix element is an engineering problem occurring due to the contradiction between one technical parameter in a column and another paramter in a row. Most of these matrix elements have at least one standard solution of 40 inventive principles. Using the inventive principles one can solve any engineering problem.
Function analysis is through analyzing all components and the interactions of a systtem to know the negative, ineffective and excessive interactions, in turn expresses as subject-action object. Through function analysis the problem of a product or system can be identified and solved.
Trimming is a method which cuts down the components of a system or product but provides functions not less or more than before. In this method prior to trimming, all components of a product system and their interactions are drafted like in the case of function analysis. Then the harmful components including those that provide no useful information are cut off. The remaining components are used to provide the functions which were provided by the components that were cut down.
source: http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/16389
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
ACS ChemWorx: Another Reference Manager
“A good manager is best when people barely
know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when
they despise him.” -- Lao Tzu (Chinese taoist Philosopher, founder of
Taoism, wrote "Tao Te Ching" (also "The Book of the Way").
600 BC-531 BC)
If you’ve ever been frustrated by the time consuming task of keeping track of the sources you reference in your research, consider signing up with ACS ChemWorx (https://hp.acschemworx.acs.org/ ). ACS Chemworx is a collaborative reference manager coupled with timesaving tools and services for authors. Registration is free, even for non-ACS members.
TIP: There are a number of reference managers available, not the least of which is Zotero (https://www.zotero.org/). Before deciding which one to use, Google®. For example, Googling ACS CHEMWORX ZOTERO results in the following informative article …
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PIM Blog: Personal Information Management for Researchers
ACS ChemWorx: A New Research Management Tool
http://uofmpim.blogspot.com/
By Megan Kocher on April 15, 2013 1:23 PM |
Megan Kocher is a science librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries
I spent part of my morning today fiddling around with ChemWorx, a new tool from the American Chemical Society. Here is what ChemWorx purports to do, per their email press release:
ACS ChemWorx enables researchers to:
•Organize their research for online publication
•Quickly create online profiles with comprehensive messaging and social communication features
•Organize workgroups and maintain private discussion areas
•Import, manage and share their research libraries
•Obtain free access to the ACS Style Guide Online
My initial impression was that this tool is similar to Mendeley. It has an online interface as well as desktop and mobile applications. It allows researchers to connect with each other through their profiles as well as organize and cite their research. I haven't tried out the MS Word plugin for citations yet, although it does exist (as well as Open Office and LaTeX), or the mobile versions. Here are some of my initial impressions from the desktop & web clients:
The Good
•When I opened the desktop client, I was easily able to import my entire Mendeley Library. I also was able to select articles of my own from a Google Scholar search. Both were super easy to do, and ChemWorx kept my file organization structure from Mendeley.
•ChemWorx is completely free. There is no tiered pricing structure. What you get in terms of storage space is 5000 publications or 3072 MB.
•ChemWorx has some neat interfaces for looking at your research/publications. You can use it to look at analytics based on author, journal, publication type, and publisher for your entire collection or for specific folders.
•ChemWorx has a PDF viewer that can be used to highlight and annotate PDFs
•Drag & drop capability for adding PDFs.
•Users can create shared groups or shared collections, and there doesn't seem to be a limit on the number of either.
•There are quite a few citation styles available (mostly in the sciences, of course, but big ones like MLA & APA are also there.)
•ChemWorx links out to a lot of search interfaces for finding articles. From within the desktop client, you can search PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ACS, Google Scholar, IEEE Xplore, and a whole lot more. These are not, however, connected to institutional accounts, so getting the full text still requires going through the library website.
•Adding metadata for articles works similarly to Mendeley. Like Mendeley, ChemWorx attempts to mine metadata from PDFs. When this doesn't work, you can enter a doi, pmid, or arXivID to try to find it. It did seem like there were some bugs with this, but only sometimes.
The Not-So-Good or Just Plain Confusing
•The biggest problem I had was that the Help for ChemWorx has very little content. I was mostly left to my own devices to figure things out, and for some things that never happened.
•The storage space limitations are not as robust as some might need.
•I wasn't able to actually add documents to my groups or collections. I also could not figure out how to add someone to a shared collection (and of course, there was nothing about this in the Help.)
•Once I added all of my Mendeley articles to the desktop interface, I was unable to view my library in the online version even though I synced.
•Some of the desktop features actually go to a web interface, so that's a little confusing. I'm not sure if or how they would work offline.
•In the online interface I can see some functionality for creating tasks and events and sharing those with others. I cannot figure out where those are in the web version. Also, my tasks aren't even displaying in the online version.
•Messages posted to groups seem to only appear in the online version.
Overall impression
I think ChemWorx needs some more time. Most of the issues I found with it were due to bugginess and lack of documentation -- both of which I hope will improve with some time. It's not something I would be ready to recommend to users yet. That said, I will keep an eye on it because I think it's a good start and could be a nice alternative to Mendeley, particularly for users who want to have multiple groups and not pay extra for them.
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Another TIP: Add www.desulf.blogspot.com as a feed to your Web site. Whatever your area of expertise, the Desulf Blog will help you be more effective in your online research.
If you’ve ever been frustrated by the time consuming task of keeping track of the sources you reference in your research, consider signing up with ACS ChemWorx (https://hp.acschemworx.acs.org/ ). ACS Chemworx is a collaborative reference manager coupled with timesaving tools and services for authors. Registration is free, even for non-ACS members.
TIP: There are a number of reference managers available, not the least of which is Zotero (https://www.zotero.org/). Before deciding which one to use, Google®. For example, Googling ACS CHEMWORX ZOTERO results in the following informative article …
///////
PIM Blog: Personal Information Management for Researchers
ACS ChemWorx: A New Research Management Tool
http://uofmpim.blogspot.com/
By Megan Kocher on April 15, 2013 1:23 PM |
Megan Kocher is a science librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries
I spent part of my morning today fiddling around with ChemWorx, a new tool from the American Chemical Society. Here is what ChemWorx purports to do, per their email press release:
ACS ChemWorx enables researchers to:
•Organize their research for online publication
•Quickly create online profiles with comprehensive messaging and social communication features
•Organize workgroups and maintain private discussion areas
•Import, manage and share their research libraries
•Obtain free access to the ACS Style Guide Online
My initial impression was that this tool is similar to Mendeley. It has an online interface as well as desktop and mobile applications. It allows researchers to connect with each other through their profiles as well as organize and cite their research. I haven't tried out the MS Word plugin for citations yet, although it does exist (as well as Open Office and LaTeX), or the mobile versions. Here are some of my initial impressions from the desktop & web clients:
The Good
•When I opened the desktop client, I was easily able to import my entire Mendeley Library. I also was able to select articles of my own from a Google Scholar search. Both were super easy to do, and ChemWorx kept my file organization structure from Mendeley.
•ChemWorx is completely free. There is no tiered pricing structure. What you get in terms of storage space is 5000 publications or 3072 MB.
•ChemWorx has some neat interfaces for looking at your research/publications. You can use it to look at analytics based on author, journal, publication type, and publisher for your entire collection or for specific folders.
•ChemWorx has a PDF viewer that can be used to highlight and annotate PDFs
•Drag & drop capability for adding PDFs.
•Users can create shared groups or shared collections, and there doesn't seem to be a limit on the number of either.
•There are quite a few citation styles available (mostly in the sciences, of course, but big ones like MLA & APA are also there.)
•ChemWorx links out to a lot of search interfaces for finding articles. From within the desktop client, you can search PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ACS, Google Scholar, IEEE Xplore, and a whole lot more. These are not, however, connected to institutional accounts, so getting the full text still requires going through the library website.
•Adding metadata for articles works similarly to Mendeley. Like Mendeley, ChemWorx attempts to mine metadata from PDFs. When this doesn't work, you can enter a doi, pmid, or arXivID to try to find it. It did seem like there were some bugs with this, but only sometimes.
The Not-So-Good or Just Plain Confusing
•The biggest problem I had was that the Help for ChemWorx has very little content. I was mostly left to my own devices to figure things out, and for some things that never happened.
•The storage space limitations are not as robust as some might need.
•I wasn't able to actually add documents to my groups or collections. I also could not figure out how to add someone to a shared collection (and of course, there was nothing about this in the Help.)
•Once I added all of my Mendeley articles to the desktop interface, I was unable to view my library in the online version even though I synced.
•Some of the desktop features actually go to a web interface, so that's a little confusing. I'm not sure if or how they would work offline.
•In the online interface I can see some functionality for creating tasks and events and sharing those with others. I cannot figure out where those are in the web version. Also, my tasks aren't even displaying in the online version.
•Messages posted to groups seem to only appear in the online version.
Overall impression
I think ChemWorx needs some more time. Most of the issues I found with it were due to bugginess and lack of documentation -- both of which I hope will improve with some time. It's not something I would be ready to recommend to users yet. That said, I will keep an eye on it because I think it's a good start and could be a nice alternative to Mendeley, particularly for users who want to have multiple groups and not pay extra for them.
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Another TIP: Add www.desulf.blogspot.com as a feed to your Web site. Whatever your area of expertise, the Desulf Blog will help you be more effective in your online research.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Conference Alert: Saudi China Oil Refinery Forum
“There is always
a heavy demand for fresh
mediocrity.” -- Paul Gauguin (French painter, printmaker, and sculptor,
1848-1903)
Here is a conference you’ve probably never heard of. I hadn’t, until, searching for recent technical articles on catalysis in the petroleum industry, I stumbled across a paper delivered at the 2nd Saudi China Oil Refinery Forum 2014 Oct 6-8 Qingdao, China (http://scorf2014.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65578).
TIP #1: When you stumble on a conference of interest, bookmark it immediately, lest you lose track of it.
TIP #2: Bookmark it to Delicious (www.delicious.com). Delicious provides a Comments field that enables you to describe why you value this particular site. This can be very helpful two years from now, when you have forgotten why it is important to you.
Here is information gleaned from Web sites for the 2nd and 1st Saudi-China Oil Refinery Forums …
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Saudi China Oil Refinery Forum 2014 Oct 6-8 Qingdao, China
On behalf of China University of Petroleum (East China), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia), the State Key Laboratory of Heavy oil Processing and the 2nd SCORF 2014 Organizing Committee, it is our privilege to invite you to the SCORF 2014, October 5-7, 2014, in Qingdao, Shandong, China! We are honored to host this event, as the continuation of first session of this forum in Riyadh, Saudi, 2013, and looking forward to welcoming our friends and colleagues from all around the world.
The theme of SCORF 2014 focus on the latest developments in refinery technologies, including innovative catalysts and sulfur management in refinery processes, FCC process, upgrading of crude oil and heavy residues, integrations of refining and petrochemical processes and hydroprocessing of crude oil fractions. Our forum activities should reflect these elements.
source: http://scorf2014.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65540
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The 1st Saudi-Chinese Oil Refinery Forum 2013
KACST Headquarters, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Forum organizer: KACST - King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
source: http://www.scorf.org/2013/En/indexen.asp#
Presentations at the 2013 event included …
Here is a conference you’ve probably never heard of. I hadn’t, until, searching for recent technical articles on catalysis in the petroleum industry, I stumbled across a paper delivered at the 2nd Saudi China Oil Refinery Forum 2014 Oct 6-8 Qingdao, China (http://scorf2014.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65578).
TIP #1: When you stumble on a conference of interest, bookmark it immediately, lest you lose track of it.
TIP #2: Bookmark it to Delicious (www.delicious.com). Delicious provides a Comments field that enables you to describe why you value this particular site. This can be very helpful two years from now, when you have forgotten why it is important to you.
Here is information gleaned from Web sites for the 2nd and 1st Saudi-China Oil Refinery Forums …
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Saudi China Oil Refinery Forum 2014 Oct 6-8 Qingdao, China
On behalf of China University of Petroleum (East China), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia), the State Key Laboratory of Heavy oil Processing and the 2nd SCORF 2014 Organizing Committee, it is our privilege to invite you to the SCORF 2014, October 5-7, 2014, in Qingdao, Shandong, China! We are honored to host this event, as the continuation of first session of this forum in Riyadh, Saudi, 2013, and looking forward to welcoming our friends and colleagues from all around the world.
The theme of SCORF 2014 focus on the latest developments in refinery technologies, including innovative catalysts and sulfur management in refinery processes, FCC process, upgrading of crude oil and heavy residues, integrations of refining and petrochemical processes and hydroprocessing of crude oil fractions. Our forum activities should reflect these elements.
source: http://scorf2014.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65540
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The 1st Saudi-Chinese Oil Refinery Forum 2013
KACST Headquarters, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Forum organizer: KACST - King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
source: http://www.scorf.org/2013/En/indexen.asp#
Presentations at the 2013 event included …
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Evolution
of Refining Technology
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Mr. Omar S. Bazuhair
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Executive Director,
Saudi Aramco - KSA
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Refinery
Technologies, Challenges and Opportunities.
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Prof. Yan Zifeng
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Director of
International Office, China University of Petroleum, Beijing- China
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New
Trends in Petroleum Refining
|
Dr. Hisham Saeed
Bamufleh
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Associate Professor,
Faculty of Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, King
Abdulaziz University - KSA
|
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Understanding
of Heavy Petroleums on a Molecular Level
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Dr. Shi Quan
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Associate Professor,
China University of Petroleum, Beijing - China
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New
Challenges in Catalysis: Zero-Sulfur Diesel
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Dr. Bandar H. Al
Solami
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Science Specialist
Saudi Aramco - KSA
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Study
and Application of Process Simulation Technology on Delayed Coking Furnace
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Prof. Xiao Jiazhi
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Professor, China
University of Petroleum, Beijing- China
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Innovative
Catalysts in Refinery Processes.
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Dr. Rashid Altamimi
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Assistant Director for
Scientific Affairs, Petrochemicals Research Institute, KACST - KSA
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Catalytic
Reforming Catalyst of Supported Ni2P.
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Prof. Chenguang Liu
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Professor, China
University of Petroleum, Beijing- China
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Novel
Bifunctional Catalyst Based on Zeolite for Simultaneous Catalytic Cracking
and Hydrodesulphurization of Heavy Oil Fractions
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Dr. Mohammad Alkinany
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Expert, KACST - KSA
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Research
on Adsorbent/Catalyst of Reactive Adsorption Desulfurization for FCC Gasoline
Upgrading.
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Mr. Jinchong Zhao
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PhD Candidate, China
University of Petroleum, Beijing- China
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Sulfur
Management in Refinery.
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Dr. Jamal N. Al-Saeedi
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Assistant Professor,
College of Technological Studies (CTS), Public Authority of Applied Education
and Training (PAAET)- Kuwait
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Study
on the Catalysts of Sulfur Containing Odor Pollution Treatment
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Dr. Fang Liu
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Associate Professor,
China University of Petroleum, Beijing- China
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Study
of Presulfided MoNi/γ-Al2O3 Hydrotreating Catalyst for Ultra Low Sulfur
Diesel
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Dr. Yongming Chai
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Associate Professor,
China University of Petroleum, Beijing- China
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Advances
in Sulfur Management in Refineries
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Dr. Tiancun Xio
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Senior Research
Fellow., University of Oxford - UK
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FCC
Process and Development.
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Dr. Hamid Al-Megren
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Director of
Petrochemicals Research Institute, KACST - KSA
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Additives
for in Situ Reduction of Sulfur in Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Gasoline
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Mr. Rui Feng
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Ph.D student, China
University of Petroleum, Beijing- China
|
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HS-FCC
Technology for Max Propylene
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Eng. Rengamannar
Partha
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Engineering
Specialist, Process & Control Systems Department, Saudi Aramco – KSA
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An
Integrated Methodology for the Modeling of FCC Riser Reactor.
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Mr. Yupeng Du
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Ph.D. Student, State
Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, PRC, China
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Hydroprocessing
of Crude Oil Fractions.
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Dr. Faisal Alotaibi
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Assistant Research
Professor, KACST - KSA
|
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Comparison
Between Deactivation Pattern of Catalysts in Fixed Bed and Ebullating Bed
Residue Hydroprocessing Units
|
Mrs. Khalidah M.
Al-Dalama
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Division Director of
Operation for Petroleum Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific
Research - Kuwait
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Ultra
Deep Hydrodesulfurization of Gas Oils on Highly Active Unsupported Catalysts
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Dr. Changlong Yin
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Associate Professor,
China University of Petroleum-Beijing - China
|
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Development
of Hydrotreating Catalysts with Improved Performance
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Dr. Syed Ahmed Ali
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Research Engineer,
Center for Refining and Petrochemicals, KFUPM - KSA
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Integrations
of Refining and Petrochemical Processes.
|
Dr. Raja Alotaibi
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Assistant Research
Professor, KACST - KSA
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The
Catalytic Stability of some Selected Bifunctional Nanoporous-based Catalysts
in the Hydroisomerisation of n-C7 and the Effect of post-Synthesis
Modification Techniques
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Dr. Faisal Alotaibi
|
Assistant Research
Professor, KACST - KSA
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Design
and Construction of the Molecular Highway in the Active Component ofHeavy Oil
Refining Catalyst
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Prof. Shen Baojian
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Professor, China
University of Petroleum-Beijing - China
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Selective
Oxidation of Light Paraffins: The State of the Art.
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Dr.Jamal N. Al-Saeedi
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Assistant Professor,
College of Technological Studies(CTS), Public Authority of Applied Education
and Training (PAAET)- Kuwait
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Catalytic
Craking Performance of High Nitrogen-content Feedstocks.
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Dr. Xiaobo Chen
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Lecturer, China
University of Petroleum, Beijing - China
|
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Supercritical
Water Technology for Heavy Oil Upgrading
|
Dr. Ali Al-Shareef
|
Engineer & Lab
Scientist, Research & Development Center, Saudi Aramco - KSA
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The
Development of Heavy Oil Deep Catalytic Cracking for Increasing Light Olefin.
|
Prof. Yang Chaohe
|
Professor, State Key
Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing (SKL), China University of Petroleum,
Beijing - China
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FCC Upgrading of Crude
Oil and Heavy Residues.
|
Dr. Hisham Bamufleh
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Associate Professor,
Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King
Abdulaziz University, KSA
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The first two events (2013 and 2014) probably will repeat in 2015, probably in October. Which leads to …
TIP #3: Search the Web periodically for Saudi China Oil Refinery Forum to determine when the next one will occur.
Final TIP … visit www.JeanSteinhardtConsulting.com for other useful tips on online technical research.
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