Patents Assigned to Catalyst Technology, Inc.
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Patent number: 8946117Abstract: There is presented a catalyst support that has a substantially spherical body, penetrated with a plurality of tunnels extending from a first end on a surface location of the catalyst body to another end on another surface location of the body. The support is made of alumina or like composition. The catalyst body has a total surface that includes the outer surface and surfaces within the tunnels. This total surface is adapted to receive catalyst composition. The catalyst support is adapted to being packed in a reactor and provides lower packed bed pressure drop.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Unicat Catalyst Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Mani Erfan
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Publication number: 20140274679Abstract: There is presented a catalyst support that has a substantially spherical body, penetrated with a plurality of tunnels extending from a first end on a surface location of the catalyst body to another end on another surface location of the body. The support is made of alumina or like composition. The catalyst body has a total surface that includes the outer surface and surfaces within the tunnels. This total surface is adapted to receive catalyst composition. The catalyst support is adapted to being packed in a reactor and provides lower packed bed pressure drop.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: UNICAT CATALYST TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Mani Erfan
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Patent number: 8318630Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst which can sufficiently remove nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas. The catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides to achieve an object of the present invention includes a monolithic support which is coated with a lower layer containing a catalytic component A comprising cerium oxide and an upper layer containing a catalytic component B comprising at least one kind of metal selected from a group consisting of copper, manganese, iron, cobalt and nickel or a compound thereof, and zeolite.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2008Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignees: ICT Co., Ltd., International Catalyst Technology, Inc.Inventors: Takuji Nakane, Naohiro Kato, Akihisa Okumura
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Patent number: 8263009Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst which is disposed in an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine, includes: a substrate; and a catalyst layer, supported in the substrate and including: noble metals including platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd); a heat-resistant inorganic oxide; and a NOx trapping material. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst adsorbs NOx in an exhaust gas when an exhaust air-fuel ratio is in a lean state and desorbs and reduces the adsorbed NOx when the exhaust air-fuel ratio is in a stoichiometric state or a rich state. (Pt/Pd) which is a ratio of amount of the platinum (Pt) to amount of the palladium (Pd) is 0.7 or more and less than 1.0.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, International Catalyst Technology, Inc.Inventors: Kinichi Iwachido, Takayuki Onodera, Masanori Ide, Hiroaki Ohhara, Mariko Ono, Akihisa Okumura, Masao Hori
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Publication number: 20120027654Abstract: PROBLEM The present invention is directed to provide a catalyst for purifying exhaust gas capable of maintaining a superior catalytic performance even when the catalyst is exposed to an exhaust gas at a high temperature of 800° C. or higher. SOLUTION The catalyst for purifying exhaust gas of the present invention comprises a catalytically active component containing a noble metal and a promoter containing an oxygen storage material both being supported on a carrier. The oxygen storage material comprises cerium, zirconium, and iron, and content of iron in the oxygen storage material is 0.01% by mass or more and less than 0.70% by mass (Fe2O3 conversion) relative to the total mass of the oxygen storage material. And the oxygen storage material is (a) a complex oxide or a solid solution of iron and a metal comprising cerium and zirconium; or (b) an iron is supported on a complex oxide or a solid solution of a metal comprising cerium and zirconium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicants: International Catalyst Technology, Inc., ICT Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kosuke Mikita, Takahiro Ikegami, Masanori Ikeda, Hideki Goto
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Patent number: 8034311Abstract: An oxidation catalyst that efficiently promotes oxidation of NO to NO2 even in a low temperature range, and an exhaust-gas purification system and method that efficiently removes exhaust-gas components even in a low temperature range are provided. This invention provides an oxidation catalyst comprising platinum and palladium as catalytically active components, which promotes oxidation of nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide, wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises 1 to 55 parts by weight of the palladium relative to 100 parts by weight of the platinum.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignees: ICT Co., Ltd., International Catalyst Technology, Inc.Inventors: Masanori Ikeda, Naohiro Kato
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Publication number: 20110200506Abstract: A catalyst for the purification of exhaust gas that can be used to highly efficiently treat an exhaust gas which has moisture and fluctuates between an oxidizing atmosphere and a reducing atmosphere even after the catalyst is exposed to a high temperature is provided. The present invention relates to a catalyst for the purification of exhaust gas having a catalyst layer of catalyst components comprising a noble metal, magnesium oxide, and a refractory inorganic oxide formed on a three-dimensional structure, wherein the catalyst layer has two peaks originated from the magnesium oxide in a pore distribution obtained by mercury intrusion technique.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2009Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: International Catalyst Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mariko Ono, Akihisa Okumura
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Patent number: 7981834Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve hydrocarbon adsorbing property when zeolite is used as an adsorbent for hydrocarbons. The present invention provides an adsorbent for hydrocarbons characterized by comprising A Type of ?-zeolite having a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio (molar ratio) in a range of 10 or more and less than 200 and B Type of ?-zeolite having a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio (molar ratio) in a range from 200 to 1,000, and a catalyst for exhaust gas purification containing said adsorbent for hydrocarbons.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2007Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignees: ICT Co., Ltd., International Catalyst Technology, Inc.Inventors: Hideki Goto, Akihisa Okumura
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Patent number: 7923407Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst for the exhaust gas purification having excellent ignition performance and NOx purification performance. The present invention provides a catalyst for the exhaust gas purification which comprises a catalytically active component (I) having palladium and barium supported on a refractory inorganic oxide (A); and a catalytically active component (II) having at least either of rhodium and platinum on a refractory inorganic oxide (B), a method for the production thereof, and a method for purifying an exhaust gas using such a catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2007Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignees: ICT Co., Ltd., International Catalyst Technology, Inc.Inventor: Hideki Goto
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Publication number: 20110027155Abstract: An Object of the patent is to remove highly reducing hydrocarbon exhausted during acceleration period, and to remove efficiently hydrocarbon even after contacting with highly reducing hydrocarbon. By using a catalyst having a higher proportion of palladium having surface charge of 2-valence or 4-valence supported than that of 0-valence by supporting palladium together with magnesium oxide, hydrocarbon exhausted from an internal combustion engine especially during acceleration period can be efficiently removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicants: ICT Co., Ltd., International Catalyst Technology, Inc.Inventors: Masanori Ikeda, Hideki Goto, Kosuke Mikita
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Publication number: 20100260652Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst which can sufficiently remove nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas. The catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides to achieve an object of the present invention includes a monolithic support which is coated with a lower layer containing a catalytic component A comprising cerium oxide and an upper layer containing a catalytic component B comprising at least one kind of metal selected from a group consisting of copper, manganese, iron, cobalt and nickel or a compound thereof, and zeolite.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicants: ICT Co., Ltd., International Catalyst Technology, Inc.Inventors: Takuji Nakane, Naohiro Kato, Akihisa Okumura
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Patent number: 7763560Abstract: A catalyst which purges a diesel engine exhaust gas of HC, CO, and SOF and reduces the emission of particulates as well and a method for the production thereof are provided. The catalyst for purifying a diesel engine exhaust gas has deposited on a refractory three-dimensional structure a catalyst component comprising silica-alumina supporting at least one noble metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, and rhodium and zeolite. This catalyst is produced by adding a noble metal component into a slurry of silica-alumina thereby inducing chemical adsorption, then adding zeolite to the resultant mixture thereby obtaining a mixed slurry of a noble metal-supporting silica-alumina and zeolite, dipping a refractory three-dimensional structure in the slurry thereby inducing deposition of the catalyst component, and subsequently calcining the resultant composite.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2004Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignees: ICT Co., Ltd, International Catalyst Technology, Inc.Inventors: Makoto Horiuchi, Masao Hori, Tatsuya Yoshikawa, Atsushi Fukumoto, Takuji Nakane
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Patent number: 7740817Abstract: A catalyst which efficiently removes particulate matter, SOF, sulfate, and SOOT and the like from the exhaust gas from such an internal combustion engine as a diesel engine without inducing a rise in the back pressure of the engine is provided. The catalyst for the purification of the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine is formed by using an open flow honeycomb containing in the channel walls thereof such pores as possess an average diameter in the range of 10-40 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2003Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignees: ICT Co., Ltd., International Catalyst Technology, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Matsumoto, Takao Kobayashi, Takuji Nakane, Takahiro Uno, Makoto Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20100150800Abstract: An oxidation catalyst that efficiently promotes oxidation of NO to NO2 even in a low temperature range, and an exhaust-gas purification system and method that efficiently removes exhaust-gas components even in a low temperature range are provided. This invention provides an oxidation catalyst comprising platinum and palladium as catalytically active components, which promotes oxidation of nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide, wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises 1 to 55 parts by weight of the palladium relative to 100 parts by weight of the platinum.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2010Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicants: ICT CO., LTD., INTERNATIONAL CATALYST TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Masanori Ikeda, Naohiro Kato
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Patent number: 7704473Abstract: A purification method excellent in removing particulates or the like from exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, in particular, a diesel engine or the like. The purification method uses an exhaust gas purification apparatus including an oxidation zone installed with an oxidation catalyst supporting both platinum and palladium, and a filtering zone installed with a particulate filter, along exhaust gas flow at the exhaust gas passage of an internal combustion engine. Hydrocarbon-based liquid is supplied to the inflow side of the exhaust gas of the oxidation zone at the time when 2 to 10 g of particulates per 1 liter of the particulate filter are caught, to raise temperature of the exhaust gas up to equal to or higher than 550° C. by the oxidation catalyst so as to make the residue of the particulate filter combusted.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2005Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignees: ICT Co., Ltd., International Catalyst Technology, Inc.Inventors: Masanori Ikeda, Atsushi Fukumoto
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Publication number: 20090107122Abstract: Temperature range enabling combustion of high concentration hydrocarbon is enlarged, or high temperature gas is rapidly supplied to a latter part catalyst. Provided is a method for purification of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, by using a catalyst for increasing temperature of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, wherein hydrocarbon from 1,000 to 40,000 ppm by volume, as converted to methane, to the exhaust gas, is introduced at the upstream side of the catalyst for increasing temperature, along flow of the exhaust gas inside a passage of exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicants: ICT CO., LTD, INTERNATIONAL CATALYST TECHNOLOGY, INCInventors: Masanori Ikeda, Naohiro Kato
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Patent number: 7396793Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst contains copper oxide, ZSM-5 and/or zeolite ?, and an oxide of magnesium and/or calcium is further added thereto. A process for purifying an exhaust gas using such a catalyst is also included. By using the catalyst, NOx in an exhaust gas containing much oxygen such as exhaust gas of diesel engines can be efficiently removed and oxidation of SO2 under high-temperature conditions can be suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2003Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignees: ICT Co., Ltd., International Catalyst Technology Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Matsumoto, Takao Kobayashi, Takuji Nakane, Takahiro Uno, Makoto Horiuchi
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Patent number: 7393804Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst has a catalytic component including copper, ZSM-5, and ? zeolite. This exhaust gas purifying catalyst reduces nitrogen oxides even from low temperature range and exhibits durability even under a thermal load of high temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2003Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignees: ICT Co., Ltd., International Catalyst Technology Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Matsumoto, Takao Kobayashi, Takuji Nakane, Takahiro Uno, Makoto Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20080124264Abstract: An oxidation catalyst that efficiently promotes oxidation of NO to NO2 even in a low temperature range, and an exhaust-gas purification system and method that efficiently removes exhaust-gas components even in a low temperature range are provided. This invention provides an oxidation catalyst comprising platinum and palladium as catalytically active components, which promotes oxidation of nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide, wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises 1 to 55% by weight of the palladium relative to 100% by weight of the platinum.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicants: ICT CO., LTD., INTERNATIONAL CATALYST TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Masanori Ikeda, Naohiro KATO
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Patent number: D867520Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: UNICAT CATALYST TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Mani Erfan