Patents Examined by Elizabeth Wood
  • Patent number: 9815048
    Abstract: A heterogeneous catalyst article having at least one combination of a first molecular sieve having a medium pore, large pore, or meso-pore crystal structure and optionally containing a first metal, and a second molecular sieve having a small pore crystal structure and optionally containing a second metal, and a monolith substrate onto or within which said catalytic component is incorporated, wherein the combination of the first and second molecular sieves is a blend, a plurality of layers, and/or a plurality of zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Alexander Nicholas Michael Green, Joanne Elizabeth Melville, Paul Richard Phillips, Stuart David Reid
  • Patent number: 9815750
    Abstract: A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, used for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, the molar ratio between silicon and aluminum (Si/Al ratio) in the crystalline aluminosilicate is not more than 100, the molar ratio between the phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate and the aluminum of the crystalline aluminosilicate (P/Al ratio) is not less than 0.01 and not more than 1.0, and the amount of gallium and/or zinc is not more than 1.2% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Masahide Kobayashi, Yuko Aoki, Kazuaki Hayasaka
  • Patent number: 9815047
    Abstract: The catalyst for producing aromatic hydrocarbon is for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 8 carbon number from oil feedstock having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of 140° C. or higher and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of 380° C. or lower and contains crystalline aluminosilicate and phosphorus. A molar ratio (P/Al ratio) between phosphorus contained in the crystalline aluminosilicate and aluminum of the crystalline aluminosilicate is from 0.1 to 1.0. The production method of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is a method of bringing oil feedstock having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of 140° C. or higher and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of 380° C. or lower into contact with the catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Masahide Kobayashi, Yasuyuki Iwasa, Ryoji Ida
  • Patent number: 9809507
    Abstract: A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, and the amount of phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate is within a range from 0.1 to 1.9% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate; and a method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the method involving bringing a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Masahide Kobayashi, Yuko Aoki, Kazuaki Hayasaka
  • Patent number: 9802182
    Abstract: Described are catalyst materials and catalytic articles comprising a metal exchanged SAPO material comprising a plurality of substitutional sites consisting essentially of Si(4Al) sites and substantially free of Si(0Al) sites. The materials and catalytic articles are useful in methods and systems to catalyze the reduction of nitrogen oxides in the presence of a reductant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Subramanian Prasad, Martin C. Wende, Jaya L. Mohanan
  • Patent number: 9790142
    Abstract: A catalyst can include a phosphorus modified zeolite having partly an ALPO structure. The ALPO structure can be determined by a signal between 35-45 ppm in 27Al MAS NMR spectrum. The zeolite can include at least one ten member ring in the structure thereof. The catalyst can also include a binder and one or more metal oxides. The catalyst can be used in processes in the presence of steam at high temperatures, such as temperatures that are above 300° C. and up to 800° C. The catalyst can be used in alcohol dehydration, olefin cracking, MTO processes, and alkylation of aromatic compounds with olefins and/or alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Nikolai Nesterenko, Delphine Minoux, Cindy Adam, Jean-Pierre Dath
  • Patent number: 9789476
    Abstract: A novel MFI zeolite that when used as a catalyst, can be used for a selective catalytic reaction for larger molecules and provides a method for producing the MFI zeolite. The MFI zeolite includes uniform mesopores having a pore distribution curve which a peak-width thereof at half height (hw) is at most 20 nm (hw?20 nm) and a center value (?) of a maximum peak is 10 nm or more and 20 nm or less (10 nm???20 nm), and having a pore volume (pv) of the uniform mesopores of at least 0.05 mL/g (0.05 mL/g?pv); the MFI zeolite has no peak in a range of 0.1° to 3° in powder X-ray diffraction measurement with a diffraction angle represented by 2?; and the MFI zeolite has an average particle diameter (PD) of at most 100 nm (PD?100 nm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Takamitsu, Satoshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9789475
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ultra-stable rare earth type Y molecular sieve and the preparation method thereof, which method is carried out by subjecting a NaY molecular sieve as the raw material to a rare earth exchange and a dispersing pre-exchange, then to an ultra-stabilization calcination treatment. The molecular sieve comprises 1 to 20% by weight of rare earth oxide, not more than 1.2% by weight of sodium oxide, has a crystallinity of 51 to 69%, and a lattice parameter of 2.451 nm to 2.469 nm. In contrast to the prior art, in the molecular sieve prepared by this method, rare earth ions are located in sodalite cages, which is demonstrated by the fact that no rare earth ion is lost during the reverse exchange process. Moreover, the molecular sieve prepared by such a method has a molecular particle size D(v,0.5) of not more than 3.0 ?m and a D(v,0.9) of not more than 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Petrochina Company Limited
    Inventors: Xionghou Gao, Haitao Zhang, Zhengguo Tan, Di Li, Dong Ji, Hongchang Duan, Chenxi Zhang
  • Patent number: 9782760
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of making activated EU-2 zeolite, including: pores having a diameter of 30 to 40 ? while maintaining the crystal structure of the EU-2 zeolite; and pores having a diameter of 40 to 200 ?, wherein the volume of the pores having a diameter of 30 to 40 ? is 0.01 to 0.06 cc/g, and the volume of the pores having a diameter of 40 to 200 ? is 0.07 to 0.4 cc/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD., SK LUBRICANTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon Kyung Lee, Seung Woo Lee, Jae Suk Choi, Tae Jin Kim, Do Woan Kim, Seon Ju Lim
  • Patent number: 9782761
    Abstract: A selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst includes a support layer. A copper-loaded chabazite (Cu/CHA) layer is supported on the support layer. A copper-loaded beta zeolite (Cu/beta) is supported on the Cu/CHA layer. The Cu/beta may be hydrothermally pre-aged prior to use of the SCR catalyst in a vehicle. The pre-aged Cu/beta is essentially free of phosphorous (P), calcium (Ca), zinc (Zn), sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), CaSO4, Ca19Zn2(PO4)14, CaZn2(PO4)2, ash, and/or soot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christine Kay Lambert, Justin Anthony Ura, Giovanni Cavataio
  • Patent number: 9731281
    Abstract: A catalyst for hydrocarbon catalytic cracking of the invention contains: a catalyst (a) containing faujasite-type zeolite (A) having a unit cell size in a range of 2.435 nm to 2.455 nm, a matrix component, and rare earths; and a catalyst (b) containing faujasite-type zeolite (B) having a unit cell size in a range of 2.445 nm to 2.462 nm, a matrix component, phosphorus, and magnesium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: JGC CATALYSTS AND CHEMICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Hayashi, Seiji Arakawa, Shingo Sakai
  • Patent number: 9694352
    Abstract: A catalyst composition includes a heterobimetallic zeolite characterized by a chabazite structure loaded with copper ions and at least one trivalent metal ion other than Al3+. The catalyst composition decreases NOx emissions in diesel exhaust and is suitable for operation in a catalytic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Chaitanya K. Narula, Xiaofan Yang
  • Patent number: 9687819
    Abstract: A catalyst system comprising a first catalytic composition comprising a homogeneous solid mixture containing at least one catalytic metal and at least one metal inorganic support. The pores of the solid mixture have an average diameter in a range of about 1 nanometer to about 15 nanometers. The catalytic metal comprises nanocrystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ming Yin, Larry Neil Lewis, Oltea Puica Siclovan, Dan Hancu, Benjamin Hale Winkler, Daniel George Norton, Ashish Balkrishna Mhadeshwar
  • Patent number: 9687827
    Abstract: A silicate-coated MFI-type zeolite is obtained by coating an MFI-type zeolite with a silicate, and a peak area ratio b/a of a peak b at 2?=8.4 to 9.7° to a peak a at 2?=7.0 to 8.4° in an X-ray diffraction spectrum is 1 or more, and a pKa value measured by a Hammett indicator is +3.3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eri Otaka, Yasuhiro Araki
  • Patent number: 9687828
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an activated EU-2 zeolite, including: pores having a diameter of 30 to 40 ? while maintaining the crystal structure of the EU-2 zeolite; and pores having a diameter of 40 to 200 ?, wherein the volume of the pores having a diameter of 30 to 40 ? is 0.01 to 0.06 cc/g, and the volume of the pores having a diameter of 40 to 200 ? is 0.07 to 0.4 cc/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd., SK Lubricants Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon Kyung Lee, Seung Woo Lee, Jae Suk Choi, Tae Jin Kim, Do Woan Kim, Seon Ju Lim
  • Patent number: 9682361
    Abstract: The invention relates to a X-zeolite based adsorbent granulate with faujasite structure and a molar SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of ?2.1-2.5, wherein the granulate has an average transport pore diameter of >300 nm and a negligible fraction of meso-pores and wherein the mechanical properties of the granulate are at least the same as or better than the properties of an X-zeolite based granulate formed using an inert binder and the equilibrium adsorption capacities for water, CO2 and nitrogen are identical to those of pure X-zeolite powder with a similar composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: CHEMIEWERK BAD KOSTRITZ GMBH
    Inventors: Alfons Brandt, Jens Schmeisser, Baldur Unger, Hartmut Tschritter, Uwe Henkel, Gojdár Bálint, Dietmar Gruhle, Georg Winterstein
  • Patent number: 9682366
    Abstract: FCC catalysts having improved attrition resistance are provided by mixing a cationic polyelectrolyte with either zeolite crystals or a zeolite-forming nutrient and/or a matrix material, prior to or during formation of a catalyst microsphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Sigman, Mitchell Willis, Kenneth Folmar
  • Patent number: 9677007
    Abstract: A carbon monoxide combustion catalyst and a method of making the catalyst used in fluid bed catalytic cracking process. The catalyst can contain metals and other composites which promote oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide during regeneration of spent FCC catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Sud-Chemie India Pvt LTD
    Inventors: Chiranjeevi Thota, Dattatraya Tammannashastri Gokak, Ravikumar Voolapalli, Venkateswarlu Choudary Nettem, Mohammad Amir Siddiqui, Rajan Bosco, Raghunath Prasad Mehrotra
  • Patent number: 9669397
    Abstract: A metal-doped or metal-exchanged zeolite is disclosed, wherein the doping metal is present in the zeolite in the form of individual atoms i.e. as monomeric and/or dimeric species. Further, a process for the preparation of such a metal-doped or metal-exchanged zeolite is disclosed. The metal-doped zeolites are useful, in particular, as catalysts for the reduction of nitrogen oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Roderik Althoff, Arno Tissler, Helge Toufar
  • Patent number: 9670110
    Abstract: A method for producing propylene, the method contains: producing a silica composite by preparing a raw material mixture containing silica and zeolite; drying the raw material mixture to obtain a dried product; and calcining the dried product; wherein the method contains the step of bringing a solution of phosphate into contact with the zeolite and/or the dried product to thereby adjust a phosphorus content in the silica composite to 0.01 to 1.0% by mass based on the total mass of the silica composite, a source of the phosphorus is phosphate, and the zeolite is of MFI type and has a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio (by mol) of 20 or more; and bringing the silica composite into contact with a hydrocarbon source containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of ethylene, ethanol, methanol, and dimethyl ether in the presence of steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Akagishi, Ryusuke Miyazaki