Patents Examined by Sheng H Davis
  • Patent number: 11702347
    Abstract: An exemplary method for producing a mixed metal chalcogenide under atmospheric pressure may include forming a reaction mixture by mixing a first metal chalcogenide and a second metal chalcogenide. An exemplary method may further include pouring a first layer of NaCl within a reactor, where an exemplary reactor may include a container and a cap. Pouring an exemplary first layer of NaCl within an exemplary reactor may include pouring an exemplary first layer of NaCl on an exemplary base end of an exemplary container of the exemplary reactor. An exemplary method may further include pouring an exemplary reaction mixture into an exemplary container on top of an exemplary first layer of NaCl, pouring a second layer of NaCl into an exemplary container on top of an exemplary reaction mixture, sealing an exemplary container by closing an exemplary cap and pouring molten NaCl on top of the exemplary cap, and heating an exemplary reactor at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: NARAGH BRANCH, ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY, ENHESSARI, MORTEZA
    Inventors: Morteza Enhessari, Ali Salehabadi, Asma Khoobi
  • Patent number: 11701642
    Abstract: Catalyst materials comprising iron and palladium are described. Also described are methods for preparing such materials. In addition, methods for remediating materials such as sediments and groundwater using the catalyst materials are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: United States Government, as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. EPA, Waashington DC
    Inventors: Souhail Al-Abed, John McKernan, Slawomir Lomnicki
  • Patent number: 11697595
    Abstract: An iron-carbon composite material and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The iron-carbon composite material includes a three-layer core-shell structure, which successively includes a porous graphite carbon outer layer, an iron carbide intermediate layer and a nano zero-valent iron core from outside to inside. The present invention wraps nano zero-valent iron in porous graphite carbon and iron carbide, which can prevent the oxidation of nano zero-valent iron, while iron carbide effectively improves the ability to fix arsenic, realizing high efficiency and long-term use of nano zero-valent iron. Iron carbide may effectively adsorb and fix arsenic, and especially efficiently oxidize As(III) to relatively low-toxic As(V).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Fangbai Li, Liping Fang, Kai Liu
  • Patent number: 11691134
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst comprising a mixture of AFX-structure and BEA-structure zeolites and at least one additional transition metal, to the process for preparing same and to the use thereof for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx in the presence of a reducing agent such as NH3 or H2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: David Berthout, Bogdan Harbuzaru, Eric Llido
  • Patent number: 11691125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the oxidation of NO, for the oxidation of ammonia, for the oxidation of HC and for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx, comprising a flow through substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the flow through substrate extending therethrough; a first coating comprising one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron; a second coating comprising a first platinum group metal component supported on a non-zeolitic first oxidic material and further comprising one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron; optionally a third coating comprising a second platinum group metal component supported on a second oxidic material; wherein the third coating is disposed on the surface of the internal walls and under the second coating over z %
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Dorner, Ansgar Wille, Kevin David Beard
  • Patent number: 11685653
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to compositions comprising substrate-free 2D crystalline nanomaterials of binary compounds of formula (M)x(Te)y, and the method of making and using the substrate-free crystalline 2D crystalline nanomaterial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Wenzhuo Wu, Yixiu Wang
  • Patent number: 11680013
    Abstract: A system for making oxide material may comprise a preheating cyclone stage for receiving a solid carbonate material and operating at a temperature less than a calcination temperature of the solid carbonate material, a calcination cyclone stage for heating the preheated solid carbonate material and operating at a temperature of at least the calcination temperature to convert the preheated solid carbonate material to a solid oxide material and carbon dioxide gas, a cooling cyclone stage for cooling the solid oxide material and operating at a temperature less than the calcination temperature to cool the solid oxide material to ambient temperature, a first recirculating system to extract and recirculate a first gas from an outlet of the calcination cyclone stage to an inlet of the calcination cyclone stage zone, and a second recirculating system to extract and recirculate a second gas from the cooling cyclone stage to the preheating cyclone stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: CARMEUSE LIME, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Bittner, Connor Maust, Jozef Kohl
  • Patent number: 11679989
    Abstract: A method for preparing zinc sulfide particles is described which comprising the steps (i) preparing a mixture of zinc mineral and elemental sulfur, (ii) milling the mixture obtained in step (i), and (iii) annealing the mixture obtained in step (ii) at a temperature ranging from 300 to 500° C. to obtain zinc sulfide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: KHALIFA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Saeed Alhassan, Sunil P. Lonkar
  • Patent number: 11673126
    Abstract: There is provided a cluster-supporting porous carrier having improved heat resistance and/or catalytic activity, and a method for producing it. The cluster-supporting porous carrier of the invention has porous carrier particles (20) such as zeolite particles, and metal oxide clusters (16) supported within the pores of the porous carrier particles. The method of the invention for producing the cluster-supporting porous carrier includes providing a dispersion containing a dispersing medium (11) and porous carrier particles dispersed in the dispersing medium, forming positively charged metal oxide clusters (16) in the dispersion, and supporting the metal oxide clusters within the pores of the porous carrier particles (20) by electrostatic interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, GENESIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takeda, Namiki Toyama, Kazuhiro Egashira, Toshiaki Tanaka, Seitoku Ito, Masahiko Ichihashi
  • Patent number: 11673124
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition useful in the hydrolysis of sulfur compounds that are contained in a gas stream. The composition comprises a calcined co-mulled mixture of psuedoboehmite, a cobalt compound, and a molybdenum compound such that the composition comprises gamma-alumina, at least 7.5 wt. % molybdenum, and at least 2.75 wt. % cobalt. The composition is made by forming into an agglomerate a co-mulled mixture pseudoboehmite, a cobalt component, and a molybdenum component followed by drying and calcining the agglomerate to provide a catalyst composition comprising gamma-alumina, at least 7.5 wt. % molybdenum, and at least 2.75 wt. % cobalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Karl Marvin Krueger, Fernando Gabriel Maldonado
  • Patent number: 11666956
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the removal of sulfur and other ARD/AMD-generating materials through the smoldering combustion of an organic material. The methods comprise admixing an ARD/AMD-generating porous matrix material with an organic material to produce a mixture, exposing the mixture to an oxidant, and initiating a self-sustaining smoldering combustion of the mixture. Additional embodiments aggregate the organic material or ARD/AMD-generating porous matrix material or mixture thereof in an impoundment such as a reaction vessel, depression or matrix pile. Further embodiments utilize at least one heater to initiate combustion and at least one air supply port to supply oxidant to initiate and maintain combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Grant, David Major, Grant Scholes, Silvia Mancini, Christine Switzer
  • Patent number: 11660585
    Abstract: Disclosed are zeolite catalysts having the CHA crystal structure with a low silica to alumina ratio, as well as articles and systems incorporating the catalysts and methods for their preparation and use. The catalysts can be used to reduce NOx from exhaust gas streams, particularly those emanating from gasoline or diesel engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Ivor Bull, Ahmad Moini, Mukta Rai
  • Patent number: 11660586
    Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst comprising a zeolitic material comprising copper, the process comprising (i) preparing an aqueous mixture comprising water, a zeolitic material comprising copper, a source of copper other than the zeolitic material comprising copper, and a non-zeolitic oxidic material selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, titania, zirconia, ceria, a mixed oxide comprising one or more of Al, Si, Ti, Zr, and Ce and a mixture of two or more thereof; (ii) disposing the mixture obtained in (i) on the surface of the internal walls of a substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the substrate extending therethrough; and optionally drying the substrate comprising the mixture disposed thereon; (iii) calcining the substrate obtained in (ii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Peter, Karifala Dumbuya, Miriam Schubert, Ahmad Moini, Yu Dai, Stefan Maurer, Haiyang Zhu, Yi Liu, Wen-Mei Xue, Ming-Ming Wei, Maria Heenemann
  • Patent number: 11642660
    Abstract: A method for purifying a gas inside a polymer film production furnace with the use of the purification catalyst is provided. A purification catalyst for a gas inside a polymer film production furnace, contains a mixed oxide composed of a manganese-based oxide containing manganese and potassium and having a cryptomelane structure, and copper oxide. A method for purifying a gas inside a polymer film production furnace, includes a step 1 of bringing hot air containing volatile and/or sublimable organic substances, generated during production of a polymer film by the polymer film production furnace, into contact with the catalyst provided inside or outside the furnace, at a temperature in the range of 200 to 350° C. to decompose the organic substances oxidatively, and a step 2 of refluxing all or a part of a resultant decomposition gas to the polymer film production furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NIKKI-UNIVERSAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Nashida, Naoki Tone
  • Patent number: 11642649
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method for preparing biochar from Enteromorpha prolifera and use of the biochar. The method includes: subjecting Enteromorpha prolifera to lyophilization, then impregnating lyophilized Enteromorpha prolifera with phosphoric acid, and drying to a constant weight; grinding a dried mixture in a mortar, and then subjecting a ground sample to activation treatment in a tube furnace at 400° C. to 1,000° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere; and boiling an obtained solid product with concentrated hydrochloric acid, then washing with ultrapure water, and drying to a constant weight to obtain Enteromorpha prolifera biochar. The biochar is used in adsorption of cadmium. The method for removing cadmium using Enteromorpha prolifera biochar provided by the disclosure exhibits an extremely high adsorption and removal capacity for cadmium, with an adsorption capacity of biochar up to 250 mg/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: Tianjin University, BCIG ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guanyi Chen, Chuanbin Wang, Chengliang Yang, Xiangping Li, Beibei Yan, Bin Liu, Juping Liu, Zhenping Su, Ding Li, Xinpei Liu, Bo Li
  • Patent number: 11634341
    Abstract: A nanostructure is provided that in one embodiment includes a cluster of cylindrical bodies. Each of the cylindrical bodies in the cluster are substantially aligned with one another so that their lengths are substantially parallel. The composition of the cylindrical bodies include tungsten (W) and sulfur (S), and each of the cylindrical bodies has a geometry with at least one dimension that is in the nanoscale. Each cluster of cylindrical bodies may have a width dimension ranging from 0.2 microns to 5.0 microns, and a length greater than 5.0 microns. In some embodiments, the cylindrical bodies are composed of tungsten disulfide (WS2). In another embodiment the nanolog is a particle comprised of external concentric disulfide layers which encloses internal disulfide folds and regions of oxide. Proportions between disulfide and oxide can be tailored by thermal treatment and/or extent of initial synthesis reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NANOTECH INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Anna Kossoy, Vladimir Aguf, Alexander Margolin
  • Patent number: 11633726
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides a catalyst composition comprising a zeolite containing iron and/or copper with a reduced amount of extra-framework aluminum. The catalyst composition is useful to catalyze the reduction of nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas in the presence of a reductant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Ivan Petrovic, Subramanian Prasad, Joseph Palamara
  • Patent number: 11623868
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a continuous process for preparing zeolitic material with a CHA-type framework structure comprising SiO2 and X2O3 and the zeolitic material so-obtained. The processes comprises (i) preparing a mixture comprising one or more sources of SiO2, one or more sources of X2O3, seed crystals, one or more tetraalkylammonium cation R5R6R7R8N+-containing compounds as structure directing agent, and a liquid solvent system; (ii) continuously feeding the mixture prepared in (i) into a continuous flow reactor at a liquid hourly space velocity; and (iii) crystallizing the zeolitic material with a CHA-type framework structure from the mixture in the continuous flow reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hannah Schreyer, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Christian Riemann, Ralf Boehling, Christoph Schappert, Bernd Hinrichsen, Stefan Dumser, Stefanie Clade
  • Patent number: 11618682
    Abstract: Provided are a slurry of graphene oxides with different degrees of oxidation, a composite film of graphene oxides, and a graphene heat-conducting film. The slurry of the graphene oxides comprises the graphene oxides and a solvent, and the graphene oxides include a strong graphene oxide and a weak graphene oxide, wherein the slurry comprises two graphene oxides with different degrees of oxidation, which can increase a carbon content in the graphene oxide per unit mass, so that the finally obtained graphene heat-conducting film has more carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CHANGZHOU FUXI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bucun Zhou, Renjie Zhou, Jing Lu, Dong Su, Zhaocheng Wang, Feng Li
  • Patent number: 11602736
    Abstract: Methods and compositions related to a selective catalytic reduction catalyst comprising iron and vanadium, wherein the vanadium is present as (1) one or more vanadium oxides, and (2) metal vanadate of the form FexMyVO4 where x=0.2 to 1 and y=1?x, and where M comprises one or more non-Fe metals when y>0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Zuharia Arshad, Kaneshalingam Arulraj, Guy Chandler, Rainer Leppelt, Andrew Newman, Paul Phillips, Oliver Rowe, Christopher Smith, Nicholas Spencer, Isabel Tingay, Rob Walker, Oliver Hemming, Agnes Raj