Patents by Inventor Franz Nierlich

Franz Nierlich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7161053
    Abstract: Isobutene in isobutenic hydrocarbon mixtures is oligomerized over a solid acidic ion exchange resin, said acidic ion exchange resin containing, for example, sulfonic acid groups, some of whose protons have been exchanged for metal ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Oxeno Olefinchemie GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Beckmann, Franz Nierlich, Udo Peters, Wilfried Büschken, Lothar Kerker, Dietrich Maschmeyer, Dirk Röttger
  • Publication number: 20060281959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing 1-octene from a C4 fraction from a cracker by telomerization of the 1,3-butadiene present in the C4 fraction from a cracker by means of methanol in the presence of a catalyst, hydrogenation of the telomer obtained in this way, dissociation of the hydrogenated telomer and work-up of the resulting dissociation product to give pure 1-octene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: Oxeno Olefinchemie GMBH
    Inventors: Jorg Krissmann, Dirk Rottger, Cornella Borgmann, Kerstin Kamper, Franz Nierlich, Alfred Kaizik, Udo Knippenberg, Rainer Malzkorn
  • Publication number: 20060264681
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in qualities which are suitable for organic syntheses and for use as a specialty solvent from MTBE in fuel quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: OXENO OLEFINCHEMIE GMBH
    Inventors: Fritz Obenaus, Wilhelm Droste, Bernhard Scholz, Franz Nierlich, Rainer Malzkorn, Udo Peters, Jochen Praefke, Richard Filipiak, Joachim Neumeister
  • Patent number: 7115787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing tert-butanol (TBA) from isobutene-containing mixtures, in which at least part of the conversion is achieved with the aid of a reactive rectification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: OXENO Olefinchemie GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Reusch, Andreas Beckmann, Franz Nierlich, Axel Tuchlenski
  • Publication number: 20060135833
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing high-purity isobutene from industrial methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and the economical utilization of the secondary streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: OXENO OLEFINCHEMIE GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Malzkorn, Franz Nierlich, Udo Peters, Axel Tuchlenski
  • Patent number: 7026519
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing tert-butanol (TBA) by reacting isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixtures with water over acidic solid catalysts in a plurality of reactors, wherein the conversion is increased upstream of the last reactor by removing a portion of the TBA present in the reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Oxeno Olefinchemie GmbH
    Inventors: Silvia Santiago Fernandez, Andreas Beckmann, Franz Nierlich, Dieter Reusch
  • Patent number: 7002053
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing high-purity diisobutene by reaction of isobutene or isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixtures over a solid acidic ion-exchange resin containing sulfonic acid groups whose protons have been partly replaced by metal ions and to the use of the diisobutene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: OXENO Olefinchemie GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Nierlich, Lothar Kerker, Udo Peters, Wilfried Büschken, Andreas Beckmann
  • Publication number: 20060036121
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1-olefins from 1-alkoxyalkanes, in particular to the preparation of 1-octene from 1-alkoxyoctane, by base-catalyzed alcohol cleavage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: Oxeno Olefinchemie GMBH
    Inventors: Alfred Kaizik, Dietrich Maschmeyer, Dirk Bottger, Franz Nierlich, Cornelia Borgmann
  • Publication number: 20060025638
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing tert-butanol (TBA) from isobutene-containing mixtures, in which at least part of the conversion is achieved with the aid of a reactive rectification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: OXENO OLEFINCHEMIE GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter Reusch, Andreas Beckmann, Franz Nierlich, Axel Tuchlenski
  • Publication number: 20050101800
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing full esters of alicyclic polycarboxylic acids from partial esters of aromatic polycarboxylic acids by hydrogenation of the partial ester followed by esterification of this compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2002
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Wilfried Büschken, Michael Grass, Alfred Kaizik, Dietrich Maschmeyer, Franz Nierlich, Axel Tuchlenski
  • Publication number: 20050090704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the liquid-liquid extraction or liquid-gas extraction of mixtures of organic compounds, in which one or more components of the mixture are completely or partly extracted by means of a phase comprising at least one ionic liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Dirk Roettger, Franz Nierlich, Jorg Krissmann, Peter Wasserscheid, Wilhelm Keim
  • Publication number: 20050043571
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing tert-butanol (TBA) by reacting isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixtures with water over acidic solid catalysts in a plurality of reactors, wherein the conversion is increased upstream of the last reactor by removing a portion of the TBA present in the reaction mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: OXENO OLEFINCHEMIE GMBH
    Inventors: Silvia Fernandez, Andreas Beckmann, Franz Nierlich, Dieter Reusch
  • Publication number: 20040260113
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures of alicyclic polycarboxylic esters with high cis content, to a process for their preparation by ring-hydrogenation of the corresponding aromatic polycarboxylic esters, and also to the use of the mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Wilfried Bueschken, Michael Grass, Alfred Kaizik, Dietrich Maschmeyer, Axel Tuchlenski, Franz Nierlich
  • Publication number: 20040171891
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing tert-butanol by reaction of a homogeneous mixture comprising water, tert-butanol and an isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixture over an acidic ion-exchange resin at from 30 to 120° C., wherein the homogeneous mixture contains, at a proportion by mass of isobutene of above 10%, from 30 to 80% of the maximum amount of water made possible by the solubility of water in the mixture of tert-butanol and the isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: OXENO OLEFINCHEMIE GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Scholz, Franz Nierlich, Dieter Reusch, Silvia Santiago Fernandez, Andreas Beckmann, Wilfried Buschken, Alfred Kaizik
  • Publication number: 20040097773
    Abstract: Isobutene in isobutenic hydrocarbon mixtures is oligomerized over a solid acidic ion exchange resin, said acidic ion exchange resin containing, for example, sulfonic acid groups, some of whose protons have been exchanged for metal ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: OXENO OLEFINCHEMIE GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Beckmann, Franz Nierlich, Udo Peters, Wilfried Bueschken, Lothar Kerker, Dietrich Maschmeyer, Dirk Rottger
  • Publication number: 20040054246
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing high-purity diisobutene by reaction of isobutene or isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixtures over a solid acidic ion-exchange resin containing sulfonic acid groups whose protons have been partly replaced by metal ions and to the use of the diisobutene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Franz Nierlich, Lothar Kerker, Udo Peters, Wilfried Buschken, Andreas Beckmann
  • Patent number: 6482992
    Abstract: Olefins are hydroformylated to give alcohols and/or aldehydes in a plurality of hydroformylation stages, each of which comprises: a) hydroformylating olefins having a carbon atom content of 6 to 24 carbon atoms in the presence of a cobalt- or rhodium catalyst in a reactor to the point of conversion of olefin reactant to product of 20 to 98%; b) removing the catalyst from the resulting liquid discharged from the reactor; c) separating the resulting liquid hydroformylation mixture into a low-boiler fraction comprising olefins and paraffins, and a bottoms fraction comprising aldehydes and/or alcohols; and d) reacting the olefins present in the low-boiler fraction in subsequent process stages comprising steps a, b and c and combining the bottoms fractions of process steps c) of all process stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: OXENO Olefinchemie GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Scholz, Franz Nierlich, Alfred Kaizik, Dieter Hess, Wilfried Bueschken, Klaus-Diether Wiese, Dirk Roettger, Guido Protzmann
  • Patent number: 6407295
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing higher oxo alcohols from mixtures of isomeric olefins having from 5 to 24 carbon atoms by hydroformylation in the presence of a catalyst at elevated temperature and at elevated pressure, in which the hydroformylation is carried out in one stage, the olefin conversion rate for one pass is restricted to from 40 to 90% to produce a reaction mixture, and the reaction mixture is selectively hydrogenated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Oxeno Olefinchemie GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Kaizik, Bernhard Scholz, Walter Toetsch, Martin Trocha, Wilfried Bueschken, Franz Nierlich
  • Publication number: 20020028974
    Abstract: Olefins are hydroformylated to give alcohols and/or aldehydes in a plurality of hydroformylation stages, each of which comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: OXENO Olefinchemie GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Scholz, Franz Nierlich, Alfred Kaizik, Dieter Hess, Wilfried Bueschken, Klaus-Diether Wiese, Dirk Roettger, Guido Protzmann
  • Publication number: 20020026087
    Abstract: Butene oligomers and di-iso-butane are prepared from field butanes by a process, which comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: OXENO Olefinchemie GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Nierlich, Paul Olbrich, Wilhelm Droste, Richard Mueller, Walter Toetsch