Patents by Inventor Heinz-Walter Schneider
Heinz-Walter Schneider 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).
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Patent number: 7056356Abstract: An apparatus and a process for crystallizing substances from solutions or dispersions containing these substances, in a crystallizer containing a classifying zone (3), comprise a) an inner and an outer circulation system (1; 2), the inner circulation system (1) being present in the crystallizer, the inlet of the outer circulation system (2) being connected to the inner circulation system (1) via the classifying zone (3), the outer circulation system, being present outside the crystallizer, the outlet of the outer circulation system (2) being connected to the inner circulation system (1) of the crystallizer, and a means for dissolving crystals being arranged in the outer circulation system (2), before its outlet, b) an inflow (4) for solution and/or dispersion, which inflow is present on the crystallizer or on the outer circulation system, and c) an outflow (5) for dispersions, which outflow is arranged on the crystallizer or on the outer circulation system.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2001Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter Mark Allen, Christoph Gahn, Christopher William Rieker, Heinz-Walter Schneider, Robert Wagner
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Publication number: 20030180202Abstract: An apparatus and a process for crystallizing substances from solutions or dispersions containing these substances, in a crystallizer containing a classifying zone (3), compriseType: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: Peter Mark Ellen, Christoph Gahn, Christopher William Rieker, Heinz-Walter Schneider, Robert Wagner
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Patent number: 6083468Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst is prepared by reduction of platinum in an oxidation state of not less than two using a reducing agent in an aqueous medium in the presence of a carbon-containing support after partial poisoning, where use is made of a compound of the general formula I ##STR1## where X, Y and Z can be identical or different and are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkyl, halogen, hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy and --NR'R", where R, R' and R" can be identical or different and can be hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl or C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkyl. Such a hydrogenation catalyst can be used for preparing hydroxylammonium salts and the process for preparing the above catalysts can also be used for regenerating hydrogenation catalysts based on platinum.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 1998Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Daniel Heineke, Gunther Achhammer, Heinz-Walter Schneider, Alfred Thome
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Patent number: 5882619Abstract: A carbon-containing catalyst support is prepared by treating the carbon-containing catalyst support with a compound of the formula IM(OR).sub.m X.sub.n Iwhere M is Ti or Zr, X is Cl or Br, and R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, and m and n are integers from zero to four, where the sum of m and n is equal to four.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1996Date of Patent: March 16, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Daniel Heineke, Karsten Eller, Heinz-Walter Schneider, Alfred Thome
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Patent number: 5817592Abstract: A process for the preparation of a hydrogenation catalyst by reduction of platinum in an oxidation stage of not less than 2 in an aqueous medium in the presence of a carboniferous support, optionally following partial poisoning with a sulfur, arsenic, tellurium, or antimony-containing compound, using a reducing agent, in which the reducing agent used is an ammonium or phosphonium salt of the general formula I?XR.sup.4 !.sub.n Y Iin which X stands for N or P, R stands for hydrogen, C.sub.1 --C.sub.18 alkyl, C.sub.5 --C.sub.10 cycloalkyl, phenyl radical, and also a C.sub.1 --C.sub.4 alkyl radical substituted by phenyl, the phenyl radicals being mono-to tri-substituted by C.sub.1 --C.sub.6 alkyl, halogen, nitro or amino, if desired, provided that the radicals R may be the same or different but cannot simultaneously denote hydrogen, if X is P, n is an integer of 1 to 3, and Y is an organic anion which can reduce platinum in an oxidation stage other than zero to platinum in the oxidation stage of zero.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1996Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Daniel Heineke, Heinz-Walter Schneider, Alfred Thome
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Patent number: 5639706Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst, obtainable by carrying out essentially the following steps:(a) treatment of a platinum metal salt with finely divided sulfur followed by(b) reduction of the platinum metal salt to metallic platinum metal.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1995Date of Patent: June 17, 1997Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Franz-Josef Weiss, Hugo Fuchs, Gerald Neubauer, Heinz-Walter Schneider
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Patent number: 5560895Abstract: A process of use of hydrogenation catalyst, obtainable by carrying out essentially the following steps:(a) treatment of a platinum metal salt with finely divided sulfur followed by(b) reduction of the platinum metal salt to metallic platinum metal.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1995Date of Patent: October 1, 1996Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Franz-Josef Weiss, Hugo Fuchs, Gerald Neubauer, Heinz-Walter Schneider
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Patent number: 5554353Abstract: A process for the preparation of hydroxylammonium salts by catalytic reduction of nitrogen monoxide using hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, comprises(a) in a first step, filtering the reaction mixture obtained after the reaction, giving a solution of essentially hydroxylammonium salt and a filter residue essentially comprising a mixture of hydrogenation catalyst and a solution of essentially hydroxylammonium salt, and(b) in a second step, subjecting the filter residue to a further separation process in order to concentrate the hydrogenation catalyst, giving a mixture having a higher concentration of hydrogenation catalyst than the filter residue and a mixture having a lower concentration of hydrogenation catalyst than the filter residue.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1995Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz-Walter Schneider, Axel Wilms, R udiger Schmitz, Robert Schulz, Klaus Michelsen
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Patent number: 5496789Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst, obtainable by carrying out essentially the following steps:(a) treatment of a platinum metal salt with finely divided sulfur followed by(b) reduction of the platinum metal salt to metallic platinum metal.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1994Date of Patent: March 5, 1996Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Franz-Josef Weiss, Hugo Fuchs, Gerald Neubauer, Heinz-Walter Schneider
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Patent number: 5189182Abstract: 5-Methylbutyrolactone is prepared by a process in which a pentenoic ester of the formula IX--CO.sub.2 R (I),where X is CH.sub.2 .dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, CH.sub.3 --CH.dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 -- or CH.sub.3 --CH.sub.2 --CH.dbd.CH-- and R is alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl, or a mixture of these esters is reacted with water at from 50.degree. to 350.degree. C. in the presence or absence of a diluenta) over a zeolite and/or phosphate catalyst orb) in the presence of from 0.01 to 0.25 mole of a sulfonic acid, a Lewis acid and/or a non-oxidizing mineral acid per mole of pentenoic ester or over from 0.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1988Date of Patent: February 23, 1993Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rudolf Kummer, Heinz-Walter Schneider, Werner Bertleff, Rolf Fischer, Uwe Vagt, Fritz Naeumann, Wolfgang Hoelderich, Matthias Schwarzmann
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Patent number: 5003102Abstract: 5-Formylvaleric esters are prepared by a process which comprises the following steps:(a) Hydroformylation of a pentenoic ester by reaction with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at elevated temperatures and under superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a carbonyl complex of a metal of group 8 of the Periodic Table with formation of a mixture of 5-, 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters,(b) Isolation of the 5-formylvaleric ester from the resulting mixture of 5-, 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters, a mixture essentially consisting of 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters remaining,(c) Cleavage of the mixture essentially consisting of 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters at from 50.degree. to 400.degree. C. in the presence of a catalyst to give pentenoic esters and(d) Recycling of the pentenoic esters to stage (a).Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1988Date of Patent: March 26, 1991Assignee: BASF AktiensellschaftInventors: Werner Bertleff, Rolf Fischer, Rudolf Kummer, Franz Merger, Heinz-Walter Schneider
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Patent number: 4801738Abstract: .delta.-Formylvalerates are prepared by a process wherein a 3-pentenoate is treated with an isomerization catalyst at elevated temperatures and a 4-pentenoate is distilled off, and the resulting 4-pentenoate is reacted with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at from 80 to 160.degree. C. under from 1 to 30 bar in the presence of a rhodium carbonyl complex which has been modified with tertiary organic phosphines or phosphites.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1984Date of Patent: January 31, 1989Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz-Walter Schneider, Rudolf Kummer, Volker Taglieber
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Patent number: 4766237Abstract: In an improved process for the preparation of 6-aminocaproates by reacting a 5-formylvalerate with ammonia and hydrogen using an alkanol as a solvent in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst at elevated temperatures and under superatmospheric pressure, the improvement comprises carrying out the reaction at from 40.degree. to 95.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1987Date of Patent: August 23, 1988Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Martin Hutmacher, Franz J. Broecker, Franz Merger, Rolf Fischer, Uwe Vagt, Heinz-Walter Schneider, Wolfgang Richter, Wolfgang Harder, Claus-Ulrich Priester
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Patent number: 4745228Abstract: Cyclic ketones of the formula ##STR1## where n is an integer from 4 to 6, are prepared by converting an aliphatic dicarboxylate of the formulaR.sup.1 OCC--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --COOR.sup.2 IIwhere n has the above meaning, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl and R.sup.2 may furthermore be hydrogen, at from 150.degree. to 450.degree. C. over a solid oxide catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1987Date of Patent: May 17, 1988Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Martin Decker, Rolf Fischer, Wolfgang Franzischka, Rudolf Kummer, Heinz-Walter Schneider, Uwe Vagt
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Patent number: 4730041Abstract: Caprolactam is prepared by a process in which(a) a 5-formylvalerate is reacted with excess ammonia and hydrogen in the presence of an alkanol as a solvent and in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst under superatmospheric pressure in the liquid phase at from 40.degree. to 130.degree. C.,(b) excess ammonia and hydrogen are separated off from the reaction mixture and(c) the reaction mixture thus obtained is heated to 150.degree.-250.degree. C. and .epsilon.-caprolactam is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1987Date of Patent: March 8, 1988Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Martin Hutmacher, Franz Merger, Franz J. Broecker, Rolf Fischer, Uwe Vagt, Wolfgang Harder, Claus-Ulrich Priester, Heinz-Walter Schneider, Wolfgang Richter
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Patent number: 4586987Abstract: C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl pentenoates are obtained from reaction mixtures which contain this and which are obtained by reacting butadiene, or a butadiene-containing hydrocarbon mixture, with carbon monoxide and a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkanol, in the presence of a cobalt carbonyl catalyst and a tertiary nitrogen base at elevated temperatures and under superatmospheric pressure by a process in which(a) the liquid reaction mixture freed from excess carbon monoxide is treated with hydrogen at elevated temperatures and under from 5 to 80 bar,(b) hydrocarbons are distilled off from the resulting liquid reaction mixture,(c) the C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl pentenoate, the alkanol and the nitrogen base are then distilled off under reduced pressure, and(d) the C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl pentenoate is obtained by fractional distillation from the distillate containing this compound, the alkanol and the tertiary nitrogen base.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1985Date of Patent: May 6, 1986Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz-Walter Schneider, Rudolf Kummer, Otto Leman, Paul Panitz
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Patent number: 4561942Abstract: Methyl 4-pentenoate is isolated from mixtures containing this and methyl 3-pentenoate by a process in which from 0.25 to 0.4 part by weight of water is added per part by weight of methyl 4-pentenoate, and the azeotrope of methyl 4-pentenoate and water is distilled off.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1985Date of Patent: December 31, 1985Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz-Walter Schneider, Rudolf Kummer, Dieter Zimmerling
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Patent number: 4550195Abstract: A process for the manufacture of pent-3-enoic acid and its alkyl esters, of the general formulaCH.sub.3 --CH.dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 --CO--ORwhere R is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, comprising carbonylating butadiene with carbon monoxide and a compound ROH at from 300 to 1,000 bars CO pressure and from 100.degree. to 160.degree. C. in the presence of cobalt catalysts and nitrogen bases, wherein C.sub.4 cuts are used as starting materials and a tertiary amine having a pK.sub.A of from 3 to 11 is used as the nitrogen base. The pent-3-enoic acid or alkyl esters produced may be used for the manufacture of adipic acid or its alkyl esters, which compounds are starting materials for the manufacture of nylons.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1981Date of Patent: October 29, 1985Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rolf Platz, Rudolf Kummer, Heinz-Walter Schneider, Kurt Schwirten
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Patent number: 4537987Abstract: Pure monoesters of adipic acid are prepared by a process in which(a) a pentenoate is reacted with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at from 90.degree. to 140.degree. C. and under from 5 to 300 bar in the presence of a carbonyl complex of cobalt or of rhodium, and a 5-formylvalerate is separated off, and(b) the 5-formylvalerate thus obtained is oxidized with molecular oxygen, or with a gas containing this, at from 20.degree. to 100.degree. C. under from 1 to 10 bar.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1984Date of Patent: August 27, 1985Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz-Walter Schneider, Wolfgang Richter, Walter Disteldorf, Rudolf Kummer
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Patent number: 4529815Abstract: 4-Pentenoates are prepared by isomerization of isomeric pentenoates in the presence of a catalyst, by a process in which isomeric pentenoates are treated at elevated temperatures with an acidic ion exchanger or acidic zeolite which contains a noble metal of group eight of the periodic table, and the 4-pentenoate is distilled off from the reaction mixture.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1984Date of Patent: July 16, 1985Assignee: Basf AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz-Walter Schneider, Rudolf Kummer