Patents by Inventor Peter Bassler
Peter Bassler 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: 9725428Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, water, optionally propane, and at least one dissolved potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid wherein the molar ratio of potassium relative to phosphorus in the at least one potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid is in the range of from 0.6 to 1.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignees: BASF SE, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Bianca Seelig, Dominic Riedel, Philip Kampe, Daniel Urbanczyk, Markus Weber, Ulrich Mueller, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Kai Gumlich, Peter Bassler, Christian Bartosch, Richard Jacubinas, Meinolf Weidenbach, Werner Witzl
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Patent number: 9493405Abstract: A process is described for preparing 3-pentenenitrile, characterized by the following process steps: (a) isomerizing a reactant stream which comprises 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile over at least one dissolved or dispersed isomerization catalyst to give a stream 1 which comprises the at least one isomerization catalyst, 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, 3-pentenenitrile and (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, (b) distilling stream 1 to obtain a stream 2 as the top product which comprises 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, 3-pentenenitrile and (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, and a stream 3 as the bottom product which comprises the at least one isomerization catalyst, (c) distilling stream 2 to obtain a stream 4 as the top product which, compared to stream 2, is enriched in (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, based on the sum of all pentenenitriles in stream 2, and a stream 5 as the bottom product which, compared to stream 2, is enriched in 3-pentenenitrile and 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, based on the sum of all pentenenitriles in stream 2, (d) disType: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Tim Jungkamp, Robert Baumann, Michael Bartsch, Gerd Haderlein, Hermann Luyken, Jens Scheidel, Tobias Aechtner, Peter Pfab, Petra Deckert, Wolfgang Siegel, Peter Bassler
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Patent number: 9428438Abstract: Process for obtaining formic acid by thermal separation of a stream comprising formic acid and a tertiary amine (I), in which, in step (a), a liquid stream comprising formic acid, methanol, water and tertiary amine (I) is produced by combining methyl formate, water and tertiary amine (I), from there in step (b), methanol is separated off and in step (c), formic acid is removed by distillation from the liquid stream obtained in a distillation apparatus, wherein, when methyl formate, water and tertiary amine (I) are combined, methyl formate, water and optionally tertiary amine (I) are first introduced in step (a1) in a molar ratio of 0?n(amine to a1)/n(mefo to a1)?0.1, and from 70 to 100% of the hydrolysis equilibrium possible is set and then, in step (a2), tertiary amine (I) is introduced in a molar ratio of 0.1?n(amine to a2)/n(mefo to a1)?2, and the mixture is reacted.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Donata Maria Fries, Klaus-Dieter Mohl, Martin Schäfer, Daniel Schneider, Peter Bassler, Stefan Rittinger, Joaquim Henrique Teles
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Publication number: 20160176834Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, water, optionally propane, and at least one dissolved potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid wherein the molar ratio of potassium relative to phosphorus in the at least one potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid is in the range of from 0.6 to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicants: BASF SE, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Joaquim Henrique TELES, Bianca SEELIG, Dominic RIEDEL, Philip KAMPE, Daniel URBANCZYK, Markus WEBER, Ulrich MUELLER, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Kai GUMLICH, Peter BASSLER, Christian BARTOSCH, Richard JACUBINAS, Meinolf WEIDENBACH, Werner WITZL
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Publication number: 20160168082Abstract: A process is described for preparing 3-pentenenitrile, characterized by the following process steps: (a) isomerizing a reactant stream which comprises 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile over at least one dissolved or dispersed isomerization catalyst to give a stream 1 which comprises the at least one isomerization catalyst, 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, 3-pentenenitrile and (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, (b) distilling stream 1 to obtain a stream 2 as the top product which comprises 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, 3-pentenenitrile and (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, and a stream 3 as the bottom product which comprises the at least one isomerization catalyst, (c) distilling stream 2 to obtain a stream 4 as the top product which, compared to stream 2, is enriched in (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, based on the sum of all pentenenitriles in stream 2, and a stream 5 as the bottom product which, compared to stream 2, is enriched in 3-pentenenitrile and 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, based on the sum of all pentenenitriles in stream 2, (d) disType: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Tim Jungkamp, Robert BAUMANN, Michael BARTSCH, Gerd HADERLEIN, Hermann LUYKEN, Jens SCHEIDEL, Tobias AECHTNER, Peter PFAB, Petra DECKERT, Wolfgang SIEGEL, Peter BASSLER
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Patent number: 9260402Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), which comprises the following steps: provision or preparation of a starting mixture, comprising one, two or more starting compounds selected from the group consisting of hexoses, oligosaccharides comprising hexose units, and polysaccharides comprising hexose units, one, two or more organic salts with a melting point <180° C. and a boiling point >200° C. at 1013.25 hPa, optionally additionally one or more catalysts for the conversion of the one starting compound or at least one of the two or more starting compounds to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), optionally water, optionally further substances, adjustment of reaction conditions such that an amount of the starting compound or starting compounds converts to HMF.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Benoit Blank, Alois Kindler, Peter Bassler, Markus Piepenbrink, Ortmund Lang, Carmen Feldner
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Patent number: 8927745Abstract: A process for producing propylene oxide comprising reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst to give a mixture (G1) comprising propylene oxide, unreacted propene, and oxygen; separating propylene oxide from mixture (G1) to give a mixture (GII) comprising propene and oxygen; and adding hydrogen to mixture (GII) and reducing the oxygen comprised in mixture (GII) at least partially by reaction with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising copper in elemental and/or oxidic form on a support, wherein copper is present on the support in an amount of 30 to 80 wt.-% based on the whole catalyst and calculated as CuO.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignees: BASF SE, The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Philip Kampe, Peter Resch, Soo Yin Chin, Peter Bassler, Ulrich Mueller, Goetz-Peter Schindler, Hans-Georg Goebbel, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Kai Gumlich, Thomas Grassler, Christian Bartosch, Richard Jacubinas, Meinolf Weidenbach
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Publication number: 20140371473Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), which comprises the following steps: provision or preparation of a starting mixture, comprising one, two or more starting compounds selected from the group consisting of hexoses, oligosaccharides comprising hexose units, and polysaccharides comprising hexose units, one, two or more organic salts with a melting point <180° C. and a boiling point >200° C. at 1013.25 hPa, optionally additionally one or more catalysts for the conversion of the one starting compound or at least one of the two or more starting compounds to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), optionally water, optionally further substances, adjustment of reaction conditions such that an amount of the starting compound or starting compounds converts to HMF.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Benoit Blank, Alois Kindler, Peter Bassler, Markus Piepenbrink, Ortmund Lang, Carmen Feldner
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Patent number: 8889905Abstract: Process for obtaining formic acid by thermal separation of a stream comprising formic acid and a tertiary amine (I), in which a liquid stream comprising formic acid and tertiary amine (I) is produced by combining tertiary amine (I) and a formic acid source, secondary components comprised therein are separated off, formic acid is removed by distillation from the resulting liquid stream in a distillation apparatus, where the bottom output from the distillation apparatus is separated into two liquid phases, and the upper liquid phase is recirculated to the formic acid source and the lower liquid phase is recirculated to the separation of the secondary components and/or to the distillation apparatus, wherein low boilers are removed by distillation from the upper liquid phase and recirculated to the depleted stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Peter Bassler, Stefan Rittinger, Daniel Schneider, Donata Maria Fries, Klaus-Dieter Mohl, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Martin Schäfer, Jürgen Paschold
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Patent number: 8835683Abstract: Process for obtaining formic acid by thermal separation of a stream comprising formic acid and a tertiary amine (I), in which a liquid stream comprising formic acid, tertiary amine (I) and water is produced by combining tertiary amine (I) and a formic acid source in the presence of water, water and organic decomposition products of the tertiary amine (I) are removed and formic acid is removed by distillation from the resulting liquid stream in a distillation apparatus, wherein the stream comprising water and organic decomposition products of the tertiary amine (I) which have been separated off is separated into two liquid phases, the upper liquid phase is removed and the lower, water-comprising liquid phase is recirculated to the formic acid source.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Daniel Schneider, Klaus-Dieter Mohl, Martin Schäfer, Donata Maria Fries, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Peter Bassler, Stefan Rittinger, Thomas Schaub
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Patent number: 8785670Abstract: A continuous process for the production of propylene oxide comprising reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in methanolic solution in the presence of a titanium silicalite-1 catalyst to obtain propylene oxide, wherein a reaction feed comprising propene, methanol and hydrogen peroxide is introduced into a reactor, said reaction feed containing potassium cations and phosphorus in the form of anions of at least one phosphorus oxyacid.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignees: BASF SE, The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Kai Gumlich, Peter Bassler, Christian Bartosch, Philip Kampe, Hans-Georg Goebbel, Ulrich Mueller, Richard Jacubinas
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Publication number: 20140148617Abstract: Process for obtaining formic acid by thermal separation of a stream comprising formic acid and a tertiary amine (I), in which, in step (a), a liquid stream comprising formic acid, methanol, water and tertiary amine (I) is produced by combining methyl formate, water and tertiary amine (I), from there in step (b), methanol is separated off and in step (c), formic acid is removed by distillation from the liquid stream obtained in a distillation apparatus, wherein, when methyl formate, water and tertiary amine (I) are combined, methyl formate, water and optionally tertiary amine (I) are first introduced in step (a1) in a molar ratio of 0?n(amine to a1)/n(mefo to a1)?0.1, and from 70 to 100% of the hydrolysis equilibrium possible is set and then, in step (a2), tertiary amine (I) is introduced in a molar ratio of 0.1?n(amine to a2)/n(mefo to a1)?2, and the mixture is reacted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Donata Maria Fries, Klaus-Dieter Mohl, Martin Schäfer, Daniel Schneider, Peter Bassler, Stefan Rittinger, Joaquim Henrique Teles
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Publication number: 20130190532Abstract: Process for obtaining formic acid by thermal separation of a stream comprising formic acid and a tertiary amine (I), in which a liquid stream comprising formic acid, tertiary amine (I) and water is produced by combining tertiary amine (I) and a formic acid source in the presence of water, water and organic decomposition products of the tertiary amine (I) are removed and formic acid is removed by distillation from the resulting liquid stream in a distillation apparatus, wherein the stream comprising water and organic decomposition products of the tertiary amine (I) which have been separated off is separated into two liquid phases, the upper liquid phase is removed and the lower, water-comprising liquid phase is recirculated to the formic acid source.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Daniel Schneider, Klaus-Dieter Mohl, Martin Schäfer, Donata Maria Fries, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Peter Bassler, Stefan Rittinger, Thomas Schaub
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Publication number: 20130012739Abstract: A process for preparing formic acid by reacting carbon dioxide with hydrogen in a hydrogenation reactor in the presence of a catalyst comprising an element of group 8, 9 or 10 of the Periodic Table, a tertiary amine and a polar solvent to form formic acid-amine adducts which are subsequently dissociated thermally into formic acid and tertiary amine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Thomas Schaub, Donata Maria Fries, Rocco Paciello, Peter Bassler, Martin Schäfer, Stefan Rittinger
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Publication number: 20120330035Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the hydrothermolysis of a mono- and/or oligosaccharide-comprising composition which in addition comprises at least one monoalkyl and/or dialkyl ether of a polyalkylene glycol, and also relates to a hydrothermolysis device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Alois Kindler, Andrea Schmidt, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Ralf Böhling
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Publication number: 20120178958Abstract: A method for producing 3-pentenenitrile is provided that includes: (a) isomerizing an educt stream containing 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile on at least one dissolved or dispersed isomerisation catalyst to form a stream (1), which contains the isomerisation catalyst(s), 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, 3-pentenenitrile and (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile; (b) distilling the stream (1) to obtain a stream (2) as the overhead product, which contains 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, 3-pentenenitrile and (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile and a stream (3) as the bottom product, which contains the isomerisation catalyst(s); (c) distilling the stream (2) to obtain a stream (4) as the overhead product, which is enriched with (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile in comparison to stream (2), and a stream (5) as the bottom product, which is enriched with 3-pentenenitrile and 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile in comparison to stream (2); (d) distilling stream (5) to obtain a stream (6) as the bottom product, which contains 3-pentenenitrile and a stream (7) as the heType: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: BASF SE*Inventors: Tim Jungkamp, Robert Baumann, Michael Bartsch, Gerd Haderlein, Hermann Luyken, Jens Scheidel, Tobias Aechtner, Peter Pfab, Petra Deckert, Wolfgang Siegel, Peter Baßler
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Patent number: 8211822Abstract: Process for preparing propylene oxide, which comprises at least the steps (i) and (ii): (i) providing a catalyst comprising at least one porous oxidic material; (ii) reacting propene with a hydroperoxide in at least one nitrile as solvent or in a solvent mixture comprising at least one nitrile in the presence of the catalyst of (i), wherein the at least one porous oxidic material is a zeolite which is assigned X-ray-crystallographically to the MWW type.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ulrich Mueller, Georg Krug, Peter Rudolf, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Hans-Georg Goebbel, Peter Bassler
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Publication number: 20120157711Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing formic acid by reacting carbon dioxide (1) with hydrogen (2) in a hydrogenation reactor (I) in the presence of a catalyst comprising an element of group 8, 9 or 10 of the Periodic Table, a tertiary amine comprising at least 12 carbon atoms per molecule and a polar solvent comprising one or more monoalcohols selected from among methanol, ethanol, propanols and butanols, to form formic acid/amine adducts as intermediates which are subsequently thermally dissociated, where a tertiary amine having a boiling point which is at least 5° C. higher than that of formic acid is used and a reaction mixture comprising the polar solvent, the formic acid/amine adducts, the tertiary amine and the catalyst is formed in the reaction in the hydrogenation reactor (I) and is discharged from the reactor as output (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Thomas Schaub, Donata Maria Fries, Rocco Paciello, Klaus-Dieter Mohl, Martin Schäfer, Stefan Rittinger, Petra Deckert, Peter Bassler
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Publication number: 20120142950Abstract: A continuous process for the production of propylene oxide comprising reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in methanolic solution in the presence of a titanium silicalite-1 catalyst to obtain propylene oxide, wherein a reaction feed comprising propene, methanol and hydrogen peroxide is introduced into a reactor, said reaction feed containing potassium cations and phosphorus in the form of anions of at least one phosphorus oxyacid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicants: The Dow Chemical Company, BASF SEInventors: Joaquim Henrique TELES, Kai Gumlich, Peter Bassler, Christian Bartosch, Philip Kampe, Hans-Georg Göbbel, Ulrich Müller, Richard Jacubinas
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Publication number: 20120065413Abstract: A process for producing propylene oxide comprising reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst to give a mixture (G1) comprising propylene oxide, unreacted propene, and oxygen; separating propylene oxide from mixture (G1) to give a mixture (GII) comprising propene and oxygen; and adding hydrogen to mixture (GII) and reducing the oxygen comprised in mixture (GII) at least partially by reaction with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising copper in elemental and/or oxidic form on a support, wherein copper is present on the support in an amount of 30 to 80 wt.-% based on the whole catalyst and calculated as CuO.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicants: The Dow Chemical Company, BASF SEInventors: Philip Kampe, Peter Resch, Soo Yin Chin, Peter Bassler, Ulrich Mueller, Goetz-Peter Schindler, Hans-Georg Goebbel, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Kai Gumlich, Thomas Grassler, Christian Bartosch, Richard Jacubinas, Meinolf Weidenbach