Patents by Inventor Toshitake Kojima
Toshitake Kojima 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: 8716523Abstract: A method for manufacturing a catalyst of which active components are partly neutralized salt of heteropoly acid comprising molybdenum, phosphorus, vanadium, cesium, antimony, and ammonia as essential components, wherein the method is characterized in mixing an antimony compound with a complex oxide of the essential active components in the catalyst containing active components other than antimony, wherein the antimony compound may be added during slurry preparation.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Sudo, Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Toshitake Kojima, Shigeo Hayashimoto
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Publication number: 20120329638Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a regenerated catalyst from a recovered catalyst from manufacturing process or a used catalyst of a heteropoly acid-based catalyst containing molybdenum, phosphorus, vanadium or copper as an essential component by the below-described Process a to Process f: Process a: a solution A is prepared by mixing a substance M with an aqueous solvent and removing a component insoluble in the solvent; Process b: the molar quantity of at least one component of molybdenum, phosphorus, vanadium or copper contained in the solution A is measured; Process c: an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution is added to the solution A to obtain a solution B; Process d: the difference between the content obtained in Process b and the theoretical value of a required element is determined and the shortage amount of the catalyst component is added to the solution B to prepare a solution C; Process e: the solution C is dried to prepare catalyst granules D; and Process f: the catalystType: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Takayuki Iijima, Tomoaki Kobayashi, Toshitake Kojima
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Patent number: 8148291Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst having excellent performance and high mechanical strength for use in the production of methacrylic acid. A method for manufacturing a catalyst comprising essential active components of molybdenum, phosphorus, vanadium, cesium, ammonia, copper, and antimony for use in the production of methacrylic acid, comprising drying a slurry prepared by mixing a compound(s) containing the essential active components with water and then calcining the resulting dry powder and molding the calcined powder.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Sudo, Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Toshitake Kojima, Shigeo Hayashimoto, Yasushi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8088947Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing methacrolein and/or methacrylic acid characterized in that the catalyst filling length of a dehydration catalyst layer is 3 to 20% of the catalyst filling length of an oxidation catalyst layer in a method where raw material gas containing gaseous t-butanol is supplied to a fixed-bed multitubular reactor having a dehydration catalyst layer and an oxidation catalyst layer in this order, from the entrance for raw material gas toward the exit, to produce methacrolein and/or methacrylic acid by dehydration reaction and catalytic gas phase oxidation reaction, and the present invention can increase the conventional yield of approximately 80% to 81 to 82% even when a reaction bath temperature is relatively low (approximately 355° C.).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Toshitake Kojima, Yoshimasa Seo
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Publication number: 20110237829Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst having excellent performance and high mechanical strength for use in the production of methacrylic acid. A method for manufacturing a catalyst comprising essential active components of molybdenum, phosphorus, vanadium, cesium, ammonia, copper, and antimony for use in the production of methacrylic acid, comprising drying a slurry prepared by mixing a compound(s) containing the essential active components with water and then calcining the resulting dry powder and molding the calcined powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Sudo, Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Toshitake Kojima, Shigeo Hayashimoto, Yasushi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8017547Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst having excellent performance and high mechanical strength for use in the production of methacrylic acid. A method for manufacturing a catalyst comprising essential active components of molybdenum, phosphorus, vanadium, cesium, ammonia, copper, and antimony for use in the production of methacrylic acid, comprising drying a slurry prepared by mixing a compound(s) containing the essential active components with water and then calcining the resulting dry powder and molding the calcined powder.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2006Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Sudo, Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Toshitake Kojima, Shigeo Hayashimoto, Yasushi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20090234158Abstract: It is an object to provide a simple method for producing catalysts available in various reaction conditions, that allow gas-phase catalytic oxidation of methacrolein and the like to give methacrylic acid with high yield, high selectivity and stable methacrylic yield over extended time. A method for manufacturing a catalyst of which active components are partly neutralized salt of heteropoly acid comprising molybdenum, phosphorus, vanadium, cesium, antimony, and ammonia as essential components, wherein the method is characterized in mixing an antimony compound with a complex oxide of the essential active components in the catalyst containing active components other than antimony. The antimony compound may be added during slurry preparation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2006Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Atsushi Sudo, Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Toshitake Kojima, Shigeo Hayashimoto
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Publication number: 20090062564Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing methacrolein and/or methacrylic acid characterized in that the catalyst filling length of a dehydration catalyst layer is 3 to 20% of the catalyst filling length of an oxidation catalyst layer in a method where raw material gas containing gaseous t-butanol is supplied to a fixed-bed multitubular reactor having a dehydration catalyst layer and an oxidation catalyst layer in this order, from the entrance for raw material gas toward the exit, to produce methacrolein and/or methacrylic acid by dehydration reaction and catalytic gas phase oxidation reaction, and the present invention can increase the conventional yield of approximately 80% to 81 to 82% even when a reaction bath temperature is relatively low (approximately 355° C.).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Toshitake Kojima, Yoshimasa Seo
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Publication number: 20090036707Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst having excellent performance and high mechanical strength for use in the production of methacrylic acid. A method for manufacturing a catalyst comprising essential active components of molybdenum, phosphorus, vanadium, cesium, ammonia, copper, and antimony for use in the production of methacrylic acid, comprising drying a slurry prepared by mixing a compound(s) containing the essential active components with water and then calcining the resulting dry powder and molding the calcined powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2006Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Atsushi Sudo, Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Toshitake Kojima, Shigeo Hayashimoto, Yasushi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 5959143Abstract: A catalyst having a high activity and mechanical strength and a process for preparing it are provided. The catalyst comprises molybdenum, vanadium, copper and antimony as essential components. The peak in X-ray diffractometry of the catalytically active component with Cu--K.alpha. line is largest at 22.2.+-.0.30.degree. (2.theta.).Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1996Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Sugi, Fumio Sakai, Koichi Wada, Kazuo Shiraishi, Toshitake Kojima, Atsushi Umejima, Yoshimasa Seo
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Patent number: 4433167Abstract: A catalyst comprising (1) palladium, (2) phosphorus, (3) antimony, (4) X and (5) oxygen wherein X denotes at least one element selected from the group consisting of potassium, sodium, rubidium, lithium, cerium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, vanadium, strontium, zinc, thorium and rhenium.There is also provided a process for the manufacture of methacrylic or acrylic acid by oxidizing methacrolein or acrolein with molecular oxygen in the vapor phase in the presence of the catalyst defined above.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1982Date of Patent: February 21, 1984Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanobu Ogawa, Toshitake Kojima
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Patent number: 4148822Abstract: Methacrolein or acrolein is oxidized with molecular oxygen in the presence of water vapor, a catalyst containing palladium, phosphorus, antimony(optionally) and oxygen and a phosphoric acid or a compound capable of forming phosphoric acid during the reaction.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 1976Date of Patent: April 10, 1979Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanobu Ogawa, Toshitake Kojima
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Patent number: 4138365Abstract: A catalyst comprising (1) palladium, (2) phosphorus, (3) antimony, (4) X and (5) oxygen wherein X denotes at least one element selected from the group consisting of potassium, sodium, rubidium, lithium, cerium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, vanadium, strontium, zinc, thorium and rhenium.There is also provided a process for the manufacture of methacrylic or acrylic acid by oxidizing methacrolein or acrolein with molecular oxygen in the vapor phase in the presence of the catalyst defined above.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 1977Date of Patent: February 6, 1979Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanobu Ogawa, Toshitake Kojima
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Patent number: 4088822Abstract: Methacrylic acid and its ester or acrylic acid and its ester are prepared at the same time by reacting methacrolein or acrolein with an aliphatic alcohol and molecular oxygen in vapor phase in the presence of a Pd-- P--P-- O or Pd-- P-- Sb-- O catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1976Date of Patent: May 9, 1978Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanobu Ogawa, Toshitake Kojima