And Group Vi Metal (i.e., Cr, Mo., W Or Po) Patents (Class 502/248)
  • Patent number: 7504357
    Abstract: A catalyst composition having the formula: Mo1VaSbbNbcMdOx wherein M is gallium, bismuth, silver or gold, a is 0.01 to 1, b is 0.01 to 1, c is 0.01 to 1, d is 0.01 to 1 and x is determined by the valence requirements of the other components. Other metals, such as tantalum, titanium, aluminum, zirconium, chromium, manganese, iron, ruthenium, cobalt, rhodium, nickel, platinum, boron, arsenic, lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, calcium, beryllium, magnesium, cerium, strontium, hafnium, phosphorus, europium, gadolinium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, terbium, ytterbium, lutetium, lanthanum, scandium, palladium, praseodymium, neodymium, yttrium, thorium, tungsten, cesium, zinc, tin, germanium, silicon, lead, barium or thallium may also be components of the catalyst. This catalyst is prepared by co-precipitation of metal compounds which are calcined to form a mixed metal oxide catalyst that can be used for the selective conversion of an alkane to an unsaturated carboxylic acid in a one-step process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Paulette N. Hazin, Paul E. Ellis, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20090030230
    Abstract: The invention relates to mixed oxide catalysts for the catalytic gas-phase oxidation of olefins and methylated aromatics, processes for producing the catalysts and the reaction with air or oxygen in the presence of inert gases in various ratios at elevated temperatures and pressure to form aldehydes and carboxylic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Achim Fischer, Werner Burkhardt, Christoph Weckbecker, Klaus Huthmacher, Frank Wilz
  • Publication number: 20090030224
    Abstract: A process fro producing fro producing a high-performance catalyst for use in a reaction for acrylic acid production from propane or propylene through air oxidation, is provided. A process for producing a metal oxide catalyst having the following composition formula, the process comprising the following steps (1) and (2): Composition formula MoViAjBkCxOy (wherein A is Te or Sb; B is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, and Ti; C is Si or Ge; i and j each are 0.01-1.5 and j/i is from 0.3 to 1.0; k is 0.001-3.0; x is 0.002-0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinlin Tu, Naomasa Furuta, Yuuichi Sumida
  • Patent number: 7456129
    Abstract: A support for a gas-phase oxidation catalyst, the support including a solid acid, of which acid strength (H0) meets an inequality: ?5.6?H0?1.5; a gas-phase oxidation catalyst including the above support and a complex oxide containing molybdenum and vanadium as essential components, the complex oxide being supported on the support; a process for producing acrylic acid by gas-phase catalytic oxidation of acrolein with molecular oxygen, the process including carrying out the gas-phase catalytic oxidation in a presence of the above gas-phase oxidation catalyst; and a process for producing the above support, the process including controlling an acid strength (H0) of a solid acid so as to meet an inequality: ?5.6?H0?1.5 by adjusting a calcination temperature in a preparation of the solid acid contained in the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Fukumoto, Michio Tanimoto
  • Patent number: 7452844
    Abstract: The Fischer-Tropsch catalyst of the present invention is a transition metal-based catalyst having a high surface area, a smooth, homogeneous surface morphology, an essentially uniform distribution of cobalt throughout the support, and a small metal crystallite size. In a first embodiment, the catalyst has a surface area of from about 100 m2/g to about 250 m2/g; an essentially smooth, homogeneous surface morphology; an essentially uniform distribution of metal throughout an essentially inert support; and a metal oxide crystallite size of from about 40 ? to about 200 ?. In a second embodiment, the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst is a cobalt-based catalyst with a first precious metal promoter and a second metal promoter on an aluminum oxide support, the catalyst having from about 5 wt % to about 60 wt % cobalt; from about 0.0001 wt % to about 1 wt % of the first promoter, and from about 0.01 wt % to about 5 wt % of the second promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Süd-Chemie Inc
    Inventors: X. D. Hu, Patrick J. Loi, Robert J. O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20080219918
    Abstract: A catalyst for fuel reforming including a metal catalyst that includes at least one active component A selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, Ir, Rh and Ru; and an active component B that is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mo, V, W, Cr, Re, Co, Ce and Fe, oxides thereof, alloys thereof, or mixtures thereof, and a carrier impregnated with the metal catalyst, and a method of producing hydrogen by performing a fuel reforming reaction using the catalyst for fuel reforming. The catalyst for fuel reforming has excellent catalytic activity at a low temperature and improved hydrogen purity. Therefore, when the catalyst for fuel reforming is used, high-purity hydrogen, which can be used as a fuel of a fuel cell, can be produced with high purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo-hwan Lee, Yulia Potapova, Soon-ho Kim, Hyun-chul Lee, Kang-hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20080176070
    Abstract: Carbon fibers containing at least one element (I) selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, at least one element (II) selected from the group consisting of Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Cu, Y, Zr, Nb, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, a lanthanide, Hf, Ta, Re, Os, Ir, Pt and Au, and at least one element (III) selected from the group of W and Mo, wherein the element (II) and the element (III) each is 1 to 100 mol % relative to the mols of element (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K. K.
    Inventors: Akihiro KITAZAKI, Eiji Kanbara
  • Publication number: 20080108843
    Abstract: Disclosed is a complex oxide catalyst composed of catalyst particles containing Mo, V, a component X and a silica-containing carrier. The component X is at least one element selected from alkaline earth metal elements and rare earth elements. The complex oxide catalyst is supported by the carrier, and the component X is uniformly distributed in the catalyst particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Satoshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 7365041
    Abstract: An ammoxidation catalyst comprising a molybdenum (component (1)), bismuth (component (2)), at least one element selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, zinc, magnesium, manganese and copper (component (3)) and at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium and neodymium (component (4)), over which an organic compound is subject to ammoxidation which is a composite oxide fluid bed catalyst, is prepared by i) preparing a first solution that comprises at least a portion of component (1), at least a portion of component (2), and at least a portion of component (3) but none of component (4); ii) preparing a second solution by adding a solution of component (4) to the first solution; and iii) drying the second solution obtained and calcining the solid matter obtained from the drying step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Dia-Nitrix Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Miyaki, Motoo Yanagita, Kunio Mori
  • Patent number: 7329628
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a catalyst for partial oxidation of propylene and iso-butylene, and more particularly to a process for preparing a catalyst for partial oxidation of propylene and iso-butylene that can stably prepare a catalyst that shows high activity for conversion of propylene and iso-butylene to obtain acrolein and methacrolein with a high yield, by dissolving salts of metals acting as a catalyst in a nitric acid aqueous solution or in an organic acid solution to prepare a catalyst suspension, drying the catalyst solution in a microwave oven, and then pulverizing and molding the dried catalyst, and calcining the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hwa Kang, Won-Ho Lee, Min-Ho Kil
  • Patent number: 7304013
    Abstract: Bulk and supported catalysts are prepared from an aqueous slurry containing a catalytically active material and a binder. The slurry is either coated onto a support and dried to form a porous, high surface area phase containing the catalytically active material, or reduced to a paste-like consistency, molded and dried to form a bulk catalyst. The processes and catalysts may be employed in various catalytic chemical processes to achieve high effectiveness factor of the catalytically active material while achieving a lower pressure drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: William P. Addiego, Charles M. Sorensen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7304180
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a metal oxide catalyst capable of producing acrylic acid, acrylonitrile or the like in one stage by catalytic oxidation reaction of propane in a high yield. The invention is characterized by using one obtained by finely ground metallic Te or metallic Sb in water or an organic solvent as a raw material for the production of an oxide catalyst made of metal elements Mo—V—Nb—Te or metal elements Mo—V—Nb—Sb. The powder of the metallic Te or metallic Sb obtained by grinding preferably has a mode size of not more than 20 ?m. By using the metal oxide obtained by the invention as a catalyst, it is possible to produce acrylic acid in a high yield of 35% or more from propane by a one-stage oxidation reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Toagosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinlin Tu, Yuuichi Sumida, Mamoru Takahashi, Hiroshi Niizuma
  • Patent number: 7285514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a catalyst for partial oxidation of acrolein, particularly to a method for preparing a catalyst for partial oxidation of acrolein that has a superior acrolein conversion rate, acrylic acid activity, selectivity, and yield, by introducing a base solution and an acid solution into a catalyst suspension prepared by dissolving salts of metal ingredients of the catalyst in water to control the acidity of the catalyst suspension, contacting the catalyst suspension of which acidity is controlled with an inert support to support the catalyst thereon, and then drying and firing the supported catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hwa Kang, Won-Ho Lee, Min-Ho Kil, Hyun-Jong Shin, Byung-Yul Choi, Yeon-Shick Yoo, Young-Hyun Choe, Ju-Yeon Park
  • Patent number: 7273829
    Abstract: The invention is a supported or bound heteropoly acid catalyst composition, a method of making the catalyst composition and a process for the oxidation of saturated and/or unsaturated aldehydes to unsaturated carboxylic acids using the catalyst composition. The catalyst composition has an active heteropoly acid component containing molybdenum, vanadium, phosphorus and cesium and an inert heteropoly acid component containing molybdenum, phosphorus and cesium, potassium, rubidium or sodium at a relative molybdenum:cesium/potassium/rubidium/sodium molar ratio of above about 12:2. The catalyst is made by dissolving compounds of the components of each of the heteropoly acid compounds in a solution, precipitating the heteropoly acid compounds, contacting the heteropoly acid compounds to form a catalyst precursor and calcining the catalyst precursor to form a heteropoly acid compound catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Wugeng Liang, Scott A. Stevenson, Joseph R. Linzer
  • Patent number: 7229946
    Abstract: A catalyst composition having the formula: Mo1VaSbbNbcMdOx wherein M is gallium, bismuth, silver or gold, a is 0.01 to 1, b is 0.01 to 1, c is 0.01 to 1, d is 0.01 to 1 and x is determined by the valence requirements of the other components. Other metals, such as tantalum, titanium, aluminum, zirconium, chromium, manganese, iron, ruthenium, cobalt, rhodium, nickel, platinum, boron, arsenic, lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, calcium, beryllium, magnesium, cerium, strontium, hafnium, phosphorus, europium, gadolinium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, terbium, ytterbium, lutetium, lanthanum, scandium, palladium, praseodymium, neodymium, yttrium, thorium, tungsten, cesium, zinc, tin, germanium, silicon, lead, barium or thallium may also be components of the catalyst. This catalyst is prepared by co-precipitation of metal compounds which are calcined to form a mixed metal oxide catalyst that can be used for the selective conversion of an alkane to an unsaturated carboxylic acid in a one-step process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Paulette N. Hazin, Paul E. Ellis, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7229945
    Abstract: The present invention is for a process for making a catalyst for production of unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, by gas phase catalytic oxidation of olefins, such as isobutylene, said catalyst containing oxides of molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cesium, tungsten, cobalt, nickel, antimony, magnesium and zinc. The process is a two-part synthesis of the catalyst with the water insoluble components in one part and the water soluble components in the other part. The water insoluble components are co-precipitated to form an intermediate catalyst precursor of a precipitated support incorporating oxides of the metal components. The intermediate catalyst precursor is filtered and washed to remove nitrates. The intermediate catalyst precursor is slurried with the remaining water soluble components. A final catalyst precursor is formed by removing the water and incorporating the water soluble components. This two-part process reduces the amount of nitrates in the final catalyst precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industrics Corporation
    Inventor: James W. Kauffman
  • Patent number: 7129195
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the heterogenically catalyed gas-phase partial oxidation of precursor compounds of (meth)acrylic acid in a fixed catalyst bed, containing as the catalyst an activated mass of mixed oxide, shaped to form a geometric body. Said geometric body is a geometric base body, into whose surface a cavity is incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Raimund Felder, Signe Unverricht, Heiko Arnold, Jochen Petzoldt
  • Patent number: 7067452
    Abstract: (i) In a ceramic catalyst body which comprises a ceramic carrier which has a multitude of pores capable of supporting a catalyst directly on the surface of a substrate ceramic and a catalyst supported on the ceramic carrier, a layer containing an anti-evaporation metal such as Rh is formed on the outer surface of catalyst metal particles such as Pt or Rh. The layer containing the anti-evaporation metal protects the catalyst metal and prevents evaporation thereof, thereby suppressing the deterioration; and/or (ii) A ceramic catalyst body is made by having a main catalyst component and a promoter component directly on a ceramic carrier which can directly support the catalyst by substituting a part of the constituent elements of cordierite, and a trap layer is provided in the upstream thereof for trapping sulfur which is a catalyst poisoning component included in the exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Tanaka, Tosiharu Kondo, Tomohiko Nakanishi, Kazuhiko Koike, Takashi Kondo, Tomomi Hase, Miho Ito
  • Patent number: 6989347
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for the production of carboxylic acids by the oxidation of the corresponding unsaturated aldehydes, and methods for making and using the catalyst compositions. The catalysts include compositions of the formula: MoaVbAlcXdYeOz wherein X is at least one element selected from W and Mn; Y is at least one element selected from Pd, Sb, Ca, P, Ga, Ge, Si, Mg, Nb, and K; a is 1; b is 0.01–0.9; c is 0<0.2; d is 0<0.5; e is 0<0.5; and z is an integer representing the number of oxygen atoms required to satisfy the valency of the remaining elements in the composition. Using the catalyst composition of the present invention, one may effectively oxidize the desired starting materials at relatively high levels of conversion, selectivity, and productivity, and with minimal side products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Khalid Karim, Yajnavalkya Subrai Bhat, Syed Irshad Zaheer, Asad Ahmad Khan
  • Patent number: 6946422
    Abstract: A process for making a catalyst containing oxides of molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cesium and, optionally, other metals, such as tungsten, cobalt, nickel, antimony, magnesium, zinc, phosphorus, potassium, rubidium, thallium, manganese, barium, chromium, boron, sulfur, silicon, aluminum, titanium, cerium, tellurium, tin, vanadium, zirconium, lead, cadmium, copper and niobium wherein metal compounds are dissolved and then precipitated as a catalyst precursor which is calcined to form a mixed metal oxide catalyst. The process of the present invention uses an organic acid, such as acetic acid, instead of nitric acid to dissolve the bismuth compound and, optionally, other metal compounds. The catalyst synthesized by this process may be used for the production of unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, by gas phase catalytic oxidation of olefins, such as isobutylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Scott A. Stevenson, Wugeng Liang
  • Patent number: 6881702
    Abstract: A catalyst suitable for the gas-phase oxidation of organic compounds to ?,?-unsaturated aldehydes and/or carboxylic acids and having an active phase comprising a multimetal oxide material is prepared by a process in which a particulate catalyst precursor which contains oxides and/or compounds of the elements other than oxygen which constitute the multimetal oxide material, which compounds can be converted into oxides, is prepared and said catalyst precursor is converted by calcination into a catalytically active form, wherein a stream of the particulate catalyst precursor is passed at substantially constant speed through at least one calcination zone at constant temperature for calcination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heiko Arnold, Signe Unverricht, Raimund Felder, Klaus Harth, Klaus Joachim Müller-Engel
  • Patent number: 6875717
    Abstract: A method and system for the in situ synthesis of a combinatorial library including impregnating a first component with a second component. The method and system advantageously may be employed in the synthesis of materials for screening for usefulness as a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Symyx Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Claus G. Lugmair, Damodara M. Poojary, Alfred Hagemeyer, Daniel M. Giaquinta
  • Patent number: 6753292
    Abstract: A silica-based photocatalyst fiber having visible-light activity, which fiber comprises a composite oxide phase comprising an oxide phase (first phase) mainly made of a silica component and a titania phase (second phase), wherein the second phase contains a metal element other than titanium and the existent ratio of the second phase slopingly increases towards the surface of the fiber, and a process for the production thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamaoka, Yoshikatu Harada, Teruaki Fujii
  • Patent number: 6740769
    Abstract: A process for producing a molybdenum-bismuth-iron-containing metal oxide fluidized bed catalyst which has a controlled particle diameter and has satisfactory activity and physical properties. In a process for producing a fluidized bed catalyst containing molybdenum-bismuth-iron and silica as a carrier component, dried products formed in a spray drying step and having a particle diameter outside a desired range are pulverized, then the pulverized one is mixed into a slurry before spray drying, the resulting mixture is spray-dried, and the spray-dried particles are subjected to a classification operation to obtain particles having a diameter within the desired range, which are then calcined. The catalyst produced according to the present invention is suitable for producing acrylonitrile by ammoxidation of propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Mizutani, Yoshimi Nakamura, Yutaka Sasaki, Kunio Mori
  • Patent number: 6733657
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon conversion catalyst contains at least one silica-alumina having the following characteristics: A content by weight of silica SiO2 of between 10 and 60% by weight; an Na content less than 300 ppm by weight; a total pore volume of between 0.5 and 1.2 m/g measured by mercury porosimetry; a porosity of said silica-alumina wherein: the volume of mesopores whose diameter is between 40 Å and 150 Å, and whose mean diameter varies between 80 and 120 Å represents between 30 and 80% of the total pore volume, and (ii) the volume of macropores, whose diameter is greater than 500 Å and preferably between 1000 Å and 10,000 Å represents between 20 and 80% of the total pore volume; a specific surface area greater than 200 m2/g, and at least one hydro-dehydrogenating element selected metals of group VIB and group VIII, and optionally phosphorus, boron, silicon, or elements of group VIIA, VIIB or VB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Eric Benazzi, Tivadar Cseri, Magalie Roy-Auberger, Patrick Euzen
  • Patent number: 6706660
    Abstract: A lean NOx catalyst and method of preparing the same is disclosed. The lean NOx catalyst includes a ceramic substrate, an oxide support material, preferably &ggr;-alumina, deposited on the substrate and a metal promoter or dopant introduced into the oxide support material. The metal promoters or dopants are selected from the group consisting of indium, gallium, tin, silver, germanium, gold, nickel, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, chromium, cerium, vanadium, oxides thereof, and combinations thereof. The &ggr;-alumina preferably has a pore volume of from about 0.5 to about 2.0 cc/g; a surface area of between about 80 to 350 m2/g; an average pore size diameter of between about 3 to 30 nm; and an impurity level of less than or equal to 0.2 weight percent. In a preferred embodiment the &ggr;-alumina is prepared by a sol-gel method, with the metal doping of the &ggr;-alumina preferably accomplished using an incipient wetness impregnation technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventor: Paul W. Park
  • Patent number: 6696388
    Abstract: A gel composition substantially contained within the pores of a solid material for use as a catalyst or as a catalyst support in dehydrogenation and dehydrocyclization processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kostantinos Kourtakis, Leo E. Manzer
  • Patent number: 6683024
    Abstract: A sorbent composition is provided which can be used in the desulfurization of a hydrocarbon-containing fluid such as cracked gasoline or diesel fuel. The sorbent composition contains a support component and a promoter component with the promoter component being present as a skin on the support component. Such sorbent composition is prepared by a process of impregnating a support component with a promoter component, wherein the promoter component has been melted under a melting condition, followed by drying, calcining, and reducing to thereby provide the sorbent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Gyanesh P. Khare, Donald R. Engelbert
  • Patent number: 6638888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mesoporous gel comprising an alumina matrix in which one or more oxides selected from silica, boron oxide, phosphorus oxide, oxides of metals of groups VIII and VIB, may be uniformly dispersed. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of this gel and its uses as carrier, as catalyst for acid-catalyzed reactions and as hydrotreating catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Eniricerche S.p.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Peratello, Giuseppe Bellussi, Vicenzo Calemma, Roberto Millini
  • Patent number: 6638890
    Abstract: A modified carrier carrying on at least a part of an inert carrier surface an oxide which is represented by the formula (1): XaYbZcOd (wherein X is at least an element selected from alkaline earth metals; Y is at least an element selected from Si, Al, Ti and Zr; Z is at least an element selected from Group IA elements and Group IIIb elements of the periodic table, B, Fe, Bi, Co, Ni and Mn; and O is oxygen; a, b, c and d denote the atomic ratios of X, Y, Z and O, respectively, where a=1, 0<b≦100, 0≦c≦10, and d is a numerical value determined by the extents of oxidation of the other elements) is provided. A catalyst formed with the use of this modified carrier carrying a complex oxide containing Mo and V is useful as a vapor phase catalytic oxidation catalyst, and is particularly suitable as a catalyst for preparing acrylic acid through vapor phase catalytic oxidation of acrolein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Tanimoto, Hiromi Yunoki, Daisuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6632772
    Abstract: A method of coating a catalyst to a support for use in acrolein oxidation reaction. Metallic salt components of the catalyst including molybdate, vanadate and tungstate are dissolved in a liquid to form a suspension of particles of the catalyst. The precipitation of the catalyst particles is controlled by homogenizing the catalyst particles suspended in the liquid. The phase separation between the catalyst particles and the liquid can be substantially slowed down by the homogenization. Then the catalyst is coated on an inert support by applying the suspension of the catalyst particles to the support. In the suspension, the total weight of water is about 0.8 to about 5 times of the total weight of the metallic salts in the catalyst. This method of preparing suspension minimizes the amount of the liquid required to dissolve the metallic salts, which reduces the amount of time and energy to be used in evaporating the liquid from the suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: LG Chemical, Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Ho Lee, Kyung-Hwa Kang, Dong-Hyun Ko, Young-Chang Byun
  • Publication number: 20030185734
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a catalyst for purification of exhaust gases which catalyst is excellent as a denitrification catalyst which has still more excellent ability to remove nitrogen oxides and of which the ability to oxidize sulfur dioxide into sulfur trioxide is extremely suppressed and further as a catalyst which is favorable for efficiently removing organohalogen compounds, such as dioxins, from exhaust gases; a production process therefor; and a process for purification of exhaust gases. The catalyst for purification of exhaust gases comprises titanium oxide, molybdenum oxide, and vanadium oxide as catalytic components, wherein the titanium oxide and the molybdenum oxide are included in the catalyst in the form of: a binary closely mixed oxide which is beforehand prepared and includes titanium and molybdenum; and/or a trinary closely mixed oxide which is beforehand prepared and includes titanium, silicon, and molybdenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinyuki Masaki, Ryoji Kuma, Noboru Sugishima
  • Patent number: 6620973
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for the production of unsaturated aldehydes by the oxidation of the corresponding olefins, and methods of making and using such catalyst compositions. The catalysts of the present invention include compositions of the formula: MoaPdbBicFedX1eX2fX3gOz, wherein X1 is an element selected from Co, Ni, V, Pt, Rh, or mixtures thereof; X2 is an element selected from Al, Ga, Ge, Mn, Nb, Zn, Ag, P, Si, W, or mixtures thereof; X3 is an element selected from K, Mg, Rb, Ca, Sr, Ba, Na, In, or mixtures thereof; a is 1; b is 0<b<0.3; c is 0<c<0.9; d is 0<d<0.9; e is 0<e<0.9; f is 0<f<0.9; g is 0<g<0.3; and z is an integer representing the number of oxygen atoms required to satisfy the valency of Mo, Pd, Bi, Fe, X1, X2, and X3 in the catalyst composition. Using the methods of the present invention, one may effectively oxidize the desired starting materials at relatively high levels of conversion, selectivity, and productivity, and with minimal side products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Khalid Karim, Yajnavalkya Subrai Bhat, Syed Irshad Zaheer, Asad Ahmad Khan
  • Patent number: 6602818
    Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides and a method for preparing the same. The catalyst is prepared using a spent catalyst discharged from a hydro-desulfurization process of an oil refinery in which the spent catalyst comprises vanadium, nickel, molybdenum and sulfur component on alumina, and a tungsten-impregnated support. The catalyst prepared in accordance with the present invention is very advantageous in terms of excellent selective removal effect of nitrogen oxides as well as better poisoning resistance to sulfur oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: SK Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung-Il Choi, Sang-Ho Lee, Choul-Woo Shin, Jun-Seong Ahn
  • Patent number: 6596897
    Abstract: A fluidized-bed catalyst for producing acrylonitrile by the ammoxidation of propylene, which comprises a silica carrier and a composite having the following formula: AaCcDdNafFegBihMiMo12Ox wherein A selected from the group consisting of potassium, rubidium, cesium, samarium, thallium and mixtures thereof; C is selected from the group consisting of phosphorus, arsenic, boron, antimony, chromium and mixtures thereof; D is selected from nickel, cobalt or mixtures thereof; M is selected from tungsten, vanadium or mixtures thereof. The catalyst of the present invention particularly suits the use under higher pressure and higher duties, and still maintains very high single-pass yield of acrylonitrile and a high ammonia conversion. This catalyst particularly suits the requirement for existing acrylonitrile plants to raise capacity. For new plants it can also reduce the investment on the catalyst and the pollution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignees: China Petro-Chemical Corporation, Research Institute of Petroleum Processing
    Inventors: Xingya Guan, Xin Chen, Lianghua Wu
  • Patent number: 6576585
    Abstract: A process for producing a catalyst body includes providing titanium dioxide, tungsten trioxide, vanadium pentoxide, aluminum oxide, and/or silicon oxide for the catalyst body. A kneadable and/or shapable compound is processed to form a shaped body by extrusion or by coating of a support body. The shaped body is dried and is calcined to form an active compound. The calcined shaped body is artificially aged by a final heat treatment at a temperature higher than the calcination temperature to produce a catalyst body having a high resistance to deactivation at high temperatures. The starting materials include from 65 to 95% by weight of titanium dioxide, 2 to 30% by weight of tungsten trioxide, 0 to 2% by weight of vanadium pentoxide, preferably, less than 1.5%, 0.1 to 10% by weight of aluminum oxide, and 0.1 to 10% by weight of silicon dioxide. The final heat treatment is done is at 660 to 700° C., drying is at 20 to 100° C. prior to calcination, and calcination is at 400° C. to less than 700° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Fischer, Ronald Neufert, Günther Pajonk, Frank Witzel
  • Patent number: 6521808
    Abstract: The present invention includes a sol-gel supported catalyst for the dehydrogenation of lower alkanes, the catalyst comprising at least one active metal and at least one promoter metal attached to a sol-gel mixed oxide support. The sol-gel mixed oxide support arises from the polymerization of at least one precursor. The active metal and the promoter metal have been attached to the sol-gel mixed oxide support by the active metal and the promoter metal having been co-precipitated with the precursor of the sol-gel mixed oxide support. The invention also includes a method of making the above mentioned catalyst and a method of using the catalyst to dehydrogenate lower alkanes to produce lower alkenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: The Ohio State University
    Inventors: Umit S. Ozkan, Rick B. Watson
  • Publication number: 20020169069
    Abstract: A base catalyst, obtained by formulating at least one alkali metal compound selected from the group consisting of alkoxides, hydroxides and oxides of alkali metals and an alkaline-earth metal oxide in a ratio of “the weight of alkaline metal compound/the weight of alkaline-earth metal oxide”=0.005 to 1, is used in a reaction of an aldehyde to produce a glycol monoester, thereby providing a base catalyst with an improved efficiency which can be applied to aldol reaction or the like and which has high activity to give target product in a high selectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2000
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: KAN-ICHIRO INUI, SHUNJI OSHIMA, TORU KURABAYASHI, SAKAE KAWAMURA, MASAHIRO YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 6452021
    Abstract: The present invention has for its object to provide a production method of pyromellitic anhydride of high purity in good yield at low cost by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of a 2,4,5-trialkylbenzaldehyde with the aid of a suitable catalyst system. The present invention relates to a production method of pyromellitic anhydride comprising a step for catalytic gas-phase oxidation of a 2,4,5-trialkylbenzaldehyde with a molecular oxygen-containing gas in which said step for catalytic gas-phase oxidation is carried out in the presence of a catalyst such that a specific surface area of the catalytic active component thereof is not greater than 50 m2/g or in the presence of a catalyst containing vanadium as well as molybdenum and/or tungsten as a catalytic active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Takahashi, Yasuhisa Emoto, Etsushige Matsunami
  • Publication number: 20020115887
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst composition for the production of carboxylic acids by the oxidation of the corresponding unsaturated aldehydes, and methods for making and using the catalyst compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Saudi Arabia
    Inventors: Khalid Karim, Yajnavalkya Subrai Bhat, Syed Irshad Zaheer, Asad Ahmad Khan
  • Patent number: 6420307
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new fluidized-bed catalyst used in a process of propylene ammoxidation to acrylonitrile. The catalyst comprises a silica as carrier and a composition represented by the following general formulas: AaBbCcGedNaeFefBigMohOx Wherein A represents at least one element selected from a group consisting Li,K,Rb,Cs,Sm, In or Tl; B represents at least one element selected from a group consisting of P, Sb, Cr, W. Pr, Ce, As, B, Te, Ga, Al, Nb, Th, La or V; C represents one element selected from a group consisting of Ni, Co, Sr, Mn, Mg, Ca, Zn, Cd or Cu and the mixture thereof; a is a number of from 0.01 to 1.5; b is a number of from 0.01 to 3.0; c is a number of from 0.1 to 12.0; preferably from 2 to 10; d is a number of from 0.01 to 2.0; preferably from 0.01 to 1.0; e is a number of from 0.01 to 0.7; preferably from 0.05 to 0.5; f is a number of from 0.1 to 8; preferably from 1.0 to 3.0; g is a number of from 0.01 to 6; preferably from 0.1 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: China Petro-Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Lianghua Wu, Guojun Wang, Xin Chen
  • Publication number: 20020058586
    Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides and a method for preparing the same. The catalyst is prepared using a spent catalyst discharged from a hydro-desulfurization process of an oil refinery in which the spent catalyst comprises vanadium, nickel, molybdenum and sulfur component on alumina, and a tungsten-impregnated support. The catalyst prepared in accordance with the present invention is very advantageous in terms of excellent selective removal effect of nitrogen oxides as well as better poisoning resistance to sulfur oxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Kyung-Il Choi, Sang-Ho Lee, Choul-Woo Shin, Jun-Seong Ahn
  • Publication number: 20010004452
    Abstract: A method for cleaning diesel engine exhaust gas is described. The exhaust gas is passed over a catalytic converter with an active material which contains (% by weight) 70-95% TiO2, 2-10% WO3 and/or MoO3, 0.1-5% V2O5, 0.1-8% CaO, 0.1-8% Al2O3, 0.1-5% B2O3 and 0.1-10% SiO2. A reducing agent for a reduction of nitrogen oxides is metered into the exhaust-gas stream upstream of the catalytic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Inventors: Wieland Mathes, Ronald Neufert, Dietmar Weisensel, Klaus Wenzlawski
  • Patent number: 6242379
    Abstract: A catalyst for the production of alkenylaromatics from alkylaromatics, wherein the catalyst is predominantly iron oxide, an alkali metal compound and a small amount of a source for palladium or platinum. Additional components of the catalyst may include compounds based on cerium, molybdenum, tungsten and other such promoters. Also a process for the production of alkenylaromatics from alkylaromatics using this catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: United Catalysts Inc.
    Inventors: David Williams, Yuji Mishima, Andrzej Rokicki, Kazuhiko Shinyama, Dennis J. Smith
  • Patent number: 6231750
    Abstract: The invention provides a hydrocracking catalyst comprising at least one mineral matrix, at least one beta zeolite, at least one group VB element or at least one mixed sulphide phase comprising sulphur, optionally at least one group VIB or group VIII element, optionally at least one element selected from the group formed by silicon, boron or phosphorous, and optionally at least one group VIIA element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Slavik Kasztelan, Eric Benazzi, Nathalie Marchal-George
  • Patent number: 6194610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the selective preparation of acetic acid from a gaseous feed comprising ethane, ethylene or mixtures thereof plus oxygen at elevated temperature, which comprises bringing the gaseous feed into contact with a catalyst comprising the elements Mo, Pd, X and Y in gram atom ratios a:b:c:d in combination with oxygen MoaPdbXcYd  (I) where the symbols X and Y have the following meanings: X is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of: Cr, Mn, Nb, Ta, Ti, V, Te and/or W, in particular Nb, V and W; Y is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of: B, Al, Ga, In, Pt, Zn, Cd, Bi, Ce, Co, Cu, Rh, Ir, Au, Ag, Fe, Ru, Os, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zr, Hf, Ni, P, Pb, Sb, Si, Sn, TI and U, in particular Ca, Sb, Te and Li. The present invention further provides a catalyst for the selective preparation of acetic acid comprising the elements Mo, Pd, X and Y in the gram atom ratios a:b:c:d in combination with oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Aventis Research & Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Borchert, Uwe Dingerdissen
  • Patent number: 6191065
    Abstract: A catalyst for the production of alkenylaromatics from alkylaromatics, wherein the catalyst is predominantly iron oxide, an alkali metal compound and less than about 100 ppm of a source for a noble metal, such as palladium, platinum, ruthenium, rhenium, osmium, rhodium or iridium. Additional components of the catalyst may include compounds based on cerium, molybdenum, tungsten and other such promoters. Also a process for the production of alkenylaromatics from alkylaromatics using this catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignees: Nissan Girdler Catalysts Company, United Catalysts Inc.
    Inventors: David Williams, Yuji Mishima, Andrzej Rokicki, Kazuhiko Shinyama, Dennis Smith
  • Patent number: 6184173
    Abstract: Multimetal oxides containing Mo, V and at least one of the elements W, Nb, Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, Cr, Si and Ge and having a special three-dimensional atomic arrangement are used in catalysts for the catalytic gas-phase oxidation of organic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Hibst, Andreas Tenten, Laszlo Marosi
  • Patent number: 6143928
    Abstract: A mixed metal oxide catalytic system consisting of molybdenum, vanadium, palladium, lanthanum, niobium and X, wherein X is copper and/or chromium, providing higher yields of acrylic acid and acrolein in the low temperature oxidation of propylene with a molecular oxygen-containing gas without the production of side products such as CO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Khalid Karim, Yajnavalkya Subrai Bhat, Syed Irshad Zaheer, Abdullah Bin Nafisa
  • Patent number: RE39074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the selective preparation of acetic acid from a gaseous feed comprising ethane, ethylene or mixtures thereof plus oxygen at elevated temperature, which comprises bringing the gaseous feed into contact with a catalyst comprising the elements Mo, Pd, X and Y in gram atom ratios a:b:c:d in combination with oxygen MoaPdbXcYd??(I) where the symbols X and Y have the following meanings: X is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of: Cr, Mn, Nb, Ta, Ti, V, Te and/or W, in particular Nb, V and W; Y is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of: B, Al, Ga, In, Pt, Zn, Cd, Bi, Ce, Co, Cu, Rh, Ir, Au, Ag, Fe, Ru, Os, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zr, Hf, Ni, P, Pb, Sb, Si, Sn, TI and U, in particular Ca, Sb, Te and Li. The present invention further provides a catalyst for the selective preparation of acetic acid comprising the elements Mo, Pd, X and Y in the gram atom ratios a:b:c:d in combination with oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Celanese Chemicals Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Borchert, Uwe Dingerdissen