Cobalt Patents (Class 502/260)
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Publication number: 20090264277Abstract: A catalyst for hydrogen generation from an alkaline aqueous solution of hydrogen containing salts comprising a silicon-based ceramic surface covered with a mixture of metals known as transition metals and noble metals. The silicon-based ceramic surface may be self-supporting or may be deposited as a thin film on a carbonaceous substrate. The carbonaceous surface may be self-supporting or be in the form of a film that is supported on a substrate of a fourth material, where the fourth material has the function of providing physical support to the substrate. The said carbonaceous substrate can be made from a solid material or from a porous structure, of which carbon nanotube paper, also known as Bucky paper, is one example.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: October 22, 2009Inventors: RISHI RAJ, GIOVANNI CARTURAN, RAQUEL de la PENA-ALONSO
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Patent number: 7605107Abstract: This invention relates to supported multi-metallic catalysts for use in the hydroprocessing of hydrocarbon feeds, as well as a method for preparing such catalysts. The catalysts are prepared from a catalyst precursor comprised of at least one Group VIII metal and a Group VI metal and an organic agent selected from the group consisting of amino alcohols and amino acids. The catalyst precursor is thermally treated to partially decompose the organic agent, then sulfided.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2005Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Stuart L. Soled, Sabato Miseo, Joseph E. Baumgartner, Christine E. Kliewer, Andrzej Malek, Andrew C. Moreland
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Patent number: 7601670Abstract: A method of producing catalyst powder of the present invention has a step of precipitating any one of a noble metal particle (5) and a transition metal particle (10) in a reversed micelle (1); a step of precipitating, in the reversed micelle (1) in which any one of the noble metal particle (5) and the transition metal particle (10) is precipitated, a porous support material (7) which supports the noble metal particle (5) and the transition metal particle (10); and a step of precipitating the other of the noble metal particle (5) and the transition metal particle (10) in the reversed micelle (1) in which any one of the noble metal particle (5).Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Yasuda, Katsuo Suga, Masanori Nakamura, Hironori Wakamatsu, Kazuyuki Shiratori, Toru Sekiba
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Patent number: 7598203Abstract: Provided are a hydrogenation catalyst for hydrocarbon oil, having markedly improved desulfurization activity, denitrogenation activity, and dearomatization activity; a carrier for the catalyst and its production; and a method of hydrogenation of hydrocarbon oil with the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2007Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Narinobu Kagami, Ryuichiro Iwamoto
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Publication number: 20090239739Abstract: A catalyst 1 has a heat-resistant support 2 selected from among Al2O3, SiO2, ZrO2, and TiO2, and a first metal 4 supported on an outer surface of the support 2, and included by an inclusion material 3 containing a component of the support 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2005Publication date: September 24, 2009Inventors: Hirofumi Yasuda, Katsuo Suga, Makoto Aoyama, Toshiharu Miyamura
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Patent number: 7592290Abstract: The invention relates to supported catalysts and a process for the production of these catalysts. These supported catalysts may be used in various reactions such as reforming reactions (e.g. steam methane reforming (SMR) reactions and autothermal reforming (ATR) reactions). In one aspect of the invention, the supported catalyst comprises a transition metal oxide; optionally a rare-earth metal oxide; and a transition metal aluminate.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2005Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Sulzer Metco(Canada) Inc.Inventors: Syed Tajammul Hussain, Eugene Stelmack
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Patent number: 7585811Abstract: A method of producing catalyst powder of the present invention has a step of precipitating a noble metal particle (2) and a porous carrier (1) in a reversed micelle substantially simultaneously; and a step of precipitating a transition metal particle (3) in the reversed micelle. By this method, it is possible to obtain catalyst powder which restricts an aggregation of the noble metal particles even at a high temperature and is excellent in a catalytic activity.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2005Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Nakamura, Katsuo Suga, Toru Sekiba, Hironori Wakamatsu, Kazuyuki Shiratori, Hirofumi Yasuda
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Patent number: 7585812Abstract: A catalyst for use in the Fischer-Tropsch process, and a method to prepare the catalyst is disclosed. The catalyst of the present invention has a higher surface area, more uniform metal distribution, and smaller metal crystallite size than Fischer-Tropsch catalysts of the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Sud-Chemie Inc.Inventors: X. D. Hu, Patrick J. Loi, Robert J. O'Brien
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Patent number: 7582202Abstract: A Composition comprising one or more metal hydroxy salts and a matrix, binder or carrier material, wherein the metal hydroxy salt is a compound comprising (a) as metal either (i) one or more divalent metals, at least one of them being selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Ca, Zn, Mg, Fe, and Mn, or (ii) one or more trivalent metal(s), (b) framework hydroxide, and (c) a replaceable anion. This composition has various catalytic applications.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2004Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignees: Akzo Nobel N.V., Albemarle Netherlands B.V.Inventors: William Jones, Paul O'Connor, Dennis Stamires
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Publication number: 20090209412Abstract: A method of preparing a steam reforming catalyst characterized by improved resistance to attrition loss when used for cracking, reforming, water gas shift and gasification reactions on feedstock in a fluidized bed reactor, comprising: fabricating the ceramic support particle, coating a ceramic support by adding an aqueous solution of a precursor salt of a metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Cr, Co, Mn, Mg, K, La and Fe and mixtures thereof to the ceramic support and calcining the coated ceramic in air to convert the metal salts to metal oxides.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2005Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, LLCInventors: Yves O. Parent, Kim Magrini, Steven M. Landin, Marcus A. Ritland
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Patent number: 7569513Abstract: Novel nickel and/or cobalt plated sponge based catalysts are disclosed. The catalyst have an activity and/or selectivity comparable to conventional nickel and/or cobalt sponge catalysts, e.g., Raney® nickel or Raney® cobalt catalysts, but require a reduced content of nickel and/or cobalt. Catalysts in accordance with the invention comprise nickel and/or cobalt coated on at least a portion of the surface of a sponge support. Preferably, the sponge support comprises at least one metal other than or different from the metal(s) contained in the coating. The method of preparing the plated catalysts, and the method of using the catalysts in the preparation of organic compounds are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2008Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.Inventor: Stephen Raymond Schmidt
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Patent number: 7566393Abstract: Compounds and methods for sorbing organosulfur compounds from fluids are provided. Generally, compounds according to the present invention comprise mesoporous, nanocrystalline metal oxides. Preferred metal oxide compounds either exhibit soft Lewis acid properties or are impregnated with a material exhibiting soft Lewis acid properties. Methods according to the invention comprise contacting a fluid containing organosulfur contaminants with a mesoporous, nanocrystalline metal oxide. In a preferred embodiment, nanocrystalline metal oxide particles are formed into pellets (14) and placed inside a fuel filter housing (12) for removing organosulfur contaminants from a hydrocarbon fuel stream.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2005Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: NanoScale CorporationInventors: Kenneth Klabunde, Bill R. Sanford, P. Jeevanandam
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Patent number: 7563743Abstract: This invention relates to doped catalysts on an aluminosilicate substrate with a low content of macropores and the hydrocracking/hydroconversion and hydrotreatment processes that use them. The catalyst comprises at least one hydro-dehydrogenating element that is selected from the group that is formed by the elements of group VIB and group VIII of the periodic table and a dopant in a controlled quantity that is selected from among phosphorus, boron, and silicon and a non-zeolitic substrate with a silica-alumina base that contains a quantity of more than 15% by weight and of less than or equal to 95% by weight of silica (SiO2).Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Institute Francais du PetroleInventors: Patrick Euzen, Alexandra Chaumonnot, Carole Bobin, Patrick Bourges, Christophe Gueret, Hugues Dulot
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Patent number: 7563745Abstract: The invention relates to a shaped catalyst or catalyst precursor containing a catalytically active component or a precursor therefore, the component selected from elements of Group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, supported on a carrier, which catalyst or catalyst precursor is an elongated shaped particle having three protrusions each extending from and attached to a central position, wherein the central position is aligned along the longitudinal axis of the particle, the cross-section of the particle occupying the space encompassed by the outer edges of six circles around a central circle, each of the six circles touching two neighboring circles while three alternating circles are equidistant to the central circle and may be attached to the central circle, minus the space occupied by the three remaining outer circles and including the six interstitial regions.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2003Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Arend Hoek, Hans Michiel Huisman, Carolus Matthias Anna Maria Mesters
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Patent number: 7557062Abstract: An unsupported catalyst composition which comprises one or more Group VIb metals, one or more Group VIII metals, and a refractory oxide material which comprises 50 wt % or more titania, on oxide basis, which is prepared by precipitation techniques, finds use in the hydroprocessing of hydrocarbonaceous feedstocks.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2004Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Laszlo Domokos, Hermanus Jongkind, Willem Hartman Jurriaan Stork, Johanna Maria Helena Van den Tol-Kershof
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Patent number: 7541310Abstract: This invention relates to catalysts comprising a catalytic metal deposited on a composite support with well-dispersed chemical “anchor” species acting as nucleation centers for catalytic metal crystallites growth. The catalysts have the advantage that the average catalytic metal crystallite size can be controlled by the molar ratio of catalytic metal to chemical “anchor,” and is not limited by the porous structure of the support. A preferred embodiment comprises a cobalt-based catalyst on a silica-alumina support made by a co-gel method, wherein its average pore size can be controlled by the pH. The alumina species in the support most likely serve as chemical “anchors” to control the dispersion of cobalt species, such that the average cobalt crystallite size can be greater than the average pore size.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: ConocoPhillips CompanyInventors: Rafael L. Espinoza, Kandaswamy Jothimurugesan, Kevin L. Coy, James Dale Ortego, Jr., Nithya Srinivasan, Olga P. Ionkina
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Patent number: 7541012Abstract: The present invention features a catalytic material which includes a metal catalyst anchored to a nano-sized crystal containing a metal oxide. Furthermore, the present invention features a method of producing the catalytic material described herein. Finally, the present invention features using the catalytic material for removing contaminants and for getting the desired products.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyInventors: King Lun Yeung, Nan Yao, Ka Yee Ho
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Patent number: 7538066Abstract: This invention relates to supported multi-metallic catalysts for use in the hydroprocessing of hydrocarbon feeds, as well as a method for preparing such catalysts. The catalysts are prepared from a catalyst precursor comprised of at least one Group VIII metal and a Group VI metal and an organic agent selected from the group consisting of amino alcohols and amino acids.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2005Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Exxonmobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Stuart L. Soled, Sabato Miseo, Joseph E. Baumgartner, Christine E. Kliewer, Jeffrey T. Elks
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Publication number: 20090121613Abstract: A method for producing a carbon nanotube assembly, the method controlling a growth density of carbon nanotubes on a substrate, includes: a step for preparing a catalyst particle dispersed film-formed substrate including a catalyst particle dispersed film in which metal catalyst particles having a predetermined particle diameter are dispersed among barrier particles; and a thermal CVD step for growing carbon nanotubes from the metal catalyst particles serving as starting points by heat decomposition of an organic compound vapor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Taki, Kiyoaki Shinohara, Makiko Kikuchi
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Patent number: 7518023Abstract: The invention relates to highly active spherical metal support catalysts with a metal content of 10 to 70% by mass, and a process for their production with the use of a mixture of polysaccharides and at least one metal compound which is dropped into a metal salt solution.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij, B.V.Inventors: Reinhard Geyer, Rainer Schödel, Peter Birke, Jürgen Hunold
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Publication number: 20090092534Abstract: Processes for purifying silicon tetrafluoride source gas by subjecting the source gas to one or more purification processes including: contacting the silicon tetrafluoride source gas with an ion exchange resin to remove acidic contaminants, contacting the silicon tetrafluoride source gas with a catalyst to remove carbon monoxide, by removal of carbon dioxide by use of an absorption liquid, and by removal of inert compounds by cryogenic distillation; catalysts suitable for removal of carbon monoxide from silicon tetrafluoride source gas and processes for producing such catalysts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.Inventors: Vithal Revankar, Jameel Ibrahim
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Patent number: 7510994Abstract: A catalyst is provided which is low in methane selectivity in a high CO conversion region and high in chain growth probability ? in a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and comprises a support comprising silica or alumina and an oxide of zirconium and/or titanium loaded thereon in film form in an amount ranging from 0.5 percent by mass to 10.0 percent in terms of metal, and one or more metals selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel and ruthenium loaded on the support.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Nippon Oil CorporationInventors: Masakazu Ikeda, Toshio Waku, Nobuo Aoki
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Publication number: 20090078157Abstract: The invention is directed to a synthetic inorganic material, comprising inorganic compounds based on elementary particles with a sheet (phyllosilicate) structure, the elementary particles consisting of a central layer of octahedrally coordinated divalent metal ions between two layers of tetrahedrally surrounded silicon ions, which particles are substantially free of aluminum, free silica and salts and hydroxides of the divalent metal ions, the material not containing any metal ions that can be reduced to the corresponding metals at temperatures of 700° C. or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2006Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: Eurosupport B.V.Inventors: John Wihelm Geus, Jacobus Berend Dirksen
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Publication number: 20090036558Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of synthesis gas to hydrocarbons in the presence of a modified supporter Fischer-Tropsch catalyst composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicants: BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, Davy Process Technology LimitedInventors: Josephus Johannes Helena Maria Font Freide, Lawrence Trevor Hardy
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Publication number: 20090011925Abstract: A catalytically active glass-ceramic and method for producing a catalytically active multi-phase glass-ceramic in which at least one catalyst precursor is mixed with a glass-ceramic precursor formulation to form a catalyst precursor/glass-ceramic precursor mixture. The catalyst precursor/glass-ceramic precursor mixture is then melted to form an amorphous glass material which, in turn, is devitrified to form a polycrystalline ceramic. The polycrystalline ceramic is then activated, forming a catalytically active multi-phase glass-ceramic.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: Larry Gordon Felix, David Morrissey Rue, Thomas Philip Seward, III, Logan Edwin Weast
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Patent number: 7473667Abstract: A method and catalysts and fuel processing apparatus for producing a hydrogen-rich gas, such as a hydrogen-rich syngas are disclosed. According to the method, a CO-containing gas, such as a syngas, contacts a platinum-free ruthenium-cobalt water gas shift (“WGS”) catalyst, in the presence of water and preferably at a temperature of less than about 450° C., to produce a hydrogen-rich gas, such as a hydrogen-rich syngas. Also disclosed is a platinum-free ruthenium-cobalt water gas shift catalyst formulated from: a) Ru, its oxides or mixtures thereof, b) Co, Mo, their oxides or mixtures thereof, and c) at least one of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ti, Zr, Cr, Fe, La, Ce, Eu, their oxides and mixtures thereof. The WGS catalyst may be supported on a carrier, such as any one member or a combination of alumina, zirconia, titania, ceria, magnesia, lanthania, niobia, zeolite, perovskite, silica clay, yttria and iron oxide. Fuel processors containing such water gas shift catalysts are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignees: Honda Giken Koygo Kabushiki Kaisha, Symyx Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Alfred Hagemeyer, Raymond E. Carhart, Karin Yaccato, Michael Herrmann, Andreas Lesik, Christopher James Brooks, Cory Bernard Phillips
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Publication number: 20080318765Abstract: There is disclosed a composition comprising an alloy represented by the following generic formula Aa)n(Bb)n(Cc)n(Dd)n(ee)n( . . . )n; wherein A is an oxygen storage agent; B is an anti-sintering agent; C is an oxidation catalyst; D is a reduction catalyst; and E is a NOx absorbing agent; wherein each subscript letter represents compositional stoichiometry; wherein n is greater than or equal to zero; wherein the sum of the n's is equal to or greater than 2, and wherein the alloy comprises at least two different metals. There is also disclosed a washcoat composition; a catalyst support; methods of making the alloy, the washcoat composition, and the catalyst support.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Allen A. Aradi, C. S. Warren Huang
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Patent number: 7468342Abstract: As catalysts for producing aromatic amines by hydrogenating aromatic nitrites, there are disclosed (1) the catalyst comprising a metal catalyst component comprising Ni and/or Co and a specific amount of zirconia as a carrier component, which is prepared by drying, calcining and forming a precipitate produced by adding an aqueous solution containing soluble salts of the metal catalyst component and the carrier component to an aqueous alkali solution; and (2) the catalyst comprising the metal catalyst component and the carrier component, which is prepared by filtering a precipitate produced by adding an aqueous solution containing soluble salts of the metal catalyst component and the carrier component to an aqueous alkali solution; forming the precipitate without drying to obtain a formed product; and subjecting the formed product to drying and then calcining.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2002Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Yoshinori Kanamori, Shuji Ebata, Kengo Tsukahara, Yasushi Hiramatsu
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Publication number: 20080306172Abstract: A method of preparing, preferably recycling, a catalyst support material is disclosed and is particularly applicable to recycling a titania support. The invention includes crushing the used catalyst support that is obtained by leaching catalytic components from a used supported catalyst and preferably combining it with new catalyst support in order to provide the required average particle size and ratio of crystal phases. The invention has a number of benefits including making use of used catalyst support materials which have been conventionally disposed of and also providing a method to more efficiently recycle the active component. Where the support is recycled for a similar application, less promoter may be required.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Marinus Johannes Reynhout, Guy Lode Magda Maria Verbist
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Patent number: 7452844Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 8, 2001Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Süd-Chemie IncInventors: X. D. Hu, Patrick J. Loi, Robert J. O'Brien
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Publication number: 20080280750Abstract: Catalysts for treating acid gases and halogen gases and the production methods thereof. The acid and halogen gases include HCl, HF, HBr, HI, F2, Cl2, Br2, I2, ClF3, PH3, PCl3, PCl5, POCl3, P2O5, AsH3, SiH4, SiF4, SiCl4, SiHCl3, SiH2Cl2, BF3, BCl3, GeCl4, GeH4, NO, NO2, SO2, SO3 and SF6, etc. The catalysts comprise one or more carrier materials selected from activated carbon, argil, diatomite, cement, silica and ceramic materials; and one or more metal compounds selected from: alkali metal hydroxides, oxides, carbonates and bicarbonates, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, oxides, carbonates and bicarbonates, Group IIIA metal oxides, Group IVA metal oxides, and transition metal oxides, oxide hydrates, sulfates and carbonates.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventor: Pao-Chu Liu
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Publication number: 20080262113Abstract: A process for preparing a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst comprising the steps of a) providing a particle comprising a support and having a catalytically active metal homogenously distributed therein, wherein at least 50 wt % of the catalytically active metal is present as divalent oxide or divalent hydroxide; b) treating the particle with a water vapour comprising gas having a relative humidity of at least 80% or with liquid water for at least two hours; and c) drying the catalyst particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Hans Peter Alexander Calis, Marinus Johannes Reynhout, Guy Lode Magda Maria Verbist
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Publication number: 20080255256Abstract: A catalyst composition comprising cobalt as an active catalytic element and a lesser amount of nickel as a promoter supported on a metal oxide support. The support may comprise alumina, silica, silica-alumina, zeolite, zirconia, magnesia or titania. The amount of nickel is preferably less than 50 wt %, relative to the amount of cobalt.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2005Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventor: Erling Rytter
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Publication number: 20080234125Abstract: A catalyst and a method for selective hydrogenation of acetylene and dienes in light olefin feedstreams are provided. The catalyst retains higher activity and selectivity after regeneration than conventional selective hydrogenation catalysts. The catalyst contains a first component and a second component supported on an inorganic support. The inorganic support contains at least one salt or oxide of zirconium, a lanthanide, or an alkaline earth.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Yongqing Zhang, Stephen J. Golden
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Catalysts For Co Oxidation,Voc Combustion And Nox Reduction And Methods Of Making And Using The Same
Publication number: 20080233039Abstract: The present invention is directed to carbon monoxide oxidation reactions in the presence of an O2 containing gas, nitrogen oxide conversion reactions, volatile organic compound conversion reactions in the presence of an O2 containing gas, and combinations thereof, and catalysts for use in those reactions. The catalyst comprises cobalt, its oxides or mixtures thereof and ruthenium, its oxides or mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2006Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Alfred Hagemeyer, Anthony F. Volpe, Valery Sokolovskii, Andreas Lesik, Guido Streukens -
Patent number: 7425647Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst by (a) selecting a carrier which is a silica based carrier which has been subjected to a series of washings with one or more aqueous liquids consisting of aqueous liquids which have a pH of least 3, when measured at 20° C., or which is a silica based carrier which is formed from materials one or more of which have been subjected to this series of washings, (b) precipitating a Group 8 metal compound onto the carrier, (c) converting the precipitated Group 8 metal compound into metallic species, and (d) subjecting the Group 8 metal/carrier composition to a purification treatment, before or after step (c); a catalyst which is obtainable by this process; and a process for preparing an alkenyl carboxylate by reacting a mixture comprising an olefin, a carboxylic acid and oxygen in the presence of the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2002Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Michael Francis Lemanski, John Robert Lockemeyer
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Publication number: 20080139381Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cobalt catalyst is described, which comprises the steps of forming an aqueous solution of a cobalt amine complex, oxidising said solution such that the concentration of Co(III) in the oxidised solution is greater than the concentration of Co(III) in the un-oxidized solution, and then decomposing the cobalt amine complex by heating the solution to a temperature between 80 and 110° C. for sufficient time to allow an insoluble cobalt compound to precipitate out of the solution. A catalyst intermediate is also described which comprises a cobalt compound, comprising a Co(II)/Co(III) hydrotalcite phase and a CO3O4 cobalt spine) phase, wherein the ratio of cobalt hydrotalcite phase: cobalt spine) phase is less than 0.6:1, said cobalt hydrotalcite phase and said cobalt spine) phase being measured by X-ray diffractometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2005Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PLCInventors: Cornelis Martinus Lok, Jill Turner
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Patent number: 7365040Abstract: A process for preparing a cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst includes introducing a soluble modifying component precursor of the formula Mc(OR)x, where Mc is a modifying component selected from the group comprising Si, Ti, Cu, Zn, Zr, Mn, Ba, Ni, Na, K, Ca, Sn, Cr, Fe, Li, Tl, Sr, Ga, Sb, V, Hf, Th, Ce, Ge, U, Nb, Ta, W or La, R is an alkyl or acyl group, and x is an integer having a value of from 1 to 5, onto and/or into a cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst precursor, which comprises a porous pre-shaped catalyst support supporting cobalt in an oxidized form. The resultant modified cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst precursor is reduced to obtain a cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2005Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Sasoltechnology (Proprietary) LimitedInventors: Peter Jacobus Van Berge, Sean Barradas
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Patent number: 7348293Abstract: A homogeneous, amorphous catalyst support comprising a modifying-metal-oxide and a base-metal oxide, the catalyst support having a Surface to Bulk modifying-metal/base-metal atomic ratio of from about 0.6 to about 1.3 and exhibiting an X-ray diffraction having broader line width and lower intensity than is exhibited by the base-metal oxide is disclosed. More specifically, a homogeneous, amorphous silica-modified-alumina catalyst support useful in the Fischer-Tropsch process is disclosed. A silica-modified-Alumina catalyst support of the present invention maintains the desirable properties of alumina and exhibits higher resistance to acid than unmodified alumina.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2003Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventor: Hye Kyung C. Timken
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Patent number: 7294604Abstract: A process for hydrogenating unsaturations in petrochemical feedstocks, the process comprising contacting the petrochemical feedstock, including at least one component having unsaturations, and hydrogen with a catalyst comprising at least one Group Ia, Ib, IIb, VIb, VIIb or VIII metal on a support of a crystalline calcium silicate having a surface area of at least 30 m2/g, the support being in the form of substantially spherical particles having a mean diameter of from 10 to 200 microns and pores in the particles having a diameter of from 100 to 2000 Angstroms, at a temperature of from 0 to 550° C. and a pressure of from 3 to 150 barg.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2002Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Total Petrochemicals Research FeluyInventors: Jean-Pierre Dath, Walter Vermeiren
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Patent number: 7288686Abstract: A supported hydrogenation catalyst comprising (1)Pd or a Group 8 metal comprising Pd and one other Group 8 metal, preferably a Group 8 metal selected from Pt, Ir, Ru, Co or Ni, and (2) at least two metals selected from Ag, Zn or Bi, preferably Ag and at least one of Zn or Bi. Optionally the catalyst may contain K. The catalyst is supported on a porous support such as a silica, alumina, silica-alumina or carbon. The preferred supports have an average pre diameter of 180 ? with no pores smaller than 35 ?, total pore volume larger than 0.65 cc/g and preferably less than about 100 m2/g BET surface area. The catalysts are useful for the hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons such as acetylenes and diolefins in various mixed olefin streams.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2004Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Catalytic Distillation TechnologiesInventor: J. Yong Ryu
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Patent number: 7270738Abstract: This invention relates to silico-aluminum substrates, catalysts, and the hydrocracking and hydrotreatment processes that use them. The catalyst comprises at least one hydro-dehydrogenating element that is selected from the group that is formed by elements of group VIB and group VIII of the periodic table and a non-zeolitic silica-alumina-based substrate that contains an amount of more than 5% by weight and less than or equal to 95% by weight of silica (SiO2) and has the following characteristics: A mean pore diameter, measured by mercury porosimetry, encompassed between 20 and 140 ?, a total pore volume, measured by mercury porosimetry, encompassed between 0.1 ml/g and 0.6 ml/g, a total pore volume, measured by nitrogen porosimetry, encompassed between 0.1 ml/g and 0.6 ml/g, a BET specific surface area encompassed between 100 and 550 m2/g, a pore volume, measured by mercury porosimetry, encompassed in the pores with diameters of more than 140 ?, of less than 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2003Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Institut Francais du PetroleInventors: Patrick Euzen, Carole Bobin, Magalie Roy-Auberger, Eric Benazzi, Patrick Bourges, Christophe Gueret
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Patent number: 7256154Abstract: The present invention relates to a structured catalyst for reforming of gasoline and a method of preparing the same, more particularly to a structured catalyst for reforming of gasoline for fuel-cell powered vehicles prepared by wash-coating the transition metal based reforming catalyst on the surface of the ceramic honeycomb support wash-coated with sub-micron sized alumina or its precursor to sufficiently increase the effective surface area and the performance of the catalyst and a method of preparing the same.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2004Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Dong Ju Moon, Jong Woo Ryu, Dong Min Kang, Byung Gwon Lee, Byoung Sung Ahn, Sang Deuk Lee
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Patent number: 7220699Abstract: A method and device for loading a catalyst into a chamber. The catalyst loading is well suited for production of hydrogen producing microreactors. The catalyst is coated onto a strip which is mountable within the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Intelligent Energy, Inc.Inventor: Anand Chellappa
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Patent number: 7179366Abstract: A catalyst contains at least one group VIII element and at least molybdenum and/or tungsten, said elements being present at least in part in the catalyst in the dry state in the form of at least one heteropolyanion with formula MxAB6O24H6C(3-2x), tH2O; MxAB6O24H6C(4-2x), tH2O; MxA2B10O38H4C(6-2x), tH2O; MxA2B10O38H4C(8-2x), tH2O; or MxA2B10O38H4C(7-2x), tH2O, in which M is cobalt and/or nickel and/or iron and/or copper and/or zinc, A is one or two elements from group VIII of the periodic table, B is molybdenum and/or tungsten and C is an H+ ion and/or a (NR1R2R3R4)+ type ammonium ion, in which R1, R2, R3 and R4, which may be identical or different, correspond either to a hydrogen atom or to an alkyl group and/or caesium and/or potassium and/or sodium, t is a number between 0 and 15 and x takes a value in the range 0 to 4 depending on the formula.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2003Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Institut Francais du PetroleInventors: Virginie Harle, Catherine Martin, Edmond Payen, Carole Lamonier, Pascal Blanchard
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Patent number: 7172990Abstract: The invention relates to highly active spherical metal support catalysts with a metal content of 10 to 70% by mass, and a process for their production with the use of a mixture of polysaccharides and at least one metal compound which is dropped into a metal salt solution.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2003Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Shell Internationale Research Maatschappiji, B.V.Inventors: Reinhard Geyer, Rainer Schödel, Peter Birke, Jürgen Hunold
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Patent number: 7087191Abstract: A process for preparing a shell metal catalyst or a precursor of a shell metal catalyst which process includes the steps of: applying a slurry having a diluent; a catalytically active metal or a precursor compound thereof; and optionally a refractory oxide; designated hereinafter as “first refractory oxide” of an element having an atomic number of at least 20 or a precursor of the first refractory oxide; onto the surface of particles of a core carrier; forming a wet coating; and removing at least a part of the diluent from the wet coating; wherein the slurry has at least 5% w of the catalytically active metal or the precursor compound thereof; calculated on the weight of the metal relative to the weight of calcinations residue which can be formed from the slurry by drying the slurry and calcining. The invention also relates to a shell metal catalyst or a precursor of a shell metal catalyst which is obtainable by the process; and the use of the shell metal catalyst in a chemical conversion process.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2001Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Robert Martijn Van Hardeveld, Carolus Matthias Anna Maria Mesters, Gerardus Petrus Lambertus Niesen
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Patent number: 7060651Abstract: A silica-rich support and a catalyst containing the silica-rich support and a catalytic component. The support has a specific structure characterized by a set of claimed physicochemical properties: in the 29Si MAS NMR spectrum the state of silicon is characterized by the presence of lines with chemical shifts ?100±3 ppm (line Q3) and ?110±3 ppm (line Q4), with the ratio of the integral intensities of the lines Q3/Q4 of from 0.7 to 1.2 (FIG. 1); in the IR spectrum there is an absorption band of hydroxyl groups with the wave number 3620–3650 cm?1 and half-width 65–75 cm?1 (FIG. 2); the carrier has a specific surface area, as measured by the BET techniques from the thermal desorption of argon, SAR=0.5–30 m2/g and the surface, as measured by alkali titration techniques, SNa=10–250 m2/g, with SNa/SAr=5–30.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2000Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Zakrytoe Aktsionernoe Obschestvo “Kholdingovaya Katalizatornaya Kompania”Inventors: Viktor Vladimirovich Barelko, Bair Sydypovich Balzhinimaev, Sergei Petrovich Kildyashev, Mikhail Grigorievich Makarenko, Anatoly Nikolaevich Parfenov, Ljudmila Grigorievna Simonova, Alexandr Viktorovich Toktarev
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Patent number: 7056857Abstract: A method for making a catalyst is provided that features loading a catalytic metal to a support using at least two different precursor compounds of that said metal; and loading the promoter to the support in an amount effective so as to achieve similar promotion as for a comparable catalyst comprising a greater amount of the promoter using only one precursor compound, where the catalytic metal is selected from among Group 8 metals, 9 metal, Group 10 metals, and combinations thereof. The promoter is preferably boron, silver, a noble metal, or combination thereof. Also provided are catalysts made by the method and Fischer-Tropsch processes that include contacting synthesis gas with a catalyst made by the method.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2004Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: ConocoPhillips CompanyInventors: Nithya Srinivasan, Rafael L. Espinoza, Kevin L. Coy, Kandaswamy Jothimurugesan
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Patent number: 7045486Abstract: The present invention includes a catalyst structure and method of making the catalyst structure for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis that both rely upon the catalyst structure having a first porous structure with a first pore surface area and a first pore size of at least about 0.1 ?m, preferably from about 10 ?m to about 300 ?m. A porous interfacial layer with a second pore surface area and a second pore size less than the first pore size is placed upon the first pore surface area. Finally, a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst selected from the group consisting of cobalt, ruthenium, iron and combinations thereof is placed upon the second pore surface area. Further improvement is achieved by using a microchannel reactor wherein the reaction chamber walls define a microchannel with the catalyst structure is placed therein through which pass reactants. The walls may separate the reaction chamber from at least one cooling chamber. The present invention also includes a method of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2003Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Yong Wang, David P. Vanderwiel, Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich, Yufei Gao, Eddie G. Baker