Iron Group Metal And Group Iii Metal Containing (i.e., Fe, Co Or Ni And Sc, Y, Al, Ga, In Or Tl) Patents (Class 502/314)
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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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Publication number: 20090148357Abstract: Use of a metallic material containing chromium as a substrate of an exhaust gas purifying catalyst has a problem that the chromium contained in the substrate migrates to a catalytically active component and reacts with the catalytically active component to reduce exhaust gas purification performance. Thus, a film which inhibits the chromium contained in the substrate from migrating is arranged on the substrate's surface. The film is desirably formed by oxidizing a substrate in the air. It is also desirable that a substrate containing aluminum therein be oxidized to cause aluminum contained in the substrate to separate out and thereby form an alpha-alumina film. The film is preferably such that, when the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is heated at 850° C. in the air for 300 hours, the amount of chromium migrated to the catalytically active component is controlled to 0.5 percent by weight or less based on the catalytically active component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2005Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: Masato Kaneeda, Hidehiro Iizuka, Norihiro Shinozuka, Masahiro Sakanushi, Kimihiro Tokushima, Hiroki Hosoe, Masayuki Kasuya, Toshio Iwasaki, Shogo Konya
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Patent number: 7544633Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for partial oxidation and a preparation method thereof, more particularly to a preparation method of a complex metal oxide catalyst that shows high activity for conversion of propylene or isobutylene, maintains good selectivity for such unsaturated aldehyde as acrolein or methacrolein and improves production yield of such unsaturated carboxylic acid as acrylic acid or methacrylic acid through stable process by using a drying control chemical additive.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2005Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Hwa Kang, Won-Ho Lee, Min-Ho Kil, Sang-Heup Moon, Bu-Young Jo
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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: 7514055Abstract: Methods of controlling emissions from a diesel engine are provided. The method includes contacting the emissions with a perovskite-type catalyst consisting essentially of a metal oxide composition represented by the general formula Aa?xBxMOb, in which A is a mixture originally in the form of single phase mixed lanthanides collected from bastnasite; B is a divalent or monovalent cation; M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of elements of an atomic number of from 22 to 30, 40 to 51, and 73 to 80; a is 1 or 2; b is 3 when a is 1 or b is 4 when a is 2; and x is a number defined by 0<x<0.7. The perovskite-type catalyst may be used to oxidize hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide and to control particulate emissions in the diesel exhaust.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2005Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Catalytic Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Stephen J. Golden
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Patent number: 7507690Abstract: The invention addressed two critical issues in fuel processing for fuel cell application, i.e. catalyst cost and operating stability. The existing state-of-the-art fuel reforming catalyst uses Rh and platinum supported over refractory oxide which add significant cost to the fuel cell system. Supported metals agglomerate under elevated temperature during reforming and decrease the catalyst activity. The catalyst is a perovskite oxide or a Ruddlesden-Popper type oxide containing rare-earth elements, catalytically active firs row transition metal elements, and stabilizing elements, such that the catalyst is a single phase in high temperature oxidizing conditions and maintains a primarily perovskite or Ruddlesden-Popper structure under high temperature reducing conditions. The catalyst can also contain alkaline earth dopants, which enhance the catalytic activity of the catalyst, but do not compromise the stability of the perovskite structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2004Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC.Inventors: Michael Krumpelt, Di-Jia Liu
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Patent number: 7504357Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 24, 2007Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries CorporationInventors: Paulette N. Hazin, Paul E. Ellis, Jr.
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Patent number: 7501377Abstract: A catalyst for production of unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, by gas phase catalytic oxidation of olefins, such as isobutylene, contains oxides of molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cesium and, optionally, other metals. The catalyst has a certain relative amount ratio of cesium to bismuth, a certain relative amount ratio of iron to bismuth and a certain relative amount ratio of bismuth, iron, cesium and certain other metals to molybdenum and, optionally, tungsten. For a catalyst of the formula: Mo12BiaWbFecCodNieSbfCsgMghZniPjOx wherein a is 0.1 to 1.5, b is 0 to 4, c is 0.2 to 5.0, d is 0 to 9, e is 0 to 9, f is 0 to 2.0, g is from 0.4 to 1.5, h is 0 to 1.5, i is 0 to 2.0, j is 0 to 0.5 and x is determined by the valences of the other components, c:g=3.3-5.0, c:a=2.0-6.0 and (3a+3c+2d+2e+g+2h+2i)/(2×12+2b)=0.95-1.10.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2007Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries CorporationInventors: Wugeng Liang, Scott A. Stevenson, James W. Kauffman, John S. Ledford, Joseph R. Linzer
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Patent number: 7491676Abstract: The present invention is directed to high activity titanium oxide DeNOx catalysts. In preferred embodiments, by depositing vanadium oxide on a titania supported metal oxide such as tungsten oxide, an improved catalyst may be generated. This catalyst may be used in the treatment of exhaust from sources such as automobiles and industrial plants.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2004Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Millennium Inorganic ChemicalsInventors: Steven M. Augustine, Guoyi Fu
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Patent number: 7485597Abstract: A method for improving the selectivity of a supported highly selective epoxidation catalyst comprising silver in a quantity of at most 0.17 g per m2 surface area of the support, which method comprises contacting the catalyst, or a precursor of the catalyst comprising the silver in cationic form, with a feed comprising oxygen at a catalyst temperature above 250° C. for a duration of up to 150 hours, and subsequently decreasing the catalyst temperature to a value of at most 250° C.; and a process for the epoxidation of an olefin, which process comprises contacting a supported highly selective epoxidation catalyst comprising silver in a quantity of at most 0.17 g per m2 surface area of the support, or a precursor of the catalyst comprising the silver in cationic form, with a feed comprising oxygen at a catalyst temperature above 250° C. for a duration of up to 150 hours, and subsequently decreasing the catalyst temperature to a value of at most 250° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: John Robert Lockemeyer, Randall Clayton Yeates, Donald Reinalda
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Patent number: 7479343Abstract: A fuel cell electrocatalyst that contains platinum, indium, and at least one of tungsten, iron, and manganese.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignees: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Martin Devenney, Alexander Gorer, Peter Strasser, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Daniel M. Giaquinta, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis
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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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Patent number: 7470418Abstract: The present invention discloses ultra-fine fibrous carbon and preparation of the same. Specifically, the present ultra-fine fibrous carbon is characterized by the graphite-like structure with the sp2 hybrid carbon content of more than 95% per total content; the (002) plane interlayer spacing (d002, d-spacing of C(002) profiles determined by X-ray diffraction method) of 0.3370-0.3700 nm; the (002) plane stacking of more than 4 layers, namely the stacking height (Lc002) of more than 1.5 nm; fibrous carbon length per fibrous carbon width of diameter (aspect ratio) of more than 20; the average diameter of 5˜50 nm.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2003Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Nexen Nano Tech Co., Ltd.Inventor: Seong Ho Yoon
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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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Patent number: 7468341Abstract: Catalysts for oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde, comprising a catalytic mixtures of Fe2(MoO4)3/MoO3, wherein the Mo/Fe atomic ratio ranges from 1.5 to 5, and a compound of cerium molybdenum and oxygen in a quantity from 0.1 to 10% by weight expressed as cerium.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2005Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: Sud-Chemie Catalysts Italia S.R.L.Inventors: Esterino Conca, Carlo Rubini, Marcello Marchi
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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: 20080280756Abstract: A method of producing a catalyst material with nano-scale structure, the method comprising: introducing a starting powder into a nano-powder production reactor, the starting powder comprising a catalyst material; the nano-powder production reactor nano-sizing the starting powder, thereby producing a nano-powder from the starting powder, the nano-powder comprising a plurality of nano-particles, each nano-particle comprising the catalyst material; and forming a catalyst precursor material from the nano-powder, wherein the catalyst precursor material is a densified bulk porous structure comprising the catalyst material, the catalyst material having a nano-scale structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventor: Maximilian A. Biberger
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Publication number: 20080265212Abstract: The invention relates to novel bimetallic and trimetallic catalysts, their manufacture and use in both steam reforming and oxidative steam reforming of liquid fuels such as jet fuels, diesel fuels and gasoline to produce synthesis gas and/or hydrogen for fuel cell applications. The invention further relates to manufacture of synthesis gas and/or hydrogen gas for chemicals synthesis and fuel processing. The catalysts have high sulfur tolerance and carbon resistance when used in steam reforming and/or oxidative steam reforming of heavy hydrocarbon fuels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: The Penn State Research FoundationInventors: Chunshan Song, James J. Strohm, Jian Zheng, Weidong Gu, Chao Xie, Xiaoxing Wang
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Patent number: 7429682Abstract: A catalyst for gas phase oxidation of methylbenzenes in the presence of molecular oxygen to produce corresponding aromatic aldehydes, a method for preparing the catalyst, and a method for producing aromatic aldehydes from methylbenzenes by using the catalyst. The catalyst comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1): WaXbYcOx ??(1) wherein W represents a tungsten atom, X represents one or more alkali metals selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, Y represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Mn, Re, Cr, V, Nb, Ti, Zr, Zn, Cd, Y, La, Ce, B, Al, Sn, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, O stands for an oxygen atom, and the ratio of a:b:c is 12:0.001˜1:0˜5.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Won Ho Lee, Hyun Kyung Yoon, Dong Il Lee, Jong Hyun Chae, Ji Hyang Son, In Kyu Park, Won Jae Lee
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Patent number: 7427581Abstract: Novel sorbent systems for the desulfurization of cracked-gasoline and diesel fuels are provided which are comprised of a bimetallic promotor on a particulate support such as that formed of zinc oxide and an inorganic or organic carrier. Such bimetallic promotors are formed of at least two metals of the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, iron, manganese, copper, zinc, molybdenum, tungsten, silver, tin, antimony and vanadium with the valence of same being reduced, preferably to zero. Processes for the production of such sorbents are provided wherein the sorbent is prepared from impregnated particulate supports or admixed to the support composite prior to particulation, drying, and calcination. Further disclosed is the use of such novel sorbents in the desulfurization of cracked-gasoline and diesel fuels whereby there is achieved not only removal of sulfur but also an increase in the olefin retention in the desulfurized product.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2003Date of Patent: September 23, 2008Assignee: China Petroleum & Chemical CorporationInventor: Gyanesh P. Khare
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Patent number: 7427580Abstract: A method is described for producing a high temperature shift catalyst, not requiring a reduction step prior to use, by precipitating a composition containing divalent and trivalent iron compounds and a modifier metal selected from trivalent chromium and/or manganese compounds from an aqueous solution containing iron and modifier metal salts with a base, and forming the resultant precipitate into shaped catalyst units, without exposing said precipitate to an oxidizing atmosphere at temperatures above 200° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2002Date of Patent: September 23, 2008Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLCInventors: Andrew Mark Ward, Sean Alexander Axon, Paul John Murray
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Publication number: 20080214387Abstract: Process for modifying catalysts via the deposition of carbon containing residues in the presence of one or more solvents, where the gas phase over the catalyst treatment solution during the treatment is air or an inert gas, and/or the liquid phase contains a templating agent and/or base. The modified catalyst can be used for stereo-, chemo- and regioselective transformations of organic compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2004Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Daniel Ostgard, Virginie Duprez, Roberta Olindo, Stefan Roder, Monika Berweiler
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Patent number: 7419928Abstract: A process for enhancing the activity of a catalyst metal particulate for hydrogenation reactions comprising calcining the particulate in an oxidant-containing atmosphere to partially oxidize it thereby forming a porous layer of oxides thereon, treating with an solution capable of oxidizing the calcined metal particulate and comprising a compound of a hydrogenation catalyst metal to where said metal particulate has absorbed a volume of solution equal to at least about 10% of its calculated pore volume and activating it by treatment with a hydrogen-containing gas at elevated temperatures thereby forming a dispersed active metal catalyst. Preferably, the treated particulate is calcined a second time under the same conditions as the first before final activation with a hydrogen-containing gas. The metal particulate is preferably sized after each calcination and any agglomerates larger than 250 microns are comminuted to a desired size.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2004Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Andrzej M. Malek, Stephen C. Leviness, Horacio M. Trevino, Weldon K. Bell, David O. Marler
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Publication number: 20080176070Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K. K.Inventors: Akihiro KITAZAKI, Eiji Kanbara
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Publication number: 20080119354Abstract: More selective and efficient Ni hydrotreating catalysts are those which contain more than about 60% of the Ni content on the peripheral surface of porous supports, such as extruded alumina, which may be obtained by spraying an atomized solution of a Ni compound onto the support and drying it at a temperature in the range of from 200 to 600° C. When used, for example, to remove acetylenic compounds from butadiene streams, higher recovery of the desired butadiene with lower acetylenic content and low heavy polymer deposition is obtained than was possible with prior catalysts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2007Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicant: CATALYTIC DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGIESInventor: J. Yong Ryu
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Patent number: 7375053Abstract: 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 7, 2003Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.- Conn.Inventor: Stephen Raymond Schmidt
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Patent number: 7371358Abstract: The present invention utilizes two precious metals with two to five different metal-oxides in a layered matrix to convert CO, HCs, and NOx to CO2, and N2 by oxidation of two components and reduction of the other in a moderately high temperature gaseous environment containing excess oxygen.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2004Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventors: Wilhelmina H. Upchurch, legal representative, David R. Schryer, Billy T. Upchurch
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Patent number: 7365041Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 25, 2002Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Dia-Nitrix Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Miyaki, Motoo Yanagita, Kunio Mori
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Patent number: 7345214Abstract: A catalyst for opening naphthenic rings has been developed. The catalyst comprises ruthenium and platinum as the active catalytic metals and a modifier with cerium being a preferred modifier. At least 50% of the platinum and ruthenium components are present as particles wherein more ruthenium is present on the surface of the particles than in the center. All of these components are dispersed on a metal oxide support such as aluminas. A ring opening process using the catalyst is also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2005Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Feng Xu, Lorenz J. Bauer, Ralph D. Gillespie, Maureen L. Bricker, Steven A. Bradley
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Patent number: 7341974Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a catalyst for partial oxidation of propylene, particularly a method for preparing a catalyst for preparing an acrylic acid, using an organic acid such as a citric acid, maleic acid and oxalic acid. The complex oxide catalyst according to the invention, when used in the gas phase catalytic oxidation of propylene, may produce acrolein in high yield.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2003Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 7329628Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 19, 2004Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Hwa Kang, Won-Ho Lee, Min-Ho Kil
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Publication number: 20080021248Abstract: A catalyst for gas phase oxidation of methylbenzenes in the presence of molecular oxygen to produce corresponding aromatic aldehydes, a method for preparing the catalyst, and a method for producing aromatic aldehydes from methylbenzenes by using the catalyst. The catalyst comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1): WaXbYcOx ??(1) wherein W represents a tungsten atom, X represents one or more alkali metals selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, Y represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Mn, Re, Cr, V, Nb, Ti, Zr, Zn, Cd, Y, La, Ce, B, Al, Sn, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, O stands for an oxygen atom, and the ratio of a:b:c is 12:0.001˜1:0˜5.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2006Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Won Ho Lee, Hyun Kyung Yoon, Dong Il Lee, Jong Hyun Chae, Ji Hyang Son, In Kyu Park, Won Jae Lee
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Patent number: 7307038Abstract: Processes for preparing a composition comprising (i) an acidic metal oxide containing substantially no zeolite, (ii) an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and mixtures thereof, and (iii) an oxygen storage component are disclosed. Preferably, the process comprise forming a single slurry of components (i)–(iii), spray drying and calcining to obtain metal oxide particles comprising components (i)–(iii). Preferably, the slurry comprise a base peptized acidic metal oxide containing slurry wherein the component (ii) is provided in the slurry as a metal of the base. Compositions prepared are impregnated with a noble metal to provide compositions useful to reduce gas phase reduced nitrogen species and NOx in an effluent off gas of a fluid catalytic cracking regenerator.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2002Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: W.R. Grace & Co. -Conn.Inventors: George Yaluris, John Allen Rudesill, Wilson Suárez
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Patent number: 7304180Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 20, 2004Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Toagosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xinlin Tu, Yuuichi Sumida, Mamoru Takahashi, Hiroshi Niizuma
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Patent number: 7285514Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 24, 2003Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 7271126Abstract: A method for producing a catalyst for use in the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene is disclosed. The catalyst of the present invention comprises a high purity metal and at least one promoter in the form of solid oxides, oxide hydrates, hydroxides, hydroxycarbonates or metals. The catalyst is prepared via a method which comprises the preparation of at least one high purity iron precursor with or without an additional support material and which uses a nominal amount of water in the catalyst production. The catalyst pellets prepared with the high purity metal precursor are essentially free of sulfur and chloride contaminants.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2004Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Sud-Chemie Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Smith, Robert J. O'Brien, X. D. Hu
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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: 7244350Abstract: A process to continuously prepare a hydrocarbon product having a specified desired sulphur content lower than 0.05 wt %, starting from at least two or more high-sulphur hydrocarbon feedstocks having a sulphur content of above 0.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2002Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Bernard Martin, Jean-Luc Christian Rouby, Wouter Frederik Timmermans, Frederic Viel
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Patent number: 7235701Abstract: The invention provides a film-type dehydrogenation reaction catalyst for aldehyde production, which is used in producing an aldehyde from an alcohol as a starting material, as well as a process for producing an aldehyde, which includes reacting an alcohol in the presence of the film-type dehydrogenation reaction catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2005Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Shoji Hasegawa, Toru Nishimura, Osamu Tabata
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Patent number: 7232788Abstract: A catalyst for production of unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, by gas phase catalytic oxidation of olefins, such as isobutylene, contains oxides of molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cesium and, optionally, other metals. The catalyst has a certain relative amount ratio of cesium to bismuth, a certain relative amount ratio of iron to bismuth and a certain relative amount ratio of bismuth, iron, cesium and certain other metals to molybdenum and, optionally, tungsten. For a catalyst of the formula: Mo12BiaWbFecCodNieSbfCsgMghZniPjOx wherein a is 0.1 to 1.5, b is 0 to 4, c is 0.2 to 5.0, d is 0 to 9, e is 0 to 9, f is 0 to 2.0, g is from 0.4 to 1.5, h is 0 to 1.5, i is 0 to 2.0, j is 0 to 0.5 and x is determined by the valences of the other components, c:g=3.3–5.0, c:a=2.0–6.0 and (3a+3c+2d+2e+g+2h+2i)/(2×12+2b)=0.95–1.10.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2005Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries CorporationInventors: Wugeng Liang, Scott A. Stevenson, James W. Kauffman, John S. Ledford, Joseph R. Linzer
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Patent number: 7229945Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Saudi Basic Industrics CorporationInventor: James W. Kauffman
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Patent number: 7229946Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 23, 2004Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries CorporationInventors: Paulette N. Hazin, Paul E. Ellis, Jr.
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Patent number: 7186668Abstract: A textured catalyst having a hydrothermally-stable support, a metal oxide and a catalyst component is described. Methods of conducting aqueous phase reactions that are catalyzed by a textured catalyst are also described. The invention also provides methods of making textured catalysts and methods of making chemical products using a textured catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Battele Memorial InstituteInventors: Todd Werpy, John G. Frye, Jr., Yong Wang, Alan H. Zacher
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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: 7176159Abstract: A catalyst and sorbent is disclosed which comprises pellets with an absorbent core and a protective shell with a catalyst in the shell. Such material is especially well suited for steam reforming of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen since a reforming catalyst can be incorporated in the shell and a sorbent for the by-product carbon dioxide can be used for the core. It is also well suited for producing hydrogen from carbon monoxide by means of the water gas shift reaction. The shell can be made sufficiently strong and durable for moving bed applications as well as fixed bed applications.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2002Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Thomas D. Wheelock, Brent H. Shanks
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Patent number: 7169294Abstract: The invention pertains to a hydroprocessing catalyst suitable for the conversion of heavy hydrocarbon oils, which comprises 7–20 wt. % of Group VI metal, calculated as trioxide, and about 0.5–6 wt. % of Group VIII metal, calculated as oxide, on a carrier comprising alumina, the catalyst having a surface area of about 100–180 m2/g, a total pore volume of about 0.55 ml/g or more, a % PV(>200 ? d) of at least about 50%, a % PV(>1,000 ? d) of at least about 5%, a % PV(100–1,200 ? d) of at least about 85%, a % PV(>4,000 ? d) of about 0–2%, and a % PV(>10,000 ? d) of about 0–1%. The catalyst of the present invention shows improved metals and asphaltene removal, combined with appropriate sulfur, nitrogen, and Conradson carbon removal. Additionally, the catalyst shows a decrease in sediment formation and an improved conversion in ebullating bed operations. In fixed bed operation, the catalyst produces product with an improved storage stability.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2001Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Nippon Ketjen Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Abe, Akira Hino, Katsuhisa Fujita
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Patent number: 7129195Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 12, 2002Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Raimund Felder, Signe Unverricht, Heiko Arnold, Jochen Petzoldt
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Patent number: 7101639Abstract: An improved metal alloy fuel cell electrocatalyst composition containing platinum, rhodium, molybdenum, and nickel iron or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignees: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Alexander Gorer, Peter Strasser, Martin Devenney, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Daniel M. Giaquinta, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Kenta Urata, Kazuhiko Iwasaki, Hiroichi Fukuda