Nickel Containing Patents (Class 502/315)
  • Publication number: 20130202508
    Abstract: A nickel-based catalyst is provided for reducing carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon emissions, and nitrogen oxides from vehicle exhausts. The catalyst is impregnated directly onto a carrier which is non-reactive with nickel. The nickel is contained on said carrier at a loading of between about 2 to about 20 wt %. When used in a vehicle exhaust gas treatment system, the catalyst provides improved efficiency in reducing CO, HC, and NOx emissions over the use of conventional three-way-catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Hepburn, Hungwen Jen, Eva Thanasiu
  • Publication number: 20130186806
    Abstract: Preparation of a catalyst having at least one metal from group VIII, at least one metal from group VIB and at least one support; in succession: i) one of i1) contacting a pre-catalyst with metal from group VIII, metal from group VIB and support with a cyclic oligosaccharide naming at least 6 ?-(1,4)-bonded glucopyranose subunits; i2) contacting support with a solution containing a precursor of metal from group VIII, a precursor of said metal from group VIB and a cyclic oligosaccharide composed of at least 6 ?-(1,4)-bonded glucopyranose subunits; or i3) contacting support with a cyclic oligosaccharide composed of at least 6 ?-(1,4)-bonded glucopyranose subunits followed by contacting solid derived therefrom with a precursor of metal from group VIII and a precursor of metal from group VIB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Fabrice Diehl, Elodie Devers, Karin Marchand, Bertrand Guichard
  • Patent number: 8492592
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of transaminating a reactant with a catalyst composition comprising support and catalyst portions. The support includes an acidic mixed metal oxide including a transitional alumina and a second metal oxide. The transitional alumina can comprise delta or theta alumina, in combination with other transitional phases, or an alpha or gamma alumina. The second metal oxide has a weight percentage less than the weight percentage of alumina. The catalyst portion is 25 weight percent or less of the catalyst composition and is composed of nickel and rhenium. The catalyst portion includes nickel in an amount in the range of 2 to 20 weight percent, based upon total catalyst composition weight, and there is no boron in the catalyst portion. The method provides high activity and selectivity for reactant transamination to a desired product while minimizing the formation of unwanted cyclic products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLC
    Inventors: Stephen W. King, Stefan K. Mierau
  • Publication number: 20130178360
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and compositions comprising metal alloy powders. The disclosure also provides a photoelectrode, methods of making and using, including systems for water-splitting are provided. The photoelectrode can be a semiconductive material having a photocatalyst such as nickel or nickel-molybdenum coated on the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventor: California Institute of Technology
  • Publication number: 20130178670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to catalysts, to processes for making catalysts and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid and ethyl acetate to ethanol. The catalyst comprises an extruded modified support, and a precious metal. The processes for making the catalysts comprises modifying the catalyst, extruding the catalyst, and impregnating the precious metal onto the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventor: Celanese International Corporation
  • Patent number: 8481451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for hydrocarbon steam cracking, a method of preparing the same, and a method of preparing olefin by the hydrocarbon steam cracking by using the catalyst, and more specifically, to a catalyst for hydrocarbon steam cracking for preparing light olefin including an oxide catalyst (0.5?j?120, 1?k?50, A is transition metal, and x is a number corresponding to the atomic values of Cr, Zr, and A and values of j and k) represented by CrZrjAkOx, wherein the composite catalyst is a type that has an outer radius r2 of 0.5R to 0.96R (where R is a radius of a cracking reaction tube), a thickness (t; r2?r1) of 2 to 6 mm, and a length h of 0.5r2 to 10r2, a method of preparing the same, and a method of preparing light olefins by using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Han Kang, Jonghun Song, Junseon Choi
  • Patent number: 8481450
    Abstract: Methods and systems for contacting of a crude feed with one or more catalysts to produce a total product that includes a crude product are described. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. The crude product has an MCR content of at most 90% of the MCR content of the crude feed. One or more other properties of the crude product may be changed by at least 10% relative to the respective properties of the crude feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Opinder Kishan Bhan
  • Patent number: 8475921
    Abstract: A composite material includes an aggregate which contains a first metal particle constituting a core and second metal oxide particulates surrounding the first metal particle and having an average primary particle diameter ranging from 1 to 100 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kayama, Kouzi Banno, Kiyoshi Yamazaki, Koji Yokota
  • Patent number: 8476184
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bulk catalyst composition comprising metal oxidic particles comprising one or more Group VIII metals and two or more Group VIB metals, which bulk catalyst composition comprises first metal oxidic particles comprising one or more first Group VIII metals and one or more first Group VIB metals and separately prepared second metal oxidic particles comprising one or more second Group VIII metals and one or more second Group VIB metals, wherein the composition of Group VIB and Group VIII metals in the first and second metal oxidic particles are different, wherein the first and second oxidic bulk particles-are separately shaped to separate first and second shaped bulk catalyst particles, which are combined, preferably into a homogeneous blend, to form the bulk catalyst composition. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of the bulk catalyst composition and to hydroprocessing a hydrocarbon feed using the bulk catalyst composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventors: Sona Eijsbouts-Spickova, Robertus Gerardus Leliveld, Bob Gerardus Oogjen, Marinus Bruce Cerfontain, Johannes Cornelis Sitters
  • Patent number: 8475684
    Abstract: A composite oxide for a hydrocarbon reforming catalyst which maintains the catalytic activity at a high level over a long period of time, a process for producing the catalyst, and a process for producing syngas using the catalyst, are provided. The composite oxide for a hydrocarbon reforming catalyst is obtained by a process including preparing a mixed solution for impregnation which contains catalytic active components of Co, or Co and Ni, one or more oxidation resistance enhancing components selected from the elements of Group 3B and the elements of Group 6A of the Periodic Table, and one or more additive metal components selected from Ca and Mg; impregnating a carrier formed from a porous molded body selected from magnesia and a composite of magnesia and calcia, with the mixed solution for impregnation; drying the impregnated carrier; and calcining the dried carrier in an oxidizing atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiya Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 8461074
    Abstract: Coated catalysts comprising a catalytically active multimetal oxide comprising molybdenum. The coated catalyst comprises a support body, a first layer and a second layer. The first layer comprises a molybdenum oxide or a precursor compound which forms molybdenum oxide. The second layer comprises a multimetal oxide comprising molybdenum and at least one further metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alexander Czaja, Martin Kraus
  • Publication number: 20130131399
    Abstract: A process for producing a catalyst, the process comprising the steps of: impregnating a first metal from a first metal precursor on a support to form a first impregnated support; calcining the first impregnated support; impregnating a second metal from a second metal precursor on the first impregnated support to form a second impregnated support; calcining the second impregnated support to form the catalyst, wherein the catalyst has a total metal loading of at least 2 wt. % based on the total weight of the catalyst. A method for hydrogenating alkanoic acids in the presence of the catalyst is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heiko Weiner, Ana Rita Almeida, Graham Ormsby
  • Publication number: 20130126393
    Abstract: A catalyst composition that is especially useful in the hydroconversion of pitch, micro carbon residue and sulfur contents of a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock without the excessive formation of sediment. The catalyst composition is a reasonably high surface area composition containing alumina and a low molybdenum content with a high ratio of nickel-to-molybdenum. The catalyst composition further has a unique pore distribution that in combination with the special metals loading provide for good conversion of pitch and micro carbon residue without an excessive yield of sediment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: SHELL OIL COMPANY
  • Publication number: 20130118912
    Abstract: Compositions, electrodes, systems, and/or methods for water electrolysis and other electrochemical techniques are provided. In some cases, the compositions, electrodes, systems, and/or methods are for electrolysis which can be used for energy storage, particularly in the area of energy conversion, and/or production of oxygen, hydrogen, and/or oxygen and/or hydrogen containing species. In some embodiments, the water for electrolysis comprises at least one impurity and/or at least one additive which has little or no substantially affect on the performance of the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SUN CATALYTIX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sun Catalytix Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130116488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst composition for conversion of vegetable oils to hydrocarbon products in the diesel boiling range, comprising a porous support; Group III A or VA element in the range of 1-10 wt %; Group VI B elements in the range of 1 to 20 wt %; Group VIII B elements in range of 0.01 to 10 wt %. The present invention further provides the process for preparing the catalyst composition for conversion of vegetable oils to hydrocarbon products in the diesel boiling range. The present invention also provides the process for conversion of vegetable oils to hydrocarbon products in the diesel boiling range using the catalyst composition or discarded refinery spent hydro-treating catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED
  • Publication number: 20130105357
    Abstract: A self activating catalyst for treating heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks that comprises a calcined particle comprising a co-mulled mixture made by co-mulling inorganic oxide powder, molybdenum trioxide powder, and a nickel compound and then forming the co-mulled mixture into a particle that is calcined to thereby provide the calcined particle. The self activating catalyst may be activated when it is contacted under suitable process conditions with a heavy residue feedstock having high nickel, vanadium and sulfur concentrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Opinder K. BHAN
  • Patent number: 8431510
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon oil-impregnated composition that comprises a support material having incorporated therein a metal component and impregnated with a hydrocarbon oil. The hydrocarbon oil-impregnated composition is useful in the hydrotreating of hydrocarbon feedstocks, and it is especially useful in applications involving delayed feed introduction whereby the hydrocarbon oil-impregnated composition is first treated with hot hydrogen, and, optionally, a sulfur compound, prior to contacting it with a hydrocarbon feedstock under hydrodesulfurization process conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Alexei Grigorievich Gabrielov, John Anthony Smegal, Salvatore Philip Torrisi
  • Publication number: 20130101920
    Abstract: Provided are a catalyst, an electrode, a fuel cell, a gas detoxification apparatus, and the like that can promote a general electrochemical reaction causing gas decomposition or the like. A catalyst according to the present invention is used for promoting an electrochemical reaction and is chain particles 3 formed of an alloy particles containing nickel (Ni) and at least one selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), tungsten (W), and copper (Cu).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Hiraiwa, Masatoshi Majima, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Tomoyuki Awazu, Toshio Ueda, Toshiyuki Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 8415268
    Abstract: A process for producing a ringlike oxidic shaped body by mechanically compacting a pulverulent aggregate introduced into the fill chamber of a die, wherein the outer face of the resulting compact corresponds to that of a frustocone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Knut Eger, Jens Uwe Faust, Holger Borchert, Ralf Streibert, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Andreas Raichle
  • Patent number: 8410328
    Abstract: A method of preparing multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalysts composed of four metal components and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the catalyst, and particularly, to multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalysts composed of a divalent cationic metal, a trivalent cationic metal, bismuth and molybdenum, a preparation method thereof, and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene from a C4 mixture including n-butene and n-butane using oxidative dehydrogenation are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd., SK Global Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Min Chung, Tae Jin Kim, Seong Jun Lee, Yong Seung Kim, Seung Hoon Oh, In Kyu Song, Hee Soo Kim, Ji Chul Jung, Ho Won Lee
  • Patent number: 8394262
    Abstract: The invention describes a catalyst comprising at least one metal from group VIB, at least two metals from group VIII termed the major promoter VIII-1 and co-promoters VIII-i, where i is in the range 2 to 5, and at least one support constituted by a porous refractory oxide, in which the elements from group VIII are present in proportions defined by the atomic ratio [VIII-1/(VIII-1+ . . . +VIII-i)], said ratio being in the range 0.5 to 0.85, as well as a process for the hydrotreatment of heavy hydrocarbon feeds, comprising at least one hydrodemetallization step and at least one hydrodesulphurization step, and employing a catalyst in accordance with the invention with an identical atomic ratio in each of the hydrodemetallization and hydrodesulphurization steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Bertrand Guichard, Denis Guillaume
  • Patent number: 8377289
    Abstract: A complex metal oxide catalyst comprising a Group VIII metal MI and at least two Group VIB metals MII and MIII, wherein the molar ratio of Group VIII metal MI to Group VIB metals MII+MIII is 1:9-9:1 and the molar ratio of the Group VIB metals MII and MIII is 1:5 to 5:1. When applied to the hydrodesulfurization of diesel, the catalyst exhibits a super high HDS activity. The sulfur level in the diesel can be reduced from 1200 ppm to 27 ppm under a gentle operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Can Li, Zongxuan Jiang, Lu Wang
  • Patent number: 8372268
    Abstract: A catalyst composition that is especially useful in the hydroconversion of pitch, micro carbon residue and sulfur contents of a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock without the excessive formation of sediment. The catalyst composition is a reasonably high surface area composition containing alumina and a low molybdenum content with a high ratio of nickel-to-molybdenum. The catalyst composition further has a unique pore distribution that in combination with the special metals loading provide for good conversion of pitch and micro carbon residue without an excessive yield of sediment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Josiane Marie-Rose Ginestra, John G. Kester, David Andrew Komar, David Edward Sherwood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8361924
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is fine particles of core-shell structure, each particle being composed of a core particle which is formed from a first material and has the face-centered cubic crystal structure and a shell layer which is formed from a second material differing from the first material on the surface of the core particle and has the face-centered cubic crystal structure, the fine particles containing particles which are multiply twinned fine particles and are surrounded by the {111} crystal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Tanaka, Shuji Goto, Shigetaka Tomiya
  • Patent number: 8361923
    Abstract: A process is provided for producing a complex oxide catalyst which exhibits superior catalytic activity in a vapor phase catalytic oxidation reaction, particularly in production of unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid. The process is characterized by the steps of preparing an aqueous slurry by mixing a complex oxide containing molybdenum and cobalt with an acid and water; drying the aqueous slurry; and calcining the resulting dried solid. Preferably, the complex oxide is obtained as follows: a molybdenum- and cobalt-containing complex oxide catalyst which has been used in a vapor phase catalytic oxidation reaction is mixed with an aqueous extracting solution obtained by dissolving at least one of ammonia and an organic base in water, to thereby extract molybdenum and cobalt into the aqueous phase; and the aqueous phase is dried and is then calcined under an atmosphere of an oxidizing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kano, Eiichi Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20120323056
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalyst for producing biodiesel, including a carrier having water resistance and an active component supported on the carrier and used in a hydrotreating reaction or a decarboxylation reaction. Since the catalyst for producing biodiesel includes a carrier having strong water resistance, the deactivation of the catalyst due to the water produced through a process of producing HBD can be prevented, thus remarkably improving the long term stability of a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicants: SK ENERGY CO., LTD., SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Il Lee, Do Woan Kim, Hee Jung Jeon, Sang Jun Ju, Jae Wook Ryu, Gyung Rok Kim
  • Publication number: 20120270728
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bulk catalyst comprising at least 60 wt % metal oxidic particles comprising one or more Group VIII metals and Group VIB metal molybdenum, comprising less than 10 mole % of a second Group VIB metal and comprising a Group V metal in an amount less than 10 mole %, which bulk catalyst has been calcined at a temperature below a temperature where the hexagonal metastable crystal structure changes to an inactive crystalline structure, and which bulk catalyst has a metastable hexagonal phase characterized by an X-ray diffraction pattern having reflections at 33-35 and 58-61 °2?; and to a process for the manufacture of the bulk catalyst, to the corresponding sulphided bulk catalyst and to the use of said bulk catalyst or sulphided bulk catalyst in the hydroprocessing of a hydrocarbon feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Sona EIJSBOUTS-SPICKOVA, Jacobus Nicolaas LOUWEN, Frans L. PLANTENGA, Robertus Gerardus LELIVELD, Sabato MISEO, Stuart Leon SOLED
  • Patent number: 8288309
    Abstract: A highly durable mercury oxidation catalyst contains V2O5 and MoO3 as active components, and is capable of preventing volatilization of MoO3 in the mercury oxidation catalyst. A method of producing the mercury oxidation catalyst is provided. A mercury oxidation catalyst oxidizing mercury in an exhaust gas into mercury oxide includes: TiO2 as a carrier, V2O5 and MoO3 supported on the carrier as active components, and at least one kind of element or compound selected from the group consisting of W, Cu, Co, Ni, and Zn or the compounds thereof supported on the carrier as a MoO3 volatilization preventing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nochi, Masanao Yonemura, Masashi Kiyosawa
  • Patent number: 8252714
    Abstract: A catalyst for use in the production of an unsaturated aldehyde and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid, the catalyst comparing (or, preferably, being composed of) a mixed oxide containing molybdenum, bismuth and iron, which has improved mechanical strength, is produced by a method including the steps of (1) drying an aqueous solution or an aqueous slurry containing raw materials of the catalyst and then firstly calcining a dried product in a molecular oxygen-containing gas atmosphere to obtain a calcined product; (2) heating the calcined product obtained in Step (1) in the presence of a reducing material to obtain a reduced product having a mass loss of 0.05 to 6%; and (3) secondly calcining the reduced product obtained in Step (2) in a molecular oxygen-containing gas atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoki Miura, Eiichi Shiraishi, Koichi Nagai
  • Publication number: 20120205292
    Abstract: A hydroprocessing catalyst composition that comprises a chelant treated metal containing support material having incorporated therein a polar additive. The catalyst composition is prepared by incorporating at least one metal component into a support material followed by treating the metal incorporated support with a chelating agent and thereafter incorporating a polar additive into the chelant treated composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Alexei Grigorievich GABRIELOV, Ed GANJA, Salvatore Philip TORRISI
  • Publication number: 20120190889
    Abstract: This invention is directed a process for preparation of a carboxylic acid salt by dehydrogenation of a primary alcohol. The invention is also directed to a catalyst for dehydrogenating primary alcohols. In one embodiment, for example, the catalyst comprises a metal support (preferably a metal sponge support) having a copper-containing coating at the surface thereof. In another embodiment, the catalyst comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of zinc, cobalt, iron, tin and combinations thereof having a copper-containing coating at the surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: David A. Morgenstern, Juan P. Arhancet, Howard C. Berk, William L. Moench, JR., James C. Peterson
  • Patent number: 8207084
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present invention, a urea-resistant catalytic unit is provided. In at least one embodiment, the catalytic unit includes a catalyst having a catalyst surface, and a urea-resistant coating in contact with at least a portion of the catalyst surface, wherein the urea-resistant coating effectively reduces urea-induced deactivation of the catalyst. In at least another embodiment, the urea-resistant coating includes at least one oxide from the group consisting of titanium oxide, tungsten oxide, zirconium oxide, molybdenum oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, sulfur oxide, niobium oxide, molybdenum oxide, yttrium oxide, nickel oxide, cobalt oxide, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yisun Cheng, Yinyan Huang, Christine Kay Lambert
  • Patent number: 8187997
    Abstract: The invention provides a catalyst composition composed of a support portion and a catalyst portion. The support portion includes an acidic mixed metal oxide including a transitional alumina and a second metal oxide. The transitional alumina can comprise delta or theta alumina, in combination with other transitional phases, or an alpha or gamma alumina. The second metal oxide has a weight percentage that is less than the weight percentage of alumina. The catalyst portion is 25 weight percent or less of the catalyst composition and is composed of nickel and rhenium. The catalyst portion includes nickel in an amount in the range of 2 to 20 weight percent, based upon total catalyst composition weight, and there is no boron in the catalyst portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Technology LLC
    Inventors: Stephen W. King, Stefan K Mierau
  • Patent number: 8178003
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon-reforming catalyst comprising a composite oxide having a composition represented by the following formula (I) in which Co, Ni and M are dispersed in the composite oxide and a process for producing a synthesis gas by using the catalyst are provided. aM.bCo.cNi.dMg.eCa.fO??(I) wherein a, b, c, d, e, and f are molar fractions, a+b+c+d+e=1, 0.0001<a?0.20, 0<b?0.20, 0?c?0.20, 0.001<(b+c)?0.20, 0.60?(d+e)?0.9989, 0<d<0.9989, 0<e<0.9989, f=the number necessary for element to keep charge equilibrium with oxygen. And M is at least one element among Group 3B elements and Group 6A elements in the Periodic Table. The reforming catalyst is able to maintain a high catalytic activity over a long period in reforming hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katutoshi Nagaoka, Yuusaku Takita, Toshiya Wakatsuki
  • Publication number: 20120115713
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to the processing of hydrocarbon-containing feedstreams in the presence of an active catalyst component comprising a surface, and a metal oxide film coated on the surface of the active catalyst component. The catalysts and processes of the present invention can improve overall hydrogenation, product conversion, as well as improved resistance to catalytic deactivation due to sulfur and nitrogen compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstreams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Chuansheng Bai, Adrienne J. Thornburg, Heather A. Elsen, William G. Borghard, Cody R. Cole
  • Patent number: 8158550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer catalyst for the partial oxidation of hydrocarbons in gaseous phase, comprising a monolithic ceramic or metallic substrate having a solid macroporous structure consisting of one or more structures, on which a first active layer with a crystal-line perovskitic structure is deposited, having general formula AxA? 1-xByB? 1-YO3±? wherein: A is a cation of at least one of the rare earth elements, A? is a cation of at least one element selected from groups Ia, IIa and VIa of the periodic table of elements, B is a cation of at least one element selected from groups IVb, Vb, VIb, VIIb, or VIII of the periodic table of elements, B? is a cation of at least one element selected from groups IVb, Vb, VIb, VIIb or VIII of the periodic table of elements Mg2+ or Al3+, x is a number which is such that 0?x?1, y is a number which is such that 0?y?1, and ? is a number which is such that 0???0, 5, a second more external active layer consisting of a dispersion of a noble metal and a possible s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
    Inventors: Stefano Cimino, Francesco Donsi, Raffaele Pirone, Gennaro Russo
  • Publication number: 20120065056
    Abstract: A bulk metal oxide catalyst composition of the general formula (X)b(M)c(Z)d(O)e ??(I) wherein X represents at least one non-noble Group VIII metal; M represents at least one non-noble Group VIb metal; Z represents one or more elements selected from aluminium, silicon, magnesium, titanium, zirconium, boron, and zinc; one of b and c is the integer 1; and d and e and the other of b and c each are a number greater than 0 such that the molar ratio of b:c is in the range of from 0.5:1 to 5:1, the molar ratio of d:c is in the range of from 0.2:1 to 50:1, and the molar ratio of e:c is in the range of from 3.7:1 to 108:1; is prepared by controlled (co)precipitation of component metal compounds, refractory oxide material, and alkali compound in protic liquid. Resulting compositions find use in hydrotreatment processes involving particularly hydrodesulphurisation and hydrodenitrification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Laszlo DOMOKOS, Hermanus JONGKIND, Johannes Anthonius Robert VAN VEEN
  • Patent number: 8124698
    Abstract: Process for producing homopolymers or copolymers of conjugated dienes by contacting monomeric material having at least one conjugated diene with a catalyst system including two or more different transition metal compounds and optionally one or more activators. Preferred transition metal compounds are based on cobalt and chromium, especially complexes thereof having benzimidazole ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Ineos Europe Limited
    Inventors: Grant Berent Jacobsen, Juan Jose Chirinos-Colina, Vernon Charles Gibson
  • Publication number: 20120037541
    Abstract: The invention discloses a multi-metallic bulk catalyst with layered structure, wherein the metals in the multi-metallic bulk catalyst is consisted of a Group VIII metal MI, at least one metal MII with the valence of +3 and at least two Group VIB metals MIII+MIV, wherein (the mole number of MI+the mole number of MII):(the mole number of MIII+the mole number of MIV) is from 1:9 to 9:1; the mole number of MI:the mole number of MII is from 1:5 to 5:1; and the mole number of MIII:the mole number of MIV is from 1:5 to 5:1. The invention also discloses the preparation method and use of the above catalyst. The invention is use for the hydrodesulfurization of diesel distillate including 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene, wherein the catalyst exhibits a extreme high hydrodesulfurization activity. Thus, the ultra-deep hydrodesulfurization is achieved and the cost of the bulk catalyst is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Can Li, Zongxuan Jiang, Lu Wang, Yuliang Zhang
  • Patent number: 8101539
    Abstract: A purifying catalyst includes catalyst powder composed of a transition metal oxide of which an average particle diameter is within 1 nm to 2 ?m and in which an electron binding energy of oxygen is shifted to an energy side lower than 531.3 eV. The purifying catalyst shows good purification performance even when noble metal is not contained as an essential component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Yasuda, Yasunari Hanaki, Toru Sekiba, Shigeru Chida, Junji Ito
  • Publication number: 20120016042
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a catalyst for carrying out hydrocarbon synthesis starting from a mixture comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen, the active phase of which comprises at least one metal from group VIII deposited on a support formed by at least one oxide, in which said metal from group VIII is selected from the group constituted by cobalt, nickel, ruthenium or iron, and in which said catalyst has an atomic ratio (Co/Al)not ground/(CO/Al)ground, measured by X-ray photo-emission spectroscopy, in the range 1 to 12. The invention also concerns the catalyst preparation process and its use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, ENI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sylvie Maury, Christele Legens, Loic Sorbier, Fabrice Diehl, Joseph Lopez, Lars Fischer
  • Patent number: 8092716
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a catalytic specie consisting essentially of a metallic support, which is coated with a ceramic active phase layer, mainly compound of the general formula (I): [RhxNiyMglAlm(OH)2]z+(An?z/n)kH2O,??(I) wherein An? is mainly a silicate or a polysilicate anion; 0?x?0.3; 0?y?0.9; 0?l?0.9; 0?m?0.5; 0?k?10; x+y>0; 0.5?y+l?0.9; x+y+l+m=1; and z is the total electrical charge of the cationic element or a compound of the general formula (II): [AzA?1-z][B1-x-yNixRhy]O3-???(II) wherein A and A? are different and are selected from the Lanthanide or the Actinide families or from the group IIa of the Mendeleev's periodical table of elements; B is selected from the transition metal groups of columns IIIb, IVb, Vb, VIb, VIIb, Ib and IIb and group VIIIb of the Mendeleev's periodical table of elements; 0?x?0.7, 0?y?0.5, 0?x+y?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Daniel Gary, Pascal Del-Gallo, Francesco Basile, Angelo Vaccari, Giuseppe Fornasari, Valentina Rosetti, Erika Scavetta, Domenica Tonelli
  • Patent number: 8093175
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition capable of trapping hydrogen comprising: (a) at least one mineral compound of formula (I) below: MX(OH)??(I) in which: M represents a divalent transition element; O represents an oxygen atom; X represents an atom chosen from S, Se, Te, Po; and H represents a hydrogen atom; and (b) at least one nitrate salt of formula (II) below: ZNO3??(II) in which Z is a monovalent cation. Use of these compositions either in pulverulent form for trapping gaseous hydrogen by direct interaction, or in the form of an adjuvant in a containment material for, for example, trapping hydrogen released by radiolysis in radioactive waste packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventor: Chantal Riglet-Martial
  • Patent number: 8088706
    Abstract: A bulk metal oxide catalyst composition of the general formula (X)b(M)c(Z)d(O)e??(I) wherein X represents at least one non-noble Group VIII metal; M represents at least one non-noble Group VIb metal; Z represents one or more elements selected from aluminum, silicon, magnesium, titanium, zirconium, boron, and zinc; one of b and c is the integer 1; and d and e and the other of b and c each are a number greater than 0 such that the molar ratio of b:c is in the range of from 0.5:1 to 5:1, the molar ratio of d:c is in the range of from 0.2:1 to 50:1, and the molar ratio of e:c is in the range of from 3.7:1 to 108:1; is prepared by controlled (co)precipitation of component metal compounds, refractory oxide material, and alkali compound in protic liquid. Resulting compositions find use in hydrotreatment processes involving particularly hydrodesulphurization and hydrodenitrification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Laszlo Domokos, Hermanus Jongkind, Johannes Anthonius Robert Van Veen
  • Patent number: 8088707
    Abstract: A supported catalyst with a solid sphere structure of the present invention includes an oxide supporting body and a metal such as Ni, Co, Fe, or a combination thereof distributed on the surface and inside of the supporting body. The supported catalyst with a solid sphere structure can maintain a spherical shape during heat treatment and can be used with a floating bed reactor due to the solid sphere structure thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Byeong Yeol Kim, Yun Tack Lee, Seung Yong Bae, Young Sil Lee
  • Publication number: 20110312487
    Abstract: A catalyst system for generating at least one polyol from a feedstock comprising saccharide is performed in a continuous or batch manner. Generating the polyol involves, contacting, hydrogen, water, and a feedstock comprising saccharide, with a catalyst system to generate an effluent stream comprising at least one polyol and recovering the polyol from the effluent stream. The catalyst system comprises at least one unsupported component and at least one supported component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventors: John Q. Chen, Tom N. Kalnes, Joseph A. Kocal
  • Patent number: 8067331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nickel tungsten bulk catalyst, to a process for the manufacture of said catalyst and to the use of said catalyst for the hydrotreatment, in particular the hydrodesulphurisation and hydrodenitrogenation of hydrocarbon feedstock. The catalyst comprises nickel tungsten metal oxidic particles obtainable by a process comprising forming a slurry of a first solid metal compound comprising Group VNI metal nickel and a second solid metal compound comprising Group VIB metal tungsten in a protic liquid, reacting the first and second solid metal compounds at elevated temperature whereby the first and second solid metal compounds remain at least partly in the solid state during the entire reaction to form the nickel tungsten oxidic bulk catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Albemarle Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Sona Eijsbouts-Spickova, Robertus Gerardus Leliveld, Marinus Bruce Cerfontain, Frans L. Plantenga, Eelco Titus Carel Vogt, Jacobus Nicolaas Louwen, Stuart Leon Soled, Sabato Miseo, Kenneth L. Riley
  • Patent number: 8062990
    Abstract: A pliable refractory metal carrier (46) may have coated thereon an anchor layer (47) to improve adherence to the carrier (46) of a catalytic coating (48). The conformable catalyst member (26, 82, 82?, 126, 226, 326) may be bent to conform to a curved or bent exhaust pipe (20, 220, 320) within which it is mounted. The pliable metal carrier may be in the form of a tube such as carrier (46) having perforations (54) formed therein, or it may be a metal strip (76) which is folded into accordion pleats (80) and has perforations (78) formed therein. The perforations (54, 78) serve to permit the passage of exhaust gas therethrough. A series of interior closures (58) and annular baffles (60) may be provided to import a serpentine flow path to gases flowed through an exhaust pipe (22) containing a conformable catalyst member (226) therein. A mounting member (68) may be supplied to fasten one end of the conformable catalyst member (226) to the discharge end of an exhaust pipe (220).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Galligan, Joseph C. Dettling, Shau-Lin F. Chen, Matthew P. Larkin
  • Patent number: 8057763
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for recovering Group VIB metals from a catalyst, in particular a spent bulk catalyst, comprising one or more Group VIB metals and one or more Group VIII metals. Further, the invention relates to a solid Group VIB metal compound obtainable by the process according to the invention having the general formula H2XO4, wherein X=W1-yMoy, wherein y is between 0 and 1 and to its use in a process for the manufacture of a fresh catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Albemarle Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Bob Gerardus Oogjen, Harmannus Willem Homan Free, Johannes Cornelis Sitters
  • Publication number: 20110274615
    Abstract: A catalyst has a long life span and efficiently separates hydrogen from water. A first metal element (Ni, Pd, Pt) for cutting the combination of hydrogen and oxygen and a second metal element (Cr, Mo, W, Fe) for helping the function of the first metal element are melted in alkaline metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide to make a mixture heated at a temperature above the melting point of the hydroxide to eject fine particles from the liquid surface, bringing steam into contact with the fine particles. Instead of this, a mixture of alkaline metal hydroxide and metal oxide is heated at a temperature above the melting point of the alkaline metal hydroxide to make metal compound in which at least two kinds of metal elements are melted, and fine particles are ejected from the surface of the metal compound to be brought into contact with steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Yasuo Ishikawa