Patents Assigned to BASF Catalysts LLC
  • Copper CHA zeolite catalysts
    Patent number: 7601662
    Abstract: Zeolite catalysts and systems and methods for preparing and using zeolite catalysts having the CHA crystal structure are disclosed. The catalysts can be used to remove nitrogen oxides from a gaseous medium across a broad temperature range and exhibit hydrothermal stable at high reaction temperatures. The zeolite catalysts include a zeolite carrier having a silica to alumina ratio from about 15:1 to about 256:1 and a copper to alumina ratio from about 0.25:1 to about 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Ivor Bull, Wen-Mei Xue, Patrick Burk, R. Samuel Boorse, William M. Jaglowski, Gerald S. Koermer, Ahmad Moini, Joseph A. Patchett, Joseph C. Dettling, Matthew T. Caudle
  • Systems and Methods for Treating Aircraft Cabin Air
    Publication number: 20090227195
    Abstract: Air treatment systems including an environmental control system, a mixer, an air distribution duct system, and one or more catalysts for treating the air in the aircraft cabin environment are provided. Methods for treating aircraft cabin air are also provided. The air treatment systems treats compressed air provided to the aircraft cabin, which can include bleed air and bleedless air, and also treats existing air recirculated from an aircraft cabin to remove ozone, volatile organic compounds, NOx and other pollutants. The catalysts used to treat the compressed air, recirculated air and/or combined compressed and recirculated air are disposed at various stages of the air treatment systems described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Mark Buelow, Michael P. Galligan, Martin Volland
  • ZSM-5 additive
    Patent number: 7585804
    Abstract: A catalyst composition suitable for reacting hydrocarbons such as in fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) comprises an attrition-resistant particulate having at least 30% of an intermediate pore zeolite, kaolin, a phosphorous compound, and a high density unreactive component. An example of an unreactive component is alpha-alumina. The catalyst can also contain a reactive alumina of high surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Gary M. Smith, Barry K. Speronello
  • Catalyst for purification of aromatic acids
    Patent number: 7586002
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a catalyst composite containing an extruded catalyst support containing an extruded activated carbonaceous material having specifically a defined pore structure. For example, the extruded activated carbonaceous material may have pores wherein at least about 40% of total Hg porosity occurs in pores having a diameter of about 200 ? and larger. Alternatively the extruded activated carbonaceous material may have a first set of pores having a pore diameter of at least about 40 ? and at most about 100 ? with a porosity of at least about 0.15 cc/g, and a second set of pores having a pore diameter of at least about 5,000 ? and at most about 20,000 ? with a porosity of at least about 0.3 cc/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventor: James Ferguson White
  • FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYST
    Publication number: 20090221724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising particles of a cobalt and zinc co-precipitate, having a volume average particle size of less than 150 ?m. Another aspect of the invention is the use of such a catalyst in a Fischer-Tropsch process. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing a catalyst comprising cobalt and zinc oxide, wherein an acidic solution comprising zinc ions and cobalt ions and a alkaline solution are contacted and the precipitate is isolated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: BASF CATALYSTS LLC
    Inventors: Cornelis Roeland Baijense, Tjalling Rekker
  • Acid activated montmorillonite based filtration aid
    Patent number: 7582320
    Abstract: Disclosed are bleaching materials for processing oils, particularly edible oils, containing an acid activated clay having a specifically defined particle size distribution. Also disclosed are methods of making the bleaching materials, and systems and methods for purifying oils using the acid activated clay having the specifically defined particle size distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Breen, Marc Siegel
  • Emission Treatment Systems and Methods Using Passivated Surfaces
    Publication number: 20090211232
    Abstract: Provided are exhaust systems, components, and catalytic articles that have been passivated for use in conjunction with diesel engines that includes a NOx abatement system that uses a reductant. These items are passivated in order to minimize degradation of a reductant in their presence when, for example, they have been subjected to temperatures in excess of 650° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Edgar V. Huennekes, Martin Kalwei
  • Methods of manufacturing bentonite pollution control sorbents
    Patent number: 7578869
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing bentonite sorbents for removal of pollutants including mercury from gas streams, such as a flue gas stream from coal-fired utility plants are disclosed. The methods include mixing bentonite sorbent particles with a sulfide salt and a metal salt to form a metal sulfide on the outer surface of the bentonite sorbent particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Xiaolin David Yang, Pascaline Harrison Tran, Lawrence Shore, Barry Keven Speronello, Ronald Thomas Mentz
  • Hydrocarbon adsorption filter for air intake system evaporative emission control
    Patent number: 7578285
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of an improved hydrocarbon adsorbent coating for the treatment of evaporative emissions from a motor vehicle. More specifically, one or more hydrocarbon adsorbents, in accordance with the present invention, can be coated to any surface area of an air intake system to trap hydrocarbon vapors before they can escape to the atmosphere, through said air intake system. In another embodiment, one or more hydrocarbon adsorbents can be incorporated in the air filter of an air intake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Buelow, Jeffrey Barmont Hoke, John Joseph Steger
  • Alumina-Based Perovskite Catalysts and Catalyst Supports
    Publication number: 20090208396
    Abstract: An alumina-based perovskite is formed by mixing a lanthanide source with a transitional alumina to form a dual-phase composition comprising in situ formed LnAlO3 dispersed in alumina. The lanthanide content of the composition ranges from about 12 to 24 wt. % to yield a high surface area composition which is useful as a catalyst or catalyst support such as for precious metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Xiaolin David Yang, Doan Lieu
  • Pt-Pd diesel oxidation catalyst with CO/HC light-off and HC storage function
    Patent number: 7576031
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO) and the reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx). More particularly, the present invention is directed to a novel washcoat composition comprising two distinct washcoat layers containing two distinctly different ratios of Pt:Pd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Tilman Wolfram Beutel, Joseph Charles Dettling, Dustin Owen Hollobaugh, Torsten Wolfgang Mueller
  • Pollutant emission control sorbents and methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 7575629
    Abstract: Sorbents for removal of mercury and other pollutants from gas streams, such as a flue gas stream from coal-fired utility plants, and methods for their manufacture and use are disclosed. The methods include mixing fly ash particles with a sulfide salt and a metal salt to form a metal sulfide on the outer surface of the fly ash particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Xiaolin David Yang, Pascaline Harrison Tran, Lawrence Shore, Stanley Scott Mack, James Eugene Staudt
  • Mercury sorbents and methods of manufacture and use
    Patent number: 7572421
    Abstract: Sorbents for removal of mercury and other pollutants from gas streams, such as a flue gas stream from coal-fired utility plants, and methods for their manufacture and use are disclosed. The methods include injecting fluid cracking catalyst particles mixed with modified fly ash particles into a flue gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Xiaolin D. Yang, David M. Stockwell, Pascaline H. Tran, Lawrence Shore
  • Catalysts, Systems and Methods Utilizing Non-Zeolitic Metal-Containing Molecular Sieves Having the CHA Crystal Structure
    Publication number: 20090196812
    Abstract: Catalysts comprising metal-loaded non-zeolitic molecular sieves having the CHA crystal structure, including Cu-SAPO-34, methods for preparing such catalysts, and systems and methods for treating exhaust gas incorporating such catalysts are disclosed. The catalysts can be used to remove nitrogen oxides from a gaseous medium across a broad temperature range and exhibit hydrothermal stability at high reaction temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Ivor Bull, Gerald S. Koermer, Ahmad Moini, Signe Unverricht
  • FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYST
    Publication number: 20090197981
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a catalyst suitable for catalyzing a Fischer-Tropsch reaction, said catalyst comprising cobalt metal supported on zinc-oxide and having the following particle size distribution by volume: <10% having a particle size below 1 micron, 70-99% having a particle size between 1 and 5 micron, and <20% having a particle size above 5 micron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: BASF CATALYSTS LLC
    Inventors: Tjalling Rekker, Cornelis Roeland Baijense
  • GASOLINE ENGINE EMISSIONS TREATMENT SYSTEMS HAVING PARTICULATE TRAPS
    Publication number: 20090193796
    Abstract: Provided are exhaust systems and components suitable for use in conjunction with gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines to capture particulates in addition to reducing gaseous emission such as hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxides. Exhaust treatment systems comprising a three-way conversion (TWC) catalyst located on a particulate trap are provided. An exemplary particulate trap is a soot filter. Additional treatment components can be added downstream of the particulate trap, including NOx traps and SCR catalysts. The TWC catalyst can be coated on both the inlet side and the outlet side of the particulate trap. Alternatively, an oxidation catalyst can be deposited on a particulate trap. Methods of making and using the same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Junmei Wei, Knut Wassermann, Yeujin Li
  • Catalyst composition for alcohol steam reforming
    Patent number: 7569511
    Abstract: An alcohol steam reforming catalyst for generating hydrogen contains palladium, yttrium, and at least one of cerium and a metal oxide. The catalyst displays both an improved alcohol conversion rate and improved carbon dioxide selectivity. Methods of making and using the alcohol steam reforming catalyst are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Christopher R. Castellano, Ye Liu, Ahmad Moini, Gerald Stephen Koermer, Robert Joseph Farrauto
  • APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AVOIDING SHOCK IN DIESEL FILTERS
    Publication number: 20090183499
    Abstract: Provided are systems and/or methods that facilitate regeneration of a soot filter for a diesel engine. The systems and/or methods can include a bypass tube that connects a compressor side of a turbocharger to an exhaust side of the turbocharger. Compressed air from the turbocharger is introduced through the bypass tube into the soot filter and reduced a soot filter temperature, thereby mitigating the risk of thermal shock and over temperature conditions in the soot filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: BASF CATALYSTS LLC
    Inventor: R. Samuel Boorse
  • Fischer-Tropsch catalyst
    Patent number: 7563747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising particles of a cobalt and zinc co-precipitate, having a volume average particle size of less than 150 ?m. Another aspect of the invention is the use of such a catalyst in a Fischer-Tropsch process. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing a catalyst comprising cobalt and zinc oxide, wherein an acidic solution comprising zinc ions and cobalt ions and a alkaline solution are contacted and the precipitate is isolated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Cornelis Roeland Baijense, Tjalling Rekker
  • NICKEL CATALYST FOR HYDROGENATION REACTIONS
    Publication number: 20090182181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst nickel, silica, alumina and magnesium, wherein the nickel to magnesium atomic ratio is 5-75. In particular the present invention relates to a catalyst comprising nickel, silica, alumina and magnesium, wherein the nickel to silicium atomic ratio (Ni/Si) is 2 to 30 to nickel to aluminum atomic ratio (Ni/Al) is 9 to 40 and the nickel to magnesium atomic ratio (Ni/Mg) is 5-75. The invention further relates to a method for preparing such a catalyst. The invention further relates to a process for hydrogenating unsaturated organic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: BASF CATALYSTS LLC
    Inventors: Pieter Hildegardus Berben, Tjalling Rekker