Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, comprising the steps of: •—processing an aqueous polymer gel from polymerization of a monomer solution or suspension, •—drying the aqueous polymer gel in a conveyer dryer, in particular in a forced air conveyer dryer, wherein •—the conveyer dryer has a circulating conveyer belt and the aqueous polymer gel is conveyed on the circulating conveyer belt, and wherein •—the circulating conveyer belt is formed as a circulating plate conveyer belt, comprising a number of belt plates separated by a hinge line of a hinge assembly and each belt plate having a surface for receiving the aqueous polymer gel, wherein said hinge assembly comprises a knuckle joint (301) with the hinge line in form of a straight hinge line.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 5, 2018
Date of Patent:
November 27, 2018
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Gerald Grünewald, Rüdiger Funk, Matthias Weismantel, Monte Peterson
Abstract: A novel catalyst blend for processing of feedstocks into monoaromatics in a single stage, comprising at least one cracking catalyst, one heterogeneous transition metal catalyst, and optionally at least one hydrogenation catalyst. The process occurs in one-step or single stage with substantially no solvents or external additives, or when the feedstock contains less than 15% oxygen, the process includes additional water or steam to enable sufficient amounts of H2 being produced in-situ.
Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the regeneration of an adsorber. For the regeneration a liquid stream (S2) comprising at least one alkane is converted from liquid phase into gaseous phase. Then the adsorber is regenerated and heated by contact with gaseous stream (S2) up to 230 to 270° C. Subsequently, the adsorber is cooled first by contact with gaseous stream (S2) to a temperature of 90 to 150° C. followed by cooling with liquid stream (S2) to a temperature below 80° C. The outflow of the adsorber (S2*) during the cooling with gaseous stream (S2) and optionally the outflow of the adsorber (S2*) during cooling with liquid stream (S2) is recycled in at least one of these steps.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 9, 2014
Date of Patent:
November 27, 2018
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Hans-Guenter Wagner, Christoph Bayer, Lothar Karrer, Heinz Ruetter, Patrik Pietz, Sven Crone, Markus Eggersmann, Kam Wing Wong
Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel composition that may be used to control the etching rate of TIN with respect to W, and remove any residues from the surface, e.g. organic or inorganic residues that could contain fluorine (F), which composition comprises a) an aliphatic or aromatic sulfonic acid; b) one or more inhibitor(s); c) an aprotic solvent; d) a glycol ether; and e) water. The present invention also relates to a kit comprising said composition in combination with an oxidant and optionally a stabilizer of the oxidant, and the use thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 12, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 27, 2018
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Jerry Jhih-Jheng Ke, Tse Wei Yu, Yi-Ping Cheng
Abstract: An oxidation catalyst composite, methods and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from an advanced combustion engine, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO) and the reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from a diesel engine and an advanced combustion diesel engine are disclosed. More particularly, washcoat compositions are disclosed comprising at least two washcoat layers, a first washcoat comprising a palladium component and a first support containing cerium and a second washcoat containing platinum and one or more molecular sieves.
Abstract: Articles and methods involving electrochemical cells and/or electrochemical cell preproducts comprising passivating agents are generally provided. In certain embodiments, an electrochemical cell includes first and second passivating agents. In some embodiments, an electrochemical cell may include a first electrode comprising a first surface, a second electrode (e.g., a counter electrode with respect to the first electrode) comprising a second surface, a first passivating agent configured and arranged to passivate the first surface, and a second passivating agent configured and arranged to passivate the second surface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 18, 2018
Publication date:
November 22, 2018
Applicants:
Sion Power Corporation, BASF SE
Inventors:
Akmeemana Anoma Mudalige, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Zhaohui Liao, Marina Safont-Sempere, Igor P. Kovalev
Abstract: The use is described of polymers which contain, in copolymerized form, an ?-olefin, a vinyl ester and an ester of an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid as an additive for fuel oils and lubricants and in particular as a cold flow improver in fuel oils. In addition, the fuel oils and lubricants additized with these polymers; and also additive packages comprising such polymers are described.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 26, 2018
Publication date:
November 22, 2018
Applicant:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Wolfgang Ahlers, Andreas Fechtenkoetter, Frank-Olaf Maehling, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ansgar Eisenbeis
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of an RLK2 protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding an RLK2 protein.
Abstract: The present invention relates to radiation-curable, water-dispersible polyurethane (meth)acrylates, to coating compositions comprising the latter, to the use thereof and to the process for production thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 22, 2014
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2018
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Sebastian Berger, Peter Thuery, Kenneth Shaun Tranter
Abstract: The present technology relates to novel mycotoxin binder and the use in animal feed. The present disclosure relates also to the use of enzymes for improving the mycotoxin binding ability of by-products derived from a fermentative production process and to compositions comprising enzymes capable of degrading components in the fermented mash in the fermentation process.
Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a polynucleotide sequences encoding a xylanase. More specifically, the present disclosure provides for polynucleotide sequences with codon mutations encoding a xylanase.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a gypsum-containing foamed prefabricated building material and to a gypsum-containing foamed prefabricated building material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 23, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2018
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Uwe Gehrig, Ekkehard Jahns, Michael Schinabeck, Martin Pichler, Mehmet Akif Pekmezci, Mehmet Ergin
Abstract: Described are solventborne pigment pastes comprising lamellar effect pigments. Also described is the use of the solventborne pigment pastes comprising lamellar effect pigments for producing solventborne effect coating materials. Further described is a process for producing solventborne effect coating materials.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2013
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2018
Assignee:
BASF Coatings GmbH
Inventors:
Jorn Lavalaye, Carmen Kunszt, Norbert Löw
Abstract: A polymer composition, obtainable by reacting a) a polymer P1 having at least one functional group of the formula (I) and a polymer backbone B, and b) a polymer P2 which is a polyolefine succinic anhydride:
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 4, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2018
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Huiguang Kou, Steffen Onclin, Clemens Auschra, Marion Nitsch
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising certain pyrazolecarboxylic acid alkoxyamides according to formula (I) in combination with certain fungicides, to a process for preparing these compositions and to the use thereof as biologically active compositions, especially for the control of harmful microorganisms in plants and in the protection of materials and as plant growth regulators.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 17, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2018
Assignee:
BASF AGRO B.V.
Inventors:
Pierre-Yves Coqueron, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Sebastian Hoffmann, Philippe Desbordes, Pierre Cristau, Peter Dahmen
Abstract: Method of increasing the permeability in subterranean formations comprising rock that is soluble by acid, in particular carbonatic formations, using a formulation comprising at least an acid and a retarding surfactant which is an amphoteric surfactant. Preferably, the acid comprises methanesulfonic acid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 23, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2018
Assignees:
BASF SE, BASF Corporation
Inventors:
Shawn Rimassa, Walter Bertkau, Joseph Borst
Abstract: The invention relates to a dispersant comprising a polymer obtainable by copolymerization of monomers including 5 to 80 mol % of a hydroxyalkyl acrylate phosphate and/or hydroxyalkylacrylamide phosphate (monomer 1), 0 to 20 mol % of a di(hydroxyalkyl acrylate) phosphate and/or di(hydroxyalkylacrylamide) phosphate (monomer 2) and 1 to 80 mol % of a polyalkylene glycol-containing macromonomer comprising an alkene group (monomer 3). Further disclosed is a process for preparing the polymers of the invention and the use thereof as dispersants in calcium sulphate-containing compositions. A further aspect of the invention is a process for producing shaped gypsum bodies, and also shaped gypsum bodies, more particularly gypsum plasterboards and self-levelling screeds, comprising the dispersant of the invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 2014
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2018
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Torben Gaedt, Martin Winklbauer, Harald Grassl, Michael Schinabeck, Nina Susanne Hillesheim, Antonia Grafetstetter
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of reprocessing alkanesulfonic acid employed in a chemical process as an agent, catalyst or solvent and comprising the steps of: (a) removing an alkanesulfonic acid-comprising stream from a reaction mixture generated in the chemical process, (b) feeding the alkanesulfonic acid-comprising stream into a melt crystallization as the starting melt to form crystals of the alkanesulfonic acid, of hydrates of the alkanesulfonic acid or of a mixture of both suspended in mother liquor, (c) performing a solid-liquid separation to remove the crystals from the mother liquor, (d) optionally washing the crystals to remove mother liquor adhering to the crystals, (e) recycling the washed or unwashed crystals removed from the mother liquor into the chemical process.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 8, 2016
Publication date:
November 15, 2018
Applicant:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Jan SPIELMANN, Michael KOCH, Juergen WORTMANN, Sabine WEIGUNY, Feelly RUETHER, Robert SENGPIEL
Abstract: A method for isomerizing a starting mixture comprising 2,4-diamino-1-methylcyclohexane, 2,4-MDACH for short, 2,6-diamino-1-methylcyclohexane, 2,6-MDACH for short, or mixtures thereof, wherein the isomerization is carried out in the presence of a supported catalyst with zirconium dioxide as support and ruthenium as active metal.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 30, 2016
Publication date:
November 15, 2018
Applicant:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Andreas WEICKGENANNT, Sandra KRAMP, Jan-Oliver WEIDERT, Alexander PANCHENKO, Artur KOZICKI, Ralph BUSCH
Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising a repeating unit of the formula I, or III and their use as organic semiconductor in organic devices, especially an organic field effect transistor (OFET), or a device containing a diode and/or an organic field effect transistor. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the polymers according to the invention are used in organic field effect transistors.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 24, 2018
Publication date:
November 15, 2018
Applicant:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Mathias Duggeli, Mahmoud Zaher Eteish, Pascal Hayoz, Olivier Aebischer, Marta Fonrodona Turon, Margherita Fontana, Marian Lanz, Mathieu G. R. Turbiez, Beat Schmidhalter, Jean-Charles Flores