Patents Assigned to Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
  • Patent number: 10188985
    Abstract: Extruded honeycomb catalyst bodies and methods of manufacturing same. The catalyst body includes a first oxide selected from the group consisting of tungsten oxides, vanadium oxides, and combinations thereof, a second oxide selected from the group consisting of cerium oxides, lanthanum oxides, zirconium oxides, and combinations thereof, and a zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: Corning Incorporated, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Steven Bolaji Ogunwumi, Mallanagouda Dyamanagouda Patil, Yuming Xie, Hao Cheng, Shudong Wang
  • Publication number: 20190016964
    Abstract: A method for carbon dioxide direct hydrogenation to gasoline-range hydrocarbons is provided in this invention. Under the reaction conditions of 250-450° C., 0.01-10.0 MPa, 500-50000 mL/(h·gcat) of feedstocks, 0.5-8 molar ratio of H2 to CO2, the mixture of carbon dioxide and hydrogen may be directly converted to gasoline-range hydrocarbons over a multifunctional hybrid catalyst. The multifunctional hybrid catalyst comprises: iron-based catalyst for carbon dioxide hydrogenation as the first component, one, two or more of zeolites optionally modified by metal as the second component. In this method, a per-pass conversion of CO2 may achieve more than 33%, the methane selectivity in the hydrocarbon products is less than 8%, the selectivity of gasoline-range hydrocarbons with carbon numbers from 5 to 11 in the hydrocarbon products is more than 70%. The obtained gasoline-range hydrocarbons exhibit high octane number due to its composition comprising isoparaffins and aromatics as the major components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qingjie GE, Jian WEI, Hengyong XU
  • Publication number: 20180370896
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing methyl acetate, and the method comprises a step in which dimethyl ether and a raw gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen go through a reactor loaded with a catalyst for carrying out a carbonylation reaction; wherein the catalyst contains an acidic EMT zeolite molecular sieve. The present invention has provided a new method for producing methyl acetate. In the method of the present invention, the carbonylation is carried out in the presence of the catalyst containing the acidic EMT zeolite molecular sieve, and the reaction activity is high, and the stability has been significantly improved, meeting the requirement of industrial production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Hongchao LIU, Wenliang ZHU, Yong LIU, Youming NI, Zhongmin LIU, Linying WANG, Peng TIAN
  • Patent number: 10099973
    Abstract: A method for preparing p-xylene and co-producing propylene with a high selectivity, comprising: a) bringing a raw material containing toluene and methanol and/or dimethyl ether into contact with a catalyst in a reaction system for reaction; returning an ethylene-enriched C2? component discharged from the reaction system to the reaction system, and continuing the reaction with the raw material on the catalyst to produce propylene; b) separating a C6+ component discharged from the reaction system to obtain a product p-xylene; and c) separating a C3 component discharged from the reaction system to obtain a product propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Lei Xu, Zhongmin Liu, Xinzhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 10087135
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a light fatty acid alkyl ester with the formula of R1—COO—R2, and the method comprises a step in which a alkyl ether with formula of R1—O—R2 and a raw gas containing carbon monoxide go through a reactor loaded with a catalyst for carrying out a carbonylation reaction; wherein the catalyst contains an acidic EMT zeolite molecular sieve; wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from C1-C4 alkyl groups. The present invention has provided a new method for producing light fatty acid alkyl ester. In the method of the present invention, the carbonylation is carried out in the presence of the catalyst containing the acidic EMT zeolite molecular sieve, and the reaction activity is high, and the stability has been significantly improved, meeting the requirement of industrial production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Hongchao Liu, Wenliang Zhu, Youming Ni, Yong Liu, Zhongmin Liu, Linying Wang, Peng Tian
  • Publication number: 20180273455
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for directly preparing glycol dimethyl ether and co-producing ethylene glycol from ethylene glycol monomethyl ether. More specifically, the method comprises passing a feedstock containing a raw material of ethylene glycol monomethyl ether and a carrier gas through a reactor loaded with a solid acid catalyst to produce glycol dimethyl ether and ethylene glycol, at a reaction temperature range from 40° C. to 150° C. and a reaction pressure range from 0.1 MPa to 15.0 MPa; wherein a carrier gas is an optional inactive gas; and the feedstock contains water whose volume concentration in the feedstock is in a range from 0% to 95%; and the weight hourly space velocity of the raw material of ethylene glycol monomethyl ether is in a range from 0.05 h?1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Lei SHI, Youming NI, Wenliang ZHU, Yong LIU, Hongchao LIU, Zhongmin LIU
  • Patent number: 10066243
    Abstract: A surfactant-improved ethanol fermentation method comprises adding a nonionic surfactant as a protection agent of yeast cell into a fermentation culture medium, therefore greatly improving survival rate of yeast cells in very high gravity ethanol fermentation liquid and endpoint ethanol concentration. The present invention not only improves the cyclic utilization efficiency of the yeast cells, but also achieves the synchronous recycling of the surfactant and a pH adjusting agent. The process of adding the surfactant during VHG fermentation is simple, which can reduce the consumption of water and energy, effectively reduce the fuel ethanol production cost, and improve the fermentation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Zongchao Zhang, Xiumei Liu
  • Publication number: 20180244599
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing acetic acid by carbonylation of methanol, which comprises: passing a raw material containing methanol, carbon monoxide and water through a reaction region loaded with a catalyst containing an acidic molecular sieve with an adsorbed organic amine, and carrying out a reaction under the following conditions to prepare acetic acid. The method in the present invention offers high acetic acid selectivity and good catalyst stability. The catalyst in the present invention does not contain noble metals such as rhodium or iridium, and does not need additional agent containing iodine, and thus does not generate a strong corrosive hydroiodic acid and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
    Inventors: Youming NI, Wenliang ZHU, Lei SHI, Hongchao LIU, Yong LIU, Zhongmin LIU
  • Patent number: 10059649
    Abstract: A method for producing ethanol and coproducing methanol on a catalyst in a reactor using a co-feed of a synthesis gas and acetate as a reaction raw material comprising passing a raw material gas containing an acetate and a synthesis gas through a reactor loaded with a catalyst to produce ethanol and coproduce methanol under conditions of a reaction temperature of 150-350° C., a reaction pressure of 0.1-20.0 MPa, a reaction volume hourly space velocity of 100-45000 mlg?1h?1, and an acetate weight hourly space velocity of 0.01-5.0 h?1; and the active components of the catalyst are copper and optionally zinc and/or aluminum, which greatly facilitates the conversion of carbon monoxide to methanol, while an extremely high activity of acetate hydrogenation is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yong Liu, Wenliang Zhu, Hongchao Liu, Youming Ni, Zhongmin Liu, Shuanghe Meng, Lina Li, Shiping Liu, Hui Zhou
  • Patent number: 10052613
    Abstract: A hierarchical porous material contains primary pore aggregates. The primary pore aggregates combine to form the secondary pore aggregates. The secondary pore aggregates connect to each other formed the hierarchical porous material. There are primary pores on the primary pore aggregates wherein the diameter of primary pore is 5-500 nm. There are secondary pores on the secondary pore aggregates wherein the diameter of secondary pore is 1-5 ?m. The hierarchical porous material is used as oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts or photocatalysts having a significantly improved catalytic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Gongquan Sun, Lizhi Yuan, Luhua Jiang
  • Patent number: 10054561
    Abstract: An ionic conductance measuring instrument comprising a voltage/current test device and a test electrode, in which the test electrode comprises a bulk substrate with four linearly arranged through holes, four Pt wires inserted in the through holes respectively with their upper ends exposed outside of the bulk and their downside ends hidden inside of the bulk; the four axis of the Pt wire is in the same plane and parallel with each other; the gap distance between the mentioned Pt wire and the bulk substrate is 0.1-2 mm, and is filled with ionic conductive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Gongquan Sun, Zhangxun Xia, Suli Wang, Xudong Fu
  • Patent number: 10046314
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for ammonia synthesis and ammonia decomposition. The catalyst includes a nitrogen-containing compound of a main group element and a related support and an additive. The present invention is a novel catalytic material, which exhibits good catalytic activity in ammonia synthesis and ammonia decomposition reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Ping Chen, Jianping Guo, Peikun Wang, Zhitao Xiong, Daqiang Hu
  • Patent number: 10040739
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a double end capped glycol ether, the method comprising: introducing into a reactor a raw material comprising a glycol monoether and a monohydric alcohol ether, and enabling the raw material to contact and react with an acidic molecular sieve catalyst to generate a double end capped glycol ether, a reaction temperature being 50-300° C., a reaction pressure being 0.1-15 MPa, a WHSV of the glycol monoether in the raw material being 0.01-15.0 h?1 , and a mole ratio of the monohydric alcohol ether to the glycol monoether in the raw material being 1-100:1. The method of the present invention enables a long single-pass lifespan of the catalyst and repeated regeneration, has a high yield and selectivity of a target product, low energy consumption during separation of the product, a high economic value of a by-product, and is flexible in production scale and application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Youming Ni, Wenliang Zhu, Hongchao Liu, Yong Liu, Zhongmin Liu, Lina Li, Shiping Liu, Hui Zhou
  • Publication number: 20180201557
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for preparing ethylene glycol by hydrolysing ethylene glycol monomethyl ether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Youming NI, Wenliang ZHU, Yong LIU, Hongchao LIU, Lei SHI, Zhongmin LIU
  • Publication number: 20180201568
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a light fatty acid alkyl ester with the formula of R1—COO—R2, and the method comprises a step in which a alkyl ether with formula of R1—O—R2 and a raw gas containing carbon monoxide go through a reactor loaded with a catalyst for carrying out a carbonylation reaction; wherein the catalyst contains an acidic EMT zeolite molecular sieve; wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from C1-C4 alkyl groups. The present invention has provided a new method for producing light fatty acid alkyl ester. In the method of the present invention, the carbonylation is carried out in the presence of the catalyst containing the acidic EMT zeolite molecular sieve, and the reaction activity is high, and the stability has been significantly improved, meeting the requirement of industrial production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Hongchao LIU, Wenliang ZHU, Youming NI, Yong LIU, Zhongmin LIU, Linying WANG, Peng TIAN
  • Patent number: 9994496
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for preparing p-xylene and propylene from methanol and/or dimethyl ether. This method comprises coupling two reaction processes, an aromatization reaction of methanol and/or dimethyl ether and an alkylation reaction of ethylene with methanol and/or dimethyl ether. The method of this invention produces p-xylene and propylene with a high selectivity by returning an ethylene-enriched component in reaction byproducts from preparation of p-xylene from methanol and/or dimethyl ether to the reaction system for performing alkylation reaction with methanol and/or dimethyl ether in the presence of catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Zhongmin Liu, Lei Xu
  • Patent number: 9968922
    Abstract: This application provides a catalyst for producing paraxylene by co-conversion of methanol and/or dimethyl ether and C4 liquefied gas, and preparation and application thereof. The catalyst is an aromatization molecular sieve catalyst with a shape-selective function co-modified by bimetal and siloxane compound. Methanol and/or dimethyl ether and C4 liquefied gas are fed in reactor together, wherein aromatization reaction occurring on a modified shape-selective molecular sieve catalyst. The yield of aromatics is effectively improved, in which paraxylene is the main product. In products obtained by co-conversion of methanol and/or dimethyl ether and C4 liquefied gas, the yield of aromatics is greater than 70 wt %, and the content of paraxylene in aromatics is greater than 80 wt %, and the selectivity of paraxylene in xylene is greater than 99 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Lei Xu, Zhongmin Liu, Zhengxi Yu
  • Patent number: 9944588
    Abstract: A method for preparing methyl formate in which a raw material containing formaldehyde, methanol and/or dimethyl ether is introduced into a first reaction zone to come into contact with a catalyst A, and a component I is obtained by separation, the component I is introduced into a second reaction zone to come into contact with a catalyst B so as to obtain, by separation, methyl formate as a product, dimethyl ether that is returned to the first reaction zone and a component II that is returned to the second reaction zone, the catalysts have a long service life, the reaction conditions are mild, and the utilization rate of the raw material is high, thus enabling a continuous production for large-scale industrial application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Youming Ni, Wenliang Zhu, Yong Liu, Hongchao Liu, Zhongmin Liu, Lina Li, Shiping Liu, Hui Zhou
  • Patent number: 9938227
    Abstract: Method for preparing methyl formate and coproducing dimethyl ether by reacting a formaldehyde and methanol raw material (molar ratio range of 1:4 to 1:0.05) in a First Reaction Region at ranges from 50° C. to 100° C. with Catalyst A resulting in post-reaction material separated into Constituent I. Reacting Constituent I in a Second Reaction Region at ranges from 50° C. to 200° C. and from 0.1 MPa to 10 MPa with Catalyst B resulting in post-reaction material, which is separated into methyl formate, dimethyl ether and Constituent II. At least 1% of dimethyl ether is product, and recycling the rest to the First Reaction Region. Constituent II is recycled to the Second Reaction Region. Each component is gaseous phase and/or liquid phase, independently. The method shows long catalyst life, mild reaction condition, high utilization ratio of raw materials, continuous production and large scale industrial application potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Youming Ni, Wenliang Zhu, Yong Liu, Hongchao Liu, Zhongmin Liu, Lina Li, Shiping Liu, Hui Zhou
  • Patent number: 9932280
    Abstract: Provided is a method for the preparation of a metal lattice-doping catalyst in an amorphous molten state, and the process of catalyzing methane to make olefins, aromatics, and hydrogen using the catalyst under oxygen-free, continuous flowing conditions. Such a process has little coke deposition and realizes atom-economic conversion. Under the conditions encountered in a fixed bed reactor (i.e. reaction temperature: 750˜1200° C.; reaction pressure: atmospheric pressure; the weight hourly space velocity of feed gas: 1000˜30000 ml/g/h; and fixed bed), conversion of methane is 8-50%. The selectivity of olefins is 30˜90%. And selectivity of aromatics is 10˜70%. There is no coking. The reaction process has many advantages, including a long catalyst life (>100 hrs), high stability of redox and hydrothermal properties under high temperature, high selectivity towards target products, zero coke deposition, easy separation of products, good reproducibility, safe and reliable operation, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xinhe Bao, Xiaoguang Guo, Guangzong Fang, Dehui Deng, Hao Ma, Dali Tan