Patents Assigned to UMICORE AG & Co. KG
  • Publication number: 20240075427
    Abstract: Systems and methods directed at removing HCN from an FCC process flue gas (and/or generated in the catalyst system reactions themselves) such that the final HCN output is satisfactory; while, in so doing, avoiding undesirable levels of other pollutants contained in that exhaust gas such as NOx. A system includes an assembly having a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit generating a flue gas with HCN and NOx and a catalyst device placed in the flue gas line to remove HCN and NOx. The catalyst device having one or more SCR catalytic articles, as in one free of platinum group metal material (PGM) or a dual functioning SCR catalyst with PGM, or a combination of each. The assembly can be provided with an ammonia supplier and optionally an H2O supplier with associated injection for supply into the flue gas upstream of a catalytic article(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Hendrik-David NOACK, David TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 11918985
    Abstract: The invention is directed to ruthenium-based metathesis catalysts of the Grubbs-Hoveyda type. The new 2-aryloxy-substituted ruthenium catalysts described herein reveal rapid initiation behavior. Further, the corresponding styrene-based precursor compounds are disclosed. The catalysts are prepared in a cross-metathesis reaction starting from styrene-based precursors which can be prepared in a cost-effective manner. The new Grubbs-Hoveyda type catalysts are suitable to catalyze ring-closing metathesis (RCM), cross metathesis (CM) and ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). Low catalyst loadings are necessary to convert a wide range of substrates including more complex and critical substrates via metathesis reactions at low to moderate temperatures in high yields within short reaction times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Plenio, Pavlo Kos, Roman Savka
  • Publication number: 20240033687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wall flow filter for removing particulate matter from the exhaust of internal combustion engines, comprising a wall flow filter substrate having a length L, and different coatings Z and F, the wall flow filter substrate being provided with channels E and A which run parallel between a first end and a second end of the wall flow filter substrate, are separated by porous walls, and form surfaces OE and OA, respectively; channels E are closed at the second end, and channels A are closed at the first end; coating Z is disposed in the porous walls and/or on surfaces OA, but not on surfaces OE, and contains palladium and/or rhodium and a cerium/zirconium mixed oxide; coating F is disposed mainly on surfaces OE, but not on surfaces OA, and comprises a membrane and no precious metal. The wall flow filter is characterized in that the mass ratio of coating Z to coating F ranges from 0.1 to 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan SCHOENHABER, Carolin BRAUN, Birgit FRIEDRICH, Ralf MUELLER, Sebastian ELLENBRAND, Ronja BRADE, Norbert KLOSE, Christian BRAND, Massimo COLOMBO, Meike Antonia GOTTHARDT
  • Publication number: 20240018170
    Abstract: A novel method of making trialkylaluminum compounds and trialkylaluminum obtained thereby via exposing a solution of aluminum to an alkylating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Albert Barry LEESE
  • Publication number: 20240017213
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wall flow filter for removing particulate matter from the exhaust of internal combustion engines, comprising a wall flow filter substrate having a length L, and different coatings Z and F, the wall flow filter substrate being provided with channels E and A which run parallel between a first end and a second end of the wall flow filter substrate, are separated by porous walls, and form surfaces OE and OA, respectively; channels E are closed at the second end, and channels A are closed at the first end; coating Z is disposed in the porous walls and/or on surfaces OA, but not on surfaces OE, and contains palladium and/or rhodium and a cerium/zirconium mixed oxide. The wall flow filter is characterized in that coating F is disposed in the porous walls and/or on surfaces OE, but not on surfaces OA, and comprises a mineral material and no precious metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan SCHOENHABER, Gabriela KUCEROVA, Naina DEIBEL, Meike Antonia GOTTHARDT
  • Patent number: 11865517
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a carrier substrate of length L, coating A arranged as the first layer on the carrier and containing platinum on a metal oxide, and coating B applied as the second layer to coating A and containing a Cu-exchanged molecular sieve and no noble metal, wherein the total washcoat quantity of coating A is 40 g/l or more of washcoat in relation to the coated catalyst volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Seyler, Massimo Colombo
  • Publication number: 20240001299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stoichiometric-combustion spark-ignition engine comprising a specific exhaust gas system for reducing harmful exhaust gases resulting from the combustion process. The exhaust gas system consists in the through-flow direction of a three-way catalytic converter close to the engine, an oxidation catalyst and a gasoline particulate filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan SCHOENHABER, Marcus SCHMIDT, Franz DORNHAUS, Heiko BANSEMER
  • Patent number: 11859526
    Abstract: Subject of the invention is an exhaust gas purification system for a gasoline engine, comprising in consecutive order the following devices: a first three-way-catalyst (TWC1), a gasoline particulate filter (GPF) and a second three-way-catalyst (TWC2), wherein the platinum-group metal concentration (PGM) of the GPF is at least 40% greater than the PGM of the TWC2, wherein the PGM is determined in g/ft3 of the volume of the device, The invention also relates to methods in which the system is used and uses of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan Schoenhaber, Joerg-Michael Richter, Carolin Braun
  • Publication number: 20230415139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing noble metal nets on flatbed knitting machines, the steps involving—providing noble metal wire comprising platinum—providing yarn that is combustible or soluble in solvent—knitting two-bed items by simultaneous knitting on the front and rear needle beds and joining the two knitted fabrics by means of connecting pile threads, wherein, on the front or on the rear needle bed, a combustible or soluble yarn is used which is burnt off or dissolved after the knitting process, and a noble metal wire is used on the other needle bed and for the pile threads such that, after the combustible or soluble yarn has been burnt off or dissolved, there remain only the pile threads and the knitted fabric made of noble metal wire and produced on the rear or front needle bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Dirk BORN, Dieter PRASCH, Martin VOTSMEIER, Artur WISER
  • Publication number: 20230398531
    Abstract: The invention relates to a precious metal mesh which is knitted on a flat-bed knitting machine, having at least two float stitches per wale, thus having a significantly higher density for a given latch needle density of the flat-bed knitting machine than the precious metal mesh according to the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Dirk BORN, Dieter PRASCH, Artur WISER
  • Patent number: 11840674
    Abstract: Subject of the invention is a process for producing a biofuel from fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) obtained by transesterification of vegetable oils, comprising the steps of (a) ethenolysis of the fatty acid methyl esters in the presence of ethylene and an ethenolysis catalyst, and (b) isomerizing metathesis in the presence of an isomerization catalyst and a metathesis catalyst. The invention also relates to biofuels obtainable by the inventive process and to uses of ethylene for adjusting and optimizing biofuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lukas Goossen, Kai F. Pfister, Sabrina Baader
  • Publication number: 20230356204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a support substrate having a length L extending between the ends a and b, and four material zones A, B, C and D, wherein material zone B comprises bismuth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Anke WOERZ, Andrea DE TONI
  • Patent number: 11808189
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a wall-flow filter for removing fine particulate solids from gases, and to the use thereof for cleaning exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. The invention also relates to a correspondingly produced exhaust-gas filter having a high filtration efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manuel Gensch, Martin Foerster, Naina Deibel, Antje Oltersdorf, Juergen Koch
  • Publication number: 20230340899
    Abstract: Subject of the invention is an exhaust gas purification system for a gasoline engine, comprising in consecutive order the following devices: a first three-way-catalyst (TWC1), a gasoline particulate filter (GPF) and a second three-way-catalyst (TWC2), wherein the platinum-group metal concentration (PGM) of the TWC2 is greater than the PGM of the GPF, wherein the PGM is determined in g/ft3 of the volume of the device. The invention also relates to methods in which the system is used and uses of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan SCHOENHABER, Joerg-Michael RICHTER, Carolin BRAUN
  • Publication number: 20230338939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a diesel oxidation catalyst comprising a carrier body having a length L extending between a first end face and a second end face, and differently composed material zones A and B arranged on the carrier body, wherein material zone A comprises platinum, palladium, rhodium or a mixture of any two or more thereof applied to a cerium-zirconium mixed oxide, and material zone B comprises platinum, palladium or platinum and palladium applied to a carrier oxide B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Elena MUELLER, Wulf HAUPTMANN
  • Patent number: 11779912
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to olefin metathesis catalyst compounds, to the preparation of such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds, articles of manufacture comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds in the metathesis of olefins and olefin compounds. The invention has utility in the fields of catalysts, organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, and industrial and fine chemicals industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: UMICORE AG & Co. KG, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Adam M. Johns, Jessica R. Herron, Richard L. Pederson, Bryan A. Fiamengo, Jennifer A. Beerman, Tzu-Pin Lin, Crystal K. Chu, Robert H. Grubbs
  • Publication number: 20230311064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wall flow filter, to a method for the production and the use of the filter for reducing harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. Particle filters are commonly used for filtering exhaust gases from a combustion process. Also disclosed are novel filter substrates and their specific use in exhaust gas aftertreatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Astrid MUELLER, Meike Antonia GOTTHARDT, Martin FOERSTER, Stephanie SPIESS, Yannic WEIGL, Carsten HERZOG
  • Patent number: 11772075
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a catalyst for use in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides comprising a monolithic substrate and a coating A, which comprises an oxidic metal carrier comprising an oxide of titanium and a catalytic metal oxide which comprises an oxide of vanadium wherein the mass ratio vanadium/titanium is 0.07 to 0.26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kim Hougaard Pedersen, Anders Hjordt Pedersen, Martin Dam
  • Patent number: 11772077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a material B containing palladium and platinum in a weight ratio of 2:3 to 10:1 for increasing the low-temperature storage of nitrogen oxides by means of a material A containing palladium and zeolite, wherein material A and material B are present on a carrier substrate of the length L, and wherein material A and material B are different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Anke Woerz
  • Publication number: 20230295203
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for preparing an essentially silicon (Si) free compounds of the general formula [M(O)(OR)y], wherein M = Mo, y = 3 or M = W, y = 3 or 4. Furthermore, it is directed towards compounds obtained by the aforementioned process and towards the use of such an obtained compound. Another objective of the herein described invention are essentially silicon free compounds of the general formula MOXy or [MOXy(solv)p], prepared using the aforementioned process, wherein M = Mo, y = 3 or M = W, y = 3 or 4, X = Cl or Br, solv = an oxidizing agent Z binding or coordinating to M via at least one donor atom, p = 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Nicholas RAU, Wolf SCHORN, Annika FREY, Angelino DOPPIU, Eileen WOERNER, Ralf KARCH