Patents Examined by David M. Brunsman
  • Patent number: 10844460
    Abstract: A method of making a zeolite comprises: adding a zeolite seed to a leach solution containing silicon and aluminum; and heating the leach solution to obtain the zeolite. The leach solution can be made by mixing coal ash with a basic stream, thereby creating (i) a leach solution containing silicon and aluminum, and (ii) leached ash; and separating the leach solution from the leached ash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Rick Peterson, Michael Heinrichs, Vinay V. Gadkari, Rachid Taha, Slawomir Winecki, Darwin Argumedo
  • Patent number: 10843930
    Abstract: Systems and methods for production of consistently-sized ZSM-22 zeolite catalyst crystals, a method including preparing an aluminate solution; preparing a silica solution; mixing the aluminate solution and the silica solution to form a zeolite-forming solution; heating the zeolite solution with microwave irradiation in a first, a second, a third, and a fourth distinct isothermal stage to produce the consistently-sized ZSM-22 zeolite catalyst crystals within a pre-selected crystal size range using a non-ionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Oki Muraza, Anas Karrar Jamil, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Zain Hassan Yamani
  • Patent number: 10843929
    Abstract: A process for making SSZ-39 zeolite employing at least one organic structure-directing agent (OSDA), in which a substantial quantity of the at least one OSDA, which otherwise would be required to form a zeolite such as SSZ-39, is replaced by at least one quaternary ammonium or phosphonium compound (PFA) or a mixture of two or more thereof that is not itself an OSDA for making SSZ-39. A composition including at least one oxide of silicon; faujasite; at least one organic structure directing agent (OSDA) for making SSZ-39 zeolite; at least one PFA that is not an OSDA for making SSZ-39 zeolite; an alkali metal hydroxide; and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SACHEM, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Moulton, Charles B. Little
  • Patent number: 10836644
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to small crystal forms of SSZ-27 molecular sieve materials, methods for making, and uses of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Joel E. Schmidt, Stacey Ian Zones
  • Patent number: 10835875
    Abstract: A peak intensity of a (110) plane is greater than or equal to 2.5 times a peak intensity of a (004) plane in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by irradiation of X-rays to a membrane surface of the AFX membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hagio, Kenichi Noda, Makoto Miyahara, Katsuya Shimizu, Aya Miura, Ryotaro Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 10829383
    Abstract: A GIS-type zeolite, having a diffraction peak of (1 0 1) at a diffraction angle 2?=12.55 to 12.90° in a spectrum obtained by X-ray diffraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takayuki Akaogi
  • Patent number: 10829382
    Abstract: Nanostructured aluminosilicates including aluminosilicate nanorods are formed by heating a geopolymer resin containing up to about 90 mol % water in a closed container at a temperature between about 70° C. and about 200° C. for a length of time up to about one week to yield a first material including the aluminosilicate nanorods. The aluminosilicate nanorods have an average width of between about 5 nm and about 30 or between about 5 nm and about 60 nm or between about 5 nm and about 100 nm, and a majority of the aluminosilicate nanorods have an aspect ratio between about 2 and about 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Skysong Innovations
    Inventors: Dong-Kyun Seo, Lukas Sorge, Shaojiang Chen
  • Patent number: 10822243
    Abstract: A novel synthetic crystalline molecular sieve material, designated SSZ-118, is provided. SSZ-118 can be synthesized using 1,6-bis(N-methylpyrrolidinium)hexane dications as a structure directing agent. SSZ-118 may be used in organic compound conversion and/or sorptive processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventor: Dan Xie
  • Patent number: 10821426
    Abstract: Provided is a metal-containing CHA-type zeolite in which a ratio of a maximum intensity of an absorption peak in a range of 3685 cm?1 or more and 3750 cm?1 or less to a maximum intensity of an absorption peak in a range of 1800 cm?1 or more and 1930 cm?1 or less is less than 1.5 in an IR spectrum. A method for producing the metal-containing CHA-type zeolite includes a metal incorporation step of mixing a metal source and a CHA-type zeolite in which a ratio of a maximum intensity of an absorption peak in a range of 3665 cm?1 or more and 3750 cm?1 or less to a maximum intensity of an absorption peak in a range of 1800 cm?1 or more and 1930 cm?1 or less is less than 1.5 in an IR spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Maehama, Hidekazu Aoyama, Satoshi Nakamura, Yusuke Naraki
  • Patent number: 10822242
    Abstract: The present application provides a ZSM-35 molecular sieve and a preparation method thereof. The ZSM-35 molecular sieve is an aggregated ZSM-35 molecular sieve having a hierarchical macro-meso-microporous pore structure. Raw materials for the preparation method do not include an organic template agent and a crystal seed, and the preparation method includes the following steps: preparing a reactant gel where a molar ratio of SiO2, Al2O3, Na2O, K2O, oxygen-containing acid radical and H2O is (20-40):1.0:(1.5-2.0):(4.0-6.5):(1.0-4.0):(600-1200); sequentially performing an aging treatment and a crystallization treatment on the reactant gel, washing and drying a resulting synthetic product. The ZSM-35 molecular sieve provided by the present application may be obtained by synthesizing without using an organic template agent and crystal seed, and because it has a hierarchical pore structure, it is favorable for material diffusion and mass transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM—BEIJING
    Inventors: Haiyan Liu, Tao Zheng, Zhichang Liu, Xianghai Meng, Rui Zhang, Chunming Xu
  • Patent number: 10822244
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing a nano SAPO-34 molecular sieve, and an SAPO-34 molecular sieve catalyst and application thereof. A nano SAPO-34 molecular sieve is synthesized by adding a microporous templating agent and a templating agent having a functionalized organic silane to hydrothermal synthesis. The nano SAPO-34 molecular sieve is calcined to obtain a nano SAPO-34 molecular sieve catalyst. The catalyst can be used in a reaction for preparing low-carbon olefin from an oxygen-containing compound. The nano SAPO-34 molecular sieve obtained by this method has a pure CHA crystal phase. Moreover, the nano SAPO-34 molecular sieve catalyst obtained by this method has good catalytic performance in a MTO reaction, the service life of the catalyst is significantly prolonged, and the selectivity of the low-carbon olefin is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Miao Yang, Peng Tian, Zhongmin Liu, Linying Wang, Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 10821431
    Abstract: A method is provided for the synthesis of aluminum-containing forms of molecular sieve CIT-15. The method includes treating an aluminogermanosilicate CIT-13 molecular sieve with water under conditions sufficient to degermanate at least a portion of the aluminogermanosilicate CIT-13 molecular sieve to provide a phyllosilicate comprising delaminated cfi-layers; and calcining the phyllosilicate under conditions sufficient to convert the phyllosilicate to an aluminogermanosilicate CIT-15 molecular sieve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Lew, Kurt Owen Jensen
  • Patent number: 10807080
    Abstract: Provided are a novel synthesis technique for producing a metal promoted aluminosilicate zeolite having a small pore framework comprising the step of reacting a synthesis gel comprising at least one promoter metal containing zeolite, a structure directing agent and an optional additional silica source; and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Hai-Ying Chen, Joseph Fedeyko, Raul Lobo, Trong Pham
  • Patent number: 10807875
    Abstract: The zeolite UTD-1 may be formed under hydrothermal synthesis conditions using a directing agent that does not include a metal atom therein. Methods for synthesizing the zeolite UTD-1 may comprise: combining at least a silicon atom source and a directing agent having a structure of in an aqueous medium; forming the zeolite in the aqueous medium under hydrothermal synthesis conditions, such that the zeolite has a framework silicate with a cationic portion of the directing agent occluded within pores or channels of the framework silicate; and isolating the zeolite from the aqueous medium. The zeolite has a powder x-ray diffraction pattern with at least the following 2?scattering angles: 6.0±0.12, 7.6±0.1, 14.66±0.15, 19.7±0.15, 21.27±0.15, 22.13±0.15, 22.61±0.15, and 24.42±0.10 for a borosilicate form zeolite, or 6.0±0.12, 7.6±0.15, 14.55±0.15, 19.64±0.15, 21.01±0.20, 21.90±0.20, 22.34±0.20, and 24.38±0.20 for an aluminosilicate form zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Allen W. Burton, Hilda B. Vroman, Joseph M. Falkowski, Eugene Terefenko, Kanmi Mao
  • Patent number: 10807078
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing a nano-sized mesoporous zeolite composition, comprising: mixing silica, a source of aluminum, and tetraethylammonium hydroxide to form an aluminosilicate fluid gel; drying the aluminosilicate fluid gel to form a dried gel mixture; subjecting the dried gel mixture to hydrothermal treatment to produce a zeolite precursor; adding cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) to the zeolite precursor to form a templated mixture; subjecting the templated mixture to hydrothermal treatment to prepare a CTAB-templated zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Manal Eid, Lianhui Ding, Kareemuddin Shaik
  • Patent number: 10807874
    Abstract: Provided is a mordenite zeolite which can be produced without using an organic structure-directing agent, and has superior multivalent metal cation exchange capability. The mordenite zeolite according to the present invention containing silicon, a divalent metal M and aluminum in a skeletal structure, wherein the mordenite zeolite has the following atomic ratios in the state of Na-form. The mordenite zeolite preferably has a BET specific surface area of 250 m2/g or more and 500 m2/g or less and a micropore volume of 0.07 cc/g or more and 0.25 cc/g or less in the state of Na-form or H-form. Si/(M+Al)=5 or more and 10 or less, M/(M+Al)=0.1 or more and less than 1, and Na/(M+Al)=1 or more and less than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD., The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Natsume Koike, Keiji Itabashi, Shanmugam Palani Elangovan, Tatsuya Okubo
  • Patent number: 10800662
    Abstract: A method is provided for synthesizing a molecular sieve having the framework structure of SSZ-55 using [(1-phenyl)cyclopentylmethyl]trimethylammonium cations as a structure directing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Lew, Dan Xie, Kurt Owen Jensen, Saleh Ali Elomari
  • Patent number: 10799853
    Abstract: A method of synthesizing a zeolite comprising the steps of: a. preparing an admixture containing (i) at least one source of alumina, (ii) at least one source of silica, and (iii) at least one structure directing agent (SDA) in hydroxide form, wherein the admixture is essentially free of alkali metals, wherein the at least one structure directing agent (SDA) in hydroxide form is N,N-diethyl-2,6-dimethylpiperidinium; and b. heating the admixture under autogenous pressure at a temperature and with stirring or mixing for a sufficient time to crystalize hydrogen-form zeolite crystals having an AEI framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Hai-Ying Chen, Joseph Fedeyko, Raul Lobo, Trong Pham
  • Patent number: 10793442
    Abstract: A method for forming zeolite nanosheets includes forming a mixture including a layered zeolite precursor and a functionalized polymer and exfoliating the layered zeolite precursor to provide the zeolite nanosheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Horst H. Winter, Wei Fan, Vijesh Tanna, Sanket Sabnis
  • Patent number: 10792617
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a new method for preparing the copper-containing silicoaluminate form of the AEI zeolite structure by means of a direct synthesis methodology. This new process involves combining a organometallic copper-complex with an additional organic molecule capable of directing the crystallisation of the silicoaluminate form of the AEI zeolite structure as organic structure-directing agents (OSDAs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universitat Politècnica de València
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, Manuel Moliner Marin, Nuria Martin Garcia