Patents Examined by Elizabeth D. Wood
  • Patent number: 11655157
    Abstract: A functional structural body that can realize a prolonged life time by suppressing the decrease in function and that can fulfill resource saving without requiring a complicated replacement operation is provided. A functional structural body includes a skeletal body of a porous structure composed of a zeolite-type compound; and at least one solid acid present in the skeletal body, the skeletal body has channels connecting with each other, and the solid acid is present at least in the channels of the skeletal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Masuda, Yuta Nakasaka, Takuya Yoshikawa, Sadahiro Kato, Masayuki Fukushima, Kojiro Inamori, Hiroko Takahashi, Yuichiro Banba, Kaori Sekine
  • Patent number: 11648542
    Abstract: To provide a functional structural body that can realize ong life time by suppressing the decline in function of the functional substance and that can attempt to save resources without requiring a complicated replacement operation, and to provide a method for making the functional structural body. The functional structural body (1) includes a skeletal body (10) of a porous structure composed of a zeolite-type compound, and at least one functional substance (20) present in the skeletal body (10), the skeletal body (10) has channels (11) connecting with each other, and the functional substance is present at least the channels (11) of the skeletal body (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Masuda, Yuta Nakasaka, Takuya Yoshikawa, Sadahiro Kato, Masayuki Fukushima, Kojiro Inamori, Hiroko Takahashi, Yuichiro Banba, Kaori Sekine
  • Patent number: 11648541
    Abstract: Catalysts and method of preparing the catalysts are disclosed. One of the catalysts includes a zeolite support, a Group VIII metal on the zeolite support, and at least two halides bound to the zeolite support, to the Group VIII metal, or to both, and can have an average crush strength greater than 11.25 lb based on at least two samples of pellets of the catalyst measured in accordance with ASTM D4179.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP
    Inventors: An-Hsiang Wu, Joseph Bergmeister
  • Patent number: 11648538
    Abstract: A functional structural body includes a skeletal body of a porous structure composed of a zeolite-type compound, and at least one type of metallic nanoparticles present in the skeletal body, the skeletal body having channels connecting with each other, the metallic nanoparticles being present at least in the channels of the skeletal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Masuda, Yuta Nakasaka, Takuya Yoshikawa, Sadahiro Kato, Masayuki Fukushima, Kojiro Inamori, Hiroko Takahashi, Yuichiro Banba, Kaori Sekine
  • Patent number: 11648540
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a modified catalyst, and preparation method and a method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons by aromatization of olefins using the modified catalyst. The modified catalyst comprises an acidic molecular sieve and an olefin aromatization active metal component, the total acid amount of the catalyst as measured by NH3-TPD method is not higher than 0.35 mmol/g, and ratio of the strong acid to weak acid is within a range of 0.8-1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Aihua Zhang, Hui Wang, Junjun Shan, Joshua Miles, Lisa Nguyen, Louis Guillen, Amin Sardar, Hua Liu
  • Patent number: 11648543
    Abstract: Provide is a functional structural body that can suppress aggregation of metal oxide nanoparticles and prevent functional loss of metal oxide nanoparticles, and thus exhibit a stable function over a long period of time. A functional structural body (1) includes: a skeletal body (10) of a porous structure composed of a zeolite-type compound; and at least one type of metal oxide nanoparticles (20) containing a perovskite-type oxide present in the skeletal body (10), the skeletal body (10) having channels (11) that connect with each other, and the metal oxide nanoparticles (20) being present at least in the channels (11) of the skeletal body (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Masuda, Yuta Nakasaka, Takuya Yoshikawa, Sadahiro Kato, Masayuki Fukushima, Kojiro Inamori, Hiroko Takahashi, Yuichiro Banba, Kaori Sekine
  • Patent number: 11648539
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a catalyst for a gasoline reaction of dimethyl ether that includes reacting a silica source, an aluminum source, and a structural derivative to synthesize a zeolite sol, mixing an alcohol with an organic template to form an emulsion phase, and adding a zeolite sol to the emulsion phase to perform a reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNI.
    Inventors: Chae Hwan Hong, Jin Woo Choung, Young Gul Hur, Jong Wook Bae, Jong Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11633721
    Abstract: A multilayer supported oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) catalyst composition (support, first single oxide layer, one or more mixed oxide layers, optional second single oxide layer) characterized by formula AaZbEcDdOx/support; A is alkaline earth metal; Z is first rare earth element; E is second rare earth element; D is redox agent/third rare earth element; the first, second, third rare earth element are not the same; a=1.0; b=0.1-10.0; c=0.1-10.0; d=0-10.0; x balances oxidation states; first single oxide layer (Zb1Ox1, b1=0.1-10.0; x1 balances oxidation states) contacts support and one or more mixed oxide layers; one or more mixed oxide layers (Aa2Zb2Ec2Dd2Ox2, a2=1.0; b2=0.1-10.0; c2=0.1-10.0; d2=0-10.0; x2 balances oxidation states; AaZbEcDdOx and Aa2Zb2Ec2Dd2Ox2 are different) contacts first single oxide layer and optionally second single oxide layer, and second single oxide layer (AO), when present, contacts one or more mixed oxide layers and optionally first single oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Sabic Global Technologies, B.V.
    Inventors: Wugeng Liang, Luanyi Li, Hector Perez, Pankaj Gautam, David West
  • Patent number: 11634335
    Abstract: The present invention provides an iron-loaded aluminosilicate zeolite having a maximum pore opening defined by eight tetrahedral atoms and having the framework type CHA, AEI, AFX, ERI or LTA, wherein the iron (Fe) is present in a range of from about 0.5 to about 5.0 wt. % based on the total weight of the iron-loaded aluminosilicate zeolite, wherein an ultraviolet-visible absorbance spectrum of the iron-loaded synthetic aluminosilicate zeolite comprises a band at approximately 280 nm, wherein a ratio of an integral, peak-fitted ultraviolet-visible absorbance signal measured in arbitrary units (a.u.) for the band at approximately 280 nm to an integral peak-fitted ultraviolet-visible absorbance signal measured in arbitrary units (a.u.) for a band at approximately 340 nm is >about 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) Gmbh
    Inventors: Juergen Bauer, John Leonello Casci, Ralf Dotzel, Joerg Muench, Ralitsa Purova, Wilhelm Schwieger, Ameen Shahid, Selvam Thangaraj, Tobias Weissenberger
  • Patent number: 11628448
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for the production of a zeolite particle composition which has optimized characteristics, such as enhanced adsorption and specific ion exchange properties. A method and an apparatus for producing improved zeolite particle compositions are provided, where the particles are treated with an oxygen-containing gas during micronisation. The zeolite particle compositions can be used in a method for treatment of the human or animal body by therapy and/or prophylaxis, and specifically in a method of treating or preventing conditions of the human or animal body or symptoms of these conditions that are related to heavy metals, endotoxins, exotoxins, and/or bacterial, viral or parasitic intoxications in or of the digestive system, mucosal surfaces or the skin. Also, new zeolite particle compositions can be used as food additive, as filter for purification of water, in packaging materials, or as cosmetic ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Jakob Hraschan
  • Patent number: 11628428
    Abstract: A bifunctional catalyst for example for conversion of oxygenates, the bifunctional catalyst comprising zeolite, alumina binder, Zn and P, wherein Zn is present at least partly as ZnAl2O4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Topsoe A/S
    Inventors: Uffe Vie Mentzel, Finn Joensen
  • Patent number: 11618721
    Abstract: A method for isomerising dehydration in the presence of a specific catalyst, to produce at least one alkene, carried out on a feedstock containing a non-linear primary monoalcohol, where the catalyst includes a zeolite having a series of 8MR channels and a binder having certain pore volume, which catalyst is multilobe-shaped and has characteristics including certain average mesopore volume Vm, and mesopores having a certain diameter, an average certain macropore volume VM, the macropores having a certain diameter, and certain average micropore volume V?, the micropores having a certain diameter, and the catalyst has a certain exposed geometric area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Sylvie Maury, Vincent Coupard, Delphine Bazer-Bachi, Joseph Lopez, Nikolai Nesterenko, Guillaume Duplan, Colin Dupont
  • Patent number: 11618013
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, non-agglomerated, nano-sized ZSM-22 zeolites may be synthesized by methods comprising operating a mechanical rotation drum unit at a first temperature of from 40° C. to 60° C. and a first speed of from 200 rpm to 1000 rpm for a first time period of from 1.3 hours to 2.7 hours; operating the mechanical rotation drum unit at a second speed of from 30 rpm to 90 rpm for a second time period of from 0.05 hours to 0.4 hours; heating the mechanical rotation drum unit at a ramping temperature of from 8° C./minute to 12° C./minute to a second temperature of from 115° C. to 185° C. at the second speed; operating the mechanical rotation drum unit at the second temperature and the second speed for a third time period of from 30 hours to 90 hours; and cooling the mechanical rotation drum unit at a fourth speed of 0 rpm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
    Inventors: Emad Al-Shafei, Oki Muraza, Anas Karrar Jamil, Ki-Hyouk Choi, Ashok K. Punetha, Zain Hassan Yamani
  • Patent number: 11613709
    Abstract: A method of preparing hydrodesulfurization catalysts having cobalt and molybdenum sulfide deposited on a support material containing mesoporous silica. The method utilizes a sulfur-containing silane that dually functions as a silica source and a sulfur precursor. The method involves an one-pot strategy for hydrothermal treatment and a single-step calcination and sulfidation procedure. The application of the hydrodesulfurization catalysts in treating a hydrocarbon feedstock containing sulfur compounds to produce a desulfurized hydrocarbon stream is also specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Khalid R. Alhooshani, Saheed Adewale Ganiyu, Abdulkadir Tanimu
  • Patent number: 11613463
    Abstract: In a vanadium nitride film formed on a surface of a base material, a ratio V [at %]/N [at %] between a vanadium element concentration and a nitrogen element concentration in the film is 1.08 or more and a chlorine element concentration in the film is 1 at % or more and 5 at % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: DOWA THERMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Habuka, Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Wataru Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 11602738
    Abstract: Methods for producing supported catalysts containing a transition metal and a bound zeolite base are disclosed. These methods employ a step of impregnating the bound zeolite base with a transition metal precursor in a solvent composition containing water and from about 5 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of a C1 to C3 alcohol compound, a chlorine precursor, and a fluorine precursor. The resultant supported catalysts have improved catalyst activity and selectivity, as well as lower fouling rates in aromatization reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP
    Inventor: Sikander Hakim
  • Patent number: 11602734
    Abstract: A method of producing a acid/metal bifunctional catalyst may include: mixing an acid catalyst, a metal catalyst, and a fluid to produce a slurry, wherein the acid catalyst is present at 50 wt % or less relative to a total catalyst weight in the slurry; heating the slurry; producing a powder from the slurry; and calcining the powder to produce the acid/metal bifunctional catalyst. Such acid/metal bifunctional catalyst would be useful in the direct conversion of syngas to dimethyl ether as well as other reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Chuansheng Bai, Majosefina Cunningham, Jihad M. Dakka, Preeti Kamakoti, Aruna Ramkrishnan, Anjaneya S. Kovvali, Anita S. Lee
  • Patent number: 11596932
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a tail gas treatment catalyst. The catalyst consists of a carrier, a first catalyst, and a second catalyst. The first catalyst and the second catalyst are provided on both ends of the carrier. The first catalyst can purify pollutants in tail gas. The second catalyst can purify a byproduct, ammonia, obtained by the purification by the first catalyst and pollutants that are not completely purified by the first catalyst. The second catalyst is of a double-layer structure; the lower layer consists of an oxygen storage material, aluminum oxide, and a second active component; the second active component is a composition of Pt and Pd, or a composition of Ce, Fe, Ni and Cu; the upper layer consists of a molecular sieve and a third active component; the third active component is Cu or a composition of Cu and Fe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sinocat Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Wang, Yi Dan, Hongyi Du, Zan Zhu, Tiantian Luo, Yanhua Zhang, Qin Wang, Yun Li, Qizhang Chen, Yongxiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 11584892
    Abstract: A method of preparing hydrodesulfurization catalysts having cobalt and molybdenum sulfide deposited on a support material containing mesoporous silica. The method utilizes a sulfur-containing silane that dually functions as a silica source and a sulfur precursor. The method involves an one-pot strategy for hydrothermal treatment and a single-step calcination and sulfidation procedure. The application of the hydrodesulfurization catalysts in treating a hydrocarbon feedstock containing sulfur compounds to produce a desulfurized hydrocarbon stream is also specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Khalid R. Alhooshani, Saheed Adewale Ganiyu, Abdulkadir Tanimu
  • Patent number: 11584698
    Abstract: Process for preparing a catalyst composition containing a modified crystalline aluminosilicate and a binder, wherein the catalyst composition comprises from 5 to 95% by weight of crystalline aluminosilicate as based on the total weight of the catalyst composition, the process being remarkable in that it comprises a step of steaming said crystalline aluminosilicate: at a temperature ranging from 100° C. to 380° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Nikolai Nesterenko, Colin Dupont, Vincent Coupard, Sylvie Maury, Thibault Heinz