Patents Examined by Sheng H Davis
  • Patent number: 11179674
    Abstract: A process for the removal of nitrous oxide (N2O) contained in a process off-gas in an axial flow reactor. The process includes the steps of (a) adding an amount of reducing agent into the process off-gas; (b) in a first stage passing in axial flow direction the process off-gas admixed with the reducing agent through a first monolithic shaped catalyst active in decomposing nitrous oxide by reaction with the reducing agent to provide a gas with a reduced amount of nitrous oxide and residual amounts of reducing agent; and (c) in a second stage passing the gas with a reduced amount of nitrous oxide and residual amounts of the reducing agent in axial flow direction through a second monolithic shaped catalyst active in oxidation of the residual amounts of the reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/S
    Inventors: Janus Emil Münster-Swendsen, Niklas Bengt Jakobsson
  • Patent number: 11179675
    Abstract: A reactor for reducing the concentration of NOx in a stream comprising: an inlet for the stream; an outlet for a stream containing a reduced concentration of NOx; one or more catalyst beds comprising a ceramic or metallic foam with a NOx reduction catalyst; one or more flow paths from the inlet to the outlet that passes through at least one catalyst bed wherein the catalyst beds are closed at the top and bottom so that the flow path through the catalyst bed passes through the sides of the catalyst bed in a lateral flow is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Wassim Klink, Guido Seng, Wenzhong Zhang, Andreas Klemt, Paul Benjerman Himelfarb
  • Patent number: 11174164
    Abstract: Disclosed are a honeycomb-like homo-type heterojunction carbon nitride composite material and a preparation method thereof, and an application of the honeycomb-like homo-type heterojunction carbon nitride composite material in catalytic treatment of waste gas. The preparation method includes the following steps: with two different carbon nitride precursors namely urea and thiourea as raw materials, weighing certain amounts of the urea and the thiourea, adding the urea and the thiourea into a crucible, adding a certain amount of ultrapure water, placing the crucible in a muffle furnace, and carrying out calcination molding. The honeycomb-like homo-type heterojunction carbon nitride prepared by the one-step method has good photocatalytic effect to catalytic degradation of NO; meanwhile, the honeycomb-like homo-type heterojunction carbon nitride composite material has the advantages of rich and easily-available production raw materials, good stability, reusability, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianmei Lu, Dongyun Chen, Jun Jiang
  • Patent number: 11161740
    Abstract: A method of synthesis of lithium titanium thiophosphate LiTi2(PS4)3 including the steps of: (a) providing a mixture of lithium sulfide Li2S, phosphorus sulfide P2S5 and titanium sulfide TiS2; (b) subjecting the mixture prepared in step (a) to a preliminary reaction step through mechanical milling or melt-quenching to produce an intermediate amorphous sulfide mixture; (c) subjecting the mixture prepared in step (b) to a heat treatment step at a maximum plateau temperature of at least 350° C. and less than 500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
    Inventor: Yuki Katoh
  • Patent number: 11161106
    Abstract: The invention discloses a preparation method and application of a denitration catalyst with wide operating temperature for flue gas, which utilizes an organic vanadium compound as a vanadium precursor, and titanium dioxide powder or titanium tungsten powder as a carrier, and is prepared by mechanical ball milling method and heat treatment to obtain a catalyst, which denitration of fixed source flue gas under wide temperature range. Compared with the existing arts, the present invention includes minor modifications to the traditional vanadium tungsten titanium catalyst system and adopts the mechanical ball milling method, the activity and resistance to sulfur and water poisoning are improved significantly, thus providing a preparation technology of SCR denitration powder catalyst which is green, highly efficient, low cost and simple in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Junhua Li, Lina Gan, Yue Peng, Shuangjiang Yu, Dong Wang, Jianjun Chen
  • Patent number: 11155965
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the preparation of flocculated filler particles, wherein at least two aqueous suspensions of at least one filler material and at least one flocculating additive are combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: OMYA INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Michel Schenker, Matthias Buri, Lars Andersson, Daniel Gantenbein, Patrick A. C. Gane
  • Patent number: 11154840
    Abstract: The present teachings are directed to inorganic oxide materials that include Al2O3, CeO2, and at least one of MgO and Pr6O11. The present teachings are also directed to catalysts having at least one noble metal supported on these inorganic oxide materials, as well as methods for treating exhaust gases from internal combustion engines using such catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Qiang Zhao, Olivier Larcher, Barry W. L. Southward, Francis Francis, Thomas English, Fabien Ocampo
  • Patent number: 11155472
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a one-dimensional nano-chain structure including a single crystal structure as a minimum repeat unit structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Jae-Young Choi, Sudong Chae, Seungbae Oh, Bum Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 11154842
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification underfloor catalyst characterized in having a catalyst layer having a lower layer and an upper layer, the lower layer containing alumina and CeO2, the noble metal content of the lower layer being at most 0.5 mass % in relation to the mass of the lower layer, the upper layer containing Rh, alumina, and CeO2, the amount of noble metals other than Rh contained being 1 mol % or less in relation to the total amount of noble metals contained in the upper layer, the total amount of CeO2 contained in the lower layer and the upper layer being 14 g/L to 30 g/L, the amount of CeO2 contained in the upper layer being 7 g/L to 25 g/L, and the amount of CeO2 contained in the lower layer being 20% or more of the amount of CeO2 contained in the upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Hoshino, Noboru Sato, Keisuke Murawaki
  • Patent number: 11148951
    Abstract: A silica-titania composite has a BET specific surface area, as determined by BET analysis of a water vapor adsorption isotherm, in the range of 250 m2/g to 500 m2/g and a contact angle with water of 100° or greater. In the water vapor adsorption isotherm, an adsorbed amount at relative pressure P/P0=0.1 is in a range of 65 cm3/g to 120 cm3/g, an adsorbed amount at relative pressure P/P0=0.5 is in a range of 150 cm3/g to 300 cm3/g, and an adsorbed amount at relative pressure P/P0=0.9 is in a range of 350 cm3/g to 500 cm3/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuka Zenitani, Hiroyoshi Okuno, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Takeshi Iwanaga, Shunsuke Nozaki, Sakae Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11142836
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing catalyst material is provided, which includes putting an M? target and an M? target into a nitrogen-containing atmosphere, in which M? is Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Cr, V, Ti, Cu, or Zn, and M? is Nb, Ta, or a combination thereof. Powers are provided to the M? target and the M? target, respectively. Providing ions to bombard the M? target and the M? target to sputtering deposit M?aM?bN2 on a substrate, wherein 0.7?a?1.7, 0.3?b?1.3, and a+b=2, wherein M?aM?bN2 is a cubic crystal system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsin Lin, Li-Duan Tsai, Wen-Hsuan Chao, Yu-Ming Lin, Pin-Hsin Yang, Hsiao-Chun Huang, Chiu-Ping Huang, Jiunn-Nan Lin
  • Patent number: 11141723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving the catalytic activity of an oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst comprising a substrate with a catalytic metallic composite coating. The method comprises exposing the metallic composite coating to a reducing agent to thereby increase oxygen vacancy density in the metallic composite coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited
    Inventor: Chuan Zhao
  • Patent number: 11141712
    Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst for producing olefin and a preparation method thereof. The catalyst for producing olefin includes: a support including an alumina and a sub-support component; and a catalytic component comprising a metal component and an alkali metal impregnated on the support. The preparation method includes: providing a support comprising a sub-support component and an alumina; preparing pre-catalyst by dipping a metal component oxide in the support and calcining it; and dipping a metal component oxide and an alkali metal oxide in the pre-catalyst and calcining it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: SK GAS CO., LTD., KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ung Gi Hong, Deuk Soo Park, Won Choon Choi
  • Patent number: 11141722
    Abstract: A method for producing an oxide catalyst according to the present invention is a method for producing an oxide catalyst containing Mo, V, Sb, and Nb, the method including: a raw material preparation step of obtaining an aqueous mixed liquid containing Mo, V, Sb, and Nb; an aging step of subjecting the aqueous mixed liquid to aging at more than 30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eri Tateno, Minoru Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 11135572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a supported catalyst comprising a crystalline Pd—Rh alloy, the method comprising the steps of: (i) producing an impregnated support by means of mixing an inorganic support, a Pd precursor solution and an Rh precursor solution; and (ii) thermally treating the impregnated support in a reducing gas atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: HEESUNG CATALYSTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyun-sik Han, Seung Chul Na, Jin-Woo Song, Narayana Rao Komateedi, Kwi-Yeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11124427
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a titanium oxide in which titanium tetrachloride is hydrolyzed using a liquid-phase method. This method includes a step of adding an aqueous titanium tetrachloride solution to warm water having a higher temperature than the aqueous titanium rachloride solution, in which in the step, the temperature of the warm water is 30° C. to 95° C. and the aqueous titanium tetrachloride solution is added to the warm water such that an increase rate of titanium atomic concentration in the warm water is 0.25 mmol/L/min to 5.0 mmol/L/min, and a titanium atomic concentration in the warm water after the step is 280 mmol/L or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kei Mizue, Susumu Kayama, Hisao Kogoi
  • Patent number: 11124419
    Abstract: A method for producing a micron-size spherical silica aerogel having a selectable or controllable average particle size, the method includes producing a surface-modified silica sol by adding a first organosilane compound to a aqueous acid-silica sol, which comprises an inorganic acid and a water glass solution, with a pH less than 3, dispersive mixing a non-polar organic solvent, a second organosilane compound, and the surface-modified silica sol, at a selected stilling rate which is inversely related to an average particle size, without adding any surfactant or dispersant, a micron-size spherical silica hydrogel and further a hydrophobic micron-size spherical silica gel are then produced. Following by drying or stirring the hydrophobic micron-size spherical silica gel to obtain a controllable micron-size silica aerogel in a spherical and powder forms, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Thilium Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Supan Yodyingyong
  • Patent number: 11123720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a carrier substrate of the length L extending between substrate ends a and b and two washcoat zones A and B, wherein washcoat zone A comprises a zeolite having a smallest lower channel width of at least 0.4 nm and extends starting from substrate end a over a part of the length L, and washcoat zone B comprises the same components as washcoat A and palladium and extends from substrate end b over a part of the length L, wherein L=LA+LB, wherein LA is the length of washcoat zone A and LB is the length of substrate length B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: John Nunan, David Moser, Chad Alltizer
  • Patent number: 11123690
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and device for purifying CO from a flue gas and coupling-suppressing white fog, where the flue gas is introduced into a ceramic honeycomb carrier coated with a CO catalyst, sufficient O2 in the flue gas is utilized to generate CO2 from a low concentration of CO through catalytic oxidation, so as to achieve the purpose of purifying CO, and the flue gas is heated up by the heat released from the catalytic oxidation reaction to more than 110° C. and then discharged into the air, which meets the temperature requirement of coupling-suppressing white fog; the device includes a CO concentration sensor, a temperature sensor, a CO catalytic oxidation layer, an oxidation reaction tower, a desulfurized sintering flue gas, a packing layer I, a packing layer II, a chimney, and a solenoid valve II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PINGXIANG HUAXING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ping Ning, Qiulin Zhang, Guangcheng Wei, Dehua Zhang, Jing Wang, Xin Liu, Huimin Wang, Bo Li, Shaoming Li, Bin Li
  • Patent number: 11111601
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a semimetal compound of Pt and a method for making the same. The semimetal compound is a single crystal material of PtSe2. The method comprises: providing a PtSe2 polycrystalline material; placing the PtSe2 polycrystalline material in a reacting chamber; placing chemical transport medium in the reacting chamber; evacuating the reacting chamber to be vacuum less than 10 Pa; placing the reacting chamber at a temperature gradient, wherein the reacting chamber has a first end at a temperature of 1200 degrees Celsius to 1000 degrees Celsius and a second end opposite to the first end and at a temperature of 1000 degrees Celsius to 900 degrees Celsius; and keeping the reacting chamber in the temperature gradient for 10 days to 30 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ke-Nan Zhang, Ming-Zhe Yan, Shu-Yun Zhou, Yang Wu, Shou-Shan Fan