Patents by Inventor Akio Takeda

Akio Takeda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240416328
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method capable of stably producing a catalyst molded article which is favorable in moldability in a step of molding a dried catalyst product and which provides a high yield of ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid, and methods for producing ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid and ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester with the catalyst molded article. The object is achieved by a method for producing a catalyst molded article by preparing a catalyst raw material-containing slurry with a catalyst production apparatus washed under specified conditions, and methods for producing ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid and ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester with the catalyst molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio TAKEDA, Takuro WATANABE, Yuki KATO
  • Publication number: 20220411349
    Abstract: There is provided a catalyst that enables the production of isobutylene with a high selectivity in the production of isobutylene by dehydration of isobutanol. The catalyst according to the present invention contains at least one metal selected from Group 6 to Group 14 metal elements in Period 4 to Period 6 of the periodic table, in alumina which includes alumina consisting of one or more crystal phases of a monoclinic crystal phase, a tetragonal crystal phase, and a cubic crystal phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya SUZUKI, Akio TAKEDA, Yuuki KATOU, Wataru NINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 10550046
    Abstract: Provided are: a catalyst for dehydration, with which isobutylene is able to be produced with high conversion and high selectivity through a dehydration reaction of isobutanol; and a method for producing isobutylene. This catalyst has a BET specific surface area within the range of from 210 m2/g to 350 m2/g (inclusive) as calculated from N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms. It is preferable that this catalyst is formed of at least one substance selected from among alumina, silica alumina, zeolite, and solid phosphoric acid. It is more preferable that this catalyst contains alumina, and it is especially preferable that this catalyst is formed of alumina. In this method for producing isobutylene, the isobutanol concentration in the starting material gas is preferably 20% by volume or more, more preferably 40% by volume or more, and especially preferably 60% by volume or more. In addition, the temperature of a catalyst layer is preferably from 230° C. to 370° C. (inclusive), and more preferably from 240° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Suzuki, Akio Takeda, Toshiya Yasukawa, Wataru Ninomiya, Ken Ooyachi
  • Patent number: 10464860
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method that can produce, with high yield or high selectivity isobutylene by means of isobutanol dehydration-reaction. An isobutylene production method of a first embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing isobutylene by means of isobutanol dehydration-reaction, wherein isobutanol is reacted using a catalyst for which the BET specific surface area is within the range of 60 m2/g-175 m2/g, and the reaction is carried out under a reaction pressure of 50 kPa-750 kPa as the absolute pressure. An isobutylene production method of a second embodiment of the present invention includes: using a catalyst which is filled into a reaction chamber and for which the particle diameters of at least 90 mass % of the catalyst are within the range of 700 ?m-1000 ?m; setting the isobutanol concentration within a supplied reaction gas to 30 vol %-85 vol %; setting the weight hourly velocity (WHSV) of the isobutanol to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiya Yasukawa, Tatsuya Suzuki, Akio Takeda, Wataru Ninomiya, Kenichi Miyaki, Ken Ooyachi, Shuji Akihara
  • Publication number: 20180072636
    Abstract: Provided are: a catalyst for dehydration, with which isobutylene is able to be produced with high conversion and high selectivity through a dehydration reaction of isobutanol; and a method for producing isobutylene. This catalyst has a BET specific surface area within the range of from 210 m2/g to 350 m2/g (inclusive) as calculated from N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms. It is preferable that this catalyst is formed of at least one substance selected from among alumina, silica alumina, zeolite, and solid phosphoric acid. It is more preferable that this catalyst contains alumina, and it is especially preferable that this catalyst is formed of alumina. In this method for producing isobutylene, the isobutanol concentration in the starting material gas is preferably 20% by volume or more, more preferably 40% by volume or more, and especially preferably 60% by volume or more. In addition, the temperature of a catalyst layer is preferably from 230° C. to 370° C. (inclusive), and more preferably from 240° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya SUZUKI, Akio TAKEDA, Toshiya YASUKAWA, Wataru NINOMIYA, Ken OOYACHI
  • Patent number: 9840453
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing isobutylene with a high selectivity by a dehydration reaction of isobutanol. There are provided a method for producing isobutylene by dehydration of isobutanol, in which the dehydration of isobutanol is performed in a state where at least one of an organic acid and an organic acid ester is present in a reaction system, and methods for producing methacrylic acid and methyl methacrylate from the obtained isobutylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Akihara, Tatsuya Suzuki, Toshiya Yasukawa, Akio Takeda, Kenichi Miyaki, Ken Ooyachi
  • Publication number: 20170129844
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing isobutylene with a high selectivity by a dehydration reaction of isobutanol. There are provided a method for producing isobutylene by dehydration of isobutanol, in which the dehydration of isobutanol is performed in a state where at least one of an organic acid and an organic acid ester is present in a reaction system, and methods for producing methacrylic acid and methyl methacrylate from the obtained isobutylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji AKIHARA, Tatsuya SUZUKI, Toshiya YASUKAWA, Akio TAKEDA, Kenichi MIYAKI, Ken OOYACHI
  • Publication number: 20170050896
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method that can produce, with high yield or high selectivity isobutylene by means of isobutanol dehydration-reaction. An isobutylene production method of a first embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing isobutylene by means of isobutanol dehydration-reaction, wherein isobutanol is reacted using a catalyst for which the BET specific surface area is within the range of 60 m2/g-175 m2/g, and the reaction is carried out under a reaction pressure of 50 kPa-750 kPa as the absolute pressure. An isobutylene production method of a second embodiment of the present invention includes: using a catalyst which is filled into a reaction chamber and for which the particle diameters of at least 90 mass % of the catalyst are within the range of 700 ?m-1000 ?m; setting the isobutanol concentration within a supplied reaction gas to 30 vol %-85 vol %; setting the weight hourly velocity (WHSV) of the isobutanol to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya YASUKAWA, Tatsuya SUZUKI, Akio TAKEDA, Wataru NINOMIYA, Kenichi MIYAKI, Ken OOYACHI, Shuji AKIHARA
  • Patent number: 8173838
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing at least one of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde and an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid from an alcohol in a liquid phase through a simple process. Namely, at least one of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde and an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid is produced by dehydrating and oxidizing an alcohol in a liquid phase at 110 to 250° C. in the presence of molecular oxygen and a noble metal-containing catalyst. Alternatively, at least one of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde and an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid is produced by dehydrating and oxidizing an alcohol in a liquid phase in the presence of molecular oxygen, a noble metal-containing catalyst, and an acidic substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Takeda, Yuji Fujimori, Seiichi Kawato
  • Patent number: 8022973
    Abstract: An inward deformation of one side wall of a main body is corrected, since a shaft serving as a rotatable shaft of a door is in contact with ribs of a side wall. Additionally, an inward deformation of another side wall of the main body is corrected, since ribs of a side wall of door are in contact with side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Precision Inc.
    Inventor: Akio Takeda
  • Patent number: 7884239
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst which can produce an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid through liquid-phase oxidation of an olefin or an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde in good reaction performance, a method for producing the catalyst, and a method for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid by using the catalyst. The present invention resides in a catalyst for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid, wherein a metal is supported on a carrier with a total pore volume of 0.40 to 1.50 cc/g as measured by nitrogen gas adsorption method, or wherein palladium with an average particle diameter in the range of 1 to 8 nm is supported on the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Fujimori, Wataru Ninomiya, Akio Takeda, Mai Kojima
  • Publication number: 20100094045
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing at least one of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde and an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid from an alcohol in a liquid phase through a simple process. Namely, at least one of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde and an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid is produced by dehydrating and oxidizing an alcohol in a liquid phase at 110 to 250° C. in the presence of molecular oxygen and a noble metal-containing catalyst. Alternatively, at least one of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde and an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid is produced by dehydrating and oxidizing an alcohol in a liquid phase in the presence of molecular oxygen, a noble metal-containing catalyst, and an acidic substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD
    Inventors: Akio Takeda, Yuji Fujimori, Seiichi Kawato
  • Publication number: 20090156860
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst which can produce an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid through liquid-phase oxidation of an olefin or an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde in good reaction performance, a method for producing the catalyst, and a method for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid by using the catalyst. The present invention resides in a catalyst for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid, wherein a metal is supported on a carrier with a total pore volume of 0.40 to 1.50 cc/g as measured by nitrogen gas adsorption method, or wherein palladium with an average particle diameter in the range of 1 to 8 nm is supported on the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Fujimori, Wataru Ninomiya, Akio Takeda, Mai Kojima
  • Publication number: 20090097194
    Abstract: An inward deformation of one side wall of a main body is corrected, since a shaft serving as a rotatable shaft of a door is in contact with ribs of a side wall. Additionally, an inward deformation of another side wall of the main body is corrected, since ribs of a side wall of door are in contact with side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventor: Akio TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 7498462
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid in higher selectivity. The present invention resides in a method for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid from an olefin or an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde in liquid phase by using a noble metal-containing catalyst and by causing a compound (A) having an acid dissociation exponent (pKa) of less than 4 to be present in the liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Himeno, Akio Takeda, Seiichi Kawato, Wataru Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20080064899
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid in high yield. In particular, the present invention resides in a method for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid by oxidation of an olefin or an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde with molecular oxygen in liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst containing at least palladium, wherein at least one compound selected from the group consisting of p-methoxyphenol, 4,4?-dihydroxytetraphenylmethane, 1,1,1-tris(p-hydroxyphenyl)ethane, compounds having an N-oxyl group in the molecule and compounds having an N-nitrosyl group in the molecule is caused to be coexistent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Seiichi Kawato, Akio Takeda, Yoshiyuki Himeno
  • Publication number: 20070173662
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst which can produce an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid through liquid-phase oxidation of an olefin or an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde in good reaction performance, a method for producing the catalyst, and a method for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid by using the catalyst. The present invention resides in a catalyst for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid, wherein a metal is supported on a carrier with a total pore volume of 0.40 to 1.50 cc/g as measured by nitrogen gas adsorption method, or wherein palladium with an average particle diameter in the range of 1 to 8 nm is supported on the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Fujimori, Wataru Ninomiya, Akio Takeda, Mai Kojima
  • Publication number: 20070142666
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid in higher selectivity. The present invention resides in a method for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid from an olefin or an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde in liquid phase by using a noble metal-containing catalyst and by causing a compound (A) having an acid dissociation exponent (pKa) of less than 4 to be present in the liquid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Himeno, Akio Takeda, Seiichi Kawato, Wataru Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20060068989
    Abstract: A carbon-insertion-type palladium metal in which an amount of inserted carbon is 0.16 mol or more with respect to 1.0 mol of a palladium metal, and a carbon-insertion-type palladium metal in which a crystal face distance of a (111) face of a palladium metal is 2.270 ? or more are useful as raw materials of a palladium catalyst for use in an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid preparation reaction, and the like. The carbon-insertion-type palladium metal can preferably be prepared by reduction of palladium in a palladium compound having a chlorine content of 0 to 300 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Ninomiya, Yuji Fujimori, Akio Takeda, Seiichi Kawato, Jinko Izumi
  • Patent number: D553513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Precision, Inc.
    Inventor: Akio Takeda