Patents by Inventor Anina Woehl

Anina Woehl 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).

  • Patent number: 11560344
    Abstract: A process (100) is proposed for the production of one or more olefins, in which a reaction feed containing oxygen and one or more paraffins is formed and in which a part of the oxygen in the reaction feed is reacted with a part of the one or more paraffins to form the one or more olefins by an oxidative process, to obtain a process gas, the process gas containing at least the unreacted part of the one or more paraffins and oxygen, the one or more olefins, one or more acetylenes, carbon dioxide and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LINDE GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Fritz, Andreas Meiswinkel, Martin Schubert, Mathieu Zellhuber, Nicole Schödel, Sonja Schulte, Anina Wöhl
  • Publication number: 20220241764
    Abstract: A catalyst composition including: (a) a chromium compound; (b) a ligand of the general structure (A) R1R2P—N(R3)—P(R4)—NR5R6 or (B) R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)R8 or R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)2, with X?O or S, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are independently C1-C10-alkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, aralkyl, alkylaryl, or trialkylsilyl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN-unit or PNP-unit is a member of the ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution; and (c) an activator or co-catalyst; and a process for tri- and/or tetramerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: ANINA WOEHL, ANDREAS MEISWINKEL, HEINZ BOELT, BERND H. MUELLER, WOLFGANG MUELLER, NORMEN PEULECKE, UWE ROSENTHAL, MARCO HARFF, MOHAMMED H. AL-HAZMI, ABDULLAH ALQAHTANI
  • Publication number: 20220153661
    Abstract: A process (100) is proposed for the production of one or more olefins, in which a reaction feed containing oxygen and one or more paraffins is formed and in which a part of the oxygen in the reaction feed is reacted with a part of the one or more paraffins to form the one or more olefins by an oxidative process, to obtain a process gas, the process gas containing at least the unreacted part of the one or more paraffins and oxygen, the one or more olefins, one or more acetylenes, carbon dioxide and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Helmut FRITZ, Andreas MEISWINKEL, Martin SCHUBERT, Mathieu ZELLHUBER, Nicole SCHÖDEL, Sonja SCHULTE, Anina WÖHL
  • Patent number: 10758881
    Abstract: A method for processing an oligomerization product stream includes discharging the oligomerization product stream from an oligomerization reactor through a product outlet line, and heating the oligomerization product stream, heating a wall of the product outlet line, or both. The oligomerization product stream includes solvent, linear alpha olefins, a polymer byproduct, or a combination of at least one of the foregoing. The heating is to a temperature that is greater than the melting temperature of the polymer byproduct present in the oligomerization product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., LINDE AG
    Inventors: Abdullah Alqahtani, Shahid Azam, Anina Wöhl, Wolfgang Müller, Andreas Meiswinkel, Heinz Bölt, Ralf Noack, Andreas Metzner, Andre Porebski, Tobias Meier
  • Publication number: 20190322965
    Abstract: A process for flushing an oligomerization reactor is described, including flushing the oligomerization reactor with a flushing medium comprising C6 linear alpha olefins, C8 linear alpha olefins, C10 linear alpha olefins, or a combination including at least one of the foregoing, to provide a purge stream comprising the C6 linear alpha olefins, C8 linear alpha olefins, C10 linear alpha olefins, or a combination including at least one of the foregoing, and a polymer byproduct of an oligomerization reaction. A process for the oligomerization of an olefin is also described, wherein the process includes oligomerizing the olefin in the reactor to form a reaction product stream comprising linear alpha olefins, and subsequently flushing the oligomerization reactor according to the process disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Abdullah Alqahtani, Shahid Azam, Shehzada Khurram, Anina Wöhl, Wolfgang Müller, Andreas Meiswinkel, Heinz Bölt, Ralf Noack, Marco Harff, Gabriel Waurick, Tobias Meier
  • Patent number: 10407359
    Abstract: A process for deactivation of an olefin oligomerization catalyst is described, including contacting a catalyst composition with a catalyst quenching medium to form a deactivated catalyst composition, and recovering excess catalyst quenching medium. The catalyst quenching medium includes an alcohol having at least 6 carbon atoms, an organic amine, an amino alcohol, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing. The catalyst quenching medium is present in a molar ratio of catalyst quenching medium to catalyst of at least 3:1. A process for the oligomerization of an olefin is also described, including feeding the olefin, a solvent, and a catalyst composition into a reactor, oligomerizing the olefin in the reactor to form a reaction product stream including linear alpha olefins, solvent, and the catalyst composition, and contacting the reaction product stream with a catalyst quenching medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Abdullah Alqahtani, Anina Wöhl, Wolfgang Müller, Marco Harff, Heinz Bölt, Andreas Metzner, Ralf Noack, Lars-Erik Gärtner, Andreas Meiswinkel
  • Publication number: 20190210011
    Abstract: A catalyst composition including: (a) a chromium compound; (b) a ligand of the general structure R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)2, wherein X is O or S, R1, R2, and R3 are each independently C1-C10-alkyl, C6-C20-cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl, or trialkylsilyl, or any cyclic derivatives of the ligand, wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNP-unit is a member of the ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of the ligand by substitution, and R7 is C1-C10-alkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, or trialkylsilyl; and (c) an activator or co-catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: ANINA WOEHL, ANDREAS MEISWINKEL, HEINZ BOELT, BERND H. MUELLER, WOLFGANG MUELLER, NORMEN PEULECKE, UWE ROSENTHAL, MARCO HARFF, MOHAMMED H. AL-HAZMI, ABDULLAH ALQAHTANI
  • Patent number: 10265690
    Abstract: A catalyst composition including: (a) a chromium compound; (b) a ligand of the general structure R1R2P—N(R3)—P(R4)—NR5R6 or??(A) R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)R8 or R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)2, with X?O or S,??(B) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are independently C1-C10-alkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, aralkyl, alkylaryl, or trialkylsilyl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN-unit or PNP-unit is a member of the ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution; and (c) an activator or co-catalyst; and a process for tri- and/or tetramerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, LINDE AG
    Inventors: Anina Woehl, Andreas Meiswinkel, Heinz Boelt, Bernd H. Mueller, Wolfgang Mueller, Normen Peulecke, Uwe Rosenthal, Marco Harff, Mohammed H. Al-Hazmi, Abdullah Alqahtani
  • Publication number: 20190105625
    Abstract: A method for processing an oligomerization product stream includes discharging the oligomerization product stream from an oligomerization reactor through a product outlet line, and heating the oligomerization product stream, heating a wall of the product outlet line, or both. The oligomerization product stream includes solvent, linear alpha olefins, a polymer byproduct, or a combination of at least one of the foregoing. The heating is to a temperature that is greater than the melting temperature of the polymer byproduct present in the oligomerization product stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Abdullah Alqahtani, Shahid Azam, Anina Wöhl, Wolfgang Müller, Andreas Meiswinkel, Heinz Bölt, Ralf Noack, Andreas Metzner, Andre Porebski, Tobias Meier
  • Patent number: 10112876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the oligomerization of ethylene, comprising: a) oligomerization of ethylene in a reactor in the presence of solvent and catalyst; b) transferring reactor overhead effluent to an externally located cooling device and recycling condensed effluent into the reactor; c) transferring the reactor bottom effluent to a series of fractionation columns and, in the following order, i) optionally separating a C4 fraction, ii) separating a C6 fraction, iii) simultaneously separating C8 and C10 fractions and recycling thereof into the reactor , and iv) separating residues comprising ?C12 fractions, spent catalyst polymer material and quench media, from the process, wherein the solvent is separated in any of the steps i)-iv)and/or in an additional step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shahid Majeed Azam, Abduljelil Iliyas, Abdullah Mohammad Alqahtani, Shehzada Khurram, Anina Wöhl, Wolfgang Müller, Marco Harff, Andreas Meiswinkel, Heinz Bölt
  • Publication number: 20180258009
    Abstract: A process for deactivation of an olefin oligomerization catalyst is described, including contacting a catalyst composition with a catalyst quenching medium to form a deactivated catalyst composition, and recovering excess catalyst quenching medium. The catalyst quenching medium includes an alcohol having at least 6 carbon atoms, an organic amine, an amino alcohol, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing. The catalyst quenching medium is present in a molar ratio of catalyst quenching medium to catalyst of at least 3:1. A process for the oligomerization of an olefin is also described, including feeding the olefin, a solvent, and a catalyst composition into a reactor, oligomerizing the olefin in the reactor to form a reaction product stream including linear alpha olefins, solvent, and the catalyst composition, and contacting the reaction product stream with a catalyst quenching medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicants: SABIC Global Technologies B.V., LINDE AG
    Inventors: Abdullah Alqahtani, Anina Wöhl, Wolfgang Müller, Marco Harff, Heinz Bölt, Andreas Metzner, Ralf Noack, Lars-Erik Gärtner, Andreas Meiswinkel
  • Publication number: 20180086856
    Abstract: A method (100) is proposed for the preparation of a polyolefin from olefin monomers, wherein the olefin monomers are subjected to one or more polymerisation steps (13), in which a proportion of the olefin monomers are catalytically reacted to form the polyolefin, while the olefin monomers that are not reacted in the polymerisation step or steps (13) are at least partly transferred into one or more gaseous, monomer-containing purge streams (g, h), which additionally contain(s) one or more aluminium organic compounds, which comprise one or more co-catalysts used in the polymerisation step or steps (13) and/or one or more compounds formed from the co-catalyst(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas MEISWINKEL, Helmut FRITZ, Hans-Jörg ZANDER, Anton KIRZINGER, Josef FREISINGER, Can ULUBAY, Walter HESCH, Thomas WINKLER, Anina WÖHL
  • Patent number: 9896392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for oligomerization of ethylene, comprising the steps: a) feeding ethylene, solvent and a catalyst composition comprising catalyst and cocatalyst into a reactor, b) oligomerizing ethylene in the reactor, c) discharging a reactor effluent comprising linear alpha-olefins including 1-butene, solvent, unconsumed ethylene dissolved in the reactor effluent, and catalyst composition from the reactor, d) separating ethylene and 1-butene collectively from the remaining reactor effluent, and e) recycling at least a part of the ethylene and the 1-butene separated in step d) into the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, LINDE AG
    Inventors: Andreas Meiswinkel, Wolfgang Mueller, Anina Woehl, Marco Harff, Heinz Bolt, Karl-Heinz Hofmann, Hans-Jorg Zander, Anton Wellenhofer, Abduljelil Iliyas, Shehzada Khurram, Shahid Azam, Abdullah Al-Qahtani
  • Publication number: 20170165657
    Abstract: A pre-formation unit, includes: a first vessel comprising a solution of co-catalyst and modifier; a second vessel comprising chromium compound and ligand; wherein the first and second vessel are connected via lines to a mixing unit, wherein each line has a flow control valve; wherein the mixing unit is connected via a line having a flow control valve to an oligomerization reactor; wherein gas inlets are each connected to the first vessel and to the second vessel, and wherein a portion of each of the first vessel, the second vessel, the mixing unit, and the flow control valves are within a temperature controlled enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Shehzada Khurram, Shahid Azam, Abdullah Mohammad Al-Qahtani, Abduljelil Iliyas, Andreas Meiswinkel, Wolfgang Mueller, Anina Woehl, Marco Marco Harff, Heinz Boelt
  • Publication number: 20170128925
    Abstract: A catalyst composition including: (a) a chromium compound; (b) a ligand of the general structure R1R2P—N(R3)—P(R4)—NR5R6 or??(A) R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)R8 or R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)2, with X=O or S,??(B) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are independently C1-C10-alkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, aralkyl, alkylaryl, or trialkylsilyl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN-unit or PNP-unit is a member of the ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution; and (c) an activator or co-catalyst; and a process for tri- and/or tetramerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: ANINA WOEHL, ANDREAS MEISWINKEL, HEINZ BOELT, BERND H. MUELLER, WOLFGANG MUELLER, NORMEN PEULECKE, UWE ROSENTHAL, MARCO HARFF, MOHAMMED H. AL-HAZMI, ABDULLAH ALQAHTANI
  • Patent number: 9593055
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing linear alpha-olefins (LAO) by oligomerization of ethylene in the presence of solvent and homogenous catalyst, comprising the steps of: (i) feeding ethylene, solvent and catalyst into an oligomerization reactor, (ii) oligomerizing the ethylene in the reactor, (iii) removing a reactor outlet stream comprising solvent, linear alpha-olefins, ethylene, and catalyst from the reactor via a reactor outlet piping system, (iv) transferring the reactor outlet stream to a catalyst deactivation and removal step, and (v) deactivating and removing the catalyst from the reactor outlet stream, characterized in that at least one organic amine is added into the oligomerization reactor and/or into the reactor outlet piping system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, LINDE AG
    Inventors: Vugar Aliyev, Fuad Mosa, Mohammed Al-Hazmi, Syriac Palackal, Ayed Al-Ayed, Sultan Al-Otaibi, Mohammed Zahoor, Wolfgang Müller, Peter M. Fritz, Heinz Bölt, Anton Wellenhofer, Florian Winkler, Uwe Rosenthal, Hans-Jörg Zander, Normen Peulecke, Bernd H. Müller, Karl-Heinz Hofmann, Helmut Fritz, Carsten Taube, Andreas Meiswinkel, Richard Schneider, Anina Woehl
  • Patent number: 9561500
    Abstract: A catalyst composition including: (a) a chromium compound; (b) a ligand of the general structure (A) R1R2P—N(R3)—P(R4)—NR5R6 or (B) R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)R8 or R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)2, with X=O or S, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are independently C1-C10-alkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, aralkyl, alkylaryl, or trialkylsilyl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN-unit or PNP-unit is a member of the ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution; and (c) an activator or co-catalyst; and a process for tri- and/or tetramerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, LINDE AG
    Inventors: Anina Woehl, Andreas Meiswinkle, Heinz Boelt, Bernd H. Mueller, Wolfgang Mueller, Normen Peulecke, Uwe Rosenthal, Marco Harff, Mohammed H. Al-Hazmi, Abdullah Al-Qahtani
  • Patent number: 9555404
    Abstract: A catalyst composition and a process for di-, tri- and/or tetramerization of ethylene, wherein the catalyst composition comprises a chromium compound, a ligand of the general structure R1R2P—N(R3)—P(R4)—N(R5)—PR6R7, or any cyclic derivatives thereof, wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPNP-unit is member of a ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of the ligand by substitution, and a co-catalyst or activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, LINDE AG
    Inventors: Peter M. Fritz, Heinz Bölt, Anina Wöhl, Wolfgang Müller, Florian Winkler, Anton Wellenhofer, Uwe Rosenthal, Bernd H. Müller, Marko Hapke, Normen Peulecke, Mohammed Hassan Al-Hazmi, Vugar O. Aliyev, Fuad Mohammed Mosa
  • Publication number: 20160167033
    Abstract: A catalyst composition including: (a) a chromium compound; (b) a ligand of the general structure (A) R1R2P—N(R3)—P(R4)—NR5R6 or (B) R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)R8 or R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)2, with X=O or S, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are independently C1-C10-alkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, aralkyl, alkylaryl, or trialkylsilyl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN-unit or PNP-unit is a member of the ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution; and (c) an activator or co-catalyst; and a process for tri- and/or tetramerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicants: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Linde AG
    Inventors: ANINA WOEHL, ANDREAS MEISWINKLE, HEINZ BOELT, BERND H. MUELLER, WOLFGANG MUELLER, NORMEN PEULECKE, UWE ROSENTHAL, MARCO HARFF, MOHAMMED H. AL-HAZMI, ABDULLAH AL-QAHTANI
  • Patent number: 9340471
    Abstract: A process for oligomerization of ethylene, comprising subjecting a catalyst composition to a gas phase of ethylene and conducting an oligomerization, wherein the catalyst composition comprises (a) a chromium compound, (b) a metalated ligand, and (c) an activator or cocatalyst; and catalyst composition as well as a metalated ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, LINDE AG
    Inventors: Abdullah Mohammad Al-Qahtani, Mohammed H. Al-Hazmi, Uwe Rosenthal, Bernd H. Müller, Normen Peulecke, Marco Harff, Anina Wöhl, Andreas Meiswinkel, Heinz Bölt, Wolfgang Müller