Patents by Inventor Cristina Martinez Sánchez

Cristina Martinez Sánchez 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: 11472755
    Abstract: Method of making BTX compounds including benzene, toluene, and xylene, including feeding heavy reformate to a reactor containing a composite zeolite catalyst. The composite zeolite catalyst includes a mixture of layered mordenite (MOR-L) comprising a layered or rod-type morphology with a layer thickness less than 30 nm and ZSM-5. The MOR-L, the ZSM-5, or both include one or more impregnated metals. The method further includes producing the BTX compounds by simultaneously performing transalkylation and dealkylation of the heavy reformate in the reactor. The composite zeolite catalyst is able to simultaneously catalyze both the transalkylation and dealkylation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA
    Inventors: Raed Hasan Abudawoud, Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, Vicente J. Margarit Benavent, M. Teresa Navarro Villalba, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Ibrahim M. Al-Zahrani
  • Publication number: 20210340080
    Abstract: Method of making BTX compounds including benzene, toluene, and xylene, including feeding heavy reformate to a reactor containing a composite zeolite catalyst. The composite zeolite catalyst includes a mixture of layered mordenite (MOR-L) comprising a layered or rod-type morphology with a layer thickness less than 30 nm and ZSM-5. The MOR-L, the ZSM-5, or both include one or more impregnated metals. The method further includes producing the BTX compounds by simultaneously performing transalkylation and dealkylation of the heavy reformate in the reactor. The composite zeolite catalyst is able to simultaneously catalyze both the transalkylation and dealkylation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Universitat Politecnica De Valencia, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
    Inventors: Raed Hasan Abudawoud, Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, Vicente J. Margarit Benavent, M. Teresa Navarro Villalba, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Ibrahim M. Al-Zahrani
  • Patent number: 11091413
    Abstract: Method of making BTX compounds including benzene, toluene, and xylene, including feeding heavy reformate to a reactor containing a composite zeolite catalyst. The composite zeolite catalyst includes a mixture of layered mordenite (MOR-L) comprising a layered or rod-type morphology with a layer thickness less than 30 nm and ZSM-5. The MOR-L, the ZSM-5, or both include one or more impregnated metals. The method further includes producing the BTX compounds by simultaneously performing transalkylation and dealkylation of the heavy reformate in the reactor. The composite zeolite catalyst is able to simultaneously catalyze both the transalkylation and dealkylation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Universitat Politecnica De Valencia, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
    Inventors: Raed Hasan Abudawoud, Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, Vicente J. Margarit Benavent, M. Teresa Navarro Villalba, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Ibrahim M. Al-Zahrani
  • Patent number: 10927059
    Abstract: A method of making BTX (benzene, toluene, xylene) compounds by feeding a heavy reformate stream to a reactor, where the reactor includes a composite zeolite catalyst, that contains a mixture of a desilicated mesoporous mordenite and ZSM-5, and in which the desilicated mesoporous mordenite, the ZSM-5, or both, comprise one or more impregnated metals. The composite zeolite catalyst is able to catalyze the transalkylation reaction and the dealkylation reaction simultaneously to produce the BTX compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Universitat Politecnica De Valencia, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
    Inventors: Veera Venkata Ramakrishna Tammana, Raed Abudawoud, Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Ibrahim M. Al-Zahrani
  • Patent number: 10875780
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for synthesising a crystalline material comprising structure Beta zeolite in nanocrystalline form, and which can comprise at least the following steps: (i) preparing a mixture comprising at least one source of water, at least one source of a tetravalent element Y, at least one source of a trivalent element X, at least one source of an alkali cation or alkaline earth metal cation (A), and at least one organic molecule selected from a monocyclic quaternary ammonium R1R2CycloN+, and a quaternary ammonium substituted with a cycloalkyl group R3R4R5R6N+. The molar composition of the mixture is: n X2O3:YO2:a A:m OSDA1:z H2O; ii) crystallising the mixture; and iii) recovering the crystalline material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC)
    Inventors: Cecilia Gertrudis Paris Carrizo, Eva Maria Gallego Sanchez, Maria del Rocio Diaz Rey, Marta Evelia Martinez Armero, Maria Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Manuel Moliner Marin, Avelino Corma Canos
  • Patent number: 10723631
    Abstract: A method of forming composite zeolite catalyst particles includes combining a silicon source, an aqueous organic structure directing agent having a polyquaternary ammonium compound, water and an aluminum source to form a catalyst gel. The method also includes heating the catalyst gel to form the composite zeolite catalyst particle having an intergrowth region with a mixture of both Mordenite crystals and ZSM-5 crystals. An associated method of making xylene includes feeding heavy reformate to a reactor, the reactor containing the composite zeolite catalyst particles, and producing xylene by simultaneously performing dealkylation and transalkylation of the heavy reformate in the reactor, where each composite zeolite catalyst particle is able to catalyze both the dealkylation and transalkylation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Universitat Politecnica De Valencia, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
    Inventors: Raed Hasan Abudawoud, Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, Vicente J. Margarit Benavent, M. Teresa Navarro Villalba, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Ibrahim M. Al-Zahrani
  • Patent number: 10723630
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite zeolite catalyst includes combining a silicon source and an aqueous organic structure directing agent having a polyamino cation compound to form a silica intermediary gel, introducing an aluminum precursor to the silica intermediary gel to form a catalyst precursor gel, evaporating water in the catalyst precursor gel to form a catalyst gel, and heating the catalyst gel to form a composite zeolite catalyst particle having an intergrowth region with a mixture of both Beta crystals and ZSM-5 crystals. An associated method of making xylene includes feeding heavy reformate to a reactor, the reactor containing the composite zeolite catalyst, and producing xylene by simultaneously performing dealkylation and transalkylation of the heavy reformate in the reactor, where each composite zeolite catalyst particle is able to catalyze both the dealkylation and transalkylation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Universitat Politecnica De Valencia, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
    Inventors: Mohamed Elanany, Raed Abudawoud, Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, Vicente J. Margarit Benavent, M. Teresa Navarro Villalba, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Ibrahim M. Al-Zahrani, Khalid A. Al-Majnouni
  • Publication number: 20200216326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for synthesising a crystalline material comprising structure Beta zeolite in nanocrystalline form, and which can comprise at least the following steps: (i) preparing a mixture comprising at least one source of water, at least one source of a tetravalent element Y, at least one source of a trivalent element X, at least one source of an alkali cation or alkaline earth metal cation (A), and at least one organic molecule selected from a monocyclic quaternary ammonium R1R2CycloN+, and a quaternary ammonium substituted with a cycloalkyl group R3R4R5R6N+. The molar composition of the mixture is: n X2O3:YO2:a A:m OSDA1:z H2O; ii) crystallising the mixture; and iii) recovering the crystalline material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Cecilia Gertrudis Paris Carrizo, Eva Maria Gallego Sanchez, Maria del Rocio Diaz Rey, Marta Evelia Martinez Armero, Maria Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Manuel Moliner Marin, Avelino Corma Canos
  • Publication number: 20190284057
    Abstract: A method of forming composite zeolite catalyst particles includes combining a silicon source, an aqueous organic structure directing agent having a polyquaternary ammonium compound, water and an aluminum source to form a catalyst gel. The method also includes heating the catalyst gel to form the composite zeolite catalyst particle having an intergrowth region with a mixture of both Mordenite crystals and ZSM-5 crystals. An associated method of making xylene includes feeding heavy reformate to a reactor, the reactor containing the composite zeolite catalyst particles, and producing xylene by simultaneously performing dealkylation and transalkylation of the heavy reformate in the reactor, where each composite zeolite catalyst particle is able to catalyze both the dealkylation and transalkylation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica, UPV-CSIC
    Inventors: Raed Hasan Abudawoud, Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, Vicente J. Margarit Benavent, M. Teresa Navarro Villalba, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Ibrahim M. Al-Zahrani
  • Publication number: 20190284113
    Abstract: Methods of making BTX compounds including benzene, toluene, and xylene include feeding heavy reformate to a reactor containing a composite zeolite catalyst. The composite zeolite catalyst includes a mixture of SSZ-33 and ZSM-5. The SSZ-33, the ZSM-5, or both comprise one or more impregnated metals. The method further includes producing the BTX compounds by simultaneously performing transalkylation and dealkylation of the heavy reformate in the reactor. The composite zeolite catalyst is able to simultaneously catalyze both the transalkylation and dealkylation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica, UPV-CSIC
    Inventors: Raed Hasan Abudawoud, Mohammed I. Al-Amer, Laszek Rupnicki, Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Ibrahim M. Al-Zahrani
  • Publication number: 20190284115
    Abstract: A method of making BTX (benzene, toluene, xylene) compounds by feeding a heavy reformate stream to a reactor, where the reactor includes a composite zeolite catalyst, that contains a mixture of a desilicated mesoporous mordenite and ZSM-5, and in which the desilicated mesoporous mordenite, the ZSM-5, or both, comprise one or more impregnated metals. The composite zeolite catalyst is able to catalyze the transalkylation reaction and the dealkylation reaction simultaneously to produce the BTX compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica, UPV-CSIC
    Inventors: Tammana Veeara Venkata Ramakrishna, Raed Abudawoud, Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Ibrahim M. Al-Zahrani
  • Publication number: 20190284056
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite zeolite catalyst includes combining a silicon source and an aqueous organic structure directing agent having a polyamino cation compound to form a silica intermediary gel, introducing an aluminum precursor to the silica intermediary gel to form a catalyst precursor gel, evaporating water in the catalyst precursor gel to form a catalyst gel, and heating the catalyst gel to form a composite zeolite catalyst particle having an intergrowth region with a mixture of both Beta crystals and ZSM-5 crystals. An associated method of making xylene includes feeding heavy reformate to a reactor, the reactor containing the composite zeolite catalyst, and producing xylene by simultaneously performing dealkylation and transalkylation of the heavy reformate in the reactor, where each composite zeolite catalyst particle is able to catalyze both the dealkylation and transalkylation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica, UPV-CSIC
    Inventors: Mohamed Elanany, Raed Abudawoud, Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, Vicente J. Margarit Benavent, M. Teresa Navarro Villalba, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Ibrahim M. Al-Zahrani, Khalid A. Al-Majnouni
  • Publication number: 20190284114
    Abstract: Method of making BTX compounds including benzene, toluene, and xylene, including feeding heavy reformate to a reactor containing a composite zeolite catalyst. The composite zeolite catalyst includes a mixture of layered mordenite (MOR-L) comprising a layered or rod-type morphology with a layer thickness less than 30 nm and ZSM-5. The MOR-L, the ZSM-5, or both include one or more impregnated metals. The method further includes producing the BTX compounds by simultaneously performing transalkylation and dealkylation of the heavy reformate in the reactor. The composite zeolite catalyst is able to simultaneously catalyze both the transalkylation and dealkylation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica, UPV-CSIC
    Inventors: Raed Hasan Abudawoud, Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, Vicente J. Margarit Benavent, M. Teresa Navarro Villalba, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Ibrahim M. Al-Zahrani
  • Publication number: 20190284110
    Abstract: Method of making BTX compounds including benzene, toluene, and xylene, including feeding heavy reformats to a reactor containing a composite zeolite catalyst. The composite zeolite catalyst includes a mixture of nanocrystalline Beta zeolite (Nano-Beta) comprising crystal size in the range of 10 to 40 nm and ZSM-5. The Nano-Beta, the ZSM-5, or both include one or more impregnated metals. The method further includes producing the BTX compounds by simultaneously performing transalkylation and dealkylation of the heavy reformate in the reactor. The composite zeolite catalyst is able to simultaneously catalyze both the transalkylation and dealkylation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, c/o Instituto de Technologia Quimica, UPV-CSIC
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, M. Teresa Navarro Villalba, Sohel Shaikh, Raed Abudawoud
  • Patent number: 9550706
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heterogeneous method for oligomerising alkenes in order to produce hydricarbons within a diesel fraction in the present of a catalyst based on the ITQ-39 zeolite. The oligomerisation method described in the present invention includes at least: a. feeding a catalyst containing at least the ITQ-39 zeolitic material into the reactor; b. supplying the reactor with a stream that includes at least one olefinic compound; and c. enabling the catalyst containing at least the ITQ-39 material and the organic compound to remain in contact during the time required for the reaction to take place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Cristina Martínez Sánchez
  • Publication number: 20150197463
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heterogeneous method for oligomerising alkenes in order to produce hydricarbons within a diesel fraction in the present of a catalyst based on the ITQ-39 zeolite. The oligomerisation method described in the present invention includes at least: a. feeding a catalyst containing at least the ITQ-39 zeolitic material into the reactor; b. supplying the reactor with a stream that includes at least one olefinic compound; and c. enabling the catalyst containing at least the ITQ-39 material and the organic compound to remain in contact during the time required for the reaction to take place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Avelino CORMA CANÓS, Cristina MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ
  • Publication number: 20150184083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method in the absence of hydrogen for the catalytic cracking of organic compounds using a zeolitic material, modified Y zeolite. In said cracking method, the modified zeolitic material can be the sole zeolitic component or can be combined with at least one second zeolitic component. The catalytic cracking method of the invention comprises at least the following steps: a) introducing at least one first zeolitic material, modified zeolite, into a reactor; b) supplying the reactor with at least one organic compound; c) leaving the modified zeolite and the organic compound in contact with another for the time necessary for the reaction to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Avelino CORMA CANÓS, Cristina MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ
  • Patent number: 7371318
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the elimination of sulphur compounds from the diesel fraction, which is characterized in that an oxidising reaction of said sulphur compound is carried out by using at least an organic-inorganic composite as catalyst, said composite comprising Si, Ti; and silicon bonded to carbon, and organic and inorganic hydroperoxides as oxidizing agents. According to the inventive process, said organic-inorganic composite can be obtained by a method comprising a post-synthesis silylation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignees: Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica De Valencia
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Marcelo Eduardo Domine, Cristina Martinez Sánchez
  • Patent number: 6846406
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is a process for the elimination of sulphur compounds from the gasoline fraction, characterized in that it comprises carrying out an oxidation reaction of said sulphur compounds using at least one organic-inorganic composite as a catalyst which comprises at least: Si, Ti and silicon linked to carbon and using organic or inorganic hydro-peroxides as oxidating agents. According to the process for the present invention, said organic or inorganic composite is obtained by means of a process that comprises a sililation stage during synthesis or by means of a process that comprises a post-synthesis sililation stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Marcelo Eduardo Domine, Cristina Martinez Sánchez
  • Publication number: 20040140247
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the elimination of sulphur compounds from the diesel fraction, which is characterized in that an oxidising reaction of said sulphur compound is carried out by using at least an organic-inorganic composite as catalyst, said composite comprising Si, Ti; and silicon bonded to carbon, and organic and inorganic hydroperoxides as oxidizing agents. According to the inventive process, said organic-inorganic composite can be obtained by a method comprising a post-synthesis silylation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, Marcelo Eduardo Domine, Cristina Martinez Sanchez