Patents by Inventor Dai NAGATA
Dai NAGATA 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).
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Publication number: 20230311103Abstract: A catalyst for production of carboxylic acid ester, containing: catalyst particles containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, palladium, lead, platinum, ruthenium, gold, silver, and copper; and a support supporting the catalyst particles, wherein the catalyst for production of carboxylic acid ester has half-width Wa of pore distribution of 10 nm or less, the half-width Wa being calculated using BJH method from an adsorption isotherm obtained by nitrogen adsorption.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Dai NAGATA, Hitoshi OKAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230146477Abstract: A catalyst for production of carboxylic acid ester, containing: catalyst metal particles; and a support supporting the catalyst metal particles, wherein the catalyst has a hollow particle ratio of 40% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chihiro IITSUKA, Dai NAGATA
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Patent number: 11612880Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an oxide catalyst containing antimony, comprising a step (A) of obtaining the oxide catalyst using antimony particles containing a diantimony trioxide as a source of the antimony, wherein an abundance of a pentavalent antimony in a surface layer of the antimony particle to be measured in XPS analysis is less than 70 atom %, and the antimony particle has an average particle size of 1.2 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Dai Nagata, Satoshi Miike
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Patent number: 11161806Abstract: A process for producing a compound by use of a fluidized bed reactor comprising an internal space having a catalyst housed in a fluidizable manner therein, a first feed port into which a starting material gas comprising a hydrocarbon is fed to the fluidized bed reactor, a second feed port into which an oxygen-containing gas comprising oxygen is fed to the fluidized bed reactor, and a discharge port into which a reaction product gas is discharged from the fluidized bed reactor, including a reaction step of subjecting the hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic oxidation reaction or a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in the presence of the catalyst in the internal space to produce the corresponding unsaturated acid or unsaturated nitrile, respectively, wherein in the reaction step, a linear velocity (m/sec) of the starting material gas at the first feed port is adjusted against a degree of abrasion resistance (%) of the catalyst so as to satisfy a prescribed relation between them.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Dai Nagata, Sho Tamura
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Patent number: 10894762Abstract: A process for producing unsaturated nitrile, using a fluidized bed reactor and comprising a reaction step of subjecting hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in the presence of a catalyst to produce the corresponding unsaturated nitrile, wherein when an internal space of the reactor is divided into two spaces of an upper space occupying a space from an upper end of an inlet of a cyclone to an upper end of the internal space and a lower space occupying a space below the upper end of the inlet of the cyclone and ranging to a dispersion plate, a ratio of an existing amount of the catalyst in the upper space to an existing amount of the catalyst in the lower space is 0.05 to 0.45 in the reaction step.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Tamura, Dai Nagata
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Patent number: 10807073Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a catalyst to be used for a gas-phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction of propane, the method comprising a preparation step of dissolving or dispersing a raw material to thereby obtain a prepared raw material liquid, a first drying step of drying the prepared raw material liquid to thereby obtain a dried material, a calcination step of calcining the dried material to thereby obtain a composite oxide having a predetermined composition, an impregnation step of impregnating the composite oxide with a solution containing at least one specific element selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, tellurium, niobium, vanadium, boron, bismuth, manganese, iron, antimony, phosphorus and rare earth elements to thereby obtain an impregnated composite oxide, and a second drying step of drying the impregnated composite oxide, wherein at least one of the impregnation step o and the second drying step is a step of impregnating the composite oxide or drying tType: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Tamura, Dai Nagata
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Publication number: 20200165196Abstract: A process for producing a compound by use of a fluidized bed reactor comprising an internal space having a catalyst housed in a fluidizable manner therein, a first feed port into which a starting material gas comprising a hydrocarbon is fed to the fluidized bed reactor, a second feed port into which an oxygen-containing gas comprising oxygen is fed to the fluidized bed reactor, and a discharge port into which a reaction product gas is discharged from the fluidized bed reactor, including a reaction step of subjecting the hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic oxidation reaction or a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in the presence of the catalyst in the internal space to produce the corresponding unsaturated acid or unsaturated nitrile, respectively, wherein in the reaction step, a linear velocity (m/sec) of the starting material gas at the first feed port is adjusted against a degree of abrasion resistance (%) of the catalyst so as to satisfy a prescribed relation between them.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Dai NAGATA, Sho TAMURA
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Patent number: 10640458Abstract: A process for producing unsaturated nitrile, using a fluidized bed reactor having an internal space having a catalyst capable of being fluidized therein, a feed opening to feed a starting material gas comprising hydrocarbon to the internal space, and a discharge port to discharge a reaction product gas from the internal space, the process comprising a reaction step of subjecting the hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in the presence of the catalyst in the internal space to produce the corresponding unsaturated nitrile, wherein when in the internal space, a space where an existing amount of the catalyst per unit volume is 150 kg/m3 or more is defined as a dense zone and a space where an existing amount of the catalyst per unit volume is less than 150 kg/m3 is defined as a sparse zone in the reaction step, a gas residence time in the sparse zone is 5 to 50 sec.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Tamura, Dai Nagata
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Publication number: 20200087251Abstract: A process for producing unsaturated nitrile, using a fluidized bed reactor and comprising a reaction step of subjecting hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in the presence of a catalyst to produce the corresponding unsaturated nitrile, wherein when an internal space of the reactor is divided into two spaces of an upper space occupying a space from an upper end of an inlet of a cyclone to an upper end of the internal space and a lower space occupying a space below the upper end of the inlet of the cyclone and ranging to a dispersion plate, a ratio of an existing amount of the catalyst in the upper space to an existing amount of the catalyst in the lower space is 0.05 to 0.45 in the reaction step.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho TAMURA, Dai NAGATA
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Publication number: 20190262800Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an oxide catalyst containing antimony, comprising a step (A) of obtaining the oxide catalyst using antimony particles containing a diantimony trioxide as a source of the antimony, wherein an abundance of a pentavalent antimony in a surface layer of the antimony particle to be measured in XPS analysis is less than 70 atom %, and the antimony particle has an average particle size of 1.2 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Dai NAGATA, Satoshi MIIKE
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Publication number: 20190225576Abstract: A process for producing unsaturated nitrile, using a fluidized bed reactor having an internal space having a catalyst capable of being fluidized therein, a feed opening to feed a starting material gas comprising hydrocarbon to the internal space, and a discharge port to discharge a reaction product gas from the internal space, the process comprising a reaction step of subjecting the hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in the presence of the catalyst in the internal space to produce the corresponding unsaturated nitrile, wherein when in the internal space, a space where an existing amount of the catalyst per unit volume is 150 kg/m3 or more is defined as a dense zone and a space where an existing amount of the catalyst per unit volume is less than 150 kg/m3 is defined as a sparse zone in the reaction step, a gas residence time in the sparse zone is 5 to 50 sec.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho TAMURA, Dai NAGATA
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Publication number: 20180117565Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a catalyst to be used for a gas-phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction of propane, the method comprising a preparation step of dissolving or dispersing a raw material to thereby obtain a prepared raw material liquid, a first drying step of drying the prepared raw material liquid to thereby obtain a dried material, a calcination step of calcining the dried material to thereby obtain a composite oxide having a predetermined composition, an impregnation step of impregnating the composite oxide with a solution containing at least one specific element selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, tellurium, niobium, vanadium, boron, bismuth, manganese, iron, antimony, phosphorus and rare earth elements to thereby obtain an impregnated composite oxide, and a second drying step of drying the impregnated composite oxide, wherein at least one of the impregnation step o and the second drying step is a step of impregnating the composite oxide or drying tType: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Sho TAMURA, Dai NAGATA