Patents by Inventor Dominik GARELLA

Dominik GARELLA 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: 12199272
    Abstract: Process for making a coated electrode active material wherein said process comprises the following steps: (a) providing a particulate electrode active material according to general formula Li1+xTM1?xO2, wherein TM is a combination of Ni, Co and, optionally, Mn, and, optionally, at least one metal selected from Mg, Al, Ba, Ti and Zr, and x is in the range of from zero to 0.2, wherein at least 15 mole-% of the transition metal of TM is Ni, (b) treating said electrode active material with a compound of M1, wherein M1 is selected from Li, Al, B, Mg, Si, Sn, and from transition metals, or a combination of at least two of the foregoing, with or without a solvent, wherein said compound of M1 does not act as a cathode active material on its own, (c) optionally, removing compound of M1 which is not deposited on said particulate electrode active material, (d) performing a post-treatment by heating the material obtained after the step (b) or (c), if applicable, at a temperature from 250 to 950° C. in a fluidized bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Benedikt Kalo, Dominik Garella
  • Patent number: 11515525
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a process for coating anoxide material, said process comprising the following steps: (a) providing a particulate material selected from lithiated nickel-cobalt aluminum oxides, lithiated cobalt-manganese oxides and lithiated layered nickel-cobalt-manganese oxides, (b) treating said cathode active material with a metal alkoxide or metal amide or alkyl metal compound, (c) treating the material obtained in step (b) with moisture, and, optionally, repeating the sequence of steps (b) and (c), wherein steps (b) and (c) are carried out in a mixer that mechanically introduces mixing energy into the particulate material, or by way of a moving bed or fixed bed, and wherein steps (b) and (c) are carried out at a pressure that is in the range of from 5 mbar to 1 bar above normal pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Kleine Jaeger, Tillmann Liebsch, Michael Schoenherr, Dominik Garella, Fatih Cetinel, Heino Sommer, Maraike Ahlf, Daniel Loeffler, Regina Vogelsang, Jacob Haag
  • Publication number: 20220288549
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing microparticles laden with at least one active, wherein the microparticles are formed from a thermoplastic organic, polymeric material and in the unladen state, in their interior, have at least one cavity connected via pores to the surface of the microparticles, wherein (a) a composition of unladen microparticles are impregnated with a liquid comprising the active, whereby laden microparticles are obtained, which contain in the interior cavity the liquid, and (b) subjecting the laden microparticles to thermal treatment by passing a stream of free flowing laden microparticles in a carrier gas through a heated zone at a temperature of at least 20 K, in particular at least 40 K, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: OSCHMANN Dieter Bernd, Dominik GARELLA, Miika FRANCK, Wolfgang KRAUSE, Thorsten MOHR
  • Publication number: 20220223842
    Abstract: Process for making a coated electrode active material wherein said process comprises the following steps: (a) providing a particulate electrode active material according to general formula Li1+xTM1?xO2, wherein TM is a combination of Ni, Co and, optionally, Mn, and, optionally, at least one metal selected from Mg, Al, Ba, Ti and Zr, and x is in the range of from zero to 0.2, wherein at least 15 mole-% of the transition metal of TM is Ni, (b) treating said electrode active material with a compound of M1, wherein M1 is selected from Li, Al, B, Mg, Si, Sn, and from transition metals, or a combination of at least two of the foregoing, with or without a solvent, wherein said compound of M1 does not act as a cathode active material on its own, (c) optionally, removing compound of M1 which is not deposited on said particulate electrode active material, (d) performing a post-treatment by heating the material obtained after the step (b) or (c), if applicable, at a temperature from 250 to 950° C. in a fluidized bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Benedikt KALO, Dominik GARELLA
  • Publication number: 20220161237
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system suitable for hydrogenating aromatic nitro compounds (I) to form the corresponding aromatic amines (II), the catalyst system containing, as essential constituents: a component A selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide, corundum (alpha-Al2O3) and slightly porous to non-porous zirconium oxide (ZrO2); and a component B, containing B1—a carrier substance selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, gamma-, delta- or theta-aluminum oxide Al2O3, titanium dioxide, zirconium dioxide and graphite, B2—a metal or a plurality of metals selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, palladium, platinum and cobalt, and optionally B3—an additional metal selected from the group consisting of at least one metal selected from main group I, main group II, main group IV and sub-groups II, V, VI and VIII of the periodic table of the elements, the proportion of component A being in the range of 5 to 60 wt %, in relation to the total weight of the catalyst sys
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Veronika WLOKA, Dominik GARELLA, Michael REISER, Thomas HEIDEMANN, Hendrik DE WINNE
  • Patent number: 11133503
    Abstract: Process for making an at least partially coated particulate material, said process comprising the following steps: (a) providing a particulate material selected from lithiated nickel-cobalt aluminum oxides and layered lithium transition metal oxides, (a) treating said cathode active material with a metal alkoxide or metal amide or alkyl metal compound in a fluidized bed, (b) treating the material obtained in step (b) with moisture in a fluidized bed, and, optionally, repeating the sequence of steps (b) and (c), wherein the superficial gas velocity in the fluidized beds in steps (b) and (c) decreases with increasing reactor height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Dominik Garella, Axel Binder, Stefan Strege, Tillmann Liebsch
  • Patent number: 10836650
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a lithiated transition metal oxide, said process comprising the steps of (a) mixing at least one lithium salt and a precursor selected from transition metal oxides, transition metal oxyhydroxides, transition metal hydroxides, and transition metal carbonates, (b) pre-calcining the mixture obtained in step (a) at a temperature in the range of from 300 to 700° C., and (c) calcining the pre-calcined mixture according to step (b) in a multi-stage fluidized bed reactor at a temperature in the range of from 550° C. to 950° C., wherein the temperatures in step (b) and (c) are selected in a way that step (c) is being performed at a temperature higher than that of step (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dominik Garella, Benedikt Kalo
  • Publication number: 20200140285
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a lithiated transition metal oxide, said process comprising the steps of (a) mixing at least one lithium salt and a precursor selected from transition metal oxides, transition metal oxyhydroxides, transition metal hydroxides, and transition metal carbonates, (b) pre-calcining the mixture obtained in step (a) at a temperature in the range of from 300 to 700° C., and (c) calcining the pre-calcined mixture according to step (b) in a multi-stage fluidized bed reactor at a temperature in the range of from 550° C. to 950° C., wherein the temperatures in step (b) and (c) are selected in a way that step (c) is being performed at a temperature higher than that of step (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dominik Garella, Benedikt Kalo
  • Publication number: 20200075948
    Abstract: Process for making an at least partially coated particulate material, said process comprising the following steps: (a) providing a particulate material selected from lithiated nickel-cobalt aluminum oxides and layered lithium transition metal oxides, (a) treating said cathode active material with a metal alkoxide or metal amide or alkyl metal compound in a fluidized bed, (b) treating the material obtained in step (b) with moisture in a fluidized bed, and, optionally, repeating the sequence of steps (b) and (c), wherein the superficial gas velocity in the fluidized beds in steps (b) and (c) decreases with increasing reactor height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dominik GARELLA, Axel BINDER, Stefan STREGE, Tillman LIEBSCH
  • Patent number: 10526213
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a lithiated transition metal oxide, said process comprising the steps of (a) mixing at least one lithium salt and a precursor selected from transition metal oxides, transition metal oxyhydroxides, transition metal hydroxides, and transition metal carbonates, (b) pre-calcining the mixture obtained in step (a) at a temperature in the range of from 300 to 700° C., and (c) calcining the pre-calcined mixture according to step (b) in a multi-stage fluidized bed reactor at a temperature in the range of from 550° C. to 950° C., wherein the temperatures in step (b) and (c) are selected in a way that step (c) is being performed at a temperature higher than that of step (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dominik Garella, Benedikt Kalo
  • Publication number: 20190393494
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a process for coating anoxide material, said process comprising the following steps: (a) providing a particulate material selected from lithiated nickel-cobalt aluminum oxides, lithiated cobalt-manganese oxides and lithiated layered nickel-cobalt-manganese oxides, (b) treating said cathode active material with a metal alkoxide or metal amide or alkyl metal compound, (c) treating the material obtained in step (b) with moisture, and, optionally, repeating the sequence of steps (b) and (c), wherein steps (b) and (c) are carried out in a mixer that mechanically introduces mixing energy into the particulate material, or by way of a moving bed or fixed bed, and wherein steps (b) and (c) are carried out at a pressure that is in the range of from 5 mbar to 1 bar above normal pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank KLEINE JAEGER, Tillmann LIEBSCH, Michael SCHOENHERR, Dominik GARELLA, Fatih CETINEL, Heino SOMMER, Maraike AHLF, Daniel LOEFFLER, Regina VOGELSANG, Jacob HAAG
  • Patent number: 9993792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas distributor nozzle (25) comprising a gas feed (1) directed vertically upwards and a float (13) with which an outlet orifice out of the gas feed (1) may be closed if no gas is flowing, wherein the float (13) has a center of gravity which is below a point of force application of the gas flow. The invention further comprises a reactor with a solid bed and at least one gas distributor nozzle (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dominik Garella, Kati Bachmann
  • Publication number: 20170253494
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a lithiated transition metal oxide, said process comprising the steps of (a) mixing at least one lithium salt and a precursor selected from transition metal oxides, transition metal oxyhydroxides, transition metal hydroxides, and transition metal carbonates, (b) pre-calcining the mixture obtained in step (a) at a temperature in the range of from 300 to 700° C., and (c) calcining the pre-calcined mixture according to step (b) in a multi-stage fluidized bed reactor at a temperature in the range of from 550° C. to 950° C., wherein the temperatures in step (b) and (c) are selected in a way that step (c) is being performed at a temperature higher than that of step (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dominik GARELLA, Benedikt KALO
  • Publication number: 20170165625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas distributor nozzle (25) comprising a gas feed (1) directed vertically upwards and a float (13) with which an outlet orifice out of the gas feed (1) may be closed if no gas is flowing, wherein the float (13) has a center of gravity which is below a point of force application of the gas flow. The invention further comprises a reactor with a solid bed and at least one gas distributor nozzle (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dominik GARELLA, Kati BACHMANN
  • Publication number: 20170128927
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for self-regulation of a system comprising the steps of: (I) utilizing a magnetic field to transport magnetizable and/or magnetic particles out of a control volume or to localize said particles in the control volume, (II) changing magnetic properties of the magnetizable and/or magnetic particles, which are ferromagnetic or paramagnetic, in the control volume by changing a temperature Tp of the magnetizable and/or magnetic particles or by changing the composition of the magnetizable and/or magnetic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dominik GARELLA, Viviana SILVA, Tobias LANG, Javier GARCIA PALACIOS