Patents by Inventor Donald Reinalda
Donald Reinalda 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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Patent number: 11499101Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the extraction of mercury from a mercury-containing hydrocarbon feed, and to the use of a hydrophilic deep eutectic solvent for the extraction of a mercury source from a hydrocarbon feed.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: KHALIFA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Cornelis J. Peters, Maaike Kroon, Samah Warrag, Donald Reinalda
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Patent number: 11427767Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the extraction of mercury from a mercury-containing hydrocarbon feed, and to the use of a hydrophilic deep eutectic solvent for the extraction of a mercury source from a hydrocarbon feed.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: KHALIFA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Cornelis J. Peters, Maaike Kroon, Samah Warrag, Donald Reinalda
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Publication number: 20200385640Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the extraction of mercury from a mercury-containing hydrocarbon feed, and to the use of a hydrophilic deep eutectic solvent for the extraction of a mercury source from a hydrocarbon feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Cornelis J. PETERS, Maaike KROON, Samah WARRAG, Donald REINALDA
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Patent number: 8912374Abstract: Process for producing paraffinic hydrocarbons, the process comprising the following steps: (a) contacting hydrogen and a feedstock comprising triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides and/or fatty acids with a hydrogenation catalyst under hydrodeoxygenation conditions; and (b) contacting the whole effluent of step (a) with a hydroprocessing catalyst comprising sulphided Ni and sulphided W or Mo as hydrogenation components on a carrier comprising amorphous silica-alumina and/or a zeolitic compound under hydro-isomerization conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2008Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Auke Antoinette Van Heuzen, Hans De Lang, Patrick Moureaux, Donald Reinalda, Marcello Stefano Rigutto
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Patent number: 8148555Abstract: A method for improving the selectivity of a supported highly selective epoxidation catalyst comprising silver in a quantity of at most 0.17 g per m2 surface area of the support, which method comprises contacting the catalyst, or a precursor of the catalyst comprising the silver in cationic form, with a feed comprising oxygen at a catalyst temperature above 250° C. for a duration of up to 150 hours, and subsequently decreasing the catalyst temperature to a value of at most 250° C.; and a process for the epoxidation of an olefin, which process comprises contacting a supported highly selective epoxidation catalyst comprising silver in a quantity of at most 0.17 g per m2 surface area of the support, or a precursor of the catalyst comprising the silver in cationic form, with a feed comprising oxygen at a catalyst temperature above 250° C. for a duration of up to 150 hours, and subsequently decreasing the catalyst temperature to a value of at most 250° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: John Robert Lockemeyer, Randall Clayton Yeates, Donald Reinalda
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Publication number: 20100160655Abstract: A method for improving the selectivity of a supported highly selective epoxidation catalyst comprising silver in a quantity of at most 0.17 g per m2 surface area of the support, which method comprises contacting the catalyst, or a precursor of the catalyst comprising the silver in cationic form, with a feed comprising oxygen at a catalyst temperature above 250° C. for a duration of up to 150 hours, and subsequently decreasing the catalyst temperature to a value of at most 250° C.; and a process for the epoxidation of an olefin, which process comprises contacting a supported highly selective epoxidation catalyst comprising silver in a quantity of at most 0.17 g per m2 surface area of the support, or a precursor of the catalyst comprising the silver in cationic form, with a feed comprising oxygen at a catalyst temperature above 250° C. for a duration of up to 150 hours, and subsequently decreasing the catalyst temperature to a value of at most 250° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: John Robert LOCKEMEYER, Randall Clayton Yeates, Donald Reinalda
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Publication number: 20100076236Abstract: Process for producing paraffinic hydrocarbons, the process comprising the following steps: (a) contacting hydrogen and a feedstock comprising triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides and/or fatty acids with a hydrogenation catalyst under hydro-deoxygenation conditions; and (b) contacting the whole effluent of step (a) with a hydroprocessing catalyst comprising sulphided Ni and sulphided W or Mo as hydrogenation components on a carrier comprising amorphous silica-alumina and/or a zeolitic compound under hydro-isomerisation conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventors: Auke Antoinette Van Heuzen, Hans De Lang, Patrick Moureaux, Donald Reinalda, Marcello Stefano Rigutto
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Patent number: 7547795Abstract: A high activity and high selectivity silver catalyst comprising silver and, optionally, one or more promoters supported on a suitable support material having the form of a shaped agglomerate. The structure of the shaped agglomerate is that of a hollow cylinder having a relatively small inside (bore) diameter. The catalyst is made by providing the shaped material of a particular geometry and incorporating the catalytic components therein. The catalyst is useful in the epoxidation of ethylene.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2007Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Marek Matusz, Michael Alan Richard, John Robert Lockemeyer, Alouisius Nicolaas Renee Bos, Dominicus Maria Rekers, Donald Reinalda, Randall Clayton Yeates, Paul Michael McAllister
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Patent number: 7485597Abstract: A method for improving the selectivity of a supported highly selective epoxidation catalyst comprising silver in a quantity of at most 0.17 g per m2 surface area of the support, which method comprises contacting the catalyst, or a precursor of the catalyst comprising the silver in cationic form, with a feed comprising oxygen at a catalyst temperature above 250° C. for a duration of up to 150 hours, and subsequently decreasing the catalyst temperature to a value of at most 250° C.; and a process for the epoxidation of an olefin, which process comprises contacting a supported highly selective epoxidation catalyst comprising silver in a quantity of at most 0.17 g per m2 surface area of the support, or a precursor of the catalyst comprising the silver in cationic form, with a feed comprising oxygen at a catalyst temperature above 250° C. for a duration of up to 150 hours, and subsequently decreasing the catalyst temperature to a value of at most 250° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: John Robert Lockemeyer, Randall Clayton Yeates, Donald Reinalda
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Publication number: 20080015393Abstract: A high activity and high selectivity silver catalyst comprising silver and, optionally, one or more promoters supported on a suitable support material having the form of a shaped agglomerate. The structure of the shaped agglomerate is that of a hollow cylinder having a relatively small inside (bore) diameter. The catalyst is made by providing the shaped material of a particular geometry and incorporating the catalytic components therein. The catalyst is useful in the epoxidation of ethylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2007Publication date: January 17, 2008Inventors: Marek MATUSZ, Michael RICHARD, John LOCKEMEYER, Alouisius BOS, Dominicus REKERS, Donald REINALDA, Randall YEATES, Paul MCALLISTER
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Patent number: 7259129Abstract: A high activity and high selectivity silver catalyst comprising silver and, optionally, one or more promoters supported on a suitable support material having the form of a shaped agglomerate. The structure of the shaped agglomerate is that of a hollow cylinder having a relatively small inside (bore) diameter. The catalyst is made by providing the shaped material of a particular geometry and incorporating the catalytic components therein. The catalyst is useful in the epoxidation of ethylene.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2004Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Marek Matusz, Michael Alan Richard, John Robert Lockemeyer, Alouisius Nicolaas Renee Bos, Dominicus Maria Rekers, Donald Reinalda, Randall Clayton Yeates
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Publication number: 20040260103Abstract: A high activity and high selectivity silver catalyst comprising silver and, optionally, one or more promoters supported on a suitable support material having the form of a shaped agglomerate. The structure of the shaped agglomerate is that of a hollow cylinder having a relatively small inside (bore) diameter. The catalyst is made by providing the shaped material of a particular geometry and incorporating the catalytic components therein. The catalyst is useful in the epoxidation of ethylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Marek Matusz, Michael Alan Richard, John Robert Lockemeyer, Alouisius Nicolaas Renee Bos, Dominicus Maria Rekers, Donald Reinalda, Randall Clayton Yeates
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Publication number: 20040049061Abstract: A method for improving the selectivity of a supported highly selective epoxidation catalyst comprising silver in a quantity of at most 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2003Publication date: March 11, 2004Inventors: John Robert Lockemeyer, Randall Clayton Yeates, Donald Reinalda
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Patent number: 5391362Abstract: The invention relates to a high surface area zirconia, having a surface area of above 125 m.sup.2 /g and preferably of above 200 m.sup.2 /g after calcination. The high surface area zirconia product of the invention can be prepared by mixing a zirconium salt solution with an alkali or ammonium compound, the zirconium hydroxide precipitate being aged in the presence of an oxygen acid of an element of group 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table of Elements and subsequently being calcined, optionally after a washing step. The preferred acid is phosphoric acid.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1991Date of Patent: February 21, 1995Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Donald Reinalda, Anke Derking
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Patent number: 5217938Abstract: A zirconia-based catalyst is prepared by mulling a mixture of a zirconia source and a solvent, which mixture has a solids content of from 20% by weight to 60% by weight, and extruding the mixture.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1992Date of Patent: June 8, 1993Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Donald Reinalda, Paul Blankenstein
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Patent number: 5021387Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a catalyst suitable for the preparation of hydrocarbons from carbon monoxide and hydrogen, wherein a cobalt compound is applied on a porous, inert carrier and the carrier is dried and calcined forming the catalyst, characterized in that the cobalt compound is cobalt nitrate, and the carrier provided with the cobalt compound is calcined in an atmosphere containing nitrogen oxide at a concentration of at least 20% by volume, not taking the water content of the atmosphere into consideration, and to a catalyst comprising agglomerates of cobalt oxide crystallites distributed over a porous, inert carrier, having an agglomerate size of about 1-10 micrometer.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1990Date of Patent: June 4, 1991Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Donald Reinalda, Jelte Kars
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Patent number: 4940827Abstract: 1. A catalyst system for olefin disproportionation containing molybdenum oxide supported on alumina prepared by a process which comprises:(a) comulling a gamma alumina providing agent with a sulfur-containing compound and/or a phosphorus-containing compound to produce a homogeneous mass,(b) extruding the mass and dividing it into small particles,(c) drying and calcining said particles at a temperature in the range of from about 400.degree. C. to about 800.degree. C.(d) subjecting said particles to at least one additional step comprising: (1) impregnating said particles with a solution of molybdenum oxide(s), (2) drying and (3) calcining said impregnated particles at a temperature in the range of from about 400.degree. C. to about 800.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1989Date of Patent: July 10, 1990Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Frank J. Janssen, Coenraad H. Wilms, Donald Reinalda, Hendrik W. Bruijn
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Patent number: 4916102Abstract: A catalyst system for olefin disproportionation containing molebdenum oxide supported on alumina prepared by a process which comprises:(a) comulling a gamma alumina providing agent with a sulfur-containing compound and/or a phosphorus-containing compound to produce a homogeneous mass,(b) extruding the mass and dividing it into small particles,(c) drying and calcining said particles at a temperature in the range of from about 400.degree. C. to about 800.degree. C.(d) subjecting said particles to at least one additional step comprising: (1) impregnating said particles with a solution of molybdenum oxide(s), (2) drying and (3) calcining said impregnated particles at a temperature in the range of from about 400.degree. C. to about 800.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1988Date of Patent: April 10, 1990Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Frank J. Janssen, Coenraad H. Wilms, Donald Reinalda, Hendrik W. Bruijn
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Patent number: 4554268Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of modified refractory oxides by impregnating refractory oxides or mixtures thereof with at least one hydrocarbyl ammonium metallate and/or compounds comprising at least one hydrocarbyl ammonium moiety and at least one reactive metal moiety of Group 2a, 3a, 4a and/or 4b of the Periodic Table of Elements. The modified refractory oxides can be used as catalysts or catalyst supports in the catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1984Date of Patent: November 19, 1985Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Emmanuel E. A. Neel, Jacques A. Levavasseur, Donald Reinalda