Patents by Inventor Ekkehard Schwab

Ekkehard Schwab 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: 11529618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to catalyst comprising one or more metal oxides and/or metalloid oxides and a zeolitic material having the CHA framework structure comprising YO2 and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element, wherein the zeolitic material comprises one or more alkaline earth metals selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and combinations of two or more thereof, and wherein the framework of the zeolitic material comprised in the catalyst contains substantially no phosphorous, as well as to a process for the preparation of a catalyst comprising one or more alkaline earth metals selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and combinations of two or more thereof and to a catalyst obtainable therefrom. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins employing the inventive catalyst, as well as to the use of the inventive catalyst in specific applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert McGuire, Christiane Janke, Ulrich Mueller, Ekkehard Schwab
  • Patent number: 11529616
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system and process for preparing dimethyl ether from synthesis gas as well as the use of the catalyst system in this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sabine Schuster, Ekkehard Schwab, Stefan Altwasser, Harry Kaiser, Stephan A. Schunk, Manuela Gaab
  • Patent number: 11452995
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst and catalyst layer and process for preparing dimethyl ether from synthesis gas or methanol as well as the use of the catalyst or catalyst layer in this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sabine Schuster, Ekkehard Schwab, Stefan Altwasser, Harry Kaiser, Stephan A. Schunk, Manuela Gaab
  • Publication number: 20220134312
    Abstract: A molding comprising a mixed oxide, wherein the mixed oxide comprises oxygen, lanthanum, aluminum, and cobalt, wherein in the mixed oxide, the weight ratio of cobalt relative to aluminum, calculated as elements, is at least 0.17:1. A preparation method by a dry route. Use of the molding as a catalyst for the reforming of hydrocarbons into a synthesis gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Ekkehard SCHWAB, Marcelo Daniel KAUFMAN RECHULSKI, Stefan DIETRICH, Sandra MAGNUS, Sabine BORCHERS, Stephan A. SCHUNK, Christiane KURETSCHKA, Marie Katrin SCHROETER, Xue LIU, Thorsten JOHANN
  • Publication number: 20210138445
    Abstract: A catalyst for converting a synthesis gas, said catalyst comprising a first catalyst component and a second catalyst component, wherein the first catalyst component comprises, supported on a first porous oxidic substrate, Rh, Mn, an alkali metal M and Fe, and wherein the second catalyst component comprises, supported on a second porous oxidic support material, Cu and a transition metal other than Cu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Christiane JANKE, Ekkehard SCHWAB, Stephan A. SCHUNK, Ivana JEVTOVIKJ, Harry KAISER, Frank ROSOWSKI, Stefan ALTWASSER, Virginie BETTE
  • Publication number: 20200330965
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst and catalyst layer and process for preparing dimethyl ether from synthesis gas or methanol as well as the use of the catalyst or catalyst layer in this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Sabine SCHUSTER, Ekkehard SCHWAB, Stefan ALTWASSER, Harry KAISER, Stephan A. SCHUNK, Manuela GAAB
  • Publication number: 20200316570
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system and process for preparing dimethyl ether from synthesis gas as well as the use of the catalyst system in this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Sabine SCHUSTER, Ekkehard SCHWAB, Stefan ALTWASSER, Harry KAISER, Stephan A. SCHUNK, Manuela GAAB
  • Patent number: 10780422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytically active composition for the selective methanation of carbon monoxide in reformate streams comprising hydrogen and carbon dioxide, comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, nickel and cobalt as active component and rhenium as dopant on a support material. The catalyst according to the invention is preferably used for carrying out methanation reactions in a temperature range from 100 to 300° C. for use in the production of hydrogen for fuel cell applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrian Milanov, Ekkehard Schwab, Mike Hoffmann, Stefan Kotrel, Stefan Altwasser
  • Publication number: 20200139357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a molding comprising a zeolitic material, phosphorous, one or more metals M of groups 3, 6, 10 to 14 of the periodic system of the elements, and a binder material. The molding is useful as a catalyst, in particular for preparing aromatic compounds from methanol with selectivity toward p-xylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert MCGUIRE, Christiane KURETSCHKA, Sven TITLBACH, Ekkehard SCHWAB, Ulrich MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20200140354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of methanol in p-xylene comprising the use a molding which comprises a zeolitic material, phosphorous, one or more metals M of the groups 3, 6, 10 to 14 of the periodic system of the elements, and a binder material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Robert MCGUIRE, Christiane KURETSCHKA, Sven TITLBACH, Ekkehard SCHWAB, Ulrich MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20190366313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to catalyst comprising one or more metal oxides and/or metalloid oxides and a zeolitic material having the CHA framework structure comprising YO2 and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element, wherein the zeolitic material comprises one or more alkaline earth metals selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and combinations of two or more thereof, and wherein the framework of the zeolitic material comprised in the catalyst contains substantially no phosphorous, as well as to a process for the preparation of a catalyst comprising one or more alkaline earth metals selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and combinations of two or more thereof and to a catalyst obtainable therefrom. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins employing the inventive catalyst, as well as to the use of the inventive catalyst in specific applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Robert MCGUIRE, Christiane JANKE, Ulrich MUELLER, Ekkehard SCHWAB
  • Patent number: 10213773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting oxygenates to olefins, comprising (1) providing a gas stream comprising one or more ethers; (2) contacting the gas stream provided in (1) with a catalyst, the catalyst comprising a support substrate and a layer applied to the substrate, the layer comprising one or more zeolites of the MFI, MEL and/or MWW structure type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kirsten Spannhoff, Florina Corina Patcas, Ekkehard Schwab, Alexander Weck, Kerem Bay
  • Patent number: 10201806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins, wherein the catalyst comprises one or more zeolites of the MFI, MEL and/or MWW structure type and particles of one or more metal oxides, the one or more zeolites of the MFI, MEL and/or MWW structure type comprising one or more alkaline earth metals selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and combinations of two or more thereof, wherein the catalyst displays a water uptake of 9.0 wt.-% or less, as well as to a process for the production thereof and to its use, in particular in a process for converting oxygenates to olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kirsten Braunsmann, Bernd Bastian Schaack, Ekkehard Schwab, Manuela Gaab, Mathias Feyen
  • Patent number: 10005702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins, comprising a support substrate and a layer applied to the substrate, wherein the layer comprises one or more zeolites of the MFI, MEL and/or MWW structure type, the one or more zeolites comprising one or more alkaline earth metals, to the preparation and use thereof, and to a process for converting oxygenates to olefins using the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kirsten Spannhoff, Florina Corina Patcas, Ekkehard Schwab, Alexander Weck, Kerem Bay, Matthias Mielke, Oliver Seel
  • Publication number: 20180085739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytically active composition for the selective methanation of carbon monoxide in reformate streams comprising hydrogen and carbon dioxide, comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, nickel and cobalt as active component and rhenium as dopant on a support material. The catalyst according to the invention is preferably used for carrying out methanation reactions in a temperature range from 100 to 300° C. for use in the production of hydrogen for fuel cell applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Adrian MILANOV, Ekkehard SCHWAB, Mike HOFFMANN, Stefan KOTREL, Stefan ALTWASSER
  • Patent number: 9878965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-phase process for the preparation of butadiene comprising (i) providing a gas stream G-1 comprising ethanol; (ii) contacting the gas stream G-1 comprising ethanol with a catalyst, thereby obtaining a gas stream G-2 comprising butadiene, wherein the catalyst comprises a zeolitic material having a framework structure comprising YO2, Y standing for one or more tetravalent elements, wherein at least a portion of Y comprised in the framework structure is isomorphously substituted by one or more elements X, as well as to a zeolitic material having a framework structure comprising YO2, Y standing for one or more tetravalent elements, wherein at least a portion of Y comprised in the framework structure is isomorphously substituted by one or more elements X, wherein the zeolitic material displays a specific X-ray powder diffraction pattern, and to its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kirsten Spannhoff, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Armin Lange de Oliveira, Stefan Marx, Mathias Feyen, Ulrich Müller, Ekkehard Schwab
  • Patent number: 9873107
    Abstract: A process for the production of a carbon supported catalyst, which comprises the following steps: (a) precipitation of at least one metal oxide onto a surface of a carbon-comprising support by preparing an initial mixture, comprising the carbon-comprising support, at least one metal oxide precursor and an organic solvent, and spray-drying of the initial mixture to obtain an intermediate product, (b) loading of noble-metal-comprising particles onto the surface of the intermediate product in a liquid medium by deposition, precipitation and/or reduction of a noble-metal-comprising precursor with a reducing agent, (c) heat treatment of the catalyst precursor resulting from step (b) at a temperature higher than 400° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Hass, Ekkehard Schwab, Franz Weber, Nicole Becker
  • Publication number: 20170354956
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing aluminates of the general formula (I) A1BxAl12-xO19-y where A is at least one element from the group consisting of Sr, Ba and La, B is at least one element from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Rh, Cu and Zn, x=0.05-1.0, y is a value determined by the oxidation states of the other elements, which comprises the steps (i) provision of one or more solutions or suspensions comprising precursor compounds of the elements A and B and also a precursor compound of aluminum in a solvent, (ii) conversion of the solutions or suspensions or the solutions into an aerosol, (iii) introduction of the aerosol into a directly or indirectly heated pyrolysis zone, (iv) carrying out of the pyrolysis and (v) separation of the resulting particles comprising hexaaluminate of the general formula (I) from the pyrolysis gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rene KOENIG, Wieland KOBAN, Andrian MILANOV, Ekkehard SCHWAB, Stephan A SCHUNK, Carlos LIZANDARA, Guido WASSERSCHAFF
  • Publication number: 20170100706
    Abstract: A process for the production of a carbon supported catalyst, which comprises the following steps: (a) precipitation of at least one metal oxide onto a surface of a carbon-comprising support by preparing an initial mixture, comprising the carbon-comprising support, at least one metal oxide precursor and an organic solvent, and spray-drying of the initial mixture to obtain an intermediate product, (b) loading of noble-metal-comprising particles onto the surface of the intermediate product in a liquid medium by deposition, precipitation and/or reduction of a noble-metal-comprising precursor with a reducing agent, (c) heat treatment of the catalyst precursor resulting from step (b) at a temperature higher than 400° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas HASS, Ekkehard SCHWAB, Franz WEBER, Nicole BECKER
  • Publication number: 20170080407
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a catalyst for the high-temperature processes (i) carbon dioxide hydrogenation, (ii) combined high-temperature carbon dioxide hydrogenation and reforming and/or (iii) reforming of hydrocarbon-comprising compounds and/or carbon dioxide and the use of the catalyst of the invention in the reforming and/or hydrogenation of hydrocarbons, preferably methane, and/or of carbon dioxide. To produce the catalyst, an aluminum source, which preferably comprises a water-soluble precursor source, is brought into contact with an yttrium-comprising metal salt solution, dried and calcined. The metal salt solution comprises, in addition to the yttrium species, at least one element from the group consisting of cobalt, copper, nickel, iron and zinc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan A. SCHUNK, Ekkehard SCHWAB, Andrian MILANOV, Guido WASSERSCHAFF, Thomas ROUSSIERE, Andreas STRASSER, Carlos LIZANDARA, Nussloch MUELLER