Patents by Inventor Frank Kiesslich

Frank Kiesslich 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: 8785704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for nonoxidatively dehydroaromatizing a reactant stream comprising C1-C4-aliphatics by converting the reactant stream in the presence of a catalyst in a reaction zone 1 to a product stream P comprising aromatic hydrocarbons, and regenerating the catalyst whose activity has been reduced by deposited coke with a hydrogen-comprising mixture H in a reaction zone 2, wherein at least a portion of the deposited coke is converted to methane and at least a portion of the methane formed is fed to reaction zone 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Kiesslich, Achim Gritsch, Christian Schneider, Albena Kostova
  • Patent number: 8742189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for dehydroaromatizing C1-C4-aliphatics, said catalyst being obtainable by twice treating a zeolite from the group of MFI and MWW with NH4-containing mixtures, in each case with subsequent drying and calcination. The catalyst comprises molybdenum and, if appropriate, as further elements, Cu, Ni, Fe, Co, Mn, Cr, Nb, Ta, Zr, V, Zn and/or Ga. The present invention further provides a process for dehydroaromatizing a mixture comprising C1-C4-aliphatics by conversion in the presence of the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Kiesslich, Joana Coelho Tsou, Bilge Yilmaz, Sebastian Ahrens, Thomas Heidemann, Veronika Will, Christian Bechtold
  • Patent number: 8530713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for nonoxidative dehydroaromatization of aliphatic hydrocarbons by converting a reactant stream comprising aliphatic hydrocarbons in the presence of a catalyst which comprises at least one metallosilicate as a support, at least one element selected from the group of Mo, W and Re as an active component and at least one further transition metal which is not a noble metal as a dopant, wherein the catalyst is regenerated regularly with hydrogen under nonoxidative conditions. The further transition metal used is preferably Fe, Ni, Cu and Co.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Kiesslich, Joana Coelho Tsou, Alexander Schulz
  • Publication number: 20110130606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for nonoxidatively dehydroaromatizing a reactant stream comprising C1-C4-aliphatics by converting the reactant stream in the presence of a catalyst in a reaction zone 1 to a product stream P comprising aromatic hydrocarbons, and regenerating the catalyst whose activity has been reduced by deposited coke with a hydrogen-comprising mixture H in a reaction zone 2, wherein at least a portion of the deposited coke is converted to methane and at least a portion of the methane formed is fed to reaction zone 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Kiesslich, Achim Gritsch, Christian Schneider, Albena Kostova
  • Publication number: 20110124933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for dehydroaromatizing C1-C4-aliphatics, said catalyst being obtainable by twice treating a zeolite from the group of MFI and MWW with NH4-containing mixtures, in each case with subsequent drying and calcination. The catalyst comprises molybdenum and, if appropriate, as further elements, Cu, Ni, Fe, Co, Mn, Cr, Nb, Ta, Zr, V, Zn and/or Ga. The present invention further provides a process for dehydroaromatizing a mixture comprising C1-C4-aliphatics by conversion in the presence of the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Kiesslich, Joana Coelho Tsou, Bilge Yilmaz, Sebastian Ahrens, Thomas Heidemann, Veronika Will, Christian Bechtold
  • Publication number: 20110060176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for nonoxidative dehydroaromatization of aliphatic hydrocarbons by converting a reactant stream comprising aliphatic hydrocarbons in the presence of a catalyst which comprises at least one metallosilicate as a support, at least one element selected from the group of Mo, W and Re as an active component and at least one further transition metal which is not a noble metal as a dopant, wherein the catalyst is regenerated regularly with hydrogen under nonoxidative conditions. The further transition metal used is preferably Fe, Ni, Cu and Co.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Frank Kiesslich, Joana Coelho Tsou, Alexander Schulz
  • Patent number: 7696384
    Abstract: Processes comprising: providing a starting material comprising monoethanolamine; and reacting the starting material with ammonia in the presence of a heterogeneous transition metal catalyst to form a reaction product comprising one or more ethylene amines; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition, which prior to treatment with hydrogen, comprises a mixture of oxygen-containing compounds of aluminum, copper, nickel and cobalt; and wherein the catalyst is present as one or more shaped catalyst particles selected from spheres, extrudates, pellets and other geometries, wherein the sphere or extrudate has a diameter of <3 mm, the pellet has a height of <3 mm, and the other geometries have an equivalent diameter L=1/a? of <0.70 mm, where a? is the external surface area per unit volume (mms2/mmp3), as defined by a ? = A p V p where Ap is the external surface area of the catalyst particle (mms2) and Vp is the volume of the catalyst particle (mmp3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gunther Van Cauwenberge, Johann-Peter Melder, Holger Evers, Till Gerlach, Frank Kiesslich, Ekkehard Schwab, Bram Willem Hoffer
  • Publication number: 20080293980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon from a C1-C4-alkane, or a mixture of C1-C4-alkanes, which comprises a) bringing a feedstock stream A which comprises a C1-C4-alkane, or a mixture of C1-C4-alkanes, into contact with a catalyst and reacting a part of the C1-C4-alkane, or a part of the mixture of the C1-C4-alkanes, to form aromatic hydrocarbon(s); b) fractionating the product stream B resulting from step a) into a low-boiler stream C which comprises the majority of the hydrogen and of the unreacted C1-C4-alkane, or of the mixture of C1-C4-alkanes, and a high-boiler stream D, or a plurality of high-boiler streams D?, which stream or streams comprises or comprise the majority of the aromatic hydrocarbon formed; and c) feeding the low-boiler stream C to a further C1-C4-alkane-consuming method, if appropriate the hydrogen present in the low-boiler stream C being separated off in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Frank Kiesslich, Sven Crone, Otto Machhammer, Frederik van Laar, Ekkehard Schwab, Gotz-Peter Schindler
  • Publication number: 20080255360
    Abstract: Processes comprising: providing a starting material comprising monoethanolamine; and reacting the starting material with ammonia in the presence of a heterogeneous transition metal catalyst to form a reaction product comprising one or more ethylene amines; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition, which prior to treatment with hydrogen, comprises a mixture of oxygen-containing compounds of aluminum, copper, nickel and cobalt; and wherein the catalyst is present as one or more shaped catalyst particles selected from spheres, extrudates, pellets and other geometries, wherein the sphere or extrudate has a diameter of <3 mm, the pellet has a height of <3 mm, and the other geometries have an equivalent diameter L=1/a? of <0.70 mm, where a? is the external surface area per unit volume (mms2/mmp3), as defined by a ? = A p V p where Ap is the external surface area of the catalyst particle (mms2) and Vp is the volume of the catalyst particle (mmp3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Gunther van Cauwenberge, Johann-Peter Melder, Holger Evers, Till Gerlach, Frank Kiesslich, Ekkehard Schwab, Bram Willem Hoffer