Patents by Inventor Helge Toufar

Helge Toufar 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: 9669397
    Abstract: A metal-doped or metal-exchanged zeolite is disclosed, wherein the doping metal is present in the zeolite in the form of individual atoms i.e. as monomeric and/or dimeric species. Further, a process for the preparation of such a metal-doped or metal-exchanged zeolite is disclosed. The metal-doped zeolites are useful, in particular, as catalysts for the reduction of nitrogen oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Roderik Althoff, Arno Tissler, Helge Toufar
  • Publication number: 20140322127
    Abstract: A metal-doped or metal-exchanged zeolite is disclosed, wherein the doping metal is present in the zeolite in the form of individual atoms i.e. as monomeric and/or dimeric species. Further, a process for the preparation of such a metal-doped or metal-exchanged zeolite is disclosed. The metal-doped zeolites are useful, in particular, as catalysts for the reduction of nitrogen oxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Roderik Althoff, Arno Tissler, Helge Toufar
  • Publication number: 20100172828
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal-doped or metal-exchanged zeolite, respectively, wherein the doping metal is present in the zeolite in the form of individual atoms i.e. as monomeric and/or dimeric species. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of such a metal-exchanged zeolite. Said metal-doped zeolites are useful, in particular, for the reduction of nitrogen oxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: SÜD-CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Roderik Althoff, Arno Tissler, Helge Toufar
  • Publication number: 20040248727
    Abstract: A molecular sieve is made by reacting an ammonium-exchanged low silica X-type zeolite precursor with lithium hydroxide, at a pressure of about 200 millibar or less, and at a temperature of about 60° or less. The zeolite precursor is preferably an X-type zeolite, in which the silicon to aluminum atomic ratio is less than about 1.02. The lithium is provided in an amount which is stoichiometrically equivalent to the amount of ammonium present. The molecular sieve is especially useful in separating air into components using PSA or VPSA processes, and has improved productivity and yield as compared with materials of the prior art. The advantages of the molecular sieve enable it to be provided in the form of beads having relatively large diameter, which reduces the pressure drop across the adsorber bed, and reduces required energy consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Marc Straub, Ulrich Hofmann, Markus Lohr, John Pearce, Helge Toufar
  • Patent number: 5916836
    Abstract: Zeolites exchanged with lithium ions and, optionally, with polyvalent cations are prepared by ion-exchanging a sodium-containing zeolite, a potassium-containing zeolite or a sodium- and potassium-containing zeolite with ammonium ions, thereby replacing the sodium and/or potassium ions with ammonium ions, and then reacting the ammonium ion-exchanged zeolite with a water-soluble lithium compound under conditions which result in the removal of ammonia from the reaction zone. Polyvalent ions, which may be present in the zeolite undergoing ion-exchange, will not be substantially replaced by the ammonium or lithium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignees: Tricat Management GmbH, The BOC Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Helge Toufar, Simone Toufar, Philip Kenerick Maher, Adeola Florence Ojo, Frank R. Fitch, Martin Bulow