Patents by Inventor Holger Borchert
Holger Borchert 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: 11642666Abstract: The invention relates to a shaped catalyst body in the form of a tetralobe having four circular through-passages, with the midpoints of the through-passages forming a square and the spacings between in each case two adjacent through-passages being from 0.8 to 1.2 times the thickness of the outer walls of the through-passages. The shaped catalyst body is used for the oxidation of S02 to S03.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Walsdorff, Marco Oskar Kennema, Marcelo Daniel Kaufman Rechulski, Holger Borchert
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Publication number: 20230114770Abstract: A process for producing a silver-based epoxidation catalyst, comprising i) impregnating a particulate porous refractory support with a first aqueous silver impregnation solution comprising silver ions and an aminic complexing agent selected from amines, alkanolamines and amino acids; ii) converting at least part of the silver ions impregnated on the refractory support to metallic silver by heating while directing a stream of a first gas over the impregnated refractory support to obtain an intermediate catalyst, wherein the first gas comprises at least 5 vol.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Andrey KARPOV, Christian WALSDORFF, Thorsten JOHANN, Christian ALMER, Daniela RIECK, Christian BARTOSCH, Mauricio GROBYS, Tobias WEINLAND, Holger BORCHERT
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Publication number: 20210162391Abstract: The invention relates to a shaped catalyst body in the form of a tetralobe having four circular through-passages, with the midpoints of the through-passages forming a square and the spacings between in each case two adjacent through-passages being from 0.8 to 1.2 times the thickness of the outer walls of the through-passages. The shaped catalyst body is used for the oxidation of S02 to S03.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Christian WALSDORFF, Marco Oskar KENNEMA, Marcelo Daniel KAUFMAN RECHULSKI, Holger BORCHERT
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Publication number: 20210039074Abstract: A method for preparing a silver impregnation solution comprises (a) charging a neutralization reactor R1 with an aqueous organic amine; (b) adding oxalic acid powder through a first feeding conduit to the neutralization reactor R1 to obtain an aqueous oxalic acid-organic amine solution; (c) directing the aqueous oxalic acid-organic amine solution from the neutralization reactor to a complexation reactor R2; (d) adding particulate silver oxide through a second feeding conduit to the complexation reactor R2 to obtain a silver impregnation solution; and, optionally, (e) subjecting the silver impregnation solution to filtration. The silver impregnation solution is used for producing a catalyst effective in the oxidative conversion of ethylene to ethylene oxide. The method allows for the preparation of a silver impregnation solution in an efficient and occupationally and environmentally safe way.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Andrey KARPOV, Andreas LEHR, Daniela RIECK, Holger BORCHERT, Tobias WEINLAND, Marco BOSCH, Christian WALSDORFF, Christian BARTOSCH, Juergen ZUEHLKE
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Publication number: 20200398255Abstract: The invention relates to a shaped catalyst body in the form of a tetralobe having four outer through-passages and a ratio of diameter to height of the shaped body of from 0.25 to 1.0 and having a central fifth through-passage. It is used for the oxidation of S02 to S03.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Marco Oskar KENNEMA, Gerald NIEFER, Niklas OEFNER, Christian WALSDORFF, Juergen ZUEHLKE, Dirk HENSEL, Miguel Angel ROMERO VALLE, Holger BORCHERT
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Patent number: 10307741Abstract: The invention relates to shaped catalyst bodies for the oxidation of SO2 to SO3, which comprise vanadium, at least one alkali metal and sulfate on a silicon dioxide support material, wherein the shaped body has the shape of a cylinder having 3 or 4 hollow-cylindrical convexities, obtainable by extrusion of a catalyst precursor composition comprising vanadium, at least one alkali metal and sulfate on a silicon dioxide support material through the opening of an extrusion tool, wherein the opening of the extrusion tool has a cross section formed by 3 or 4 partly overlapping rings whose midpoints lie essentially on a circular line having a diameter of y, wherein the rings are bounded by an outer line lying on a circle having an external diameter x1 and an inner line lying on a circle having an internal diameter x2.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Philipp Grüne, Christian Walsdorff, Markus Schubert, Holger Borchert, Jacob Cornelis Van Dorland, Jürgen Zühlke, Stefan Lipp, Michael Krämer
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Publication number: 20180104674Abstract: The invention relates to shaped catalyst bodies for the oxidation of SO2 to SO3, which comprise vanadium, at least one alkali metal and sulfate on a silicon dioxide support material, wherein the shaped body has the shape of a cylinder having 3 or 4 hollow-cylindrical convexities, obtainable by extrusion of a catalyst precursor composition comprising vanadium, at least one alkali metal and sulfate on a silicon dioxide support material through the opening of an extrusion tool, wherein the opening of the extrusion tool has a cross section formed by 3 or 4 partly overlapping rings whose midpoints lie essentially on a circular line having a diameter of y, wherein the rings are bounded by an outer line lying on a circle having an external diameter x1 and an inner line lying on a circle having an internal diameter x2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: BASF SEInventors: PHILIPP GRÜNE, Christian WALSDORFF, Markus SCHUBERT, Holger BORCHERT, Jacob Cornelis VAN DORLAND, Jürgen ZÜHLKE, Stefan LIPP, Michael KRÄMER
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Patent number: 9700876Abstract: A hollow cylindrical shaped catalyst body for gas phase oxidation of an alkene to an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde and/or an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid comprises a compacted multimetal oxide having an external diameter ED, an internal diameter ID and a height H, wherein ED is in the range from 3.5 to 4.5 mm; the ratio q=ID/ED is in the range from 0.4 to 0.55; and the ratio p=H/ED is in the range from 0.5 to 1. The shaped catalyst body is mechanically stable and catalyzes the partial oxidation of an alkene to the products of value with high selectivity. It provides a sufficiently high catalyst mass density of the catalyst bed and good long-term stability with acceptable pressure drop.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Josef Macht, Christian Walsdorff, Cornelia Katharina Dobner, Stefan Lipp, Cathrin Alexandra Welker-Nieuwoudt, Ulrich Hammon, Holger Borchert
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Patent number: 9238217Abstract: What is described is a catalyst for preparation of an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid by gas phase oxidation of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde, comprising a shaped support body with an active composition applied thereto, wherein the active composition coverage q q = Q ( 100 - Q ) ? S m is at most 0.3 mg/mm2, where Q is the active composition content of the catalyst in % by weight and Sm is the specific geometric surface area of the shaped support body in mm2/mg. Also described are a process for preparing the catalyst and a process for preparing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid by gas phase oxidation of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde over a fixed catalyst bed comprising a bed of the catalyst. The catalyst, with constantly high conversion of acrolein, reduces overoxidation to COx and increases the selectivity of acrylic acid formation.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Cathrin Alexandra Welker-Nieuwoudt, Cornelia Katharina Dobner, Holger Borchert, Ulrich Hammon, Josef Macht, Andrey Karpov, Christian Walsdorff
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Patent number: 9079840Abstract: A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide of stoichiometry [Bi1WbOx]a[Mo12Z1cZ2dFeeZ3fZ4gZ5hOy]1, in which a finely divided oxide Bi1WbOx with the particle size d50A1 and, formed from element sources, a finely divided intimate mixture of stoichiometry Mo12Z1cZ2dFeeZ3fZ4gZ5h with the particle size d90A2 are mixed in a ratio of a:1, this mixture is used to form shaped bodies and these are treated thermally, where (d50A1)0.7·(d90A2)1.5·(a)?1?820. A shaped catalyst body obtained by the process. A catalyst obtained by grinding the shaped catalyst body. A process for heterogeneously catalyzing the partial gas phase oxidation of an alkane, alkanol, alkanal and/or an alkenal of 3 to 6 carbon atoms using the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Andreas Raichle, Catharina Horstmann, Frank Rosowski, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Holger Borchert, Gerhard Cox, Ulrich Cremer
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Publication number: 20150133686Abstract: A hollow cylindrical shaped catalyst body for gas phase oxidation of an alkene to an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde and/or an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid comprises a compacted multimetal oxide having an external diameter ED, an internal diameter ID and a height H, wherein ED is in the range from 3.5 to 4.5 mm; the ratio q=ID/ED is in the range from 0.4 to 0.55; and the ratio p=H/ED is in the range from 0.5 to 1. The shaped catalyst body is mechanically stable and catalyzes the partial oxidation of an alkene to the products of value with high selectivity. It provides a sufficiently high catalyst mass density of the catalyst bed and good long-term stability with acceptable pressure drop.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Josef Macht, Christian Walsdorff, Cornelia Katharina Dobner, Stefan Lipp, Cathrin Alexandra Welker-Nieuwoudt, Ulrich Hammon, Holger Borchert
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Publication number: 20150080605Abstract: What is described is a catalyst for preparation of an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid by gas phase oxidation of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde, comprising a shaped support body with an active composition applied thereto, wherein the active composition coverage q q = Q ( 100 - Q ) ? S m is at most 0.3 mg/mm2, where Q is the active composition content of the catalyst in % by weight and Sm is the specific geometric surface area of the shaped support body in mm2/mg. Also described are a process for preparing the catalyst and a process for preparing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid by gas phase oxidation of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde over a fixed catalyst bed comprising a bed of the catalyst. The catalyst, with constantly high conversion of acrolein, reduces overoxidation to COx and increases the selectivity of acrylic acid formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Cathrin Alexandra WELKER-NIEUWOUDT, Cornelia Katharina Dobner, Holger Borchert, Ulrich Hammon, Josef Macht, Andrey Karpov, Christian Walsdorff
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Patent number: 8865614Abstract: A process for producing a ringlike oxidic shaped body by mechanically compacting a pulverulent aggregate introduced into the fill chamber of a die, wherein the outer face of the resulting compact corresponds to that of a frustocone.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Knut Eger, Jens Uwe Faust, Holger Borchert, Ralf Streibert, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Andreas Raichle
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Publication number: 20140296558Abstract: A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide of stoichiometry [Bi1WbOx]a[Mo12Z1cZ2dFeeZ3fZ4gZ5hOy]1, in which a finely divided oxide Bi1WbOx with the particle size d50A1 and, formed from element sources, a finely divided intimate mixture of stoichiometry Mo12Z1cZ2dFeeZ3fZ4gZ5h with the particle size d90A2 are mixed in a ratio of a:1, this mixture is used to form shaped bodies and these are treated thermally, where (d50A1)0.7·(d90A2)1.5·(a)?1?820. A shaped catalyst body obtained by the process. A catalyst obtained by grinding the shaped catalyst body. A process for heterogeneously catalyzing the partial gas phase oxidation of an alkane, alkanol, alkanal and/or an alkenal of 3 to 6 carbon atoms using the catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Andreas RAICHLE, Catharina Horstmann, Frank Rosowski, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Holger Borchert, Gerhard Cox, Ulrich Cremer
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Patent number: 8822371Abstract: A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide of stoichiometry [Bi1WbOx]a[Mo12Z1cZ2dFeeZ3fZ4gZ5nOy]1, in which a finely divided oxide Bi1WbOx with the particle size d50A1 and, formed from element sources, a finely divided intimate mixture of stoichiometry Mo12Z1cZ2dFeeZ3fZ4gZ5h with the particle size d50A2 are mixed in a ratio of a:1, this mixture is used to form shaped bodies and these are treated thermally, where (d50A1)0.7·(d90A1)1.5·(a)?1?820.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Andreas Raichle, Catharina Horstmann, Frank Rosowski, Klaus Joachim Müller-Engel, Holger Borchert, Gerhard Cox, Ulrich Cremer
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Publication number: 20140039213Abstract: A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide of stoichiometry [Bi1WbOx]a[Mo12Z1cZ2dFeeZ3fZ4gZ5hOy]1, in which a finely divided oxide Bi1WbOx with the particle size d50A1 and, formed from element sources, a finely divided intimate mixture of stoichiometry Mo12Z1cZ2dFeeZ3fZ4gZ5h with the particle size d90A2 are mixed in a ratio of a:1, this mixture is used to form shaped bodies and these are treated thermally, where (d50A1)0.7·(d90A2)1.5·(a)?1?820. A shaped catalyst body obtained by the process. A catalyst obtained by grinding the shaped catalyst body. A process for heterogeneously catalyzing the partial gas phase oxidation of an alkane, alkanol, alkanal and/or an alkenal of 3 to 6 carbon atoms using the catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Andreas RAICHLE, Catharina Horstmann, Frank Rosowski, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Holger Borchert, Gerhard Cox, Ulrich Cremer
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Patent number: 8546293Abstract: A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide which comprises the element Mo, the elements Bi and/or V and one or more of the elements Co, Ni, Fe, Cu and alkali metals, in which sources of the different elements are used to obtain a finely divided mixture which is coarsened to a powder by press agglomeration, the coarsened powder is used to form, by press agglomeration, shaped bodies V which are separated into undamaged shaped bodies V+ and into damaged shaped bodies V?, the undamaged shaped bodies V+ are converted by thermal treatment to the shaped catalyst bodies K, and the damaged shaped bodies V? are comminuted and recycled into the obtaining of the finely divided mixture.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Andreas Raichle, Holger Borchert, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Catharina Horstmann, Josef Macht
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Patent number: 8517180Abstract: A process for charging a reactor with a fixed catalyst bed which comprises at least one annular shaped support catalyst body K, in which, before the charging, fragments formed in the preparation of the shaped catalyst bodies K are removed by screening.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Andreas Raichle, Holger Borchert, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Hagen Wilmer, Cornelia Dobner, Ulrich Cremer
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Patent number: 8415268Abstract: A process for producing a ringlike oxidic shaped body by mechanically compacting a pulverulent aggregate introduced into the fill chamber of a die, wherein the outer face of the resulting compact corresponds to that of a frustocone.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Knut Eger, Jens Uwe Faust, Holger Borchert, Ralf Streibert, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Andreas Raichle
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Publication number: 20130006009Abstract: A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide which comprises the element Mo, the elements Bi and/or V and one or more of the elements Co, Ni, Fe, Cu and alkali metals, in which sources of the different elements are used to obtain a finely divided mixture which is coarsened to a powder by press agglomeration, the coarsened powder is used to form, by press agglomeration, shaped bodies V which are separated into undamaged shaped bodies V+ and into damaged shaped bodies V?, the undamaged shaped bodies V+ are converted by thermal treatment to the shaped catalyst bodies K, and the damaged shaped bodies V? are comminuted and recycled into the obtaining of the finely divided mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Andreas RAICHLE, Holger Borchert, Klaus Joachim Müller-Engel, Catharina Horstmann, Josef Macht