Patents by Inventor Michael Feuerbacher

Michael Feuerbacher 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).

  • Ordered cobalt-aluminum and iron-aluminum intermetallic compounds as hydrogenation catalysts
    Patent number: 8822746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the hydrogenation, in particular the selective hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds, such as the selective hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene, using a hydrogenation catalyst comprising an ordered intermetallic compound, namely an ordered cobalt-aluminum or iron-aluminum intermetallic compound. According to another aspect, the present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a support and at least one specific ordered cobalt-aluminum and/or iron-aluminum intermetallic compound supported thereon, as well as to the use of specific ordered intermetallic cobalt-aluminum and iron-aluminum intermetallic compounds as catalysts. The ordered cobalt-aluminum and iron-aluminum intermetallic compounds proved to be highly selective and long-term stable catalysts, e.g. in the selective hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene in a large excess of ethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften E.V., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Munich, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Armbruster, Kirill Kovnir, Juri Grin, Robert Schlogl, Peter Gille, Marc Heggen, Michael Feuerbacher
  • ORDERED COBALT-ALUMINUM AND IRON-ALUMINUM INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS AS HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS
    Publication number: 20120029254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the hydrogenation, in particular the selective hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds, such as the selective hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene, using a hydrogenation catalyst comprising an ordered intermetallic compound, namely an ordered cobalt-aluminum or iron-aluminum intermetallic compound. According to another aspect, the present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a support and at least one specific ordered cobalt-aluminum and/or iron-aluminum intermetallic compound supported thereon, as well as to the use of specific ordered intermetallic cobalt-aluminum and iron-aluminum intermetallic compounds as catalysts. The ordered cobalt-aluminum and iron-aluminum intermetallic compounds proved to be highly selective and long-term stable catalysts, e.g. in the selective hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene in a large excess of ethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicants: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V., FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN
    Inventors: Marc Armbruster, Kirill Kovnir, Juri Grin, Robert Schlogl, Peter Gille, Marc Heggen, Michael Feuerbacher