Patents by Inventor Natalia SOFINA

Natalia SOFINA 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: 11845667
    Abstract: Chlorosilanes of the general formula HnSiCl4-n and/or HmCl6-mSi2, where n=1-4 and m=0-4, are produced in a fluidized bed reactor by reaction of a hydrogen chloride-containing reaction gas with a silicon contact mass granulation mixture composed of a coarse grain fraction and a fine grain fraction, wherein the average particle size of the fine grain fraction d50,fine is smaller than the average particle size of the coarse grain fraction d50,coarse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Rimboeck, Natalia Sofina
  • Patent number: 11767335
    Abstract: Organochlorosilanes are produced by reacting, in a fluidized bed reactor, a chloromethane-containing reactant gas with a particulate contact mass containing silicon and a catalyst, wherein the organochlorosilanes have the general formula (CH3)nHSiCl4-n-m where n=1 to 3 and m=0 or 1, wherein the process is characterized by three dimensions indices K1-K3, which are respectively associated with the reactor, the contact mass, and the reaction conditions, and which are maintained within specified bounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Rimboeck, Michael Mueller, Natalia Sofina
  • Patent number: 11643330
    Abstract: Chlorosilanes are produced in exalted yield in a fluidized bed process when the reactor hydraulic diameter, Sauter particle diameter, and superficial gas velocity are used to define a parameter space as a function of Reynolds number and Archimedes number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Rimboeck, Karone Aseervatham, Michael Mueller, Natalia Sofina
  • Publication number: 20220242887
    Abstract: Organochlorosilanes are produced by reacting, in a fluidized bed reactor, a chloromethane-containing reactant gas with a particulate contact mass containing silicon and a catalyst, wherein the organochlorosilanes have the general formula (CH3)nHSiCl4-n-m where n=1 to 3 and m=0 or 1, wherein the process is characterized by three dimensions indices K1-K3, which are respectively associated with the reactor, the contact mass, and the reaction conditions, and which are maintained within specified bounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz RIMBOECK, Michael MUELLER, Natalia SOFINA
  • Publication number: 20220119422
    Abstract: A process for producing methylchlorosilanes of general formula 1, (CH3)nHmSiCl4-n-m, in which n represents values from 1 to 3 and m represents values of 0 or 1 in a fluidized bed reactor is provided. A chloromethane-containing reaction gas is reacted with a particulate contact mass containing silicon in the presence of copper catalyst. An operating granulation contains at least 1% by mass of silicon-containing particles S described by a structural parameter S. S has a value of at least 0 and is calculated according to equation (1), S = ( ? s - 0.70 ) · ? SD ? F , wherein ?S is symmetry-weighted sphericity factor, ?SD is poured density [g/cm3], and ?F is average particle solids density [g/cm3].
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Rimböck, Michael Müller, Natalia Sofina
  • Publication number: 20210163302
    Abstract: Chlorosilanes of the general formula HnSiCl4-n and/or HmCl6-mSi2, where n=1-4 and m=0-4, are produced in a fluidized bed reactor by reaction of a hydrogen chloride-containing reaction gas with a silicon contact mass granulation mixture composed of a coarse grain fraction and a fine grain fraction, wherein the average particle size of the fine grain fraction d50,fine is smaller than the average particle size of the coarse grain fraction d50,coarse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz RIMBOECK, Natalia SOFINA
  • Publication number: 20200308008
    Abstract: Chlorosilanes are produced in exalted yield in a fluidized bed process when the reactor hydraulic diameter, Sauter particle diameter, and superficial gas velocity are used to define a parameter space as a function of Reynolds number and Archimedes number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz RIMBOECK, Karone ASEERVATHAM, Michael MUELLER, Natalia SOFINA
  • Patent number: 10544169
    Abstract: A process for producing organochlorosilanes in a fluidized bed reaction comprises reacting haloorganic reaction gas with a catalytic composition comprising silicon, copper catalysts and promoters, in a fluidized bed reactor, wherein the hydraulic diameter of the fluidized bed reactor dhyd, the superficial gas velocity in the fluidized bed reactor uL and the particle Sauter diameter of the catalytic composition d32 are selected such that, in a Cartesian coordination system in which Ar is plotted against Re, points on the surface are formed wherein the surface is limited by equations 1 and 2 Ar=2·10?5·Re2+0.08*Re?120??Equation 1: Ar=2·10?5·Re2?1.07*Re+14100??Equation 2: wherein the lower limit Ar=0.5 and the upper limit Ar=3000. The invention also relates to a method for selecting reaction parameters for producing organochlorosilanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Michael Mueller, Natalia Sofina
  • Publication number: 20190127398
    Abstract: A process for producing organochlorosilanes in a fluidized bed reaction comprises reacting haloorganic reaction gas with a catalytic composition comprising silicon, copper catalysts and promoters, in a fluidized bed reactor, wherein the hydraulic diameter of the fluidized bed reactor dhyd, the superficial gas velocity in the fluidized bed reactor uL and the particle Sauter diameter of the catalytic composition d32 are selected such that, in a Cartesian coordination system in which Ar is plotted against Re, points on the surface are formed wherein the surface is limited by equations 1 and 2 Ar=2·10?5·Re2+0.08*Re?120 ??Equation 1 Ar=2·10?5·Re2?1.07*Re+14100 ??Equation 2 wherein the lower limit Ar=0.5 and the upper limit Ar=3000. The invention also relates to a method for selecting reaction parameters for producing organochlorosilanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Michael MUELLER, Natalia SOFINA
  • Patent number: 10031082
    Abstract: The composition of a gas or gas stream containing AlCl3 in a chemical reactor is measured by removing AlCl3 from the gas and analyzing the gas by gas chromatography or spectroscopy. Chlorosilanes may be prepared in a fluidized bed reactor having a reactor height H0, in which supplied HCl reacts with silicon, wherein a temperature profile in the fluidized bed reactor is greater than S1(H/H0)=(a1?b1)*(1/(1+exp(?c1((H/H0)?d1))))+b1 and less than S2(H/H0)=(a2?b2)*(1/(1+exp(?c2((H/H0)?d2))))+b2, where a1=100° C., a2=300° C., b1=300° C., b2=400° C., c1=50, c2=20, d1=0.2, and d2=0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Goebel, Walter Haeckl, Wolfgang Muenzer, Uwe Paetzold, Natalia Sofina
  • Publication number: 20170305939
    Abstract: Methylchlorosilanes are synthesized by an at least two stage reaction in which contact composition from a first fluidized bed reactor is fed to a second fluidized bed reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Javad MOHSSENI, Jochen GROSS, Konrad MAUTNER, Natalia SOFINA, Till WUESTENFELD
  • Publication number: 20160131584
    Abstract: The composition of a gas or gas stream containing AlCl3 in a chemical reactor is measured by removing AlCl3 from the gas and analyzing the gas by gas chromatography or spectroscopy. Chlorosilanes may be prepared in a fluidized bed reactor having a reactor height H0, in which supplied HCl reacts with silicon, wherein a temperature profile in the fluidized bed reactor is greater than S1(H/H0)=(a1?b1)*(1/(1+exp(?c1((H/H0)?d1))))+b1 and less than S2(H/H0)=(a2?b2)*(1/(1+exp(?c2((H/H0)?d2))))+b2, where a1=100° C., a2=300° C., b1=300° C., b2=400° C., c1=50, c2=20, d1=0.2, and d2=0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Thorsten GOEBEL, Walter HAECKL, Wolfgang MUENZER, Uwe PAETZOLD, Natalia SOFINA