Patents by Inventor Peter Pfab
Peter Pfab 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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Publication number: 20120190538Abstract: The invention relates to a method of production of catalyst particles, comprising platinum and tin and also at least one further element, selected from lanthanum and cesium, on zirconium dioxide as support, comprising the steps: preparation of one or more solutions containing precursor compounds of Pt, Sn and at least one further element of La or Cs and also ZrO2, converting the solution(s) to an aerosol, bringing the aerosol into a directly or indirectly heated pyrolysis zone, carrying out pyrolysis, and separation of the particles formed from the pyrolysis gas. Suitable precursor compounds comprise zirconium(IV) acetylacetonate, lanthanum(II) acetylacetonate and cesium acetate, hexamethyldisiloxane, tin 2-ethylhexanoate, platinum acetylacetonate, zirconium(IV) propylate in n-propanol and lanthanum(II) acetylacetonate. The invention also relates to the catalyst particles obtainable using the method according to the invention, and to the use thereof as dehydrogenation catalysts.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Stefan Hannemann, Dieter Stützer, Goetz-Peter Schindler, Peter Pfab, Frank Kleine Jäger, Dirk Großschmidt
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Publication number: 20120178958Abstract: A method for producing 3-pentenenitrile is provided that includes: (a) isomerizing an educt stream containing 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile on at least one dissolved or dispersed isomerisation catalyst to form a stream (1), which contains the isomerisation catalyst(s), 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, 3-pentenenitrile and (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile; (b) distilling the stream (1) to obtain a stream (2) as the overhead product, which contains 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, 3-pentenenitrile and (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile and a stream (3) as the bottom product, which contains the isomerisation catalyst(s); (c) distilling the stream (2) to obtain a stream (4) as the overhead product, which is enriched with (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile in comparison to stream (2), and a stream (5) as the bottom product, which is enriched with 3-pentenenitrile and 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile in comparison to stream (2); (d) distilling stream (5) to obtain a stream (6) as the bottom product, which contains 3-pentenenitrile and a stream (7) as the heType: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: BASF SE*Inventors: Tim Jungkamp, Robert Baumann, Michael Bartsch, Gerd Haderlein, Hermann Luyken, Jens Scheidel, Tobias Aechtner, Peter Pfab, Petra Deckert, Wolfgang Siegel, Peter Baßler
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Publication number: 20120101303Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing triethylenetetramine substituted by at least one methyl group (Me-TETA or methyl-substituted TETA compounds). Me-TETA is prepared by hydrogenating biscyanomethylimidazolidine (BCMI) in the presence of a catalyst. The present invention further relates to methyl-substituted TETA compounds as such. The present invention further relates to the use of methyl-substituted TETA compounds as a reactant or intermediate in the production of, for example, coatings or adhesives.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Randolf Hugo, Johann-Peter Melder, Robert Baumann, Alfred Oftring, Boris Buschhaus, Gordon Brasche, Sebastian Ahrens, Peter Pfab
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Publication number: 20120091068Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the purification of a contaminant-containing stream by bringing the stream to be purified into contact with a heterogeneous photocatalyst with irradiation with light, where the bringing into contact takes place in the presence of at least one compound dissolved in the stream and comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of iron, chromium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and mixtures thereof, and to the use of a heterogeneous photocatalyst for the purification of a contaminant-containing stream, where, in the stream to be purified, at least one compound comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of iron, chromium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and mixtures thereof is present in dissolved form.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Florina Corina Patcas, Grigorios Kolios, Götz-Peter Schindler, Peter Pfab, Reinhard Hess
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Publication number: 20110288326Abstract: A process for isomerizing cis-2-pentenenitrile to 3-pentenenitriles, by isomerizing cis-2-pentenenitrile with amidines, tertiary amines or mixtures thereof as a catalyst at temperatures of 80 to 200° C. and a pressure of 0.01 to 50 bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Hermann Luyken, Peter Pfab, Robert Baumann, Andreas Leitner, Tobias Aechtner
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Patent number: 8058466Abstract: An process for preparing 3-pentenenitrile by hydrocyanating 1,3-butadiene, in which the process yield with regard to recycled 1,3-butadiene is maximized.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Gerd Haderlein, Tobias Aechtner, Andreas Leitner, Hermann Luyken, Peter Pfab, Jens Scheidel, Andrea Haunert, Thomas Genger
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Publication number: 20110130607Abstract: A reactor (1) in the form of an essentially horizontal cylinder for carrying out an autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon-comprising gas stream (2) by means of an oxygen-comprising gas stream (3) to give a reaction gas mixture over a heterogeneous catalyst configured as monolith (4), wherein the interior of the reactor (1) is divided by a detachable, cylindrical or prismatic housing G which is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the reactor (1) and is gastight in the circumferential direction and open at two end faces of the housing into an inner region A having one or more catalytically active zones (5), in which in each case a packing composed of monoliths (4) stacked on top of one another, next to one another and above one another and before each catalytically active zone (5) in each case a mixing zone (6) having solid internals are provided, and an outer region B arranged coaxially to the inner region A, is proposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Grigorios Kolios, Wilhelm Ruppel, Ulrike Wegerle, Jasmina Kessel, Wolfgang Gerlinger, Godwind Tafara Peter Mabande, Goetz-Peter Schindler, Albena Kostova, Gerhard Olbert, Peter Pfab
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Patent number: 7935229Abstract: A process for extractively removing homogeneously dissolved catalysts from a reaction effluent of a hydrocyanation of unsaturated mononitriles to dinitriles with a hydrocarbon H, including performing the steps of a) concentrating the reaction effluent before step b) by distillation at pressures of from 0.1 to 5000 mbar and temperatures of from 10 to 150° C., b) adding a hydrocarbon H to the concentrated reaction effluent to obtain a stream I, and c) feeding stream I, without prior separation of the liquid phases, into an extraction apparatus and extracting it at a temperature T with the hydrocarbon H to obtain a stream II comprising the hydrocarbon H enriched with the catalyst and a stream III having a low catalyst content.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Petra Deckert, Peter Bassler, Michael Bartsch, Gerd Haderlein, Hermann Luyken, Jens Scheidel, Peter Pfab, Tobias Aechtner, Wolfgang Siegel
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Publication number: 20100316552Abstract: A process for preparing hydrogen cyanide, comprising the provision of gaseous formamide by evaporating liquid formamide in an evaporator (step i)) and the catalytic dehydration of the gaseous formamide (step ii)), and also an apparatus for performing the process according to the invention, comprising at least one microevaporator and a tubular reactor, and the use of a microevaporator for evaporating formamide in a process for preparing hydrogen cyanide from formamide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2008Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicants: BASF SE, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT F. TECHNOLOGIE KITInventors: Ralf Boehling, Andreas Deckers, Thomas Schneider, Guenther Achhammer, Hermann Luyken, Peter Pfab, Klaus Schubert, Manfred Kraut
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Patent number: 7851656Abstract: Method of producing compounds of the general formula XPR2(OR1)??Ia where X is chlorine, bromine or iodine and R1 is an organic radical, by reacting compounds of the general formula X2PR2??II, in which X has the meaning given above and R2 is an organic radical, with compounds of the general formula R1OH??III, in which R1 has the meaning given above, to give a mixture IV, in that a) the postreaction is carried out at a temperature of from 50 to 240° C. and a pressure of from 0.001 to 0.9 bar, b) from the mixture IV the compounds Ia are separated off from the compounds PR2(OR1)2??Ib and, if appropriate, the compounds II and c) compounds Ib and, if appropriate, unreacted compounds II are returned to the synthesis stage.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Robert Baumann, Tobias Aechtner, Wolfgang Siegel, Hermann Luyken, Peter Pfab, Jens Scheidel, Andreas Leitner, Andreas Glass
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Publication number: 20100284889Abstract: A process for preparing hydrogen cyanide by catalytically dehydrating gaseous formamide in a tubular reactor formed from at least one reaction channel in which the catalytic dehydration proceeds, said reaction channel having an inner surface which is formed from a material having an iron content of ?50% by weight, and no additional catalysts and/or internals being present in the reaction channel, and the at least one reaction channel having a mean hydraulic diameter of from 0.5 to 6 mm, and a reactor with the features specified above and the use of the inventive reactor for preparing hydrogen cyanide by catalytically dehydrating gaseous formamide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Ralf Boehling, Andreas Deckers, Thomas Schneider, Guenther Achhammer, Hermann Luyken, Peter Pfab
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Patent number: 7705171Abstract: A process for preparing nickel(0)-phosphorus ligand complexes comprising at least one nickel(0) central atom and at least one phosphorus ligand by reacting a nickel(II) compound with a reducing agent in the presence of the ligand to give a reaction mixture, wherein a) the molar reducing agent:nickel(II) compound ratio in the reaction is from 1:1 to 1000:1, calculated as the molar ratio of the redox equivalents, b) the molar phosphorus ligand:nickel(II) compound ratio in the reaction is not more than 30:1, calculated as the molar P atoms:Ni atoms ratio, c) the nickel(0) content in the resulting reaction mixture is not more than 1.3% by weight and d) the resulting reaction mixture is extracted by adding at least one dinitrile and at least one hydrocarbon to form at least two immiscible phases.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2007Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gerd Haderlein, Tobias Aechtner, Andreas Leitner, Peter Pfab, Hermann Luyken, Jens Scheidel
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Publication number: 20090281356Abstract: Method of producing compounds of the general formula XPR2(OR1)??I a where X is chlorine, bromine or iodine and R1 is an organic radical, by reacting compounds of the general formula X2PR2??II, in which X has the meaning given above and R2 is an organic radical, with compounds of the general formula R1OH??III, in which R1 has the meaning given above, to give a mixture IV, in that a) the postreaction is carried out at a temperature of from 50 to 240° C. and a pressure of from 0.001 to 0.9 bar, b) from the mixture IV the compounds I a are separated off from the compounds PR2(OR1)2??I b and, if appropriate, the compounds II and c) compounds I b and, if appropriate, unreacted compounds II are returned to the synthesis stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2007Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Robert Baumann, Tobias Aechtner, Wolfgang Siegel, Hermann Luyken, Peter Pfab, Jens Scheidel, Andreas Leitner, Andreas Glass
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Publication number: 20090270645Abstract: A process for extractively removing nickel(0) complexes having phosphorus ligands from a reaction effluent of a hydrocyanation of unsaturated mononitriles to dinitriles by extraction by means of a hydrocarbon, a phase separation of the hydrocarbon and of the nitrile-containing solution into two phases being effected, by feeding at least one polar additive to the hydrocyanation effluent (feedstream) and/or to the extraction stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2007Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Gerd Haderlein, Tobias Aechtner, Michael Bartsch, Hermann Luyken, Peter Pfab, Jens Scheidel, Andreas Leitner
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Publication number: 20090247779Abstract: A method for producing 3-pentenenitrile by means of the hydrocyanation of 1,3-butadiene, which comprises the following process steps: (b?) distillation of 1,3-butadiene comprising water, 1- and 2-butenes and a stabilizer in a distillation apparatus K4 to obtain a stream 15 as the bottom product, which comprises dried 1,3-butadiene, 1- and 2-butenes and the stabilizer, and a stream 16 as the top product, which comprises an azeotropic 1,3-butadiene/water mixture, condensation of the stream 16 in a condenser W, transfer of the resulting condensate (stream 17) into a phase separation apparatus, recycling of the upper liquid phase (stream 18) consisting of 1,3-butadiene as reflux to the column K4, and discharge of the lower liquid aqueous phase (stream 19), (a) reaction of stream 15 in a reactor R1 with hydrogen cyanide over at least one catalyst (stream 6d) to obtain a stream 1 which comprises 3-pentenenitrile, 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, the at least one catalyst, unconverted 1,3-butadiene, and 1- and 2-butenes,Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2007Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Gerd Haderlein, Tobias Aechtner, Andreas Leitner, Hermann Luyken, Peter Pfab, Jens Scheidel, Andrea Haunert, Thomas Genger
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Patent number: 7531084Abstract: A reactor for the thermal cleavage of monofunctional and/or polyfunctional carbamic esters into the corresponding isocyanate and hydroxyl components in the liquid phase having devices for introduction of heat into the reactor, where the devices are heat exchanger plates through which a heat transfer medium flows and have a geometry defined by the ratio of the degassing area to the volume and arrangement of the heating surfaces which makes it possible for the cleavage to be carried out in a two-phase mixture which has a gas content of over 50% by volume.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2003Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Dieter Starosta, Peter Pfab, Volker Krase, Andreas Schmidt, Matthias Kloetzer, Andreas Otterbach
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Publication number: 20090054671Abstract: A process for preparing nickel(0)-phosphorus ligand complexes comprising at least one nickel(0) central atom and at least one phosphorus ligand by reacting a nickel(II) compound with a reducing agent in the presence of the ligand to give a reaction mixture, wherein a) the molar reducing agent:nickel(II) compound ratio in the reaction is from 1:1 to 1000:1, calculated as the molar ratio of the redox equivalents, b) the molar phosphorus ligand:nickel(II) compound ratio in the reaction is not more than 30:1, calculated as the molar P atoms:Ni atoms ratio, c) the nickel(0) content in the resulting reaction mixture is not more than 1.3% by weight and d) the resulting reaction mixture is extracted by adding at least one dinitrile and at least one hydrocarbon to form at least two immiscible phases.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Gerd Haderlein, Tobias Aechtner, Andreas Leitner, Peter Pfab, Hermann Luyken, Jens Scheidel
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Publication number: 20080281119Abstract: A process for extractively removing nickel(0) complexes having phosphorus ligands and/or free phosphorus ligands from a reaction effluent of a hydrocyanation of unsaturated mononitriles to dinitriles by extraction by means of a hydrocarbon, a phase separation of the hydrocarbon and of the reaction effluent into two phases being effected at a temperature T (in ° C.), wherein the content of nickel(0) complexes having phosphorus ligands and/or free phosphorus ligands in the reaction effluent of the hydrocyanation, depending on the temperature T, is at least y % by weight and, irrespective of the temperature T, is a maximum of 60% by weight, where the numerical value of the minimum content y is given by the equation y=0.5·T+20 and T is to be used in the equation as a dimensionless numerical value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2005Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jens Scheidel, Tim Jungkamp, Michael Bartsch, Gerd Haderlein, Robert Baumann, Hermann Luyken, Petra Deckert, Peter Pfab, Wolfgang Siegel, Tobias Aechtner
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Publication number: 20080281120Abstract: A process is described for preparing 3-pentenenitrile, characterized by the following process steps: (a) isomerizing a reactant stream which comprises 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile over at least one dissolved or dispersed isomerization catalyst to give a stream 1 which comprises the at least one isomerization catalyst, 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, 3-pentenenitrile and (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, (b) distilling stream 1 to obtain a stream 2 as the top product which comprises 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, 3-pentenenitrile and (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, and a stream 3 as the bottom product which comprises the at least one isomerization catalyst, (c) distilling stream 2 to obtain a stream 4 as the top product which, compared to stream 2, is enriched in (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, based on the sum of all pentenenitriles in stream 2, and a stream 5 as the bottom product which, compared to stream 2, is enriched in 3-pentenenitrile and 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, based on the sum of all pentenenitriles in stream 2, (d) diType: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2005Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Tim Jungkamp, Robert Baumann, Michael Bartsch, Gerd Haderlein, Hermann Luyken, Jens Scheidel, Tobias Aechtner, Peter Pfab, Petra Deckert, Wolfgang Siegel, Peter Bassler
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Publication number: 20080083607Abstract: A process for extractively removing homogeneously dissolved catalysts from a reaction effluent of a hydrocyanation of unsaturated mononitriles to dinitriles, by extraction by means of a hydrocarbon H, which comprises a) adding a nonpolar aprotic liquid L to the reaction effluent to obtain a stream I, and b) extracting the stream I at a temperature T with the hydrocarbon H to obtain a stream II comprising the hydrocarbon H enriched with the catalyst and a stream III having a low catalyst content.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2005Publication date: April 10, 2008Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Petra Deckert, Peter Bassler, Michael Bartsch, Gerd Haderlein, Hermann Luyken, Jens Scheidel, Peter Pfab, Tobias Aechtner, Wolfgang Siegel