Patents by Inventor Philip Kampe
Philip Kampe 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: 10316007Abstract: A continuous process for preparing propylene oxide proceeds by (a) reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in a reaction apparatus in the presence acetonitrile as solvent, obtaining a stream S0 containing propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least one further component B; (b) separating propylene oxide from S0, obtaining stream S1 containing acetonitrile, water and B; (c) dividing S1 into streams S2 and S3; (d) subjects S3 to vapor-liquid fractionation in a first fractionation unit, obtaining vapor fraction stream S4a being depleted, relative to S3, of at least one of B and obtaining liquid bottoms stream S4b, and subjecting at least part of vapor fraction stream S4a to vapor-liquid fractionation in a second fractionation unit, obtaining vapor fraction stream S4c and liquid bottoms stream S4 being depleted, relative to S4a, of at least one of B; (e) recycling at least a portion of S4 to (a).Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignees: BASF SE, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Dominic Riedel, Bianca Seelig, Philip Kampe, Markus Weber, Alexander Schroeder, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Daniel Urbanczyk, Meinolf Weidenbach, Werner J. Witzl, Holger Baer
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Publication number: 20180230117Abstract: A continuous process for preparing propylene oxide proceeds by (a) reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in a reaction apparatus in the presence acetonitrile as solvent, obtaining a stream S0 containg propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least one further componen B; (b) separating propylene oxide from S0, obtaining stream S1 containing acetonitrile, water and B; (c) dividing Sa into streams S2 and S3; (d) subjects S3 to vapor-liquid fractionation in a first fractionation unit, obtaining vapor fraction stream S4a being depleted, relative to S3, of at least one of B and obtaining liquid bottoms stream S4b, and subjecting at least part of vapor fraction stream S4a to vapor-liquid fractionation in a second fractionation unit, obtaining vapor fraction stream S4c and liquid bottoms stream S4 being depleted, relative to S4a, of at least one of B; (e) recycling at least a portion of S4 to (a).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicants: BASF SE, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Joaquim Henrique TELES, Dominic RIEDEL, Bianca SEELIG, Philip KAMPE, Markus WEBER, Alexander SCHROEDER, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Daniel URBANCZYK, Meinolf WEIDENBACH, Werner WITZL, Holger BAER
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Patent number: 9943838Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the regeneration of a catalyst comprising a titanium-containing zeolite, said catalyst having been used in a process for the preparation of an olefin oxide and having phosphate deposited thereon, said process for the regeneration comprising the steps: (a) separating the reaction mixture from the catalyst, (b) washing the catalyst obtained from (a) with liquid aqueous system; (c) optionally drying the catalyst obtained from (b) in a gas stream comprising an inert gas at a temperature of less than 300° C.; (d) calcining the catalyst obtained from (c) in a gas stream comprising oxygen at a temperature of at least 300° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignees: BASF SE, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Bianca Seelig, Philip Kampe, Markus Weber, Peter Resch, Christian Bartosch, Dominic Riedel, Daniel Urbanczyk, Alexander Schroeder, Ulrike Wegerle
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Patent number: 9732054Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (a) reacting propene, optionally admixed with propane, with hydrogen peroxide in a reaction apparatus in the presence of acetonitrile as solvent, obtaining a stream S0 containing propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least one further component B, optionally propene and optionally propane, wherein the normal boiling point of the at least one component B is higher than the normal boiling point of acetonitrile and wherein the decadic logarithm of the octanol-water partition coefficient (log Kow) of the at least one component B is greater than zero; (b) separating propylene oxide from S0, obtaining a stream S1 containing acetonitrile, water and the at least one further component B; (c) dividing S1 into two streams S2 and S3; (d) subjecting S3 to a vapor-liquid fractionation in a fractionation unit, obtaining a vapor fraction stream S4 being depleted of the at least one component B; (e) recycling at least a portion of S4, optionally afterType: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignees: BASF SE, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Dominic Riedel, Bianca Seelig, Philip Kampe, Daniel Urbanczyk, Markus Weber, Alexander Schroeder, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Meinolf Weidenbach, Werner J. Witzl, Holger Baer
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Patent number: 9725428Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, water, optionally propane, and at least one dissolved potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid wherein the molar ratio of potassium relative to phosphorus in the at least one potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid is in the range of from 0.6 to 1.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignees: BASF SE, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Bianca Seelig, Dominic Riedel, Philip Kampe, Daniel Urbanczyk, Markus Weber, Ulrich Mueller, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Kai Gumlich, Peter Bassler, Christian Bartosch, Richard Jacubinas, Meinolf Weidenbach, Werner Witzl
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Patent number: 9688648Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, water, dissolved potassium dihydrogen phosphate, and optionally propane; (ii) passing the liquid feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation reactor comprising a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite of structure type MWW, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions; (iii) removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation reactor; wherein the concentration of the dissolved potassium dihydrogen phosphate in the liquid feed stream is at least 10% of the solubility limit of the potassium dihydrogen phosphate in the liquid feed stream.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: BASF SE, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Bianca Seelig, Dominic Riedel, Philip Kampe, Daniel Urbanczyk, Markus Weber, Ulrich Mueller, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Alexander Schroeder, Meinolf Weidenbach, Werner Witzl
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Publication number: 20160362387Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (a) reacting propene, optionally admixed with propane, with hydrogen peroxide in a reaction apparatus in the presence of acetonitrile as solvent, obtaining a stream S0 containing propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least one further component B, optionally propene and optionally propane, wherein the normal boiling point of the at least one component B is higher than the normal boiling point of acetonitrile and wherein the decadic logarithm of the octanol-water partition coefficient (log Kow) of the at least one component B is greater than zero; (b) separating propylene oxide from S0, obtaining a stream S1 containing acetonitrile, water and the at least one further component B; (c) dividing S1 into two streams S2 and S3; (d) subjecting S3 to a vapor-liquid fractionation in a fractionation unit, obtaining a vapor fraction stream S4 being depleted of the at least one component B; (e) recycling at least a portion of S4, optionally afterType: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicants: BASF SE, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Joaquim H. Teles, Dominic Riedel, Bianca Seelig, Philip Kampe, Daniel Urbanczyk, Markus Weber, Alexander Schroeder, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Meinolf Weidenbach, Werner Witzl, Holger Baer
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Publication number: 20160332152Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the regeneration of a catalyst comprising a titanium-containing zeolite, said catalyst having been used in a process for the preparation of an olefin oxide and having phosphate deposited thereon, said process for the regeneration comprising the steps: (a) separating the reaction mixture from the catalyst, (b) washing the catalyst obtained from (a) with liquid aqueous system; (c) optionally drying the catalyst obtained from (b) in a gas stream comprising an inert gas at a temperature of less than 300° C.; (d) calcining the catalyst obtained from (c) in a gas stream comprising oxygen at a temperature of at least 300° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicants: BASF SE, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Joaquim Henrique TELES, Bianca SEELIG, Philip KAMPE, Markus WEBER, Peter RESCH, Christian BARTOSCH, Dominic RIEDEL, Daniel URBANCZYK, Alexander SCHROEDER, Ulrike WEGERLE
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Publication number: 20160185741Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, water, dissolved potassium dihydrogen phosphate, and optionally propane; (ii) passing the liquid feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation reactor comprising a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite of structure type MWW, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions; (iii) removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation reactor; wherein the concentration of the dissolved potassium dihydrogen phosphate in the liquid feed stream is at least 10% of the solubility limit of the potassium dihydrogen phosphate in the liquid feed stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicants: BASF SE, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Joaquim TELES, Bianca SEELIG, Dominic RIEDEL, Philip KAMPE, Daniel URBANCZYK, Markus WEBER, Ulrich MUELLER, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Alexander SCHROEDER, Meinolf WEIDENBACH, Werner WITZL
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Publication number: 20160176834Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, water, optionally propane, and at least one dissolved potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid wherein the molar ratio of potassium relative to phosphorus in the at least one potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid is in the range of from 0.6 to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicants: BASF SE, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Joaquim Henrique TELES, Bianca SEELIG, Dominic RIEDEL, Philip KAMPE, Daniel URBANCZYK, Markus WEBER, Ulrich MUELLER, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Kai GUMLICH, Peter BASSLER, Christian BARTOSCH, Richard JACUBINAS, Meinolf WEIDENBACH, Werner WITZL
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Publication number: 20160115140Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (a) reacting propene, optionally admixed with propane, with hydrogen peroxide in a reaction apparatus in the presence of acetonitrile as solvent, obtaining a stream S0 containing propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least one further component B, optionally propene and optionally propane, wherein the normal boiling point of the at least one component B is higher than the normal boiling point of acetonitrile and wherein the decadic logarithm of the octanol-water partition coefficient (log Kow) of the at least one component B is greater than zero; (b) separating propylene oxide from S0, obtaining a stream S1 containing acetonitrile, water and the at least one further component B; (c) dividing S1 into two streams S2 and S3; (d) subjecting S3 to a vapor-liquid fractionation in a fractionation unit, obtaining a vapor fraction stream S4 being depleted of the at least one component B; (e) recycling at least a portion of S4, optionally afterType: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicants: BASF SE, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Joaquim H. TELES, Dominic RIEDEL, Bianca SEELIG, Philip KAMPE, Daniel URBANCZYK, Markus WEBER, Alexander SCHROEDER, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Meinolf WEIDENBACH, Werner WITZL, Holger BAER
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Patent number: 9296714Abstract: The present invention relates to a micropowder, wherein the particles of the micropowder have a Dv10 value of at least 2 micrometer and the micropowder comprises mesopores which have an average pore diameter in the range of from 2 to 50 nm and comprise, based on the weight of the micropowder, at least 95 weight-% of a microporous aluminum-free zeolitic material of structure type MWW containing titanium and zinc.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Bianca Seelig, Philip Kampe, Markus Weber, Robert Bayer, Karsten Seidel, Peter Resch
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Patent number: 9296715Abstract: The present invention relates to a micropowder, wherein the particles of the micropowder have a Dv10 value of at least 2 micrometer and the micropowder comprises mesopores which have an average pore diameter in the range of from 2 to 50 nm and comprise, based on the weight of the micropowder, at least 95 weight-% of a microporous aluminum-free zeolitic material of structure type MWW containing titanium and zinc.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Bianca Seelig, Philip Kampe, Markus Weber, Robert Bayer, Karsten Seidel, Peter Resch
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Patent number: 8927745Abstract: A process for producing propylene oxide comprising reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst to give a mixture (G1) comprising propylene oxide, unreacted propene, and oxygen; separating propylene oxide from mixture (G1) to give a mixture (GII) comprising propene and oxygen; and adding hydrogen to mixture (GII) and reducing the oxygen comprised in mixture (GII) at least partially by reaction with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising copper in elemental and/or oxidic form on a support, wherein copper is present on the support in an amount of 30 to 80 wt.-% based on the whole catalyst and calculated as CuO.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignees: BASF SE, The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Philip Kampe, Peter Resch, Soo Yin Chin, Peter Bassler, Ulrich Mueller, Goetz-Peter Schindler, Hans-Georg Goebbel, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Kai Gumlich, Thomas Grassler, Christian Bartosch, Richard Jacubinas, Meinolf Weidenbach
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Patent number: 8785670Abstract: A continuous process for the production of propylene oxide comprising reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in methanolic solution in the presence of a titanium silicalite-1 catalyst to obtain propylene oxide, wherein a reaction feed comprising propene, methanol and hydrogen peroxide is introduced into a reactor, said reaction feed containing potassium cations and phosphorus in the form of anions of at least one phosphorus oxyacid.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignees: BASF SE, The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Kai Gumlich, Peter Bassler, Christian Bartosch, Philip Kampe, Hans-Georg Goebbel, Ulrich Mueller, Richard Jacubinas
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Publication number: 20140171667Abstract: The present invention relates to a micropowder, wherein the particles of the micropowder have a Dv10 value of at least 2 micrometer and the micropowder comprises mesopores which have an average pore diameter in the range of from 2 to 50 nm and comprise, based on the weight of the micropowder, at least 95 weight-% of a microporous aluminum-free zeolitic material of structure type MWW containing titanium and zinc.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: ANDREI-NICOLAE PARVULESCU, Ulrich Mueller, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Bianca Seelig, Philip Kampe, Markus Weber, Robert Bayer, Karsten Seidel, Peter Resch
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Patent number: 8609879Abstract: A method for separating acetonitrile from water, comprising (i) providing a stream S1 containing at least 95 wt.-%, based on the total weight of S1, acetonitrile and water, wherein the weight ratio of acetonitrile: water is greater than 1; (ii) adding a stream P, comprising at least 95 wt.-% C3, based on the total weight of stream P, to S1 to obtain a mixed stream S2, C3 being propene optionally admixed with propane with a minimum weight ratio of propene: propane of 7:3; (iii) subjecting S2 to a temperature of 92° C. at most and a pressure of at least 10 bar, obtaining a first liquid phase L1 essentially consisting of C3, acetonitrile, and water, and a second liquid phase L2 essentially consisting of water and acetonitrile wherein the weight ratio of acetonitrile: water in L2 is less than 1; (iv) separating L1 from L2.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2010Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignees: BASF SE, The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Hans-Georg Göbbel, Peter Baβler, Philip Kampe, Kai Gumlich, Christian Bartosch, Ulrich Müller, Richard Jacubinas, Natalia Trukhan, Meinolf Weidenbach, Martin Cogswell
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Publication number: 20130204018Abstract: The present invention relates to a micropowder, wherein the particles of the micropowder have a Dv10 value of at least 2 micrometer and the micropowder comprises mesopores which have an average pore diameter in the range of from 2 to 50 nm and comprise, based on the weight of the micropowder, at least 95 weight-% of a microporous aluminum-free zeolitic material of structure type MWW containing titanium and zinc.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2013Publication date: August 8, 2013Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich Mueller, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Bianca Seelig, Philip Kampe, Markus Weber, Robert Bayer, Karsten Seidel, Peter Resch
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Publication number: 20120142950Abstract: A continuous process for the production of propylene oxide comprising reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in methanolic solution in the presence of a titanium silicalite-1 catalyst to obtain propylene oxide, wherein a reaction feed comprising propene, methanol and hydrogen peroxide is introduced into a reactor, said reaction feed containing potassium cations and phosphorus in the form of anions of at least one phosphorus oxyacid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicants: The Dow Chemical Company, BASF SEInventors: Joaquim Henrique TELES, Kai Gumlich, Peter Bassler, Christian Bartosch, Philip Kampe, Hans-Georg Göbbel, Ulrich Müller, Richard Jacubinas
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Publication number: 20120065413Abstract: A process for producing propylene oxide comprising reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst to give a mixture (G1) comprising propylene oxide, unreacted propene, and oxygen; separating propylene oxide from mixture (G1) to give a mixture (GII) comprising propene and oxygen; and adding hydrogen to mixture (GII) and reducing the oxygen comprised in mixture (GII) at least partially by reaction with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising copper in elemental and/or oxidic form on a support, wherein copper is present on the support in an amount of 30 to 80 wt.-% based on the whole catalyst and calculated as CuO.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicants: The Dow Chemical Company, BASF SEInventors: Philip Kampe, Peter Resch, Soo Yin Chin, Peter Bassler, Ulrich Mueller, Goetz-Peter Schindler, Hans-Georg Goebbel, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Kai Gumlich, Thomas Grassler, Christian Bartosch, Richard Jacubinas, Meinolf Weidenbach