Patents by Inventor Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg

Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg 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: 7507770
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a titania catalyst or a titania catalyst carrier is described. It comprises the steps of: obtaining a wet filtercake of titania, the titania having been made by hydrolysis of a suitable titanium compound, optionally admixing the wet filtercake with one or more catalyst materials, extruding said filtercake or said admixture, and drying and/or calcining the so-formed extrudate. The wet filtercake of titania can be provided from any known route or source or reaction. These include the the wet chloride or sulphate processes. The present invention removes the need for current separate drying and calcination of the titania sulphate product prior to its admixture with a catalyst material. It provides a catalyst with increased strength, which catalyst has also been found to provide greater catalytic activity, especially in C5+ selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Ronald Jan Dogterom, Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg, Gerardus Petrus Lambertus Niesen
  • Publication number: 20080009553
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a titania catalyst or a titania catalyst carrier is described. It comprises the steps of: obtaining a wet filtercake of titania, the titania having been made by hydrolysis of a suitable titanium compound, optionally admixing the wet filtercake with one or more catalyst materials, extruding said filtercake or said admixture, and drying and/or calcining the so-formed extrudate. The wet filtercake of titania can be provided from any known route or source or reaction. These include the the wet chloride or sulphate processes. The present invention removes the need for current separate drying and calcination of the titania sulphate product prior to its admixture with a catalyst material. It provides a catalyst with increased strength, which catalyst has also been found to provide greater catalytic activity, especially in C5+ selectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald Dogterom, Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg, Gerardus Petrus Lambertus Niesen
  • Patent number: 7060647
    Abstract: Process comprising treating a double metal cyanide complex catalyst with sound waves and/or electromagnetic radiation, process for polymerising alkylene oxide in which such catalyst is used, and double metal cyanide complex catalyst which catalyst has been treated with sound waves and/or electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Michiel Barend Eleveld, Johan Paul Smit, Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg, Riemer Alberts De Groot
  • Patent number: 6977236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, which process involves: (a) combining an aqueous solution of metal salt with an aqueous solution of a metal cyanide salt and reacting these solutions; and (b) recovering the DMC catalyst from the reaction mixture, in which process the DMC catalyst is prepared in the presence of from 0.03 to 0.4 mole of alkaline metal compound, based on amount of metal salt. Further, the present invention relates to DMC catalyst obtainable by such process, to DMC catalyst prepared from a metal salt and a metal cyanide salt in which the molar ratio of metal derived from the metal salt to metal derived from the metal cyanide salt is at least 2.25 and to a process for polymerization of alkylene oxides which process involves reacting initiator with alkylene oxide in the presence of at most 15 ppm of DMC catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Michiel Barend Eleveld, Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg, Ronald van Kempen
  • Publication number: 20040220430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, which process involves:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Michiel Barend Eleveld, Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg, Ronald Van Kempen
  • Patent number: 6716788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, which process involves: (a) combining an aqueous solution of a metal salt with an aqueous solution of a metal cyanide salt and reacting these solutions; and (b) recovering the DMC catalyst from the reaction mixture, in which process the DMC catalyst is prepared in the presence of from 0.03 to 0.4 mole of alkaline metal compound, based on amount of metal salt. Further, the present invention relates to DMC catalyst obtainable by such process, to DMC catalyst prepared from a metal salt and a metal cyanide salt in which the molar ratio of metal derived from the metal salt to metal derived from the metal cyanide salt is at least 2.25 and to a process for polymerization of alkylene oxides which process involves reacting initiator with alkylene oxide in the presence of at most 15 ppm of DMC catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Michiel Barend Eleveld, Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg, Ronald Van Kempen
  • Publication number: 20030236162
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, which process involves:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Michiel Barend Eleveld, Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg, Ronald Van Kempen
  • Publication number: 20030212246
    Abstract: Process comprising treating a double metal cyanide complex catalyst with sound waves and/or electromagnetic radiation, process for polymerising alkylene oxide in which such catalyst is used, and double metal cyanide complex catalyst which catalyst has been treated with sound waves and/or electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Michiel Barend Eleveld, Johan Paul Smit, Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg, Riemer Alberts De Groot
  • Publication number: 20030204046
    Abstract: Process comprising treating a double metal cyanide complex catalyst with sound waves and/or electromagnetic radiation, process for polymerising alkylene oxide in which such catalyst is used, and double metal cyanide complex catalyst which catalyst has been treated with sound waves and/or electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Michiel Barend Eleveld, Johan Paul Smit, Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg, Riemer Alberts De Groot
  • Patent number: 6596842
    Abstract: Process comprising treating a double metal cyanide complex catalyst with sound waves and/or electromagnetic radiation, process for polymerising alkylene oxide in which such catalyst is used, and double metal cyanide complex catalyst which catalyst has been treated with sound waves and/or electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Michiel Barend Eleveld, Johan Paul Smit, Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg, Riemer Alberts De Groot
  • Publication number: 20030023022
    Abstract: Process comprising treating a double metal cyanide complex catalyst with sound waves and/or electromagnetic radiation, process for polymerising alkylene oxide in which such catalyst is used, and double metal cyanide complex catalyst which catalyst has been treated with sound waves and/or electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Michiel Barend Eleveld, Johan Paul Smit, Robert Adrianus Wilhelmus Grotenbreg, Riemer Alberts De Groot