Patents by Inventor Stefan Maurer
Stefan Maurer 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: 10000387Abstract: A process for the post-treatment of a zeolitic material, the process comprising (i) providing a zeolitic material, wherein the framework structure of the zeolitic material comprises YO2 and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element; (ii) subjecting the zeolitic material provided in (i) to a method comprising (a) treating the zeolitic material with an aqueous solution having a pH of at most 5, (b) treating the zeolitic material obtained from (a) with a liquid aqueous system having a pH in the range of 5.5 to 8 and a temperature of at least 75° C.; wherein in (ii) and after (b), the zeolitic material is optionally subjected to at least one further treatment according to (a) and/or at least one further treatment according to (b).Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Stefan Maurer, Faruk Oezkirim, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Jeff Yang, Ulrich Mueller
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Publication number: 20180134570Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a boron-containing zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure comprising YO2 and B2O3, wherein Y stands for a tetravalent element, wherein said process comprises (a) providing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO2, one or more sources for B2O3, one or more organotemplates, and seed crystals, (b) crystallizing the mixture obtained in (a) for obtaining a layered precursor of the boron-containing MWW-type zeolitic material, (c) calcining the layered precursor obtained in (b) for obtaining the boron-containing zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure, wherein the one or more organotemplates have the formula (I): R1R2R3N, wherein R1 is (C5-C8)cycloalkyl, and wherein R2 and R3 are independently from each other H or alkyl, as well as to a synthetic boron-containing zeolite which is obtainable and/or obtained according to the inventive process as well as to its use.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2015Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Stefan MAURER, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Xiangju MENG, Feng-Shou XIAO, Yeqing WANG
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Publication number: 20180022611Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a treated zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure comprising the steps of: (i) providing a zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure, wherein the BEA framework structure comprises YO2 and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element, and wherein the zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure is obtainable and/or obtained from an organotemplate-free synthetic process; (ii) calcining the zeolitic material provided in step (i) at a temperature of 650° C. or more; and (iii) treating the calcined zeolitic material obtained from step (ii) with an aqueous solution having a pH of 5 or less, as well as to zeolitic materials per se preferably obtainable according to the inventive method and to their use, and to a process for converting oxygenates to olefins employing the inventive zeolitic materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Mathias Feyen, Stefan Maurer, Ulrich Mueller, Xinhe Bao, Weiping Zhang, Dirk de Vos, Hermann Gies, Feng-Shou Xiao, Yokoi Toshiyuki, Bilge Yilmaz, Ryoichi Otomo
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Publication number: 20170275076Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments are systems and methods for prolonging the shelf life of produce. The following presents a simplified summary of various aspects of the present disclosure in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure. It is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of the disclosure, nor delineate any scope of the particular embodiments of the disclosure or any scope of the claims. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of the disclosure in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Todd EDGINGTON, Abhijit NATU, Lena ARNOLD, Nicholas R. LECLERC, Stefan MAURER, Stefan MARX
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Publication number: 20170225959Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a zeolitic material comprising YO2 in its framework structure, wherein Y stands for a tetravalent element, wherein said process comprises the steps of: (1) providing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO2, one or more fluoride containing compounds, and one or more structure directing agents; (2) crystallizing the mixture obtained in step (1) for obtaining a zeolitic material comprising YO2 in its framework structure; wherein the mixture provided in step (1) and crystallized in step (2) contains 35 wt.-% or less of H2O based on 100 wt.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Stefan MAURER, Ulrich MÜLLER, Feng-Shou XIAO, Xiangju MENG, Qinming WU
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Publication number: 20170037296Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recovering oil from an oil-reservoir comprising at least the steps of a) providing solid particles and water, whereby the solid particles comprise at least one layered double hydroxide of general formula (I), b) combining the solid particles and water with the oil in the oil-reservoir, c) mixing the components of step b) to obtain an emulsion containing droplets, wherein the emulsion comprises the solid particles, water and oil, d) transferring the emulsion out of the oil-reservoir, and e) recovering the solid particles of the emulsion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Riichiro KIMURA, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Stefan MAURER, Roelf-Peter BAUMANN, Lolenz SIGGEL, Ulrich MÜLLER
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Patent number: 9561995Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the recovery of an at least bidentate organic compound comprised in a porous metal-organic framework material, the material comprising the at least bidentate organic compound coordinated to at least one metal ion, the process comprising the steps of (a) treating the metal-organic framework material with an acidic or alkaline liquid; (b) optionally separating off solid residue; and (c) isolating the at least bidentate organic compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Stefan Maurer, Hendrick Mattenheimer, Ulrich Müller
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Patent number: 9527751Abstract: The present invention relates to an organotemplate-free synthetic process for the production of a zeolitic material having a CHA-type framework structure comprising YO2, X2O3, and optionally comprising Z2O5, wherein said process comprises the steps of: (1) providing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO2, one or more sources for X2O3, and seed crystals having a CHA framework structure, wherein the CHA framework structure of the seed crystals comprises YO2, X2O3, and optionally comprises Z2O5; and (2) crystallizing the mixture obtained in step (1); wherein Y is a tetravalent element, X is a trivalent element, and Z is a pentavalent element, wherein optionally one or more sources for Z2O5 are further provided in step (1), and wherein if the CHA framework of the seed crystals does not contain Z2O5, the seed crystals then have a YO2:X2O3 molar ratio of 5 or greater than 5.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2012Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Stefan Maurer, Hanpeng Jin, Jeff Yang, Ulrich Müller
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Patent number: 9518211Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recovering oil from a subterranean formation by injecting both solid particles and water into the formation. An oil-in-water emulsion that is stabilized by solid particles is formed in the pores of the formation. This emulsion is recovered from the subterranean formation.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignees: BASF SE, Wintershall Holding GmbHInventors: Riichiro Kimura, Stefan Maurer, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Lorenz Siggel, Ulrich Müller, Thomas Frechen, Bernd Hinrichsen
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Publication number: 20160325228Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a zeolitic material having a BEA-type framework structure comprising YO2 and X2O3, wherein said process comprises the steps of (1) preparing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO2 and one or more sources for X2O3; (2) crystallizing the mixture obtained in step (1); (3) subjecting the zeolitic material having a BEA-type framework structure obtained in step (2) to an ion-exchange procedure with Cu; and (4) subjecting the Cu ion-exchanged zeolitic material obtained in step (3) to an ion-exchange procedure with Fe; wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element, wherein the mixture provided in step (1) and crystallized in step (2) further comprises seed crystals comprising one or more zeolitic materials having a BEA-type framework structure, and wherein the mixture provided in step (1) and crystallized in step (2) does not contain an organotemplate as a structure-directing agent, as well as to the zeolitic material havingType: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicants: BASF SE, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Mathias FEYEN, Stefan MAURER, Ulrich MUELLER, Xinhe BAO, Weiping ZHANG, Dirk DE VOS, Hermann GIES, Feng-Shou XIAO, Toshiyuki YOKOI, Bllge YILMAZ
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Publication number: 20160221920Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the recovery of an at least bidentate organic compound comprised in a porous metal-organic framework material, the material comprising the at least bidentate organic compound coordinated to at least one metal ion, the process comprising the steps of (a) treating the metal-organic framework material with an acidic or alkaline liquid; (b) optionally separating off solid residue; and (c) isolating the at least bidentate organic compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Stefan MAURER, Hendrick MATTENHEIMER, Ulrich MÜLLER
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Patent number: 9370771Abstract: The present invention relates to extruded shaped bodies containing at least one metal-organic framework (MOF), methods for their preparation and their use.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Manuela Gaab, Christian Eichholz, Milan Kostur, Ulrich Müller, Stefan Maurer
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Publication number: 20160109067Abstract: The presently claimed invention is related to a method of transporting oil by using a solid particles-stabilized emulsion containing water as continuous phase, oil as a dispersed phase and at least one magnetic solid particle which comprises layered double hydroxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Riichiro KIMURA, Stefan MAURER, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Lorenz SIGGEL, Ulrich MÜLLER
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Publication number: 20160060434Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing of a stabilized polyamide-containing composition, which contains at least 20% by weight of polyamide, which comprises the steps of incorporating of a metal organic framework, which is a copper-based metal organic framework comprising metal ions, which are copper(II)-ions, and a C6-C24 aromatic hydrocarbon, which is substituted with at least two carboxylate groups, wherein two of the at least two carboxylate groups are forming coordinative bonds to the metal ions, into a polyamide-containing composition, which contains at least 20% by weight of polyamide, to obtain a mixture for molding, which contains at least 20% by weight of polyamide; and heating of the obtained mixture for molding comprising the polyamide-containing composition and the metal organic framework to a temperature between 170° C. and 380° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Roger REINICKER, Stefan MAURER, Ulrich MUELLER
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Publication number: 20150361325Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recovering oil from a subterranean formation by injecting both solid particles and water into the formation. An oil-in-water emulsion that is stabilized by solid particles is formed in the pores of the formation. This emulsion is recovered from the subterranean formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicants: WHEREAS, WINTERSHALL HOLDING GMBH, BASF SEInventors: Riichiro Kimura, Stefan Maurer, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Lorenz Siggel, Ulrich Müller, Thomas Frechen, Bernd Hinrichsen
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Publication number: 20150353808Abstract: The presently claimed invention is directed a solid particles-stabilized emulsion containing a continuous phase and a dispersed phase comprising a) water, b) crude oil having a viscosity in the range of 1 to 10000 mPa·s at a temperature of 20° C. according to DIN 53019 and c) at least one layered double hydroxide of general formula (I), wherein water is the continuous phase and crude oil is the dispersed phase, and a process for preparing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: WINTERSHALL HOLDING GMBHInventors: Riichiro Kimura, Stefan Maurer, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Lorenz Siggel, Ulrich Müller, Thomas Frechen, Bernd Hinrichsen
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Publication number: 20150329368Abstract: A process for the post-treatment of a zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure, the process comprising (i) providing a zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure, wherein the framework structure of the zeolitic material comprises X2O3 and YO2, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element and wherein the molar ratio X2O3:YO2 is greater than 0.02:1; (ii) treating the zeolitic material provided in (i) with a liquid solvent system thereby obtaining a zeolitic material having a molar ratio X2O3:YO2 of at most 0.02:1, and at least partially separating the zeolitic material from the liquid solvent system; (iii) treating the zeolitic material obtained from (ii) with a liquid aqueous system having a pH in the range of 5.5 to 8 and a temperature of at least 75° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2013Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Jeff YANG, Stefan MAURER, Manuela GAAB, Karsten SEIDEL, Olga GERLACH, Ulrich MUELLER
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Publication number: 20150298983Abstract: Described is a preparation method for zeolite molecular sieves by means of solid-state reactions without the usage of organic templates. The method comprises the following steps: grinding and mixing the solid raw materials comprising the silicon source, the aluminum source and the alkali source, transferring the obtained mixture into an autoclave, conducting the crystallization for a period of 5 hours-20 days at a temperature of 50-200° C. After filtering and drying the crystallized products, molecular sieves in a powder form can be obtained. The method provides different molecular sieves, including ZSM-5 zeolite, Beta zeolite, FAU zeolite, MOR zeolite, LTA zeolite, and GIS zeolite, with a high crystallinity and an adjustable Si/Al ratio within a certain range.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Stefan Maurer, Ulrich Müller, Feng-Shou Xiao, Xiangju Meng, Qinming Wu
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Publication number: 20150284255Abstract: A process for the post-treatment of a zeolitic material, the process comprising (i) providing a zeolitic material, wherein the framework structure of the zeolitic material comprises YO2 and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element; (ii) subjecting the zeolitic material provided in (i) to a method comprising (a) treating the zeolitic material with an aqueous solution having a pH of at most 5, (b) treating the zeolitic material obtained from (a) with a liquid aqueous system having a pH in the range of 5.5 to 8 and a temperature of at least 75° C.; wherein in (ii) and after (b), the zeolitic material is optionally subjected to at least one further treatment according to (a) and/or at least one further treatment according to (b).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2013Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Stefan Maurer, Faruk Oezkirim, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Jeff Yang, Ulrich Mueller
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Publication number: 20150274540Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a zeolitic material having a framework structure comprising YO2, wherein said process comprises: (1) preparing a mixture comprising one or more tetravalent elements Y in elemental form, one or more organic hydroxide salts, and one or more protic solvents; (2) reacting the mixture obtained in step (1) for converting at least part of the one or more tetravalent elements Y into an oxidic form thereof containing one or more Y—O single bonds and/or one or more Y?O double bonds; and (3) crystallizing a zeolitic material from the mixture obtained in step (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Stefan Maurer, Roger Ruetz, Julia Petry, Ulrich Mueller