Patents by Inventor Vicente Fornes

Vicente Fornes 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: 7344696
    Abstract: The invention relates to a porous crystalline material (ITQ-24), the preparation method thereof and the use of same in the catalytic conversion of organic compounds. More specifically, the invention relates to a synthetic porous crystalline material which is characterised in that it is formed by tetrahedrally coordinated atoms which are interconnected by means of oxygens. Said material, which comprises a unit cell containing 56 tetrahedrally coordinated atoms, is known as ITQ-24. Moreover, in the calcined anhydrous state, the material has chemical formula nM1/pXO2: YO2, wherein: X is at least one trivalent element, Y is at least one tetravalent element, n is between 0 and 0.2 and M is at least one charge compensation cation in oxidation state p.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Rafael Castañeda Sánchez, Vicente Fornés Seguí, Fernando Rey García
  • Publication number: 20080021253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalytic method for the transalkylation/dealkylation of organic compounds, consisting in bringing a supply comprising organic compounds into contact with a catalyst containing a first zeolitic component that is selected from among: a) one or more zeolites having crystalline structure ITQ-13; b) one or more zeolites having crystalline structure ITQ-13, which are modified either by means of selectivation or with the incorporation of one or more metals, or both; and c) a mixture of a) and b). The invention also relates to a catalyst comprising one or more modified zeolites having crystalline structure ITQ-13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, Jose Manuel Serra Alfaro, Vicente Fornes Segui, Rafael Castaneda Sanchez
  • Patent number: 7314843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for synthesis of lamellar solids based on silicates comprising: i) a mixing stage, during which a mixture that comprises an alkaline metal, a silica source, water and an organic structuring agent is prepared, and ii) a crystallization stage during which this mixture is kept under conditions allowing the formation of a crystalline solid. The organic structuring agent that is used in this process comprises an alcohol group and an amine group that are separated by a hydrocarbon chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Eva Barea, Vicente Fornes, Avelino Corma, Patrick Bourges, Emmanuelle Guillon
  • Patent number: 7029651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel microporous crystalline material ITQ-19 used in the catalytic conversion of organic compounds, such as, for example, the dewaxing and isodewaxing of paraffins and the disproportionation of toluene. Said material has a characteristic X-ray diffractogram, a high absorption capacity and the empirical formula x(M1/nXO2):yYO2:(1?y)SiO2 wherein x has a value less than 0.2; y has a value less than 0.1; M is at least an inorganic cation with a +n charge; X is at least a chemical element having oxidation state +3, preferably selected among Al, Ga, B, Cr, Fe; Y is at least a chemical element with oxidation stated +4, preferably selected among Ge, Ti, Sn, V. The inventive material can be obtained by means of a preparation process involving the use of one or more organic additives in a reaction mix which is crystallized by heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Urbano Díaz Morales, Vicente Fornes Segui
  • Patent number: 7029642
    Abstract: The invention concerns a novel crystalline solid UVL-1 which has an X ray diffraction diagram containing at least the following characteristic peaks: dhkl (A) 2theta (°) I/I0 11.69 7.55 mw to vs 7.50 11.79 vw to w 5.76 15.36 w to mw 3.70 24.00 m to s 3.57 24.91 s 3.36 26.49 vs 3.14 28.48 w to mw 2.50 35.88 vw 2.41 37.30 vw and with a chemical composition, expressed as the anhydrous compound, in terms of moles of oxide: (XO2):(Y2O3)m:(Z2/nO)p in which: X represents at least one tetravalent element selected from the group formed by Si, Ge; Y represents at least one trivalent element selected from Al, B, Cr, Ga; Z represents at least one cation with valency n; and in which: n is in the range 2 to 4, m is in the range 0 to 0.2, preferably in the range 0 to 0.05, and p is in the range 0 to 0.2, preferably in the range 0 to 0.05.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Eva Barea, Patrick Bourges, Emmanuelle Guillon, Patrick Euzen, Vicente Fornes, Avelino Corma
  • Patent number: 7025948
    Abstract: The invention concerns a crystalline solid, designated ITQ-31, which has the X ray diffraction diagram given below. Said solid has a chemical composition, expressed as the anhydrous base in terms of moles of oxide, defined by the general formula XO2: mYO2:pZ2O3:qR:sF, in which R represents an organic nitrogen-containing template, X represents one or more tetravalent elements other than germanium, Y represents germanium, Z represents at least one trivalent element and F is fluorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Eva Barea, Vicente Fornes, Avelino Corma, Patrick Bourges, Emmanuelle Guillon
  • Patent number: 7008611
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microporous crystalline zeolite material having the empirical formula x(M1/nXO2):yYO2:(1?y)SiO2 wherein x has a value less than 0.02; y has a value less than 0.1; M is at least an inorganic cation with a +n charge; X is at least a chemical element having oxidation state +3, preferably selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, B, Cr, Fe, and Y is at least a chemical element with oxidation state +4, preferably selected from the group consisting of Ge, Ti, Sn, V. The inventive material can be obtained by means of a process comprising: preparing a laminar precursor, crystallized from a reaction mixture; swelling the precursor in a solution in order to obtain a swollen laminar material; which is then washed and dried to obtain a swollen solid; delaminating the solid to obtain a delaminated material in suspension; separating the delaminating material and eliminating the organic remnants by cationic exchange and/or calcination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Urbano Díaz Morales, Vicente Fornes Segui
  • Publication number: 20060036120
    Abstract: The invention relates to a porous crystalline material (ITQ-24), the preparation method thereof and the use of same in the catalytic conversion of organic compounds. More specifically, the invention relates to a synthetic porous crystalline material which is characterised in that it is formed by tetrahedrally coordinated atoms which are interconnected by means of oxygens. Said material, which comprises a unit cell containing 56 tetrahedrally coordinated atoms, is known as ITQ-24. Moreover, in the calcined anhydrous state, the material has chemical formula nM1/pXO2: YO2, wherein: X is at least one trivalent element, Y is at least one tetravalent element, n is between 0 and 0.2 and M is at least one charge compensation cation in oxidation state p.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, Rafael Castaneda Sanchez, Vicente Fornes Segui, Fernando Rey Garcia
  • Publication number: 20050271582
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preparing a crystalline metalloaluminosilicate by direct synthesis using at least one source of aluminium and, as the source of silicon and as the source of at least one other metal M, at least one lamellar siliceous material containing metals in its framework. The invention also concerns the novel solids obtained, in particular solids with a given zeolitic structure containing particular metals in its zeolitic framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Eva Barea, Vicente Fornes, Avelino Corma, Patrick Bourges, Nicolas Bats, Emmanuelle Guillon
  • Publication number: 20050244330
    Abstract: The invention concerns a crystalline solid, designated ITQ-31, which has the X ray diffraction diagram given below. Said solid has a chemical composition, expressed as the anhydrous base in terms of moles of oxide, defined by the general formula XO2: mYO2:pZ2O3:qR:sF, in which R represents an organic nitrogen-containing template, X represents one or more tetravalent elements other than germanium, Y represents germanium, Z represents at least one trivalent element and F is fluorine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Eva Barea, Vicente Fornes, Avelino Corma, Patrick Bourges, Emmanuelle Guillon
  • Publication number: 20050196335
    Abstract: The invention concerns a novel crystalline solid UVL-1 which has an X ray diffraction diagram containing at least the following characteristic peaks: dhkl (A) 2theta (°) I/I0 11.69 7.55 mw to vs 7.50 11.79 vw to w 5.76 15.36 w to mw 3.70 24.00 m to s 3.57 24.91 s 3.36 26.49 vs 3.14 28.48 w to mw 2.50 35.88 vw 2.41 37.30 vw and with a chemical composition, expressed as the anhydrous compound, in terms of moles of oxide: ?(XO2):(Y2O3)m:(Z2/nO)p in which: X represents at least one tetravalent element selected from the group formed by Si, Ge; Y represents at least one trivalent element selected from Al, B, Cr, Ga; Z represents at least one cation with valency n; and in which: n is in the range 2 to 4, m is in the range 0 to 0.2, preferably in the range 0 to 0.05, and p is in the range 0 to 0.2, preferably in the range 0 to 0.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Eva Barea, Patrick Bourges, Emmanuelle Guillon, Patrick Euzen, Vicente Fornes, Avelino Corma
  • Publication number: 20050191227
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for synthesis of lamellar solids based on silicates comprising: i) a mixing stage, during which a mixture that comprises an alkaline metal, a silica source, water and an organic structuring agent is prepared, and ii) a crystallization stage during which this mixture is kept under conditions allowing the formation of a crystalline solid. The organic structuring agent that is used in this process comprises an alcohol group and an amine group that are separated by a hydrocarbon chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Eva Barea, Vicente Fornes, Avelino Corma, Patrick Bourges, Emmanuelle Guillon
  • Patent number: 6855855
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the alkylation of an aromatics compound with a olefin alkylation agent which comprises contacting the aromatic compound, especially benzene, with the alkylation agent, especially ethylene and/or propylene, in the presence of an oxide material which is delayered MWW-type zeolitic material, very suitably the material known as ITQ-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
    Inventors: Peter John Van Den Brink, Avelino Corma Canos, Edward Julius Creyghton, Vicente Fornes Segui, Vicente Martinez Soria
  • Patent number: 6843978
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a microporous material formed by oxygen, silicon, germanium, aluminum, boron, gallium, zirconium and/or titanium in its composition, called TIQ-6, to its catalytic applications in oxidation reactions, and to a method of the TIQ-6 material's preparation based on the synthesis of a gel with a titanium and/or zirconium content, its hydrothermal treatment under controlled conditions, and the treatment of the resulting laminar material with a solution of an organic compound containing a proton accepting group. This swollen material is subjected to a specific treatment to obtain a high external area delaminated solid. A material, METIQ-6, similar to the TIQ-6 material, but also having organic groups anchored on its surface incorporated by a post-synthesis process onto the TIQ-6 material is also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignees: Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica De Valencia
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Vicente Fornes Segui, Urbano Díaz Morales, Marcelo Eduardo Domine
  • Publication number: 20040077484
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel microporous crystalline material ITQ-19 used in the catalytic conversion of organic compounds, such as, for example, the dewaxing and isodewaxing of paraffins and the disproportionation of toluene. Said material has a characteristic X-ray diffractogram, a high absorption capacity and the empirical formula x(M1/nXO2):yYO2:(1−y)SiO2 wherein x has a value less than 0.2; y has a value less than 0.1; M is at least an inorganic cation with a +n charge; X is at least a chemical element having oxidation state +3, preferably selected among Al, Ga, B, Cr, Fe; Y is at least a chemical element with oxidation stated +4, preferably selected among Ge, Ti, Sn, V. The inventive material can be obtained by means of a preparation process involving the use of one or more organic additives in a reaction mix which is crystallized by heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, Urbano Diaz Morales, Vicente Fornes Segui
  • Publication number: 20040063569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microporous crystalline zeolite material having the empirical formula
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, Urbano Diaz Morales, Vicente Fornes Segui
  • Patent number: 6696033
    Abstract: The invention concerns a microporous crystalline material, with a characteristic X-ray diffractogram, made up by oxygen tetrahedra and one metal (T+4 and T+3) with the possibility of introducing surface acidity produced by the substitution in the network of some T+4 cations (normally Si+4) by T+3 cations (normally Al+3), which gives rise to a structural charge deficiency which can be offset by protons, Brönsted acidity, and/or cations with a high charge-radium ratio, Lewis acidity. The method of preparation is based on the modification of the laminar structure of a mixed oxide (normally SiO2, Al2O3) synthesized from a gel treated under controlled hydrothermal conditions, intercalating organic molecules with a proton-acceptor group and a long hydrocarbonic chain between its laminae. The intercalated material has laminae with a significant separation between them due to the presence between them of the organic chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Vicente Fornes Segui, Urbano Díaz Morales
  • Patent number: 6555090
    Abstract: The invention deals with a microporous crystalline material, with a characteristic X-ray diffractogram, comprised of oxygen tetrahedra and a metal (T+4 and T+3) with the possibility of introducing surface acidity produced by the substitution in the lattice of some T+4 cations by T+3 cations, which gives rise to a structural charge deficiency that may be compensated by protons, Brönsted acidity, and/or high ratio radium charge cations, Lewis acidity; and the obtaining method thereof, based on the preparation of a gel, its hydrothermal treatment under controlled conditions and the treatment of the resulting laminar material with a solution of an organic compound, a swollen material being obtained, which is subjected to a treatment for the formation of interlaminar pillars of polymeric oxides, obtaining a pillared material that maintains the separation between the sheets, even after calcination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
    Inventors: Antonio Chica Lara, Avelino Corma Canós, Vicente Fornés Segúi, Urbano Díaz Morales
  • Publication number: 20030004382
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the alkylation of an aromatics compound with a olefin alkylation agent which comprises contacting the aromatic compound, especially benzene, with the alkylation agent, especially ethylene and/or propylene, in the presence of an oxide material which is delayered MWW-type zeolitic material, very suitably the material known as ITQ-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Peter John Van Den Brink, Avelino Corma Canos, Edward Julius Creyghton, Vicente Fornes Segui, Vicente Martinez Soria
  • Publication number: 20030003046
    Abstract: The invention concerns a microporous crystalline material, with a characteristic X-ray diffractogram, made up by oxygen tetrahedra and one metal (T+4 and T+3) with the possibility of introducing surface acidity produced by the substitution in the network of some T+4 cations (normally Si+4) by T+3 cations (normally Al+3), which gives rise to a structural charge deficiency which can be offset by protons, Brönsted acidity, and/or cations with a high charge-radium ratio, Lewis acidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, Vicente Fornes Segui, Urbano Diaz Morales