Group Viii Element Patents (Class 423/213.5)
  • Patent number: 10722876
    Abstract: Catalytic articles comprising a substrate having a catalytic coating thereon, the catalytic coating comprising a catalytic layer having a thickness and an inner surface proximate to the substrate and an outer surface distal to the substrate; where the catalytic layer comprises a noble metal component on support particles and where the concentration of the noble metal component towards the outer surface is greater than the concentration towards the inner surface are highly effective towards treating exhaust gas streams of internal combustion engines. The articles are prepared via a method comprising providing a first mixture comprising micron-scaled support particles and applying the first mixture to a substrate to form a micro-particle layer; providing a second mixture comprising nano-scaled support particles and a noble metal component having an initial pH and applying the second mixture to the micro-particle layer and calcining the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Xinzhu Liu, Michael Galligan, Ye Liu, Young Gin Kim, Milena Kudziela, Xinsheng Liu, Pascaline Tran
  • Patent number: 10704441
    Abstract: An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst of the present invention comprising a substrate, a first catalyst layer comprising a first supported catalyst, a second supported catalyst, palladium, and a first nitrogen oxide storage material, and a second catalyst layer comprising a third supported catalyst having an alloying rate of platinum and palladium of 40% or more and a second nitrogen oxide storage material, wherein a mass of the second supported catalyst is greater than a mass of the first supported catalyst and greater than a mass of the third supported catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Cataler Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamashita, Shohei Tomita, Daisuke Ochiai, Masatoshi Ikebe
  • Patent number: 10688476
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst in which the performance of a catalyst metal can be brought out properly, the purification catalyst boasting excellent purification performance during warm-up of an internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas purification catalyst 10 is provided with a substrate 1 and a catalyst layer. A leading end section 1a positioned upstream in the direction of exhaust gas flow (arrow) has a portion in which the flow rate of exhaust gas is relatively high and a portion in which the flow rate of exhaust gas is relatively low during warm-up of the internal combustion engine. The catalyst, layer in the portion of relatively high flow rate of exhaust gas has a high density section 6 in which a noble metal, is supported at relatively high density. The high density section 6 is formed to be shorter than the total length of the exhaust gas purification catalyst 10 from the leading end section 1a in the direction of exhaust gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Cataler Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Onoe, Shingo Sakagami, Tsuyoshi Ito, Yuta Morishita
  • Patent number: 10688479
    Abstract: A hydroprocessing catalyst or catalyst precursor has been developed. The catalyst is a crystalline transition metal tungstate material or metal sulfides derived therefrom. The hydroprocessing using the crystalline ammonia transition metal tungstate material may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodesilication, hydrodearomatization, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Stuart R. Miller, Susan C. Koster
  • Patent number: 10682632
    Abstract: A hydroprocessing catalyst or catalyst precursor has been developed. The catalyst is a transition metal tungstate material or metal sulfides derived therefrom. The hydroprocessing using the crystalline ammonia transition metal tungstate material may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodesilication, hydrodearomatization, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Stuart R. Miller, Susan C. Koster
  • Patent number: 10654755
    Abstract: An outer peripheral coating member contains first particles containing titanium oxide, second particles containing zirconium oxide, third particles containing niobium oxide or aluminum oxide, and a dispersion medium. It is preferable for the first particles to have at least two peak values R1 in a distribution of particle sizes of the first particles. One of the peak values R1 is within a range of 1 to 50 nm, and the other peak value R1 is within a range of 100 to 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsunori Oota, Emi Hattori, Keiichi Kato
  • Patent number: 10634030
    Abstract: A nitrous oxide (N2O) removal catalyst composite is provided, comprising a N2O removal catalytic material on a substrate, the catalytic material comprising a rhodium (Rh) component supported on a ceria-based support, wherein the catalyst composite has a H2-consumption peak of about 100° C. or less as measured by hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction (H2-TPR). Methods of making and using the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Yuejin Li, Xiaolai Zheng, Stanley Roth, Olga Gerlach, Andreas Sundermann
  • Patent number: 10603658
    Abstract: The present invention provides a honeycomb structured body capable of achieving more effective use of a catalyst in partition walls and having excellent exhaust gas conversion performance. The present invention relates to a honeycomb structured body including: a honeycomb fired body in which multiple through-holes are arranged longitudinally in parallel with one another with a partition wall therebetween, wherein the honeycomb fired body contains ceria-zirconia composite oxide particles and alumina particles, the partition wall of the honeycomb fired body contains macropores having a pore size of 2 to 50 ?m, and in an electron microscope image of a cross section of the partition wall, the percentage of the area occupied by pores having a pore size of 5 to 15 ?m is at least 85% of the total area of the macropores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: IBIDEN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Misako Makino, Daisuke Mori, Takeru Yoshida, Hiromasa Suzuki, Masaru Kakinohana, Takumi Tojo
  • Patent number: 10553367
    Abstract: Photovoltaic perovskite oxychalcogenide material and an optoelectronic device are provided. The optoelectronic device includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, and an active layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer. In one embodiment, the active layer includes a perovskite oxychalcogenide compound and the perovskite oxychalcogenide compound is NaMO2Q, wherein M is Nb or Ta, and Q is S, Se or Te.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: QATAR FOUNDATION, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
    Inventors: Fadwa El-Mellouhi, Nouar Tabet, Fahhad Hussain Alharbi, Stefano Sanvito, Heesoo Park
  • Patent number: 10543470
    Abstract: Described herein are improved chemical reactors for carrying out partial oxidation reactions. The chemical reactor permits the use of levels of oxygen above the lower explosion limit (LEL) typically used in partial oxidation reactions, which increases both volumetric reactivity and conversion per pass, resulting in reduced separation and reactant recycle costs. Also described are methods of using the reactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignees: IntraMicron, Inc., Auburn University
    Inventors: Bruce Tatarchuk, David Scarborough, Paul Dimick, Hongyun Yang
  • Patent number: 10518255
    Abstract: Catalyst articles having an ammonia slip catalyst (ASC) comprising a blend of platinum on a support with low ammonia storage and a first SCR catalyst, and a second catalyst, such as a diesel oxidation catalyst, a diesel exotherm catalyst (DEC), a NOx absorber, a selective catalytic reduction/passive NOx adsorber (SCR/PNA), a cold-start catalyst (CSC) or a three-way catalyst (TWC) are disclosed. The catalyst articles can also contain one or two additional SCR catalysts. The catalysts can be present in one of various configurations. The catalytic articles are useful for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx in exhaust gases and in reducing the amount of ammonia slip. Methods of using the catalytic articles in an SCR process, where the amount of ammonia slip is reduced, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Mikael Larsson, David Micallef
  • Patent number: 10519837
    Abstract: A combustion system operated at low cost is provided. A combustion system 1 includes a combustion device 10 that burns fuel, an exhaust line L1 through which exhaust gas flows, the exhaust gas being generated through combustion of the fuel in the combustion device 10, a dust collector 50 that is disposed in the exhaust line L1 and that collects dust in the exhaust gas, and a denitration device 90 that is disposed in the exhaust line L1 and that removes nitrogen oxide from the exhaust gas using a denitration catalyst. The denitration device 90 is disposed downstream from the dust collector 50 in the exhaust line L1. The denitration catalyst contains 43 wt % or more of vanadium pentoxide and has a BET specific surface area of 30 m2/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Eiji Kiyonaga, Kenji Hikino, Keiichiro Morita, Masatake Haruta, Toru Murayama, Makoto Mino
  • Patent number: 10512898
    Abstract: Provided are automotive catalyst composites having a catalytic material on a carrier, wherein the catalytic material comprises at least two layers. The first layer is deposited directly on the carrier and comprises a first palladium component supported on a first refractory metal oxide component, a first oxygen storage component, or a combination thereof. The second layer is deposited on top of the first layer and comprises a rhodium component supported on a second refractory metal oxide component and a second palladium component supported on a second oxygen storage component, a third refractory metal oxide component or a combination thereof. Generally these catalyst composites are used as three-way conversion (TWC) catalysts. Methods of making and using the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Michel Deeba, Yipeng Sun, Tian Luo, Emi Leung, Pavel Ruvinskiy, Dinh Dang
  • Patent number: 10493436
    Abstract: A method in which flue gas or exhaust gas containing harmful carbon monoxide, organic compounds (VOC) and NOx is contacted with a layered catalyst. A first layer of the catalyst comprises an oxidation catalyst. An underlying layer of the catalyst comprises a NH3-SCR catalyst for the simultaneous removal of the carbon monoxide and NOx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/S
    Inventors: Francesco Castellino, Viggo Lucassen Hansen
  • Patent number: 10472303
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, and articles of manufacture for alkane activation with single- or bi-metallic catalysts on crystalline mixed oxide supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: UChicago Argonne, LLC, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Theodore R. Krause, Adam S. Hock, Guanghui Zhang, Yunjie Xu
  • Patent number: 10471419
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for forming a metal oxide coating layer on a catalyst support, which comprises a precipitation step for forming a metal-containing precipitate on the catalyst support by contacting the catalyst support with a mixed solution containing a metal oxide precursor and a precipitant, and a calcination step for calcinating the metal-containing precipitate produced on the catalyst support to produce the metal oxide coating layer on the catalyst support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Kee Young Koo, Wang Lai Yoon, Un Ho Jung, Hyun Ji Eom, Soon Chul Kwon
  • Patent number: 10434499
    Abstract: The present invention relates to diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and diesel particulate filter (DPF) catalyst compositions, used for a smoke reduction apparatus, for inhibiting white smoke generated from a diesel engine and, more specifically, to a DOC, enabling minimization of sulphate adsorption, a DPF catalyst, enabling a sulphate desorption delay, and a smoke reduction apparatus having the DOC and DPF catalyst assembled therein. The diesel particulate filter catalyst composition, which is applied to the DPF, comprises oxide components selected from oxide components comprising manganese oxide and silver oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HEESUNG CATALYSTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyun-sik Han, Eun-seok Kim, Jae-Uk Han, Hyoung-Mun Cho
  • Patent number: 10431831
    Abstract: A catalyst particle is composed of an inner particle and an outermost layer that includes platinum and covers the inner particle. The inner particle includes on at least a surface thereof a first oxide having an oxygen defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, University of Miyazaki
    Inventors: Go Sakai, Tatsuya Arai, Tetsuya Ogawa, Koshi Sekizawa, Naoki Takehiro
  • Patent number: 10416129
    Abstract: Provided is a system comprising a device that performs one or more reactions to liquid or supercritical fluid chromatograph effluents and produces molecules that are subsequently detected by a suitable detector. This allows for one to practice a method for the detection and quantification of organic molecules from a liquid chromatograph for the purpose of increasing detection limits and allowing for the universal detection of organic molecules. The linear dynamic range and molecular response are greater than those previously available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ACTIVATED RESEARCH COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Jones, Charles Spanjers
  • Patent number: 10406479
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing nitrogen oxides from gas streams, includes introducing a to-be treated gas stream into a gas-solid reaction column, and introducing ferric chloride solid particles into the gas-solid reaction tower at the same time. The nitrogen oxides in the gas streams undergo gas-solid chemical adsorption reaction with the ferric chloride solid particles to form solid products and are removed, and thereby purifying the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Inventor: Liwei Huang
  • Patent number: 10400687
    Abstract: A system and method of managing an on-demand electrolytic reactor for supplying hydrogen and oxygen gas to an internal combustion engine. The system minimizes reactor's power consumption and parasitic energy loss generally associated with perpetual reactors. The system comprises a plurality of sensors coupled to the reactor measuring a plurality of reactor parameters, an electronic control unit coupled to the plurality of sensors and the engine, and a reactor control board coupled to the reactor and the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit: monitors the plurality of reactor parameters and the plurality of engine parameters; determines a reactor performance level; determines an engine performance level; determines a change in the engine performance level to forecast a future engine demand level; and determines an ideal reactor performance level corresponding to the engine performance level or the future engine demand level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: dynaCERT Inc.
    Inventors: David Bridge, Ruston Jeroen Hoffman
  • Patent number: 10376838
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst is described for treating hydrocarbons in an exhaust gas produced by an internal combustion engine, wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises a region disposed on a substrate, wherein the region comprises ruthenium (Ru) supported on a support material comprising a refractory oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Paul Andersen, Hai-Ying Chen, Kevin Doura, Joseph Fedeyko
  • Patent number: 10376867
    Abstract: The invention provides an exhaust gas cleaning oxidation catalyst and in particular to an oxidation catalyst for cleaning the exhaust gas discharged from internal combustion engines of compression ignition type (particularly diesel engines). The invention further relates to a catalyzed substrate monolith comprising an oxidizing catalyst on a substrate monolith for use in treating exhaust gas emitted from a lean-burn internal combustion engine. In particular, the invention relates to a catalyzed substrate monolith comprising a first washcoat coating and a second washcoat coating, wherein the second washcoat coating is disposed in a layer above the first washcoat coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Philip Gerald Blakeman, Gavin Michael Brown, Sougato Chatterjee, Andrew Francis Chiffey, Jane Gast, Paul Richard Phillips, Hanako Oyamada, Raj Rao Rajaram, Satoshi Sumiya, Andrew Peter Walker, Lifeng Wang
  • Patent number: 10357743
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst is described for treating an exhaust gas produced by a diesel engine comprising a catalytic region and a substrate, wherein the catalytic region comprises a catalytic material comprising: bismuth (Bi), antimony (Sb) or an oxide thereof; a platinum group metal (PGM) selected from the group consisting of (i) platinum (Pt), (ii) palladium (Pd) and (iii) platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd); and a support material, which is a refractory oxide; wherein the platinum group metal (PGM) is supported on the support material; and wherein the bismuth (Bi), antimony (Sb) or an oxide thereof is supported on the support material and/or the refractory oxide comprises the bismuth, antimony or an oxide thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Andrew Francis Chiffey, Oliver Cooper, Christopher Daly, Mark Feaviour, Steven Merrick, Francois Moreau, Matthew O'Brien, David Thompsett
  • Patent number: 10350578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing zirconium, cerium and yttrium oxides with a cerium oxide proportion of between 3% and 15%, and yttrium oxide proportions corresponding to the following conditions: 6% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is between 12% excluded and 15% included; 10% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is between 7% excluded and 12% included; 30% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is between 3% and 7% included; the balance consisting of zirconium oxide. The composition may optionally include an oxide of a rare earth selected from lanthanum, neodymium and praseodymium. The composition can be used for processing the exhaust gases of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Olivier Larcher, Emmanuel Rohart, Simon Ifrah
  • Patent number: 10350581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst composition using other metals different from precious metals as a catalytically active component and is to propose a novel catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification which has excellent catalytic activity, in particular, excellent treatment activity of HC even after a thermal durability treatment. The invention is to propose a catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification comprising catalyst particles having a constitution in which Cu and a transition metal A including at least one of Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Zr, and Ag are supported on ceria (CeO2) particles and a catalyst using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Michitaka Yamaguchi, Yunosuke Nakahara, Masato Machida
  • Patent number: 10319999
    Abstract: Oxide compositions comprising a modified structure which includes the formula ABOz. The A component may comprise at a cation of least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, and Zn, and the B component may comprise a cation of at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni. Batteries and supercapacitors comprising the oxide compositions of the present disclosure and methods of making the oxide compositions of the present disclosure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Brooks, Eric Kreidler
  • Patent number: 10315187
    Abstract: Disclosed in certain implementations is a catalysis composition that includes a metal catalyst and a support material impregnated with the metal catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Buelow, Steven W. Chin, Jeffrey Barmont Hoke, Nicholas R. Leclerc, David M. Robinson
  • Patent number: 10308997
    Abstract: Method for producing elemental rhodium, comprising the steps of: (1) providing an aqueous suspension of diethylene triammonium hexahalogenorhodate adjusted with hydrohalic acid to a pH value of ?1 to +2; (2) adding a sufficient quantity of reducing agent for complete conversion of the diethylene triammonium hexahalogenorhodate to the suspension provided in step (1) and allowing the reaction to proceed until the formation of elemental rhodium is completed; and (3) separating the elemental rhodium formed in step (2) from the hydrohalic aqueous composition formed in step (2); whereby halogen is bromine and/or chlorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: HERAEUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Stettner, Vasco Thiel, Stefanie F. Alameda, Steffen Voβ
  • Patent number: 10279338
    Abstract: An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst includes a support and a catalytic metal supported thereby. The support includes a composite oxide represented by AO.xB2-?C?O3, wherein A represents at least one of an element having a valence of 1 and an element having a valence of 2, B represents an element having a valence of 3, C represents one or more elements selected from iridium, ruthenium, tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, and tungsten, x represents a numerical value of 1 to 6, and ? represents a numerical value greater than 0 and less than 2. The catalytic metal includes one or more precious metals selected from rhodium, palladium, and platinum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsueda, Akimasa Hirai, Kenichi Taki, Sho Hoshino
  • Patent number: 10253669
    Abstract: Synergized platinum group metals (SPGM) with ultra-low PGM loadings employed as underfloor (UF) three-way catalyst (TWC) systems with varied material compositions and configurations are disclosed. SPGM UF catalysts in which ZPGM compositions of binary and ternary spinel structures supported onto support oxides are coupled with commercialized PGM close-coupled (CC) catalysts and tested under Federal Test Procedure FTP-75 within TGDI and PI engines. The performance of the TWC systems including commercialized PGM CC and SPGM UF (with ultra-low PGM loadings) catalysts is compared to the performance of commercialized PGM CC and PGM UF catalysts. The disclosed TWC systems indicate that SPGM UF TWC catalytic performance is comparable or even exceeds high PGM-based conventional TWC catalysts, with reduced tailpipe emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: CDT Advanced Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Zahra Nazarpoor, Stephen J. Golden, Maxime Launois
  • Patent number: 10252246
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure is formed of a porous ceramic material and has pores in the structural body, wherein cerium dioxide is present in a state that it is incorporated in the structural body in the ceramic material, and at least a part of cerium dioxide particles is exposed on pore surfaces of the pores. The ceramic material includes cordierite or silicon carbide as a major component, the ratio of the cerium dioxide to the ceramic material is in the range of from 1.0% by mass to 10.0% by mass, and at least a part of catalyst particulates of a platinum group element such as platinum or palladium is loaded by the cerium dioxide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yunie Izumi
  • Patent number: 10252217
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention pertain to catalytic articles and methods of making catalytic articles comprising a first catalytic coating comprising a platinum group metal, wherein the first catalytic coating is substantially free of Cu, Ni, Fe, Mn, V, Co, Ga, Mo, Mg, Cr and Zn; a second catalytic coating comprising a non-PGM metal, wherein the second catalytic coating is substantially free of any platinum group metal; and one or more substrates, wherein the first catalytic coating is separated from the second catalytic coating, optionally with a barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Qinglin Zhang, Ye Liu, Pascaline Harrison Tran, Xinsheng Liu, Michelle Casper, Michael P. Galligan, John R. Adomaitis, Shau-Lin F. Chen, Weiliang Feng
  • Patent number: 10240500
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas produced by a compression ignition engine comprising: a substrate having an inlet end surface and an outlet end surface; a catalytic material disposed on the substrate, wherein the catalytic material comprises platinum (Pt); and a capture material, wherein the capture material is disposed on the outlet end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Andrew Francis Chiffey, Francois Moreau, Paul Richard Phillips
  • Patent number: 10226754
    Abstract: A lean NOx trap composition for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO), and the trapping and reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) is disclosed. The lean NOx trap composition can have a washcoat layer on a carrier substrate including a first support material comprising greater than 50% by weight of a reducible metal oxide; 10 to 30% by weight of alkaline earth metal supported on a second support material comprising a refractory metal oxide and 50% or less by weight of a reducible metal oxide and; and a platinum group metal component supported on at least one of the first support material and/or the second support material. A portion of the first support material may further include 0.5% to 10% by weight of an alkaline earth metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Gerd Grubert, Torsten Neubauer, Alfred Punke, Marcus Hilgendorff, Marko Buchholz, Matthew Caudle
  • Patent number: 10226755
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a NOx storage reduction catalyst for purifying exhaust gas capable of efficiently removing carbon monoxide (CO), a hydrocarbon (HC), and a nitrogen oxide (NOx), in particular NOx, which are harmful components contained in exhaust gas. The NOx storage reduction catalyst for purifying exhaust gas of the present invention is characterized by being obtained by using a complex oxide of strontium and cerium as a catalytic active component, in which the complex oxide of strontium and cerium adsorbs 1.0 mL or less of oxygen per gram in a 400° C. atmosphere, and sinters a precursor at 300° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Umeno, Masaya Hanzawa, Yoshiyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10213741
    Abstract: An object of at least one embodiment of the present invention is to suppress poisoning due to phosphorus derived from engine oil, and effectively purify NOx discharged from the time of engine start up to a high load condition. In an exhaust gas purification catalyst for an internal combustion engine, a catalyst layer includes: a first catalyst layer exposed to an exhaust gas flow; and a second catalyst layer formed between the first catalyst layer and the substrate. A second catalyst upstream layer formed on an upstream side of the second catalyst layer with respect to the exhaust gas flow and a first catalyst downstream layer formed on a downstream side of the first catalyst layer with respect to the exhaust gas flow include at least one of palladium and platinum, as well as an oxygen storage material as the catalyst component. An amount of the oxygen storage material in the first catalyst downstream layer is larger than an amount of the oxygen storage material in the second catalyst upstream layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Sato, Kinichi Iwachido
  • Patent number: 10195596
    Abstract: There is provided a zeolite which has excellent NOx purifying performance, particularly excellent NOx purifying performance after heat endurance. The zeolite has a CHA structure in which Cu and Ce are carried, and has a Cu/Al molar ratio of 0.25 to 0.48 and a Ce/Al molar ratio of 0.01 to 0.03.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toyohiro Usui
  • Patent number: 10188984
    Abstract: Process for catalytic oxidative removal of at least one oxidisable gaseous compound from a gas mixture comprising the at least one oxidisable gaseous compound as well as oxygen through the use of an oxidation catalyst, whereby the gas mixture is not a combustion flue gas, characterised in that the oxidation catalyst was produced through the use of at least one exothermic-decomposing platinum precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: HERAEUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Kiemel, Santiago Casu, Martina Kemmer, Nico Lochner, Richard Walter
  • Patent number: 10173200
    Abstract: Provided are a cerium-zirconium composite oxide, a preparation method therefor and application of a catalyst. The cerium-zirconium composite oxide has a composite phase structure, and comprises a cerium oxide phase and a cerium-zirconium solid solution phase, or consists of two or more cerium-zirconium solid solution phases with different crystal structures and different chemical compositions, wherein the chemical formula of the cerium-zirconium solid solution phase is CexZr1-x-yMyO2, where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of a rare earth element other than cerium, a transition metal element and an alkaline earth metal element, x is 15-85 mol %, and y is 0-20 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: GRIREM ADVANCED MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaowei Huang, Qi Wang, Mei Yue, Qiang Zhong, Lei Wang, Yongke Hou, Meisheng Cui
  • Patent number: 10155197
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst is described for treating an exhaust gas produced by a diesel engine, wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a capture material for capturing at least one phosphorus containing impurity and/or at least one sulfur containing impurity in the exhaust gas produced by the diesel engine; and a catalytic region disposed on the substrate; wherein the catalytic region comprises a catalytic material comprising a platinum group metal (PGM) selected from the group consisting of platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) and a combination of platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Kieran John Cole, Lee Alexander Gilbert, Robert Hanley, Colin Russell Newman, Calum Robertson, Gudmund Smedler, Isabel Zoe Tingay
  • Patent number: 10150082
    Abstract: A catalyst and system for an internal combustion engine exhaust gas purification includes a first catalyst component region (a) having a catalyst component layer containing Rh at a concentration of 0.1 to 3.0 g/L at a length of 3 to 30 mm on an upstream side, a second catalyst component region (b) having a catalyst component layer containing Pd at a concentration of 1.0 to 20.0 g/L at a length of 10 to 100 mm on a downstream side, and a third catalyst region (c) containing rhodium at a concentration of 0.05 to 1.0 g/L and an oxygen storage material at a concentration of 30 to 150 g/L at a length of 25 to 150 mm on a monolithic support. The catalyst suppresses the formation and discharge of N2O from the exhaust gas with a small amount of a noble metal from the time of cold starting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10137413
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst is described for treating an exhaust gas produced by a diesel engine. The oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a capture material for capturing at least one sulfur containing impurity in the exhaust gas produced by the diesel engine; wherein the capture material comprises a metal for reacting with an oxide of sulfur in the exhaust gas and particles of a refractory oxide, wherein the particles of the refractory oxide have a mean specific surface area ?50 m2/g; and a catalytic region disposed on the substrate; wherein the catalytic region comprises a catalytic material comprising a platinum group metal (PGM) selected from the group consisting of platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) and a combination of platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Kieran Cole, Lothar Hofmann, Calum Robertson
  • Patent number: 10130939
    Abstract: A process of forming a direct NOx catalyst includes the steps of providing a palladium salt, providing a silicon oxide support material, mixing the palladium salt and silicon oxide support material in an aqueous solution, evaporating the aqueous solution forming a solid, calcining the solid, and then exposing the calcined solid to a pretreatment gas at a specified temperature to form a desired direct NOx catalyst. When the process includes exposing the calcined solid to helium gas at a temperature of from 650 to 1000° C. the catalyst may include a mixture of palladium and palladium oxide having a particle size of from 5 to 150 nm where the palladium particles are discrete particles without sintering and the mixture may include 41% by weight palladium oxide and 51% by weight palladium metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Krishna Reddy Gunugunuri, Torin C. Peck, Chen Ling, Hongfei Jia
  • Patent number: 10130941
    Abstract: Methods and catalyst compositions for oxidizing CO to CO2 at low temperatures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of oxidizing CO to CO2 may involve heating a gaseous mixture comprising at least CO and O2 with a catalyst mixture comprising Pd disposed on a Mn3O4 mesoporous support at a temperature of about 0° C. to about 60° C., and wherein the CO to CO2 conversion rate is about 40% to about 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Liang Li, Gengnan Li
  • Patent number: 10124292
    Abstract: Provided are emissions treatment systems for an exhaust stream having an ammonia-generating component, such as a NOx storage reduction (NSR) catalyst or a lean NOx trap (LNT) catalyst, and an SCR catalyst disposed downstream of the ammonia-generating catalyst. The SCR catalyst can be a molecular sieve having the CHA crystal structure, for example SSZ-13 or SAPO-34, which can be ion-exchanged with copper. The LNT can be layered, having an undercoat washcoat layer comprising a support material, at least one precious metal, and at least one NOx sorbent selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth elements, rare earth elements, and combinations thereof and a top washcoat layer comprising a support material, at least one precious metal, and ceria in particulate form, the top washcoat layer being substantially free of alkaline earth components. The emissions treatment system is advantageously used for the treatment of exhaust streams from diesel engines and lean burn gasoline engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chung-Zong Wan, Xiaolai Zheng, Susanne Stiebels, Claudia Zabel, Torsten Neubauer, R. Samuel Boorse
  • Patent number: 10113119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a monolith catalyst for reforming reaction, and more particularly, to a thermally stable (i.e. thermal resistance-improved) monolith catalyst for reforming reaction having a novel construction such that any one of Group 1A to Group 5A metals are used as a barrier component in the existing catalyst particles to inhibit carbon deposition occurring during the reforming reaction in a process for formation of a reforming monolith catalyst while improving thermal durability as well as non-activation of the catalyst due to a degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Il Jeong Heo, Young Woo You, Ji Hoon Park, Jung Hyun Park, Tae Sun Chang, Beom Sik Kim, Jeong Kwon Suh
  • Patent number: 10112181
    Abstract: A catalyst for purification of exhaust gas, wherein a substrate and a catalyst coat layer which is formed on a surface of the substrate and which comprises catalyst particles, wherein the catalyst coat layer has an average thickness in a range of 25 to 160 ?m, and a void fraction in a range of 50 to 80% by volume as measured by a weight-in-water method, 0.5 to 50% by volume of all voids in the catalyst coat layer consist of high-aspect ratio pores which have equivalent circle diameters in a range of 2 to 50 ?m in a cross-sectional image of a cross-section of the catalyst coat layer which the cross-section is perpendicular to a flow direction of exhaust gas in the substrate, and which have aspect ratios of 5 or higher, and the high-aspect ratio pores have an average aspect ratio in a range of 10 to 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Katoh, Toshitaka Tanabe, Masahide Miura, Hiromasa Suzuki, Hiroaki Naito, Hirotaka Ori, Keiichi Narita, Michihiko Takeuchi, Tatsuya Ohashi
  • Patent number: 10099978
    Abstract: Catalyst for hydrogenation of 1,3-cyclobutanediketone compound is provided, which includes a support and VIIIB group transition metal loaded thereon. The support includes a first oxide powder with a surface wrapped by a second oxide. The first oxide includes silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, or a combination thereof. The second oxide has a composition of MxAl(1-x)O(3-x)/2, M is alkaline earth metal, and x is from 0.3 to 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Shu-Hua Chan, Hsi-Yen Hsu, Chiou-Hwang Lee, Ying-Chieh Lee
  • Patent number: 10092875
    Abstract: We provide a method for removing contaminants from a gas, comprising: alternating input of the gas between two or more beds of adsorbent particles that comprise zeolite SSZ-36, zeolite SSZ-39, or zeolite SSZ-45; wherein the gas contacts one of the beds during an adsorption and a tail gas is simultaneously vented from another of the beds by desorption; wherein a contacting pressure is from about 345 kPa to about 6895 kPa and produces a product gas containing no greater than about 2 mol % carbon dioxide, at least about 10 wppm water, at least about 65 mol % of methane recovered from the feed gas, and at least about 25 mol % of ethane recovered from the feed gas; and wherein the tail gas is vented from the feed end of the beds. We also provide a method for removing a contaminant from a gas, wherein the gas contains hydrogen sulfide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Allen Thompson, Tracy Margaret Davis, Dan Xie, Stacey Ian Zones