Plural Component System Comprising A - Group I To Iv Metal Hydride Or Organometallic Compound - And B - Group Iv To Viii Metal, Lanthanide Or Actinde Compound - (i.e., Alkali Metal, Ag, Au, Cu, Alkaline Earth Metal, Be, Mg, Zn, Cd, Hg, Sc, Y, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Ti, Zn, Hf, Ge, Sn Or Pb Hydride Or Organometallic Compound And Ti, Zr, Hf, Ge, Sn, Pb, V, Nb, Ta, As, Sb, Bi, Cr, Mo, W, Po, Mn, Tc, Re, Iron Group, Platinum Group, Atomic Number 57 To 71 Inclusive Or Atomic Number 89 Or Higher Compound) Patents (Class 502/102)
  • Patent number: 7825203
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a catalyst system for synthesizing rubbery polymers, such as polybutadiene rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, isoprene-butadiene rubber, or styrene-isoprene-butadiene rubber, that are amine functionalized and have a high trans or high vinyl microstructure. The catalyst system, in one embodiment, includes an organolithium amine compound, and one or more of (a) a group IIa metal salt of an amino glycol or a glycol ether, (b) an organoaluminum compound, or (c) an amine compound. The amine functionalized rubbery polymers can be utilized in tire tread rubbers where the rubbery polymers may provide desirable wear properties without substantially sacrificing other performance characteristic(s), e.g., traction properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Adel Farhan Halasa, Wen-Liang Hsu
  • Publication number: 20100261861
    Abstract: Polymerization catalyst systems including three or more catalyst compounds are provided. Methods for olefin polymerization including the aforementioned catalyst systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Rainer Kolb, Dongming Li, Francis C. Rix, Cesar A. Garcia-Franco
  • Patent number: 7811957
    Abstract: Compositions are described for catalyzing or facilitating hydrogen transfer kinetics in various kinds of chemical reactions that depend on the efficiency of hydrogen relocation or exchange. One such composition has the formula M-H-E, where M is a metal, metalloid, alloy of a metal, alloy of a metalloid, compound of a metal or compound of a metalloid, H is hydrogen and E is an electronegative element. Another such composition is a hydrogen storage composition that includes the catalytic composition having the formula M-H-E and a hydride or a material capable of absorbing hydrogen to form a hydride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventors: Alicja Zaluska, Leszek Zaluski
  • Patent number: 7807857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel catalyst compositions and their use in a process for the catalytic conversion of ethanol to a reaction product comprising 1-butanol. The catalysts comprise Group II metal salts selected from the group consisting of oxides, carbonates, bicarbonates, hydroxides, and mixtures thereof, supported on a lanthanum-promoted oxide containing alumina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kostantinos Kourtakis, Ronnie Ozer
  • Publication number: 20100240847
    Abstract: This invention relates to the oligomerisation of olefinic compounds in the presence of an oligomerisation catalyst activated in two stages by two catalyst activators According to the invention there is provided a process for activating an oligomerisation catalyst by contacting the catalyst with i) a first activator component selected from the group consisting of the aluminoxanes and a mixture of at least one aluminoxane and at least one organylaluminium compound, and ii) a second activator component which is an organylaluminium compound, the process being characterised therein that the oligomerisation catalyst is first contacted with one of the first activator component or second activator component, and the resulting mixture is thereafter contacted with the other of the first activator component or second activator component
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: John Thomas Dixon, David Hedley Morgan, Hulisani Maumela, Palesa Nongodlwana
  • Patent number: 7786247
    Abstract: A melt phase process for making a polyester polymer melt phase product by adding an antimony containing catalyst to the melt phase, polycondensing the melt containing said catalyst in the melt phase until the It.V. of the melt reaches at least 0.75 dL/g. Polyester polymer melt phase pellets containing antimony residues and having an It.V. of at least 0.75 dL/g are obtained without solid state polymerization. The polyester polymer pellets containing antimony residues and having an It.V. of at least 0.70 dL/g obtained without increasing the molecular weight of the melt phase product by solid state polymerization are fed to an extruder, melted to produce a molten polyester polymer, and extruded through a die to form shaped articles. The melt phase products and articles made thereby have low b* color and/or high L* brightness, and the reaction time to make the melt phase products is short.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Mary Therese Jernigan, Michael Paul Ekart, Richard Gill Bonner
  • Patent number: 7776113
    Abstract: The reaction of carbon monoxide with steam over an alkali-modified ruthenium-on-zirconia catalyst has been found to yield surprisingly high yields of hydrogen gas at relatively low temperatures. Catalyst structures, reactors, hydrogen production systems, and methods for producing hydrogen utilizing the alkali-modified ruthenium-on-zirconia catalyst are described. Methods of making catalysts are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Yong Wang, Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich
  • Patent number: 7772150
    Abstract: A method to prepare porous medium decorated with nanoparticles involves contacting a suspension of nanoparticles in an ionic liquid with a porous medium such that the particles diffuse into the pores of the medium followed by heating the resulting composition to a temperature equal to or greater than the thermal decomposition temperature of the ionic liquid resulting in the removal of the liquid portion of the suspension. The nanoparticles can be a metal, an alloy, or a metal compound. The resulting compositions can be used as catalysts, sensors, or separators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel M. Vieth, Nancy J. Dudney, Sheng Dai
  • Patent number: 7754370
    Abstract: This invention provides a fuel cell catalyst material containing catalyst particles having a composition substantially represented by ATxNu??(1) wherein A contains Pt or Pt and at least one noble metal element selected from the group consisting of Ru, Pd, Au, and Ag, T contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Sn, Mn, Cr, V, Ti, Mo, Nb, Zr, W, Ta, and Hf, and atomic ratios x and u fall within the ranges 0?x?4 and 0.005?u?1, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Wu Mei, Yoshihiko Nakano
  • Patent number: 7754641
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a complex hydride and a borohydride catalyst wherein the borohydride catalyst comprises a BH4 group, and a group IV metal, a group V metal, or a combination of a group IV and a group V metal. Also disclosed herein are methods of making the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Grigorii Lev Soloveichik, Matthew John Andrus
  • Patent number: 7754101
    Abstract: Substituted alkylmetal solutions and a method for making the same wherein the solutions include (a) a substituted alkylmetal compound of the formula of M-CH2—W(Ra) (Rb) (Rc) at a concentration of greater than 1.0M; (b) a hydrocarbon solvent; and (c) an amine cosolvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Tzer Chou, Christopher Jay Woltermann
  • Patent number: 7737069
    Abstract: A magnesium compound represented by the formula (I): Mg(OC2H5)2?n(OR1)n??(I) where R1 is CmH2m+1 (where m is an integer of from 3 to 10), and n is a numerical value satisfying 0<n<0.35; a solid catalyst component for olefin polymer using the magnesium compound; a catalyst for olefin polymer; and methods of producing olefin copolymers such as a propylene-based random copolymer and propylene-based block copolymer by using the catalyst for olefin polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shojiro Tanase, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Takehito Konakazawa, Takanori Sadashima, Kiyokazu Katayama, Kenji Tanaka, Hideaki Noda
  • Patent number: 7718562
    Abstract: A catalyst system for use with an internal combustion engine to provide emissions reductions under lean and stoichiometric operating conditions. The catalyst system comprises a first catalyst comprised of a newly developed Perovskite-based formulation having an ABO3 crystal structure designed to bring the precious metal and NOx trapping elements close together. The first catalyst acts primarily to maximize the reduction of emissions under lean operating conditions. The catalyst system also comprises a second catalyst comprised of precious metals which acts primarily to maximize the reduction of emissions under stoichiometric conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Haren S Gandhi, Jun (John) Li, Ronald Gene Hurley
  • Patent number: 7712311
    Abstract: A turbocharger assembly is provided. The turbocharger assembly includes a turbine assembly having at least one internal aerodynamic surface and a compressor assembly having at least one internal aerodynamic surface. At least one of the at least one internal aerodynamic surface of the turbine assembly and the at least one internal aerodynamic surface of the compressor assembly is at least partially coated with a catalyst material. The internal aerodynamic surfaces of the turbine assembly may include a volute, variable geometry mechanism, turbine wheel, and outlet. The internal aerodynamic surfaces of the compressor assembly may include and inlet, compressor impeller, diffuser, variable geometry mechanism, and a volute. An internal combustion engine incorporating the disclosed turbocharger assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Shouxian Ren, Carnell E. Williams
  • Publication number: 20100113852
    Abstract: Among other things, this disclosure provides an olefin oligomerization system and process, the system comprising: a) a transition metal compound; b) a pyrrole compound having independently-selected C1 to C18 organyl groups at the 2- and 5-positions, wherein at least one of the organyl group alpha-carbon atoms attached to the 2- and 5-positions of the pyrrole compound is a secondary carbon atoms; and c) a metal alkyl. For example, the 2,5-diethylpyrrole (2,5-DEP)-based catalyst systems can afford a productivity increases over unsubstituted pyrrole catalyst systems, non-2,5-disubstituted catalyst systems, and 2,5-dimethylpyrrole (2,5-DMP) catalyst systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP
    Inventor: Orson L. Sydora
  • Patent number: 7704919
    Abstract: The invention relates to gold-coated particles useful as fuel cell electrocatalysts. The particles are composed of an electrocatalytically active core at least partially encapsulated by an outer shell of gold or gold alloy. The invention more particularly relates to such particles having a noble metal-containing core, and more particularly, a platinum or platinum alloy core. In other embodiments, the invention relates to fuel cells containing these electrocatalysts and methods for generating electrical energy therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Radoslav Adzic, Junliang Zhang
  • Patent number: 7705097
    Abstract: Process for preparing a supported catalyst for the polymerization and/or copolymerization of olefins which has a chromium content of from 0.01 to 5% by weight, based on the element, which comprises (a) preparing a homogeneous solution comprising an organic or inorganic chromium compound and at least one further organic or inorganic compound of elements selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr, B, Al, Si, P, Bi, Sc, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Hf, Ta, W in a protic or aprotic polar solvent, (b) bringing the solution from a) into contact with a finely divided inorganic support to form a catalyst precursor, (c) if appropriate, removing the solvent from the catalyst precursor and (d) calcining the catalyst precursor at temperatures of from 350 to 950° C., preferably 400 to 900° C., under oxidative conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Shahram Mihan, Andreas Haufe, Peter Kölle, Joachim Wulff-Döring, Ingo Treffkorn, Guido Funk
  • Patent number: 7696123
    Abstract: A method for preparing a nickel-containing composition, and a composition prepared by such method, are disclosed including the steps of: a) mixing a phosphorous compound with a nickel complex having nickel bonded to a heteroatom to thereby form a nickel-phosphorous-containing mixture; and b) contacting the nickel-phosphorous-containing mixture with a supported partially hydrolyzed alkylaluminum compound, thereby forming such nickel-containing composition. Use of such nickel-containing composition in the dimerization of propene is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Katharina J. Schneider, Alt G. Helmut, George D. Parks, Roland Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7692051
    Abstract: A process and catalyst for the liquid phase selective hydrogenation of alkynes to alkenes with high selectivity to alkenes relative to alkanes, high alkyne conversion, and sustained catalytic activity comprising a reactant comprising an alkyne and a non-hydrocarbon solvent/absorbent, contacting the reactant stream with a hydrogen-containing stream in the presence of a supported, promoted, Group VIII catalyst, removing the solvent/absorbent, and recovering the alkene product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Synfuels International, Inc.
    Inventors: Marvin M. Johnson, Edward R. Peterson, Sean C. Gattis
  • Patent number: 7687425
    Abstract: Catalyst systems for preparing phthalic anhydride by means of gas-phase oxidation of o-xylene and/or naphthalene, and a process for preparing phthalic anhydride using the catalyst systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sebastian Storck, Jürgen Zühlke, Samuel Neto, Frank Rosowski
  • Patent number: 7651603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-75 prepared using a tetramethylene-1,4-bis-(N-methylpyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in catalysts for hydrocarbon conversion reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Stacey I. Zones, Allen W. Burton, Jr., Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen, Berend Smit, Edith Beerdsen
  • Patent number: 7648941
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for upgrading hydrocarbonaceous feedstreams by hydroprocessing using bulk bimetallic catalysts. More particularly, the invention relates to a catalytic hydrotreating process for the removal of sulfur and nitrogen from a hydrocarbon feed such as a fuel or a lubricating oil feed. The catalyst is a bulk catalyst comprising a Group VIII metal and a Group VIB metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Stuart L. Soled, Sabato Miseo, Sonja Eijsbouts, Frans L. Plantenga
  • Publication number: 20100010174
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymerization catalyst compositions employing half-metallocene compounds with a heteroatom-containing ligand bound to the transition metal. Methods for making these hybrid metallocene compounds and for using such compounds in catalyst compositions for the polymerization and copolymerization of olefins are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP
    Inventors: Max P. McDaniel, Matthew G. Thorn, Elizabeth A. Benham
  • Patent number: 7645716
    Abstract: The novel binuclear, oxygen-bridged, bimetallic complexes of the general formula (I): [(LM1R1)(Cp2M2R2)](?-O)??(I) are suitable as polymerization catalysts for olefin polymerization. (M1=Al, Ge, Zr or Ti; M2=Zr, Ti or Hf; Cp=cyclopentadienyl; R1, R2=methyl, ethyl, i-propyl, t-butyl, halogen, phenyl, alkylphenyl, SiMe3; L=a bidentate, doubly heteroatom-coordinated organic chemical ligand, which together with the metal M1 forms a 5 or 6-membered ring.) They display very good catalytic activities, good operating lives, and require little cocatalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen
    Inventors: Herbert Roesky, Guangcai Bai, Vojtech Janicik, Sanjay Singh
  • Patent number: 7642214
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly active catalyst for producing an unsaturated oxygen-containing compound from an alkane and the catalyst comprising Mo, V, Ti and Sb or Te as the indispensable active components. The preferable catalyst is represented by formula (1) or (2) as shown below, Mo1.0VaTibXcYdOe??(1) Mo1.0VaTibXcYdZfOe??(2) wherein X represents Sb or Te; Y represents Nb, W or Zr; Z represents Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca or Sr; a, b, c, d, e and f represent atomic ratios of their respective elements, with 0<a<0.7, 0<b<0.3, 0<c<0.7, 0?d<0.3, 0<f<0.1; e is a number determined by oxidation states of the other elements than oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kobayashi, Yoshimasa Seo
  • Patent number: 7638456
    Abstract: A method comprising contacting a support with one or more chromium-containing compounds and one or more boria precursors to provide a catalyst precursor, and activating the catalyst precursor to provide a polymerization catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Max P. McDaniel, Kathy S. Collins
  • Publication number: 20090317308
    Abstract: Catalysts are formulated to resemble a direct ammonia/air fuel cell at short circuit at the nanoscale level to convert ammonia in aqueous solution directly and spontaneously to nitrogen at near or above ambient temperature. The catalyst particle contains a type-A catalyst subparticles for ammonia oxidation to nitrogen, and a type-C catalyst subparticles for oxygen reduction, with the type-A and type-C catalyst subparticles electrically shorted. Advantages realized at the nanoscale level are enhanced conductances for electrons and hydroxyl anions between the neighboring type-A and type-C catalyst subparticles. With the catalysts packed and confined in a catalyst bed in a chemical reactor, the direct conversion of ammonia in an aqueous phase to nitrogen can be carried out continuously for ammonia removal from a water stream in a compact package, and without the high cost arising from constructing and maintaining a bulk electrochemical device, and without the step of exacting the ammonia into gas phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: Xiaoming Ren
  • Publication number: 20090308792
    Abstract: Oil soluble catalysts are used in a process to hydrodesulfurize petroleum feedstock having a high concentration of sulfur-containing compounds and convert the feedstock to a higher value product. The catalyst complex includes at least one attractor species and at least one catalytic metal that are bonded to a plurality of organic ligands that make the catalyst complex oil-soluble. The attractor species selectively attracts the catalyst to sulfur sites in sulfur-containing compounds in the feedstock where the catalytic metal can catalyze the removal of sulfur. Because the attractor species selectively attracts the catalysts to sulfur sites, non-productive, hydrogen consuming side reactions are reduced and greater rates of hydrodesulfurization are achieved while consuming less hydrogen per unit sulfur removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: HEADWATERS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION, LLC
    Inventors: Zhihua Wu, Zhenhua Zhou, Bing Zhou
  • Publication number: 20090306299
    Abstract: A multimodal polyethylene composition, in particular suitable for the preparation of films, but also textile articles, blow molded articles and injection molded articles is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Jennifer Kipke, Shahram Mihan, Rainer Karer, Harald Schmitz
  • Patent number: 7622415
    Abstract: Provided are a polymerization catalyst composition for ethylene oxide which can give polyethylene oxide having a molecular weight lower than that of the prior art and a relatively narrow molecular weight distribution, and a process for the production of polyethylene oxide by the use of the catalyst composition. The catalyst composition makes it possible to produce polyethylene oxide having a molecular weight ranging from about 20,000 to 200,000 through direct polymerization in a high yield with economic advantage, and is characterized by comprising an organoaluminum compound and at least one member selected from among alkali metal alkoxides and alkali metal hydroxides. According to the process, polyethylene oxide having a molecular weight failing within the above range can be produced by the use of the catalyst composition under the same polymerication conditions as those of the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Meisei Chemical Works, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Izumi
  • Publication number: 20090286942
    Abstract: Disclosed are catalyst systems and methods of making the catalyst systems/supports for the polymerization of an olefin containing a solid titanium catalyst component and an antistatic agent. Also disclosed are methods of making a polyolefin involving contacting an olefin with a catalyst system containing an antistatic agent. The use of the antistatic agent added to the catalyst system can improve flowability and/or dispersibility of the catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: BASF CATALYSTS LLC
    Inventors: Stephen L. Van Pelt, Neiman T. Eaton
  • Publication number: 20090264604
    Abstract: Disclosed are a metallocene complex represented by the general formula (I), (II) or (III), and a polymerization catalyst composition containing such a metallocene complex. In the formulae (I), (II) and (III), M represents a lanthanoid element, scandium or yttrium; CpR independently represents an unsubstituted or substituted indenyl; CpR? represents an unsubstituted or substituted cyclopentadienyl, indenyl or fluorenyl; Ra-Rf independently represents a hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms; X and X? respectively represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkoxide group, a thiolate group, an amide group, a silyl group or a hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms; L represents a neutral Lewis base; w represents an integer of 0-3; and [B]? represents a non-coordinating anion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicants: RIKEN, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shojiro Kaita, Olivier Tardif
  • Publication number: 20090253875
    Abstract: A rare earth metal complex represented by the formula (1): in which A represents a Group 14 element of the periodic table, Cp represents a group having a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl anion moiety, Ln represents a Group 3 metal atom or a lanthanoid metal atom, R1 to R6 are the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, a silyl group substituted with a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R7 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, Xs represent a monoanionic ligand, Ys represent a neutral ligand, m represents an integer of 1 to 3, and n represents an integer of 0 to 3. The rare earth metal complex is useful as, for example, a catalyst for polymerization reaction of olefins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Taichi Senda, Hidenori Hanaoka
  • Publication number: 20090223868
    Abstract: A catalyst composition comprising a special support of alumina and an amount of silica in the range of from 0.3 wt % to 10 wt % of the total weight of the support, a cobalt component, and a high concentration of a molybdenum component that exceeds 12 wt % of the total weight of the catalyst composition. The catalyst composition is highly active toward the desulfurization of an olefin-containing feedstock having a sulfur concentration while being selective toward the hydrogenation of the olefins contained in the feedstock and is used in a novel process for the selective desulfurization of an olefin-containing feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventor: Opinder Kishan BHAN
  • Patent number: 7572750
    Abstract: A hybrid homogeneous-heterogeneous catalyst containing catalytic groups, wherein the catalytic activity of the catalyst is largely provided as a result of the interaction of catalytic groups in a suitable proximity and disposition to other catalytic groups, the proximity and disposition resulting from statistical considerations, wherein an example of such catalyst is a polypyrrole-ferrocene monosulfate represented by Formula IV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: University of Wollongong
    Inventors: Jun Chen, Gerhard F. Swiegers, Chee O. Too, Gordon G. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20090182104
    Abstract: A borohydride metallocene complex of a lanthanide, its process of preparation, a catalytic system incorporating a borohydride metallocene complex and a process for the copolymerization of olefins employing this catalytic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Total Petrochemicals France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Superieure de Chimie-Physique-Electronique de Lyon (CPE)
    Inventors: Julien Thuilliez, Christophe Boisson, Roger Spitz
  • Publication number: 20090182106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the continuous preparation of a catalytic system that can be used for the polymerization of at least one conjugated diene monomer, said catalytic system being based on at least: a preforming conjugated diene; an organic phosphoric acid salt of one or more rare-earth metal(s), said salt being in suspension in at least one saturated aliphatic or alicyclic and inert hydrocarbon-based solvent; an alkylating agent comprising an alkylaluminium having the formula AlR3 or HAlR2; and a halogen donor comprising an alkylaluminium halide; characterized in that it comprises successively in one line (L): (i) a reaction between the preforming conjugated diene, with the solution of the salt of rare-earth element(s) and the alkylating agent, with the alkylation reaction being carried out for a characteristic minimum period of at least 5 minutes in an alkylation reactor (30) composed of at least one well-mixed dynamic mixer; (ii) the addition of said halogen donor to the mixtur
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Helene Parola, Fanny Barbotin, Pierre Kiener, Bernard Anselme, Fabrice Martinet
  • Patent number: 7544762
    Abstract: A polyester having a good color tone (a high L value and a low b value) and a low acetaldehyde content is obtained by using a catalyst containing a reaction product of (A) a titanium compound (1) represented by the general formula (I) and/or a titanium compound (2) obtained by reacting the titanium compound (1) of the general formula (I) with an aromatic polyhydric carboxylic acid represented by the general formula (II) or an anhydride thereof, with (B) a phosphorus compound (3) represented by the general formula (III). [wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5=a C2-C10 alkyl group, k=1 to 3, m=2 to 4, and R6=a substituted or non-substituted C6-C20 aryl group or a C6-C20 alkyl group].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Yamamoto, Hiroki Nagano, Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Toyao, Tomoyuki Kishino, Nobuo Minobe, Ryoji Tsukamoto, Kenichi Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20090137755
    Abstract: An object of the present invention relates to provide an ethylene polymer having excellent mechanical strength and excellent molding processability in a wide molding processing temperature range. The invention relates to use an ethylene polymer comprising a repeating unit derived from ethylene, or a repeating unit derived from ethylene and a repeating unit derived from a C3-8 ?-olefin, the ethylene polymer being satisfied with the following (A) to (F). (A) Density (d(kg/m3)) is from 910 to 970, (B) MFR(g/10 min)) is from 0.01 to 50, (C) terminal vinyl number is 0.2 or less per 1,000 carbon atoms, (D) melt strength (MS160 (mN)) measured at 160° C. and MFR are satisfied with MS160>90?130×log(MFR), (E) melt strength (MS190(mN)) measured at 190° C. and MS160 are satisfied with MS160/MS190<1.8, and (F) fluidized activation energy (Ea(kJ/mol)) and d are satisfied with 127?0.107 d<Ea<88?0.060 d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Yamada, Kei Inamoti, Yasutake Wakabayashi, Shigehiko Abe, Morihiko Sato, Masao Tanabiki, Satoshi Hamura, Ryuji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20090118117
    Abstract: The invention is directed to catalyst systems for the oligomerization of ethylene. In some embodiments, the catalyst system includes ethylene, a solvent, and a catalyst activated with an aluminoxane co-catalyst. The system may further include an additive. Various modifications to the different reaction parameters may be made to fine-tune the reaction properties, such as productivity, activity and selectivity for a particular oligomer. For example, the solvent may be modified to include a mixture of at least two solvents. Alternatively, the co-catalyst may be modified by aging or partially fluorinating the co-catalyst. In another alternative, an additive may be included in the reaction system. Each modification to the reaction system effects a different reaction outcome, thereby enabling fine-tuning of the reaction properties by varying the modifications to the reaction system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Paul R. Elowe, John E. Bercaw
  • Publication number: 20090107044
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for storing thermal energy, such as solar energy, as a fuel, by heating a reactive oxide substrate to a first temperature, such that the reactive oxide substrate is reduced, wherein the reactive oxide substrate includes a cerium oxide. The method also includes contacting the reduced reactive oxide substrate at a second temperature with a gas mixture including carbon dioxide, wherein the first temperature is greater than the second temperature, thereby preparing the fuel. The present invention also provides a method for preparing the reactive oxide substrates by heating a mixture including a doped cerium oxide and a pore-forming agent, such that pores are formed in the doped cerium oxide, thereby forming the reactive oxide substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sossina M. Haile, William C. Chueh
  • Publication number: 20090105068
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a polyolefin having a multimodal molecular weight distribution, which process comprises: (a) polymerising a first olefin monomer in the presence of an isomerisable metallocene catalyst, to form a first multimodal polyolefin component; and (b) polymerising a second olefin monomer in the presence of a second metallocene catalyst to form a second polyolefin component; wherein the molecular weight distribution of the first polyolefin component overlaps with the molecular weight distribution of the second polyolefin component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY
    Inventor: Abbas Razavi
  • Patent number: 7514387
    Abstract: A reformer comprises a housing; a substrate disposed in the housing, wherein the substrate comprises a stabilized aluminate and a stabilized zirconate; and a catalyst disposed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: William J. LaBarge
  • Publication number: 20090047568
    Abstract: A flooding phenomenon in a high current density loading region of fuel cells is suppressed so as to improve cell performance. An electrode catalyst for fuel cells comprises conductive carriers having ternary catalyst particles, which contain platinum, a base metal element, and iridium, supported thereon. A fuel cell uses the electrode catalyst for fuel cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Hideyasu Kawai, Hiroaki Takahashi, Katsushi Saito, Tomoaki Terada, Takahiro Nagata
  • Patent number: 7488360
    Abstract: The reaction of carbon monoxide with steam over an alkali-modified ruthenium-on-zirconia catalyst has been found to yield surprisingly high yields of hydrogen gas at relatively low temperatures. Catalyst structures, reactors, hydrogen production systems, and methods for producing hydrogen utilizing the alkali-modified ruthenium-on-zirconia catalyst are described. Methods of making catalysts are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Yong Wang, Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich
  • Publication number: 20090000194
    Abstract: Systems and methods for converting fuel are provided wherein the system comprises at least reactors configured to conduct oxidation-reduction reactions. The first reactor comprises a plurality of ceramic composite particles, wherein the ceramic composite particles comprises at least one metal oxide disposed on a support. The first reactor is configured to reduce the least one metal oxide with a fuel to produce a reduced metal or a reduced metal oxide. The second reactor is configured to oxidize the reduced metal or reduced metal oxide to produce a metal oxide intermediate. The system may also comprise a third reactor configured to oxidize the metal oxide intermediate to regenerate the metal oxide of the ceramic composite particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Liang-Shih Fan, Puneet Gupta, Luis Gilberto Velazquez Vargas, Fanxing Li
  • Publication number: 20080286509
    Abstract: A polyethylene which comprises ethylene homopolymers and/or copolymers of ethylene with 1-alkenes and has a molar mass distribution width Mw/Mn of from 5 to 30, a density of from 0.92 to 0.955 g/cm3, a weight average molar mass Mw of from 50000 g/mol to 500 000 g/mol and has from 0.01 to 20 branches/1000 carbon atoms and a z-average molar mass Mz of less than 1 Mio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Jennifer Kipke, Shahram Mihan, Rainer Karer, Dieter Lilge
  • Patent number: 7442665
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the preparation and use of a substrate having an array of diverse materials in predefined regions thereon. A substrate having an array of diverse materials thereon is generally prepared by delivering components of materials to predefined regions on a substrate, and simultaneously reacting the components to form at least two materials. Materials which can be prepared using the methods and apparatus of the present invention include, for example, covalent network solids, ionic solids and molecular solids. More particularly, materials which can be prepared using the methods and apparatus of the present invention include, for example, inorganic materials, intermetallic materials, metal alloys, ceramic materials, organic materials, organometallic materials, non-biological organic polymers, composite materials (e.g., inorganic composites, organic composites, or combinations thereof), etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Symyx Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter G. Schultz, Xiaodong Xiang, Isy Goldwasser, Gabriel Brice{hacek over (n)}o, Xiao-Dong Sun, Kai-An Wang
  • Patent number: 7435840
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having a structural element of formula (I) in an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, wherein: M represents —Li, —MgX3, (C1-C18-Alkyl)3Sn—, —ZnX3 or —B(O—C1-C4-Alkyl)2; X1 and X2, independent of one another, represent O or N, and C-bound hydrocarbon radicals or heterohydrocarbon radicals are bound to the free bonds of the O and N atoms; group —C?C—, together with C atoms, forms a hydrocarbon aromatic compound and represents X3 Cl, Br or I. The inventive compounds are easily obtained by directly substituting the hydrogen in the ortho position to the P atom with metalation reagents. The metal atoms can then be substituted by a reactive electrophilic compound. The group —P(X1—)(X2—) - - - -(BH3)0,1 can then be converted into a secondary phosphine group. The inventive method enables the production of monophosphines and diphosphines even on a large scale, which are valuable ligands for metal complexes serving as catalysts for, e.g. enantioselective hydrogenations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Solvias AG
    Inventors: Andreas Pfaltz, Matthias Lotz, Marc Schönleber, Benoît Pugin, Martin Kesselgruber, Marc Thommen
  • Publication number: 20080227938
    Abstract: A hydrosilylation inhibitor comprising a reaction product of (1) a titanium compound having an alkoxy group in its ligand, and (2) an organosilicon compound having at least one hydrogen atom bonded to silicon atom per molecule is provided. This hydrosilylation inhibitor exhibits inhibitory activity for catalytic activity of a PGE (platinum group element)-bearing hydrosilylation catalyst in an oxygen atmosphere of up to 100 ppm and/or a moisture atmosphere of up to 100 ppm. By using the present invention, catalytic function of the hydrosilylation catalyst is reliably inhibited in the absence of oxygen and moisture while the same catalytic function is easily provided in the presence of the oxygen or the moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji KIMURA, Hiroyasu Hara, Masayuki Ikeno