And Group Viii Metal Containing (i.e., Iron Or Platinum Group) Patents (Class 502/213)
  • Patent number: 7662742
    Abstract: A method for producing a catalyst containing given atoms in a given atomic proportion for use in producing methacrylic acid through gas-phase catalytic oxidation of methacrolein with molecular oxygen comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a solution or slurry containing at least molybdenum, phosphorus, and vanadium (liquid I); (ii) preparing a solution or slurry containing ammonium radical (liquid II); (iii) preparing a mixture of the liquid I and the liquid II by introducing one liquid (liquid PR) of the liquid I and the liquid II into a tank (tank A) and pouring the other liquid (liquid LA) on a continuous region in the surface of the liquid PR, the continuous region occupying 0.01 to 10% of the whole area of the surface of the liquid PR; and (iv) drying and calcining the resultant solution or slurry containing a catalyst precursor comprising all the catalyst constituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Naitou, Takashi Karasuda, Tomoki Fukui
  • Patent number: 7659225
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst composite containing a metal catalyst and a specifically defined carbon support containing a carbonaceous material. For example, the carbon support may have a total pore surface area of about 800 m2/g or more and about 2,000 m2/g or less where about 20% or less of the total pore surface area is micro pore surface area. Alternatively the carbon support may have a total pore volume of at least about 0.75 cc/g where about 15% or less of the total pore volume is micro pore volume. Alternatively, the carbon support may have a phosphorus content of about 0.75% by weight or less. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the catalyst composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Jian Ping Chen, Charles R. Penquite, Deepak S. Thakur
  • Publication number: 20100029998
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for synthesizing non-zeolitic molecular sieves which have a three dimensional microporous framework comprising [AlO2] and [PO2] units. In preparing the reaction mixture, a surfactant is used, coupled with non-aqueous impregnation to prevent acid sites from being destroyed by water during Pt impregnation. The superior SAPO exhibits higher activity and selectivity especially in catalytic hydroisomerization of waxy feeds, due to the presence of medium-sized silica islands distributed throughout the SAPO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventor: Stephen J. Miller
  • Patent number: 7651971
    Abstract: A catalyst is disclosed for the polymerization and co-polymerization of olefins with functionalized monomers. The catalyst is formed from a combination of two neutral metal complexes, L(iPr2)M(CH2Ph)(PMe3) [L=N-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-2-(2,6-diisopropylphenylimino)propanamide] and M(COD)2 (COD=cyclooctadiene). The catalyst displays a unique mode of action and performs at ambient conditions producing high molecular weight polyolefins and co-polymers with functional groups. The polymerized olefins include ethylene, ?-olefins and functionalized olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Inventors: Guillermo C. Bazan, Prasenjit Ghosh
  • Patent number: 7642212
    Abstract: Stable catalyst carrier impregnating solutions can be prepared using a component of a Group VIB metal, e.g., molybdenum, at high concentration, a component of a Group VIII metal, e.g., nickel, at low concentration, and a phosphorous component, e.g., phosphoric acid, at a low concentration, provided that the Group VIII metal is in a substantially water-insoluble form and a particular sequence of addition of the components is followed, even when a substantially water-insoluble form of the Group VIB component is used. The resulting stabilized impregnating solution can be supplemented with additional Group VIII metal in water-soluble form to achieve increased levels of such metal in the final catalyst. Furthermore, uncalcined catalyst carriers impregnated with the stable solution and subsequently shaped, dried and calcined, have unexpectedly improved performance when used in the hydroprocessing of heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Refining Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Darryl P. Klein
  • Publication number: 20090299105
    Abstract: Provided are a hydrogenation catalyst for carbonyl groups which can produce an unsaturated alcohol by hydrogenating an unsaturated carbonyl compound with high selectivity by a simple process at low cost, a method of efficiently producing the hydrogenation catalyst, and a practical method of producing an unsaturated alcohol by using the hydrogenation catalyst. In the present invention, the hydrogenation catalyst is obtained by carrying a noble metal such as ruthenium as a catalyst component onto a carrier which is composed of an oxygen-containing gallium compound. Gallium oxyhydroxide, gallium oxide, gallium phosphate or the like can be used as the gallium compound, and a hydrogenation catalyst including the gallium compound carrier carrying 0.1 to 10% by weight of ruthenium is used suitably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasunobu Inoue, Hiroshi Nishiyama, Nobuo Saito, Junichi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 7625834
    Abstract: In a method of producing a catalyst for the production of methacrylic acid, which has a composition of the following formula (1), when mixing 100 parts by mass of a solution or a slurry (liquid A) containing molybdenum atoms, phosphorous atoms and vanadium atoms in which the content of ammonium species is 0 to 1.5 mol relative to 12 mol of the molybdenum atoms, 5 to 300 parts by mass of a solution or a slurry (liquid B) containing 6 to 17 mol of ammonium species relative to 12 mol of the molybdenum atoms contained in the liquid A and a solution or a slurry (liquid C) containing an element Z such as cesium, the liquid B is mixed with the liquid A, the liquid C or a mixture of the liquid A and the liquid C over 0.1 to 15 minutes PaMobVcCudXeYfZgOh??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Naitou, Takashi Karasuda
  • Patent number: 7618914
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for producing a hydroxylamine compound wherein a nitro compound is contacted with a hydrogen source or further with a poisoning agent in the presence of a platinum catalyst fixed on an ion-exchange resin. According to the method of the present invention where a platinum catalyst fixed on a matrix of an ion-exchange resin is used, the objective hydroxylamine compound can be produced (manufactured) efficiently, more industrially and safely with little formation of a byproduct. Further, the platinum catalyst fixed on an ion-exchange resin of the present invention is hardly deactivated even if repeatedly used many times because platinum metal is fixed on a matrix of the ion-exchange resin, and handling in recovery, reuse and the like of said catalyst is extremely easy because particle size of said catalyst is very large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mutsumi Sato, Keiji Oono
  • Patent number: 7618916
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hydrotreating catalyst capable of being produced by a simple method and capable of realizing ultra-deep desulfurization of sulfur components in gas oil without requiring severer operating conditions as well as capable of reducing nitrogen components simultaneously, to provide a process for producing the catalyst, and to provide a process for desulfurizing gas oil using the catalyst. The invention relates to a catalyst containing on an inorganic oxide support 10 to 40% by weight of a metal in the Group 6 of the periodic table, 1 to 15% by weight of a metal in the Group 8 of the periodic table, 1.5 to 8% by weight of phosphorus, each in terms of an oxide amount based on the catalyst, and 2 to 14% by weight of carbon in terms of an element amount based on the catalyst, wherein the catalyst has a specific surface area of 150 to 300 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.3 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Fujikawa, Masahiro Kato, Nobumasa Nakajima, Minoru Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7612245
    Abstract: A process for the selective hydrogenation of diolefinic compounds to mono-olefinic compounds uses a catalyst composition comprising at least one salt of a transition metal from groups IB, IIB, VB, VIB, VIIB and VIII of the periodic table, at least one ligand and at least one organometallic reducing agent, optionally in the presence of a non-aqueous ionic liquid selected from the group formed by liquid salts with general formula Q+A? (in which Q+ represents a quaternary ammonium and/or quaternary phosphonium and A? represents any anion which can form a liquid salt below 90° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Gerard Hillion, Laurent Savary, David Proriol, Christophe Gautreau, Denis Uzio, Helene Olivier-Bourbigou
  • Publication number: 20090214908
    Abstract: A fuel cell reforming catalyst includes a platinum-group metal; an inorganic oxide selected from CeO2, Pr6O11, and combinations thereof; a strong acid ion; and a carrier. The fuel cell reforming catalyst has high activity for the reforming reaction at low temperatures and low space velocities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Leonid Gorobinskiy, Norboru Sato, Ju-Yong Kim, Myoung-Ki Min, Jin-Goo Ahn, Elena Alekseeva
  • Publication number: 20090216025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compositions and reactions to produce allylic alcohols or precursors of allylic alcohols (e.g., silyl ethers of allylic alcohols). Methods of the invention may comprise combining an alkene and an aldehyde in the presence of a transition metal catalyst (e.g., a nickel catalyst) to form an allylic alcohol or precursor of an allylic alcohol. Reaction products of the present invention may be valuable as intermediates and/or products in pharmaceutical and polymer research. Also, methods of the invention may be useful as fragment coupling reactions in complex molecule synthesis. Moreover, methods of the invention may include the use of reagents which, under reaction conditions known in the art, may have been unreactive, i.e., may not have been able to form the reaction product. The reagents used in the present invention may be relatively lower in cost than in other methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Timothy F Jamison, Sze-Sze Ng
  • Publication number: 20090208403
    Abstract: This invention relates primarily to a novel method to manufacture single/multi/fibers carbon filaments (nano tubes) in pure form optionally with antiferromagnetic and electrical property wherein the byproduct is hydrogen gas resulting in reduction of environmental carbon emissions by at least 20%; both carbon filaments and resultant exhaust are useful products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Quaid-e-Azam University
    Inventors: Syed Tajammul Hussain, Mohammed Mazhar, Sheraz Gul, M. Abdullah Khan
  • Patent number: 7576028
    Abstract: A catalyst body comprising a carrier and a catalyst layer containing an alkali metal and/or an alkaline earth metal, loaded on the carrier, which catalyst further contains a substance capable of reacting with the alkali metal and/or the alkaline earth metal, dominating over the reaction between the main components of the carrier and the alkali metal and/or the alkaline earth metal. With this catalyst body, the deterioration of the carrier by the alkali metal and/or the alkaline earth metal is prevented; therefore, the catalyst body can be used over a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naomi Noda, Junichi Suzuki, Takashi Harada
  • Publication number: 20090188834
    Abstract: The present invention concerns doped catalysts on an alumino-silicate support with an adapted macropore content and hydrocracking/hydroconversion and hydrotreatment processes employing them. The catalyst comprises at least one hydrodehydrogenating element selected from the group formed by elements from group VIB and group VIII of the periodic table, a controlled quantity of phosphorus (optionally in combination with boron and/or silicon) as a doping element, and a non-zeolitic support based on alumina-silica containing a quantity of more than 5% by weight and 95% by weight or less of silica (SiO2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Patrick Euzen, Alexandra Chaumonnot, Magalie Roy-Auberger, Partick Bourges, Tivadar Cseri, Maryline Delage, Nathalie Lett
  • Patent number: 7560407
    Abstract: Stable catalyst carrier impregnating solutions can be prepared using a component of a Group VIB metal, e.g., molybdenum, at high concentration, a component of a Group VIII metal, e.g., nickel, at low concentration, and a phosphorous component, e.g., phosphoric acid, at low concentration, provided that the Group VIII metal is in a substantially water-insoluble form and a particular sequence of addition of the components is followed, even when a substantially water-insoluble form of the Group VIB component is used. The resulting stabilized impregnating solution can be supplemented with additional Group VIII metal in water-soluble form to achieve increased levels of such metal in the final catalyst. Furthermore, uncalcined catalyst carriers impregnated with the stable solution and subsequently shaped, dried and calcined, have unexpectedly improved performance when used in the hydroprocessing of heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced Refining Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Darryl P. Klein
  • Patent number: 7538064
    Abstract: A catalyst and process is disclosed to selectively upgrade a paraffinic feedstock to obtain an isoparaffin-rich product for blending into gasoline. The catalyst comprises a support of a tungstated oxide or hydroxide of a Group IVB (IUPAC 4) metal, a phosphorus component, and at least one platinum-group metal component which is preferably platinum. The catalyst has a structure other than a hetropoly anion structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Ralph D. Gillespie, Feng Xu
  • Patent number: 7538063
    Abstract: Bismuth- and phosphorus-containing naphtha reforming catalysts, methods of making such catalysts, and a naphtha reforming process using such catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Peter Tanev Tanev
  • Patent number: 7534737
    Abstract: A selective hydrogenation process and a layered catalyst composition for use in the selective hydrogenation process are disclosed. The process is useful for the selective hydrogenation of diolefins having from about 8 to about 19 carbon atoms per molecule to monoolefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventor: Gregory J. Gajda
  • Patent number: 7514476
    Abstract: Metal-containing colloids are manufactured by reacting a plurality of metal ions and a plurality of organic agent molecules to form metal complexes in a mixture having a pH greater than about 4.25. The metal complexes are reduced for at least 0.5 hour to form stable colloidal nanoparticles. The extended reduction time improves the stability of the colloidal particles as compared to shorter reduction times. The stability of the colloidal particles allows for colloids with higher concentrations of metal to be formed. The concentration of metal in the colloid is preferably at least about 150 ppm by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Headwaters Technology Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Sukesh Parasher, Cheng Zhang, Michael A. Rueter, Bing Zhou
  • Publication number: 20090075139
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalytic system comprising a catalyst comprising nanoporous or mesoporous palladium and an ion-exchange electrolyte, processes for manufacturing the catalytic system and catalyst, and processes for oxidising or reducing organic and/or inorganic molecules using the catalyst or catalytic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: IC INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Anthony Kucernak, Junhua Jiang
  • Publication number: 20090069603
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for hydrogenating oligonitriles which have at least two nitrile groups in the presence of a catalyst which, before commencement of the hydrogenation, is pretreated by contacting with a compound A which is selected from alkali metal carbonates, alkaline earth metal carbonates, ammonium carbonate, alkali metal hydrogencarbonates, alkaline earth metal hydrogencarbonates, ammonium hydrogencarbonate, alkaline earth metal oxocarbonates, alkali metal carboxylates, alkaline earth metal carboxylates, ammonium carboxylates, alkali metal dihydrogenphosphates, alkaline earth metal dihydrogenphosphates, alkali metal hydrogenphosphates, alkaline earth metal hydrogenphosphates, alkali metal phosphates, alkaline earth metal phosphates and ammonium phosphate, alkali metal acetates, alkaline earth metal acetates, ammonium acetate, alkali metal formiates, alkaline earth metal formiates, ammonium formiate, alkali metal oxalates, alkaline earth metal oxalates and ammonium oxalate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thilo Hahn, Martin Ernst, Johann-Peter Melder
  • Publication number: 20090062113
    Abstract: A process is presented for the formation of a SAPO-34 catalyst product. The process, that involves treatment with water or optionally at least one dissolved solid selected from the group consisting of ammonium chloride, ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium acetate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium nitrate and mixtures thereof creates a SAPO-34 catalyst that has an increased selectivity for production of ethylene and propylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Raelynn M. Miller, John Q. Chen, Stephen T. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20090054693
    Abstract: Chemical production processes are provided that can include exposing a reactant composition to a catalyst composition to form a product composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas H. Peterson, Alan H. Zacher, Michel J. Gray, James F. White, Todd A. Werpy
  • Publication number: 20090048097
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of an oxidic catalyst composition consisting of one or more trivalent metals preferably aluminum, one or more divalent metals preferably magnesium and more than 18 wt % of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of rare earth metal compounds, phosphorus compounds, and transition metal compounds, which process comprises the steps of preparing a precursor mixture consisting of (i) or more trivalent metal compounds, (ii) one or more divalent metal compounds, (iii) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of rare earth metal compounds, and transition metal compounds, and (iv) optionally water, which precursor mixture is not a solution. The resulting oxidic catalyst composition is suitable as a metal trap and SOx sorbent FCC processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: AKZO NOBEL N.V.
    Inventors: William Jones, Dennis Stamires, Paul O'Connor, Michael Brady
  • Patent number: 7485597
    Abstract: A method for improving the selectivity of a supported highly selective epoxidation catalyst comprising silver in a quantity of at most 0.17 g per m2 surface area of the support, which method comprises contacting the catalyst, or a precursor of the catalyst comprising the silver in cationic form, with a feed comprising oxygen at a catalyst temperature above 250° C. for a duration of up to 150 hours, and subsequently decreasing the catalyst temperature to a value of at most 250° C.; and a process for the epoxidation of an olefin, which process comprises contacting a supported highly selective epoxidation catalyst comprising silver in a quantity of at most 0.17 g per m2 surface area of the support, or a precursor of the catalyst comprising the silver in cationic form, with a feed comprising oxygen at a catalyst temperature above 250° C. for a duration of up to 150 hours, and subsequently decreasing the catalyst temperature to a value of at most 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: John Robert Lockemeyer, Randall Clayton Yeates, Donald Reinalda
  • Patent number: 7485596
    Abstract: The present invention is for a process for making a heteropoly acid compound catalyst for oxidation of unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, to unsaturated carboxylic acids, such as methacrylic acid, said catalyst containing oxides of molybdenum, phosphorus, and M?, wherein M? is cesium, potassium, rubidium, or sodium, and bismuth. The process is a synthesis of the catalyst with specific process conditions for addition of the bismuth compound as an aqueous slurry without nitric acid. A catalyst precursor is formed by removing the water and drying the solid particles. The heteropoly acid compound catalyst is formed by calcination of the catalyst precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: James W. Kauffman, Lixia Cai, Wugeng Liang
  • Publication number: 20080317656
    Abstract: A process for the ammoxidation of an alcohol feed, such as methanol, or a nitrile feed, such as propionitrile, or a mixture thereof, to form hydrogen cyamide uses a modified Mn—P catalyst having the following empirical formula: MnaP1AbOx where A=one or more of K, Ca, Mo, Zn, Fe or mixtures thereof; a=1 to 1.5; b=0.01 to 1.0 and x is a total number of oxygen atoms determined by the oxidation states of the other elements present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Solutia, Inc.
    Inventors: Natalya Koryabkina, Mikhail Khramov, Valerie Monical
  • Patent number: 7462577
    Abstract: A method of making a catalyst. The method comprises the step of leaching a portion of the bulk of an alloy. The alloy may be a hydrogen storage alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Ovonic Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Fetcenko, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Kwo Young
  • Publication number: 20080299433
    Abstract: The use of fuel cells to produce electricity are known as an environmentally clean and reliable source of energy, and show promise as an automotive power source if the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell can be made less expensive, more durable, reduce or eliminate humidification of the reactive gases, and operate at temperatures encountered during automotive operating conditions. The use of an electro-catalyst formed from heteropoly acids immobilized by a conductive material, such as carbon or platinum black, and stabilizing a metallic black with the immobilized conductive material addressed these automotive fuel cell needs. Coating the fuel cell electrode, polymer electrolyte assembly with a nano-particle catalyst derived from a heteropoly acid provided anodic carbon monoxide tolerance at anodic overpotentials and an active cathodic oxygen reduction. The heteropoly acids can also function as supercapacitor electrode films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald Justin Stanis, Andrew Michael Herring, Mei-Chen Kuo, Jack Richard Ferrell, III
  • Publication number: 20080293990
    Abstract: This invention is for a catalyst for conversion of hydrocarbons. The catalyst is a medium pore germanium zeolite, a germanium aluminophosphate (AlPO) or a germanium silicoaluminophosphate (SAPO). At least one metal selected from Group 10 is deposited on the medium pore zeolite and, optionally on the germanium aluminophosphate (AlPO) or a germanium silicoaluminophosphate (SAPO). The catalyst is prepared by synthesizing a medium pore zeolite, an aluminophosphate (AlPO) or a silicoaluminophosphate (SAPO) with germanium incorporated into the framework and calcining the medium pore germanium zeolite, germanium aluminophosphate (AlPO) or germanium silicoaluminophosphate (SAPO). At least one metal may be deposited on the germanium zeolite, germanium aluminophosphate (AlPO) or a germanium silicoaluminophosphate (SAPO).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott A. Stevenson, Alla K. Khanmamedova, Dustin B. Farmer, Scott F. Mitchell, Jim Vartuli
  • Publication number: 20080280755
    Abstract: A catalyst and process is disclosed to selectively upgrade a paraffinic feedstock to obtain an isoparaffin-rich product for blending into gasoline. The catalyst comprises a support of a tungstated oxide or hydroxide of a Group IVB (IUPAC 4) metal, a phosphorus component, and at least one platinum-group metal component which is preferably platinum. The catalyst has a structure other than a hetropoly anion structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Ralph D. Gillespie, Feng Xu
  • Patent number: 7419932
    Abstract: The method for preserving a catalyst of the present invention is characterized in that, in a process for continuously producing an objective product by a vapor phase oxidation reaction using a phosphorus-molybdenum-vanadium catalyst containing phosphorus, molybdenum and vanadium, the phosphorus-molybdenum-vanadium catalyst retained in a reactor is maintained under a condition of a water content of 30 mg or less per 1 g of catalyst dry weight, before the start of the reaction or during the stop of the reaction. By this, deterioration of the catalyst retained in the reactor can be simply prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Taniguchi, Toru Kuroda, Hideyasu Takezawa, Yasuhiro Kabu
  • Patent number: 7414007
    Abstract: A catalyst and process is disclosed to selectively upgrade a paraffinic feedstock to obtain an isoparaffin-rich product for blending into gasoline. The catalyst comprises a support of a tungstated oxide or hydroxide of a Group IVB (IUPAC 4) metal, a phosphorus component, and at least one platinum-group metal component which is preferably platinum. The catalyst has a structure other than a hetropoly anion structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Ralph D. Gillespie, Feng Xu
  • Publication number: 20080194400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-layer catalyst made from niobium for the catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons, comprising a) a support component made from a doped or undoped oxide or hydroxide of an element of the V sub-group of the periodic table, or mixtures thereof, b) a layer of a promoter compound, selected from oxygen, sulphur or phosphorus compounds of an element of the VI, VII and VIII sub-group or a phosphoxy compound and mixtures thereof and c) a layer comprising a compound of platinum metal. The invention further relates to a method for production of the catalyst and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventor: Friedrich Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7393807
    Abstract: A hydrotreating catalyst comprising a Group 8 metal of the periodic table, molybdenum (Mo), phosphorus and sulfur, wherein the average coordination number [N(Mo)] of the molybdenum atoms around the molybdenum atom is from 1.5 to 2.5 and the average coordination number [N(S)] of the sulfur atoms around the molybdenum atom is from 3.5 to 5.0 when MoS2 structure in the catalyst is measured in accordance with extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yuji Yoshimura, Makoto Toba, Nobuyuki Matsubayashi, Takashi Matsui
  • Patent number: 7390868
    Abstract: Provided are a catalyst for producing polycarbonate comprising a reaction product obtained by reacting (a) a catalyst carrier containing nitrogen or phosphorus with (b) a palladium compound and (c) a metal compound having a redox catalytic ability and a production process for polycarbonate, comprising a first step in which an aromatic dihydroxy compound and monovalent phenol are reacted with carbon monoxide and oxygen to produce a polycarbonate prepolymer and a second step in which the above polycarbonate prepolymer is subjected to solid state polymerization to produce polycarbonate, wherein the above catalyst is used in the first step described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Okamoto, Jun-ichi Sugiyama, Mitsuru Ueda
  • Patent number: 7390766
    Abstract: Stable catalyst carrier impregnating solutions can be prepared using a component of a Group VIB metal, e.g., molybdenum, at high concentration, a component of a Group VIII metal, e.g., nickel, at low concentration, and a phosphorous component, e.g., phosphoric acid, at low concentration, provided that the Group VIII metal is in a substantially water-insoluble form and a particular sequence of addition of the components is followed, even when a substantially water-insoluble form of the Group VIB component is used. The resulting stabilized impregnating solution can be supplemented with additional Group VIII metal in water-soluble form to achieve increased levels of such metal in the final catalyst. Furthermore, uncalcined catalyst carriers impregnated with the stable solution and subsequently shaped, dried and calcined, have unexpectedly improved performance when used in the hydroprocessing of heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Inventor: Darryl P. Klein
  • Publication number: 20080108857
    Abstract: A process for producing an ElAPO molecular sieve with essentially pure CHA framework is disclosed. When El is silicon the process allows for a broad range of silicon content, and produces a catalyst with a high selectivity for the conversion of methanol to olefins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Stephen T. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7355073
    Abstract: A diazaphosphacycle may be synthesized by reacting a phosphine with a diimine and optionally one or more equivalents of an acid halide, a sulfonyl halide, a phosphoryl halide, or an acid anhydride in the substantial absence of O2 to form the diazaphosphacycle. The phosphine has the formula R1—PH2 where R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted ferrocenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Clark R. Landis, Wiechang Jin, Jonathan S. Owen, Thomas P. Clark
  • Patent number: 7355072
    Abstract: Transition metal complexes include a diazaphosphacycle of formula III and a transition metal. The phosphorus atom of the diazaphosphacycle is bonded to the transition metal and the diazaphosphacycle of formula III has the following structure where the variables have the values set forth herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Clark R. Landis, Wiechang Jin, Jonathan S. Owen, Thomas P. Clark
  • Patent number: 7348290
    Abstract: A novel polymer-supported arene-ruthenium complex represented by the following formula: , wherein A represents an organic polymer with a side chain containing an aromatic ring coordinated to Ru, X1 and X2 represent the same or different halogen atoms, and R represents a hydrocarbon group that may have a substituent is provided for use as a catalyst. This novel polymer-supported arene-ruthenium complex and catalyst thereof can be produced by a simple process, are stable and easy to recover, have a high catalytic activity, and can be used for various organic synthesis reactions. Novel methods for an organic synthesis reaction such as ring-opening metathesis reaction of an olefin compound and reduction of a carbonyl group, using the catalyst are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventor: Shu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7345006
    Abstract: A system comprising a) Ni(0) b) from 4 to 10 mol per mol of Ni(0) in a) of a compound (I) of the formula P(X1R1)(X2R2)(X3R3) ??(I) where X1, X2, X3 are each, independently of one another, oxygen or a single bond, R1, R2, R3 are, independently of one another, identical or different organic radicals and c) from 1 to 4 mol per mol of Ni(0) in a) of a compound (II) of the formula where X11, X12, X13 X21, X22, X23 are each, independently of one another, oxygen or a single bond, R11, R12 are identical or different, individual or bridged organic radicals, R21, R22 are identical or different, individual or bridged organic radicals and Y is a bridging group is suitable as catalyst for preparing mixtures of monoolefinic C5 mononitriles having nonconjugated C?C and C?N bonds by hydrocyanation of a 1,3-butadiene-containing hydrocarbon mixture and for preparing a dinitrile by hydrocyanation of a mixture of monoolefinic C5 mononitriles having nonconjugated C?C and C?N bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Bartsch, Robert Baumann, Dagmar Pascale Kunsmann-Keitel, Gerd Haderlein, Tim Jungkamp, Marco Altmayer, Wolfgang Siegel
  • Patent number: 7297652
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing nanoporous VSB-5 molecular sieves, and more particularly, to a process for preparing nanoporous VSB-5 molecular sieves useful as a hydrogen storage material, a catalyst, a catalyst supporter and an adsorbent, performed in such a manner that low-cost inorganic base or monoamine instead of a template essential in the conventional process is, as a pH modifier, incorporated into raw materials comprised of nickel and phosphorous compounds and crystallized to give VSB-5 molecular sieves in an economical and efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Sung Hwa Jhung, Jong-San Chang, Sang-Eon Park, Anthony K. Cheetham
  • Patent number: 7294602
    Abstract: A process for the production of 4-hydroxybutyraldehyde is described. The process comprises reacting allyl alcohol with a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a solvent and a catalyst system comprising a rhodium complex and a trans-1,2-bis(bis(3,5-di-n-alkylphenyl)phosphinomethyl)-cyclobutane. The process gives high yield of 4-hydroxybutyraldehyde compared to 3-hydroxy-2-methylpropionaldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P.
    Inventor: Daniel F. White
  • Patent number: 7265075
    Abstract: A method for producing a hydrorefining catalyst of the present invention has a step of preparing an aluminum solution containing phosphorus in a molar ratio of 0.001 to 0.05 with respect to aluminum; a step of neutralizing the prepared aluminum solution to produce a pseudo-boehmite powder; a step of forming the pseudo-boehmite powder followed by performing calcination at a temperature of not less than 650° C. to obtain a carrier; and a step of carrying a hydrogenation-active metal on the pseudo-boehmite powder or the carrier. The dispersion of the concentration distribution of phosphorus in the carrier of the obtained catalyst is within 10%. This method makes it possible to obtain the hydrorefining catalyst which has a practically sufficient mechanical strength and which has an excellent activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Tsukada, Motoi Saito, Masayuki Mori
  • Patent number: 7235508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition of metal-incorporated VSB-5 molecular sieve with nanopores and its preparation method, in particular, to a composition of a metal-incorporated VSB-5 molecular sieve with a framework of VSB-5 molecular sieve comprising nickel, phosphorous, oxygen and metal, which is useful in various fields such as a hydrogen storage material, an optical and electric/electronic material, a sensor, a catalyst, a catalyst supporter and an adsorbent, and its preparation method performed in such a manner that a specific metal component is added in a predetermined mole ratio to a reaction mixture comprised of nickel and phosphorous compounds and the resultant mixture is crystallized in the presence of inorganic or organic base as a pH modifier to yield a metal-incorporated VSB-5 molecular sieves in an economical and efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Sung Hwa Jhung, Jong-San Chang, Sang-Eon Park, Anthony K. Cheetham
  • Patent number: 7223714
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods of transfering catalyst particles into and within reaction systems. The reaction systems are those that use catalysts that comprise molecular sieves, particularly metalloaluminophosphate molecular sieves, especially metalloaluminophosphate molecular sieves which are susceptible to loss of catalytic activity due to contact with water molecules. The transfer methods provide appropriate mechanisms for transporting catalyst into and within a reactor to protect against loss of catalytic activity that can occur due to contact with water molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Beech, Jr., Neil Vaughn Stephen, Teng Xu, Luc R. M. Martens, Richard E. Walter
  • Patent number: 7202193
    Abstract: A process for the carbonylation of an ethylenically unsaturated compound with carbon monoxide and a co-reactant. The carbonylation reaction is carried out in the presence of a novel catalyst involving: a) a source of a group VIII metal; b)a bidentate diphosphine of formula I, wherein R1 represents a bivalent radical that together with the phosphorus atom to which it is attached is an optionally substituted 2-phospha-tricyclo[3.3.1.1{3,7}]- decyl group or a derivative thereof in which one or more of the carbon atoms are replaced by heteroatoms (“2-PA” group); wherein R2 and R3 independently represent univalent radicals of up to 20 atoms or jointly form a bivalent radical of up to 20 atoms; and wherein A1 and A2 independently represent optionally substituted alkylene groups and R represents an optionally substituted aromatic group; and, c) a source of anions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Eit Drent, Renata Helena Van Der Made, Robert Ian Pugh, Paul Gerard Pringle
  • Patent number: 7196029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a catalytic system comprising a metal of group VIII, a metal of group VI, a metal oxide as carrier and suitable quantities of a component selected from a zeolite of the FER type, phosphorous, and a mixture thereof, in upgrading of hydrocarbons boiling in the naphtha range containing sulfur impurities, namely in hydrodesulfurization with contemporaneous skeleton isomerization of olefins contained in said hydrocarbons and/or with reduction of olefins hydrogenation, carried out in a single step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignees: Enitechnologie S.p.A., Repsol Petroleo S.A., Elf Antar France S.A., AGIP Petroli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Laura Zanibelli, Virginio Arrigoni, Fernando Albertos, Evangelina Atanes, Thierry Cholley, Febronio Panarello