And Group Iii Metal Containing (i.e., Sc, Y, Al, Ga, In Or Tl) Patents (Class 502/322)
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Patent number: 7060651Abstract: A silica-rich support and a catalyst containing the silica-rich support and a catalytic component. The support has a specific structure characterized by a set of claimed physicochemical properties: in the 29Si MAS NMR spectrum the state of silicon is characterized by the presence of lines with chemical shifts ?100±3 ppm (line Q3) and ?110±3 ppm (line Q4), with the ratio of the integral intensities of the lines Q3/Q4 of from 0.7 to 1.2 (FIG. 1); in the IR spectrum there is an absorption band of hydroxyl groups with the wave number 3620–3650 cm?1 and half-width 65–75 cm?1 (FIG. 2); the carrier has a specific surface area, as measured by the BET techniques from the thermal desorption of argon, SAR=0.5–30 m2/g and the surface, as measured by alkali titration techniques, SNa=10–250 m2/g, with SNa/SAr=5–30.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2000Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Zakrytoe Aktsionernoe Obschestvo “Kholdingovaya Katalizatornaya Kompania”Inventors: Viktor Vladimirovich Barelko, Bair Sydypovich Balzhinimaev, Sergei Petrovich Kildyashev, Mikhail Grigorievich Makarenko, Anatoly Nikolaevich Parfenov, Ljudmila Grigorievna Simonova, Alexandr Viktorovich Toktarev
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Patent number: 7022643Abstract: There is disclosed a production process for a catalyst which process makes it possible to efficiently carry out the supporting of a catalytic component onto a carrier and to obtain the catalyst excellent in quality and performance. This production process is a production process for the catalyst including a particulate lump carrier and a catalytic component supported thereon; with the production process comprising the step of carrying out simultaneous revolution and rocking of a treatment container 20 as charged with the carrier and a catalyst precursor including the catalytic component, thereby supporting the catalytic component onto the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromi Yunoki, Michio Tanimoto, Daisuke Nakamura
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Patent number: 6998366Abstract: Raney alloy catalysts applied to a support are described, said catalysts having an extremely thin layer of Raney alloy with a thickness of 0.01 to 100 ?m. These catalysts are prepared by vapor deposition of the appropriate metals under reduced pressure. They are generally suitable for all known hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions and are extremely abrasion-resistant.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Mathias Haake, Gerhard Dörsam, Helmut Boos
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Patent number: 6989347Abstract: A catalyst composition for the production of carboxylic acids by the oxidation of the corresponding unsaturated aldehydes, and methods for making and using the catalyst compositions. The catalysts include compositions of the formula: MoaVbAlcXdYeOz wherein X is at least one element selected from W and Mn; Y is at least one element selected from Pd, Sb, Ca, P, Ga, Ge, Si, Mg, Nb, and K; a is 1; b is 0.01–0.9; c is 0<0.2; d is 0<0.5; e is 0<0.5; and z is an integer representing the number of oxygen atoms required to satisfy the valency of the remaining elements in the composition. Using the catalyst composition of the present invention, one may effectively oxidize the desired starting materials at relatively high levels of conversion, selectivity, and productivity, and with minimal side products.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2002Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries CorporationInventors: Khalid Karim, Yajnavalkya Subrai Bhat, Syed Irshad Zaheer, Asad Ahmad Khan
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Patent number: 6984310Abstract: Alumina having a pore structure characterized by the absence of macropores, no more than 5% of the total pore volume in pores greater than 350 ?, a high pore volume (greater than 0.8 cc/g measured by mercury intrusion) and a bi-modal pore volume distribution character, where the two modes are separated by 10 to 200 ?, and the primary pore mode is larger than the median pore diameter (MPD), calculated either by volume or by surface area, the MPD by volume being itself larger than the MPD by surface area. Also provided are catalysts made from and processes using such alumina.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2002Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Josiane M. Ginestra, Russell C. Ackerman, Christian G. Michel
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Patent number: 6953768Abstract: This invention relates to new multi-component catalyst systems for the polycondensation of polyesters. More particularly, this invention pertains to novel multi-component, germanium based catalyst systems for the polycondensation of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) used in the manufacture of bottles, fiber or film. A multi-component catalyst system for the polycondensation of a polyester comprising the element germanium and one or more catalyst enhancers selected from the group of elements consisting of aluminium, silicon, molybdenum, manganese, lithium and combinations thereof, said elements being in the form of compounds, salts, compositions, oxides or organic complexes.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2002Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Teck Cominco Metals Ltd.Inventors: Andrew Wallace, Philip James Martin, Alan David Farnaby
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Patent number: 6946422Abstract: A process for making a catalyst containing oxides of molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cesium and, optionally, other metals, such as tungsten, cobalt, nickel, antimony, magnesium, zinc, phosphorus, potassium, rubidium, thallium, manganese, barium, chromium, boron, sulfur, silicon, aluminum, titanium, cerium, tellurium, tin, vanadium, zirconium, lead, cadmium, copper and niobium wherein metal compounds are dissolved and then precipitated as a catalyst precursor which is calcined to form a mixed metal oxide catalyst. The process of the present invention uses an organic acid, such as acetic acid, instead of nitric acid to dissolve the bismuth compound and, optionally, other metal compounds. The catalyst synthesized by this process may be used for the production of unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, by gas phase catalytic oxidation of olefins, such as isobutylene.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2002Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries CorporationInventors: Scott A. Stevenson, Wugeng Liang
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Patent number: 6930072Abstract: A process and a catalyst reaction zone comprising one or more fixed bed reactors for oxidizing methanol in a reactant gas feed stream to formaldehyde. According to one embodiment, the process comprises introducing the reactant gas feed stream into an upstream region containing a vanadia-titania first catalyst (substantially free of a volatile MoO3 species) under oxidizing conditions to form a partially oxidized reactant gas feed stream which is then introduced under oxidizing conditions into a downstream region containing a metal molybdate second catalyst to further oxidize any residual methanol contained therein. According to another embodiment, a fixed bed reactor comprising an upstream region and a downstream region containing the aforementioned vanadia-titania and metal molybdate catalysts, respectively, is utilized to implement the inventive process to yield a product gas stream containing formaldehyde preferably at a conversion of 85% or more and a selectivity of 90% or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2003Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Lehigh UniversityInventors: Israel E. Wachs, Ray P. Bourne
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Patent number: 6919472Abstract: A catalyst composition for the selective conversion of an alkane to an unsaturated carboxylic acid having the general formula: MoVaNbbAgcMdOx wherein optional element M may be one or more selected from aluminum, copper, lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, gallium, phosphorus, iron, rhenium, cobalt, chromium, manganese, arsenic, indium, thallium, bismuth, germanium, tin, cerium or lanthanum; a is 0.05 to 0.99, b is 0.01 to 0.99, c is 0.01 to 0.99, d is 0 to 0.5 and x is determined by the valence requirements of the other components of the catalyst composition. This catalyst is prepared by co-precipitation of compounds of molybdenum, vanadium, niobium, silver and M to form a mixed metal oxide catalyst. This catalyst can be used for the selective conversion of an alkane to an unsaturated carboxylic acid in a one-step process or the ammoxidation of alkanes and olefins.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries CorporationInventors: Paulette N. Hazin, Paul E. Ellis, Jr.
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Patent number: 6919294Abstract: A method for producing a hydrorefining catalyst is used to produce the hydrorefining catalyst which contains an inorganic oxide carrier and a hydrogenation-active metal and which has such a bimodal pore characteristic that pores having pore diameters of not more than 50 nm have a pore volume of not less than 0.4 cm3/g, pores having pore diameters of not less than 50 nm have a pore volume of not less than 0.2 cm3/g, and pores having pore diameters of not less than 1000 nm have a pore volume of not more than 0.1 cm3/g. The method comprises the steps of mixing and forming a pseudo-boehmite powder having a dispersibility index of 0.13 to 0.28, and calcinating the formed pseudo-boehmite under a condition in which the pseudo-boehmite is converted into ?-alumina. The hydrorefining catalyst, which has the bimodal pore characteristic, can be produced easily at low cost.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2003Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Japan Energy CorporationInventors: Toru Saito, Chikanori Nakaoka
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Patent number: 6878847Abstract: A catalyst useful for catalytic vapor-phase oxidation of isobutylene, t-butanol or propylene to produce respectively corresponding unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid is provided. The catalyst consists of ring-formed shaped bodies composed of (i) a catalyst composition containing at least molybdenum and bismuth as the active ingredients and (ii) inorganic fibers. The catalyst excels in mechanical strength, can give the object products at high yield and shows little activity degradation with time.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2004Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroto Kasuga, Eiichi Shiraishi
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Patent number: 6858132Abstract: A heavy oil hydrorefining catalyst of the present invention is such that the total volume of pores with a diameter of 60 nm or less is at least 0.5 mL/g, and the pore diameter distribution has a broad band over a pore diameter range of 8 to 30 nm. The hydrorefining catalyst has excellent desulfurization characteristics and excellent demetalization characteristics, and its performance can be maintained over an extended period. When this catalyst is used in a hydrorefining apparatus equipped with a plurality of catalyst layers, the apparatus can be operated stably at a higher temperature than in the past without decreasing the desulfurization performance, and this also enhances the demetalization characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2001Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: Japan Energy CorporationInventors: Hideaki Kumagai, Hiroki Koyama, Kenji Nakamura, Naoharu Igarashi, Masayuki Mori, Takayuki Tsukada
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Patent number: 6825145Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas purifying catalyst that is capable of substantially reducing the degree of deterioration in an exhaust gas purifying capability, which results from dissipation of an absorbent agent. Accordingly, an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, which includes a carrier and a catalyst layer, and to which at least one material selected from a group of alkali metals and alkali earth metals is added as an absorbent agent, is characterized in that acid material with a high affinity with respect to the absorbent agent is mixed in the catalyst layer so as to fix the absorbent agent, and an inhibiting layer is formed between the catalyst layer and the carrier so as to inhibit the movement of the absorbent agent toward the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2003Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Tanada, Osamu Nakayama, Keisuke Tashiro, Kinichi Iwachido, Tetsuya Watanabe, Kazuo Koga
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Patent number: 6802958Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for preparing spherical oxide particles comprising the steps of shaping a starting material comprising an oxide hydrate into particles of substantially constant length by leading the material to a set of two rolls rotating towards each other followed by leading the material to a roll equipped with grooves to form rod-type shapes, cutting the rod-type shapes into particles of substantially constant length, converting the thus formed particles into spheres, and heating the particles to convert the oxide hydrate into an oxide. The process results in particles in which there is substantially no difference in density between the core portion and the shell portion of the particles, which results in a high abrasion resistance. The particles prepared by the claimed process are particularly suitable for the preparation of hydroprocessing catalysts, more in particular for the preparation of hydroprocessing catalysts suitable for the hydroprocessing of heavy hydrocarbon feeds.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2000Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignees: Nippon Ketjen Co., Ltd., Akzo Nobel NVInventors: Nobuhito Matsumoto, Eiichi Yano, Masafumi Shimowake, Tetsuro Kamo
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Patent number: 6797839Abstract: Multimetal oxide materials containing molybdenum, vanadium, antimony, one or more of the elements W, Nb, Ta, Cr and Ce and nickel and, if required, one or more of the elements Cu, Zn, Co, Fe, Cd, Mn, Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba and having a 2-component structure are used for the gas-phase catalytic oxidative preparation of acrylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2000Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hartmut Hibst, Signe Unverricht
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Publication number: 20040186014Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventors: Takayuki Tsukada, Motoi Saito, Masayuki Mori
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Patent number: 6780817Abstract: A hydrorefining catalyst of a hydrogenation active metal component supported on a refractory porous carrier has a median pore diameter determined by the nitrogen adsorption method of 8 to 20 nm, a pore volume determined by the nitrogen adsorption method of 0.56 cm3/g or greater, and a pore volume of pores with a pore diameter of 50 nm or larger determined by the mercury intrusion porosimetry method of 0.32 cm3/g or greater. Both the demetallizing activity and metal deposition capacity of the catalyst in hydrogenation and demetallizing of heavy oil are high. The hydrorefining catalyst is obtained by kneading a porous starting powder principally composed of &ggr;-alumina and having a pore capacity of 0.75 m3/g or larger and a mean pore diameter of 10 to 200 &mgr;m, molding and calcining, and supporting an active metal component on the product.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2000Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Japan Energy CorporationInventors: Hiroki Koyama, Toru Saito, Hideaki Kumagai
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Patent number: 6740769Abstract: A process for producing a molybdenum-bismuth-iron-containing metal oxide fluidized bed catalyst which has a controlled particle diameter and has satisfactory activity and physical properties. In a process for producing a fluidized bed catalyst containing molybdenum-bismuth-iron and silica as a carrier component, dried products formed in a spray drying step and having a particle diameter outside a desired range are pulverized, then the pulverized one is mixed into a slurry before spray drying, the resulting mixture is spray-dried, and the spray-dried particles are subjected to a classification operation to obtain particles having a diameter within the desired range, which are then calcined. The catalyst produced according to the present invention is suitable for producing acrylonitrile by ammoxidation of propylene.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2002Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Mizutani, Yoshimi Nakamura, Yutaka Sasaki, Kunio Mori
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Patent number: 6706660Abstract: A lean NOx catalyst and method of preparing the same is disclosed. The lean NOx catalyst includes a ceramic substrate, an oxide support material, preferably &ggr;-alumina, deposited on the substrate and a metal promoter or dopant introduced into the oxide support material. The metal promoters or dopants are selected from the group consisting of indium, gallium, tin, silver, germanium, gold, nickel, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, chromium, cerium, vanadium, oxides thereof, and combinations thereof. The &ggr;-alumina preferably has a pore volume of from about 0.5 to about 2.0 cc/g; a surface area of between about 80 to 350 m2/g; an average pore size diameter of between about 3 to 30 nm; and an impurity level of less than or equal to 0.2 weight percent. In a preferred embodiment the &ggr;-alumina is prepared by a sol-gel method, with the metal doping of the &ggr;-alumina preferably accomplished using an incipient wetness impregnation technique.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Caterpillar IncInventor: Paul W. Park
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Patent number: 6693059Abstract: A process useful for the catalytic gas phase oxidation of alkanes to unsaturated aldehydes or carboxylic acids uses catalysts of particular compositions formed in a particular manner.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2001Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventor: Manhua Lin
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Patent number: 6670515Abstract: A material composed of ultrafine particles, comprising at least a metal element M having catalytic properties and at least a metal element M′ having a standard oxidation potential less than that of M, part at least of M′ atoms being in oxidized form, the average size of the particles being less than 50 nm, at least 80% in number of the particles having an average size less than 10 nm. One particle of the material is constituted by at least a metal element M with oxidation level 0, or by at least a metal element M′ in oxidized form, or by at least a metal element M′ with oxidation level 0, or by the combination of at least two species selected from the three previous species. The material is useful as a catalyst for hydrogenation or coupling reactions.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Jean-Marie Dubois, Yves Fort, Olivier Tillement
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Patent number: 6632772Abstract: A method of coating a catalyst to a support for use in acrolein oxidation reaction. Metallic salt components of the catalyst including molybdate, vanadate and tungstate are dissolved in a liquid to form a suspension of particles of the catalyst. The precipitation of the catalyst particles is controlled by homogenizing the catalyst particles suspended in the liquid. The phase separation between the catalyst particles and the liquid can be substantially slowed down by the homogenization. Then the catalyst is coated on an inert support by applying the suspension of the catalyst particles to the support. In the suspension, the total weight of water is about 0.8 to about 5 times of the total weight of the metallic salts in the catalyst. This method of preparing suspension minimizes the amount of the liquid required to dissolve the metallic salts, which reduces the amount of time and energy to be used in evaporating the liquid from the suspension.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: LG Chemical, Ltd.Inventors: Won-Ho Lee, Kyung-Hwa Kang, Dong-Hyun Ko, Young-Chang Byun
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Patent number: 6620973Abstract: A catalyst composition for the production of unsaturated aldehydes by the oxidation of the corresponding olefins, and methods of making and using such catalyst compositions. The catalysts of the present invention include compositions of the formula: MoaPdbBicFedX1eX2fX3gOz, wherein X1 is an element selected from Co, Ni, V, Pt, Rh, or mixtures thereof; X2 is an element selected from Al, Ga, Ge, Mn, Nb, Zn, Ag, P, Si, W, or mixtures thereof; X3 is an element selected from K, Mg, Rb, Ca, Sr, Ba, Na, In, or mixtures thereof; a is 1; b is 0<b<0.3; c is 0<c<0.9; d is 0<d<0.9; e is 0<e<0.9; f is 0<f<0.9; g is 0<g<0.3; and z is an integer representing the number of oxygen atoms required to satisfy the valency of Mo, Pd, Bi, Fe, X1, X2, and X3 in the catalyst composition. Using the methods of the present invention, one may effectively oxidize the desired starting materials at relatively high levels of conversion, selectivity, and productivity, and with minimal side products.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries CorporationInventors: Khalid Karim, Yajnavalkya Subrai Bhat, Syed Irshad Zaheer, Asad Ahmad Khan
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Publication number: 20030171214Abstract: A molybdenum-based precipitate is prepared according to a process including the first step of forming a crude precipitate by pH adjustment to 6.5 or less in the presence of an alkali metal compound, and the second step of dissolving the crude precipitate in aqueous ammonia and forming a precipitate by pH adjustment to 6.5 or less. Then, the resulting molybdenum-based precipitate is washed with an acid aqueous solution having a pH of 6.5 or less and containing not less than 0.01 mole/L of ammonium root. Thus, a change in average particle diameter can be suppressed and good workability can be achieved, so that a molybdenum-based precipitate having a high purity and a desired average particle diameter can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2002Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: Hideyasu Takezawa, Toru Kuroda, Seiichi Kawato, Masanori Nitta
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Publication number: 20030162998Abstract: The present invention provides: a production process for a catalyst for synthesis of an unsaturated aldehyde and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid, which production process is suitable for producing the catalyst with good reproducibility, wherein the catalyst is excellent in activity, selectivity, and physical strength; this catalyst; and a production process for the unsaturated aldehyde and/or the unsaturated carboxylic acid by using this catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2003Publication date: August 28, 2003Applicant: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiromi Yunoki
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Publication number: 20030152509Abstract: Catalysts made from a newly discovered phase of aluminum trihydroxide and processes for making such catalysts. This invention also relates to a method for improving the activity of and for regenerating catalysts having a silica-alumina support.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2002Publication date: August 14, 2003Inventors: James Donald Carruthers, Eduardo A. Kamenetzky, Peter J. Achorn
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Patent number: 6589908Abstract: A method for making alumina having a pore structure characterized by the absence of macropores, no more than 5% of the total pore volume in pores greater than 350 Å, a high pore volume (greater than 0.8 cc/g measured by mercury intrusion) and a bi-modal pore volume distribution character, where the two modes are separated by 10 to 200 Å, and the primary pore mode is larger than the median pore diameter (MPD), calculated either by volume or by surface area, the MPD by volume being itself larger than the MPD by surface area. Alumina made by such process and catalyst made therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Josiane M. Ginestra, Russell C. Ackerman, Christian G. Michel
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Patent number: 6583330Abstract: New catalysts that contain heteropolyanions of the 12-tungstophosphoric acid or the 12-tungstomolybdic acid, and, for some of these, at least one metal of group VIII, and that are deposited on substrates that develop a specific surface area and a high pore volume, such as zirconium oxide (ZrO2), silicas, silica-aluminas or aluminas, are used in particular in isomerization of paraffinic fractions that contain in large part n-paraffins that have, for example, 4 to 8 carbon atoms per molecule and in aliphatic alkylation of isoparaffins (for example isobutane and/or isopentane) by at least one olefin that comprises, for example, 2 to 6 carbon atoms per molecule (C2 to C6).Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2000Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Institut Francais du PetroleInventors: Christine Travers, Maryline Delage, Eric Benazzi, Jean-François Joly
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Publication number: 20030097929Abstract: Regenerable gas purifier materials are provided capable of reducing the level of contaminants such as oxygen and moisture in a hydride gas stream to parts-per-billion levels or sub-parts-per-billion levels. The purifier materials of this invention comprise a thin layer of one or more reduced forms of a metal oxide coated on the surface of a nonreactive substrate. The thin layer may further contain the completely reduced form of the metal. In one embodiment, the total surface area of the thin layer is less than 100 m2/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2001Publication date: May 29, 2003Inventors: Tadaharu Watanabe, Dan Fraenkel
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Molybdenum and vanadium based catalysts for the oxidation of alkanes to carboxylic acids and olefins
Publication number: 20030100794Abstract: A mixed metal oxide catalytic system comprises a catalyst having the formulaType: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2003Publication date: May 29, 2003Applicant: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Saudi ArabiaInventors: Khalid Karim, Mohammad H. Al-Hazmi, Asad Ahmad Khan, Syed Irshad Zaheer -
Patent number: 6555496Abstract: A microcrystalline boehmite containing additive in a homogeneously dispersed state. Suitable additives are compounds containing elements selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metals, alkaline metals, rare earth metals, transition metals, actinides, silicon, gallium, boron, titanium, and phosphorus. The microcrystalline boehmite according to the invention may be prepared in several ways. In general, a microcrystalline boehmite precursor and an additive are converted to a microcrystalline boehmite containing the additive in a homogeneously dispersed state. The additive does not contain zirconia or magnesia.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2000Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.Inventors: Dennis Stamires, Paul O'Connor, Gregory Pearson, William Jones
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Patent number: 6528450Abstract: A catalyst composition and a process for hydrodealkylating a C9+ aromatic compound such as, for example, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene to a C6 to C8 aromatic hydrocarbon such as a xylene are disclosed. The composition comprises an alumina, a metal oxide, and a coke suppressor selected from the group consisting of silicon oxides, phosphorus oxides, boron oxides, magnesium oxides, tin oxides, titanium oxides, zirconium oxides, molybdenum oxides, germanium oxides, indium oxides, lanthanum oxides, cesium oxides, and combinations of any two or more thereof. The process comprises contacting a fluid which comprises a C9+ aromatic compound with the catalyst composition under a condition sufficient to effect the conversion of a C9+ aromatic compound to a C6 to C8 aromatic hydrocarbon.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1999Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: Phillips Petroleum CompanyInventors: An-hsiang Wu, Charles A. Drake
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Patent number: 6518218Abstract: A catalyst system and method for making carbon fibrils is provided which comprises a catalytic amount of an inorganic catalyst comprising nickel and one of the following substances selected from the group consisting of chromium; chromium and iron; chromium and molybdenum; chromium, molybdenum, and iron; aluminum; yttrium and iron; yttrium, iron and aluminum; zinc; copper; yttrium; yttrium and chromium; and yttrium, chromium and zinc. In a further aspect of the invention, a catalyst system and method is provided for making carbon fibrils which comprises a catalytic amount of an inorganic catalyst comprising cobalt and one of the following substances selected from the group consisting of chromium; aluminum; zinc; copper; copper and zinc; copper, zinc, and chromium; copper and iron; copper, iron, and aluminum; copper and nickel; and yttrium, nickel and copper.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2000Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Xiao-Dong Sun, Navjot Singh, Lionel Monty Levinson
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Patent number: 6514903Abstract: An improved catalyst including a compound of the formula (I) AaMmNnXxOo (I) wherein 0.25<a<0.98, 0.003<m<0.5, 0.003<n<0.5, 0.003<x<0.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1999Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Manhua Lin, Michael William Linsen
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Patent number: 6514901Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst is disclosed. The catalyst is useful for the gas phase oxidation of alkanes to unsaturated aldehydes or carboxylic acids.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1999Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Manhua Lin, Michael William Linsen
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Patent number: 6514904Abstract: A catalyst and a process for using the catalyst are disclosed generally for the conversion of hydrocarbons. By the use of at least one high temperature calcination under dry conditions, a catalyst with a beneficial combination of lowered surface area and excellent piece crush is created. X-ray diffraction pattern information is used to distinguish the resulting product.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2002Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Mark D. Moser, Robin E. Shepherd, Andrzej Z. Ringwelski, John Y. G. Park
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Patent number: 6514902Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing an oxide catalyst for use in producing (meth)acrylonitrile from propane or isobutane by ammoxidation in the gaseous phase, the oxide catalyst comprising a compound oxide containing Mo, V and Sb as essential component elements, which process comprises subjecting a solution or slurry, in water and/or an alcohol, of a raw-material mixture comprising a Mo compound, a V compound and an Sb compound as essential raw materials to a specific oxidation treatment using an oxidizing gas and/or an oxidizing liquid before subjecting the solution or slurry to drying and subsequent calcination. Further, also disclosed is a process for producing a base-treated oxide catalyst by treating the above-mentioned oxide catalyst with an aqueous basic solution.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2000Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Inoue, Hiroshi Ishida
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Publication number: 20030017944Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing an oxide catalyst comprising, as component elements, molybdenum (Mo), vanadium (V), at least one element selected from the group consisting of the two elements of antimony (Sb) and tellurium (Te), and niobium (Nb), wherein the process comprises providing an aqueous raw material mixture containing compounds of the component elements of the oxide catalyst, and drying the aqueous raw material mixture, followed by calcination, and wherein, in the aqueous raw material mixture, at least a part of the niobium compound as one of the compounds of the component elements is present in the form of a complex thereof with a complexing agent comprising a compound having a hydroxyl group bonded to an oxygen atom or a carbon atom. Also disclosed is a process for producing (meth)acrylonitrile or (meth)acrylic acid, which comprises performing the ammoxidation or oxidation of propane or isobutane in the gaseous phase in the presence of the oxide catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2001Publication date: January 23, 2003Inventors: Hidenori Hinago, Hiroyuki Yano
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Publication number: 20020155045Abstract: A heavy oil hydrorefining catalyst of the present invention is such that the total volume of pores with a diameter of 60 nm or less is at least 0.5 mL/g, and the pore diameter distribution has a broad band over a pore diameter range of 8 to 30 nm. The hydrorefining catalyst has excellent desulfurization characteristics and excellent demetalization characteristics, and its performance can be maintained over an extended period. When this catalyst is used in a hydrorefining apparatus equipped with a plurality of catalyst layers, the apparatus can be operated stably at a higher temperature than in the past without decreasing the desulfurization performance, and this also enhances the demetalization characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: Hideaki Kumagai, Hiroki Koyama, Kenji Nakamura, Naoharu Igarashi, Masayuki Mori, Takayuki Tsukada
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Patent number: 6451199Abstract: For transforming hydrocarbons into aromatic compounds, the reaction is conducted on a homogeneous bed of catalyst particles, said catalyst comprising at least one amorphous matrix, at least one noble metal, at least two additional metals M1 and M2 and at least one halogen, and in which, for a catalyst particle, Cpt is the local concentration of platinum; CM1 is the local concentration of additional metal M1; CM2 is the local concentration of additional metal M2; in which the standard deviation of the distribution of the local ratios of the concentrations of the additional metals, CM1/CM2, measured along the particle diameter, is better than 25% relative.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2000Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Institut Francais du PetroleInventors: Hervé Cauffriez, Fabienne Le Peltier, Elisabeth Rosenberg
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Patent number: 6436870Abstract: A high-activity hydrotreating catalyst containing a uniformly dispersed active component at a high concentration, and particularly useful for deep desulfurization of a hydrocarbon oil for its high hydrodesulfurization activity. The present invention also provides a hydrotreating process using the same catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Tonen CorporationInventors: Masahiko Iijima, Takao Hashimoto, Yoshinobu Okayasu, Takeshi Isoda
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Patent number: 6432870Abstract: A process for preparing a metal oxide catalyst for acrylic acid production which comprises calcining a metal compound mixture at 400° C. or higher to prepare a metal oxide powder comprising Mo, V, Sb, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta, and supporting a compound comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sb, Tl, Se, As, Pb, Sn, Ag, Cu, Ru, and Rh on the metal oxide powder, and a process for producing acrylic acid by gas phase oxidation of propane using the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2000Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: Toagosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xinlin Tu, Mamoru Takahashi, Hiroshi Niizuma
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Publication number: 20020087031Abstract: The method of the present invention involves the in situ formation of metal-molybdate catalyst particles active for methanol oxidation to formaldehyde, with iron as an example, the catalyst is made by mixing particulate forms of Fe2O3 and MoO3 which form an active Fe2(MoO4)3/MoO3 component inside the reactor during methanol oxidation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2001Publication date: July 4, 2002Inventors: Israel E. Wachs, Laura E. Briand
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Patent number: 6407031Abstract: A catalyst comprising a promoted mixed metal oxide is useful for the vapor phase oxidation of an alkane or a mixture of an alkane and an alkene to an unsaturated carboxylic acid and for the vapor phase ammoxidation of an alkane or a mixture of an alkane and an alkene to an unsaturated nitrile.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2001Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Sanjay Chaturvedi, Anne Mae Gaffney, Scott Han, Michele Doreen Heffner, Ruozhi Song
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Patent number: 6399530Abstract: An acidic amorphous silica-amumina has a large specific surface area and a large pore volume. A carrier complex and a hydrotreating catalyst containing acidic amorphous silica-alumina, in particular a hydrocracking catalyst containing acidic amorphous silica-alumina in combination with a modified zeolite-Y, treats petroleum hydrocarbon materials to produce middle distillates. The amorphous silica-alumina has a SiO2 content of 10-50 wt. %, a specific surface area of 300-600 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.8-1.5 ml/g and an IR acidity of 0.25-0.60 mmol/g. The catalyst shows a relatively high activity and mid-distillate selectivity and can be particularly used in hydrocracking process for producing mid-distillates with a higher yield.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1999Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignees: China Petrochemical Corporation, Fushun Research Institute of Petroleum and Petrochemicals, SINOPECInventors: Song Chen, Tingyu Li, Guangwei Cao, Minghua Guan
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Patent number: 6383974Abstract: Hydrorefining catalyst contains 0.1 to 25 wt % in total of at least one hydrogenation active metal element selected from elements of Group 6, Group 8, Group 9, and Group 10 of the Periodic Table, and 0.1 to 3 wt % potassium on a carrier formed of porous inorganic oxide. The concentration distribution of the hydrogenation active metal element is higher in the central part than in the peripheral part of the catalyst, and the concentration distribution of potassium is higher in the peripheral part than in the central part of the catalyst. The pores on the outside surface of the catalyst are not plugged by the metal content of hetero compounds and hetero compounds can be efficiently diffused to inside the catalyst. As a result, long-term retention of a state of high activity is possible.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Japan Energy CorporationInventors: Katsuaki Ishida, Ryutaro Koide, Koichi Matsushita
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Patent number: 6383978Abstract: A promoted multi-metal oxide catalyst is useful for the vapor phase oxidation of an alkane, or a mixture of an alkane and an alkene, to an unsaturated carboxylic acid and for the vapor phase ammoxidation of an alkane, or a mixture of an alkane and an alkene, to an unsaturated nitrile.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2001Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventor: Leonard Edward Bogan, Jr.
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Patent number: 6383976Abstract: The multimetal oxide materials essentially consisting of Mo12BiaX1bFecX2dX3eOy (I) where: X1 is Co and/or Ni, X2 is Si and/or Al, X3 is an alkali metal, 0.3≦a≦1, 2≦b≦10, 0.5≦c≦10, 0≦d≦10, 0≦e≦0.5 and y is the absolute value of the number which, assuming charge neutrality, is obtained from the sum of the valences and the stoichiometric coefficients of the other elements, the crystalline fractions containing, in addition to &bgr;-X1MoO4 as the main component, Fe2(MoO4)3 as a secondary component and no MoO3.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1999Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heiko Arnold, Klaus Harth, Hans-Peter Neumann, Ulrich Hammon, Raimund Felder
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Patent number: 6365555Abstract: A process for the preparation of nanostructured materials in high phase purities using cavitation is disclosed. The method comprises mixing a metal containing solution with a precipitating agent and passing the mixture into a cavitation chamber. The chamber consists of a first element to produce cavitation bubbles, and a second element that creates a pressure zone sufficient to collapse the bubbles. The process is useful for the preparation of mixed metal oxide catalysts and materials for piezoelectrics and superconductors.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1999Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Assignee: Worcester Polytechnic InstituteInventors: William R. Moser, Oleg V. Kozyuk, Josef Find, Sean Christian Emerson, Ivo M. Krausz
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Publication number: 20020032358Abstract: A reactive agent for decomposing fluorine compounds comprising alumina and an alkaline earth metal compound; a process for decomposing fluorine compounds, comprising contacting the reactive agent with a fluorine compound at a temperature of 200° C. or more; and a process for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising an etching or cleaning and a decomposing using the reactive agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2001Publication date: March 14, 2002Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Hitoshi Atobe, Toraichi Kaneko, Yuji Hayasaka, Shinichi Yano