Of Manganese Patents (Class 502/324)
  • Publication number: 20130065752
    Abstract: A component has a catalyst surface including metal regions and regions of MnO2 contacting the former, wherein the metal regions are made of Co and/or Sn and/or Zn (or alloys of said metals). Said material pairings achieve a significantly improved catalytic effect in comparison to the pure metals. Said surfaces can be used, for example, in room air purification for reducing ozone content. The surface can be applied, for example, by coating the component, wherein the metal region and the region of MnO2 are applied in two layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Axel Arndt, Christian Doye, Ursus Krüger, Uwe Pyritz
  • Patent number: 8389437
    Abstract: A method of preparing a catalyst support is described comprising washing a precipitated metal oxide material with water and/or an aqueous solution of acid and/or base such that contaminant levels in said precipitated metal oxide are reduced. The method may be applied to precipitated alumina materials to reduce contaminants selected from sulphur, chlorine, Group 1A and Group 2A metals. The catalyst supports may be used to prepare catalysts for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: John L. Casci, Elizabeth M. Holt, Adel F. Neale
  • Publication number: 20130040808
    Abstract: A catalyst composition comprising a vanadate represented by the formula XVO4/S, wherein XVO4 stands for a Bi-, Sb-, Ga- and/or Al-vanadate optionally in mixture with one or more rare earth metal-vanadates, or in mixture with one or more transition metal-vanadates, or in mixture with one or more transition metal-vanadates and one or more rare earth met-al-vanadates, and S is a support comprising TiO2, optionally in combination with a dopant and a process for the preparation of such catalyst composi-tions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Karl Schermanz, Amod Sagar, Alessandro Trovarelli, Marzia Casanova
  • Publication number: 20130040806
    Abstract: A catalyst for the electrolysis of water molecules and hydrocarbons, the catalyst including catalytic groups comprising A1-xB2?yB?yO4 spinels having a cubical M4O4 core, wherein A is Li or Na, B and B? are independently any transition metal or main group metal, M is B, B?, or both, x is a number from 0 to 1, and y is a number from 0 to 2. In photo-electrolytic applications, a plurality of catalytic groups are supported on a conductive support substrate capable of incorporating water molecules. At least some of the catalytic groups, supported by the support substrate, are able to catalytically interact with water molecules incorporated into the support substrate. The catalyst can also be used as part of a photo-electrochemical cell for the generation of electrical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
    Inventors: G. Charles Dismukes, Martha Greenblatt
  • Publication number: 20130041179
    Abstract: The present provides a high-efficiency amide compound production catalyst to be used in producing an amide compound through hydration of a nitrile compound and a production method using it. The amide compound production catalyst is for producing an amide compound through reaction of a nitrile compound and water, and comprises a manganese oxide catalyst containing bismuth and further containing yttrium or vanadium. The method for producing an amide compound comprises reacting a nitrile compound and water in a liquid phase in the presence of the amide compound production catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takako Uchiyama, Shinyou Shirai, Yoshikazu Shima, Masaki Takemoto, Genki Nogami
  • Patent number: 8361951
    Abstract: Tris(heterocyclyl)-metal complexes and the use thereof as bleach catalysts are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Andre Hätzelt, Anette Nordskog, Stefan Leopold, Peter Schmiedel, Wolfgang von Rybinski, Jörg Sundermeyer, Jan Döring
  • Patent number: 8357627
    Abstract: A deodorizing catalyst showing high activity at room temperature, having great adsorption capacity, and possessing activity persistence capable of withstanding continued use; a deodorizing method using the catalyst; and a method for regenerating the catalyst are provided. The deodorizing catalyst is characterized by containing manganese oxide and a Mn—Fe complex oxide at a weight ratio in the range of 98:2 to 60:40. A honeycomb catalyst having the catalyst carried thereon is also disclosed. The deodorizing method is characterized by treating a gas containing odor components with the catalyst. The method for regenerating the catalyst involves heating the catalyst to 140 to 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Nikki-University Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akane Nariyuki, Shinji Hashimoto, Ryoji Aikawa, Kenta Takeuchi, Yuji Tozuka
  • Patent number: 8349758
    Abstract: A catalyst with large surface area structure, in particular for steam-reforming catalysts, which is characterized in that the large surface area structure is formed of a large number of round or parallel penetrating holes of polygonal cross-section, wherein the catalyst carrier is prepared in the injection molding process, coated with a washcoat and then impregnated with the active component. The catalyst carrier includes at least one sinterable material and has a lateral pressure resistance of at least 700 N. Also, a process for the preparation of such catalysts and the use thereof in a reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sud-Chemie AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gabriel, Ingo Hanke
  • Patent number: 8343888
    Abstract: Precursor cations of A and B elements of an ABO3 perovskite in aqueous solution are formed as an ionic complex gel with citric acid or other suitable polybasic carboxylic acid. The aqueous gel is coated onto a desired catalyst substrate and calcined to form, in-situ, particles of the crystalline perovskite as, for example, an oxidation catalyst on the substrate. In one embodiment, a perovskite catalyst such as LaCoO3 is formed on catalyst supporting cell walls of an extruded ceramic monolith for oxidation of NO in the exhaust gas of a lean burn vehicle engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Chang H Kim, Wei Li, Kevin A Dahlberg
  • Publication number: 20120328505
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a composition comprising a nanostructured transition metal oxide capable of oxidizing two H2O molecules to obtain four protons. In some embodiments of the invention, the composition further comprises a porous matrix wherein the nanocluster of the transition metal oxide is embedded on and/or in the porous matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Heinz M. Frei, Feng Jiao
  • Publication number: 20120321524
    Abstract: Disclosure relates to a slip catalyst for reducing a NO2 content in an exhaust train of an internal combustion engine flowed through by an exhaust gas flow, which has an oxidizing catalyst for the formation of NO2 and a particulate filter arranged downstream for binding carbon black particles and simultaneous and/or subsequent reaction of the same with NO2 formed on the oxidizing catalyst, having a substrate that is provided with a coating, which coating reduces a proportion of NO2 in the exhaust gas flow flowing through. The coating has at least two elements from the group of rare-earth metals, which are present in the coating in the form of a salt or an oxide or in an elementary form and in a concentration of more than 300.0 g/m3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventor: Bernhard Kahlert
  • Publication number: 20120309617
    Abstract: A method of production of photocatalytic material to be used under UV and visible light. The photocatalyst is obtained by precipitating titanium dioxide on a sol of manganese dioxide. The method includes providing a mixture of a) hydrated manganese dioxide sol, b) titanium solution and c) NH3 solution, and, the processing of the above. The photocatalyst produced with the method of the invention includes titanium and manganese with the atomic ratio Mn:Ti varying between 0.01:100 and 33:100. The manganese acts both as a dopant and as a photosensitizer. The photocatalyst is active under both UV and visible light and is able to decompose organic and inorganic pollutants. In general the photocatalyst can be used as obtained or embedded in a matrix (e.g. concrete, cement, mortar, stucco, paint etc) or immobilized on or in a solid surface/body. The photocatalyst can be further used for air or water de-pollution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas / Forth
    Inventors: George Kiriakidis, Vassilis Binas, Valentin Tudose
  • Publication number: 20120305836
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and catalysts for deoxygenating a biomass-derived pyrolysis oil are provided. The method comprises the step of contacting the biomass-derived pyrolysis oil with a first deoxygenating catalyst in the presence of hydrogen at first predetermined hydroprocessing conditions to form a first low-oxygen biomass-derived pyrolysis oil effluent. The first deoxygenating catalyst comprises a neutral catalyst support, nickel, cobalt, and molybdenum. The first deoxygenating catalyst comprises nickel in an amount calculated as an oxide of from about 0.1 to about 1.5 wt. %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Traynor, Timothy A. Brandvold, Jennifer F. Abrahamian
  • Publication number: 20120302439
    Abstract: An emission control catalyst is doped with bismuth, manganese, or bismuth and manganese. The doped catalyst may be a palladium-gold catalyst or a platinum-based catalyst, or both. The doped palladium-gold catalyst and the doped platinum-based catalyst may be contained in a single washcoat layer or in different washcoat layers of a multi-brick, multi-zoned, or multi-layered emission control system. In all embodiments, zeolite may be added as a hydrocarbon absorbing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: NANOSTELLAR, INC.
    Inventors: Xianghong Hao, Geoffrey McCool, Ramesh Sharma
  • Patent number: 8318630
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst which can sufficiently remove nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas. The catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides to achieve an object of the present invention includes a monolithic support which is coated with a lower layer containing a catalytic component A comprising cerium oxide and an upper layer containing a catalytic component B comprising at least one kind of metal selected from a group consisting of copper, manganese, iron, cobalt and nickel or a compound thereof, and zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: ICT Co., Ltd., International Catalyst Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuji Nakane, Naohiro Kato, Akihisa Okumura
  • Patent number: 8318650
    Abstract: Bis(hydroxyquinoline)-metal complexes and the use thereof as bleach catalysts are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Andre Hätzelt, Anette Nordskog, Stefan Leopold, Peter Schmiedel, Wolfgang von Rybinski, Jörg Sundermeyer, Jan Döring
  • Patent number: 8318629
    Abstract: A catalyzed diesel particulate filter (CDPF) and a method for filtering particulates from diesel engine exhaust are provided, where the catalyzed diesel particulate filter includes a substrate and a catalyst composition, where the catalyst composition contains at least one first component, at least one second component, and at least one third component, where the first component is at least one first component selected from the group consisting of cerium and a lanthanide and mixtures thereof, the at least one second component is selected from the group consisting of cobalt, copper, manganese and mixtures thereof; and the third component comprises strontium, where the first component, the second component, and the third component are in an oxide form after calcination. The catalyst on the catalyzed diesel particulate filter lowers the temperature at which particulates are removed from the CDPF by oxidizing the particulates on the filter. The catalyzed diesel particulate filter may also include a washcoat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: Catalytic Solutions, Inc., ECS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Keshavaraja Alive, Anne-Laure Baudoux, Stephen J. Golden, Svetlana Iretskaya
  • Patent number: 8318651
    Abstract: Biheteroaryl metal complexes and the use thereof as bleach catalysts are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Andre Hätzelt, Anette Nordskog, Stefan Leopold, Peter Schmiedel, Wolfgang von Rybinski, Jörg Sundermeyer, Jan Döring
  • Publication number: 20120283092
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions and processes for the production of stable, alkaline, high solids, low viscosity, low surface tension, low flammability, sub-micron titania sols that have minimal offensive odor and methods of their use. Compositions of the present invention include, for example, mixtures of strong and weak organic bases used as dispersants to stabilize the titania sols. The dispersant mixtures have been found to result in relatively high titania solids content, low surface tension, low viscosity suspensions that are low in flammability. Sols produced according to the present invention can be used, for example, in catalytic applications such as catalyst supports for diesel emission control, or in pollutant photocatalyst applications in which it is desirable to have the titania in sol form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: David M. Chapman
  • Publication number: 20120270727
    Abstract: Provided a compound catalyst allowing for substitution of a rare noble metal such as platinum, palladium and the like or reduction of costs associated with the use thereof. According to the present invention, the oxidation-reduction characteristics thereof may be controlled and catalytic effects similar to those of a noble metal or a transition metal complex may be exhibited by controlling the valence electron concentration of a compound to change the electronic occupation number of the d-band and maintaining the electronic state at the Fermi level of the electronic state identical to a noble metal or a transition metal complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventor: Shin YABUUCHI
  • Publication number: 20120263777
    Abstract: An environment-friendly porous bead-satellite nanoparticles composite which has excellent recovery and repeated usage performance and can be used as a catalyst, an antiviral agent, or an antimicrobial, and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The porous bead-satellite nanoparticles composite includes a porous bead, a molecule having a first end coupled to the surface of the porous bead and including a functional group at a second end, and satellite nanoparticles coupled to the functional group, wherein the porous bead may have a core-shell structure including a cluster core of nanoparticles and a porous bead shell covering the cluster core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kyoungja WOO, Hye Hun PARK, Wooyoung PARK
  • Publication number: 20120264952
    Abstract: Catalyst for preparing ethylene oxide, at least comprising silver applied to a support, the support having a BET constant C in the range from 0 to 800, determined in accordance with DIN ISO 9277.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tobias Rosendahl, Torsten Mäurer, Cornelia Katharina Dobner, Jürgen Zühlke
  • Patent number: 8283280
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing a reforming catalyst comprising a group VIII metal, a halogen, at least one metal selected from the group made up of the group VIIB metals and group IVA metals, a refractory oxide support. The method comprises stages of preparing a dry impregnation aqueous solution containing ammonia, either in solution or in gas form and a complexing agent, of aging the aqueous solution, of dry impregnation of the support, of maturing the impregnated support, of drying and of calcination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventor: Yohan Oudart
  • Publication number: 20120245236
    Abstract: Cryptomelane-type manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieves (OMS-2) supported Fe and Co catalysts are utilized in a method for producing hydrocarbons by a Fischer-Tropsch mechanism. The hydrocarbon producing method includes providing a catalyst of a manganese oxide-based octahedral molecular sieve nanofibers with an active catalyst component of at least one of iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, manganese, vanadium, zinc, and mixtures thereof, and further containing an alkali metal. The formation of iron carbides and cobalt carbides by exposing the catalyst to conditions sufficient to form those carbides is also taught. After the catalyst has been appropriately treated, a carbon source and a hydrogen source are provided and contacted with the catalyst to thereby form a hydrocarbon containing product. The catalyst have high catalytic activity and selectivity (75%) for C2+ hydrocarbons in both CO hydrogenation and CO2 hydrogenation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Steven L. Suib, Boxun Hu, Eric Rolland Kreidler, Christopher James Brooks
  • Publication number: 20120245022
    Abstract: A process for producing a catalyst comprising the steps of contacting a support with a mixed metal precursor comprising tin oxalate, a second metal precursor, a solubilizing agent such as ammonium oxalate, and water to form an impregnated support and heating the impregnated support under conditions effective to remove at least a weight majority of the water and reduce the tin from the tin oxalate and the second metal from the second metal precursor and thereby form the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heiko Weiner, Victor J. Johnston, Radmila Jevtic
  • Patent number: 8263032
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst comprises an extruded solid body comprising: 10-95% by weight of at least one binder/matrix component; 5-90% by weight of a zeolitic molecular sieve, a non-zeolitic molecular sieve or a mixture of any two or more thereof; and 0-80% by weight optionally stabilized ceria, which catalyst comprising at least one precious metal and optionally at least one non-precious metal, wherein: (i) a majority of the at least one precious metal is located at a surface of the extruded solid body; (ii) the at least one precious metal is carried in one or more coating layer(s) on a surface; (iii) at least one metal is present throughout the extruded solid body and in a higher concentration at a surface; (iv) at least one metal is present throughout the extruded solid body and in a coating layer(s) on a surface; or (v) a combination of (ii) and (iii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Andersen, Todd Ballinger, David Bergeal, Hsiao-Lan Chang, Hai-Ying Chen, Julian Cox, Ralf Dotzel, Rainer Leppelt, Jörg Werner Münch, Hubert Schedel, Duncan John William Winterborn
  • Patent number: 8252714
    Abstract: A catalyst for use in the production of an unsaturated aldehyde and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid, the catalyst comparing (or, preferably, being composed of) a mixed oxide containing molybdenum, bismuth and iron, which has improved mechanical strength, is produced by a method including the steps of (1) drying an aqueous solution or an aqueous slurry containing raw materials of the catalyst and then firstly calcining a dried product in a molecular oxygen-containing gas atmosphere to obtain a calcined product; (2) heating the calcined product obtained in Step (1) in the presence of a reducing material to obtain a reduced product having a mass loss of 0.05 to 6%; and (3) secondly calcining the reduced product obtained in Step (2) in a molecular oxygen-containing gas atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoki Miura, Eiichi Shiraishi, Koichi Nagai
  • Patent number: 8252258
    Abstract: Provided is a diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from a diesel engine and a method for treating a diesel exhaust gas stream, the method comprising providing a diesel oxidation catalyst and contacting said diesel exhaust gas stream with said diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a catalyst structure comprising three distinct layers; in which layer comprises a precious metal component such as palladium is located between two hydrocarbon storage layers comprising a molecular sieve such as a zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Torsten W. Müller-Stach, Torsten Neubauer, Alfred H. Punke, Gerd Grubert, Attilio Siani, Corinna Freitag
  • Patent number: 8247343
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions and processes for the production of stable, alkaline, high solids, low viscosity, low surface tension, low flammability, sub-micron titania sols that have minimal offensive odor and methods of their use. Compositions of the present invention include, for example, mixtures of strong and weak organic bases used as dispersants to stabilize the titania sols. The dispersant mixtures have been found to result in relatively high titania solids content, low surface tension, low viscosity suspensions that are low in flammability. Sols produced according to the present invention can be used, for example, in catalytic applications such as catalyst supports for diesel emission control, or in pollutant photocatalyst applications in which it is desirable to have the titania in sol form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Inventor: David M. Chapman
  • Patent number: 8247340
    Abstract: A composition and method for preparation of a 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 Group VIII metal and a Group IB, Group IIB, Group IIIA, and/or Group VIIB promoter on a particulate support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Synfuels International, Inc.
    Inventors: Marvin M. Johnson, Edward R. Peterson, Sean C. Gattis
  • Publication number: 20120202681
    Abstract: A carbon oxides conversion process includes reacting a carbon oxide containing process gas containing hydrogen and/or steam and containing at least one of hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst including shaped units formed from a reduced and passivated catalyst powder, the powder including copper in the range 10-80% by weight, zinc oxide in the range 20-90% by weight, alumina in the range 5-60% by weight and optionally one or more oxidic promoter compounds selected from compounds of Mg, Cr, Mn, V, Ti, Zr, Ta, Mo, W, Si and rare earths in the range 0.01-10% by weight, wherein said shaped units have a reduced to as-made mean horizontal crush strength ratio of ?0.5:1 and a copper surface area above 60 m2/g Cu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC
    Inventors: Colin William Park, Brian Peter Williams, Graeme Douglas Campbell, David Allan Buckworth
  • Publication number: 20120196207
    Abstract: An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell, a method of preparing the same, and a membrane electrode assembly and a fuel cell including the same. The electrode catalyst includes a catalyst particle that incorporates a plurality of palladium atoms, a plurality of atoms of a transition metal, and a plurality of atoms of a precious metal having a higher standard reduction potential than the transition metal, where all of the plurality of atoms of the transition metal are respectively surrounded by at least one of the palladium atoms, the neighboring atoms of the transition metal, or the atoms of the precious metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-jong YOO, Chan-ho PAK, Kang-hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20120190539
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel composite metal oxide catalyst, a method of making the catalyst, and a process for producing synthesis gas using the catalyst. The catalyst may be a nickel and cobalt based dual-active component composite metal oxide catalyst. The catalyst may be used to produce synthesis gas by the carbon dioxide reforming reaction of methane. The catalyst on an anhydrous basis after calcinations has the empirical formula: M a m + ? N b n + ? Al c 3 + ? Mg d 2 + ? O ( am 2 + bn 2 + 3 2 ? c + d ) Mm+ and Nn+ are two transition metals serving as dual-active components and selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Mo, Cu, Zn or mixtures thereof, a+b+c+d=1, and 0.001?a?0.8, 0.001?b?0.8, 0.1?c?0.99, 0.01?d?0.99.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
    Inventors: Jianguo Zhang, Hui Wang, Ajay Kumar Dalai
  • Publication number: 20120190117
    Abstract: A method of screening catalysts for liquid-phase selective hydrogenation by preparing a test catalyst by adding a promoter to a reference catalyst; preparing a liquid reactant stream comprising C2H2 dissolved in n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone; testing the test and reference catalysts by contacting the reactant stream and gas mixture comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide in continuous flow with the test catalyst and reference catalyst, respectively, at selective hydrogenation reaction conditions to produce a product stream, condensing substantially all of the n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone from the product stream; measuring the concentrations of products comprising C2H2, C2H4, and C2H6 in the product stream at steady state; determining performance parameters for the test catalyst and the reference catalyst comprising the respective C2H2 conversion Sc and C2H4 selectivity relative to C2H6 Ss; and comparing the test catalyst performance parameters to those for the reference catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: SYNFUELS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Marvin M. Johnson, Edward R. Peterson, Sean C. Gattis
  • Publication number: 20120189489
    Abstract: A complex metal oxide catalyst having a composition including about 5 to about 75 wt % of manganese (Mn); about 5 to about 55 wt % of copper (Cu); and about 3 to about 60 wt % of an active compound, based on a total weight of the complex metal oxide catalyst. The complex metal oxide catalyst has excellent low-temperature activity and improved catalyst efficiency so as to be repeatedly used, and thus is effectively used in a filter module and an air cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-jong Kwon, Sik-sun Choi, Duck-hee Lee, Jun-cheol Bae, Hae-ree Joo, Do-hoon Kim, Sang-woong Kim, Sang-hyun Park, Chang-ick Lee
  • Publication number: 20120184430
    Abstract: A CO2 reforming catalyst composition includes a hydroxyl group-containing porous oxide, and a composite porous catalyst supported by a porous supporter. The composite porous catalyst includes a catalyst metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Jae Lee, InHyuk Son, Chan Ho Pak, Hyun Chul Lee, Jeong Kuk Shon, Young Gil Jo
  • Publication number: 20120183869
    Abstract: A catalyst including active particles that have a core including a first metal oxide, and a shell including an alloy of a second metal with a reduction product of the first metal oxide; a method of preparing the catalyst; a fuel cell including the catalyst; an electrode for lithium air battery that includes the active particles; and a lithium air battery including the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-ah Jin, Chan-ho Pak, Kang-hee Lee, Kyung-jung Kwon
  • Publication number: 20120171461
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage alloy unit comprises a porous body 7 having a large number of holes (spaces) 9 allowing hydrogen atoms to pass through, and a hydrogen storage alloy covering a surface of the porous body 7, inclusive of surfaces of the holes thereof. The hydrogen storage alloy includes a hydrogen storage base formed of a hydrogen storage material, and a catalytic layer covering a surface of the hydrogen storage base. The porous body 7 is formed of an assembly of hydrogen storage fibers 8 formed by vapor-depositing the hydrogen storage alloy onto nanofibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA ATSUMITEC
    Inventors: Naoki Uchiyama, Tomomi Kanai, Kazumi Harada
  • Patent number: 8211395
    Abstract: A procedure for obtaining mixed multimetallic oxides derived from hydrotalcite type compounds, characterized in that the laminar metallic hydroxides obtained are constituted by three or four metallic cations, forming part of the sheets of the hydrotalcite type material represented by the formula: [M(II)1?x?y?zM(II)?xM(III)yM(III)?z(OH)2](An?y+z/n).mH2O. by a process comprising: (1) preparing an aqueous or organic solution containing three or more cations; (2) preparing an alkaline solution; (3) slowly combining solutions (1) and (2) to cause the co-precipitation of the cations in the form of hydroxides; (4) washing the precipitate containing the hydrotalcites with water, until removal of the non-precipitated ions; (5) drying; and (6) calcining the hydrotalcites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo
    Inventors: Jaime Sanchez Valente, Esteban Lopez Salinas, Manuel Sanchez Cantu, Francisco Hernandez Beltran
  • Publication number: 20120164047
    Abstract: Low temperature activity of a vanadium-free selective catalytic reduction catalyst is provided by a mixed metal oxide support containing oxides of titanium and zirconium, the support having a promoter deposited on the surface of the mixed metal oxide support, and further having an active catalyst component deposited over the promoter on the mixed metal oxide support surface. Suitable promoters include oxides of silicon, boron, aluminum, cerium, iron, chromium, cobalt, nickel, copper, tin, silver, niobium, lanthanum, titanium, and combinations thereof. Suitable active catalyst components include oxides of manganese, iron and cerium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventor: Steven M. Augustine
  • Patent number: 8202818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst composition for preparing carbon nanotube and a process for preparing carbon nanotube using the same. More particularly, this invention relates to a process for preparing carbon nanotube by the chemical vapor deposition method through the decomposition of lower saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbons using a multi-component metal catalyst composition containing active metal catalyst from Co, V, Al and inactive porous support. Further, the present invention affords the carbon nanotube having 5˜30 nm of diameter and 100˜10,000 of aspect ratio in a high catalytic yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Kyung Sung, Wan Sung Lee, Namsun Choi, Dong Hwan Kim, Youngchan Jang
  • Publication number: 20120149560
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing porous metal oxide, the method including: preparing a metal-organic framework (MOF) wherein an ion of a metal to be used as a catalyst is linked to an organic ligand; impregnating the MOF with a precursor solution of metal oxide to be manufactured; and thermally treating the metal oxide precursor solution-impregnated MOF to remove the organic ligand. The inventive method of manufacturing porous metal oxide involves the impregnation of a metal oxide precursor solution in a MOF wherein metal ions are uniformly linked to organic ligands and the thermal treatment (calcination) of the metal oxide precursor solution-impregnated MOF to remove the organic ligands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyung-Kun LEE, Nak Jin Choi, Seungeon Moon, Woo Seok Yang
  • Publication number: 20120149559
    Abstract: An eggshell catalyst useful for a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis or other reactions comprises a homogeneously dispersed transition metal and a promoter situated in an active phase in a precisely selected outer region of a catalyst pellet. The active phase region is controlled to a specific depth, which permits the control of the catalysts selectivity, for example, the size of the hydrocarbon chains formed in the FT process. A method of preparing these eggshell catalysts involves a non-aqueous synthesis where polar and non-polar solvents of relatively low vapor pressure are employed to define the depth of penetration of metal species in a refractory oxide substrate, which is followed by fixing and activating metallic catalytic species in the structure by calcination of the catalyst particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: John T. Wolan, Alisyed Gardezi
  • Publication number: 20120149787
    Abstract: A method of producing an alumina-supported cobalt catalyst for use in a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction, which comprises: calcining an initial ?-alumina support material at a temperature to produce a modified alumina support material; impregnating the modified alumina support material with a source of cobalt; calcining the impregnated support material, activating the catalyst with a reducing gas, steam treating the activated catalyst, and activating the steam treated catalyst with a reducing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: GTL.F1 AG
    Inventors: Erling Rytter, Sigrid Eri, Rune Myrstad, Odd Asbjørn Lindvåg
  • Publication number: 20120142523
    Abstract: A porous composite metal oxide, including a mixture of first ultrafine particles containing alumina and second ultrafine particles containing zirconia, wherein the first ultrafine particles and the second ultrafine particles are uniformly dispersed in such a way as to satisfy a condition that standard deviations of content ratios (% by mass) of all metal elements contained in the porous composite metal oxide at 0.1% by mass or more are each 10 or less, the standard deviations being obtained by measuring content ratios of the metal elements at 100 measurement points within a minute analysis region of 20 nm square by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy using a scanning transmission electron microscope equipped with a spherical aberration correction function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Kimitoshi Sato, Kae Yamamura, Akira Morikawa, Akihiko Suda
  • Publication number: 20120142522
    Abstract: A carbonaceous feedstock to alcohol conversion process in which carbon dioxide is removed from the syngas stream issuing from a feedstock reformer, to yield a carbon dioxide depleted syngas stream including hydrogen, carbon monoxide and methane. This carbon dioxide depleted syngas stream is then passed through a Fischer-Tropsch reactor ultimately yielding a mixed alcohol product which is preferably largely ethanol. The removed carbon dioxide stream is passed through a methane reformer along with methane, which is produced in or has passed through a Fischer-Tropsch reactor, to yield primarily carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The carbon monoxide and hydrogen stream from the methane reformer are passed through the alcohol reactor. Also disclosed are a unique catalyst, a method for controlling the content of the syngas formed in the feedstock reformer, and a feedstock handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Pearson Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Stanley R. PEARSON
  • Publication number: 20120142520
    Abstract: A catalyst system is disclosed for catalytic pyrolysis of a solid biomass material. The system comprises an oxide, silicate or carbonate of a metal or a metalloid. The specific combined meso and macro surface area of the system is in the range of from 1 m2/g to 100 m2/g. When used in a catalytic process the system provides a high oil yield and a low coke yield. The liquid has a relatively low oxygen content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: KIOR INC.
    Inventors: Robert Bartek, Michael Brady, Dennis Stamires
  • Patent number: 8193114
    Abstract: Catalysts, catalyst systems, and methods for removing ammonia and/or carbon monoxide in flue gases are provided where ammonia is used with a selective catalytic reduction catalyst for reducing oxides of nitrogen. A dual oxidation catalyst generally comprises an alkali component, a transition metal, and a metal oxide support. This catalyst is also substantially free from precious metal components and effective for substantially simultaneously oxidizing ammonia (NH3) and carbon monoxide (CO) when placed in an exhaust gas stream. The catalyst is effective to provide low ammonia to nitrogen oxides selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Ahmad Moini, Gerald S. Koermer, Pascaline Harrison Tran, Jacqueling S. Curran
  • Publication number: 20120135860
    Abstract: A method for preparing a catalyst comprising (i) preparing a calcined shaped calcium aluminate catalyst support, (ii) treating the calcined shaped calcium aluminate support with water, and then drying the support, (iii) impregnating the dried support with a solution containing one or more metal compounds and drying the impregnated support, (iv) calcining the dried impregnated support, to form metal oxide on the surface of the support and (v) optionally repeating steps (ii), (iii) and (iv) on the metal oxide coated support. The method provides an eggshell catalyst in which the metal oxide is concentrated in an outer layer on the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Johnson Matthey PLC (a Public Limited Company Reg No 33774)
    Inventors: Mikael Per Uno Carlsson, Jonathan Geoffrey Oliver, Mark Robert Feaviour, David James Birdsall, Samuel Arthur French
  • Publication number: 20120131911
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst (1) of the present invention includes anchor/promoter simultaneous enclosure particles (5) including catalyst units (13) which contain: noble metal particles (8); and anchor particles (9) as an anchor material of the noble metal particles (8) supporting the noble metal particles (8); promoter units (14) which are provided not in contact with the noble metal particles (8) and contain first promoter particles (11) having an oxygen storage and release capacity; and an enclosure material (12) which encloses both the catalyst units (13) and the promoter units (14), and separates the noble metal particles (8) and the anchor particles (9) in the catalyst units (13) from the first promoter particles (11) in the promoter units (14). The exhaust gas purifying catalyst (1) further includes second promoter particles (6) which have the oxygen storage and release capacity, and are not enclosed in the anchor/promoter simultaneous enclosure particles (5) by the enclosure material (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamasa Nakagawa, Masanori Nakamura, Misaka Fujimoto, Naoki Kachi