Of Nickel Patents (Class 502/337)
  • Publication number: 20120294789
    Abstract: A CO shift catalyst according to the present invention is one that reforms carbon monoxide (CO) in gas. The CO shift catalyst includes: active ingredients including one of molybdenum (Mo) and iron (Fe) as a main ingredient and one of nickel (Ni) and ruthenium (Ru) as an accessory ingredient; and one or at least two oxides of titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), and cerium (Ce) as a carrier supporting the active ingredients. The CO shift catalyst can be used for a CO shift reactor 20 that converts CO in gasified gas 12 produced in a gasifier 11 into CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Yasutake, Masanao Yonemura, Tetsuya Imai
  • Publication number: 20120283459
    Abstract: Mixed metal oxide catalysts (ZnO, CeO, La2O3, NiO, Al203, Si02, TiO2, Nd2O3, Yb2O3, or any combination of these) supported on zirconia (ZrO2) or hydrous zirconia are provided. These mixed metal oxide catalysts can be prepared via coprecipitation, impregnation, or sol-gel methods from metal salt precursors with/without a Zirconium salt precursor. Metal oxides/ZrO2 catalyzes both esterification and transesterification of oil containing free fatty acids in one batch or in single stage. In particular, these mixed metal oxides supported or added on zirconium oxide exhibit good activity and selectivity for esterification and transesterification. The low acid strength of this catalyst can avoid undesirable side reaction such as alcohol dehydration or cracking of fatty acids. Metal oxides/ZrO2 catalysts are not sensitive to any water generated from esterification. Thus, esterification does not require a water free condition or the presence of excess methanol to occur when using the mixed metal oxide catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: Wayne State University
    Inventors: Manhoe Kim, Steven O. Salley, K.Y. Simon Ng
  • Patent number: 8304367
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a catalyst as a porous catalyst body for decomposing hydrocarbons which comprises at least magnesium, aluminum and nickel, wherein the catalyst has an excellent catalytic activity for decomposition and removal of hydrocarbons, an excellent anti-sulfur poisoning property, an excellent anti-coking property even under a low-steam condition, a sufficient strength capable of withstanding crushing and breakage even when coking occurs within the catalyst, and an excellent durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Toda Kogyo Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Takahashi, Naoya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8298985
    Abstract: This invention is directed to catalysts for dehydrogenating primary alcohols. Catalysts comprising a metal support comprising (a) from about 2% to about 30% by weight copper, and (b) at least about 50% by weight non-copper metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, zinc, tin, cobalt, iron and combinations thereof; and a copper-containing coating are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: David A. Morgenstern, Juan P. Arhancet, Howard C. Berk
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8293676
    Abstract: The present invention provides catalyst compositions useful for transamination reactions. The catalyst compositions have a catalyst support that includes transitional alumina, use a low metal loading (for example, less than 25 wt. %), and do not require the presence of rhenium. The catalyst compositions are able to advantageously promote transamination of a reactant product (such as the transamination of EDA to DETA) with excellent activity and selectivity, and similar to transaminations promoted using a precious metal-containing catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLC
    Inventors: Stephen W. King, Stefan K. Mierau
  • 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: 20120258855
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a catalyst support, in which one or more fibres are fed into a mould, said fibre having a diameter in the range of 5-300 microns, and a length over diameter ratio greater than 500. The body in the mould is compressed and then contacted with a mixture comprising a liquid and a carrier material. The liquid is removed from the wetted body to provide a catalyst support comprising an entangled fibre and carrier material. A catalyst can be made using the same process and additionally adding a catalytically active metal with the mixture comprising a liquid and a carrier material. Alternatively a catalyst can be made using the process for manufacturing a catalyst support followed by impregnation with a catalytically active metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Desmond Marinus Cornelis DEKKER, Gerardus Petrus Lambertus NIESEN, Daan VLAAR
  • Patent number: 8278240
    Abstract: There is provided a method of stably producing nanoparticles of a metal alone, in particular a transition metal alone, the method comprises heating a chelate complex (M-DMG) comprised of two dimethyl glyoxime (DMG) molecules and one transition metal (M) ion at 300 to 400° C. so as to generate transition metal (M) nanoparticles carried on carbon particles. The method preferably comprises heating a mixture of said chelate complex (M-DMG) and alumina so as to generate transition metal (M) nanoparticles carried on alumina. Preferably, the transition metal (M) is one of Ni, Cu, Pd, and Pt. Typically, the generated transition metal (M) nanoparticles have a size of a diameter of 5 to 15 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kyoichi Tange, Alexander Talyzin, Fanny Barde
  • Publication number: 20120237432
    Abstract: A CO2 reforming catalyst may include a catalyst metal and a porous carrier. The catalyst metal may be at least one metal selected from Ni, Co, Cr, Mn, Mo, Ag, Cu, Zn, and Pd. The catalyst metal may be bonded to the porous carrier to form an alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Hyuk Son, Seung Jae Lee, Hyun Chul Lee, Young Gil Jo
  • Patent number: 8268289
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for decomposing hydrocarbons including hydrocarbons having 2 or more carbon atoms, comprising magnesium, aluminum, nickel and cobalt as constitutional elements, and further comprising ruthenium and/or palladium, wherein the metallic ruthenium and/or metallic palladium in the form of fine particles have an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 20 nm, and a content of the metallic ruthenium and/or metallic palladium is 0.05 to 5.0% by weight based on the weight of the catalyst. The catalyst of the present invention is capable of efficiently decomposing hydrocarbons including hydrocarbons having 2 or more carbon atoms (C2 or more hydrocarbons), is less expensive, and exhibits an excellent catalytic activity for decomposition and removal of hydrocarbons, in particular, an excellent capability of decomposing propane, and an excellent anti-coking property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Toda Kogyo Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Takahashi, Naoya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8263522
    Abstract: A method for converting a supported metal nitrate into the corresponding supported metal oxide comprises heating the metal nitrate to effect its decomposition under a gas mixture that contains nitrous oxide and has an oxygen content of <5% by volume. The method provides very highly dispersed metal oxide on the support material. The metal oxide is useful as a catalyst or as a catalyst precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Jelle Rudolf Anne Sietsma, Adrianus Jacobus Van Dillen, Petra Elisabeth De Jongh, Krijn Pieter De Jong
  • Patent number: 8246812
    Abstract: A catalyst is provided comprising nickel in a reduced valence state on a carrier comprising zinc oxide and alumina, wherein the Zn:Ni atomic ratio is at least 12, and the catalyst particles are prepared by: mixing zinc oxide in the form of a powder and alumina or an alumina precursor in the form of a powder; peptizing the powder mixture and forming an extrudable dough by adding acid and water to the powder mixture in such amounts that the dough contains 0.8-1.2 moles acid equivalents per kg powder; extruding the extrudable dough to form extrudates; drying and calcining the extrudates; impregnating the extrudates with an aqueous solution of a nickel compound; drying, calcining and reducing the impregnated extrudates. Further provided is a process for desulphurization of a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock using such catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Carolus Matthias Anna Maria Mesters
  • Publication number: 20120208696
    Abstract: A multimetallic nanoscale catalyst having a core portion enveloped by a shell portion and exhibiting high catalytic activity and improved catalytic durability. In various embodiments, the core/shell nanoparticles comprise a gold particle coated with a catalytically active platinum bimetallic material. The shape of the nanoparticles is substantially defined by the particle shape of the core portion. The nanoparticles may be dispersed on a high surface area substrate for use as a catalyst and is characterized by no significant loss in surface area and specific activity following extended potential cycling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Vojislav STAMENKOVIC, Nenad M. Markovic, Chao Wang, Hideo Daimon, Shouheng Sun
  • Patent number: 8236262
    Abstract: A particulate desulfurization material includes one or more nickel compounds, a zinc oxide support material, and one or more alkali metal compounds wherein the nickel content of the material is in the range 0.3 to 10% by weight and the alkali metal content of the material is in the range 0.2 to 10% by weight. A method of making the desulfurization material includes the steps: (i) contacting a nickel compound with a particulate zinc support material and an alkali metal compound to form an alkali-doped composition, (ii) shaping the alkali-doped composition, and (iii) drying, calcining, and optionally reducing the resulting material. The desulfurization material may be used to desulfurize hydrocarbon gas streams with reduced levels of hydrocarbon hydrogenolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Gavin Potter, Gordon Edward Wilson, Norman Macleod, Antonio Chica Lara, Avelino Corma Canos, Yonhy Saavedra Lopez
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8211825
    Abstract: A methanol oxidation catalyst comprises a material of composition: PtxMzTau in which Pt is platinum, Ta is tantalum, M is an element includes at least one selected from the group consisting of V (vanadium), W (tungsten), Ni (nickel) and Mo (molybdenum), x is 40 to 98 at. %, z is 1.5 to 55 at. %, and u is 0.5 to 40 at. %. To maximize catalytic activity the material is preferably in the form of nanoparticles. The values of x, z and u are selected such that the element exhibits X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy peaks derived from an oxygen bond and a metal bond in which a peak area derived from the oxygen bond is twice or less of a peak area derived from the metal bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Intematix Corporation
    Inventors: Wu Mei, Taishi Fukazawa, Itsuko Mizutani, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Nakano, Mina Farag, Shinji Aoki, Yi-Qun Li
  • Patent number: 8211824
    Abstract: A catalytic metal 5 is supported on oxide particles 4, 6 in a first catalyst layer 2, and first binder particles 7 which are fine, and have oxygen ion conductivity are interposed among the oxide particles. A catalytic metal 11 is supported on oxide particles 8, 9, 12 in a second catalyst layer 3 provided on or above the first catalyst layer 2, and second binder particles 13 which are fine, and are capable of storing and releasing oxygen are interposed among the oxide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Akamine, Masahiko Shigetsu
  • Publication number: 20120164034
    Abstract: A catalyst structure 1 used for hydrogenation reaction or dehydrogenation reaction is characterized by the inclusion of a first coiled catalytic wire body 4 formed by coiling a catalytic wire in which a catalytic material is supported on the surface of a metallic core material, and a second catalytic member 5 disposed on the inner surface side and/or outer surface side of the coiled catalytic wire body 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: NIPPON SEISEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Seo, Tsuneo Akiura, Masaru Ichikawa
  • 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: 8207084
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present invention, a urea-resistant catalytic unit is provided. In at least one embodiment, the catalytic unit includes a catalyst having a catalyst surface, and a urea-resistant coating in contact with at least a portion of the catalyst surface, wherein the urea-resistant coating effectively reduces urea-induced deactivation of the catalyst. In at least another embodiment, the urea-resistant coating includes at least one oxide from the group consisting of titanium oxide, tungsten oxide, zirconium oxide, molybdenum oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, sulfur oxide, niobium oxide, molybdenum oxide, yttrium oxide, nickel oxide, cobalt oxide, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yisun Cheng, Yinyan Huang, Christine Kay Lambert
  • Publication number: 20120157297
    Abstract: Presented are one or more aspects and/or one or more embodiments of catalysts, methods of preparation of catalyst, methods of deoxygenation, and methods of fuel production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Thien Duyen Thi NGUYEN, Krishniah Parimi
  • Publication number: 20120157299
    Abstract: Presented are one or more aspects and/or one or more embodiments of catalysts, methods of preparation of catalyst, methods of deoxygenation, and methods of fuel production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Thien Duyen Thi NGUYEN, Krishniah Parimi
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8202815
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a catalyst composition comprises from about 5 weight percent to about 70 weight percent of silica-alumina; from about 30 weight percent to about 90 weight percent alumina; and from about 0.01 weight percent to about 2.0 weight percent of a group VIII metal. In another embodiment, a method for processing hydrocarbons comprises hydro-treating the hydrocarbons in the presence of a catalyst composition, wherein the catalyst comprises from about 5 weight percent to about 70 weight percent silica-alumina; from about 30 weight percent to about 90 weight percent alumina; and from about 0.01 weight percent to about 2.0 weight percent of a group VIII metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gregg Anthony Deluga, Daniel Lawrence Derr
  • 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: 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: 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: 20120148478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of chlorine by gas phase oxidation using a supported catalyst based on ruthenium, characterised in that the catalyst support has a plurality of pores having a pore diameter>50 nm and carries nanoparticles containing ruthenium and/or ruthenium compounds as catalytically active components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Timm Schmidt, Christoph Gürtler, Jürgen Kintrup, Thomas Ernst Müller, Tim Loddenkemper, Frank Gerhartz, Walther Müller
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8187997
    Abstract: The invention provides a catalyst composition composed of a support portion and a catalyst portion. The support portion includes an acidic mixed metal oxide including a transitional alumina and a second metal oxide. The transitional alumina can comprise delta or theta alumina, in combination with other transitional phases, or an alpha or gamma alumina. The second metal oxide has a weight percentage that is less than the weight percentage of alumina. The catalyst portion is 25 weight percent or less of the catalyst composition and is composed of nickel and rhenium. The catalyst portion includes nickel in an amount in the range of 2 to 20 weight percent, based upon total catalyst composition weight, and there is no boron in the catalyst portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Technology LLC
    Inventors: Stephen W. King, Stefan K Mierau
  • Publication number: 20120129959
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a hybrid Fischer-Tropsch catalyst extrudate for use in synthesis gas conversion reactions. The method includes extruding a mixture of ruthenium loaded metal oxide support particles, particles of an acidic component and a binder sol to form an extrudate. The resulting extrudate contains from about 0.1 to about 15 weight percent ruthenium based on the weight of the extrudate. In a synthesis gas conversion reaction, the extrudate is contacted with a synthesis gas having a H2 to CO molar ratio of 0.5 to 3.0 at a reaction temperature of 160° C. to 300° C., a total pressure of 3 to 35 atmospheres, and an hourly space velocity of 5 to 10,000 v/v/hour, resulting in hydrocarbon products containing 1-15 weight % CH4; 1-15 weight % C2-C4; 70-95 weight % C5+; 0-5 weight % C21+ normal paraffins; and 0-10 weight % aromatic hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Kandaswamy Jothimurugesan, Tapan Das, Charles L. Kibby, Robert J. Saxton
  • Patent number: 8178003
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon-reforming catalyst comprising a composite oxide having a composition represented by the following formula (I) in which Co, Ni and M are dispersed in the composite oxide and a process for producing a synthesis gas by using the catalyst are provided. aM.bCo.cNi.dMg.eCa.fO??(I) wherein a, b, c, d, e, and f are molar fractions, a+b+c+d+e=1, 0.0001<a?0.20, 0<b?0.20, 0?c?0.20, 0.001<(b+c)?0.20, 0.60?(d+e)?0.9989, 0<d<0.9989, 0<e<0.9989, f=the number necessary for element to keep charge equilibrium with oxygen. And M is at least one element among Group 3B elements and Group 6A elements in the Periodic Table. The reforming catalyst is able to maintain a high catalytic activity over a long period in reforming hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katutoshi Nagaoka, Yuusaku Takita, Toshiya Wakatsuki
  • Publication number: 20120115715
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of a supported metal nitrate, suitable as a precursor for a catalyst or sorbent, includes the steps of: (i) impregnating a support material with a metal nitrate, (ii) optionally drying the impregnated material at low temperature, and (iii) exposing the impregnated material to a gas mixture comprising nitric oxide at a temperature in the range 0-150° C., to form a dispersed supported metal nitrate. The metal nitrate may subsequently be converted to the corresponding oxide by calcining the metal nitrate to effect its decomposition. Preferred metals are iron, ruthenium, cobalt, rhodium, iridium, nickel, palladium, platinum, copper or a mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Mariska Wolters, Peter Munnik, Johannes Hendrik Bitter, Petra Elisabeth De Jongh, Krijn Pieter De Jong
  • Publication number: 20120115713
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to the processing of hydrocarbon-containing feedstreams in the presence of an active catalyst component comprising a surface, and a metal oxide film coated on the surface of the active catalyst component. The catalysts and processes of the present invention can improve overall hydrogenation, product conversion, as well as improved resistance to catalytic deactivation due to sulfur and nitrogen compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstreams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Chuansheng Bai, Adrienne J. Thornburg, Heather A. Elsen, William G. Borghard, Cody R. Cole
  • Publication number: 20120111768
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to the processing of hydrocarbon-containing feedstreams in the presence of an interstitial metal hydride comprising a surface, with a metal oxide integrally synthesized and providing a coating on the surface of the interstitial metal hydride. The catalysts and processes of the present invention can improve overall hydrogenation, product conversion, as well as sulfur and nitrogen reduction in hydrocarbon feedstreams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventor: Heather A. Elsen
  • Patent number: 8173572
    Abstract: A sol includes metal oxide nanoparticles dispersed in an aqueous liquid, and further includes stabilizer ions. The metal oxide particles include one or more metals selected from a first group consisting of cerium, zirconium, iron, manganese and titanium, and one or more metals selected from a second group consisting of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium. The sols can be used to deposit catalytic coatings onto catalyst substrates, including substrates with narrow channels (i.e. channels with a diameter of less than 500 ?m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventor: Mark Robert Feaviour
  • Patent number: 8173100
    Abstract: Catalytic system comprising at least two components: a catalyst for the hydrolysis reaction of metal borohydrides to hydrogen; and a material in solid form, the dissolution reaction of which in water is exothermic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Commisariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Philippe Capron, Jérôme Delmas, Nathalie Giacometti, Isabelle Rougeaux
  • Patent number: 8168561
    Abstract: A core-shell catalyst material can include a core and a shell material. Each of the core material and the shell material can have crystal structures and lattice parameters which allow for a substantially coherent core-shell interface. The shell material can include a catalytically active metal. The circumferential stress of the shell material, ???, at the core-shell interface and at the shell surface, is greater than 0 (tensile) or can be compressive of a lower magnitude than a catalyst made of the shell material alone. The crystal structures of the core material can often be the same as the shell material, although this is not always required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventor: Anil V. Virkar
  • Publication number: 20120093703
    Abstract: A catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal secured to a porous substrate. The substrate has pores that are templated. The catalyst composition is prepared by a process that includes the steps of mixing a catalytic metal salt, a templating agent, and water to form a mixture, adding a substrate precursor to the mixture to form a slurry, and calcining the slurry to form a substrate having a porous template that is capable of supporting the catalyst composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Larry Neil Lewis, Robert Edgar Colborn, Ashish Balkrishna Mhadeshwar, Dan Hancu
  • Publication number: 20120093908
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sterilizing catalyst, a sterilizing device and a sterilizing system, the sterilizing catalyst includes a metal lattice including a metal oxide, and an oxygen vacancy-inducing metal that is integrated or encompassed within the metal lattice. The metal oxide is an oxide of a divalent or multivalent metal. The oxygen vacancy-inducing metal has an oxidation number lower than that of the divalent or multivalent metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Eun Kim, Sang Min Ji, Joo Wook Lee, Hyo Rang Kang, Ho Jung Yang, Hyun Seok Kim, Chang Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 8158549
    Abstract: A support of metal oxyfluoride or metal halide for a metal-based hydrogenation catalyst useful in hydrogenating fluoroolefins is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Haiyou Wang, Hsueh Sung Tung
  • Patent number: 8153331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fabrication method of a solid oxide fuel cell. The fabrication method of a fuel electrode and electrolyte of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) in which a sheet cell including a fuel electrode sheet and an electrolyte sheet is positioned at an upper side of a surface of a fuel electrode pellet, comprising steps of (a) molding and heat-treating powder, in which a fuel electrode material is mixed with a pore forming agent, so as to prepare a fuel electrode pellet; (b) stacking the fuel electrode sheet containing the fuel electrode material and the electrolyte sheet containing an electrolyte material so as to prepare the sheet cell; and (c) coating an adhesive slurry containing the fuel electrode material on the sheet cell or the pellet and adhering the fuel electrode sheet of the sheet cell and the pellet and then heat-treating it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology
    Inventors: Joongmyeon Bae, Kwangjin Park, Changbo Lee, Jung hyun Kim, Seung-Wook Baek
  • Publication number: 20120083409
    Abstract: Disclosed is a TiO2 nano particle exhibiting a strongly activated catalyst function. The TiO2 nano particle is created by a step of mixing Ti powder and metal powder M (M is Ni, Cr, Pt, Rh, Ru or Cu), a step of generating heat plasma, and a step of supplying a mixture of the titanium powder and the metal powder to the heat plasma using an inert gas as a carrier gas and supplying oxygen gas to the heat plasma. The created TiO2 nano particle is injected with a metal and/or a metal oxide MxOy (M is Ni, Cr, Pt, Rh, Ru or Cu, x=1, 2, 3 . . . and y=0, 1, 2 . . . ), thereby exhibiting high photocatalytic activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE, PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Okuyama, Yoshio Sakka, Noriyoshi Shida, Masahiro Uda, Atsushi Watanabe, Takamasa Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 8148295
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven M. Augustine
  • Patent number: 8143187
    Abstract: A process for preparing supported catalyst in pellet or coated monolith form is disclosed the method includes the steps of: forming a mixed metal carbonate complex having at least two metals by subjecting a first metal carbonate containing compound to ion exchange with desired metal cations; heat treating the resulting mixed metal carbonate complex to form a mixed oxide which consists of active metal oxides supported on a catalyst support; forming the resulting supported catalysts into pellets or coating the resulting supported catalyst onto a monolithic support. The catalysts may be used for treating effluents containing organic material in the presence of an oxidising agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Manh Hoang, Kingsley Opoku-Gyamfi
  • Patent number: 8143186
    Abstract: A catalyst composition comprising cobalt as an active catalytic element and a lesser amount of nickel as a promoter supported on a metal oxide support. The support may comprise alumina, silica, silica-alumina, zeolite, zirconia, magnesia or titania. The amount of nickel is preferably less than 50 wt %, relative to the amount of cobalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignees: Statoil ASA, Petro SA
    Inventor: Erling Rytter
  • Publication number: 20120060418
    Abstract: A catalyst system including at least one metal and an oxide support, said oxide support including at least one of Al2O3, MnxOy, MgO, ZrO2, and La2O3, or any mixtures thereof; said catalyst being suitable for catalyzing at least one reaction under supercritical water conditions is disclosed. Additionally, a system for producing a high-pressure product gas under super-critical water conditions is provided. The system includes a pressure reactor accommodating a feed mixture of water and organic matter; a solar radiation concentrating system heating the pressure reactor and elevating the temperature and the pressure of the mixture to about the water critical temperature point and pressure point or higher. The reactor is configured and operable to enable a supercritical water process of the mixture to occur therein for conversion of the organic matter and producing a high-pressure product fuel gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: Ramot At Tel-Aviv University Ltd., Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Epstein, Abraham Kribus, Alexander Berman
  • Publication number: 20120065442
    Abstract: The present invention relates to supported Ni-catalysts optionally comprising Zn as a promoter, methods for the production of said catalysts and uses of said catalysts for the hydrogenation of a hydrocarbon feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Reinhard Geyer, Klaus Hoheisel, Patrick Vander Hoogerstraete, Jürgen Hunold, Michael Keck, Dirk Lose, Rainer Schödel
  • Publication number: 20120046164
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is fine particles of core-shell structure, each particle being composed of a core particle which is formed from a first material and has the face-centered cubic crystal structure and a shell layer which is formed from a second material differing from the first material on the surface of the core particle and has the face-centered cubic crystal structure, the fine particles containing particles which are multiply twinned fine particles and are surrounded by the {111} crystal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Tanaka, Shuji Goto, Shigetaka Tomiya