Of Group Iv (i.e., Ti, Zr, Hf, Ge, Sn Or Pb) Patents (Class 502/349)
  • Publication number: 20120322650
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a layered catalyst for use in a selective hydrogenation of acetylenes and diolefins to olefins. The layered catalyst may include an inner core having an inert material, an outer layer including a metal oxide bonded to the inner core, and a metal deposited on the outer layer. Generally, the metal is an IUPAC Group 8-10 metal and the layered catalyst has an accessibility index of about 3- about 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: UOP, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Gajda, Bryan K. Glover, Antoine Negiz, John Joseph Senetar, Erik Holmgreen, Mark G. Riley
  • Publication number: 20120304620
    Abstract: A catalyst includes a carrier of essentially hafnia, up to an equal part zirconia, and optionally additional stabilizers, upon the surface of which is deposited an active metal suitable to promote the reaction of propellants to be used in gas generators and thrusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: AEROJET-GENERAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert K. Masse, Silvano R. Saretto, Junli Liu
  • Publication number: 20120301363
    Abstract: A mix-type catalyst filter which has a variety of pore sizes and thus improves efficiency of catalysts and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes spinning nanofibers, heating the nanofibers, crushing the nanofibers to form chip-type nanofibers, mixing the chip-type nanofibers with particulate catalysts to obtain a mix-type catalyst and heating the mix-type catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jee Yong KIM, Rae Eun PARK, Jeong Myeong KIM
  • Publication number: 20120297779
    Abstract: Ceramic catalyst carriers that are mechanically, thermally and chemically stable in a ionic salt monopropellant decomposition environment and high temperature catalysts for decomposition of liquid high-energy-density monopropellants are disclosed. The ceramic catalyst carrier has excellent thermal shock resistance, good compatibility with the active metal coating and metal coating deposition processes, melting point above 1800° C., chemical resistance to steam, nitrogen oxides and acids, resistance to sintering to prevent void formation, and the absence of phase transition associated with volumetric changes at temperatures up to and beyond 1800° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SIENNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ender Savrun, Stephanie J. Sawhill
  • Patent number: 8318633
    Abstract: A catalyst for catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbon, having high thermal shock resistance, and a process for producing a synthesis gas using the catalyst are provided. A catalyst for catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbon is used in producing a synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen by adding oxygen and steam to a raw material hydrocarbon, thereby subjecting the raw material hydrocarbon to catalytic partial oxidation, and comprises a carrier comprising an inorganic oxide and an active metal supported thereon. In the catalyst, the total of volume of pores having a pore diameter in a first range of from 0.1 ?m to less than 1.0 ?m is 32% or more of the whole pore volume, and the total of volume of pores having a pore diameter in a second range of from 1.0 ?m to 10 ?m or less is 14% or more of the whole pore volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: JGC Corporation, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Fujie, Yoshiyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8309488
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes a catalyst substrate and a catalyst coating layer containing a noble metal and a refractory inorganic oxide. The catalyst coating layer includes an upstream portion located upstream and a downstream portion located downstream in a flow direction of an exhaust gas. The upstream portion has a layered structure including an upstream portion inside layer containing a cerium-zirconium composite oxide in which a relative proportion of CeO2 is 50 to 95 wt %, as the refractory inorganic oxide and an upstream portion outside layer containing a cerium-zirconium composite oxide in which a relative proportion of ZrO2 is 50 to 95 wt %, as the refractory inorganic oxide. The upstream portion outside layer and the downstream portion contain Rh as the noble metal, and an amount of Rh contained in the upstream portion outside layer is larger than an amount of Rh contained in the downstream portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Cataler Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Kitamura, Kenichi Taki, Akimasa Hirai
  • Patent number: 8309777
    Abstract: An aromatics hydrogenation catalyst composition which comprises a noble metal component and a support comprising zirconia, silica, and, optionally, alumina. The catalyst composition is manufactured by co-mulling silica, a zirconium compound, and, optionally, alumina to form a mixture that is formed into a shape, such as by extrusion to form an extrudate, with the shape being calcined and noble metal being incorporated into the shape. The catalyst composition may be used in the saturation of aromatic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: John Anthony Smegal, Johannes Anthonius Robert Van Veen
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20120283337
    Abstract: Sol-gel inorganic porous particles can be formed with two set of pores with different average sizes. These inorganic porous particles are composed of an inorganic compound that provides an inorganic solid phase including an external particle surface. They also have a first set of pores wherein the pores have an average diameter of less than 100 nm and a second set of pores wherein the pores have an average diameter of at least 100 nm. The second set of pores contains stabilizing organic microgel particles. The first and second sets of pores are isolated from each other within the inorganic solid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Mary Christine Brick, Joseph Salvatore Sedita, Mridula Nair
  • Patent number: 8304366
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a system for remediating emissions using a hybrid oxidation catalyst system. The hybrid oxidation catalyst system includes a noble metal oxidation catalyst having noble metal particles in a first ceramic layer. The system also includes a base metal oxide catalyst disposed in a second ceramic layer situated downstream of the noble metal oxidation catalyst. The noble metal oxidation catalyst is effective to substantially prevent hydrocarbon or carbon monoxide inhibition of the base metal oxide catalyst when enhancing the NO+O2 conversion effectiveness of the base metal oxide catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Robert Drews, Robert J. Kudla
  • Patent number: 8304364
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst is provided which is capable of combusting PM in a diesel engine exhaust gas at a low temperature and which has low degradation due to heat generated during combustion (i.e., has high heat resistance). A composite oxide for an exhaust gas purification catalyst is formed from Ce, Bi, R, R?, and oxygen, and when the molar ratios of Ce, Bi, R, and R? are expressed as Ce:Bi:R:R?=(1?x?y?z) :x:y:z, it satisfies 0<x?0.4, 0<y<1.0, and 0<z?0.5. Since this composite oxide has no change in its BET value even when treated at a high temperature, and can withstand a high amount of sulfur poisoning, retrogradation due to poisoning is low. Therefore, this exhaust gas purification catalyst is suitable as a PM combustion catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Michiaki, Yoshichika Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20120277466
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention is to a catalyst composition, comprising vanadium and titanium. Preferably, the molar ratio of vanadium to titanium in an active phase of the catalyst composition is greater than 0.5:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventors: Dick Nagaki, Heiko Weiner, Josefina T. Chapman, Mark O. Scates, Alexandra S. Locke, Craig J. Peterson
  • Patent number: 8298984
    Abstract: Provided are a non-pyrophoric water gas shift reaction catalyst including: an oxide carrier composed of zirconium oxide (ZrO2) and at least one selected from yttrium oxide (Y2O3) and cerium oxide (CeO2); and platinum (Pt) and cerium (Ce) that are supported on the oxide carrier, a method of preparing the same, and a fuel processor including the non-pyrophoric water gas shift reaction catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-chul Lee, Doo-hwan Lee, Kang-hee Lee, Eun-duck Park, Yun-ha Kim
  • 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: 8293677
    Abstract: There is provided a core-shell structure characterized by comprising a core section composed mainly of a first metal oxide and a shell section composed mainly of a second metal oxide different from the first metal oxide, wherein the thickness of the shell section is no greater than 20 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahide Miura
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8288310
    Abstract: An automobile exhaust gas purification catalyst comprised of a support mainly comprised of ZrO2 in which Rh is supported as a catalyst metal preventing sintering of the support, raising the supporting efficiency, and raising the low temperature activity and a method of production of the same are provided. An automobile exhaust gas purification catalyst comprised of a support mainly comprised of ZrO2, sintered under firing conditions where the as fired ZrO2 will substantially not be charged in a catalyst metal supporting treatment solution, in which Rh is supported as a catalyst metal in a particle state. The method of production includes a step of charging the support mainly comprised of ZrO2 fired under the above firing conditions by applying at least one treatment of an acid treatment and a base treatment and a step of dipping the charged state support in the catalyst supporting treatment solution including a colloid of Rh as the catalyst metal to make the Rh colloid be adsorbed on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Takeshima, Akio Koyama
  • 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: 8273681
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes: rhodium; a zirconium-containing oxide which supports rhodium, and comprises: at least one element selected from the group consisting of calcium, lanthanum, cerium, neodymium and yttrium; and zirconium; and a NOx absorbing material comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of magnesium, barium, sodium, potassium and cesium. A degree of dispersion of rhodium is 20% or more after baking at 900° C. in air for three hours. A method for manufacturing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes: mixing the zirconium-containing oxide with water, thereby preparing an aqueous liquid of the zirconium-containing oxide; and supporting rhodium on the zirconium-containing oxide by mixing the aqueous liquid of the zirconium-containing oxide with an aqueous solution of a rhodium salt. A pH of a mixed liquid of the aqueous solution of the rhodium salt and the aqueous liquid of the zirconium-containing oxide is adjusted to 7 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Naito, Masanori Nakamura, Hironori Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 8263290
    Abstract: The invention is directed to iridium oxide based catalysts for use as anode catalysts in PEM water electrolysis. The claimed composite catalyst materials comprise iridium oxide (IrO2) and optionally ruthenium oxide (RuO2) in combination with a high surface area inorganic oxide (for example TiO2, Al2O3, ZrO2 and mixtures thereof). The inorganic oxide has a BET surface area in the range of 50 to 400 m2/g, a water solubility of lower than 0.15 g/l and is present in a quantity of less than 20 wt. % based on the total weight of the catalyst. The claimed catalyst materials are characterized by a low oxygen overvoltage and long lifetime in water electrolysis. The catalysts are used in electrodes, catalyst-coated membranes and membrane-electrode-assemblies for PEM electrolyzers as well as in regenerative fuel cells (RFC), sensors, and other electrochemical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marco Lopez, Andreas Schleunung, Peter Biberbach
  • Patent number: 8263523
    Abstract: A method for forming a cobalt-containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst involves precipitating a cobalt oxy-hydroxycarbonate species by turbulent mixing, during which a basic solution collides with an acidic solution comprising cobalt. The method further involves depositing the cobalt oxy-hydroxycarbonate species onto an acidic support to provide a catalyst comprising cobalt and the acidic support. The acidic support comprises a zeolite, a molecular sieve, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Charles L. Kibby, Alfred Haas
  • Patent number: 8258075
    Abstract: To provide a catalyst for treating exhaust gases containing nitrogen monoxide, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds whose oxidation power has been enhanced without increasing the amount of precious metal supported thereon; a method for producing the same; and a method for treating exhaust gases. A catalyst for treating exhaust gases, including coat layers made up of a plurality of layers, an upper layer of which has an active component contained uniformly therein and a lower layer of which has no active component contained therein, can be obtained through the steps of: forming the lower layer by coating the surface of substrate with a slurry of a porous inorganic compound, followed by drying; and forming the upper layer, which is to be the top surface of the catalyst, by coating the surface of the lower layer with a slurry of a porous inorganic compound that has the active component composed of one or more precious metals supported thereon, followed by drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nochi, Masanao Yonemura, Yoshiaki Obayashi, Hitoshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120214957
    Abstract: This invention relates to a supported nonmetallocene catalyst and preparation thereof. The supported nonmetallocene catalyst can be produced with a simple and feasible process and is characterized by an easily controllable polymerization activity. This invention further relates to use of the supported nonmetallocene catalyst in olefin homopolymerization/copolymerization, which is characterized by a lowered assumption of the co-catalyst as compared with the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Chuanfeng Li, Hongping Ren, Xiaoli Yao, Zhonglln Ma, Feng Guo, Kaixiu Wang, Jingwei Liu, Yaming Wang, Lijuan Yang
  • Patent number: 8246923
    Abstract: There is described Pd enriched diesel oxidation catalysts and their application as catalysts for the oxidation of CO and HC emissions from a compression ignition/diesel engine. The catalysts are characterized by increased performance and hydrothermal durability these goals being achieved by employing a layered design to eliminate low temperature catalyst quenching by toxic HC species in the exhaust stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Barry W. L. Southward, John G. Nunan
  • Publication number: 20120205292
    Abstract: A hydroprocessing catalyst composition that comprises a chelant treated metal containing support material having incorporated therein a polar additive. The catalyst composition is prepared by incorporating at least one metal component into a support material followed by treating the metal incorporated support with a chelating agent and thereafter incorporating a polar additive into the chelant treated composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Alexei Grigorievich GABRIELOV, Ed GANJA, Salvatore Philip TORRISI
  • Publication number: 20120189681
    Abstract: A layered heterostructured coating has functional characteristics that enable the controlled release of volatile agents. The coating has photocatalytic properties, since it uses titanium dioxide, its derivatives or materials with similar photocatalytic properties (2), which upon solar irradiation open and/or degrade nano or microcapsules (3) and subsequently releases in a controlled form the volatile agents contained in them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Carlos José Macedo Tavares, Femando Da Silva Pina
  • Patent number: 8227373
    Abstract: A catalyst and its use for the abatement of carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons in the exit stream of a combustion device, such as an automobile and spray paint booths are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: The University of Toledo
    Inventors: Abdul-Majeed Azad, Desikan Sundararajan
  • Patent number: 8227374
    Abstract: The invention provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising one or more catalyst coating layers having platinum and/or palladium with rhodium supported on a carrier, characterized in that the (platinum and/or palladium)/rhodium weight ratio is 1.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Cataler Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Sato, Tomohito Mizukami
  • 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: 20120178972
    Abstract: A process for depositing nanostructured material onto a particulate substrate material comprising the steps of: a) preparing a precursor material; b) forming an atomised dispersion containing nanophased material when subjecting said precursor material to elevated temperature; and c) contacting the atomised dispersion with the substrate material to deposit the nanophased material on the substrate material. The substrate material is in mobile and particulate form for contacting step (c). An apparatus for carrying out the process is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Kok Seng Lim, Jonian Ivanov Nikolav
  • Patent number: 8216964
    Abstract: The present invention addresses at least four different aspects relating to catalyst structure, methods of making those catalysts and methods of using those catalysts for making alkenyl alkanoates. Separately or together in combination, the various aspects of the invention are directed at improving the production of alkenyl alkanoates and VA in particular, including reduction of by-products and improved production efficiency. A first aspect of the present invention pertains to a unique palladium/gold catalyst or pre-catalyst (optionally calcined) that includes rhodium or another metal. A second aspect pertains to a palladium/gold catalyst or pre-catalyst that is based on a layered support material where one layer of the support material is substantially free of catalytic components. A third aspect pertains to a palladium/gold catalyst or pre-catalyst on a zirconia containing support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Celanese International Corp.
    Inventors: Tao Wang, Leslie Wade, Ioan Nicolau, Yumin Liu, Victor Wong, Barbara Kimmich, Jun Han, Valery Sokolovskii, Alfred Hagemeyer, David M. Lowe, Karin Yaccato, Anthony Volpe
  • Publication number: 20120172211
    Abstract: Embodiments include metal (102) containing composites (100) and methods of forming metal containing composites. A metal containing composite can be formed by contacting an oxide support surface (104) with coordination compounds having metal atoms for a first predetermined time, where the metal atoms of the coordination compounds deposit on the oxide support surface; contacting the oxide support surface with a first reagent for a second predetermined time; and contacting the first reagent with a second reagent for a third predetermined time, where the first reagent and the second reagent react to form another layer of the oxide support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Junling Lu, Peter C. Stair
  • 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
  • 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: 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
  • Patent number: 8207327
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shell catalyst containing ruthenium as an active metal, alone or together with at least one other metal of the auxiliary group IB, VIIB or VIII of the periodical system of the elements (CAS version), and applied to a carrier containing silicon dioxide as a carrier material. The invention also relates to a method for producing said shell catalyst, and to a method for hydrogenating an organic compound containing hydrogenable groups, preferably for hydrogenating a carbocyclic aromatic group to form the corresponding carbocyclic aliphatic groups or for hydrogenating aldehydes to form the corresponding alcohols, using the inventive shell catalyst. The invention further relates to the use of the inventive shell catalyst for hydrogenating an organic compound containing hydrogenable groups, preferably for hydrogenating a carbocyclic aromatic group to form the corresponding carbocyclic aliphatic groups or for hydrogenating aldehydes to form the corresponding alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frederik Van Laar, Michael Becker, Ekkehard Schwab, Jochem Henkelmann, Peter Polanek
  • Patent number: 8202819
    Abstract: A catalyst system to be used in an automobile exhaust gas purification apparatus which exerts excellent purification capability to a nitrogen oxide, even when hydrocarbon concentration varies, by subjecting exhaust gas discharged from an automotive internal engine to contacting with a catalyst, an exhaust gas purification apparatus using the same, and an exhaust gas purification method. A catalyst system etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignees: Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd., N.E. Chemcat Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kohara, Yoshiro Hirasawa, Katsuaki Katoh
  • Patent number: 8202483
    Abstract: In at least part of a catalyst layer of a particulate filter, a second catalyst part is exposed on the surface of the catalyst layer to overlie a first catalyst part, the first catalyst part contains Pt-carried activated alumina particles, the second catalyst part contains ZrNd-based mixed oxide particles containing a rare earth metal M and at least one of the first catalyst part and the second catalyst part further contains CeZr-based mixed oxide particles containing a rare earth metal R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro Harada, Kenji Suzuki, Kenji Okamoto, Hiroshi Yamada, Akihide Tamani
  • 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 8192710
    Abstract: The inventive composition is based on cerium oxide and on zirconium oxide in an atomic proportion Ce/Zr of at least 1, and has a reducibility rate of at least 70% and a surface area of at least 15 m; 2; /g. This composition is obtained by a method in which: a mixture is made containing cerium and zirconium compounds; this mixture is provided with a basic compound whereby obtaining a precipitate that is heated in an aqueous medium; a surfactant-type additive or a polyethylene glycol or a carboxylic acid is added to this medium or to the separated precipitate; the mixture is ground; the precipitate obtained thereof is calcined under inert gas or vacuum, in a first period of time, at a temperature of at least 850 .iC and then under an oxidizing atmosphere, in a second period of time, at a temperature of at least 400° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Olivier Larcher, Emmanuel Rohart
  • Patent number: 8187995
    Abstract: This invention relates to a cerium-zirconium-base composite oxide, which is useful, e.g., for the purification of exhaust gas discharged from combustion engines such as internal combustion engines and boilers and can release a high level of oxygen in a low temperature region, a method for producing the same, an oxygen storage/release component using the same, an exhaust gas purification catalyst, and an exhaust gas purification method. The cerium-zirconium-base composite oxide satisfies requirements (1) that the oxygen release initiation temperature is 380° C. or below, (2) that the oxygen release amount is not less than 485 ?mol/g, and further (3) that the oxygen release amount at 400° C. is not less than 15 ?mol/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd., N.E. Chemcat Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Wakita, Akira Kohara, Yasuharu Kanno, Hiroaki Omoto
  • Publication number: 20120129690
    Abstract: A porous inorganic composite oxide containing oxides of aluminum and of cerium and/or zirconium, and, optionally, oxides of one or more dopants selected from transition metals, rare earths, and mixtures thereof, and having a specific surface area, in m2/g, after calcining at 1100° C. for 5 hours, of ?0.8235[Al]+11.157 and a total pore volume, in cm3/g, after calcining at 900° C. for 2 hours, of ?0.0097[Al]+0.0647, wherein [Al] is the amount of oxides of aluminum, expressed as pbw Al2O3 per 100 pbw of the composite oxide; a catalyst containing one or more noble metals dispersed on the porous inorganic composite oxide; and a method for making the porous inorganic composite oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Olivier Larcher, Francis Francis, Thomas English, Simon Ifrah, Andrew Polli
  • Patent number: 8182950
    Abstract: A metal oxide electrode catalyst which includes a metal oxide (Y) obtained by heat treating a metal compound (X) under an oxygen-containing atmosphere. The valence of the metal in the metal compound (X) is smaller than the valence of the metal in the metal oxide (Y). Further, the metal oxide electrocatalyst has an ionization potential in the range of 4.9 to 5.5 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Tadatoshi Kurozumi, Toshikazu Shishikura, Hiroshi Konuma
  • Publication number: 20120122657
    Abstract: The present invention provides atomic Re nanostructures selected from binary Re-metal nanotubes, binary Re-metal nanowires, binary Re-metal nanorods, Re branched nanostructures, and hollow Re nanostructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: RAMOT AT TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
    Inventors: NOAM ELIAZ, ELIEZER GILEADI, ADI NAOR
  • Publication number: 20120121500
    Abstract: A water gas shift catalyst for use at temperatures above about 450° C. up to about 900° C. or so comprising rhenium deposited on a support, preferably without a precious metal, wherein the support is prepared from a high surface area material, such as a mixed metal oxide, particularly a mixture of zirconia and ceria, to which may be added one or more of a high surface area transitional alumina, an alkali or alkaline earth metal dopant and/or an additional dopant selected from Ga, Nd, Pr, W, Ge, Fe, oxides thereof and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE, SUD-CHEMIE INC.
    Inventors: Jon P. Wagner, Michael W. Balakos, Chandra Ratnasamy
  • Publication number: 20120122660
    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 stabilised 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: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: 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
  • 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