And Additional Al Or Si Containing Component Patents (Class 502/63)
  • Patent number: 8043988
    Abstract: The invention relates to a FAU-type zeolite membrane that comprises a FAU-type zeolite crystal layer incorporated in the surface porosity of at least one selected face of a porous substrate, in which the ratio between the thickness of said zeolite layer incorporated in the surface porosity of said selected face of the substrate and the total thickness of said zeolite layer is at least 70%. It also relates to processes for preparation and application of these membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Florent Guillou, Gerhard Pirngruber, Loïc Rouleau, Valentin Valtchev
  • Patent number: 8030240
    Abstract: Catalysts for dewaxing of hydrocarbon feeds, particularly feeds with elevated sulfur and nitrogen levels, are provided. The dewaxing catalysts include at least two zeolites, including a zeolite with a low silica to alumina ratio. The catalysts may be combined with a low surface binder, or alternatively the catalysts as formulated may have a high ratio of zeolite surface area to external surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Christine N. Elia, Mohan Kalyanaraman, Lei Zhang, Michel A. Daage, Darden Sinclair, Valery Sokolovskii, David M. Lowe, Jun Han, Nicholas Ohler, Daniel M. Giaquinta, Anthony F. Volpe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8030239
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalyst for xylene isomerization, including: a carrier including a zeolite, having a molar ratio of silica to alumina of 20˜100, impregnated with or mixed with a metal salt (I) having an amount of a metal component of 0.05˜5.0 wt % relative to a zeolite, and an inorganic binder, in which an amount of the zeolite is 10˜90 wt % based on the total amount of the carrier, wherein the carrier is supported with a VIII group metal such that an amount of the VIII group metal is 0.001˜3.0 wt % based on a total amount of the catalyst, or is supported with the VII group metal additionally supported with tin, bismuth or lead such that an amount of the tin, bismuth or lead is 0.01-5.0 wt % based on the total amount of the catalyst, and a method of producing the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: SK Energy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Hoon Oh, Sang Il Lee, Kyeong Hak Seong, Jong Hyung Lee, Kyung Jong Oh
  • Patent number: 8030238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new zeolite having a beta-type crystalline structure, characterized by a distribution of the Lewis acid sites and Brønsted acid sites corresponding to a molar ratio [Lewis sites] [Brønsted sites] equal to or higher than 1.5. This new zeolite is useful in preparation processes of alkylated aromatic hydrocarbons through the alkylation and/or transalkylation of aromatic compounds. The preparation method of the new zeolite is also object of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignees: Polimeri Europa S.p.A., Eni S.p.A.
    Inventors: Guido Spano′, Stefano Ramello, Gianni Girotti, Franco Rivetti, Angela Carati
  • Publication number: 20110212830
    Abstract: A dry product that permanently removes oil and oil stains from liquid or dry surfaces and is environmentally safe. The dry product is formed by mixing efficacious proportions of untreated amorphous silica with a dry, inert organic, inorganic or synthetic carrier, or combinations of said carriers. Suitable inert carriers include, but are not limited to, (a) inert inorganic carriers including, but not limited to, clays, perlite, vermiculite, crushed glass, volcanic ash and sand; (b) inert organic carriers, including, but not limited to, peat moss, straw, hay, sawdust, ground corncobs, flours, and coconut coir, and (c) inert synthetic carriers, including, but not limited to, polyurethane, polyethylene and polypropylene. The dry product can be applied directly to oil stains either on a hard surface, such as concrete or asphalt, or to oil spills on water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Rousseau Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph D. Russo
  • Publication number: 20110212829
    Abstract: A process for making a ceramic catalyst material includes mixing a catalyst precursor material with a mineral particulate to form a mixture; adding a binder, silicon carbide, and a parting agent to the mixture to form unfired spheroids; and heating the unfired spheroids at a temperature effective to oxidize the silicon carbide and the catalyst precursor material to form the ceramic catalyst material. In another embodiment, the process includes the addition of a catalyst metal oxide salt to an aluminosilicate hydrogel aggregate mixture. Once the mixture sets, the set mixture is heated to a temperature to effective to produce a high surface area ceramic catalyst material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Felice DiMascio
  • Patent number: 8008223
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to mesostructured zeolites. The invention also relates to a method of preparing mesostructured zeolites, as well as using them as cracking catalysts for organic compounds and degradation catalysts for polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Javier Garcia-Martinez
  • Publication number: 20110207069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel type of active mass and to the use thereof in chemical loopping combustion processes. Said active mass contains a spinel which corresponds to the formula AxA?x?ByB?y?O4. The active masses according to the invention have a high oxygen transfer capacity and oxidation and reduction rates which allow their advantageous use in the looping combustion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventor: Arnold Lambert
  • Patent number: 7994085
    Abstract: A material with a hierarchical porosity is described, constituted by at least two spherical elementary particles, each of said spherical particles comprising zeolitic nanocrystals having a pore size in the range 0.2 to 2 nm and a matrix based on silicon oxide, which is mesostructured, having a pore size in the range 1.5 to 30 nm and having amorphous walls with a thickness in the range 1 to 20 nm, said spherical elementary particles having a maximum diameter of 10 ?m. the matrix based on silicon oxide may contain aluminium. The preparation of said material is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Alexandra Chaumonnot, Aurélie Coupe, Clément Sanchez, Patrick Euzen, Cédric Boissiere, David Grosso
  • Patent number: 7982083
    Abstract: A catalyst is described which comprises at least one zeolite with structure type EUO, at least one zeolite having channels the opening to which is defined by a ring of 10 oxygen atoms (10 MR), at least one zeolite having channels the opening to which is defined by a ring of 12 oxygen atoms (12 MR) and at least one porous mineral matrix. Said catalyst optionally also contains at least one group VIII metal. The catalyst of the invention is used in a process for isomerizing a feed comprising aromatic compounds containing 8 carbon atoms per molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Eric Sanchez, Sylvie Lacombe
  • Publication number: 20110172482
    Abstract: A catalyst that comprises at least one binder and at least one crystallized material with hierarchized and organized porosity in the fields of microporosity and mesoporosity is described, whereby said crystallized material consists of at least two elementary spherical particles, each of said particles comprising a mesostructured silicon-oxide-based matrix that has a mesopore diameter of between 1.5 and 30 nm and that has microporous and crystallized walls with a thickness of between 1 and 60 nm, whereby said elementary spherical particles have a maximum diameter of 200 microns. Said catalyst is used in a process for oligomerization of an olefinic feedstock that contains hydrocarbon molecules that have 2 to 12 carbon atoms per molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Amandine Cabiac, Alexandra Chaumonnot, Laurent Simon
  • Publication number: 20110152065
    Abstract: A method for producing an oil binding agent, using highly porous natural siliceous material and organic-containing remaining material, wherein the highly porous natural siliceous material having an initial grain size of between 4 and 10 mm is mixed with the organic-containing remaining material and the mixture is calcined at a temperature between 520 and 550° C. and then comminuted to a grain size spectrum substantially ranging between 4 and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Philipp
  • Patent number: 7960304
    Abstract: A catalyst composition comprises (a) a MCM-22 family molecular sieve; and (b) a binder, wherein the MCM-22 family molecular sieve is characterized by an average crystal agglomerate size of less than or equal to 16 microns. The catalyst composition may further have a second molecular sieve having a Constraint Index of less than 12, e.g., less than 2. Examples of molecular sieve useful for this disclosure are a MCM-22 family molecular sieve, zeolite Y, and zeolite Beta. The catalyst composition may be used for the process of alkylation or transalkylation of an alkylatable aromatic compound with an alkylating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Christine N. Elia, Frederick Y. Lo, Michael C. Clark, C. Morris Smith, Mohan Kalyanaraman
  • Patent number: 7947621
    Abstract: This invention provides a process for manufacturing a catalyst with a desired attrition index, comprising the steps of selecting at least one molecular sieve having a morphology and size index (MSI) of from 1 to about 1000 to secure said desired attrition index of said catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Yun-feng Chang, Machteld Maria Mertens, Stephen N. Vaughn
  • Patent number: 7939701
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be an ion-exchanged xylene isomerization catalyst. The ion-exchanged xylene isomerization catalyst can include: about 1-about 99%, by weight, of at least one of MFI, MEL, EUO, FER, MFS, MTT, MTW, TON, MOR, and FAU zeolite; about 1-about 99%, by weight, of a binder having an aluminum phosphate; and no more than about 350 ppm, by weight, of a noble metal based on the weight of the catalyst. Generally, the catalyst has a quotient of (CO area)/(weight % of the noble metal) of no more than about 0.10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Patrick C. Whitchurch, Paula L. Bogdan, Terrence E. Deak, Dimitri A. Trufanov
  • Patent number: 7923398
    Abstract: A preparation process is described for a porous composite material formed from an amorphous core based on at least one silicon oxide on which crystals of EU-1 zeolite are dispersed, said process comprising 1) the impregnation of a solid comprising a silicon oxide and an aluminum oxide with an aqueous solution comprising a hexamethonium cation, 2) the hydrothermal treatment, implemented in an autoclave of volume V (ml) under steam and at a temperature T comprised between 120 and 220° C., of said solid from stage 1), the quantity of water introduced beforehand into said autoclave being strictly greater than a volumetric quantity equal to V*[23.48*10?10*T3?48*10?8*T2+5*10?5*T?0.002] and less than or equal to 0.25*V, and is such that said solid is not in direct contact with it, 3) the drying then calcination of the solid from stage 2). The preparation a catalyst from said material for its use in the isomerization of C8 aromatics is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Joël Patarin, Emmanuelle Guillon, Loic Rouleau, Simone Goergen
  • Patent number: 7915473
    Abstract: A radioactive containment composition may be created for containing radionuclides from a radioactive material by mixing a clay mineral with water. This mixture may form an aqueous clay suspension, which in turn can be refined by filtering to remove coarse material. The aqueous clay suspension may be applied to a radioactive material, allowing the radionuclides to be exchanged with cations in the aqueous clay suspension. The resulting aqueous slurry may be collected, heated and analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark P. S. Krekeler, Stephen C. Elmore
  • Patent number: 7910518
    Abstract: A geometrically shaped solid carrier is provided that improves the performance and effectiveness of an olefin epoxidation catalyst for epoxidizing an olefin to an olefin oxide. In particular, improved performance and effectiveness of an olefin epoxidation catalyst is achieved by utilizing a geometrically shaped refractory solid carrier in which at least one wall thickness of said carrier is less than 2.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: SD Lizenzverwertungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Serguei Pak, Andrzej Rokicki, Howard Sachs
  • Patent number: 7902103
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of particulate silicone resins in the absence of added organic solvents with particulate inorganic materials to form structured bodies and in particular molecular sieve containing structured bodies. The silicone resin is used in the form of a particulate with an average particle size of less than 700 um. Upon calcining, the silicone resin is converted to silica which acts as a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Jean W. Beeckman, Glenn R. Sweeten, Arthur W. Chester, John P. McWilliams, Dominick N. Mazzone
  • Patent number: 7902105
    Abstract: A prolongated silica bound zeolite support comprising from about 85 wt % to about 95 wt % zeolite. A catalyst composition comprising a prolongated silica bound zeolite supporting at least one Group VIII metal and at least one halide. A process of making a prolongated silica bound zeolite support comprising mixing a zeolite, a prolongated silica, and water to form a mixture, and shaping the mixture into the prolongated silica bound zeolite support. A process of making a prolongated silica bound zeolite catalyst comprising mixing a zeolite, a prolongated silica, and water to form a mixture, shaping the mixture into a prolongated silica bound zeolite support, and adding one or more catalytic compounds to the prolongated silica bound zeolite support to form the prolongated silica bound zeolite catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventor: Gyanesh P. Khare
  • Patent number: 7902102
    Abstract: Zeolite material of the pentasil type has an alkali metal and alkaline earth metal content of not more than 100 ppm and a molar ratio of Si to Al of from 250 to 1500, at least 90% of the primary particles of the zeolite material being spherical and 95% by weight of the spherical primary particles having a diameter of less than or equal to 1 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marco Bosch, Ulrich Müller, Matthias Frauenkron
  • Patent number: 7884043
    Abstract: The invention relates to sorption materials for removing of heavy metal ions from ground water and surface aquifer systems, and can be used by enterprises in chemical and metallurgical industry which utilize etching and galvanic technologies. The sorbent for removing of heavy metal ions from water is composed of ground zeolite and nanophase material, where the nanophase material consists of nanophase iron hydroxide and nanophase boehmite in the following ratio, mass %: Nanophase iron hydroxide 12-18 Nanophase boehmite ?5-13 Ground zeolite the rest. Technical result is the enhanced purification effectiveness of the sorbent due to a wider range of heavy metals it can absorb when purifying highly contaminated water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Inventors: Vladimir N. Lisetskiy, Tatyana A. Lisetskaya, Lidija N. Merkuscheva
  • Publication number: 20110002826
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a novel type of active mass in looping redox processes. Said mass contains a spinel of formula Cu1?xFe1+xAlO4 with 0?x?0.1. The active mass according to the invention has a high oxygen transfer capacity and improved oxidation and reduction rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Arnold Lambert
  • Publication number: 20100320418
    Abstract: Provided is an adsorbent having superior adsorption properties for use as a dehumidifying agent for desiccant air conditioning which exhibits high adsorption properties at mid and high humidity ranges, and for use as a gas adsorbent of carbon dioxide, ammonia, formaldehyde and the like. A precursor suspension having a Si/Al ratio of 0.70 to 1.0 is prepared, and the precursor suspension is subsequently heated at 110° C. or higher for 2 days to synthesize a complex of a layered low-crystalline clay mineral and an amorphous aluminum silicate. The obtained complex of the layered low-crystalline clay mineral and the amorphous aluminum silicate yields excellent water vapor adsorption performance of 45 wt % or more at a relative humidity of 60%, and therefore can be used as an adsorbent for desiccant air conditioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE
    Inventors: Masaya Suzuki, Katsuhiro Tsukimura, Sumiko Kawabata, Chieko Ikeda, Ryousuke Nakanishi, Koji Tajiri, Keiichi Inukai, Masaki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20100319332
    Abstract: To equip a diesel particle filter with a zeolite-containing coating uniformly over the entire length of the particle filter and with a further zeolite-free coating which is applied, from the entry side of the filter, solely up to a specific length of the filter, it is proposed, first, to apply the zeolite-free coating from the entry side of the filter and only thereafter to apply the zeolite-containing coating over the entire length of the filter from the exit side of the filter. As a result of this sequence of coatings, a better adhesive strength of the coatings than when both coatings are applied from the entry side is ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Gerald Jeske, Marcus Pfeifer, Wolfgang Schneider, Franz Dornhaus, Ralf Mueller, Michael Schiffer
  • Publication number: 20100288675
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for converting inferior acid-containing crude oil. Based on the total amount of the catalyst, said catalyst comprises from 1 to 50 wt % of a mesopore material, from 1 to 60 wt % of molecular sieves and from 5 to 98 wt % of thermotolerant inorganic oxides and from 0 to 70 wt % of clays. Said mesopore material is an amorphous material containing alkaline earth oxide, silica and alumina, and has an anhydrous chemical formula of (0-0.3)Na2O.(1-50)MO.(6-58)Al2O3.(40-92)SiO2, based on the weight percent of the oxides, wherein M is one or more selected from Mg, Ca and Ba. Said mesopore material has a specific surface area of 200-400 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.5-2.0 ml/g, an average pore diameter of 8-20 nm, and a most probable pore size of 5-15 nm. The catalyst provided in the present invention is suitable for the catalytic conversion of crude oil having a total acid number of greater than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicants: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Jun Long, Jiushun Zhang, Huiping Tian, Yuxia Zhu
  • Patent number: 7825056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolitic compositions of at least one A, X, Y zeolite and/or chabazite and at least one clinoptilolite type of zeolite. These zeolitic compositions can be used in adsorption methods for removing H2O and/or CO2 and/or H2S present in gas or liquid mixtures, particularly for purifying natural gas, acid gases, alcohols and mercaptans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Ceca, S.A.
    Inventors: Rémi Le Bec, Nicolas Serge
  • Patent number: 7807598
    Abstract: A mesostructured material that consists of at least two elementary spherical particles, each of said particles comprising a mesostructured matrix based on aluminum oxide and having a pore size of between 1.5 and 30 nm, an aluminum oxide content that represents more than 46% by weight relative to the mass of said matrix, which has amorphous walls with a thickness of between 1 and 30 nm and whereby said elementary spherical particles have a maximum diameter of 10 ?m, is described. Said mesostructured matrix can also contain silicon oxide. Each of the spherical particles of the mesostructured material can also contain zeolitic nanocrystals so as to form a material with a mixed porosity that is both mesostructured and zeolitic in nature. The preparation of said material is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Patrick Euzen, Alexandra Chaumonnot, Aurelie Coupe, Clement Sanchez, Cedric Boissiere, David Grosso
  • Publication number: 20100236983
    Abstract: A catalytic cracking catalyst is provided which has high cracking activity and with which the production of FCC gasoline having a high octane number can efficiently proceed without lowering a gasoline yield. Also provided are a process for producing the catalyst and a method of the catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon oil with the catalyst. The catalyst for catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon oil comprises a crystalline aluminosilicate, a binder, and a clay mineral in a certain proportion, wherein the content of sodium and potassium therein is 0.5% by mass or lower in terms of oxide (Na2O and K2O) amount, the content of at least one rare earth metal therein is 3.0% by mass or lower in terms of oxide (RE2O3, wherein RE is a rare earth element) amount, the [RE2O3+Na2O+K2O]/[crystalline aluminosilicate] ratio by mass is 0.1 or lower, and the catalyst has a xenon adsorption amount, as measured at an adsorption temperature of 25° C. and a partial xenon pressure of 650 torr, of 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicants: Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., Petroleum Energy Center
    Inventor: Katsuya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100230356
    Abstract: A composition of matter for rehabilitating a fluidic substance, comprising: a) at least one decolorizing ingredient constituting at least 58% by volume of the whole composition; and, b) at least one acidity reducing ingredient constituting at least 5% by volume of the whole composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventor: Hao Chhoa
  • Patent number: 7790019
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst including at least one hydro-dehydrogenating element chosen from the group formed by the group VIB and group VIII elements of the periodic table and a substrate based on a silica-alumina matrix with a reduced content of macropores containing a quantity greater than 5% by weight and less than or equal to 95% by weight of silica (SiO2) and based on at least one zeolite. The invention also relates to a substrate based on a silica-alumina matrix with a reduced content of macropores containing a quantity greater than 5% by weight and less than or equal to 95% by weight of silica (SiO2) and based on at least one zeolite. The invention also relates to hydrocracking and/or hydroconversion processes and hydrotreating processes utilizing a catalyst according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Patrick Euzen, Patrick Bourges, Hugues Dulot, Christophe Gueret
  • Publication number: 20100217061
    Abstract: A radioactive containment composition may be created for containing radionuclides from a radioactive material by mixing a clay mineral with water. This mixture may form an aqueous clay suspension, which in turn can be refined by filtering to remove coarse material. The aqueous clay suspension may be applied to a radioactive material, allowing the radionuclides to be exchanged with cations in the aqueous clay suspension. The resulting aqueous slurry may be collected, heated and analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Mark P.S. Krekeler, Stephen C. Elmore
  • Publication number: 20100190633
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a coating composition. The coating composition comprises a dispersion of photocatalysts having a mean cluster size of less than about 300 nm and an alkali metal silicate binder. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a coated article. The coated article has a photocatalytic coating with improved transparency on its external surface that is formed from the aforesaid coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Feng Bai, Rachael A.T. Gould, Mark T. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20100163458
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with a supported or unsupported catalyst comprising an active phase constituted by a sulfur-containing group VIB element, the group VIB element being molybdenum, and a hydrodeoxygenation process with a yield of hydrodeoxygenation product which is greater than or equal to 90% of charges from renewable sources using a catalyst according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: IPF
    Inventors: Antoine DAUDIN, Laurent Bournay, Thierry Chapus
  • Patent number: 7745367
    Abstract: An emission control catalyst that exhibits improved CO and HC reduction performance includes a supported platinum-based catalyst, and a supported palladium-gold catalyst. The two catalysts are coated onto different layers, zones, or monoliths of the substrate for the emission control catalyst such that the platinum-based catalyst encounters the exhaust stream before the palladium-gold catalyst. Zeolite may be added to the emission control catalyst as a hydrocarbon absorbing component to boost the oxidation activity of the palladium-gold catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Nanostellar, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle L. Fujdala, Timothy J. Truex, Jifei Jia
  • Patent number: 7727924
    Abstract: A method for preparing cracking catalyst. The method comprises making catalyst slurry having a homogeneous distribution of molecular sieve slurry, pseudoboehmite, clay, inorganic acid and aluminum-containing binder; and subsequent spray drying. Inorganic acid is added prior to the addition of pseudoboehmite; addition of molecular sieve is added after the addition of inorganic acid; and a phosphatic dispersant is added during preparation. Compared to conventional methods of preparing FCC catalyst slurry, the inventive catalyst slurry viscosity is decreased and the fluidity thereof is improved, while catalyst anti-friction is maintained. The solid content of the FCC catalyst slurry can be increased to about 40% or more. The gel forming time is significantly reduced with increased productivity and decreased catalyst production cost. Meanwhile, the catalyst has high pore volume and improved micro-reactivity. Overall reactivity performance of the catalyst is also improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Petrochina Company Limited
    Inventors: Conghua Liu, Zhengguo Tan, Wei Ding, Shuqin Zheng, Xinmei Pang, Shuhong Sun, Dong Wang, Qiuxia Teng, Tong Lu
  • Patent number: 7727923
    Abstract: The challenge for the present invention is to provide a catalyst composition restrained from declining in performance over time in purifying an exhaust gas containing an organic compound a silicon compound, a catalyst containing the catalyst composition, and a method for producing the catalyst. This challenge is solved by using a catalyst composition containing zeolite added to precious metal-carried alumina, and the silicon resistance of the catalyst is improved greatly. The amount of acid of the zeolite added is preferably in the range of 0.4 mmol·NH3/g to 1.5 mmol·NH3/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Nikki-Universal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nakano, Takanobu Sakurai
  • Patent number: 7700511
    Abstract: A process for converting polyalkylaromatics to monoalkylaromatics, particularly cumene, in the presence of a modified LZ-210 zeolite catalyst is disclosed. The process attains greater selectivity, reduced formation of undesired byproducts, and increased activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. Reynolds, Christopher J. Garrett, Deng-Yang Jan, Robert J. Schmidt, Mathias P. Koljack
  • Publication number: 20100084311
    Abstract: This invention is directed to hydrodemetallization catalysts and hydrodemetallization processes employing a magnesium aluminosilicate clay. The magnesium aluminosilicate clay has a characteristic 29Si NMR spectrum. The magnesium aluminosilicate clay is the product of a series of specific reaction steps. Briefly, the magnesium aluminosilicate clay employed in the catalyst and process of the invention is made by combining a silicon component, an aluminum component, and a magnesium component, under aqueous conditions and at an acidic pH, to form a first reaction mixture and subsequently the pH of the first reaction mixture is adjusted to greater than about 7.5 to form a second reaction mixture. The second reaction mixture is allowed to react under conditions sufficient to form the magnesium aluminosilicate clay. The resulting magnesium aluminosilicate clay combines high surface area and activity for use in hydrodemetallization catalysts and processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher J. Dillon, Theodorus Maesen, Alexander E. Kuperman
  • Publication number: 20100084312
    Abstract: This invention is directed to hydrocracking catalysts and hydrocracking processes employing a magnesium aluminosilicate clay. The magnesium aluminosilicate clay has a characteristic 29Si NMR spectrum. The magnesium aluminosilicate clay is the product of a series of specific reaction steps. Briefly, the magnesium aluminosilicate clay employed in the catalyst and process of the present invention is made by combining a silicon component, an aluminum component, and a magnesium component, under aqueous conditions and at an acidic pH, to form a first reaction mixture and subsequently the pH of the first reaction mixture is adjusted to greater than about 7.5 to form a second reaction mixture. The second reaction mixture is allowed to react under conditions sufficient to form the magnesium aluminosilicate clay. The resulting magnesium aluminosilicate clay combines high surface area and activity for use in hydrocracking catalysts and processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Theodorus Maesen, Alexander E. Kuperman, Darren P. Fong
  • Patent number: 7687423
    Abstract: The subject invention comprises a novel UZM-14 catalytic material comprising globular aggregates of crystallites having a MOR framework type with a mean crystallite length parallel to the direction of 12-ring channels of about 60 nm or less and a mesopore volume of at least about 0.10 cc/gram. Catalysts formed from the novel material are particularly effective for the transalkylation of aromatics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Jaime G. Moscoso, Edwin P. Boldingh, Michael G. Gatter, Susan C. Koster
  • Patent number: 7663014
    Abstract: A radioactive containment composition may be created for containing radionuclides from a radioactive material by mixing a clay mineral with water. This mixture may form an aqueous clay suspension. The mixture can be refined by filtering to remove coarse material. The aqueous clay suspension may be applied to a radioactive material, allowing the radionuclides to be exchanged with cations in the aqueous clay suspension. The resulting aqueous slurry, a silver-based solution may be added to produce a suspension. The suspension may be collected, heated and analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark P. S. Krekeler, Stephen C. Elmore, Cynthia M. Tselepis, Danielle Stoll
  • Patent number: 7662737
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bound phosphorus-modified zeolite catalyst. Zeolite is treated with a phosphorus compound to form the phosphorus-treated zeolite. Binder material is treated with a mineral acid prior to being bound with the phosphorus-modified zeolite. The binder material includes inorganic oxide materials, such as alumina, clay, aluminum phosphate and silica-alumina, in particular, a binder of alumina or clay or their combinations. The mineral acid includes hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid or sulfuric acid. The phosphorus-treated zeolite is combined with the acid-treated inorganic oxide binder material to form a zeolite-binder mixture. Water is added to form an extrudable paste which maybe shaped and is heated to a temperature of about 400° C. or higher to form a bound phosphorus-modified zeolite catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Ashim Kumar Ghosh, Pamela Harvey, Neeta Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 7662738
    Abstract: A radioactive containment composition may be created for containing radionuclides from a radioactive material by mixing a clay mineral with water. This mixture may form an aqueous clay suspension, which in turn can be refined by filtering to remove coarse material. The aqueous clay suspension may be applied to a radioactive material, allowing the radionuclides to be exchanged with cations in the aqueous clay suspension. The resulting aqueous slurry may be collected, heated and analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark P. S. Krekeler, Stephen C. Elmore
  • Patent number: 7655593
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cobalt catalyst is described, which comprises the steps of forming an aqueous solution of a cobalt amine complex, oxidising said solution such that the concentration of Co(III) in the oxidised solution is greater than the concentration of Co(III) in the un-oxidized solution, and then decomposing the cobalt amine complex by heating the solution to a temperature between 80 and 110° C. for sufficient time to allow an insoluble cobalt compound to precipitate out of the solution. A catalyst intermediate is also described which comprises a cobalt compound, comprising a Co(II)/Co(III) hydrotalcite phase and a CO3O4 cobalt spine) phase, wherein the ratio of cobalt hydrotalcite phase: cobalt spine) phase is less than 0.6:1, said cobalt hydrotalcite phase and said cobalt spine) phase being measured by X-ray diffractometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Cornelis Martinus Lok, Jill Turner
  • Patent number: 7651968
    Abstract: A process for producing a shaped body comprising a microporous material and at least one silicon-comprising binder, which comprises the steps (I) preparation of a mixture comprising the microporous material, the binder and a lubricant, (II) mixing and densification of the mixture, (III) shaping of the densified mixture to give a shaped body and (IV) calcination of the shaped body, wherein a silicone resin having a softening point of ?30° C. is used as binder, shaped bodies which can be produced by this process, their use as catalyst, in particular in organic synthesis and very particularly preferably in a process for preparing methylamines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marco Bosch, Jan Eberhardt, Roderich Röttger
  • Publication number: 20100016617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved carrier for an ethylene epoxidation catalyst, the carrier comprising alumina in combination with a stability-enhancing amount of mullite. The invention is also directed to an improved catalyst containing the improved carrier, as well as an improved process for the epoxidation of ethylene using the catalyst of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: SCIENTIFIC DESIGN COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Serguei Pak, Andrzej Rokicki, Shuji Kawabata
  • Patent number: 7648939
    Abstract: The invention provides an unsupported catalyst composition which comprises one or more Group VIb metals, one or more Group VIII metals, one or more zeolites, and, optionally, a refractory oxide material. A (co)precipitation preparation process is described and also use of the composition in hydrocracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: László Domokos, Hermanus Jongkind, Marcello Stefano Rigutto, Willem Hartman Jurriaan Stork, Beatrijs Anna Stork-Blaisse, legal representative, Esther Hillegarda Carola Van De Voort
  • Patent number: 7629283
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be an extruded C8 alkylaromatic isomerization catalyst. The extruded catalyst can include: about 2-about 20%, by weight, of an MTW zeolite; about 80-about 98%, by weight, of a binder including an alumina; about 0.01-about 2.00%, by weight, of a noble group metal calculated on an elemental basis; and about 100 ppm-less than about 1000 ppm, by weight, of at least one alkali metal calculated on an elemental basis. Generally, the weight percents of the MTW zeolite, the binder, the noble group metal, and the at least one alkali metal are based on a weight of the extruded catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Patrick C. Whitchurch, Paula L. Bogdan, John E. Bauer
  • Patent number: RE41314
    Abstract: A gas adsorbing element is formed into a honeycomb-shaped laminate having many small channels penetrating from one end surface to the other and in which hydrophobic high silica zeolite powder is exposed on the walls of the small channels. The hydrophobic high silica zeolite is, for example, a zeolite which is produced by removing most of the aluminum component from an ordinary zeolite. In forming the honeycomb-shaped laminate, it is favorable that non-flammable sheets are laminated and the laminate is impregnated with a dispersion of high silica zeolite powder and with an inorganic binder, and that the high silica zeolite powder is fixed in fiber gaps and on the surface of the non-flammable paper. It is desirable that the non-flammable sheet is a low density inorganic fiber paper and is baked either before or after forming the honeycomb-shaped laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Seibu Giken
    Inventors: Toshimi Kuma, Chieko Kuma