Support Per Se Patents (Class 502/87)
  • Patent number: 8409518
    Abstract: A sulfur tolerant oxidation catalyst with appreciable NO and HC oxidation capabilities has been developed for use in any component of an exhaust aftertreatment system for a lean-burn engine where the oxidation of at least NO is desired. Several non-exclusive examples of such components where the oxidation catalyst may be employed include a DOC and a LNT. The oxidation catalyst may comprise perovskite oxide particles that support palladium particles. The ability of the palladium supported perovskite oxide particles to concurrently oxidize NO and HC's can significantly diminish or altogether eliminate the use of platinum in the exhaust aftertreatment system for at least NO oxidation. The oxidation catalyst, moreover, may exhibit superior thermal durability and better NO and HC oxidation activities than platinum in some instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Chang H Kim, Wei Li, Richard J. Blint
  • Publication number: 20130079553
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention is to a catalyst composition comprising vanadium and titanium. The catalyst composition has a surface area of at least 22.6 m2/g and a plurality of pores, and the plurality of pores have a pore diameter of less than 11.9 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventors: Heiko Weiner, Josefina T. Chapman, Alexandra S. Locke, Craig J. Peterson, Mark O. Scates, Dick Nagaki
  • Publication number: 20130059724
    Abstract: Partition walls are provided with small pores and large pores, a porosity of the partition walls is from 50 to 70%, a porosity of the large pores of the partition walls is 30% or larger, a ratio of a total volume of the small pores to a total volume of the large pores is 20% or larger, and in a graph showing a pore diameter distribution of the partition walls, the pore diameter at a maximum peak value of the large pores is from 20 to 200 ?m, and the pore diameter at a maximum peak value of the small pores is from 0.1 to 8 ?m. Furthermore, a value obtained by dividing a porosity value (%) of the large pores by a thickness value (?m) of the partition walls is 0.2 or larger in a honeycomb structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo HIROSE, Yukio Miyairi
  • Publication number: 20130053599
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention is to a catalyst composition comprising titanium, phosphorus, and less than 1 wt. % vanadium. The catalyst composition has a molar ratio of phosphorus to titanium of at least 1.0:1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heiko Weiner, Josefina T. Chapman, Alexandra S. Locke, Dick Nagaki, Craig J. Peterson, Mark O. Scates
  • Publication number: 20130030231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bifunctional catalyst for a hydrodewaxing process with improved isomerization selectivity, and to a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a bifunctional catalyst and to a method for manufacturing same, which is characterized in that EU-2 zeolite with a controlled degree of phase transformation is used as a catalyst support having an acid site. The EU-2 zeolite, the degree of phase transformation of which is controlled, includes, by controlling synthesis parameters of EU-2, predetermined amounts of materials that are phase-transformed from EU-2 crystals such as cristobalite and quartz. The metal loaded bifunctional catalyst according to the present invention improves selectivity of the isomerization process, rather than a cracking reaction, during a hydroisomerization reaction of n-hexadecane. Therefore, the bifunctional catalyst can be widely used as a catalyst for a dewaxing process such as lubricant base oil and diesel oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tae Jin Kim, Seung Woo Lee, Yoon Kyung Lee, Seung Hoon Oh, Jae Suk Choi
  • 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: 20120296134
    Abstract: A germanium modified catalyst is disclosed that can be prepared by providing a germanium source and a substrate including silica; contacting the substrate with the germanium source; and obtaining a catalyst including germanium. The contacting of the substrate with the germanium source results in the substitution of at least a portion of the silica with germanium to increase the basicity of the catalyst. The catalyst can be used in a process for making styrene that includes reacting toluene with a C1 source in the presence of the catalyst to form a product stream including ethylbenzene and styrene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Sivadinarayana Chinta
  • Publication number: 20120296142
    Abstract: A process for making styrene including providing toluene, a co-feed, and a C1 source to a reactor containing a catalyst having a total number of acid sites and reacting toluene with the C1 source in the presence of the catalyst and the co-feed to form a product stream containing ethylbenzene and styrene where the co-feed removes at least a portion of the total number of acid sites on the catalyst. The co-feed can be selected from the group of ammonia, primary amines, and secondary amines, and combinations thereof. The C1 source can be selected from methanol, formaldehyde, formalin, trioxane, methylformcel, paraformaldehyde, methylal, dimethyl ether, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: James R. Butler, Sivadinarayana Chinta
  • 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: 8288311
    Abstract: A process and catalyst for the hydro-oxidation of an olefin having three or more carbon atoms, such as propylene, to form an olefin oxide, such as propylene oxide. The process involves contacting the olefin with oxygen in the presence of hydrogen and a hydro-oxidation catalyst under reaction conditions; the catalyst comprising gold nanoparticles deposited on a nanoporous titanium-containing support, prepared by depositing a gold-ligand cluster complex onto the support to form a catalyst precursor, and then heating and/or chemically treating the catalyst precursor to form the hydro-oxidation catalyst composition. The hydro-oxidation catalyst exhibits stabilized catalyst activity, enhanced lifetime, and improved hydrogen efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventors: Sandeep S. Dhingra, Rick C. Schroden, Keith J. Watson, David G. Barton, Robert G. Bowman, Larry N. Ito, David L. Trent, Heiko Weiner
  • Publication number: 20120252658
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb unit containing zeolite and an inorganic binder and having a plurality of cell walls to define a plurality of cells extending from a first end face to a second end face of the honeycomb unit along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit. The honeycomb unit is manufactured by molding and firing raw material paste containing zeolite particles and the inorganic binder. The zeolite particles have a D50 of approximately 3.6 ?m or more. An average pore size of the cell walls is more than or equal to approximately 0.10 ?m and less than or equal to approximately 0.50 ?m. An average particle size of the cell walls is more than or equal to approximately 3.6 ?m and less than or equal to approximately 7.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi KUNIEDA, Yosuke Matsukawa
  • Patent number: 8278237
    Abstract: A catalyst for producing aromatic compounds from lower hydrocarbons while improving activity life stability of methane conversion rate; benzene formation rate; naphthalene formation rate; and total formation rate of benzene, toluene and xylene is formed by loading molybdenum and copper on metallo-silicate serving as a substrate and then calcining the metallo-silicate. When the catalyst is reacted with a reaction gas containing lower hydrocarbons and carbonic acid gas, aromatic compounds are produced. In order to obtain the catalyst, it is preferable that molybdenum and copper are loaded on zeolite formed of metallo-silicate after the zeolite is treated with a silane compound larger than a pore of the zeolite in diameter and having an amino group and a straight-chain hydrocarbon group, the amino group being able to selectively react with the zeolite at a Bronsted acid point of the zeolite. It is preferable that a loaded amount of molybdenum is within a range of from 2 to 12 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Meidensha Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Yamada, Tomohiro Yamada, Yuji Ogawa, Hirokazu Akiyama, Takuya Hatagishi
  • 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: 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: 8263033
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a palladium-containing oxidation catalyst is provided. In one embodiment, the palladium-containing oxidation catalyst includes a first zone having a first PGM catalyst loading with a platinum (Pt) to palladium (Pd) weight ratio of no greater than 10.0; and a second zone disposed next to the first zone. In another embodiment, the second PGM catalyst loading has a palladium (Pd) to platinum (Pt) weight ratio of no greater than 4.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Allen Dobson, Robert Henry Hammerle
  • Publication number: 20120196739
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a DDR zeolite, which can be carried out using materials that are less harmful to the environment. The method for producing a DDR zeolite has a short hydrothermal synthesis time and does not require continuous agitation of the raw material solution. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a DDR zeolite, which comprises: a raw material solution preparation step in which a raw material solution that contains 1-adamantaneamine, silica (SiO2) and water at a molar ratio 1-adamantaneamine/SiO2 of 0.002-0.5 and a molar ratio water/SiO2 of 10-500 but does not contain ethylenediamine is prepared; and a crystal growth step in which hydrothermal synthesis is carried out while having the raw material solution and a DDR zeolite powder in contact with each other, so that crystals of DDR zeolite are grown using the DDR zeolite powder as a seed crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya UCHIKAWA, Makiko NIINO
  • Publication number: 20120190533
    Abstract: A method for treating a catalyst base that comprises a contact area of porous material. A fluid, such as a flue gas stream, can be conducted along the contact area. A catalytically relevant substance is introduced into pores of the catalyst base using a transport fluid and remains on pore wall areas after removal of the transport fluid. The introduction is carried out such that an amount of the catalytically relevant substance relative to the surface remains on the pore wall areas as a function of location within the pore and decreases within the pore after exceeding a specific pore depth. A blocking fluid can first be introduced into pore regions beyond the specific pore depth, thus blocking these regions when transport fluid containing the catalytically relevant substance is introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: STEAG Energy Services GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Brüggendick, Maik Blohm
  • Publication number: 20120189489
    Abstract: A complex metal oxide catalyst having a composition including about 5 to about 75 wt % of manganese (Mn); about 5 to about 55 wt % of copper (Cu); and about 3 to about 60 wt % of an active compound, based on a total weight of the complex metal oxide catalyst. The complex metal oxide catalyst has excellent low-temperature activity and improved catalyst efficiency so as to be repeatedly used, and thus is effectively used in a filter module and an air cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-jong Kwon, Sik-sun Choi, Duck-hee Lee, Jun-cheol Bae, Hae-ree Joo, Do-hoon Kim, Sang-woong Kim, Sang-hyun Park, Chang-ick Lee
  • Publication number: 20120184430
    Abstract: A CO2 reforming catalyst composition includes a hydroxyl group-containing porous oxide, and a composite porous catalyst supported by a porous supporter. The composite porous catalyst includes a catalyst metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Jae Lee, InHyuk Son, Chan Ho Pak, Hyun Chul Lee, Jeong Kuk Shon, Young Gil Jo
  • Publication number: 20120184429
    Abstract: A catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NOx having one or more transition metals selected from Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ce, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, In, Sn, Re, Ir, Pt, and mixtures thereof supported on a support, wherein the support has a molecular sieve having at least one intergrowth phase having at least two different small-pore, three-dimensional framework structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul J. Andersen, John Leonello Casci, Hai-Ying Chen, Joseph M. Fedeyko
  • Patent number: 8221867
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb unit which has zeolite, inorganic binder, and cell walls extending from one end to another end along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define cells. An amount of zeolite contained per apparent unit volume of the honeycomb unit is approximately 230 g/L or more. Mathematical formulae [1] and [2] are satisfied when a thickness of the cell walls is defined as X mm and an average pore diameter of a surface of the cell walls observed by a microscope is defined as Y ?m: X+0.07?Y?X+0.27 ??[1] approximately 0.15?X?approximately 0.35 ??[2].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Masafumi Kunieda, Takahiko Ido
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20120178616
    Abstract: The invention contemplates a method of making a catalytic material, and uses of the material. The catalytic material is made by depositing catalytic metals, such as gold or platinum, on substrate materials, such as lanthanum-doped ceria or other oxides. The catalytic metal, which comprises both crystalline and non-crystalline structures, is treated, for example with aqueous basic NaCN solution, to leach away at least some of the crystalline metallic component. The remaining noncrystalline metallic component associated with the substrate exhibits catalytic activity that is substantially similar to the catalyst as prepared. The use of the catalyst in an apparatus such as a reactor or analytic instrument is contemplated, as is the use of the catalyst in efficient, cost-effective reactions, such as removal of carbon monoxide from fuel gases, for example by performing the water gas shift reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Howard M. Saltsburg, Qi Fu
  • Patent number: 8216963
    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 a support material to provide a catalyst comprising cobalt and the support material. The support material comprises one or more of alumina, silica, magnesia, titania, zirconia, ceria-zirconia, and magnesium aluminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Charles L. Kibby, Alfred Haas
  • Publication number: 20120168351
    Abstract: An improved process for preparing a slurry catalyst for the upgrade of heavy oil feedstock is provided. The process employs rework material obtained from a process to prepare a hydroprocessing catalyst as part of the metal precursor feed. In one embodiment, the process comprises mixing the rework material with a hydrocarbon diluent to form a slurried metal precursor for subsequent in-situ sulfiding in a heavy oil upgrade process. In another embodiment, the rework is slurried in a hydrocarbon carrier and a sulfiding agent, forming a slurry catalyst. In yet another embodiment, the rework material is mixed directly with a heavy oil feedstock under in-situ sulfiding conditions, forming a slurry catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: c/o Chevron Corporation
    Inventors: Erin P. Maris, Oleg Mironov, Julie Chabot
  • Publication number: 20120149933
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ammoxidation catalyst containing vanadium oxide, titanium oxide and diamond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kazunari Yamamoto, Youichi Kyuuko, Atsushi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20120117952
    Abstract: A wall-flow filter comprises a catalyst for converting oxides of nitrogen in the presence of a reducing agent, which wall-flow filter comprising 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 metal, wherein: the at least one metal is present throughout the extruded solid body alone or in combination with: is also present in a higher concentration at a surface of the extruded solid body; is also carried in one or more coating layer(s) on a surface of the extruded solid body; or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Ralf Dotzel, Rainer Leppelt, Jörg Werner Münch, Hubert Schedel
  • Publication number: 20120123176
    Abstract: A catalyst for converting methane to aromatic hydrocarbons is described herein. The catalyst comprises an active metal or a compound thereof, and an inorganic oxide support wherein the active metal is added to the support in the form of metal oxalate. The metal oxalate-derived catalyst exhibits superior performance in the conversion of methane-rich feed to aromatics products relative to catalysts prepared from non-oxalate metal precursors. A method of making the catalyst and a method of using the catalyst are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter Tanev TANEV, Armin LANGE DE OLIVEIRA
  • Patent number: 8153549
    Abstract: A catalyst for treating an exhaust gas has at least a carrier and plural layers formed on the carrier, wherein at least one layer of the above plural layers has an interstice in the layer, and at least one layer of the above plural layers contains a catalyst component. The above catalyst for treating an exhaust gas allows the enhancement of the diffusion of an exhaust gas in a catalyst layer, which results in the improvement of catalyst efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Jin Cho, Kenji Tanikawa
  • Patent number: 8148285
    Abstract: A catalytic composition for hydrotreating of hydrocarbons is made in which a metallic component for hydrogenation is carried on a carrier formed of zeolite Y with aluminum and titanium inserted therein and a porous inorganic oxide. The zeolite Y has: unit cell dimension in a range from 24.25 to 24.60 ?, crystallinity of 95% or more, specific surface area of 500 m2/g or more, total pore volume of a group of pores each having a diameter of 600 ? or below in a range from 0.45 to 0.70 ml/g, pore volume of a group of pores each having a diameter in a range from 100 to 600 ? in a range from 0.10 to 0.40 ml/g, and pore volume of a group of pores each having a diameter in a range from 35 to 50 ? in a range 0.03 to 0.15 ml/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignees: Petroleum Energy Center, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuzo Kuroda, Masaru Ushio
  • Patent number: 8129302
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a blended hydrous kaolin clay product comprising a platy coarse kaolin clay and a fine, hydrous kaolin clay. The blended kaolin clay product is suitable for use as a raw material component in the formation of cordierite products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Sharad Mathur, Michael B. Sigman
  • Patent number: 8124043
    Abstract: The present teachings are directed toward a matrix containing nanosized metal components and carbon nanotubes, with the carbon nanotubes being produced in situ by the nanosized metal components upon the contacting of the nanosized metal components with a carbon source under conditions sufficient to produce the carbon nanotubes. Also disclosed are methods of producing the matrix containing the nanosized metal components and carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Avetik Harutyunyan, Elena Mora
  • Publication number: 20120039759
    Abstract: A catalyst comprising a zeolite loaded with copper ions and at least one trivalent metal ion other than Al+3, wherein the catalyst decreases NOx emissions in diesel exhaust. The trivalent metal ions are selected from, for example, trivalent transition metal ions, trivalent main group metal ions, and/or trivalent lanthanide metal ions. In particular embodiments, the catalysts are selected from Cu—Fe-ZSM5, Cu—La-ZSM-5, Fe—Cu—La-ZSM5, Cu—Sc-ZSM-5, and Cu—In-ZSM5. The catalysts are placed on refractory support materials and incorporated into catalytic converters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Chaitanya K. Narula, Xiaofan Yang
  • Patent number: 8114354
    Abstract: Catalyzed soot filters comprising a wall flow monolith having microcracks and pores and a catalyst comprising support particles with particle sizes greater than about the size of the microcracks and less than about the size of the pores are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing catalyzed soot filters and diesel engine exhaust emission treatment systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: Yuejin Li
  • Patent number: 8097555
    Abstract: Process for the production of hybrid catalysts formed by mixing two catalysts; one active in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, the other being bifunctional. Such hybrid catalyst thus formed is active both in hydrocracking and in hydroisomerization reactions. The present invention in addition provides obtainment of a hybrid catalyst and application thereof conjointly with FT catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reactions. The hybrid catalyst of the present invention is capable of producing in conditions typically such as those utilized in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis branched hydrocarbons in diverse bands relating to the products thereof (for example naphtha and diesel), reducing or even eliminating necessity for a subsequent hydrotreatment stage in such synthesis reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
    Inventors: Alexandre de Figueiredo Costa, Agustin Martines Feliu, Joan Rollán Martinez, Henrique Soares Cerqueira, Joberto Ferreira Dias Junior, Eduardo Falabella Sousa Aguiar
  • Publication number: 20120004093
    Abstract: A catalyst is provided, where the catalyst has an active surface that includes at least one nodular-structured (particulate) catalyst layer disposed on a support substrate, where the nodular-structured catalyst layer partially coats a surface of the support substrate. The invention further includes a fabrication method of the catalyst. The method includes depositing a catalyst precursor coating on a support substrate by heating a catalyst precursor solution on the support substrate, and further heating the catalyst precursor-coated substrate until a nodular-structured (particulate) catalyst is formed, where the nodular-structured catalyst layer partially coats a surface of the support substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: THE STATE OF OREGON ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE STAT
    Inventors: Brian P. Reed, Kevin E. Harris, Nicholas Wannenmacher
  • Publication number: 20110312488
    Abstract: A catalyst system for generating at least one polyol from a feedstock comprising saccharide is disclosed. Generating the polyol involves, contacting hydrogen, water, and a feedstock comprising saccharide, with a catalyst system to generate an effluent stream comprising at least one polyol and recovering the polyol from the effluent stream. The catalyst system comprises at least one metal component with an oxidation state greater than or equal to 2+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventors: John Q. Chen, Tom N. Kalnes, Joseph A. Kocal
  • Publication number: 20110287261
    Abstract: There is provided a DDR-type zeolite powder composed of fine particles and exhibits a particle size distribution where the majority of the particles have particle diameters converging in the vicinity of the mean particle diameter, and a process for the production of the same. Specifically provided is a process for the production of a DDR-type zeolite powder, which comprises a step of heat-treating a raw material solution at 100 to 180° C., and thereby growing crystals until the mean particle diameter reaches to a level of 0.1 ?m or more and below 2.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yajima, Hisayoshi Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20110274607
    Abstract: The catalytic behaviour of vanadia-supported zeolite catalysts with different SiO2/Al2O3 ratios was tested for the SCR of NO with ammonia. The SCR activity was found to be directly correlated to the total acidity of the catalysts. On the surface of these zeolites the V2O5 was highly dispersed and amorphous in nature. After the impregnation with vanadium and subsequent poisoning with potassium oxide not much change in micro-pore structure of HZSM5 was observed by N2 adsorption studies. Interestingly, potassium-doped HZSM5 and HMORDENITE catalysts showed high resistance to deactivation because of the unique nature of the material exhibiting higher surface area and acidity than the conventional V2O5—WOx/ZrO2 or TiO2 catalysts. Consequently, a possible application of these alkali-tolerant SCR catalysts in biomass fired power plants can be envisaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK
    Inventors: Putluru Siva Sankar Reddy, Anders Riisager, Rasmus Fehrmann
  • Publication number: 20110268634
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monolithic support member comprising channels with walls separating the channels from each other and having a coating deposited thereon, the non-coated channels having a polygonal cross-section profile, wherein the mean thickness dC of the coating in a corner of said cross-section profile is smaller than or equal to the mean thickness dE of the coating on an edge of said cross-section profile plus 85 micrometer; and further relates to a method for the preparation of such coated monolithic support member, the method comprising (i) providing a suspension having a viscosity in the range of from 0.5 to 100 mPas and having a solid content in the range of from 1 to 40 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: BASF Corporation, BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Linsenbühler, Bernd Sachweh, Saadallah Nemeh, Michel Deeba, Michael Mertler, Matthias Wilhelm Meier
  • Publication number: 20110270006
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of preparing a catalyst, including contacting a substrate with at least one solution including a first promoter being Cs and at least one solution including a second promoter. The contact subjects the substrate to the addition of the first and second promoters, thereby forming the catalyst comprising the first and second promoters. In the method disclosed, the second promoter is capable of undergoing a redox reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Pelati, Sivadinarayana Chinta
  • Publication number: 20110268242
    Abstract: A recombination apparatus is provided to an off-gas system of a boiling water nuclear plant. An off-gas system pipe connected to a condenser is connected to the recombination apparatus. A catalyst layer filled with a catalyst for recombining hydrogen and oxygen is disposed in the recombination apparatus. The recombination catalyst has a percentage of the number of Pt particles whose diameters are in a range from more than 1 nm to not more than 3 nm to the numbers of Pt particles whose diameters are in a range from more than 0 nm to not more than 20 nm, falling within a range from 20 to 100%. The condenser discharges gas containing an organosilicon compound (ex. D5), hydrogen, and oxygen, which is introduced to the recombination apparatus. Use of the above recombination catalyst can improve the performance of recombining hydrogen and oxygen more than conventional catalysts and the initial performance of the catalyst can be maintained for a longer period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: Nikki-Universal Co., Ltd., Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro IIZUKA, Motohiro AIZAWA, Toru KAWASAKI, Hirofumi MATSUBARA, Takashi NISHI, Shuichi KANNO, Yasuo YOSHII, Yoshinori EBINA, Takanobu SAKURAI, Tsukasa TAMAI, Michihito ARIOKA
  • Patent number: 8038954
    Abstract: An emission treatment system including a catalyzed soot filter comprising a wall flow monolith and a catalyst comprising at least two types of support particles is described. The first support particle contains at least a platinum component, the second support particles contains at least a palladium component. The wall flow monolith may be washcoated with a slurry comprising at least two types of particles without applying a passivation layer to the wall flow monolith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: Yuejin Li
  • Patent number: 8038956
    Abstract: Catalyzed soot filters comprising a wall flow monolith having microcracks and pores and a catalyst comprising support particles with particle sizes greater than about the size of the microcracks and less than about the size of the pores are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing catalyzed soot filters and diesel engine exhaust emission treatment systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuejin Li
  • Patent number: 8034311
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst that efficiently promotes oxidation of NO to NO2 even in a low temperature range, and an exhaust-gas purification system and method that efficiently removes exhaust-gas components even in a low temperature range are provided. This invention provides an oxidation catalyst comprising platinum and palladium as catalytically active components, which promotes oxidation of nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide, wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises 1 to 55 parts by weight of the palladium relative to 100 parts by weight of the platinum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignees: ICT Co., Ltd., International Catalyst Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Masanori Ikeda, Naohiro Kato
  • Patent number: 8012903
    Abstract: Methods are provided to prepare a catalyst system that includes at least one titanium compound, at least one magnesium compound, at least one electron donor compound, at least one activator compound, and at least one silica support material, the at least one silica support material having a median particle size in the range of from 20 to 50 microns with no more than 10% of the particles having a size less than 10 microns and no more than 10% of the particles having a size greater than 50 microns and average pore diameter of at least ?220 angstroms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Maria A. Apecetche, Phuong A. Cao, Michael D. Awe, Ann M. Schoeb-Wolters, Ryan W. Impelman
  • Publication number: 20110207598
    Abstract: Disclosed is a metal-supported catalyst produced by (a) preparing a dispersion of crystalline silicoaluminophosphate particles; (b) mixing an aqueous active ingredient metal compound solution into the dispersion; (c) spray-drying the mixture; (d) washing the spray-dried product and (e) heat-treating (calcining) the washed product at 400 to 900° C. Also disclosed is an aluminum phosphate-modified metal-supported crystalline silicoaluminophosphate catalyst having a content of aluminum phosphate in the catalyst of 0.1 to 40% by weight in terms of Al2O3+P2O5 based on the metal-supported crystalline silicoaluminophosphate particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: JGC CATALYSTS AND CHEMICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mitsui, Yuka Morishita, Takaki Mizuno, Tsuguo Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 8003565
    Abstract: A method and catalysts for producing a hydrogen-rich syngas are disclosed. According to the method a CO-containing gas contacts a water gas shift (WGS) catalyst, optionally in the presence of water, preferably at a temperature of less than about 450° C. to produce a hydrogen-rich gas, such as a hydrogen-rich syngas. Also disclosed is a water gas shift catalyst formulated from: a) Pt, its oxides or mixtures thereof; b) Ru, its oxides or mixtures thereof; and c) at least one of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, Ti, Zr, V, Mo, Mn, Fe, Co, Rh, Ir, Ge, Sn, Sb, La, Ce, Pr, Sm, and Eu. Another disclosed catalyst formulation comprises Pt, its oxides or mixtures thereof; Ru, its oxides or mixtures thereof; Co, its oxides or mixtures thereof; and at least one of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, Ti, Zr, V, Mo, Mn, Fe, Rh, Ir, Ge, Sn, Sb, La, Ce, Pr, Sm, and Eu, their oxides and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Freeslate, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Hagemeyer, Raymond E. Carhart, Karin Yaccato, Peter Strasser, Robert K. Grasselli, Christopher James Brooks, Cory Bernard Phillips
  • Publication number: 20110197763
    Abstract: The invention concerns materials for eliminating oxides of nitrogen NO and NO2 present in exhaust gases, in particular from the internal combustion engines of automotive vehicles operating in a medium which is super-stoichiometric in oxidising agents, which can adsorb oxides of nitrogen then desorb the oxides of nitrogen by elevating the temperature with respect to the adsorption temperature or by passage of a rich mixture, said materials comprising mixed oxides the metals of which are in octahedral coordination, with the octahedra connecting together so that the structure generates lamellae. Said materials adsorb oxides of nitrogen by insertion and do not become poisoned in contact with oxides of sulphur and carbon contained in the gases. In the presence of a group VIII metal, said materials are capable of eliminating oxides of nitrogen adsorbed by reduction during the passage of a rich mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Thierry Becue, Philippe Villeret
  • Publication number: 20110192765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising at least one IZM-2 zeolite, at least one amorphous matrix, at least one hydro-dehydrogenating element selected from the group formed by the elements from group VIB and from group VIII of the periodic table and excluding platinum and palladium. The catalyst also optionally contains a controlled quantity of at least one doping element selected from phosphorus, boron and silicon, optionally at least one element from group VB of the periodic table of the elements, and optionally a group VIIA element. The invention also relates to hydrocracking and hydrotreatment processes implementing this catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Laurent Simon