Plural Heavy Metal Containing Materials Utilized Patents (Class 554/146)
  • Patent number: 12134559
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydrogen purification/storage apparatus and method using a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Young Suk Jo, Yong Ha Park, Yeong Cheon Kim, Hyang Soo Jeong, Yong Min Kim, Hyun Tae Sohn, Chang Won Yoon, Suk Woo Nam, Jong Hee Han
  • Patent number: 11203730
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of using dissipation factor to control the purification of candle wax compositions, comprising purifying a modified natural oil until a dissipation factor ranging from 0.0001-0.0600 is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Todd L Kurth, Timothy Alan Murphy
  • Patent number: 11186802
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for the decarboxylation, isomerization, hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, and cyclization/aromatization of fatty acids involving contacting a starting material which is an unsaturated fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid derivative, or an unsaturated triglyceride, in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature at which decarboxylation, isomerization, hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, and cyclization/aromatization occurs and recovering the unsaturated organic compound product; wherein the catalyst is chloro-1,5-cyclooctadiene iridium (I) dimer. The product may contain at least about 8% by volume aromatic content and less than about 25% by volume aromatic content, and wherein the product contains less than about 1% by volume of naphthalenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Doll, Bryan R. Moser, Gerhard H. Knothe
  • Patent number: 9512051
    Abstract: A process for the synthesis of an unsaturated product by cross metathesis between a first unsaturated compound having at least 8 carbon atoms and a second unsaturated compound having less than 8 carbon atoms, the first unsaturated compound being capable of producing an unsaturated coproduct comprising more than 14 carbon atoms, by homometathesis, said process including at least one production phase which includes: feeding a reactor with the first unsaturated compound; feeding the reactor with the second unsaturated compound; feeding the reactor with at least a first metathesis catalysts, then feeding the reactor with at least a second metathesis catalyst; withdrawing a product stream arising from the reactor; the turnover number of the first catalyst being higher than the turnover number of the second catalyst so as to achieve the same target degree of conversion of the first unsaturated compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois, Jean-Luc Couturier
  • Patent number: 8884042
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the hydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids to produce saturated fatty acids, said process comprising hydrogenating the unsaturated fatty acid in the presence of hydrogen and a supported nickel catalyst, said supported nickel catalyst comprising an oxidic support, 5 to 80 wt. % of nickel, calculated as atomic nickel on the weight of the catalyst, 0.1 to 10 wt. % of a copper promoter, calculated as atomic copper on the weight of the catalyst and 1 to 10 wt. % of a group II metal, calculated as metallic oxide on the weight of the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Hermanus Johannes Bouwman, Robert Johan Andreas Maria Terörde
  • Publication number: 20140163249
    Abstract: A hydroconversion process comprises contacting a feedstock comprising renewable materials under hydroprocessing conditions with a promoted catalyst selected from a self-supported catalyst, a supported catalyst and combinations thereof, wherein the reaction conditions can be tailored to directly convert the renewable feedstock to the desired product(s) including fatty alcohols, esters, normal paraffins, or combinations thereof. The catalyst comprising at least a Group VIB metal selected from molybdenum and tungsten, a Group VIII metal selected from cobalt and nickel to convert the feedstock into any of fatty alcohols, esters, and normal paraffins. In some embodiments, the process further comprising additional steps to generate various desirable products, including ?-olefins (or PAO, by dehydrating the fatty alcohol products), lubricants and bright stocks (from the oligomerizing of the PAO), and Group 3 lubricants (from co-oligomerizing of the PAO with some short chain olefins).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Cong-Yan Chen, Alexander E. Kuperman, William James Cannella, Theodorus Ludovicus Michaael Maesen
  • Patent number: 8686168
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the hydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids to produce saturated fatty acids, said process comprising hydrogenating the unsaturated fatty acid in the presence of hydrogen and a supported nickel catalyst, said supported nickel catalyst comprising an oxidic support, 5 to 80 wt. % of nickel, calculated as metallic nickel on the weight of the catalyst, and 0.1 to 10 wt. % of a manganese promoter, calculated as MnO2 on the weight of the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Tjalling Rekker, Robert Johan Andreas Maria Terörde
  • Patent number: 8648005
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing the copper-containing hydrogenation catalyst having high activity by liquid phase reduction without decreasing purity of the solvent and a method for efficiently producing an alcohol. The present invention provides the method of preparing the copper-containing hydrogenation catalyst, including reducing a molded precursor of the copper-containing hydrogenation catalyst by supplying hydrogen gas or a mixture of hydrogen gas with an inert gas at a temperature of 50 to 150° C. in the presence of a solvent to obtain the copper-containing hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the reduction is conducted at an average reduction velocity of the copper-containing hydrogenation catalyst of not more than 3.0% by weight/hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Sakamoto, Shoji Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8603938
    Abstract: The present invention provides the method for preparing a catalyst including the following steps 1 and 2, and the method for producing an alcohol including preparing a catalyst by the method and subjecting a carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid ester to catalytic reduction with hydrogen in the presence of the prepared catalyst: step 1: immersing a molded precursor of a catalyst containing metal oxide in a solvent, step 2: supplying hydrogen gas or a mixture of hydrogen gas with an inert gas to a catalyst layer in the presence of a solvent to reduce the catalyst precursor prepared in the step 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Sakamoto, Taku Mimura
  • Publication number: 20130109875
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the hydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids to produce saturated fatty acids, said process comprising hydrogenating the unsaturated fatty acid in the presence of hydrogen and a supported nickel catalyst, said supported nickel catalyst comprising an oxidic support, 5 to 80 wt. % of nickel, calculated as atomic nickel on the weight of the catalyst, 0.1 to 10 wt. % of a copper promoter, calculated as atomic copper on the weight of the catalyst and 1 to 10 wt. % of a group II metal, calculated as metallic oxide on the weight of the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Hermanus Johannes Bouwman, Robert Johan Andreas Maria Terörde
  • Publication number: 20130079535
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the hydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids to produce saturated fatty acids, said process comprising hydrogenating the unsaturated fatty acid in the presence of hydrogen and a supported nickel catalyst, said supported nickel catalyst comprising an oxidic support, 5 to 80 wt. % of nickel, calculated as metallic nickel on the weight of the catalyst, and 0.1 to 10 wt. % of a manganese promoter, calculated as MnO2 on the weight of the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tjalling Rekker, Robert Johan Andreas Maria Terörde
  • Patent number: 8211486
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the hydrogenation of unsaturated triglycerides in the presence of a supported precious metal catalyst and hydrogen, in which process a precious metal catalyst is used, comprising an aggregate of solid support, precious metal nano particles and surfactant or polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Annemarie Elisa Wilhelmina Beers, Pieter Hildegardus Berben
  • Patent number: 8115021
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making hydrogenated metathesis products comprising the steps of: (a) providing a metathesis composition; (b) providing a metathesis catalyst comprising a transition metal; (c) metathesizing at least a portion of the metathesis composition in the presence of the metathesis catalyst to form a first composition comprising one or more metathesis products and a transition metal; (d) hydrogenating at least a portion of the first composition in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to form a second composition comprising one or more hydrogenated metathesis products, transition metal, and hydrogenation catalyst; and (e) removing at least a portion of the hydrogenation catalyst from the second composition, wherein the removal of the hydrogenation catalyst removes at least a portion of the transition metal of the metathesis catalyst from the second composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Tupy, Francis Amore, Hiroki Kaido, Xiangsheng Meng
  • Publication number: 20090048459
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making hydrogenated metathesis products comprising the steps of: (a) providing a metathesis composition; (b) providing a metathesis catalyst comprising a transition metal; (c) metathesizing at least a portion of the metathesis composition in the presence of the metathesis catalyst to form a first composition comprising one or more metathesis products and a transition metal; (d) hydrogenating at least a portion of the first composition in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to form a second composition comprising one or more hydrogenated metathesis products, transition metal, and hydrogenation catalyst; and (e) removing at least a portion of the hydrogenation catalyst from the second composition, wherein the removal of the hydrogenation catalyst removes at least a portion of the transition metal of the metathesis catalyst from the second composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Michael John Tupy, Francis Amore, Hiroki Kaido, Xiangsheng Meng
  • Patent number: 6495706
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing hydroxycarboxylic acid esters easily, further at a high reaction selectivity, by using an inexpensive catalyst. That is, the present invention provides a process for producing hydroxycarboxylic acid esters, which comprises hydrogenating dicarboxylic acid diesters having 3 to 20 carbon atoms in the dicarboxylic acid moiety in the presence of a copper catalyst comprising 1 to 40% by weight of copper as copper oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Aoki, Shinji Kotachi, Taku Mimura, Junji Koshino
  • Patent number: 6281163
    Abstract: The invention is directed to hydrogenation catalyst particles based on nickel or cobalt and a support, incorporated in a matrix of hardened oil or a derivative thereof, which matrix material is solid at a temperature of 25° C., said particles having an average weight of at least 120 mg and an average height of at least 2.8 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Engelhard de Meern B.V.
    Inventor: Gustaaf J. M. Van Dijk
  • Patent number: 5861521
    Abstract: Esters of unsaturated fatty acids or mixtures thereof can be hydrogenated by a catalysed liquid-phase hydrogenation with hydrogen to give saturated or partially saturated esters of fatty acids or ester mixtures of fatty acids by carrying out the hydrogenation continuously at a pressure of 50 to 350 bar and a reaction temperature of 40 to 150.degree. C. on oxygen-free and support-free shaped bodies which are arranged in a fixed bed and made of pressed powders of elements of the iron subgroup of subgroup VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements or their alloys with each other or their alloys with elements of subgroup VI; in addition, hydrogenation-inert elements can be present. The shaped bodies have a compressive strength of 20 to 250N on the curved shaped body surface and have an internal surface area of 10 to 90 m.sup.2 /g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Gerhard Darsow
  • Patent number: 5463096
    Abstract: The invention provides a nickel/silica catalyst optionally also containing cations of a lower Group II metal (X), which catalyst satisfies the following combination of features:1) a molar ratio of SiO.sub.2 /Ni=0.15=0.352) a molar ratio of X/Ni=0-0.153) an active nickel surface area above 120 m.sup.2 /g4) a BET surface area of which at least 60% is found with pores with a radius below 1.5 nm.Preferably the catalyst has an atomic X/Ni ratio between 0.5-0.10 and a BET surface area of which at least 60% is found in pores having a pore radius of below 1.4 nm. The group II metal X is preferably magnesium or barium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings B.V.
    Inventor: Cornelis M. Lok
  • Patent number: 5292907
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of 6-trans-leukotriene B.sub.4 (LTB.sub.4) of formula ##STR1## in which a butadienediol is prepared; the hydroxyl groups are esterified to produce a diester and this diester is subjected to a stereospecific reductive elimination using low valency titanium [Ti(0)] to produce a 6-trans triether of formula: ##STR2## the groups --OA in positions 5 and 12 of which are then converted to --OH groups and the group --CH.sub.2 OA in position of which is then converted to a --COOH group, to produce 6-trans-LTB.sub.4.The invention also relates to intermediates obtained in the said manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Jean Maignan, Guy Solladie, Guy Stone
  • Patent number: 5254758
    Abstract: In a hydrogenation process, an organic feedstock, such as an unsaturated organic compound containing at least one unsaturated linkage selected from >C.dbd.C<, >C.dbd.O, --C.tbd.C--, and --C.tbd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Davy McKee (London) Limited
    Inventors: Andrew G. Hiles, Michael W. M. Tuck