Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
518713000 | GROUP IB METAL CONTAINING CATALYST UTILIZED FOR THE FISCHER-TROPSCH REACTION (I.E., CU, AG, OR AU) | 35 |
20080242749 | Process For the Removal of Cos From a Synthesis Gas Stream Comprising H2S and Cos - The invention provides a process for the removal of COS from a first synthesis gas stream comprising COS and H | 10-02-2008 |
20090069451 | PRECIPITATED IRON CATALYST FOR HYDROGENATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE - A method of producing an iron catalyst for catalyzing the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide is disclosed. The method comprises using a reduced amount of acid for iron dissolution compared to certain previous methods. The resulting acidic iron mixture is heated without boiling to obtain a nitrate solution having a Fe | 03-12-2009 |
20090069452 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL FROM SYNGAS WITH HIGH CARBON EFFICIENCY - The present invention discloses and teaches new methods of converting syngas into ethanol and/or other higher alcohols. Preferred embodiments recycle methanol, partially convert it to syngas, and then convert this additional syngas also to C | 03-12-2009 |
20100152307 | PRECIPITATED IRON CATALYST FOR HYDROGENATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE - A method of producing an iron catalyst for catalyzing the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide is disclosed. The method comprises using a reduced amount of acid for iron dissolution compared to certain previous methods. The resulting acidic iron mixture is heated without boiling to obtain a nitrate solution having a Fe | 06-17-2010 |
20110112203 | IRON- AND COPPER-COMPRISING HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING OLEFINS BY REACTING CARBON MONOXIDE WITH HYDROGEN - Iron- and copper-comprising heterogeneous catalyst and process for producing it, which comprises the following steps:
| 05-12-2011 |
20110118367 | CATALYST FOR SYNTHESIZING METHANOL FROM SYNTHESIS GAS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a catalyst for synthesis of methanol from synthesis gas and a method for preparing the same. The catalyst includes a Cu—Zn—Al oxide containing CuO, ZnO and Al | 05-19-2011 |
20110124749 | PROCESS FOR THE GENERATION OF A SYNTHESIS GAS - A process for the generation of a synthesis gas comprising: (a) forming a raw synthesis gas, (b) dividing the raw synthesis gas into first and second streams, (c) subjecting the first stream to the water gas shift reaction to form a shifted gas mixture, (d) cooling the second raw synthesis gas stream and shifted gas mixture to below the dew point to form a dry raw synthesis gas mixture, and a dry shifted gas mixture respectively, (e) feeding the dry raw synthesis gas mixture and a dry shifted gas mixture to a gas-washing unit operating by counter-current solvent flow, such that the solvent flowing through said unit contacts first with the dry raw gas mixture and then the dry shifted gas mixture, and (f) collecting from said gas-washing unit a synthesis gas having a stoichiometry ratio, R═(H | 05-26-2011 |
20110160315 | PROCESS OF SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION TO LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES USING SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION CATALYST AND HYDROISOMERIZATION CATALYST - A process is disclosed for converting synthesis gas to a liquid hydrocarbon mixture useful as distillate fuel and/or lube base oil which is substantially free of solid wax. A synthesis gas feed is contacted with a synthesis gas conversion catalyst in an upstream bed and a hydroisomerization catalyst containing a metal promoter and an acidic component in a downstream bed within a single reactor at essentially common reaction conditions. A Fischer-Tropsch wax is formed over the synthesis gas conversion catalyst and said wax is subsequently hydroisomerized over the hydroisomerization catalyst, thereby resulting in a liquid hydrocarbon mixture having a desirable product distribution. | 06-30-2011 |
20110213041 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING UNSATURATED HYDROCARBON AND OXYGENATED COMPOUND, CATALYST, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - The method for manufacturing an unsaturated hydrocarbon and an oxygen-containing compound according to the present invention comprises: a first step of dispersing a catalyst in poly-α-olefin and reducing the catalyst with carbon monoxide or synthesis gas, wherein the catalyst is prepared by supporting iron on a support containing manganese and having an average pore size of 2 to 100 nm; and a second step of bringing the catalyst after reduction in the first step into contact with synthesis gas under the conditions of a reaction temperature of 100 to 600° C. and a reaction pressure of 0.1 to 10 MPa to obtain a reaction product containing an unsaturated hydrocarbon and an oxygen-containing compound. | 09-01-2011 |
20110269853 | HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS PROCESS - This invention relates to a hydrocarbon synthesis process. More particularly, but not exclusively, this invention relates to a Fischer Tropsch Process employing an activated catalyst and to the use of such an activated catalyst, wherein the Fischer Tropsch Process conditions favour the attainment of a low acid selectivity. More particularly the invention relates to a three-phase low temperature Fischer Tropsch (LTFT) process wherein a feed of H | 11-03-2011 |
20110294908 | FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS FE-BASED CATALYST, PROCESS OF PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF - This invention relates to a Fe-based catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, preparation method and application thereof. The catalyst contains Fe, oxide(s) of IB group metal Cu and/or Ag as a reducing promoter, IA group metal Li, Na, K or Rb as an electron promoter, VIII group noble metal Ru, Rh, Pd or Pt as a hydrogenation promoter and SiO | 12-01-2011 |
20110306685 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING THE OLEFIN CONTENT OF A FISCHER-TROPSCH PRODUCT STREAM - A method is provided for converting synthesis gas to liquid hydrocarbon mixtures useful as distillate fuel and/or lube base oil containing no greater than about 25 wt % olefins and containing no greater than about 5 wt % C | 12-15-2011 |
20120016041 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A REACTION VESSEL - A method of adapting an axial flow reaction vessel having opposed ports to an opposed axial flow reaction vessel includes installing a process fluid collection system within the body of the vessel in fluid communication with one or more of the ports; providing the vessel with a bed of particulate catalyst or sorbent containing a layer of inert particulate material around the process fluid collection system; and adapting the feed to the vessel through one or more of the ports such that a process fluid fed to the vessel is passed axially and in the opposite direction through the fixed bed of catalyst or sorbent and is collected by the process fluid collection system disposed centrally within the bed and in fluid communication with one or more of the ports. | 01-19-2012 |
20120083539 | Process for Preparing Methanol, Dimethyl Ether, and Low Carbon Olefins from Syngas - The present invention provides a process for preparing methanol, dimethyl ether, and low carbon olefins from syngas, wherein the process comprises the step of contacting syngas with a catalyst under the conditions for converting the syngas into methanol, dimethyl ether, and low carbon olefins, characterized in that, the catalyst contains an amorphous alloy consisting of components M and X wherein the component X represents an element B and/or P, the component M represents two or more elements selected from Group IIIA, IVA, VA, IB, IIB, IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, VIII and Lanthanide series of the Periodic Table of Elements. According to the present process, the syngas can be converted into methanol, dimethyl ether, and low carbon olefins in a high CO conversion, a high selectivity of the target product, and high carbon availability. | 04-05-2012 |
20120083540 | METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS CATALYST MATERIAL AND THE USE THEREOF IN A HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS PROCESS - This invention relates to a method for the preparation of a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst material, in the form of a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst precursor and/or catalyst, preferably, a Fischer Tropsch synthesis catalyst precursor and/or catalyst. The invention also extends to the use of a catalyst precursor and/or catalyst prepared by the method according to the invention in a hydrocarbon synthesis process, preferably, a Fischer Tropsch synthesis process. According to this invention, a method for the preparation of a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst material includes the steps of treating Fe(II) carboxylate in solution with an oxidising agent to convert it to Fe(III) carboxylate in solution under conditions which ensure that such oxidation does not take place simultaneously with any dissolution of Fe(0); and hydrolysing the Fe(III) carboxylate solution resulting from step (iii) and precipitating one or more Fe(III) hydrolysis products. | 04-05-2012 |
20120115966 | Process for Preparing Methanol, Dimethyl Ether, and Low Carbon Olefins from Syngas - The present invention provides a process for preparing methanol, dimethyl ether, and low carbon olefins from syngas, wherein the process comprises the step of contacting syngas with a catalyst under the conditions for converting the syngas into methanol, dimethyl ether, and low carbon olefins, characterized in that, the catalyst contains an amorphous alloy consisting of a first component Al and a second component, said second component being one or more elements or oxides thereof selected from Group IA, IIIA, IVA, VA, IB, IIB, IVB, VB, VIIB, VIIB, VIII, and Lanthanide series of the Periodic Table of Elements, and said second component being different from the first component Al. According to the present process, the syngas can be converted into methanol, dimethyl ether, and low carbon olefins in a high CO conversion, a high selectivity of the target product, and high carbon availability. | 05-10-2012 |
20120165418 | METHANOL SYNTHESIS PROCESS - A methanol synthesis process includes reacting a process gas containing hydrogen, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide over a catalyst including shaped units formed from a reduced and passivated catalyst powder the powder including copper in the range 10-80% by weight, zinc oxide in the range 20-90% by weight, alumina in the range 5-60% by weight and optionally one or more oxidic promoter compounds selected from compounds of Mg, Cr, Mn, V, Ti, Zr, Ta, Mo, W, Si and rare earths in the range 0.01-10% by weight, to form a product gas, and condensing methanol, water and oxygenate by-products therefrom, wherein the total oxygenate by-product level in the condensate is below 500 ppm. | 06-28-2012 |
20120190758 | SUPPORTED COBALT CATALYSTS FOR THE FISCHER TROPSCH SYNTHESIS - A process for the synthesis of hydrocarbons by the Fisher Tropsch process includes reacting a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen at elevated temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst including 15-50% wt cobalt at least partially in elemental form, supported on an oxidic support of aluminium, oxygen and 0.5-10% wt lithium, where the oxidic support includes lithium oxides and >75% wt of the lithium oxides are lithium aluminate spinel, LiAl | 07-26-2012 |
20130085189 | Fischer-Tropsch Process Using Fibrous Composite Catalytic Structures Having at Least Three Solid Phases - A Fischer-Tropsch process for converting a syngas to hydrocarbon products in the presence of a permeable composite fibrous catalytic sheet comprised of at least three distinct solid phases. A first solid phase is a 3-dimensional porous network of a non-conductive porous ceramic material. A second solid phase is an electrically conductive phase comprised of randomly oriented electrically conductive fibers. A third phase is comprised of catalytic particles dispersed on said 3-dimensional porous network, said conductive fibers, or both. A fourth phase can be present, which fourth phase is comprised one or more conductive species or one or more non-conductive species embedded in said first solid phase. | 04-04-2013 |
20130116350 | PROMOTED IRON CATALYSTS SUPPORTED ON CARBON NANOTUBES FOR FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS - The present application includes iron catalysts promoted with Mo, K and optionally Cu on a multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) support for high molecular weight hydrocarbon synthesis from synthesis gas. | 05-09-2013 |
20130210940 | CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE BODY FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF DIMETHYL ETHER FROM SYNTHESIS GAS - The invention relates to a catalytically active body for the synthesis of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas. In particular, the invention relates to an improved catalytically active body for the synthesis of dimethyl ether, whereby the components of the active body comprise a defined particle size distribution. Furthermore, the present invention concerns a method for the preparation of a catalytically active body, the use of the catalytically active body and a method for preparation of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas. | 08-15-2013 |
20130210941 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING OLEFINS FROM SYNTHESIS GAS USING A COBALT AND MANGANESE CONTAINING CATALYST - The invention relates to a process for preparing olefins from synthesis gas, wherein the synthesis gas is contacted with a catalyst which contains cobalt, manganese and a third element selected from the group consisting of aluminium, gallium, indium, thallium, tin, lead and bismuth. Further, the invention relates to a process for preparing such catalyst, and to the catalyst so obtained. | 08-15-2013 |
20130217792 | Catalytic process for the direct production of hydrocarbon fuels from syngas - A unique process and catalyst is described that operates efficiently at low pressures for the direct production of a high cetane diesel type fuel or diesel type blending stock from stoichiometric mixtures of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This invention allows for, but is not limited to, the economical and efficient production high quality diesel type fuels from small or distributed fuel production plants that have an annual production capacity of less than 100 million gallons per year by eliminating traditional hydrocracking and other costly upgrading processes. This catalytic process is ideal for distributed diesel fuel production plants such as biomass to fuel production plants and stranded natural gas to diesel fuel production plants, and other applications that require optimized economics based on supporting distributed feedstock resources. | 08-22-2013 |
20130237618 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METHANOL - An object of the invention is to provide a methanol production process which can efficiently produce methanol from carbon dioxide and hydrogen while suppressing loads to the global environment. The process for producing methanol of the invention includes a step (a) of reacting hydrogen and carbon dioxide with each other in a reactor in the presence of a copper-containing catalyst to produce a reaction mixture containing methanol; a step (b) of circulating part or all of the reaction mixture to the step (a); a step (c1) of combusting part of the reaction mixture to produce a combustion product and energy, and a step (c2) of circulating part or all of the combustion product to the step (a), the step (c1) and the step (c2) being performed when the reaction mixture contains a compound (p) containing carbon and hydrogen except methanol at not less than 0.1 mol % (wherein all components of the reaction mixture excluding methanol and water represent 100 mol %); and a step (d) of separating a component including methanol from the reaction mixture. | 09-12-2013 |
20130310470 | KEGGIN-TYPE STRUCTURE HETEROPOLY COMPOUND-BASED CATALYST COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE IN CONVERSION OF SYNTHESIS GAS TO OXYGENATES - Use a transition metal-containing, Keggin-type heteropoly compound as a catalyst to convert synthesis gas to an alcohol, especially a C | 11-21-2013 |
20140018452 | CATALYSTS FOR THE CONVERSION OF SYNTHESIS GAS TO ALCOHOLS - A catalyst suitable for manufacturing a mixture of alcohols from synthesis gas comprises a combination of nickel, two or more metals selected from ruthenium, palladium, gold, chromium, aluminum and tin, and at least one of an alkali metal or alkaline earth series metal as a promoter. The catalyst may be used in a process for converting synthesis gas wherein the primary product is a mixture of ethanol (EtOH), propanol (PrOH), and butanol (BuOH), optionally in conjunction with higher alcohols. | 01-16-2014 |
20140018453 | CATALYSTS FOR THE CONVERSION OF SYNTHESIS GAS TO ALCOHOLS - A catalyst for manufacturing a mixture of alcohols from synthesis gas comprises a combination of nickel, molybdenum, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of palladium, ruthenium, chromium, gold, zirconium, and aluminium, and at least one of an alkali metal or alkaline earth series metal as a promoter. The catalyst may be used in a process for converting synthesis gas wherein the primary product is a mixture of ethanol (EtOH), propanol (PrOH), and butanol (BuOH), optionally in conjunction with higher alcohols. | 01-16-2014 |
20140303266 | METHODS OF PREPARATION AND FORMING SUPPORTED ACTIVE METAL CATALYSTS AND PRECURSORS - The invention relates to a method of preparing a supported catalyst, which method comprises the steps of;
| 10-09-2014 |
20140323600 | Process for the Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol - Carbon monoxide conversion processes are described for the conversion of carbon monoxide via hydrogenation to methanol. The process utilizes initial carbon monoxide priming before introduction of 3:1 hydrogen/carbon dioxide mixture to the reactor. After the optimum reaction conditions are established the feed of carbon monoxide may be withdrawn and any required carbon monoxide provided via reactor effluent recycle. The process provides for enhanced catalyst performance and life. | 10-30-2014 |
20140336286 | Modified Fischer-Tropsch Monolith Catalysts and Methods For Preparation and Use Thereof - Disclosed are hybrid synthesis gas conversion catalysts containing at least one Fischer-Tropsch component and at least one acidic component deposited on a monolith catalyst support for use in synthesis gas conversion processes and methods for preparing the catalysts. Also disclosed are synthesis gas conversion processes in which the hybrid synthesis gas conversion catalysts are contacted with synthesis gas to produce a hydrocarbon product containing at least 50 wt % C | 11-13-2014 |
20150105479 | CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE BODY FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF DIMETHYL ETHER FROM SYNTHESIS GAS - The invention relates to a catalytically active body for the synthesis of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas. In particular, the invention relates to an improved catalytically active body for the synthesis of dimethyl ether, whereby the components of the active body comprise a methanol active component and an acid component comprising a zeolitic material being crystallized by means of one or more alkenyltrialkylammonium cation R | 04-16-2015 |
20150111975 | CATALYST FOR METHANOL PRODUCTION, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND PROCESS OF METHANOL PRODUCTION - [Problem] The present invention is to provide a catalyst used for a process for preparing methanol from carbon dioxide and hydrogen and the catalyst has high activity and excellent stability with the passage of time in reactivity. | 04-23-2015 |
20150322349 | GTL PROCESS AND REACTOR EMPLOYING A MOBILE PHASE AND PLASMA - An alternative process and device for carrying out Fischer Tropsch (FT) syntheses is proposed, allowing the reactant entities that take part in the FT reaction to be activated and their contributions, whether by quantity or by proportion, to be adjusted. The process consists in making a particulate phase, optionally consisting of catalytic particles, flow through a reactor. While flowing through the reactor, the particulate phase is subjected at regular intervals to the action of a plasma obtained from a gas, such as hydrogen, thus enabling hydrogen activation for hydrogenation of carbon monoxide, or carbon monoxide activation in order to lengthen the carbon chains. | 11-12-2015 |
20160001267 | CATALYST FOR LOW TEMPERATURE SLURRY BED FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS - A method for controllably producing a hematite-containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst by combining an iron nitrate solution with a precipitating agent solution at a precipitating temperature and over a precipitation time to form a precipitate comprising iron phases; holding the precipitate from at a hold temperature for a hold time to provide a hematite containing precipitate; and washing the hematite containing precipitate via contact with a wash solution and filtering, to provide a washed hematite containing catalyst. The method may further comprise promoting the washed hematite containing catalyst with a chemical promoter; spray drying the promoted hematite containing catalyst; and calcining the spray dried hematite containing catalyst to provide a calcined hematite-containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst. | 01-07-2016 |
20160175819 | CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OLEFINS FROM SYNGAS | 06-23-2016 |