| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 585733000 | From nonhydrocarbon feed | 43 |
| 20080293992 | Process for the Preparation of N-Heneicosane - A process for the preparation of n-heneicosane is disclosed. The process comprises (a) reacting 2,4-alkaneanedione with 1-bromooctadecane in absolute ethanol in the presence of 18-crown-6 as catalyst to produce 2-heneicosanone; and (b) reducing said 2-heneicosanone using hydrazine hydrate and potassium hydroxide in ethylene glycol to obtain n-heneicosane. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080319245 | Catalyst and Process for Producing Liquefied Petroleum Gas - A catalyst for producing a liquefied petroleum gas according to the present invention comprises a methanol synthesis catalyst component in which an olefin-hydrogenation catalyst component is supported on a Zn—Cr-based methanol synthesis catalyst, and a zeolite catalyst component. It can be used in a reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to give a hydrocarbon containing propane or butane as a main component, i.e., a liquefied petroleum gas, with high activity, high selectivity and high yield. Furthermore, the catalyst has a longer catalyst life with less deterioration. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090082606 | Production of Diesel Fuel from Biorenewable Feedstocks - A process has been developed for producing diesel boiling range fuel from renewable feedstocks such as plant oils, animal fats and oils, and greases. The process involves treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide a diesel boiling range fuel hydrocarbon product. If desired, the hydrocarbon product can be isomerized to improve cold flow properties. A portion of the hydrocarbon product is recycled to the treatment zone to increase the hydrogen solubility of the reaction mixture. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090247804 | METHODS FOR CONVERSION OF METHANE TO USEFUL HYDROCARBONS AND CATALYSTS FOR USE THEREIN - Methods are provided for converting methane to useful hydrocarbons. In the methods provided, a fluid comprising methane and hydrogen is combined with a catalyst composition derived from at least an aluminum compound, such as an aluminum halide, an aluminum alkyl, or a aluminum hydrate, and a second component such as a transition metal halide, a transition metal hydride, or a zero-valent metal, to produce heavier hydrocarbons. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090312592 | Swing Reactor and Process for Oxychlorination - A reactor with swing feeds is provided for oxychlorination. This reactor comprises multiple inlets with controls capable of introducing feed streams sequentially to the reactor. In one configuration, a feed stream comprises a paraffin hydrocarbon, and a second feed stream comprises oxygen and hydrogen chloride. By segregating these feeds, combustion reactions can be minimized and yields of chlorinated paraffins increased. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100036186 | PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF HYDROCARBON CONSTITUENTS OF GASOLINE - Process for the synthesis of hydrocarbon constituents of gasoline comprising catalytic conversion in a gasoline synthesis step of an oxygenate-containing feed comprising methanol and/or dimethyl ether and a mixture of at least on a total oxygenate basis 0.05 wt % C | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100076242 | METHOD OF PREPARING 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE AND APPLYING THE SAME TO PLANTS - Disclosed is a method for directly preparing in situ 1-methylcyclopropene which inhibits the action of ethylene of accelerating the ripening process of plants, which comprises reacting a predetermined 1-methylcyclopropene precursor represented by the following Formula 2 or 3 with a base or fluoride anion material, and applying the 1-methylcyclopropene to plants: | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100121125 | Char Methanation Catalyst and its Use in Gasification Processes - The invention provides processes for generating a methane-enriched gas from a gas mixture comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen such as gas streams generated by gasification of an alkali metal catalyst-loaded carbonaceous feedstock, and a char methanation catalyst useful in such processes. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100168495 | Processes for Preparing a Catalyzed Carbonaceous Particulate - Processes are provided for preparing a substantially free-flowing alkali metal gasification catalyst-loaded carbonaceous particulate suitable for use as a feedstock for the production of gaseous products, and in particular methane, via the catalytic gasification of the catalyst-loaded carbonaceous particulate in the presence of steam. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100204533 | PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE AND AMMONIA FROM SYNTHESIS GAS - The invention provides a process for removal of HCN and NH | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100222624 | CATALYST FOR LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS PRODUCTION - It is an objective of the present invention to provide a catalyst for liquefied petroleum gas production that is less likely to deteriorate over time and is capable of serving as a catalyst in a reaction for producing a liquefied petroleum gas from carbon monoxide and hydrogen under relatively low temperature and pressure conditions. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100228068 | PRODUCTION OF LINEAR ALKANES BY HYDROTREATING MIXTURES OF TRIGLYCERIDES WITH VACUUM GASOIL - A process is disclosed for mild hydro-conversion of oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds. The oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds are contacted with a hydro-conversion catalyst material at a reaction pressure below 100 bar. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228069 | Removal of carbon dioxide from paraffins - ETS-10 titanosilicate materials selectively adsorb carbon dioxide from gaseous mixtures containing carbon dioxide and light paraffins such as methane and ethane. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100240942 | PROCESS FOR HYDRODEOXYGENATION OF FEEDS DERIVED FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES WITH LIMITED DECARBOXYLATION CONVERSION USING A CATALYST BASED ON NICKEL AND MOLYBDENUM - The invention concerns a process for hydrodeoxygenation of feeds derived from renewable sources with conversion by decarboxylation/decarbonylation limited to at most 10%, using a bulk or supported catalyst comprising an active phase constituted by at least one element from group VIB and at least one element from group VIII, said elements being in the sulphide form, and the atomic ratio of the metal (or metals) from group VIII to the metal (or metals) from group VIB being strictly more than 0 and less than 0.095, said process being carried out at a temperature in the range 120° C. to 450° C., at a pressure in the range 1 MPa to 10 MPa, at an hourly space velocity in the range 0.1 h | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110028773 | Deoxygenation of Bio-Oils and Other Compounds to Hydrocarbons in Supercritical Media - A process for the complete deoxygenation of an oxygenate, especially those from bio-oils comprises forming a reaction mixture comprising the oxygenate, molecular hydrogen, and a hydrodeoxygenation catalyst in a solvent. The reaction mixture is maintained at a temperature that is 0.7 to 1.3 times the solvent critical temperature in absolute temperature units (K). Complete deoxygenation occurs via a hydrodeoxygenation pathway and a decarbonylation pathway. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110098520 | ALKANE ENHANCEMENT OF WASTE USING MICROBIAL PRE-TREATEMENT - A method of: providing a mixture of fecal waste and a bacterium; incubating the mixture to produce a fatty acid enriched mixture; removing water from the fatty acid enriched mixture to produce a dried mixture; and pyrolyzing the dried mixture in an inert atmosphere to produce an alkane from the C | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110118523 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING ISOBUTENE BY CLEAVING MTBE-CONTAINING MIXTURES - A process for preparing isobutene from MTBE-containing mixtures, including: a) in a reactor, cleaving a mixture obtained from an MTBE-containing feedstock and/or an MTBE-containing stream, affording a stream of reaction products including isobutene, methanol, MTBE, and by-products, which are a1) high boilers having a boiling range above 55° C. at a pressure of 0.1 MPa, a2) medium boilers having a boiling range of 12 to 55° C. at a pressure of 0.1 MPa, and a3) low boilers having a boiling range below 12° C. at a pressure of 0.1 MPa; b) distillatively separating stream into a stream which contains the isobutene product and low boilers, and a stream which contains MTBE, methanol, medium boilers and high boilers; c) distillatively separating stream to obtain an MTBE-containing stream and a methanol-containing high boiler stream; and d) recycling an MTBE-containing stream into a) of the process, the medium boilers being removed completely or partially before d) from the streams rich in medium boilers. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110166405 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PARAFFINIC HYDROCARBONS - A process for producing paraffinic hydrocarbons from a feedstock comprising triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides and/or fatty acids, the process comprising the following steps: (a) hydrode oxygenating the triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides and/or fatty acids in the feedstock by contacting hydrogen and the feedstock with a hydrogenation catalyst at a temperature in the range of from 250 to 380° C. and a total pressure in the range of from 20 to 160 bar (absolute), to obtain an effluent comprising paraffinic hydrocarbons and water; (b) separating a liquid stream rich in paraffinic hydrocarbons from the effluent obtained in step (a); and (c) hydroisomerising the paraffinic hydrocarbons in the liquid stream rich in paraffinic hydrocarbons by contacting hydrogen and the liquid stream with a hydroprocessing catalyst comprising sulphided Ni and sulphided W or Mo as hydrogenation components on a carrier comprising amorphous silica-alumina and/or a zeolitic compound at a temperature in the range of from 280 to 450° C. and a total pressure in the range of from 20 to 160 bar (absolute). | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120046510 | HYDROMETHANATION OF A CARBONACEOUS FEEDSTOCK - The present invention relates to a steam-integrated and heat-integrated process for preparing gaseous products, and in particular methane and/or other value added gaseous products such as hydrogen, via the hydromethanation of non-gaseous carbonaceous feedstocks in the presence of steam, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, oxygen and a hydromethanation catalyst. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120059209 | PROCESS FOR THE CONTINUOUS HYDROGENATION OF TRIGLYCERIDE CONTAINING RAW MATERIALS USING A NICKEL AND MOLYBDENUM-BASED CATALYST - Process for the continuous hydrogenation of triglyceride containing raw materials in a fixed bed reactor system having several catalyst beds arranged in series and comprising at least e hydrogenation catalyst comprising an active phase constituted by a nickel and molybdenum element. The raw material feed, hydrogen containing gas and diluting agent are passed together through the catalyst beds at hydrogenation conditions. The raw material feed stream as well as the stream of hydrogen containing gas are divided into an equal number of different partial streams. These are each passed to one catalyst bed in such a manner that the weight ratio of diluting agent to raw material feed is essentially the same at the entrance of all catalyst beds and does not exceed 4:1. The claimed process is preferably conducted at low temperatures and allows the utilization of existing units due to the low recycle ratio. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120071702 | Chemical Reactor System and Method Using Regenerative Turbine Pump to Produce Fuel Gas - A pump system and controller for a chemical reactor for converting water and carbon dioxide into a fuel gas is provided. Carbon dioxide gas bubbles are created and introduced into pumped water and delivered to a regenerative turbine pump where bubbles are collapsed to produce an ionized gas and ionized liquid mixture containing hydrogen, hydroxyl radicals and hydroxide, which subsequently react with the carbon dioxide gas present in the bubble, reducing it to carbon monoxide, with further reactions yielding methane. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120130141 | CATALYST RECOVERY IN HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENT OF BIOMASS - Biomass based feeds are processed under hydrothermal treatment conditions to produce a hydrocarbon liquid product and a solids portion. The hydrothermal treatment is performed in the presence of catalyst particles. The presence of the heterogeneous catalyst can modify the nature of the hydrocarbon products produced from the hydrothermal treatment. After the hydrothermal treatment, the catalyst particles can be separated from the algae-based solids, to allow for recycle of the catalyst particles. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120172648 | DEFECT ENGINEERING IN METAL OXIDES VIA SURFACES - The present invention provides methods for controlling defects in materials, including point defects, such as interstitials and vacancies, and extended defects, including dislocations and clusters. Defect control provided by the present invention allows for fabrication and processing of materials and/or structures having a selected abundance, spatial distribution and/or concentration depth profile of one or more types of defects in a material, such as vacancies and/or interstitials in a crystalline material. Methods of the invention are useful for processing materials by controlling defects to access beneficial physical, optical, chemical and/or electronic properties. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120184792 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR FEEDING HEAT-SENSITIVE MATERIALS TO FIXED-BED REACTORS - The invention relates to an arrangement for feeding heat-sensitive feedstock to a fixed-bed reactor system comprising means for product recycle and a fixed-bed reactor system comprising a fixed-bed reactor comprising at least one reaction zone having at least one catalyst bed and said reaction zone comprising a cold feed distributor arranged on top of each catalyst bed and a conventional distributor arranged above each cold feed distributor. Also a method is provided for feeding heat-sensitive feedstock to a fixed-bed reactor system wherein said fixed-bed reactor system comprises means for product recycle and a fixed-bed reactor comprising at least one reaction zone having at least one catalyst bed and said reaction zone comprising a cold feed distributor arranged on top of each catalyst bed and a conventional distributor arranged above each cold feed distributor. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120215047 | MOS2 CATALYST FOR THE CONVERSION OF SUGAR ALCOHOL TO HYDROCARBONS - Cellulose and hemicellulose from biomass can be broken down to C6 and C5 sugars and further converted to corresponding sugar alcohols. It is now found that a new catalyst, MoS2, is active for the hydrogenation of sugar alcohols to hydrocarbons. Combining the technologies listed above allows us to convert the cellulose/hemicellulose to liquid hydrocarbons. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20130046124 | HYDROMETHANATION OF A CARBONACEOUS FEEDSTOCK - The present invention relates to processes for hydromethanating a carbonaceous feedstock to a hot methane-enriched synthesis gas, in which heat energy from the hot methane-enriched synthesis gas is used to generate a dry saturated steam stream, and the dry saturated steam stream is converted into a superheated steam stream via pressure drop for feeding into the hydromethanation reactor to satisfy the steam demand of the hydromethanation reaction. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130079577 | AUTOGENIC REACTION SYNTHESIS OF PHOTOCATALYSTS FOR SOLAR FUEL GENERATION - In one preferred embodiment, a photocatalyst for conversion of carbon dioxide and water to a hydrocarbon and oxygen comprises at least one nanoparticulate metal or metal oxide material that is substantially free of a carbon coating, prepared by heating a metal-containing precursor compound in a sealed reactor under a pressure autogenically generated by dissociation of the precursor material in the sealed reactor at a temperature of at least about 600° C. to form a nanoparticulate carbon-coated metal or metal oxide material, and subsequently substantially removing the carbon coating. The precursor material comprises a solid, solvent-free salt comprising a metal ion and at least one thermally decomposable carbon- and oxygen-containing counter-ion, and the metal of the salt is selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ti, Sn, V, Fe, Zn, Zr, Mo, Nb, W, Eu, La, Ce, In, and Si. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130310620 | INTEGRATED HYDROLYSIS/HYDROPROCESSING PROCESS FOR CONVERTING FEEDSTOCKS CONTAINING RENEWABLE GLYCERIDES TO PARAFFINS - A process for producing paraffins from renewable feedstocks has been developed in which a hydrolysis process is integrated with the hydroprocessing step, producing products suitable for use as transportation fuels. Integration allows the use of common equipment which minimizes cost, raw material consumption, and energy requirements. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140058182 | Catalyst with Supplement Component for Hydroprocessing of Bio-feedstock - A process for hydrogenation of oxygen-containing organic products, oil refinery products or mixtures thereof, wherein the process comprises bringing the organic products, oil refinery products, or mixtures thereof into contact with a catalyst according to claim | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140081065 | PROCESS FOR MAKING LINEAR LONG CHAIN ALKANES USING RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS - A hydrodeoxygenation process for producing a linear alkane from a feedstock comprising a saturated or unsaturated C | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140094636 | AGGLOMERATED PARTICULATE LOW-RANK COAL FEEDSTOCK AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates generally to processes for preparing agglomerated particulate low-rank coal feedstocks of a particle size suitable for reaction in a fluidized-bed reactor and certain other gasification reactors and, in particular, for coal gasification and combustion applications. The present invention also relates to an integrated coal hydromethanation process including preparing and utilizing such agglomerated particulate low-rank coal feedstocks. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140100404 | ZEOLITIC CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF ALCOHOLS TO HYDROCARBONS - A method for converting an alcohol to a hydrocarbon, the method comprising contacting said alcohol with a metal-loaded zeolite catalyst at a temperature of at least 100° C. and up to 550° C., wherein said alcohol can be produced by a fermentation process, said metal is a positively-charged metal ion, and said metal-loaded zeolite catalyst is catalytically active for converting said alcohol to said hydrocarbon. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140155670 | CATALYSTS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a catalyst including a mesoporous silica nanoparticle and a catalytic material comprising iron. In various embodiments, the present invention provides methods of using and making the catalyst. In some examples, the catalyst can be used to hydrotreat fatty acids or to selectively remove fatty acids from feedstocks. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140275688 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING BASESTOCKS FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES USING DEWAXING CATALYST - Provided are methods for producing a lube base stock and/or a fuel from a feedstock of biological origin, the method including: contacting the feedstock in the presence of a catalyst to produce a lube base stock and/or a fuel, wherein the catalyst comprises: a zeolite component selected from a zeolite having 10-member ring pores, a zeolite having 12-member ring pores and a combination thereof, 0.1 to 5 weight % of a hydrogenation component selected from Pt, Pd, Ag, Ni, Co, Mo, W, Rh, Re, Ru, Ir and a mixture thereof, and a hydrothermally stable binder component. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140303420 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS - The invention relates to a process for the production of gamma-valerolactone (GVL) by gas phase hydrogenation of furfural or furfuryl alcohol in the presence of a solid catalyst. The conversion of furfural or furfuryl alcohol to GVL is conducted in one single step. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140323787 | CONCENTRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A concentration system and method is disclosed. An example concentration system includes at least two material tubes configured to receive organic material. The example concentration system also includes a collection tank connected to at least one material tube at a time. The example concentration system also includes a recovery unit connected to the collection tank. The example concentration system also includes a solvent charging tank connected to the recovery unit. Under heat and pressure, an extraction from the organic material in the at least one material tube is removed and the solvent is converted into a gaseous state for collection as a liquid solvent in the solvent charging tank. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140357924 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUEL OIL - Provided is a method that is for producing fuel oil and that is able to cheaply and highly efficiently produce a fuel oil—or starting material thereof—having as the primary component n-paraffin or isoparaffin from a starting material oil containing triglyceride fatty acids, even while reducing hydrogen pressure. The method for producing fuel oil has a step for producing fuel oil having one or both of n-paraffin and isoparaffin as the primary component by contacting hydrogen gas and a starting material oil containing triglyceride fatty acids under the condition of a hydrogen pressure of no greater than 2 MPa to a catalyst resulting from supporting on a porous metal oxide support one or more metal elements belonging to group nine or group ten of the periodic table, and one or more group six element oxides belonging to group six of the periodic table. The weight ratio of the group six elements to the metal elements contained in the catalyst is no greater than 1.0 in terms of the metal. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150031929 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUEL OIL - Provided is a method that is for producing fuel oil and that can cheaply and highly efficiently produce a fuel oil—or starting material thereof—having as the primary component n-paraffin or isoparaffin from a starting material oil containing a fatty acid alkyl ester, even while reducing hydrogen pressure. The method for producing fuel oil has a step for producing fuel oil having one or both of n-paraffin and isoparaffin as the primary component by contacting hydrogen gas and a starting material oil containing a fatty acid alkyl ester under the condition of a hydrogen pressure of no greater than 1 MPa to a catalyst resulting from supporting on a porous metal oxide support one or more metal elements belonging to group nine or group ten of the periodic table, and one or more group six element oxides belonging to group six of the periodic table. The weight ratio of the group six elements to the metal elements contained in the catalyst is no greater than 1.0 in terms of the metal. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150299588 | Petroleum Coke Compositions for Catalytic Gasification - Particulate compositions are described comprising an intimate mixture of a petroleum coke, coal and a gasification catalyst, where the gasification catalyst is loaded onto at least the coal for gasification in the presence of steam to yield a plurality of gases including methane and at least one or more of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and other higher hydrocarbons are formed. Processes are also provided for the preparation of the particulate compositions and converting the particulate composition into a plurality of gaseous products. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160009610 | PROCESS FOR MAKING LINEAR LONG-CHAIN ALKANES FROM RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS USING CATALYSTS COMPRISING HETEROPOLYACIDS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160040077 | Rejuvenation of Biopyrolysis Oil Hydroprocessing Reactors - A process and system for hydroprocessing biopyrolysis oils is provided and includes the rejuvenation of an at least partially flow constricted biopyrolysis oil hydroprocessing reactor(s) by flushing with a flushing agent at reduced temperatures. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160046541 | PROCESS FOR MAKING LINEAR LONG-CHAIN ALKANES FROM RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS USING CATALYSTS COMPRISING HETEROPOLYACIDS - A hydrodeoxygenation process for producing a linear alkane from a feedstock comprising a saturated or unsaturated C | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160108323 | UPGRADING ALCOHOLS, DIOLS AND GLYCOLS TO LARGER PRODUCTS - In brief, the invention is a process for the conversion of molecules containing one or more alcohol functionalities to larger molecules. Alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, propanol and hexanol and diols/glycols, such a propylene glycol and butanediol are fed to supported metal catalyst such as a noble metal/solid acid catalyst in the presence of hydrogen at elevated temperatures and pressures create a mixture of hydrocarbon and oxygenate products. | 04-21-2016 |
