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| 20130090510 | PROCESS FOR DEHYDRATION OF DILUTE ETHANOL INTO ETHYLENE WITH LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION WITHOUT RECYCLING OF WATER A process for dehydration of an ethanol feedstock into ethylene, comprising the vaporization of said dilute hydrated ethanol feedstock in an exchanger, with heat exchange with the effluent that is obtained from a last reactor, with said mixture being introduced into sai... | 04/11/2013 |
| 20130066129 | CATALYST FOR PROPYLENE PRODUCTION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROPYLENE Disclosed is a propylene production catalyst for producing propylene from one or more selected from a group consisting of methanol, dimethyl ether and olefins having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms. The catalyst comprises a binderless crystalline aluminosilicate shaped body ha... | 03/14/2013 |
| 20130053609 | CATALYST BASED ON ZEOLITE FOR PRODUCING OLEFINS AND FOR OLIGOMERIZING OLEFINS The invention relates to a novel catalyst based on zeolite, the production of that catalyst, and the use of the catalyst in a method for producing lower olefins from oxygenates and for oligomerizing olefins. The novel catalyst has a SiO2/Al2O3... | 02/28/2013 |
| 20130012749 | CATALYTIC COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION OF OLEFINS WITH DECREASED OXYGENATE BYPRODUCTS Catalytic composition for production of olefins and methods of using same to decrease production of oxygenate byproducts. The catalytic composition includes an admixture of an alumina dehydration catalyst and at least one additional metal oxide.... | 01/10/2013 |
| 20120330080 | CATALYST COMPOSITION FOR DIRECT CONVERSION OF ETHANOL TO PROPYLENE A process to prepare propylene showing desirably increased selectivity comprises contacting, at an elevated temperature, ethanol and a rhenium oxide-modified ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst, under conditions suitable to form propylene. The rhenium oxide-modified ZSM-5 zeolite ca... | 12/27/2012 |
| 20120271089 | PROCESS FOR THE DEHYDRATION OF AQUEOUS BIO-DERIVED TERMINAL ALCOHOLS TO TERMINAL ALKENES A method and apparatus for dehydrating bio-1-alcohols to bio-l-alkenes with high selectivity. The bio-1-alkenes are useful in preparing high flashpoint diesel and jet biofuels which are useful to civilian and military applications. Furthermore, the bio-1-alkenes may be ... | 10/25/2012 |
| 20120259132 | PROCESS TO PREPARE AN ETHANOL-DERIVATE The invention is directed to a process to prepare an ethanol-derivate compound or compounds by reacting ethanol in the presence of molecular oxygen and a catalyst comprising a gamma-alumina carrier, metal nano-particles wherein the metal is selected from silver, copper ... | 10/11/2012 |
| 20120253091 | METHOD FOR MAKING HYDROCARBONS BY USING A LIPID DERIVED FROM A BIOLOGICAL ORGANISIM AND HYDROTALCITE The present invention relates to a method in which a catalytic reaction is used in order to produce hydrocarbons from renewable starting material derived from biological organisms such as vegetable lipids, animal lipids, and lipids extracted from macroalgae and microalg... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120244066 | Process For The Preparation Of Zeolites Having CHA Structure The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of zeolites having CHA framework structure and a composition comprising the molar ratio (n SiO2):X2O3, wherein X is a trivalent element, and wherein n is at least 10, the process compri... | 09/27/2012 |
| 20120165587 | Method for Producing a Compound with a Double Bond A method is provided for highly selectively producing a compound with a double bond represented by formula (III), including the following steps:
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| 20120157741 | Synthesis of Silicoaluminophosphate Having Lev Framework-Type A process for producing a silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve having the LEV framework-type employs at least one source of triethylmethylammonium, R+, ions; as a templating agent. The resultant silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve is useful as a catalyst... | 06/21/2012 |
| 20120136190 | PRODUCTION OF 3-METHYLBUT-1-EN BY MEANS OF DEHYDRATION OF 3-METHYLBUTANE-1-OL The invention relates to a process for preparing 3-methyl-1-butene by dehydration of 3-methyl-1-butanol over an aluminium-containing oxide in the temperature range from 200 to 450° C. in the gas phase or mixed liquid/gas phase, characterized in that an aluminium-contai... | 05/31/2012 |
| 20120053384 | PROCESS FOR SELECTIVELY MAKING OLEFINS FROM ENERGY DENSE ALCOHOLS A process to perform selective catalytic oxidation of four-carbon alcohols to produce four-carbon olefins with yields greater than 90%. The process includes providing a supply of oxygen gas and a butanol fuel, atomizing and evaporating the fuel to produce a vapor, mixin... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120029211 | Catalytic Wittig and Mitsunobu Reactions A catalytic Wittig method utilizing a phosphine including the steps of providing a phosphine oxide precatalyst and reducing the phosphine oxide precatalyst to produce the phosphine; forming a phosphonium ylide precursor from the phosphine and a reactant; generating a ph... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110166303 | Process to Make Olefins from Oxygenates The present invention relates to a process to make light olefins, in a combined XTO-OC process, from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock comprising: a) providing a catalyst comprising zeolitic... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110152596 | CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING ISOOLEFINS A catalyst, useful in the preparation of isoolefins and containing 0.1 to 20% by mass of an alkali metal oxide, an alkaline earth metal oxide and mixtures thereof; 0.1 to 99% by mass of aluminum oxide; and 0.1 to 99% by mass of silicon dioxide, is prepared by a) treatin... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110112350 | Intergrown Molecular Sieve, Its Synthesis and Its Use in the Conversion of Oxygenates to Olefins A molecular sieve comprises at least one intergrown phase of an AFX framework-type molecular sieve and a CHA framework-type molecular sieve and is conveniently synthesized using a combination of N,N,N′N′-tetramethylhexane-1,6-diamine and N,N-dimethylcyclohexylamine ... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110098519 | MODIFIED CATALYST COMPOSITION FOR CONVERSION OF ALCOHOL TO ALKENE A catalyst composition for dehydration of an alcohol to prepare an alkene is provided. The catalyst composition comprises a catalyst and a modifying agent which is phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid or tungsten trioxide, or a derivative thereof. A process for preparing an a... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110092757 | ZEOLITE-CONTAINING CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROPYLENE The present invention provides a zeolite-containing catalyst having excellent shape, fluidity and mechanical strength as a catalyst for a fluidized bed reaction. The present invention provides a zeolite-containing catalyst which is a particulate catalyst containing zeol... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110044891 | High Metal Content Molecular Sieves and Their Manufacture A process for manufacturing a synthetic porous crystalline molecular sieve requires an aqueous reaction mixture comprising a source of X2O3 (X is a trivalent element), a source of YO2 (Y is a tetravalent element) and a source of MOH (M i... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110034750 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LIGHT OLEFINS FROM ETHANOL IN THE PRESENCE OF A MACROPOROUS CATALYST THAT COMES IN THE FORM OF BALLS A process for the production of C3-C6 light olefins from ethanol is described, and said process comprises at least the passage of a feedstock that contains ethanol into at least one reaction unit that is provided with at least one catalyst that comes in the form of sphe... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110021857 | Method And Apparatus For Regenerating Catalyst During Oxygenates To Olefins Reaction Disclosed herein is a method of recovery of the activity of a molecular sieve catalyst following use of the catalyst in an OTO conversion process. This is achieved by a regeneration apparatus and a method of regenerating a molecular sieve catalyst, comprising two stages... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110015454 | HYDROPROCESSING OF BIOCOMPONENT FEEDSTOCKS WITH FCC OFF-GAS A biocomponent feedstock can be hydroprocessed using an FCC off-gas as a hydrogen source. A relatively low cost catalyst, such as a water gas shift catalyst and/or spent hydrotreating catalyst, can be used as a hydrogenation catalyst for the process. The hydroprocessing... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100331597 | Catalyst And Once-Through Reactor-Regenerator Process For Oxygenate To Olefins Production Disclosed herein is a method of converting oxygenates to olefins comprising contacting an oxygenate stream with an acidic high silica chabazite catalyst in one or more oxygenate-to-olefins reactors; circulating greater than from 80% of the catalyst to one or more cataly... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100305375 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN OLEFINIC PRODUCT Process for the preparation of an olefinic product, which process comprises reacting an oxygenate feedstock and an olefinic co-feed in a reactor in the presence of an oxygenate conversion catalyst comprising a molecular sieve having one-dimensional 10-membered ring chan... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100292521 | SEPARATING OLEFIN STREAMS This invention pertains to separating an olefin stream into at least two olefin streams. The olefin stream that is to be separated is low in diene composition, which allows the olefin stream to be compressed at a relatively high temperature without causing fouling probl... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100268009 | CATALYST PARTICLES, PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN OLEFINIC PRODUCT, AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN OXYGENATE CONVERSION CATALYST Catalyst particles comprising a first molecular sieve having one-dimensional 10-membered ring channels, and a second molecular sieve having more-dimensional channels; a process for the preparation of such catalyst particles; and a process for the preparation of an olefi... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100261943 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN OLEFINIC PRODUCT Process for the preparation of an olefinic product, which process comprises contacting a reaction mixture comprising an oxygenate feedstock and an olefinic component with an oxygenate conversion catalyst comprising a molecular sieve having one-dimensional 10-membered ri... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100240938 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TRIPTANE A process for producing triptane and/or triptene from methanol and/or one or more derivatives thereof, and optionally one or more further alcohols and/or derivatives thereof at a temperature in the range of from 150 to 400° C., in the presence of a zeolite catalyst hav... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100234655 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING C2 TO C4 OLEFINS FROM A FEED STREAM COMPRISING OXYGENATES AND STEAM In a process for the preparation of C2- to C4-olefins, a feed stream comprising oxygenates and steam is passed through at least one fixed-bed zone comprising zeolite catalyst, where the oxygenates are converted catalytically into olefins with high ... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100217054 | Method for Production of Lower Olefin Disclosed is a method for production of lower olefins from a raw material containing dimethyl ether (DME), which can produce lower olefins (e.g. propylene) with good yield and in an economically advantageous manner by prolonging the time until the reversible deactivatio... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100210887 | CATALYST FOR PRODUCING A LIGHT OLEFIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LIGHT OLEFIN A catalyst for producing a light olefin including a pentasil-type zeolite, alkaline earth metal atoms and aluminum atoms contained in the pentasil-type zeolite satisfying the following atomic ratio: [alkaline earth metal atom/aluminum atom]=0.2 to 15, the average value ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100197959 | PROCESSES FOR MAKING ETHYL ACETATE FROM ACETIC ACID A process for hydrogenating acetic acid to form of ethyl acetate and mixtures of ethyl acetate and ethanol. The hydrogenation is done in the presence of catalyst, preferably on a support that optionally includes a support modifier.... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100197986 | PROPYLENE PRODUCTION PROCESS The present invention provides a process for producing propylene, comprising contacting at least one of raw material selected from the group consisting of ethylene and ethanol with a catalyst containing a medium pore diameter zeolite in a fluidized bed reactor wherein t... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100152514 | Methods For Determining Efficacy Of Metal Oxide Co-Catalysts For Oxygenates-To-Olefins Reactions The invention involves a process for converting an oxygenate-containing feed into an olefin-containing product comprising: (a) providing a co-catalyst oxide of a metal from Groups 2-4 of the Periodic Table of Elements, Lanthanides, Actinides, and combinations thereof, (... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100121124 | HYDROCARBON CONVERSION USING MOLECULAR SIEVE SSZ-75 The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-75 prepared using a tetramethylene-1,4-bis-(N-methylpyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in catalysts for hydrocarbon conversion reactions.... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100022721 | Synthesis Of Chabazite-Containing Molecular Sieves And Their Use In The Conversion Of Oxygenates To Olefins In a method of synthesizing a mostly CHA-type silicoaluminophosphate sieve, a reaction mixture comprises sources of water, silicon, aluminum, phosphorus, and a template. In one aspect, the inorganic phosphorus and silicon sources are first combined to form a primary mix... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100022723 | Synthesis Of Chabazite-Containing Molecular Sieves And Their Use In The Conversion Of Oxygenates To Olefins In a method of synthesizing a mostly CHA-type silicoaluminophosphate sieve, a reaction mixture comprises sources of water, silicon, aluminum, phosphorus, and a template. In one aspect, when the reaction mixture Si/Al2 ratio is less than 0.33, crystallization ... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100022815 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF LOWER HYDROCARBONS AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION In a process for production of lower hydrocarbons from dimethyl ether and/or methanol and an apparatus for the production, the object is; to increase the selectivity of the reaction product to thereby produce a target product at a high final yield, to prolong the cataly... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100022722 | Synthesis Of Chabazite-Containing Molecular Sieves And Their Use In The Conversion Of Oxygenates To Olefins In a method of synthesizing a silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve having 90+% CHA framework-type character, a reaction mixture is prepared comprising sources of water, silicon, aluminum, and phosphorus, as well as an organic template. In one aspect, the reaction mixt... | 01/28/2010 |
