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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8030240 | Multiple molecular sieve catalyst for sour service dewaxing Catalysts for dewaxing of hydrocarbon feeds, particularly feeds with elevated sulfur and nitrogen levels, are provided. The dewaxing catalysts include at least two zeolites, including a zeolite with a low silica to alumina ratio. The catalysts may be combined with a... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7906449 | Selective catalytic reduction type catalyst The present invention is a selective catalytic reduction type catalyst for purifying nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas exhausted from lean combustion engines using ammonia or urea as a reducing agent, it is provided with a selective catalytic reduction type catalyst Th... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7902105 | Aromatization catalyst comprising prolongated silica and methods of making and using same A prolongated silica bound zeolite support comprising from about 85 wt % to about 95 wt % zeolite. A catalyst composition comprising a prolongated silica bound zeolite supporting at least one Group VIII metal and at least one halide. A process of making a prolongate... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7902104 | Divided solid composition composed of grains provided with continuous metal deposition, method for the production and use thereof in the form of a catalyst This invention relates to a solid divided composition comprising grains whose mean size is greater than 25 μm and less than 2.5 mm, wherein each grain is provided with a solid porous core and a homogeneous continuous metal layer consisting of at least one type of t... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7723252 | Catalysts and methods for synthesizing aliphatic hydrocarbons from CO and H There is disclosed in embodiments catalysts produced by a two-stage loading of a zeolite carrier with an aqueous solution of a cobalt compound, with drying in an air current after each loading. Methods using the catalysts to produce synfuel are disclosed. ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7718562 | Perovskite catalyst system for lean burn engines A catalyst system for use with an internal combustion engine to provide emissions reductions under lean and stoichiometric operating conditions. The catalyst system comprises a first catalyst comprised of a newly developed Perovskite-based formulation having an ABO | 05/18/2010 |
| 7648936 | Spray-dried transition metal zeolite and its use A catalyst comprising a spray-dried transition metal zeolite and a noble metal is disclosed. The spray-dried transition metal zeolite comprises a transition metal zeolite and a binder. At least 50 wt. % of the binder is titania. The catalyst is used in a process to ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7432384 | Direct epoxidation process A process is disclosed for the epoxidation of an olefin with hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst comprising a transition metal zeolite and a polymer-encapsulated noble metal catalyst. The noble metal catalyst comprises a noble metal and an i... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7416809 | Catalyst materials for fuel cells An improved direct liquid-feed fuel cell having a solid membrane electrolyte for electrochemical reactions of an organic fuel. Improvements in interfacing of the catalyst layer and the membrane and activating catalyst materials are disclosed. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410924 | Hydrocracking catalyst comprising a microporous crystalline solid material The invention relates to a hydrocracking catalyst containing: a hydrogenative component which is selected from at least one group VIB metal, at least one group VIII metal and combinations of same; at least one matrix comprising at least one oxide which is selected f... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407907 | Dual functional catalyst for selective opening of cyclic paraffins and process for using the catalyst A catalyst for selectively opening cyclic paraffins has been developed. The catalyst comprises a Group VIII metal, such as platinum, a modifier component, such as niobium or ytterbium, a molecular sieve, such as UZM-16 and a refractory inorganic oxide such as alumin... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405177 | Catalyst for selective opening of cyclic naphtha and process for using the catalyst A catalyst and process for opening aliphatic cyclic hydrocarbons have been developed. The catalyst comprises a catalytic metal component, a molecular sieve and refractory inorganic oxide component. The molecular sieve is selected from the group consisting of MAPSOs,... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7399726 | Process for direct oxidation of propylene to propylene oxide and large particle size titanium silicalite catalysts for use therein Large crystals of titanium silicalite or intergrowths of intergrown smaller crystals, having a mean particle size greater than 2 μm, have been found catalytically effective at commercially reasonable rates for the epoxidation of olefins in the presence of hydrogen ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393805 | Catalyst treatment useful for aromatics conversion process A process for preparing a transalkylation catalyst, the catalyst itself, and a transalkylation process for using the catalyst are herein disclosed. The catalyst comprises rhenium metal on a solid-acid support such as mordenite, which has been treated with a sulfur-b... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390769 | High surface area, small crystallite size catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis The Fischer-Tropsch catalyst of the present invention is a transition metal-based catalyst having a high surface area, a smooth, homogeneous surface morphology, an essentially uniform distribution of cobalt throughout the support, and a small metal crystallite size.... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390763 | Preparing small crystal SSZ-32 and its use in a hydrocarbon conversion process The invention is directed to a method of making a small crystal SSZ-32 zeolite, known as SSZ-32X. The catalyst is suitable for use in a process whereby a feed including straight chain and slightly branched paraffins having 10 or more carbon atoms is dewaxed to produ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390347 | Zeolite membranes for selective oxidation of carbon monoxide in mixed hydrogen gas source Methods and apparatus are taught for selectively oxidizing carbon monoxide in a source of gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. A gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen is fed into a membrane reactor (10, 50, 60) capable of selectively absorbing t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381677 | Ethylbenzene conversion and xylene isomerization processes and catalysts therefor Catalysts comprise a combination of molecular sieve having a pore diameter of from about 4 to 8 angstroms and a catalytically-effective amount of molybdenum hydrogenation component and a sufficient amount of at least one platinum group metal hydrogenation component ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378364 | Palladium and germanium-containing catalysts and alkylaromatic transalkylation processes using such catalysts Transalkylation catalysts comprising acidic molecular sieve, palladium and germanium have good activities and attenuate aromatic ring saturation and lights co-production provided that sufficient palladium is contained in the catalyst. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371913 | Selective aromatics isomerization process A process for isomerizing xylenes while retaining ethylbenzene in a C8-aromatics stream in liquid phase uses a gallium-substituted pentasil zeolite in the absence of hydrogen. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371914 | Xylene isomerization with an added benzene Xylene isomerization processes, especially those processes in which ethylbenzene is also converted, are beneficially affected by adding benzene to the feed. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368620 | Two-stage aromatics isomerization process This invention is drawn to a process for isomerizing a non-equilibrium mixture of alkylaromatics in two sequential zones, the first zone operating in the absence of hydrogen using a platinum-free catalyst and the second zone using a catalyst comprising a molecular s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357904 | Reduction of oxides of nitrogen in a gas stream using molecular sieve SSZ-74 The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-74 prepared using a hexamethylene-1,6-bis-(N-methyl-N-pyrrolidinium)dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in the reduction of oxides of nitrogen in a gas stream such as the exhaust f... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7344696 | Porous crystalline material (zeolite ITQ-24), preparation method thereof and use of same in the catalytic conversion of organic compounds The invention relates to a porous crystalline material (ITQ-24), the preparation method thereof and the use of same in the catalytic conversion of organic compounds. More specifically, the invention relates to a synthetic porous crystalline material which is charact... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341977 | Method of sorbing sulfur compounds using nanocrystalline mesoporous metal oxides Compounds and methods for sorbing organosulfur compounds from fluids are provided. Generally, compounds according to the present invention comprise mesoporous, nanocrystalline metal oxides. Preferred metal oxide compounds either exhibit soft Lewis acid properties or... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338917 | Purification catalyst for exhaust gas A purification catalyst for exhaust gas enhances the activity for each precious metal by effectively utilizing the precious metal without incurring a high production cost, thereby improving endurance. The purification catalyst for exhaust gas comprises a composite o... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339142 | Heating device coated with a self-cleaning coating The invention relates to a heating device (1) comprising a metallic substrate (2) whose at least one part is coated with a self-cleaning coating. The inventive coating consists of an external layer (4) contacting ambient air and comprising at le... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332148 | Hydrothermally stable metal promoted zeolite beta for NOreduction A stabilized metal promoted aluminosilicate zeolite, useful in the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides with ammonia, having a silica to alumina mole ratio of at least 8 and less than 30 and an FT-IR absorption peak at 3781 plus or minus 2 cm−1 | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332454 | Oxidation catalyst on a substrate utilized for the purification of exhaust gases An oxidation catalyst deposited on a filter substrate for the removal of CO, hydrocarbons, and particulate matter, such as soot, from an exhaust stream wherein the oxidation catalyst is formed from a platinum group metal supported on a refractory oxide, tin oxide, a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329624 | Regenerable adsorbents for the purification of silicone based solvents An adsorbent for removal of impurities from silicone based solvents is presented. The adsorbent is regenerable for repeated use in cleaning silicone based solvents. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323100 | Combination of amorphous materials for hydrocracking catalysts An amorphous support, methods for making the same and methods of using, particularly in hydrocracking. A method of making may comprise mixing a first amorphous material and a second amorphous material of different acidities to form a mixture, and treating by either ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322863 | Robust modular electronic device without direct electrical connections for inter-module communication or control A modular electronic device where (predominantly) sealed modules are aligned and attached/connected in pre-determined sequences, forming a robust block-like structure with extendable function: Control and/or inter-module communication are implemented without direct ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314846 | Method for preparing metal oxide particles and an exhaust gas purifying catalyst The present invention relates to metal oxide particles having cores comprising larger molar amounts of zirconia than of ceria, and surface layers comprising larger molar amounts of ceria than of zirconia. Further, the present invention relates to a method for prepar... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309679 | Attrition resistant MTO catalyst A process is presented for the formation of a SAPO-34 catalyst product. The process creates a harder, more attrition resistant catalyst for use in the MTO process. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307034 | Alumina guard bed for aromatics transalkylation process A transalkylation process for reacting carbon number nine aromatics with toluene to form carbon number eight aromatics such as para-xylene is herein disclosed. The process is based on the discovery that deactivating contaminants present in typical hydrocarbon feeds,... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304011 | Compositions and processes for reducing NOemissions during fluid catalytic cracking Compositions for reduction of NOx generated during a catalytic cracking process, preferably, a fluid catalytic cracking process, are disclosed. The compositions comprise a fluid catalytic cracking catalyst composition, preferably containing a Y-type zeoli... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304013 | Metal oxide catalysts Bulk and supported catalysts are prepared from an aqueous slurry containing a catalytically active material and a binder. The slurry is either coated onto a support and dried to form a porous, high surface area phase containing the catalytically active material, or ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300900 | Catalyst comprising at least one zeolite chosen from ZBM-30, SM-48 EU-2 and EU-11 and at least one Y zeolite and process of hydroconversion of hydrocarbon charges using such a catalyst A hydrocracking catalyst containing at least one matrix, at least one zeolite chosen from the group formed by the zeolites ZBM-30, ZSM-48, EU-2, and EU-11, at least one Y zeolite, at least one hydro-dehydrogenating metal chosen from the group formed by the metals fr... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291577 | Hydrometallurgical process for production of supported catalysts A process for the production of a supported catalyst. The process comprises heating a slurry that comprises a catalyst support and at least one active catalytic ingredient precursor. Gas is introduced to the slurry at a sufficient pressure to reduce the at least one... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285247 | Apparatus and method for operating a fuel reformer so as to purge soot therefrom A method of operating a fuel reformer includes advancing a first air/fuel mixture having a first air-to-fuel ratio into the fuel reformer. The method further includes determining if a soot purge is to be performed and generating a purge-soot signal in response there... | 10/23/2007 |
