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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8034737 | Catalyst for producing acrylonitrile and process for producing acrylonitrile A catalyst for producing acrylonitrile capable of maintaining a high yield of acrylonitrile for a long time is provided. The catalyst has a composition represented by MoaBibFecWdRbeAfBgC | 10/11/2011 |
| 7485596 | Process for synthesizing a heteropoly acid catalyst for oxidation of unsaturated aldehydes to unsaturated carboxylic acid The present invention is for a process for making a heteropoly acid compound catalyst for oxidation of unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, to unsaturated carboxylic acids, such as methacrylic acid, said catalyst containing oxides of molybdenum, phosphorus, ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7419932 | Method for preserving catalyst The method for preserving a catalyst of the present invention is characterized in that, in a process for continuously producing an objective product by a vapor phase oxidation reaction using a phosphorus-molybdenum-vanadium catalyst containing phosphorus, molybdenum... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7365041 | Method for producing ammoxidation catalyst An ammoxidation catalyst comprising a molybdenum (component (1)), bismuth (component (2)), at least one element selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, zinc, magnesium, manganese and copper (component (3)) and at least one element selected from the gro... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7348291 | Catalyst for the manufacture of acrylonitrile A catalyst comprising a complex of catalytic oxides comprising potassium, cesium, cerium, chromium, cobalt, nickel, iron, bismuth, molybdenum, wherein the relative ratios of these elements is represented by the following general formula AaK... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7294734 | Process for converting a hydrocarbon to an oxygenate or a nitrile This invention relates to a process for converting a hydrocarbon reactant to a product comprising an oxygenate or a nitrile, the process comprising: (A) flowing a reactant composition comprising the hydrocarbon reactant, and oxygen or a source of oxygen, and optiona... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7271125 | Coated metal substrate A coated metal substrate useful for carrying an exhaust emission treatment catalyst such as a three-way conversion catalyst for use with small engine platforms. The coated metal substrate comprises a metal such as a stainless steel, a carbon steel, a FeCr alloy, HAS... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7235508 | Metal-incorporated nanoporous nickel phosphate molecular sieve and its preparation method The present invention relates to a composition of metal-incorporated VSB-5 molecular sieve with nanopores and its preparation method, in particular, to a composition of a metal-incorporated VSB-5 molecular sieve with a framework of VSB-5 molecular sieve comprising n... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232788 | Mixed metal oxide catalysts for the production of unsaturated aldehydes from olefins A catalyst for production of unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, by gas phase catalytic oxidation of olefins, such as isobutylene, contains oxides of molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cesium and, optionally, other metals. The catalyst has a certain relative amount... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229945 | Process of making mixed metal oxide catalysts for the production of unsaturated aldehydes from olefins The present invention is for a process for making a catalyst for production of unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, by gas phase catalytic oxidation of olefins, such as isobutylene, said catalyst containing oxides of molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cesium, tungst... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7132384 | Process for producing composite oxide catalyst A process for producing a composite oxide catalyst to be used for gas phase oxidation of an olefin or unsaturated aldehyde with molecular oxygen to produce the corresponding unsaturated aldehyde and/or unsaturated carboxylic acid, which has a uniform constant high p... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7071140 | Catalyst for the manufacture of acrylonitrile A catalyst comprising a complex of catalytic oxides comprising rubidium, cerium, chromium, iron, bismuth, molybdenum, and at least one of nickel or nickel and cobalt, optionally magnesium, and optionally one of phosphorus, antimony, tellurium, sodium, lithium, potas... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7053022 | Hydrothermally synthesized MO-V-M-NB-X oxide catalysts for the selective oxidation of hydrocarbons Hydrothermally synthesized catalysts comprising a mixed metal oxide are utilized to produce unsaturated carboxylic acids by the vapor phase oxidation of an alkane, or a mixture of an alkane and an alkene, in the presence thereof; or to produce unsaturated nitriles b... | 05/30/2006 |
| RE39074 | Process for the selective preparation of acetic acid using a molybdenum and palladium based catalytic oxide The present invention relates to a process for the selective preparation of acetic acid from a gaseous feed comprising ethane, ethylene or mixtures thereof plus oxygen at elevated temperature, which comprises bringing the gaseous feed into contact with a catalyst co... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7015173 | High temperature mixing A catalyst comprising a mixed metal oxide is useful for the vapor phase oxidation of an alkane or a mixture of an alkane and an alkene to an unsaturated carboxylic acid and for the vapor phase ammoxidation of an alkane or a mixture of an alkane and an alkene to an u... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6965046 | Catalyst for the manufacture of acrylonitrile A catalyst composition comprising a complex of catalytic oxides of iron, bismuth, molybdenum, cobalt, cerium, antimony, at least one of nickel or magnesium, and at least one of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, or thallium, and characterized by the following emp... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6946422 | Preparation of mixed metal oxide catalysts for catalytic oxidation of olefins to unsaturated aldehydes A process for making a catalyst containing oxides of molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cesium and, optionally, other metals, such as tungsten, cobalt, nickel, antimony, magnesium, zinc, phosphorus, potassium, rubidium, thallium, manganese, barium, chromium, boron, sulfur, ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6921831 | Modified BiMo catalyst and process for use thereof Modified lead/bismuth/molybdate catalysts containing vanadium, copper, or gold have been prepared, and are selective to the corresponding furan compound from the gas phase oxidation of an unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbon such as butadiene. ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6903047 | Vanadium-phosphorus oxide catalysts with promoter reagents The present invention concerns a method for enhancing the activity of vanadium phosphorus oxide (VPO) catalysts. Promoter reagents are grafted onto or reacted with the catalyst surface. An optional calcination and activation heating cycle transforms the catalyst pre... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6881702 | Method for producing a multi metal oxide catalyst, method for producing unsaturated aldehydes and/or carboxylic acids and band calcination device A catalyst suitable for the gas-phase oxidation of organic compounds to α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and/or carboxylic acids and having an active phase comprising a multimetal oxide material is prepared by a process in which a particulate catalyst precursor which con... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6878847 | Catalyst for preparation of unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid A catalyst useful for catalytic vapor-phase oxidation of isobutylene, t-butanol or propylene to produce respectively corresponding unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid is provided. The catalyst consists of ring-formed shaped bodies composed of (i) a ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6864212 | Bismuth- and phosphorus-containing reforming catalysts, method of making and naphtha reforming process Bismuth- and phosphorus-containing naphtha reforming catalysts, methods of making such catalysts, and a naphtha reforming process using such catalysts. ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6858561 | Phosphorus/vanadium catalyst preparation A process for preparing a catalyst for maleic anhydride production wherein a +5 vanadium compound such as V2O5, an anhydrous phosphoric acid, and optionally promoters are admixed in an organic alcohol solvent, the admixture is rapidly brought t... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6812188 | Catalyst for methacrylic acid production, coated catalyst, and process for producing the same The present invention relates to a catalyst for producing methacrylic acid by the vapor-phase catalytic oxidation of methacrolein, comprising Mo, V, P and Cu as the indispensable active components, wherein copper acetate is used for all or a part of the necessary am... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6784134 | Catalyst for preparation of unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid A catalyst suited for catalytic vapor-phase oxidation of isobutylene, t-butanol or propylene to produce respectively corresponding unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid is provided. Said catalyst consists of ring-formed shaped bodies composed of (i) a... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6777369 | Process for producing catalyst The present invention relates to the effective utilization of a used catalyst containing at least molybdenum, an A element (at least one element selected from the group consisting of phosphorus and arsenic) and an X element (at least one element selected from the gr... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6723869 | Method for producing acrylonitrile, catalyst for use therein and method for preparing the same For the production of acrylonitrile by ammoxidation of propylene, there is provided a catalyst capable of giving a high yield for a long period of time. In producing acrylonitrile by ammoxidation of propylene, there is used a metal oxide as a catalyst, which metal o... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6710009 | Catalysts for producing methylamines and method for manufacturing the same Catalysts useful for producing methylamines and having practical catalyst life and large selectivity for dimethylamine comprise crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieves which have a molar ratio of silicon atom to aluminum atom in the range of 0.01-0.30. | 03/23/2004 |
| 6696388 | Gel catalysts and process for preparing thereof A gel composition substantially contained within the pores of a solid material for use as a catalyst or as a catalyst support in dehydrogenation and dehydrocyclization processes.... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6667270 | Bismuth-and phosphorus-containing catalyst support, reforming catalysts made from same, method of making and naphtha reforming process Bismuth- and phosphorus-containing catalyst supports, naphtha reforming catalysts made from such supports, methods of making both support and catalyst, and a naphtha reforming process using such catalysts.... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6664206 | Method for reactivating catalyst for methacrylic acid preparation This invention provides a method of reactivating a catalyst for methacrylic acid production, which catalyst is used in production of methacrylic acid through vapor-phase oxidation of methacrolein or vapor-phase oxidative dehydrogenation of isobutyric acid... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6638890 | Modified carrier, complex oxide catalyst and process for preparation of acrylic acid A modified carrier carrying on at least a part of an inert carrier surface an oxide which is represented by the formula (1): Xa Yb Zc Od (wherein X is at least an element selected from alkaline earth metals; Y i... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6624326 | Method for preparing heteropolyacid catalyst and method for producing methacrylic acid A novel method for preparing a heteropolyacid catalyst containing a heteropolyacid composed of molybdophosphoric acid and/or molybdovanadophosphoric acid, or a salt of the heteropolyacid, is provided. The method comprises preparing an aqueous solution or ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6610629 | Process for producing an oxide catalyst for oxidation or ammoxidation Disclosed is a process for producing an oxide catalyst comprising, as component elements, molybdenum (Mo), vanadium (V), at least one element selected from the group consisting of the two elements of antimony (Sb) and tellurium (Te), and niobium (Nb), whe... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6596897 | Catalyst for producing acrylonitrile A fluidized-bed catalyst for producing acrylonitrile by the ammoxidation of propylene, which comprises a silica carrier and a composite having the following formula: Aa Cc Dd Naf Feg Bih Mi... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6521562 | Preparation of molecular sieve catalysts micro-filtration A method of making a molecular sieve catalyst by preparing a catalyst slurry containing molecular sieve, binder and a matrix material and directing the slurry to a forming unit. The catalyst slurry is prepared by using a microfiltration process whereby th... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6479691 | Catalyst for producing unsaturated nitrile A catalyst composition represented by the following empirical formula which is useful in production of unsaturated nitrites by ammoxidation: Mo10 Bia Feb Sbc Nid Cre Ff Gg ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6437193 | Vapor phase oxidation of propylene to acrolein An improved method for the selective vapor phase oxidation of propylene to acrolein in a recirculating solids reactor system using a bismuth molybdate multimetal oxide involving specific reactant concentrations (preferably 5 mol % to 30 mol % propylene, 0... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6407030 | Method for producing catalysts for synthesizing maleic anhydride by means of gas phase oxidation A method is provided for producing catalysts useful for synthesizing maleic anhydride by oxidizing saturated and/or unsaturated C4 hydrocarbons. A vanadium (V) compound is reacted with a mixture of phosphorous and phosphoric acids in a particul... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6387841 | Polyoxometallate supported catalysts Disclosed are catalysts situated on a polyoxometallate support. Also disclosed are methods of preparing these catalysts and processes for the conversion of alkanes to unsaturated organic compounds using these catalysts.... | 05/14/2002 |
