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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7816571 | Selective hydrogenation process using layered catalyst composition The use of a layered catalyst composition to selectively hydrogenate C5-C11 diolefins in a hydrocarbon mixture to one or more respective C5-C11 monoolefins is disclosed. The layered catalyst comprises an inner core having ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7408089 | Ni catalyst, process for making catalysts and selective hydrogenation process More selective and efficient Ni hydrotreating catalysts are those which contain more than about 60% of the Ni content on the peripheral surface of porous supports, such as extruded alumina, which may be obtained by spraying an atomized solution of a Ni compound onto... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7368625 | Catalysts with high cobalt surface area A catalyst or precursor thereto comprising cobalt and/or a cobalt compound on a transition alumina support having a total cobalt content of at least 41% by weight and a cobalt surface area, after reduction, greater than 25 m2 per gram of total cobalt. The... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351679 | Fischer-tropsch catalyst, preparation, and use thereof Embodiments include a catalyst for use in a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction which comprises cobalt supported on alumina. In some embodiments, the alumina support may have specific surface area of less than 50 m2/g and/or may be least 10% α-alumina. | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351327 | Process for the selective desulfurization of a mid range gasoline cut A process for concurrently fractionating and treating a full range naphtha stream. The full boiling range naphtha stream is first subjected to simultaneous thioetherification and splitting into a light boiling range naphtha, an intermediate boiling range naphtha and... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335802 | Methods of preparing branched aliphatic alcohols Systems and methods to produced branched aliphatic alcohols are described. Systems may include a dehydrogenation-isomerization unit, an olefin dimerization unit, an olefin isomerization unit, a hydroformylation unit, a dehydrogenation unit, a hydrogenation unit and/... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7319176 | Selective hydrogenation of acetylenes A process for removing acetylenic compounds using unsulfided metallic nickel or unsulfided metallic nickel modified with metallic Mo, Re, Bi or mixtures in which the catalyst is used alone or is used in combination with other acetylenic selective catalysts. The unsu... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302812 | Process for production of isotopes A process for producing an isotopically enriched compound of a desired isotope includes (a) providing a cryogenic reaction zone containing a catalyst adapted to catalyze an isotope exchange reaction at a cryogenic reaction temperature, (b) feeding to the cryogenic r... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301062 | Process for the selective hydrogenation of alkynes and/or dienes in an olefin-containing hydrocarbon stream A process for the selective hydrogenation of one or more alkyne and/or one or more diene in an olefin-containing hydrocarbon feed includes contacting the hydrocarbon feed with a catalyst under selective hydrogenation conditions, the catalyst including from about 0.0... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297824 | Ni hydrogenation catalysts, manufacture and use Improved Ni catalysts for hydrogenation reactions are disclosed. The catalysts are useful for hydrogenation such as selective hydrogenation of acetylenic impurities in crude olefin and diolefin streams. The catalysts are prepared by depositing nickel on a porous sup... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7287745 | Liquid-continuous column distillation Bubble columns fractionate with vapor-liquid mass transfer efficiencies approaching that of distillation towers when vapor velocities in excess of 50% of jet flood are used. If the vapor velocities are pushed above about 70% of jet flood then the distillation perfor... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288686 | Hydrogenation catalyst and hydrogenation process A supported hydrogenation catalyst comprising (1)Pd or a Group 8 metal comprising Pd and one other Group 8 metal, preferably a Group 8 metal selected from Pt, Ir, Ru, Co or Ni, and (2) at least two metals selected from Ag, Zn or Bi, preferably Ag and at least one of... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7256153 | Carrier catalytic converter for the selective hydrogenation of alkines and dienes A catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of alkynes and dienes in C2-C5+-olefin mixtures is described. These catalysts contain (a) a metal of the tenth group of the Periodic Table, (b) a metal o... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250544 | Process for selective hydrogenation using a catalytic reactor with a hydrogen-selective membrane A process for selective hydrogenation of polyunsaturated compounds that are contained in a hydrocarbon feedstock in the presence of a catalytic reactor with a hydrogen-selective membrane comprises a) the introduction of said feedstock co-mixed with a first amount hy... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247760 | Hydrogenation palladium-silver catalyst and methods A catalyst composition comprising palladium, silver and a support material (preferably alumina) is contacted with a liquid composition comprising an iodide component such as ammonium iodide, and the catalyst is then calcined. An improved process for hydrogenation, e... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7227047 | Butadiene and isobutylene removal from olefinic streams A process is disclosed for selectively removing isobutene and butadiene from a stream, the process comprising contacting the stream with a hydrogenation catalyst to hydrogenate butadiene and an oligomerization catalyst to oligomerize isobutene. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220700 | Catalyst and process for selective hydrogenation A selective hydrogenation catalyst composition comprises a support; a first metal component comprising rhodium; and a second metal component comprising a metal other than rhodium and selected from Groups 1 to 15 of the Periodic Table of Elements, wherein said first ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220701 | Catalyst and process for selective hydrogenation A selective hydrogenation catalyst composition comprises a rhodium component present in an amount such that the catalyst composition comprises less than 3.0% of rhodium by weight of the total catalyst composition; and an indium component present in an amount such th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7208646 | Selective hydrogenation of butadiene A process for the selective hydrogenation of dienes in mixed streams of olefin containing hydrocarbons, such as butadiene in a mixed C4 stream with minimum loss of monoolefins is disclosed wherein the reactor is operated at conditions which induce pulse f... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199273 | Selective hydrogenation of alkynes and/or diolefins A process for selectively removing alkynes and/or diolefins from a feedstock also containing olefins comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst composition. The catalyst composition comprises at least one metal component selected ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199076 | Methods of making and using a selective hydrogenation catalyst In an embodiment, a method of hydrogenating a highly unsaturated hydrocarbon to an unsaturated hydrocarbon includes contacting the highly unsaturated hydrocarbon with a catalyst in the presence of hydrogen. The catalyst comprises palladium and an inorganic support h... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7169736 | Catalyst for hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons A catalyst is described for hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons, containing catalytically active amounts of Pd and optionally Ag in a support. The catalyst is characterized by the fact that the support represents a shaped body with a trilobal cross section, th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7153807 | Catalysts for selective hydrogenation of alkynes and alkadienes Catalysts have been discovered that are useful in hydrogenation reactions, and particularly for the selective hydrogenation of acetylene and/or methyl acetylene (MA) and/or propadiene (PD) in light olefin-rich feedstreams. These catalysts can selectively hydrogenate... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7145049 | Oligomerization process Alkenes, such as normal butenes in a mixed C4 stream are oligomerized, preferably to dimers, which are dimerized in a distillation column reactor over ZSM-57 zeolite catalyst at high conversions and high selectivity to octenes. Prior to oligomerization th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141709 | Methods and systems of producing monoolefins by the extraction-hydrogenation of highly unsaturated hydrocarbons In some embodiments, methods of producing monoolefins include contacting an olefin stream with a polar solvent to extract a highly unsaturated hydrocarbon from the olefin stream, followed by contacting the polar solvent with a hydrogenation catalyst in the presence ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7119240 | Method for converting natural gas to olefins A process for converting natural gas to an olefin includes heating the gas to a selected range of temperature to convert a fraction of the gas stream to reactive hydrocarbons, primarily ethylene or acetylene, and reacting with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109388 | Process for the production of catalyst packing, reactor containing catalyst packing, and the use thereof The invention relates to catalyst packing and a production process for catalyst packing in which a fabricated woven or knitted fabric in the form of continuous web goods is shaped to give a package by stacking a plurality of layers, and segments (S) are cut out of t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102038 | Phosphorous removal and diene removal, when using diene sensitive catalyst, during conversion of olefins to branched primary alcohols A process for making a selectively branched alcohol composition contacting a lower olefin feed comprising linear olefins having at least 3 carbon atoms and a concentration of phosphorous-containing compounds with a sorbent comprising a metal or metal oxide on a supp... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090766 | Process for ultra low sulfur gasoline A process wherein all of the unsaturates within a cracked naphtha stream are substantially hydrogenated to alkanes and the olefin depleted stream is then subjected to hydrodesulfurization to achieve the desired sulfur levels without the formation of recombinant merc... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087794 | Oxygenate conversion in the presence of highly unsaturated compounds The present invention provides a process for treating a stream, say, an olefins stream, e.g., propylene, containing at least one ether, e.g., dimethyl ether, and/or at least one of an alkyne and an alkadiene, e.g., methyl acetylene and propadiene, typically present ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087155 | Production of olefins A process for cracking an olefin-rich hydrocarbon feedstock which is selective towards light olefins in the effluent, the process comprising contacting a hydrocarbon feedstock containing olefins having a first composition of at least one olefinic component with a cr... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078577 | DihydroDicyclopentadiene production A method for forming dihydroDicyclopentadiene comprises mixing a source of dicyclopentadiene with at least one solvent and at least one reactive component in the presence of a source of hydrogen and a selective hydrogenation catalyst, the solvent and reactive compon... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070690 | Process for conversion of hydrocarbons on a catalyst with controlled acidity The invention relates to a process for conversion of hydrocarbons in the presence of at least one catalyst with controlled acidity, characterized in that the level of activity of said catalyst in isomerization of the cyclohexane is less than 0.10 and/or in that the ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7045669 | Dual pressure catalytic distillation hydrogenation column system for the front end of an ethylene plant The charge gas from the thermal cracking of a hydrocarbon feedstock is processed in a front-end catalytic distillation hydrogenation system of an olefins plant to more effectively recover ethylene and propylene product and to process the by-products. The rate of fou... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045670 | Process for liquid phase hydrogenation A process for the liquid phase selective hydrogenation of alkynes to alkenes with high selectivity to alkenes relative to alkanes, high alkyne conversion, and sustained catalytic activity comprising a reactant comprising an alkyne and a non-hydrocarbon solvent/absor... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041860 | Process for the selective hydrogenation of alkynes An improved selective hydrogenation process for removing acetylenic impurities such as vinyl acetylene, ethyl acetylene, propyl acetylene and acetylene in a steam cracked crude butadiene stream by selective hydrogenation is carried out in two steps. In the first ste... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041616 | Enhanced selectivity of zeolites by controlled carbon deposition A method for carbonizing a zeolite comprises depositing a carbon coating on the zeolite pores by flowing an inert carrier gas stream containing isoprene through a regenerated zeolite at elevated temperature. The carbonized zeolite is useful for the separation of lig... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038096 | Hydrocarbon hydrogenation catalyst composition, a process of treating such catalyst composition, and a process of using such catalyst composition A process of treating a catalyst composition containing palladium, an inorganic support, and a catalyst component, such as silver and/or a modifier such as alkali metal fluoride, is provided. The process involves contacting a catalyst composition with a first treati... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038097 | Dual bed process using two different catalysts for selective hydrogenation of acetylene and dienes It has been discovered that a dual bed process using two different catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of acetylene and/or methyl acetylene (MA) and/or propadiene (PD) in a light olefin-rich feedstream can be accomplished with less selectivity to making oligom... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025872 | Process for obtaining a feedstock that can be used in an etherification unit Process for obtaining a hydrocarbon fraction that can be used as a feedstock of an etherification unit and that contains a small amount of diene compounds, nitrogen-containing compounds and sulfur-containing compounds, starting from an initial hydrocarbon feedstock ... | 04/11/2006 |
