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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8124820 | Process for the manufacture of polyolefins The present invention relates to a process for producing polyolefins wherein a feedstock comprising n-olefin or a mixture of n-olefins is dimerized in the presence of a solid acidic catalyst by passing the feedstock to a catalytic distillation apparatus comprising e... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7632976 | Low cost selective octene process: RHT-octene This invention covers a process for making Octene from nix C4 Feed by a low cost highly selective multistage process. The multi staging of reactors essentially provides lower cost than conventional processes. Two options are provided in FIGS. 1 and... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7429553 | Process for reducing the toxicity of hydrocarbons This invention relates to a method for reducing the toxicity of a mixture of hydrocarbons by means of fractional distillation, a distillate having a reduced toxicity and a composition including the distillate. ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7414164 | Diisobutylene process This invention is a process for producing diisobutylene from isobutylene. The process comprises first forming dry sulfonic acid resin by contacting water wet sulfonic acid resin catalyst with a first reaction feed comprising isobutylene under conditions effective to... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411105 | Process and installation for the oligomerization of olefins that use a membrane separation This invention relates to a process for the oligomerization of olefins that have 2 to 6 carbon atoms comprising at least: a) One reaction stage in which a first effluent that comprises oligomers, paraffins and olefins that have not... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7399895 | Aluminum phosphate-supported group 6 metal amide catalysts for oligomerization of ethylene A catalyst composition for the preparation of oligomeric and/or polymer derivatives of olefin monomers, said composition comprising a Group 6 metal amide complex, a Group 1, 2, 12, 13, or 14 metal hydrocarbyl composition or compound, and a solid support comprising a... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396970 | Monitoring and control of processes for making 1-hexene Processes, methods and apparatus relating to olefin oligomerization include the use of Raman spectrometry to monitor the concentration of reactants, products or other chemical components. One or more oligomerization conditions are adjusted in response to those monit... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7381857 | Catalytic trimerization and tetramerization of olefinic monomers A catalyst precursor composition comprising a) a source of chromium, molybdenum or tungsten; b) a first ligand having the general formula (I): (R1)(R2)P-X-P(R3)(R4) (I) where X is a bivalent organi... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7358411 | Hydrocracking of diphenylalkanes The invention relates to a hydrocracking process involving the steps of reacting a diphenyl alkane having a formulation of R1R2C(Ph)-(C)n(H)m-C(Ph)R3R4 with hydrogen using a catalyst containing a metal selected from the group consisting of Group IB and Group VIII me... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351780 | Method for manufacturing high viscosity polyalphaolefins using ionic liquid catalysts A method of continuously manufacturing a high viscosity polyalphaolefin product by introducing a monomer and an ionic liquid catalyst together into a reaction zone while simultaneously withdrawing from the reaction zone a reaction zone effluent that contains the hig... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345017 | Functional substances derived from oligoolefins having functional groups at the ends An amphiphilic functional substance with lipophilicity, affinity for supercritical CO2, and if necessary hydrophilicity comprising an oligoolefin chain and a perfluoroalkyl group(s) at a single end thereof or at both ends thereof with or without the inter... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344632 | Production of fuel components A process for producing alkyl ethers, by etherification of tertiary C4-7 olefins with an alkanol, comprising carrying out the etherification in reactor train system primarily configured for dimerization of isoolefins. In the etherification, the ratio of a... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342143 | Polyalphaolefin having a low halide concentration and a method of manufacturing thereof A method for the processing of a polyalphaolefin feedstock having a concentration of organic halide to thereby yield a polyalphaolefin end-product having a low concentration of organic halide. The method includes a hydrogenation step whereby the polyalphaolefin feed... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339086 | Process for the hydrogenation of branched olefins deriving from the dimerization of isobutene A process is described for the hydrogenation of olefinic streams containing sulfurated compounds, obtained starting from hydrocarbon cuts containing isobutene (by means of selective dimerization), characterized by fractionating said streams in one or more distillati... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329788 | Process for producing gasoline components Process for producing gasoline components. The process comprises feeding a fresh olefinic hydrocarbon feedstock to a reaction zone, in which its structure is first isomerized. The isomerized hydrocarbon is drawn out of the first reaction zone and conducted to a seco... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326817 | Process for reducing the toxicity of hydrocarbons This invention relates to a method for reducing the toxicity of a mixture of hydrocarbons by means of fractional distillation, a distillate having a reduced toxicity and a composition including the distillate. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323524 | Tandem tetramerisation-polymerisation of olefins The invention provides a process for polymerising olefins to branched polyolefins in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst and a cocatalyst, wherein the cocatalyst produces 1-octene in a selectivity greater than 30%. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320745 | Energy efficient method for exothermic reactions An energy efficient process scheme for a highly exothermic reaction-distillation system in which the reactor is external to the distillation column and the feed to the reactor is a mixture of at least one liquid product stream from the distillation column with or wi... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7304196 | Fuel components and their selective manufacturing methods A method for dimerizing isobutene, wherein, in dimerizing conditions, the isobutene is brought into contact with a porous cation exchange resin comprising a styrene polymer, which is cross-linked with divinyl benzene, and any sulphonic acid groups adhering to the po... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291759 | Oligomerization of alkenes in a plurality of successive heterogeneous catalyst zones Process for oligomerizing an alkene stream over a solid catalyst comprising sulfur and nickel, in which the oligomerization is carried out in two or more successive catalyst zones and the molar ratio of sulfur to nickel in the first catalyst zone is less than 0.5 an... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279609 | Method for alpha-olefin trimerization The invention concerns a method for α-olefin trimerization comprising a number of carbon atoms not less than 3, by transforming an α-olefin or a hydrocarbon mixture containing α-olefins, at temperatures ranging between 0 and 150° C. and pressures ranging between... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273959 | Catalytic trimerization of olefinic monomers A catalyst composition suitable for the trimerization of olefinic monomers, wherein the catalyst composition comprises: a) a source of chromium, molybdenum or tungsten; b) a ligand of general formula (I); ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273957 | Process for the production of gasoline stocks A process for the production of gasoline stocks wherein lower molecular weight olefins are first oligomerized and the oligomers then hydrogenated. In the first instance the oligomerization is carried out in a single pass fixed bed boiling point reactor. The oligomer... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271304 | Process and apparatus for the production of diesel fuels by oligomerisation of olefinic feed streams This invention provides a process for the production of diesel boiling range hydrocarbons, the process including at least the steps of obtaining an olefinic feed stream from one or more hydrocarbon producing processes wherein the olefinic feed stream contains branch... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268268 | Dimerization of olefins A process for the dimerization of at least one olefin with a carbon number between 2 and 10 by contacting the feed with a catalyst system comprising at least: (a) tectometallosilicate zeolite with having TON-type structure, (b) tectometallosilicate zeolite with havi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259123 | Catalytic trimerization and tetramerization of olefinic monomers A catalyst precursor composition comprising a) a source of chromium, molybdenum or tungsten; b) a first ligand having the general formula (I); (R1)(R2)P—X—P(R3)(R4) (I) wherein X is a bivalent ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259284 | Method for manufacturing high viscosity polyalphaolefins using ionic liquid catalysts A process for preparing very high viscosity polyalphaolefins using an acidic ionic liquid oligomerization catalyst in the absence of an organic diluent and the products formed thereby. A method of continuously manufacturing a high viscosity polyalphaolefin product b... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256152 | Composition of catalyst and solvent and catalysis processes using this composition A composition defined: either as comprising at least one Broensted acid, designated HB, dissolved in a liquid medium with an ionic nature of general formula Q+A−, in which Q+ represents an organic cation and A− represents an an... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250542 | Paraffin alkylation A process for the alkylation of alkane with olefin or olefin precursor such as an oligomer of tertiary olefin comprising contacting a liquid system comprising acid catalyst, isoparaffin and olefin in concurrent downflow into contact in a reaction zone with a dispers... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244873 | Process and apparatus for separating oxygenate modifier from oligomerization effluent by water wash It has now been disclosed that by directing the effluent from an oligomerization reactor to a water wash column to remove alcohol modifier from the hydrocarbon stream before sending it to a fractionation column offers flexibility in providing a bottoms product of a ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7223893 | Linear alpha-olefin dimers possessing substantial linearity Linear 1-butene dimers and other linear alpha-olefin dimers are manufactured in high yield and with high selectivity by coupling of alpha-olefins. The coupling is accomplished by contacting alpha olefins with an iron-based catalyst activated with an aluminum-based c... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7169961 | Process for producing low polymer of α-olefin A process for producing an α-olefin oligomer by oligomerization of an α-olefin in a presence of a Ziegler-based catalyst, the process comprising introducing at least a portion of a reaction product which is taken out of a reactor and has a temperature of 115° C. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161052 | Process for the valorization of a charge of hydrocarbons and for reducing the vapor pressure of said charge A process is described for the valorization of a charge of hydrocarbons and for reducing the vapour pressure of said charge, comprising three steps: a step a) consisting of separating said charge of hydrocarbons into a fraction (O1) comprising essentially compounds ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161054 | Preparation of oligomers of alkenes having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms Process for preparing oligomers of alkenes having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms from a feed stream comprising such alkenes or hydrocarbon streams in which such alkenes are present over a nickel-containing, heterogeneous catalyst in n successive adiabatically operated rea... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161053 | Oligomerization of isobutene in N-butenic hydrocarbon streams Isobutene in isobutenic hydrocarbon mixtures is oligomerized over a solid acidic ion exchange resin, said acidic ion exchange resin containing, for example, sulfonic acid groups, some of whose protons have been exchanged for metal ions. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157612 | Olefin production process A process is provided to stabilize and/or reactivate an olefin production catalyst system which comprises contacting an olefin production catalyst system, either before or after use, with an aromatic compound. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148177 | Method for producing alkali metal catalyst and use thereof for the side-chain alklation of alkyl aromatics The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an alkali metal catalyst by mixing an alkali metal with pulverulent, solid potassium carbonate as support, wherein the potassium carbonate has a specific surface area of at least 0.3 m2/g, and to t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7141640 | Process for producing dihydroxy compounds using upflow reactor system An upflow reactor for the production of bisphenol A from acetone and phenol includes a vessel, a catalyst bed disposed within the vessel, and a reactant distribution/product collection system disposed within the vessel. The reactant distribution/product collection s... | 11/28/2006 |
