Velocys Corp.

Celanese International Corporation

Velocys Technologies Limited

Francis P Daly

Anna Lee Tonkovich

Terry Joseph Mazanec

Richard Q Long

Yong Wang

Xiaohong Shari Li

Sean P Fitzgerald

Steven T Perry

Chunshe J Cao

Rachid Taha

Laura J Silva

Thomas D Yuschak

Ya-Huei Chin

Junko M Watson

Bin Yang

Ravi Arora

Jianli Hu

Kai Tod Paul Jarosch

Barry L Yang

Charles Kibby

Michael D Briscoe

Nathan Philip Gano

Jeffrey Dale Marco

Dave VanderWiel

Wayne W Simmons

David John Hesse

Soumitra R Deshmukh

Timothy J LaPlante

Enrique Aceves De Alba

Daniel Francis Ryan

Paul William Neagle

Dongming Qiu

Kai Jarosch

Michael Alan Marchiando

John H Brophy

Maddalena Fanelli

Laura Richard

Jeffrey J Ramler

Sreekala Rugmini

Robert Rozmiarek

Victor J Johnston

Leslie E Wade

Stephen Claude LeViness

Michael E Huckman

Bruce Stangeland

Bradley R Johnson

James A Foster

Tony Hammock

Junko Ida

Ya-Huei Chen

Haibiao Chen

Daniel Lindley

Terry Manzanec

Robert Lewis Litt

Robert Dwayne Litt

Eric Daymo

Micheal Jay Lamont

Thomas Hickey

Michael Jay Lamont

Richard Stevenson

Bruce Strangeland

Kai Jarosh

Jeff Marco

Mike Marchiando

Amanda Glass

Kai Tod Jarosch

Dave Vanderwiel

Stephen Claude Leviness

This invention relates to a process for conducting a hydrocracking or a hydrotreating process in a microchannel reactor. This invention also relates to a process and apparatus for flowing a vapor and liquid into a plurality of microchannels in a microchannel processing unit.

Process and apparatus employing microchannel process technology

A new electroless plating approach to generate a porous metallic coating is described in which a metal is electrolessly deposited on a surface. Microparticles in the metal are removed to leave pores in the metal coating. Another method of forming electroless coatings is described in which a blocking ligand is attached to the surface, followed by a second coating step. The invention includes coatings and coated apparatus formed by methods of the invention. The invention also includes catalyst structures comprising a dense substrate and a porous metal adhered to the dense substrate, which is further characterized by one or more of the specified features.

Porous electrolessly deposited coatings

A method for the preparation of a modified catalyst support comprising: (a) treating a bare catalyst support material with an aqueous solution or dispersion of one or more titanium metal sources and one or more carboxylic acids; and (b) drying the treated support, and (c) optionally calcining the treated support. Also provided are catalyst support materials obtainable by the methods, and catalysts prepared from such supports.

Treating of catalyst carrier, fischer-tropsch catalysts and method of preparation thereof

A process for converting a reactant composition comprising Hand CO to a product comprising at least one aliphatic hydrocarbon having at least about 5 carbon atoms comprises: flowing the reactant composition through a microchannel reactor in contact with a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst to convert the reactant composition to the product, the microchannel reactor comprising a plurality of process microchannels containing the catalyst; transferring heat from the process microchannels to a heat exchanger; and removing the product from the microchannel reactor; the process producing at least about 0.5 gram of aliphatic hydrocarbon having at least about 5 carbon atoms per gram of catalyst per hour; the selectivity to methane in the product being less than about 25%. A supported catalyst comprises Co, and a microchannel reactor comprises at least one process microchannel and at least one adjacent heat exchange zone.

Fischer-tropsch synthesis using microchannel technology and novel catalyst and microchannel reactor

The disclosed invention relates to a process for conducting a Fischer-Tropsch reaction, comprising flowing a reactant mixture comprising fresh synthesis gas and tail gas in a microchannel reactor in contact with a catalyst to form at least one hydrocarbon product, the catalyst being derived from a catalyst precursor comprising cobalt and a surface modified catalyst support.

Fischer-Tropsch process

The disclosed technology relates to an apparatus, comprising: at least one microchannel, the microchannel comprising at least one heat transfer wall; a porous thermally conductive support in the microchannel in contact with the heat transfer wall; a catalyst or a sorption medium supported by the porous support; and a heat source and/or heat sink in thermal contact with the heat transfer wall.

Support for use in microchannel processing

Disclosed is a process for converting a reactant composition comprising Hand CO to a product comprising at least one aliphatic hydrocarbon having at least about 5 carbon atoms, the process comprising: flowing the reactant composition through a microchannel reactor in contact with a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst to convert the reactant composition to the product, the microchannel reactor comprising a plurality of process microchannels containing the catalyst; transferring heat from the process microchannels to a heat exchanger; and removing the product from the microchannel reactor; the process producing at least about 0.5 gram of aliphatic hydrocarbon having at least about 5 carbon atoms per gram of catalyst per hour; the selectivity to methane in the product being less than about 25%. Also disclosed is a supported catalyst comprising Co, and a microchannel reactor comprising at least one process microchannel and at least one adjacent heat exchange zone.

Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using microchannel technology and novel catalyst and microchannel reactor

The invention describes catalysts, methods of making catalysts, methods of making a microchannel reactor, and methods of conducting chemical reactions. It has been discovered that superior performance can be obtained from a catalyst formed by directly depositing a catalytic material onto a (low surface area) thermally-grown alumina layer. Improved methods of conducting oxidative dehydrogenations are also described.

Catalysts having catalytic material applied directly to thermally-grown alumina and catalytic methods using same; improved methods of oxidative dehydrogenation

The disclosed invention relates to a process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction in a microchannel reactor. The process involves the use of active heat exchange and is suitable for conducting exothermic and endothermic reactions. The process is particularly suitable for synthesizing methanol and dimethyl ether.

Process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction using microchannel technology

This invention relates to a process for converting ethylene to ethylene oxide comprising: flowing reactants comprising ethylene and oxygen or a source of oxygen in a microchannel reactor in contact with a catalyst to form a product comprising ethylene oxide, the reactants undergoing an exothermic reaction in the microchannel reactor; and transferring heat from the microchannel reactor to a heat exchanger.

Process for converting ethylene to ethylene oxide using microchannel process technology

Novel methods of electroless plating are described. Catalyst coatings can be applied within microchannel apparatus. Various reactions, including combustion and steam reforming, can be conducted over electroless catalyst coatings.

Electroless plating in microchannels

The present invention provides catalysts, reactors, and methods of steam reforming over a catalyst. Surprisingly superior results and properties obtained in methods and catalysts of the present invention are also described. For example, a coated catalyst was demonstrated to be highly stable under steam reforming conditions (high temperature and high pressure of steam). Methods of making steam reforming catalysts are also described.

Steam reforming methods and catalysts

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Delaware, OH, United States of America

Francis P Daly