Kao Corporation

Revo International Inc.

Keiichi Tsuto

Kentaro Oshima

Yoshinobu Imaizumi

Shunji Kozaki

Satoshi Sugawara

Toru Nishimura

Toshio Miyake

Makoto Torizuka

Kazuhiro Yamaki

Tetsuya Koshikawa

Masahide Nakayama

Tsutomu Sakai

Toshiharu Numata

Hiroshi Kimura

Daisaku Shojo

Sachiko Kokubo

Yoshifumi Torimoto

Iori Hashimoto

Ayato Kawashima

Hirohisa Kitagawa

Takenori Hirano

Junichi Nakamura

Kenichiro Sotowa

Takeshi Fujiwara

Yuichiro Azuma

Hirohisa c/o Kansai Research Inst Inc Kitagawa

Tsutomu c/o Kansai Research Inst Inc Sakai

Masahide c/o Revo International Inc Nakayama

Takenori c/o Kyushu Catalyst Res Inc Hirano

Hirohisa c/o Kansai Research Institute Inc Kitagawa

Hirano Takenori

Tsutomu c/o Kansai Research Institute Inc Sakai

Tetsuya c/o Revo International Inc Koshikawa

A method for producing a hydrocarbon liquid fuel including hydrocracking a raw material oil in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst, at a supplying pressure of hydrogen of from 0.1 to 1.0 MPa, a liquid space velocity of liquid volume of the raw material oil of from 0.05 to 10.0 hr, and a flow rate of the hydrogen from 50 to 3,000 NL per 1 L of the raw material oil, wherein the hydrocracking catalyst is produced by a method including stirring a sulfur compound and a cracking catalyst in an aqueous medium to allow liquid-solid separation (step 1); stirring a solid product obtained in the step 1 and a metal component in an aqueous medium to allow liquid-solid separation (step 2); baking a solid product obtained in the step 2 (step 3); and reducing a solid product obtained in the step 3, or reducing a solid product obtained in the step 3, and then subjecting a reduced product to sulfurization treatment (step 4). According to the present invention, the hydrocracking of a raw material oil such as fats and oils and biomass retort oils, or a hydrocarbon or the like in petroleum oils, in a given composition can be accomplished by supplying a low-pressure hydrogen of a normal pressure or so.

Method for producing hydrocarbon liquid fuel

A process for producing diesel fuel oil from fat and oil comprises producing fatty acid methyl ester for diesel fuel in accordance with transesterification of the fat and oil with methanol, wherein the process further comprises a step of converting glycerol formed as a by-product into methanol, and the obtained methanol is used as a material for the transesterification. In the step of converting glycerol formed as a by-product into methanol, water in an equimolar amount or more to the amount of glycerol is added to glycerol, the obtained mixture is gasified under a pressure of 2 MPa or greater at a temperature of 700&#xb0; C. or higher to convert the mixture into a gas comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and carbon monoxide and hydrogen are then converted into methanol in accordance with a methanol synthesis process.

Process for producing diesel fuel oil from fat

A method for producing a fatty acid alkyl ester for diesel fuel oil starting with a fat/oil material such as an edible oil whereby the qualities required of diesel fuel oil can be satisfied and the wastes from the production process can be minimized. The method is characterized by including subjecting a fat/oil material to transesterification with an alcohol, washing with water the oily phase of the reaction mixture, eliminating water after washing via absorption by a high-water-absorptive resin, and then separating the high-water-absorptive resin gel to thereby provide a fatty acid alkyl ester suitable for diesel fuel oil.

Method of producing fatty acid alkyl ester for diesel fuel oil

The present invention relates to a process for preparing an alkyl ester of a fatty acid, including the steps of carrying out an esterification reaction between a free fatty acid contained in a fat or oil and an alcohol; carrying out a transesterification reaction between a fat or oil and an alcohol; and refining an alkyl ester of a fatty acid, wherein at least any one of three steps is carried out in a corresponding step selected from the steps of (a) contacting a fat or oil and an alcohol with a resin foamed article to which a catalyst containing fine strongly acidic particles is supported or a resin foamed article modified to be strongly acidic, and carrying out an esterification reaction between a free fatty acid in the fat or oil and the alcohol; (b) contacting a fat or oil and an alcohol with a resin foamed article to which a catalyst containing fine alkali particles is supported, and carrying out a transesterification reaction between the fat or oil and the alcohol; and (c) contacting a reaction mixture obtained by the transesterification reaction with a resin foamed article to remove impurities via adsorption, and refining an alkyl ester of a fatty acid.

Process for producing fatty acid alkyl ester

The present invention relates to a process for preparing an alkyl ester of a fatty acid wherein a transesterification reaction is carried out between a fat or oil and an alcohol in the presence of a catalyst comprising a composite metal oxide having a perovskite structure; and a process for preparing an alkyl ester of a fatty acid wherein a transesterification reaction is carried out between a fat or oil and an alcohol in the presence of a catalyst comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of oxides, hydroxides and carbonates of alkaline earth metals is used as the catalyst, with the alcohol made into a supercritical state or subcritical state. According to the present invention, the alkyl ester of a fatty acid which can be effectively utilized as a diesel fuel oil or the like can be prepared at high efficiency and on an industrial scale mainly from triglyceride contained in a fat or oil, especially a waste oil.

Processes for producing alkyl ester of fatty acid

The present invention provides a method for producing a material dispersed with ultraviolet shielding fine particles, characterized by subjecting a starting material liquid mixture comprising particles comprising one or more inorganic substances having shielding abilities against ultraviolet light, one or more silicone dispersants selected from modified silicones and reactive silicones, and a silicone oil to a mill treatment and/or a high-pressure dispersion treatment; and ultraviolet shielding fine particles or a material dispersed therewith, characterized by being produced by the above method. Also, the present invention provides a method of producing a powdery product of ultraviolet shielding fine particles, characterized by drying the material dispersed with ultraviolet shielding fine particles obtainable by the above method. Further, the present invention provides cosmetics comprising a material dispersed with ultraviolet shielding fine particles or a powdery product of the ultraviolet shielding fine particles. The material dispersed with ultraviolet shielding fine particles of the present invention is characterized in that the ultraviolet shielding fine particles comprise particles comprising one or more inorganic substances having shielding abilities against ultraviolet light, surfaces thereof being coated with one or more silicone dispersants selected from modified silicones and reactive silicones, and that at least a part of the ultraviolet shielding fine particles is dispersed in a silicone oil as aggregated particles of the particles comprising inorganic substances.

Fine ultraviolet screening particles, process for preparing the same, and cosmetic preparation

Ultraviolet-screening composite particulate and process for the

Ultraviolet shielding composite fine particles, method for producing the

Method for producing ceramic fine particles and apparatus used therefor

A method of detecting the condition of a liquid layer level in a case where a plurality of liquids are in a layer condition, such method of being capable of knowing each layer level condition even in a case where a system as a whole is high at temperature, pressure or dirt as well as emulsification are large in extent. In order to detect the layer condition, the measurement values of temperatures and so on in a system as a whole or the mathematically processed values of the measurement values are provided as inputs, the layer level condition at this time is outputted, processed by a neurocomputer so as to compose an input-output model. As the layer level condition at this time is adapted to be estimated with the use of the input-output model, the layer level condition may be properly detected even when a system as a whole is high at temperature, pressure or the dirt as well as the emulsification are larger in extent.

Method of detecting a layer level condition

A compound having a carbonyl group and/or a carboxyl group is produced by catalytically oxidizing a polyhydric alcohol having at least one primary hydroxyl group and at least one secondary hydroxyl group in the presence of a supported catalyst comprising at least one catalytic component selected from among the following components (I) to (IV) loaded on a support:

Process for producing compound having carbonyl and/or carboxyl group

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Keiichi Tsuto