Battelle Memorial Institute

Velocys Corp.

Battelle Memory Institute

Battelle Memorial Institute Pacific Northwest Division Intellectual Property Services

Yong Wang

Anna Lee Y Tonkovich

Anna Lee Tonkovich

Yufei Gao

Sean P Fitzgerald

Jianli Hu

Ya-Huei Chin

Steven T Perry

Francis P Daly

David P Vanderwiel

Chunshe J Cao

Eddie G Baker

Robert S Wegeng

Todd A Werpy

Richard Q Long

Xiaohong Shari Li

Gary L Roberts

Terry Joseph Mazanec

Wayne W Simmons

David P VanderWiel

John G Frye

Laura J Silva

Ravi Arora

Robert A Dagle

Jennifer Lynne Marco

Jamelyn D Holladay

Alan H Zacher

Junko M Watson

Nathan Philip Gano

Barry L Yang

Rachid Taha

Thomas D Yuschak

David John Hesse

Charles Kibby

Michael D Briscoe

Max R Phelps

Dave VanderWiel

Bruce F Monzyk

Dongming Qiu

Johnathan E Holladay

Guanguang Xia

Albert E Weller, Iii

Jeffrey S McDaniel

Daniel Francis Ryan

Paul William Neagle

Douglas Charles Elliott

Heon Jung

James F White

Matthew B Schmidt

Kai Tod Paul Jarosch

Robert J Luzenski

G Bradley Chadwell

Michael Alan Marchiando

John H Brophy

Soumitra R Deshmukh

Thomas Peter Forte

Maddalena Fanelli

Jeffrey Dale Marco

Daniel R Palo

Ying Peng

Timothy J LaPlante

Wm Allen Rogers

Enrique Aceves De Alba

Robert Rozmiarek

Xinjie Zhang

David Vanderwiel

Robert Jetter

Chad M Cucksey

Janos Szanyi

Darrell R Herling

James Allen Mathias

Libor Kovarik

Christopher Lyle Aardahl

David J Kuhlmann

Kenneth G Rappe

Jeffrey J Ramler

Charles H F Peden

Robert T Rozmiarek

John Arthur Monahan

Bradley R Johnson

Nicholas R Jaegers

Bruce Stangeland

Ya-Huei Chen

Konstantin Khivantsev

Chris L Aardahl

Terri L Stewart

Saemin Choi

Robert Lewis Litt

James B Kimble

Charles John Call

Wei Liu

Robert Dwayne Litt

Ward E TeGrotenhuis

Paul H Humble

Eric Daymo

Terry Manzanec

Dongming Qui

Feng Gao

Don J Stevens

Karim M Ayman

A material and a method of making hydrothermally stable (catalytic) materials on the basis of theta-alumina support that is thermally and hydrothermally stable up to 1,150 C with metal, mixed metal-, metal-oxide nanoparticles dispersed upon it. Such materials did not lose significant amounts of their catalytic activity at temperature ranges for industrially relevant applications (including hydrocarbon oxidation, nitric oxide reduction, carbon monoxide oxidation) even after hydrothermal aging up to 1,150° C.

Hydrothermally and thermally stable catalytic materials based on theta-alumina

Disclosed are passive NOadsorbers and methods for synthesizing the same. Small-pore zeolitic materials with practical loadings of transition metals atomically dispersed in the micropores are described herein. Also demonstrated are simple and scalable synthesis routes to high loadings of atomically dispersed transition metals in the micropores of a small-pore zeolite.

High-capacity, low-temperature, passive NOx and cd adsorbers and methods for making same

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 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

Integrated Combustion Reactors (ICRs) and methods of making ICRs are described in which combustion chambers (or channels) are in direct thermal contact to reaction chambers for an endothermic reaction. Superior results were achieved for combustion chambers which contained a gap for free flow through the chamber. Particular reactor designs are also described. Processes of conducting reactions in integrated combustion reactors are described and results presented. Some of these processes are characterized by unexpected and superior results.

Integrated reactors, methods of making same, and methods of conducting simultaneous exothermic and endothermic reactions

An apparatus for generating a large volume of gas from a liquid stream is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first channel through which the liquid stream passes. The apparatus also includes a layer of catalyst particles suspended in a solid slurry for generating gas from the liquid stream. The apparatus further includes a second channel through which a mixture of converted liquid and generated gas passes. A heat exchange channel heats the liquid stream. A wicking structure located in the second channel separates the gas generated from the converted liquid.

Suspended-slurry reactor

Integrated Combustion Reactors (ICRs) and methods of making ICRs are described in which combustion chambers (or channels) are in direct thermal contact to reaction chambers for an endothermic reaction. Particular reactor designs are also described. Processes of conducting reactions in integrated combustion reactors are described and results presented. Some of these processes are characterized by unexpected and superior results, and/or results that can not be achieved with any prior art devices.

Integrated combustion reactor and methods of conducting simultaneous endothermic and exothermic reactions

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

Disclosed are methods for producing dimethyl ether (DME) from methanol and for producing DME directly from syngas, such as syngas from biomass. Also disclosed are apparatus for DME production. The disclosed processes generally function at higher temperatures with lower contact times and at lower pressures than conventional processes so as to produce higher DME yields than do conventional processes. Certain embodiments of the processes are carried out in reactors providing greater surface to volume ratios than the presently used DME reactors. Certain embodiments of the processes are carried out in systems comprising multiple microchannel reactors.

Dimethyl ether production from methanol and/or syngas

Carbon monoxide (CO) is selectively reacted with hydrogen (H) over a ruthenium (Ru) on alumina catalyst at a temperature of about 210 to about 290&#xb0; C. To be a viable option for micro catalytic fuel processing devices, highly active, selective, and stable catalysts must be demonstrated with as large a temperature window for feasible operation as possible. We have studied the effects of metal loading, preparation method, pretreatment conditions, and choice of support on the performance of Ru-based catalysts for such applications. Catalyst testing results and catalyst characterization using XRD and BET are discussed. In one example, operating at a gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) of 13,500 hr, a 3% Ru/AlOcatalyst yielded CO outputs less than 100 ppm in a temperature range from 240&#xb0; C. to 285&#xb0; C., while not exceeding a hydrogen consumption of 10%. This catalyst was further successfully demonstrated in a microchannel device.

Selective CO methanation catalysis

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

Integrated combustion reactors and methods of conducting simultaneous endothermic and exothermic reactions

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Yong Wang