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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2022
Basf Corporation, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Karl C. Kharas, Iselin, NJ (US);
Ke-Bin Low, Iselin, NJ (US);
David J. Camerota, Attapulgus, GA (US);
Xingtao Gao, Iselin, NJ (US);
BASF CORPORATION, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer readable media are disclosed for characterizing the porosity of a microspheric material, training a classifier model for classifying spatially-contiguous image regions of backscatter electron scanning electron microscopy (BSE-SEM) images of a microspheric material according to the particle composition of the image regions, and characterizing the elemental composition of a microspheric material. The methods include: receiving image data representative of a microscopic images of a sample microspheric material; segmenting the image data into a plurality of spatially-contiguous image regions; classifying, by a trained machine-learning model, each of the plurality of spatially-contiguous image regions; and characterizing the microspheric material. The disclosure also relates to compositions for use as an FCC catalyst comprising microspheres which comprise alumina and/or clay and/or a zeolite.