Abstract:
The invention relates to an electrically heated catalyst (EHC, 10) and a start-up method of a gas turbine engine employing an EHC (10) in the combustor (33). The catalyst (10) is electrically heated to a predetermined temperature prior to start up of the turbine system and is turned off when any one of several conditions are met, e.g. the heat of catalytic reaction is sufficient to maintain the catalyst (10) in its steady state condition. The EHC (10) is made of stacked or spirally wound foils (12, 14).
Abstract:
This invention is an improved catalyst structure and its use in highly exothermic processes like catalyst combustion. This improved catalyst structure employs integral heat exchange in an array of longitudinally disposed, adjacent reaction passageways or channels, which are either catalyst-coated (14) or catalyst-free (16), wherein the configuration of the catalyst-coated channels (14) differ from the non-catalyst channels (16) such that, when applied in exothermic reaction processes, such as catalyst combustion, the desired reaction is promoted in the catalytic channels (14) and substantially limited in the non-catalytic channels (16).
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process for preparing 2-oxindole-1-carboxamides, comprising reacting N-acyl 2-oxindole-1-carboxamides with alcohols in the presence of aprotic weak Lewis acid catalysts. In certain processes of the present invention a 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide is prepared from a 2-oxindole by reacting the 2-oxindole with an acyl isocyanate to produce the N-acyl 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide as an intermediate, which is then reacted with alcohol in the presence of aprotic weak Lewis acid catalysts. The N-acyl 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide intermediate may be converted to the 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide without isolation.
Abstract:
This invention is an acid catalyzed process for producing 2,6-dimethylnaphthaline from cyclohexyl compounds and naphthenic compounds or their precursors such as cyclohexane or methylcyclopentane, as depicted in the Figure. The cyclohexyl (10), cyclic alkane (12) stream and the catalyst (11) are fed into the reactor (14). After stripping of lighter ends, the product stream is passed to a heavy ends separation unit (28) and the product comprising primarily dimethyldecalins is recovered as the overhead stream (32). This stream may then be dehydrogenated to produce a dimethylnaphthalene stream (36) which may be subjected to a crystallization step (38) to produce reasonably pure 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene (40). The latter may optionally be oxidized to produce 2,6-dicarboxynaphthalene (44) suitable for polymerization to various polyester materials.
Abstract:
This invention is a combination process for producing elemental bromine using bromide salt feedstocks. The process involves acidifying an inorganic bromide salt with a strong and concentrated acid, preferably sulfuric acid, to produce a gaseous HBr stream. The HBr stream is then mixed with an O2-containing gas and passed to an oxidation reactor where it is catalytically oxidized to produce a stream of Br2 and H2O. The hot reactor effluent is quenched and the product Br2 is separated from the H2O. In the figure, HBr stream is introduced into an evaporator (204) and to superheater (206). The O2 feedstream (208) is warmed. A reactor feedstream (214) is introduced into (216). The reaction product stream (218) is cooled in stages (220) and (222) and condensed. The condensate is then separated into a Br2 stream (224) added to water stream giving stream (226) and (228). The device (230) is a separator and (232) is a refrigeration unit. The resulting stream (234) is mixed with Br2 stream (224) giving noncondensed oxygen vapor stream (236) which is scrubbed in a gas treater (238). Distillation column (242) produces two streams (252) and (244). The overhead vapor stream (244) is condensed in overhead condenser (246) and collected in drum (248). The stream (250) is mixed with other streams. Device (256) is an absorption tower and (258) is the Br2 product stream.
Abstract:
This invention is a process for the regeneration of a catalyst system component comprising certain transition aluminas promoted with a Lewis acid (preferably BF3) which have been used in the alkylation of isoparaffin with olefins. The process involves the calcination of the catalyst system component to volatilize and to oxidize the reaction product residue adhering to the solid catalyst. The process may include recovery and recycle of the involved Lewis acid.
Abstract:
This invention is a process for detecting low levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in a flowing gas stream (typically an exhaust gas stream) and a catalytic NOx sensor which may be used in that process.
Abstract:
The present invention provides reaction mixtures useful for oxidation of olefins to carbonyl products, comprising an olefin and an aqueous catalyst solution comprising a palladium catalyst, a polyoxoacid or polyoxoanion oxidant comprising vanadium, and dissolved olefin. It also provides processes for oxidation of olefins to carbonyl products, comprising mixing an olefin with an aqueous catalyst solution. It also provides processes for oxidation of olefins to carbonyl products by dioxygen, comprising mixing an olefin with an aqueous catalyst solution, and further comprising mixing dioxygen with the aqueous catalyst solution. In certain reaction mixtures and related processes of the present invention, the concentration of dissolved olefin in the aqueous catalyst solution is effective for its oxidation rate to not be limited by its rate of its diffusion into the aqueous solution. In other reaction mixtures and related processes of the present invention, the concentration of dissolved olefin in the aqueous catalyst solution is effective for its oxidation rate to be proportional to the palladium catalyst concentration. In other processes of the present invention, the olefin is mixed with the aqueous catalyst solution under mixing conditions effective for providing an olefin oxidation rate of at least 1 (millimole olefin/liter solution)/second. In other processes of the present invention, dioxygen is mixed with an aqueous reduced vanadium-polyoxoanion solution under mixing conditions effective for providing a dioxygen reaction rate of at least 1 (millimole dioxygen/liter solution)/second. In other reaction mixtures and related processes of the present invention, the aqueous solution is essentially free of sulfuric acid and sulfate ions.
Abstract:
This invention is to the production of methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) from mixed normal butenes using polyoxoanion oxidants in an aqueous solution, catalyzed by palladium and preferably containing minor amounts of dissolved chloride ion. An intermediate MEK stream is hydrogenated to remove trace amounts of butyraldehyde from the product MEK stream.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process for the conversion of a reactant into a reaction product in the presence of a solid acid catalyst comprising one or more fluorine atoms, sulfo radicals and phosphono radicals, each such radical being bonded to the same or different carbon atom, with the proviso that at least one sulfo radical and at least one phosphono radical are bonded to such carbon atoms through the sulfur atom and the phosphorus atom, respectively. These compounds are preferably non-polymeric, i.e. they have a molecular weight of about 5000 or less. The above acid catalysts may be reacted with a tetravalent metal, e.g. Zr, to provide a solid acid catalyst.