BP Chemicals Limited Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160031791 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ACETIC ACID AND DIMETHYL ETHER - A process for the production of acetic acid and dimethyl ether by contacting a mixture of methanol and methyl acetate with a zeolite catalyst wherein the zeolite has a 2-dimensional channel system comprising at least one channel having a 10-membered ring and having at least 5% of its cation exchange capacity occupied by one or more alkali metal cations. | 02-04-2016 |
20150360211 | PROCESS FOR TREATING ZEOLITE CATALYSTS - A process for treating a zeolite catalyst for the carbonylation of dimethyl ether to produce methyl acetate in which the catalyst is contacted with a treatment gas comprising water vapour in an amount of at least 1 mol % and at a temperature below which dealumination of the zeolite structure occurs. | 12-17-2015 |
20130310599 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF METHYL ACETATE/ACETIC ACID - A process for the production of methyl acetate and/or acetic acid by contacting a carbon monoxide-containing gas and methanol and/or reactive derivatives thereof with a mordenite loaded with copper and silver loaded by ion-exchange and subsequently regenerating the catalyst. | 11-21-2013 |
20120283398 | AIR AND WATER TOLERANT CATALYST - A catalyst and/or precatalyst for olefin oligomerization comprising one or more coordination complexes having one or more central palladium metal atoms. Each palladium atom is bonded to four ligand donor atoms. Two of the donor atoms are group 16 elements and two of the donor atoms are group 15 elements. Also provided are neutral or cationic coordination complex dimers, so that the two palladium atoms are both bonded to one or two donor atoms from group 16, and each palladium atom is bonded to two donor atoms from group 15. In some instances, each of the two group 16 donor atoms are oxygen and each of the four group 15 donor atoms are nitrogen. | 11-08-2012 |
20120078005 | CARBONYLATION PROCESS - A process for the production of acetic acid and/or methyl acetate by the carbonylation of methanol, methyl acetate and/or dimethyl ether with carbon monoxide in the presence of a desilicated mordenite catalyst. | 03-29-2012 |
20100317888 | CARBONYLATION PROCESS WITH IN SITU REGENERATION OF MORDENITE CATALYST - A process for the carbonylation of dimethyl ether, dimethyl carbonate and/or methanol with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a mordenite catalyst to produce at least one of acetic acid and methyl acetate in which process the mordenite catalyst is regenerated in-situ by contacting the catalyst with a regenerating gas comprising a molecular oxygen-containing gas and an inert diluent at a total pressure in the range 1 to 100 bar and wherein the partial pressure of the molecular oxygen-containing gas is such that the temperature of the catalyst is maintained within the range 225 to 325° C. | 12-16-2010 |
20100274045 | CARBONYLATION PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF METHYL ACETATE - A process for the manufacture of methyl acetate by the carbonylation of dimethyl ether or dimethyl carbonate with carbon monoxide under substantially anhydrous conditions in the presence of a Group TB metal loaded mordenite catalyst prepared by ion-exchanging mordenite with at least one Group IB metal, the ion-exchanged mordenite having a molar ratio of the Group IB metal to total aluminium present in the mordenite in the range 5 to 50 mol %. | 10-28-2010 |
20100228051 | Process for the Production of Acetic Acid - A process for the production of acetic acid which process comprises carbonylating methanol and/or a reactive derivative thereof in a liquid reaction composition in which there exists in equilibrium, at least a first soluble catalytic species and a second soluble catalytic species, wherein the first catalytic species is the least catalytically active or promotionally active of the species existing in the equilibrium, comprises determining (i) the concentration of the first catalytic species and/or (ii) the ratio of the concentration of the first catalytic species to the concentration of the second catalytic species in equilibrium therewith, present in the liquid reaction composition and/or a present in a liquid fraction in a separation step and maintaining (i) and/or (ii) below a pre-determined value, preferably by adjusting the concentration of at least the first catalytic species present in the liquid reaction composition and/or liquid fraction. | 09-09-2010 |
20100179364 | Process for the Production of a Hydrocarbon - A process for the production of a hydrocarbon which comprises contacting, in a reactor, methanol and/or dimethyl ether with a catalyst comprising a metal halide, such as a zinc halide, in which the methanol and/or dimethyl ether is contacted with the catalyst in the presence of at least one phosphorus compound having at least one P—H bond. | 07-15-2010 |
20100130771 | PROCESS FOR THE CARBONYLATION OF DIMETHYL ETHER - Production of methyl acetate by carbonylating a dimethyl ether feed with carbon monoxide under substantially anhydrous conditions, in the presence of a zeolite catalyst at a temperature in the range of greater than 250° C. to 350° C. and at a pressure in the range greater than 10 barg to 100 barg. | 05-27-2010 |
20100121098 | PROCESS FOR THE CARBONYLATION OF DIMTHYL ETHER - Production of methyl acetate by carbonylating a dimethyl ether feed with carbon monoxide under substantially anhydrous conditions, in the presence of a mordenite catalyst which contains copper and/or silver and 0.05 to 10 mol % platinum relative to aluminium. | 05-13-2010 |
20100094047 | Catalyst composition and process for the selective oxidation of ethane and/or ethylene to acetic acid - An oxide catalyst composition comprising the elements molybdenum, vanadium, niobium and titanium and a process for making the catalyst composition. A process for the selective oxidation of ethane and/or ethylene to acetic acid using the catalyst composition. The catalyst composition provides high selectivity to acetic acid with reduced selectivity to ethylene. | 04-15-2010 |
20100069514 | PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF HYDROCARBONS TO OXYGENATES - The present invention provides a process, that has a reduced level of CO2 emissions, for the conversion of hydrocarbons into alcohol(s) in the presence of a catalyst. | 03-18-2010 |
20090299092 | Carbonylation Process - A process for the carbonylation of an alcohol and/or reactive derivative thereof, in which one or more reaction zone feed streams are fed to a reaction zone in which exothermic carbonylation takes place to produce one or more product streams. Heat from at least a portion of the one or more product streams is fed to a first heat-exchange stream, such as a supply of pressurised steam. The process is characterised by heat from a second heat-exchange stream, having a temperature lower than that of the one or more product streams, being transferred to a reaction zone feed stream, so that the one or more product streams comprise heat originating from the second heat-exchange stream and heat generated by the exothermic carbonylation reaction. Thus, heat originating from the second heat-exchange stream can be transferred to the first heat-exchange stream, resulting in reduced heat loss and greater process efficiency. | 12-03-2009 |
20090292148 | PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF HYDROCARBONS TO OXYGENATES - The present invention provides a process, that has a reduced level of CO2 emissions, for the conversion of hydrocarbons into alcohol(s) in the presence of a catalyst. | 11-26-2009 |
20090292139 | Catalyst composition and use thereof in ethane oxidation - A catalyst composition and its use for the oxidation of ethane to ethylene and acetic acid which comprises (i) a support, and (ii) in combination with oxygen, the elements molybdenum, vanadium and niobium, optionally tungsten and a component Z, which is one or more metals of Group 14 of the Periodic Table of Elements; a, b, c, d and e represent the gram atom ratios of the elements Mo, W, Z, V and Nb respectively, such that 0 | 11-26-2009 |
20090259086 | Process for Producing Olefins - The present invention relates to a process for the production of mono-olefin(s) from a feedstock comprising of at least one monohydric aliphatic paraffinic alcohol. | 10-15-2009 |
20090170966 | Process for the conversion of synthesis gas to oxygenates - The present invention relates to an improved process for the conversion of carbon oxide(s) and hydrogen containing feedstocks to oxygen containing hydrocarbon compounds in the presence of a particulate catalyst. | 07-02-2009 |
20090126275 | Process for the Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Oxygenates - The present invention relates to an improved process for the conversion of carbon oxide(s) and hydrogen containing feedstocks to oxygen containing hydrocarbon compounds in the presence of a particulate catalyst. | 05-21-2009 |
20090030225 | Oxidation process in fluidised bed reactor - A process for reacting in a fluid bed reactor at least one oxidisable reactant with molecular oxygen in the presence of a catalytically active fluidised bed of solid particles. In the process a molecular oxygen-containing gas having an oxygen concentration greater than that of air is introduced into the fluidised bed whilst the fluidised bed is maintained in a turbulent regime. The process is suitable for oxidation, ammoxidation and carboxylation processes, including the production of maleic anhydride, acrylonitrile, ethylene, acetic acid and vinyl acetate. | 01-29-2009 |
20080230481 | Process for the Removal of Catalytic Metals and Promoter Metals from Carbonylation Process Streams - A process for the selective removal of Group VIII carbonylation catalyst metals and/or promoter metals from liquid compositions comprising a carbonylation product, the Group VIII carbonylation catalyst metals and/or promoter metals, corrosion metals and optionally alkali or alkaline earth metals. The process comprises contacting the liquid composition with a chelating resin having thiourea functional groups. The process is suitable for treating process streams obtained in the production of carboxylic acids and/or carboxylic anhydrides. | 09-25-2008 |