Haldor Topsøe A/S Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160107961 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF METHANOL IN PARALLEL REACTORS - In a process for the preparation of methanolin parallel reactors, comprising the steps of (a) reacting carbon oxides and hydrogen in the presence of a methanol catalyst in a first methanol reactor to obtain a first methanol-containing effluent, (b) introducing and reacting unconverted synthesis gas in a second methanol reactor in the presence of a methanol catalyst to obtain a second methanol-containing effluent, the first methanol reactor and the second methanol reactor being connected in parallel, (c) combining the first and second effluent, and (d) cooling and separating the combined and cooled effluent into a methanol-containing liquid phase and unconverted synthesis gas, the methanol catalyst in the first methanol reactor is indirectly cooled by boiling water and the methanol catalyst in the second methanol reactor is either directly or indirectly cooled by the unconverted synthesis gas prior to conversion into the second effluent. | 04-21-2016 |
20160083260 | A PROCESS FOR CO-PRODUCTION OF AMMONIA, UREA AND METHANOL - A process for co-production of ammonia, urea and methanol from natural gas, comprising the steps of (a) producing a synthesis gas by simultaneous feeding natural gas to an autothermal reformer (ATR) and to a steam methane reformer (SMR), the two reformers running in parallel, (b) feeding air to an air separation unit (ASU), where the air is split into oxygen, which is fed to the ATR, and nitrogen, (c) subjecting the synthesis gas from the SMR to a water gas shift, (d) removing the carbon dioxide from the synthesis gas from step (c) and leading it to urea synthesis in a urea synthesis unit, (e) combining the hydrogen-rich gas from step (d) with the nitrogen from step (b), removing catalyst poisons from the gases and leading the gas mixture to ammonia synthesis in an ammonia synthesis unit, (f) optionally removing part of the carbon dioxide from the syngas from the ATR in step (a) and leading it to urea synthesis in a urea synthesis unit and (g) leading the syngas from step (f) to the methanol synthesis unit, wherein synthesis gas from step (a) may be led either from the ATR outlet to the SMR outlet upstream from the shift stage or the other way. | 03-24-2016 |
20160079617 | GAS INLET FOR SOEC UNIT - Multiple gas inlet or outlets for a SOC unit is provided by stacked layers with cut outs for gas channels which overlap. | 03-17-2016 |
20160061443 | BURNER - A burner with a plurality of oxidant gas pipes distributed throughout the cross section of the burner and process gas in plug flow provides even mixing of the oxidant and the process gas. | 03-03-2016 |
20160049669 | GAS INLET FOR SOC UNIT - Multiple gas inlet or outlets for a SOC unit is provided by stacked layers with cut outs for gas channels which overlap. | 02-18-2016 |
20160040311 | A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CO FROM CO2 IN A SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYSIS CELL - The invention concerns a process for producing carbon monoxide (CO) from carbon dioxide (CO | 02-11-2016 |
20160006047 | SOFC STACK WITH INTEGRATED HEATER - An integrated heater for a Solid Oxide Fuel System is integrated directly in the SOFC stack, and can operate and heat the stack independently of the process. | 01-07-2016 |
20160003024 | ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY FROM A CRUDE HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR - The invention relates to a method and a system for recovery of oil from a crude hydrocarbon reservoir. A synthesis gas from natural gas, and then liquid hydrocarbon or liquid oxygenate is produced from said synthesis gas. The liquid hydrocarbon or liquid oxygenate is then passed into said crude hydrocarbon reservoir to provide a crude hydrocarbon mixture, and the crude hydrocarbon mixture is withdrawn from said reservoir. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002137 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING FORMALDEHYDE FROM A COMPOSITION COMPRISING GLYCOLALDEHYDE - A process for reducing the percentage by weight of formaldehyde present in a composition comprising glycolaldehyde, wherein formaldehyde is transformed into one or more formaldehyde acetal(s) and removed from the reactive distillation reaction solution by reactive distillation in the presence of at least one alcohol and a catalyst. | 01-07-2016 |
20150368818 | SOEC STACK WITH INTEGRATED HEATER - An integrated heater for a Solid Oxide Electrolysis System is integrated directly in the SOEC stack, and can operate and heat the stack independently of the electrolysis process. | 12-24-2015 |
20150337211 | PROCESS FOR REFORMING HYDROCARBONS AND PROCESS FOR STARTING UP A GAS-TO-LIQUID PROCESS - The invention relates to a process for the production of synthesis gas by the use of autothermal reforming or catalytic partial oxidation in which, after removal of water, effluent gas from the ATR or CPO is recycled to the feed of the ATR or CPO. | 11-26-2015 |
20150328610 | MULTI-BED REACTOR WITH MIXING DEVICE - A mixing device mounted between two catalyst beds in a multi-bed catalytic reactor with a cylindrical shape. The mixing device has a circular outer rim which corresponds to the inner wall of the reactor, and includes a collecting section for collecting fluid from an up-stream catalytic bed, a mixing section for mixing the collected fluid, and a discharging section for discharging the mixed fluid to a down-stream catalytic bed. The collecting section, the mixing section and the discharging section are disposed outside the center of the circular cross-section of the reactor. | 11-19-2015 |
20150315109 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGHER ALCOHOLS - In a process for the production of higher alcohols, i.e. C | 11-05-2015 |
20150259202 | Process for the Production of Synthesis Gas - The invention relates to a process for the production of synthesis gas from tail gas including autothermal reforming and shifting a portion of autothermally reformed process gas in order to produce a product stream of synthesis gas richer in carbon monoxide. | 09-17-2015 |
20150238899 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING HYDROGEN FROM HYDROGEN SULFIDE - The present invention provides a method for recovering hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide using a supported silver catalyst, and a method for purifying a gas stream containing hydrogen sulfide using such a catalyst. | 08-27-2015 |
20150175509 | PROCESS AND REACTION SYSTEM FOR THE PREPARATION OF METHANOL - Process and reaction system for the preparation of methanol comprising two reaction units, wherein a first unit is operated on a mixture of fresh synthesis gas and unconverted synthesis gas and a second unit solely with unconverted synthesis gas. | 06-25-2015 |
20150159861 | WASTE HEAT BOILER WITH BYPASS AND MIXER - A waste heat boiler has heat exchange tubes for indirect heat exchange of a relatively hot process gas and a cooling media, and a by-pass tube for by-passing a part of the process gas; a swirl mixer ensures mixing of the cooled process gas and the relative hot process gas exiting the heat exchange tubes and the by-pass tube. | 06-11-2015 |
20150152019 | PROCESS FOR CONVERSION OF NATURAL GAS TO HYDROCARBON PRODUCTS AND A PLANT FOR CARRYING OUT THE PROCESS - A process for the conversion of natural gas to hydrocarbon products comprises the steps of (a) mixing natural gas with a small amount of hydrogen, (b) purifying the mixture from (a) in a feed purification section to obtain purified natural gas, (c) mixing the purified natural gas from (b) with steam to obtain the desired steam-to-carbon (S/C) ratio, (d) mixing the natural gas/steam mixture from (c) with the tail gas from the downstream Fischer-Tropsch synthesis or a part thereof in a syngas section and converting the mixture into a synthesis gas, (e) cooling the synthesis gas from (d) and condensing out the process water from it, (f) leading the dry synthesis gas from (e) to a carbon dioxide removal section, where the CO | 06-04-2015 |
20150151293 | SCR CATALYST AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF | 06-04-2015 |
20150147266 | PROCESS FOR THE OXIDATION OF SO2 TO SO3 - The present invention relates to a process plant for the oxidation of SO | 05-28-2015 |
20150118134 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE PURIFICATION OF EXHAUST GAS FROM AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention provides a method and system for the purification of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, comprising a filter and a SCR catalyst. The filter is periodically regenerated increasing the temperature of the exhaust gas up to 850° C. and the water vapour content up to 100% by volume. The SCR catalyst comprises a hydrothermally microporous stable zeolite and/or zeotype having the AEI type framework and being promoted with copper. | 04-30-2015 |
20150110711 | PROCESS FOR THE DIRECT SYNTHESIS OF CU-SAPO-34 - Process for the direct synthesis of Cu-SAPO-34 comprising at least the following steps: preparation of a mixture containing water, at least one silicon source, at least one Al source, at least one P source, at least one Cu source, at least one OSDA1 (where OSDA1 is any polyamine), and at least one OSDA2 (where OSDA2 is any organic molecule capable of directing the synthesis of the SAPO-34); and where the final synthesis mixture has the next molar composition: a Si:0.5 Al:b P:c Cu:d OSDA1:e OSDA2:f H20 wherein a is in the range from 0.01 to 0.3; wherein b is in the range from 0.2 to 0.49; wherein c is in the range from 0.001 to 0.6; wherein d is in the range from 0.001 to 0.6; wherein e is in the range from 0.001 to 2; wherein f is in the range from 1 to 200; hydrothermal treatment of the mixture at 80-200° C. until formation of the crystalline material, and recovery of the crystal-line material. | 04-23-2015 |
20150094510 | PROCESS FOR SYNTHESIS OF ALCOHOLS - Process and catalyst for upgrading gasoline comprising durene (1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) and pseudodocumene, the process comprises hydroisomerization of durene (1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) and pseudocumene (1,2,4-trimethylbenzene) contained in the gasoline in presence of a catalyst comprising a sulfided base metal supported on an acidic carrier, thereby converting durene (1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) to isodurene (1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) and prehnitene (1,2,3,4-tetramethylbenzene) and converting pseudocumene (1,2,4-trimethylbenzene) to mesitylene (1,3,5-trimethylbenzene). | 04-02-2015 |
20150057458 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FROM CARBON DIOXIDE - Process for the production of a chemical compound from a carbon dioxide starting material, comprising the steps of a) providing a feed stream consisting mainly of carbon dioxide; b) electrolysing in an electrolysis stage the carbon dioxide in the feed stream to a first gas stream containing carbon monoxide and a second gas stream containing oxygen, wherein the molar ratio between carbon monoxide and oxygen is about 1:0.5 in an electrolysis stage; c) adjusting the composition of the first gas stream or the second gas stream or both gas streams to include carbon dioxide, either by operating at less than full conversion of CO2 or by sweeping one or both gas streams with a gas containing CO | 02-26-2015 |
20150045460 | PROCESS FOR SYNTHESIS OF ALCOHOLS - Process for the catalytic production of alcohol products, wherein by-products comprising ketone, aldehyde and ester compounds contained in the alcohol product are subjected to hydrogenation with a hydrogen-containing purge gas. | 02-12-2015 |
20150038741 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF HIGH PURITY CARBON MONOXIDE - A device and a process for producing high purity CO by electrolysis of CO2 in a Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell stack and a gas separation unit, also the gas separation unit may be a Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell stack. | 02-05-2015 |
20150020506 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE REMOVAL OF NOXIOUS COMPOUNDS FROM ENGINE EXHAUST GAS - Method and system for the removal of noxious compounds from lean burning engines, the method comprising in series the steps of contacting the exhaust gas with a catalyst being active in oxidation of volatile organic compounds and carbon monoxide, passing the treated exhaust gas through a particulate filter catalysed with a first SCR catalyst, and passing the exhaust gas leaving the particulate filter through a second SCR catalyst, wherein ammonia is injected into the exhaust upstream of the catalysed particulate filter at a temperature below or at about 220° C. and wherein urea is injected into the exhaust gas between the first and the second SCR catalyst when the exhaust gas has reached a temperature of about 200° C. | 01-22-2015 |
20140357736 | CO-PRODUCTION OF METHANOL AND UREA - Process for the co-production of methanol and urea from a hydrocarbon feed without venting large amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. | 12-04-2014 |
20140330050 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF HIGHER ALCOHOLS - Process for production of a higher alcohol product from an alcohol synthesis gas comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and lower alcohols, comprising a carbon dioxide and optional alkane removal step. Use a stripper using synthesis gas as stripping gas to purify the liquid phase containing the lower and highers alcohols, in order to strip the lower alcohol from the alcohol stream. Synthesis gas used for stripping is used as recycle stream in the reactor. | 11-06-2014 |
20140303420 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS - The invention relates to a process for the production of gamma-valerolactone (GVL) by gas phase hydrogenation of furfural or furfuryl alcohol in the presence of a solid catalyst. The conversion of furfural or furfuryl alcohol to GVL is conducted in one single step. | 10-09-2014 |
20140294706 | CATALYST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR USE IN SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION OF NITROGEN OXIDES - Catalyst composition for selective reduction of nitrogen oxides and soot oxidation comprising a physical mixture of one or more acidic zeolite or zeo-type components with one ore more redox active metal compounds and a method for selective reduction of nitrogen oxides and soot oxidation by use of the catalyst composition. | 10-02-2014 |
20140196875 | FEED RATIO CONTROL FOR HTER - A method for designing the construction of a Heat Exchange Reformer (HER) to minimise metal dusting, and a method for improved thermal control in a Heat Exchange Reformer (HER). By analysis of various parameters related to a Main Reforming Unit (MRU) and a Heat Exchange Reformer (HER), improved thermal control and reduced metal dusting is achieved. | 07-17-2014 |
20140179971 | CATALYST FOR THE CONVERSION OF OXYGENATES TO OLEFINS AND A PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAID CATALYST - A catalyst for the conversion of oxygenates, such as alcohols or ethers, to olefins consists essentially of a selected SUZ-4 zeolite that has a Si/Al ratio of at least 20, preferably between 20 and 500, especially between 20 and 100. The basic SUZ-4 zeolite is prepared in a manner known per se, whereafter the Si/Al ratio is increased to the desired value. The selected SUZ-4 zeolite catalyst of the invention has a longer life time and a better product selectivity than the conventional/standard SUZ-4 zeolite catalysts. | 06-26-2014 |
20140170033 | METHOD FOR COATING A CATALYSED PARTICULATE FILTER AND A PARTICULATE FILTER - Method for the preparation of a wall flow particulate filter catalysed at its inlet side with a first catalyst having activity in the removal of residual hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide and catalysing at rich burn engine operation conditions the reaction of nitrogen oxides with hydrogen and/or carbon monoxide to ammonia and catalysed at its outlet side with a second catalyst having activity in the selective reduction of NOx by reaction with ammonia being formed in the inlet side. The method involves the provision of a first catalyst having a particle size smaller than the filter wall mean pore size, and a second catalyst having a particle size larger than the filter wall mean pore size, and mixing the first and second catalyst into one suspension, which is used for wash-coating from the outlet end. The first catalyst thereby diffuses into the partition wall. | 06-19-2014 |
20140140899 | CATALYSED PARTICULATE FILTER AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A CATALYSED PARTICULATE FILTER - Wall flow particulate filter catalysed at its inlet side with a catalyst having activity in the removal of residual hydro-carbons and carbon monoxide and catalysing at rich burn engine operation conditions the reaction of nitrogen oxides with hydrogen and/or carbon monoxide to ammonia and catalysed at its outlet side with a catalyst having activity in the selective reduction of NOx by reaction with ammonia being formed in the inlet side. | 05-22-2014 |
20140135409 | PROCESS FOR REFORMING HYDROCARBONS - The invention relates to a process for the production of synthesis gas by the use of autothermal reforming in which tail gas from downstream Fischer-Tropsh synthesis is hydrogenated and then added to the autothermal reforming stage. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134063 | METHOD FOR COATING A CATALYSED PARTICULATE FILTER AND A PARTICULATE FILTER - Method for the preparation of a wall flow particulate filter catalysed at its inlet side with a first catalyst having activity in the removal of residual hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide and catalysing at rich burn engine operation conditions the reaction of nitrogen oxides with hydrogen and/or carbon monoxide to ammonia and catalysed at its outlet side with a second catalyst having activity in the selective reduction of NOx by reaction with ammonia being formed in the inlet side. The method involves the provision of a first catalyst having a particle size larger than the filter wall mean pore size, and a second catalyst having a particle size smaller than the filter wall mean pore size, and mixing the first and second catalyst into one suspension, which is used for wash-coating from the inlet end. The second catalyst thereby diffuses into the partition wall. | 05-15-2014 |