Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds inventions 09/07

20070225531 - Hydrogenation of aromatic compounds: A process for hydrogenating aromatic compounds to produce hydrogenated cyclic compound by contacting an aromatic compound with hydrogen under conditions of pressure and temperature to react the hydrogen and aromatic compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising from 4 to 14 wt. % Ni and 0.0 up to about... Agent: Osha Liang LLP / Cdtech

20070225532 - Process for making styrene using mircohannel process technology: The disclosed invention relates to a process for converting ethylbenzene to styrene, comprising: flowing a feed composition comprising ethylbenzene in at least one process microchannel in contact with at least one catalyst to dehydrogenate the ethylbenzene and form a product comprising styrene; exchanging heat between the process microchannel and at... Agent: Neil A. Duchez (velocys) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070225533 - High viscosity polyalphaolefins based on 1-hexene, 1-dodecene and 1-tetradecene: This invention relates to the use of olefin mixtures containing 1-hexene/1-decene/1-dodecene and, additionally, 1-octene or 1-decene to produce high viscosity polyalphaolefins (PAOs) having a viscosity of from about 40 cSt to about 100 cSt at 100° C. (ASTM D-445) and a number average molecular weight of between about 1200 to... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070225534 - Low viscosity pao based on 1-tetradecene: Disclosed herein is a method of making a PAO using tetradecene and particularly mixtures comprising 1-hexene, 1-decene, 1-dodecene, and 1-tetradecene, characterized by a low viscosity and excellent cold temperature properties, using a promoter system comprising an alcohol and an ester. In embodiments, the product has properties similar to those obtainable... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070225535 - Low viscosity polyalphapolefin based on 1-decene and 1-dodecene: The invention relates to a method of making a PAO from mixtures comprising 1-decene and 1-dodecene, characterized by a low viscosity and excellent cold temperature properties, using a promoter system comprising an alcohol. In embodiments, the product has properties similar to those obtainable using a feed of solely 1-decene.... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070225536 - Olefin conversion process and olefin recovery process: The present invention provides a process for converting olefins from a mixture of olefins and non-olefinic organic compounds of comparable boiling point to olefin products with a larger difference in boiling point from the boiling point of the non-olefinic organic compounds. Additional steps may be performed to recover the olefin... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070225537 - Process and apparatus for integrating an alkene derivative process with an ethylene process: An integrated process and apparatus for integrating an alkene derivative process, such as ethylene oxide process, with an ethylene process so that any ethylene entrapped in the purge stream of the alkene derivative process can be effectively recovered through the ethylene process can be effectively recovered through the ethylene process... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department-mi 557

20070225538 - Alkylation process using an alkyl halide promoted ionic liquid catalyst: where R═H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl or hexyl group and X is a halide and preferably a chloride, and R1 and R2═H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl or hexyl group and where R1 and R2 may or may not be the same, and R3, R4, and R5 and R6=methyl,... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20070225539 - Apparatus and process for the separation of solids and liquids: A filter column apparatus comprising a filtration zone and a reslurry zone. These zones are separated by a barrier wall or are in substantial cooperation with each other. Also disclosed is a process for separating at least a portion of at least one substantially solid component from a solid-liquid stream... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.

20070219401 - Method for separation of olefins: To decrease capital costs of crack gas treatment of the olefin plant, a method for separation of olefins reduces the units for catalytic hydrogenation. In the method, olefins having three carbon atoms are separated from olefins having four carbon atoms. Crude gas is precompressed (1), precooled and dried (2), and... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070213571 - Method of utilizing a catalytic reaction to recycle organic scrap: The present invention discloses a method of utilizing a catalytic reaction to recycle organic scrap, wherein via a special cracking equipment, a special catalyst and a two-stage cracking process, the present invention not only can effectively convert organic scrap into regenerated oil but also can promote the yield and quality... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070213572 - Transverse-flow pyrocatalytic reactor for conversion of waste plastic material and scrap rubber: A process for converting organic waste into reusable hydrocarbons and a system for doing so, the system including a feeding mechanism for the waste, a reactor and a residue-disposing mechanism. The waste is to be fed into the reactor in which a molten lead bath is confined in an oxygen-free... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20070213573 - Novel reactor with two fluidized reaction zones with an integrated gas/solid separation system: The present invention describes a gas-solid reactor with two fluidized reaction zones having an integrated gas-solid separation system to achieve rigorously controlled residence times.... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070213574 - Method for the telomerization of non-cyclic olefins: Process for telomerizing noncyclic olefins having at least two conjugated double bonds with at least one nucleophile using a catalyst containing a metal of group 8, 9 or 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, wherein hydrogen is added via a hydrogen source to the process in at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070213575 - Lowering nitrogen-containing lewis bases in molecular sieve oligomerisation: Nitrogen-containing Lewis bases act as poisons for molecular sieve catalysts used in oligomerisation reactions. A lowering of their presence in the feed prior to the contacting thereof with the molecular sieve brings a significant extension of catalyst life. Excessive elimination of these poisons may be disadvantageous. Lowering the levels of... Agent: Exxonmobile Chemical Company Law Technology

20070213576 - Oligomerization of isobutene-containing feedstocks: The invention relates to the use of isobutene-containing olefin feedstock in oligomerization reactions, particularly in the production of octenes as feedstock for the manufacture of plasticizer alcohols, the process comprising contacting a feed comprising isobutene with a molecular sieve at a temperature in excess of 240° C. to produce a... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070208204 - Polymerization inhibitor for stabilizing olefinically unsaturated monomers: A polymerization inhibitor for stabilizing olefinically unsaturated monomers containing at least one compound of formula (1) and/or (2) according to the invention. Stabilized monomer compositions.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070208205 - Electrical insulating oil composition: An electrical insulating oil having a flash point (PMCC) of 130° C. or more and a pour point of −40° C. or lower, comprising hydrorefined mineral oil and/or synthetic hydrocarbon oil and in the range of from 0.5 to 10 wt. % of bright stock oil, based on the total... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070208206 - Novel catalyst systems and a process for reacting chemical compounds in the presence of said catalyst systems: New catalyst systems for metathesis reactions, in particular for the metathesis of nitrile rubber, are provided.... Agent: Lanxess Corporation

20070208207 - Olefin production utilizing condensate feedstock: A method for utilizing natural gas condensate as a feedstock for an olefin production plant wherein the feedstock is subjected to vaporization and separation conditions that remove light hydrocarbons from the condensate for thermal cracking in the plant, and leave liquid distillate for separate recovery.... Agent: Lyondell Chemical Company