Protected alloy surfaces in microchannel apparatus and catalysts, alumina supported catalysts, catalyst intermediates, and methods of forming catalysts and microchannel apparatus

US8206597B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Velocys, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Barry L. Yang · Dublin, US
• Anna Lee Tonkovich · Dublin, US
• Junko M. Watson · Columbus, US
• Francis P. Daly · Delaware, US
• Sean P. Fitzgerald · Columbus, US
• Chunshe Cao · Kennewick, US
• Xiaohong Li · Richland, US
• Terry Mazanec · Solon, US
• Bradley R. Johnson · Richland, US
• Ravi Arora · Dublin, US
• David J. Hesse · Columbus, US
• Dongming Qiu · Dublin, US
• Rachid Taha · Dublin, US
• Jeffrey J. Ramler · Lewis Center, US
• Yong Wang · Richland, US
• Richard Q. Long · New Albany, US
• Ya-Huei Chin · Richland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 24, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S585/924
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention describes microchannel apparatus and catalysts that contain a layer of a metal aluminide or are made in a process in which a metal aluminide layer is formed as an intermediate. Certain processing conditions have surprisingly been found to result in superior coatings. The invention includes chemical processes conducted through apparatus described in the specification. Other catalysts and catalyst synthesis techniques are also described.