BASF Patente

A fuel composition for use in a compression ignition engine comprises a hydrocarbon compound and oxygenate compound. The hydrocarbon compound comprises at least one member of each of a paraffinic C_8-25 hydrocarbon, a C_13-25 cycloparaffinic hydrocarbon, and an aromatic hydrocarbon. The oxygenate compound comprises at least one of an ether, monoetherified and monoesterified diols, an ester, and an ether alcohol ester, each having a molecular weight of 220 to 500 g/mol. The fuel composition has a density of 0.79 to 1.00 g/cm³ at a temperature of 15°C. The fuel composition is useful as a diesel fuel having improved low temperature properties.

The present invention relates to a polyol composition (PC) for the production of a polyurethane, in particular a thermoplastic polyurethane, comprising at least one compound (P1) having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive towards isocyanates and (P1) has the general formula (A1)-(B)-(A2). The invention furthermore relates to a process for producing a polyurethane, preferably a thermoplastic polyurethane, comprising mixing an isocyanate composition (IC) comprising at least one polyisocyanate (11); and a polyol composition (PC), comprising at least one compound (P1); and reacting the isocyanate composition (IC) and the polyol composition (PC) to form a polyurethane. The present invention also relates to the polyurethane obtained in the process as well as the use thereof for producing an article, in particular for producing an article selected from the group consisting of flooring, a shoe or a part of a shoe.

The present invention concerns a multilayer composite battery electrode comprising active electrode materials obtained by direct recycling of battery materials from batteries comprising coated metal foil electrodes which are common in, e.g., lithium ion batteries or other alkali metal batteries. The battery materials are either obtained as production scrap from electrode and/or cell production, or obtained from end-of-life batteries (EoL batteries) by sorting and healing processes as they are described in literature.

A process for increasing the content of 2,4-bis[4-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-2-hydroxyphenol]-6-(4-methoxyphenol)-1,3,5-triazine (BEMT) in a composition comprising BEMT, the process comprising the steps of a) providing a composition comprising BEMT and impurities; b) dissolving said composition in a solvent mixture at a first dissolving temperature yielding an unsaturated BEMT solution, wherein the solvent mixture comprises at least one polar solvent; c) decreasing the temperature of the unsaturated BEMT solution to a saturation temperature, wherein the saturation temperature is lower than the first dissolving temperature, yielding a saturated BEMT solution; d) further decreasing the temperature of the first saturated BEMT solution to a first crystallization temperature, wherein the first crystallization temperature is lower than the saturation temperature, thereby yielding a supersaturated BENT solution; e) adding seed crystals of BEMT in an amount in the range of from 0.00001 wt.-% to 20 wt.-% with respect to the total weight of said composition to the supersaturated BEMT solution during step d) yielding a first BEMT suspension comprising BEMT particles; f) heating the first BEMT suspension to a second dissolving temperature yielding a second BEMT suspension comprising less BEMT particles than the first BEMT suspension, wherein the second dissolving temperature is higher than the first crystallization temperature and lower than the first dissolving temperature; g) decreasing the temperature of the second BEMT suspension to a second crystallization temperature yielding a final BEMT suspension comprising larger BEMT particles than the first BEMT suspension; h) isolating the BEMT particles from the final BEMT, wherein the second crystallization temperature is lower than the first crystallization temperature.

The present invention relates to specific alanine analogues, and to the use of said alanine analogues for controlling unwanted vegetation. Furthermore, the invention relates to agrochemical formulations comprising these alanine analogues and to methods of applying the alanine analogues or their agrochemical formulations for controlling unwanted vegetation. <img class="EMIRef" id="78dce938-bf02-4e8c-ae3e-91d7387596a2-ia01" />

Disclosed is a method for processing batteries, the method comprising deactivating batteries by cooling of the batteries, wherein the cooling comprises ultradeep cooling of the batteries.

The present invention relates to fungicidal mixtures comprising at least one substituted benzoxazepine picolinonitrile compounds (compound I) and at least one active compound II in a weight ratio of from 100:1 to 1:100; to a method for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi using mixtures of at least one compound I and at least one compound II in a weight ratio of from 100:1 to 1:100; to the use of mixtures comprising compounds I and compounds II for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi; to agrochemical compositions comprising these mixtures; and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seed.

A process for reducing the amount of feed gas A in a void volume of solid particles S, whereby solid particles D are obtained, in a reactor, wherein a reaction is carried out, the reactor having a start and an end, wherein the start is preferably a top (T) and the end is preferably a bottom (B) of the reactor, a feed gas inlet A, a gas outlet, a solid particle inlet and a solid particle outlet, the process comprising displacement of at least a part of the feed gas A in the void volume of the solid particles S with a gas B different from said feed gas A, wherein the displacement is carried out by addition of the gas B at the end, preferably at the bottom of the reactor between the feed gas inlet A and the solid particle outlet, wherein the solid particles D are discharged at the bottom of the reactor via a solid particle outlet, or the displacement is carried out by addition of the gas B to a vessel, wherein the solid particles S are collected in the vessel, the vessel being connected with the solid particle outlet at the start, preferably at the top and/or at the end, preferably at the bottom of the reactor;andto a reactor (R) for a reaction of a feed gas A in the presence of solid particles P, preferably a pyrolysis, more preferably a methane pyrolysis, wherein solid particles S are obtained comprising feed gas A in its void volume, the reactor having a start and an end, wherein the start is preferably a top (T) and the end is preferably a bottom (B) and a solid particle outlet at the end, preferably at the bottom and/or at the start, preferably at the top of the reactor, preferably at the end, more preferably at the bottom, a feed gas inlet A, a gas outlet, and a solid particle inlet, and having either an inlet B for a gas B for displacement of the feed gas A in the void volume of said solid particles S for obtaining solid particles D having a reduced amount of feed gas A in a void volume, at the end, preferably at the bottom of the reacfor between the feed gas inlet A and the solid particle outlet, or having an inlet C for a gas B for displacement of the feed gas A in the void volume of said solid particles S for obtaining solid particles D having a reduced amount of feed gas A in a void volume in a vessel, wherein the solid particles S are collected in the vessel, the vessel being connected with the solid particle outlet at the start, preferably at the top and/or at the end, preferably at the bottom of the reactor.

A process for obtaining a product gas from a feed gas in a moving bed reactor, the reactor having a top and a bottom and comprising between the top and the bottom an upper heat integration zone, a lower heat integration zone, and a reaction zone located between the upper and the lower heat integration zone, wherein a plurality of solid material particles and feed gas are counter-currently driven, wherein the plurality of solid material particles is introduced at the top at an inlet and passes through the reactor in the direction of gravity, wherein the process comprises a continuous measurement of the temperature at the top of the reactor and/or a continuous measurement of the temperature at the bottom of the reactor, and adjusting the mass flow of the plurality of solid material particles at the outlet at the bottom of the reactor and/or at the inlet at the top of the reactor and/or adjusting the mass flow of the feed gas at the inlet at the bottom of the reactor depending on the temperature measured by the continuous measurement of the temperature at the top of the reactor and/or the continuous measurement of the temperature at the bottom of the reactor; a moving bed reactor for carrying out said process; and a method for stabilizing the position of the reaction zone in a moving bed reactor in said process or in said reactor.

The present disclosure relates to a process and a device for quality control during vehicle manufacturing. The disclosure relates to methods, apparatuses, systems, a measuring device, and use of the quality of the coating for monitoring and/or controlling the quality of a coating present on at least a part of the surface of a vehicle during manufacturing of the vehicle.

The invention relates to a process for determining process changes in a multiple-phase flow in an apparatus, comprising:(a) obtaining data by capturing measured values by measuring structure-borne sound in the apparatus at different positions on an outer shell of the apparatus and optionally processing the measured values;(b) comparing the data obtained in step (a) with stored data or feeding the data obtained in step (a) into a machine learning classification method which was taught with data obtained by capturing measured values by measuring the structure-borne sound and optionally processing the measured values and connected operation conditions; and(c) providing a signal, if a deviation between the data obtained in step (a) and the stored data exceeds a predefined threshold value or if a process change is detected by the machine learning classification method.

The present invention relates to a process for preparation of 8-substituted isochroman-3-ones as intermediates for the preparation of substituted enol ether fungicides. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of intermediates of 8-substituted isochroman-3-ones synthesis.

The present invention relates to a process for preparation of substituted cyclohexenes as intermediates for the preparation of substituted enol ether fungicides. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of novel intermediates of enol ether fungicide synthesis starting from substituted cyclohexenes.

The present invention relates to an alcohol conversion process wherein a base together with a homogenous transition metal catalyst are employed. In the process, preferably bio-based alcohols such bio-ethanol are employed which contain trace components of other alcohols.

A pre-catalyst thermally convertible into a catalyst for producing phthalic anhydride by gas-phase catalytic oxidation of ortho-xylene and/or naphthalene with a molecular oxygen-containing gas comprises a support body, and coated on the support body, a coating composition. The coating composition comprises titanium dioxide; vanadium pentoxide or a vanadium compound thermally convertible to vanadium pentoxide; a binder polymer selected from polyvinyl esters, polyvinyl ester alkylene copolymers and polymers and copolymers of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and/or maleic acid, and salts and esters thereof; and a hydrophilic polymer selected from polyalkylene oxides, polyvinyl alcohol and starch. A catalyst obtained by thermal treatment of the pre-catalyst of the invention allows for a high yield and high selectivity in the production of phthalic anhydride.

The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for providing at least one target material associated with one or more environmental attributes and produced by a chemical production network and to a use of the target material associated with one or more environmental attribute(s) to produce at least one discrete product associated with the one or more environmental attribute(s).

The present invention relates to a process for producing an acid, and in particular to an alcohol conversion process employing a homogeneous catalyst and a base, wherein an ester as a byproduct of said alcohol conversion process is formed, and wherein an acid from the ester is obtained.

A compound of formula (I) <img class="EMIRef" id="3af7b261-65f2-4693-969d-39536a5b9f0a-ia01" /> wherein R<1> and R<2> are independently H, C<1>-C<18>-alkyl or C<1>-C<18>-alkoxy, which alkyl and/or alkoxy is unsubstituted or substituted with at least one substituent R<3>, R<3> is independently halogen, hydroxyl, C<1>-C<18>-alkoxy, Cs-Cs-cycloalkyl, Cs-Cs-cycloalkoxy, 3 to 8-membered heterocycloalkyl, 3 to 8-membered heterocycloalkoxy, C<5>-C<10>-aryl, C<5>-C<10>-aryloxy, 3 to 8-membered hetaryl or 3 to 8-membered hetaryloxy, which alkoxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkoxy, heterocycloalkyl, heterocycloalkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, hetaryl or hetaryloxy may be unsubstituted or substituted, - - - denotes a single bond or a double bond, and with the proviso that the compound in which R<1> is H and R<2> is H is excluded is a lignin derived monomer that is capable of self-polymerization. Polymers are obtained from the compound of formula (I) where the 7-membered ring contains an olefinic unsaturation by ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Polymers are obtained from the compound of formula (I) where the 7-membered ring contains no olefinic unsaturation by ring-opening polymerization.

Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for providing material identifier package usable for recycling of batteries, the method comprising the steps of:- providing at least one battery identifier and corresponding material configuration data associated with at least one component of the battery to be recycled;- determining at least one material identifier package by relating the at least one material configuration provided by the material configuration data to at least one material configuration processable by at least one plant;- providing the at least one material identifier package usable for recycling batteries including the at least one battery identifier.

1. A method for stabilization of an organic material susceptible to oxidative, thermal or light-induced degradation, which comprises the incorporation therein or applying thereto a compound of formula (2)whereinR'₁, R'₂, R'₃ and R'₄ are independently from each other hydrogen or C₁-C₁₈ alkyl,X'₁ is C₂-C₁₂ alkylene or C₃-C₁₂ alkylene substituted by hydroxyl;at least one of the radicals Y₁, Y₂, Y₃, Y₄, Y₅ and Y₆ is a group of formula -CH₂-CH=CH-R and the remaining of the radicals Y₁, Y₂, Y₃, Y₄, Y₅ and Y₆ are independently from each other hydrogen or a group of formula -CH₂-CH=CH-R, wherein R is hydrogen, C₁-C₁₈ alkyl or C₅-C₇ cycloalkyl.

The present invention is related to an improved method for the production of a monoglyceride with reduced MCPD content which comprises the following subsequent steps: i) glycerol is mixed with at least one base and at least one triglyceride and/or at least one fatty acid, ii) the resulting mixture is heated up to a temperature in the range of from 200 to 300 °C and held in said range for 1 to 180 minutes to form at least one monoglyceride, iii) a first portion of at least one acid is added to the heated-up mixture, iv) the mixture is cooled down to a temperature in the range of from 20 to 170 °C, if applicable, any excess glycerol is separated out using phase separation, and v) a second portion of at least one acid is added to the cooled-down mixture to completely neutralize the at least one base. The present invention is also directed to a monoglyceride producible with said method as well to the use of said monoglyceride for the production of formulations used in food, pharmaceutical or animal nutrition.

The disclosure relates to a system (10) for monitoring and/or controlling one or more chemical plant(s) (12), wherein the system (10) comprises a first processing layer (14) associated with the chemical plant (12) and communicatively coupled to a second processing layer (16), wherein the first processing layer (14) and the second processing layer (16) are configured in a secure network (18, 20), wherein the first processing layer (14) provides process or asset specific data (22) of the chemical plant (12) to the second processing layer (16), wherein the second processing layer (16) is configured to contextualize process or asset specific data to generate plant specific data and to provide plant specific data (24) of one or more chemical plant(s) (12) to an interface (26) to an external network.

Disclosed is a method for monitoring and/or controlling a chemical plant (12) with multiple assets via a distributed computing system (10) with more than two deployment layers (14, 16, 30, 32, 34), wherein the deployment layers (14, 16, 30, 32, 34) comprise at least two of a first processing layer (14), a second processing layer (16, 32, 34) and an external processing layer (30), the method comprising the steps of: - providing (60) a containerized application (48, 50) including an asset or plant template specifying input data, output data and an asset or plant model, - deploying (62) the containerized application (48, 50) to execute on at least one of the deployment layers (14, 16, 30, 32, 34), wherein the deployment layer (14, 16, 30, 32, 34) is assigned based on the input data, a load indicator, or a system layer tag, and executing the containerized application (46, 52, 54) on the assigned deployment layer(s) (14, 16, 30, 32, 34) to generate output data for controlling and/or monitoring the chemical plant (12), - providing (66) the generated output data for controlling and/or monitoring the chemical plant (12).

A compound (A) of formulawhereinX is a n-valent organic group or H, andn is an integer of 1, 2, 3 or 4, is provided for use as an additive in an amine curable epoxy resin composition, especially for preparing coatings, adhesives, sealants and composite materials.

The present teachings relate to a method for improving a production process for manufacturing a chemical product using at least one input material at an industrial plant, the industrial plant comprising a plurality of physically separated equipment zones, the method comprising: providing, via an interface, an upstream object identifier comprising input material data; receiving, at a computing unit, real-time process data from one or more of the equipment zones; determining, via the computing unit, a subset of the real-time process data based on the upstream object identifier and a zone presence signal; computing, via the computing unit, at least one zone-specific performance parameter of the chemical product related to the upstream object identifier based on the subset of the real-time process data and historical data; determining, in response to at least one of the performance parameters, a target equipment zone where the input material and/or chemical product is to be sent. The present teachings also relate to a system, and a software program.

A system (10) for monitoring and/or controlling one or more chemical plant(s) (12) including at least one processing layer (14, 16, 32, 34), wherein the at least one processing layer (14, 16, 32, 34) is associated with a secure network (20) and communicatively coupled to an interface (26) for providing process or asset specific data or process applications to an external processing layer (30), wherein the at least one processing layer (14, 16, 32, 34) is configured to add a transfer tag to the process or asset specific data or to the process application and to provide the process or asset specific data or the process application based on the transfer tag.

The present invention relates to a method for field cultivation comprising one or more areas with designated male cereal plants (male areas) and one or more areas with designated male-sterile female cereal plants (female areas), said method comprising the step of passing, during the stem elongation stage of the designated male plants, a cutting tool over at least part of each of said one or more male areas, but not over one or more female areas, to cut designated male cereal plants in said part of each of said one or more male areas. The present invention further relates to a field comprising one or more areas with designated male cereal plants and one or more areas with designated male-sterile female cereal plants, wherein the designated male plants in at least part of each male area were cut with a cutting tool during the stem elongation stage and wherein the designated female plants were not cut during the stem elongation stage. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of a cutting tool for selectively cutting designated male cereal plants.

The present invention provides a process for the preparation of 2-C₃-C₄ alkanone ox-imes, i.e. 2-propanoneoxime or 2-butanoneoxime, comprising the following steps:a) subjecting a mixture (M) comprising a C₁-C₁₀ alkyl nitrite and liquefied linear C₃-C₄ alkane, i.e. n-propane or n-butane, to an irradiation by means of at least one light-emitting diode, to obtain a product mixture (P), which contains 2-C₃-C₄ alkanone oxime, i.e. 2-propanoneoxime or 2-butanoneoxime, and a C₁-C₁₀ alkanol, wherein the light emitting diodes essentially emit radiation having a wavelength in the range of 300 to 500 nm; andb) separating the C₁-C₁₀ alkanol from the product mixture (P) to obtain the 2-C₃-C₄ alkanone oxime.

The invention relates to the field of determining the transmittance and/or absorption of coated substrates, in particular coated substrates mounted before sensors. The present invention relates to a measurement device for measuring a radar transmission and/or reflection of a vehicle component comprising a coating, a method and computer element for measuring a radar transmission and/or reflection of at least a part of a vehicle component comprising a coating including a repaired coating area and the use of the measurement device for measuring a radar transmission and/or reflection of a vehicle component comprising a repaired coating area.

The present disclosure relates to the field of sustainability and, in particular, to calculating, monitoring and attributing carbon delta attributes (such as GHG savings) to select material products to improve the environmental impact of material production. The disclosure relates to methods, apparatuses and systems for generating, monitoring, and/or allocating carbon delta attributes associated with input materials provided to a fuel switch within a Scope 1 system boundary of a material production network.

In the present invention new cleaning compositions comprising a protease are provided. In addition, methods of making the cleaning compositions and using the cleaning compositions for having an improved storage stability are provided.

In the present invention new cleaning compositions comprising a mannanase are provided. In addition, methods of making the cleaning compositions and using the cleaning compositions for having an improved storage stability are provided.

The present invention relates to the field of protein purification. The invention contemplates a method for purifying a fermentation-derived solution of a protein of interest comprising the following steps: contacting the fermentation-derived solution with chemically activated carbon in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 15 wt.-% of the solution; adjusting the pH to a value between 4 and 12, adjusting the temperature to a value between 2 °C to 60 °C; separating the chemically activated carbon from the solution; and thereby obtaining a clarified solution of the protein of interest. Moreover, it relates to a clarified solution of a protein of interest obtainable by or obtained by the method according to the invention and to the use of a chemically activated carbon for purifying a fermentation-derived solution of a protein of interest.

A method for monitoring and/or controlling a chemical production process, wherein the chemical production process comprises process signal data indicating an anomalous event, the method comprising the steps of: - providing one or more process signal data associated with one or more sensor(s) monitoring one or more chemical production process(es), wherein the signal is indicative of one or more operating status changes associated with the one or more chemical production process(es); - detecting one or more anomalous event(s) based on the one or more process signal data by providing the process signal data to a data-driven model configured to classify anomalous event(s) based on the one or more process signal data, wherein the data-driven model is parametrized based on at least partially labelled process signal data, wherein the labels are intermittent data points measured with respect to the chemical products produced by the chemical production process provided; - providing the one or more detected anomalous event(s) associated with the respective one or more process signal data for monitoring and/or controlling the chemical production process of the one or more chemical plant(s).

The present invention relates to a zeolitic material of MFI framework type having a framework structure comprising Si, O, and Ti, obtained or obtainable from a Ti containing compound, wherein the Ti containing compound has an APHA color number of ≤ 300, the APHA color number being determined according to DIN EN ISO 6271:2016-05; wherein the Ti containing compound comprises a Ti containing alcoholate selected from the group of Ti(O-alkyl)₄, wherein each alkyl group is independently selected from branched or unbranched C1 to C6 alkyl. The present invention also relates to a process for preparation of said zeolitic material, a molding comprising said zeolitic material, the use of said molding and a process for oxidizing an organic compound comprising bringing an organic compound in contact with a catalyst comprising a molding..

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