Abstract: A method of processing off gas from a chemical plant, where the off gas includes carbon dioxide and water. The processing of the off gas involves separating the off gas into a gas phase and a liquid phase and using one or more ion-exchange resin bed(s) and one or more granular activated carbon bed(s) to separate unwanted organic materials from the liquid phase. Based on this separation, water can be recovered that has less than 10 wt. % of the unwanted organic compounds originally in the liquid phase of the off gas.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a medical device for snaring guidewire during endovascular procedure. The medical device includes a catheter and an elongate member. The catheter is deployed into a lumen of a blood vessel through a first vascular access point of a subject. The elongate member includes a distal tip mounted with a first magnetic element and configured to be insertable within the catheter. The elongate member is deployed in the lumen of the blood vessel by advancing through the catheter. The first magnetic element of the elongate member is configured to exert magnetic force to magnetically couple with a guidewire advancing within the lumen through a second vascular access point. The magnetic coupling of the elongate member and the guidewire facilitates attracting the guidewire into the catheter and draw out from the first vascular access point by withdrawing the elongate member while advancing the guidewire.

Abstract: A fluid composition comprises a triglyceride, having at least one alpha-branched fatty acid residue, wherein each alpha-branched fatty acid residue comprises at least one saturated or mono-unsaturated alkyl chain having a total number of carbon atoms ranging from 12 to 20, and wherein the triglyceride has at least one of (a) a flash point of at least 185° C., (b) a fire point of at least 230° C., (c) a pour point of ?25° C. or lower, or (d) a combination thereof. The fluid composition may be useful, for example, as a dielectric fluid and/or as a heat transfer fluid in transformers and other electrical device applications.

Abstract: A method of processing off gas from a chemical plant, where the off gas includes carbon dioxide and water. The processing of the off gas involves separating the off gas into a gas phase and a liquid phase and using one or more ion-exchange resin bed(s) and one or more granular activated carbon bed(s) to separate unwanted organic materials from the liquid phase. Based on this separation, water can be recovered that has less than 10 wt. % of the unwanted organic compounds originally in the liquid phase of the off gas.

Abstract: A process for producing valuable aromatic hydrocarbons from a crude or semi-crude shale gas stream. A crude or semi-crude shale gas stream including methane is introduced into a reactor that converts at least a portion of the ethane component into aromatic hydrocarbons. Unreacted methane, other hydrocarbons, and hydrogen may then be easily separated from the aromatic hydrocarbons. Because methane is not separated from the shale gas stream, the expensive and resource-consuming shale gas C1/C2+ separation step is avoided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for measuring a length of a tubular body structure. The device comprises an elongated tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end. The elongated tubular member comprises a plurality of radiopaque markers uniformly arranged on the distal end and a plurality of non-radiopaque markers uniformly arranged on the proximal end. The elongated tubular member also comprises a guiding head member coupled to the distal end of the elongated tubular member. A number of the radiopaque markers of a portion of the distal end of the elongated tubular member conforming to an affected portion of the tubular body structure enables in measuring a length of the affected portion, when the elongated tubular member is inserted through a skin entry site of the tubular body structure under fluoroscopy.

Abstract: A fluid composition comprises a triglyceride, having at least one alpha-branched fatty acid residue, wherein each alpha-branched fatty acid residue comprises at least one saturated or mono-unsaturated alkyl chain having a total number of carbon atoms ranging from 12 to 20, and wherein the triglyceride has at least one of (a) a flash point of at least 185° C., (b) a fire point of at least 230° C., (c) a pour point of ?25° C. or lower, or (d) a combination thereof. The fluid composition may be useful, for example, as a dielectric fluid and/or as a heat transfer fluid in transformers and other electrical device applications.

Abstract: A fluid composition comprises a triglyceride, having at least one alpha-branched fatty acid residue, wherein each alpha-branched fatty acid residue comprises at least one saturated or mono-unsaturated alkyl chain having a total number of carbon atoms ranging from 12 to 20, and wherein the triglyceride has at least one of (a) a flash point of at least 185° C., (b) a fire point of at least 230° C., (c) a pour point of ?25° C. or lower, or (d) a combination thereof. The fluid composition may be useful, for example, as a dielectric fluid and/or as a heat transfer fluid in transformers and other electrical device applications.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for measuring a length of a tubular body structure. The device comprises an elongated tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end. The elongated tubular member comprises a plurality of radiopaque markers uniformly arranged on the distal end and a plurality of non-radiopaque markers uniformly arranged on the proximal end. The elongated tubular member also comprises a guiding head member coupled to the distal end of the elongated tubular member. A number of the radiopaque markers of a portion of the distal end of the elongated tubular member conforming to an affected portion of the tubular body structure enables in measuring a length of the affected portion, when the elongated tubular member is inserted through a skin entry site of the tubular body structure under fluoroscopy.

Abstract: A fluid composition comprises a triglyceride, having at least one alpha-branched fatty acid residue, wherein each alpha-branched fatty acid residue comprises at least one saturated or mono-unsaturated alkyl chain having a total number of carbon atoms ranging from 12 to 20, and wherein the triglyceride has at least one of (a) a flash point of at least 185° C., (b) a fire point of at least 230° C., (c) a pour point of ?25° C. or lower, or (d) a combination thereof. The fluid composition may be useful, for example, as a dielectric fluid and/or as a heat transfer fluid in transformers and other electrical device applications.

Abstract: A vegetable-based dielectric fluid comprising in weight percent of triglycerides based on the weight of the fluid: A. Greater than 0 to 100% of at least one of C14:1 or C16:1 fatty acids; and at least one of: B. No more than (?) 10% of C18:1 fatty acids; C. No more than (?) 12% of one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids; and D. No more than (?) 7% of one or more saturated fatty acids. The dielectric fluid is a useful transformer oil.

Abstract: A dielectric fluid comprising in weight percent based on the weight of the composition: A. 30 to 70% C18:1 fatty acids; B. 10 to 55% of a mixture of C8 and C10 fatty acids in which the mixture comprises 50 to 70 wt %, based on the weight of the mixture, of C8 fatty acids; C. No more than 13% polyunsaturated fatty acids; and D. No more than 7% of saturated fatty acids of which each contains at least 12 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A dielectric fluid comprising a composition of triglycerides in weight percent based on the weight of the triglycerides: A. 10 to 65% C18:1 fatty acids; B. 35% to 90% of at least one of C14:1 and C16:1 fatty acids; C. No more than 12% polyunsaturated fatty acids; and D. No more than 7% saturated fatty acids.

Abstract: A dielectric fluid comprising in weight percent based on the weight of the composition: A. 30 to 70% C18:1 fatty acids; B. 10 to 55% of a mixture of C8 and C10 fatty acids in which the mixture comprises 50 to 70 wt %, based on the weight of the mixture, of C8 fatty acids; C. No more than 13% polyunsaturated fatty acids; and D. No more than 7% of saturated fatty acids of which each contains at least 12 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A vegetable-based dielectric fluid comprising in weight percent of triglycerides based on the weight of the fluid: A. Greater than 0 to 100% of at least one of C14:1 or C16:1 fatty acids; and at least one of: B. No more than (?) 10% of C18:1 fatty acids; C. No more than (?) 12% of one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids; and D. No more than (?) 7% of one or more saturated fatty acids. The dielectric fluid is a useful transformer oil.

Abstract: A process to prepare an estolide derivative composition comprises reacting a triglyceride having an unsaturation level of less than 0.1 m Eq/g and an alcohol having from 2 to 22 carbon atoms, under conditions such that a product including an oligomerized ester having residual hydroxyl groups is formed; and reacting the product with a capping agent under conditions such that an estolide derivative composition is formed. The compositions may exhibit desirably low pour point, desirable viscosity and thermoxidative stability, and a high level of renewable carbons, making them suitable for use as biolubricants, process fluids, plasticizers, or starting materials for polyurethane polymers.