Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for mineral oil extraction by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation comprising at least three ionic surfactants which are different with regard to the alkyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2—O-(D)n-(B)m-(A)l-XYa?a/bMb+ is injected through injection boreholes into a mineral oil deposit, and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production boreholes. The invention further relates to surfactant formulations of ionic surfactants of the general formula.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing deodorized 1,2-propanediol, to the use of the purified propanediol and to an apparatus for performing the process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reactor system (1) comprising a reactor 3, at least one cooler (5) connected to the reactor (3), at least one pump (7) for circulating at least some of a liquid heat-transfer medium (9), wherein the pump (7) is connected to the reactor (3) and/or the at least one cooler (5), and a container (11) for collecting the liquid heat-transfer medium (9), wherein the container (11) is connected to the reactor (3) and/or the at least one cooler (5), wherein the container (11) is disposed substantially below the reactor (3) and/or the at least one cooler (5). Moreover, the use of the reactor system (1) according to the invention for carrying out exothermic reactions is described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger (1) comprising a bundle of at least two heat exchanger tubes (3), a heat exchanger housing (5) surrounding the bundle of heat exchanger tubes (3), wherein a liquid heat-transfer medium (7) is passed around the bundle of heat exchanger tubes (3) in the heat exchanger housing (5), a heat exchanger cap (9) sealing the top of the heat exchanger housing (5), a heat exchanger bottom (11) sealing the bottom of the heat exchanger housing (5), a feed point (13) for the heat-transfer medium (7), an outlet (15) for the heat-transfer medium (7), an emergency relief port (17) disposed in proximity to the heat exchanger cap (9). The heat exchanger (1) comprises a safety device (19) disposed in proximity to the heat exchanger bottom (11). The present invention further relates to a reactor arrangement (101).

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quaternized ammonium salts of hydrocarbyl epoxides, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel additive and lubricant additive, such as, more particularly, as a detergent additive; for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and as an additive for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.

Abstract: The invention relates to an interception device for moving articles or persons based on thermoplastic polyurethane which is obtained via the reaction in each case of at least one of the following starting materials: (a) diisocyanate, (b) compound which is reactive toward isocyanate and which has a number-average molar mass (Mw) of from 0.500×103 g/mol to 10×103 g/mol, (c) chain extender which has a molar mass of from 50 g/mol to 499 g/mol, and also optionally (d) with use of catalyst, of conventional auxiliaries and/or (f) of additives, where the interception device comprises a foil or a network made of the thermoplastic polyurethane and retention devices between which the foil or the network has been stretched flat, and the thermoplastic polyurethane is transparent. The invention further relates to the use of thermoplastic urethane for producing interception devices, and to a production process for an interception device made of thermoplastic polyurethane.

Abstract: The present invention describes a system (1) for recovering liquid or free-flowing chemicals in a chemical plant (3), comprising at least two plant sections (3a, 3b), for each plant section (3a, 3b) at least one connecting device (5a, 5b) arranged at the lowest point, at least one common collecting line (7) which runs beneath the connecting devices (5a, 5b) and connects them to one another, at least one collecting vessel (9) arranged at the same height as or higher than the at least two plant sections (3a, 3b) and above the collecting line (7), at least one pump (11) provided in the collecting line (7) between the connecting devices (5a, 5b) and the collecting vessel (9) for drawing off the at least one liquid or free-flowing chemical combined in the collecting line (7) and introducing it into the collecting vessel (9).

Abstract: The invention relates to seed treatment compositions comprising active ingredient, polyarylphenol polyalkoxy ether phosphate and/or polyarylphenol polyalkoxy ether sulphate, and copolymer having polyalkoxy ether side chains. The polyarylphenol polyalkoxy ether phosphate and/or the polyarylphenol polyalkoxy ether sulphate in combination with the copolymer having polyalkoxy ether side chains are used as dispersant, especially to provide a dispersion of suspended active ingredient. The present invention also relates to methods of treating seed with such a composition.

Abstract: Process for producing composite materials by reactive spray-drying, where a liquid phase A, which comprises inorganic cations, and a liquid phase B, which comprises anions which, with the inorganic cations, form a salt that is insoluble in the mixture of the liquid phases are sprayed together using at least one multi-substance nozzle, and where at least one hydrophobic active ingredient is present in dissolved form in at least one liquid spraying phase, and where the salt formed from the cations of phase A and the anions of phase B has a solubility of less than 0.02 mol/l in the neutral aqueous medium.

Abstract: Described are acetylene bridged linkers, metal-organic frameworks produced thereof, processes for producing the linkers and the metal-organic frameworks, and the use of the metal-organic frameworks. The metal-organic frameworks possess an enhanced ability to adsorb and desorb high amounts of gases, in particular methane or hydrogen. The metal-organic frameworks have a high porosity and, thus, a high inner surface.

Abstract: Styrene-based copolymers having acid monomer units, dispersions, preparation method and use thereof are provided. The styrene-based copolymer is prepared by polymerizing styrene, one or more acid monomers, and optionally butadiene at a temperature of 40° C. or greater and then is vulcanized. The obtained styrene-based copolymer is used in asphalt-based systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating nitriles by means of hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor, where the catalyst is arranged in a fixed bed, wherein the cross-sectional loading in the reactor is in the range from 5 kg/(m2 s) to 50 kg/(m2 s). The present invention further relates to a process for preparing downstream products of isophoronediamine (IPDA) or N,N-dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) from amines prepared according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst molded body for preparing maleic anhydride by gas-phase oxidation of a hydrocarbon having at least four carbon atoms using a catalytically active composition contains vanadium, phosphorus and oxygen, where the shaped catalyst body has an essentially cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis, wherein the cylindrical body has at least two parallel internal holes which are essentially parallel to the cylinder axis of the body and go right through the body. The catalyst molded body has a large outer surface area, a lower pressure loss and sufficient mechanical stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of dithiine-dicarboximide compounds of formula I as defined in the description, and the N-oxides, and salts thereof for combating harmful fungi and seed coated with at least one such compound. The invention also relates to novel dithiine-dicarboximides, processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds and also to compositions comprising at least one such compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing polyamides, preferably crosslinked polyamides, via anionic polymerization of lactams in the presence of an anionic catalyst and of a caprolactam-capped polyisocyanate, where said isocyanate comprises more than 3.5 capped isocyanate groups.

Abstract: A catalyst material for the oxidation of NO comprising a catalyst carrier including a ceria-alumina support having platinum and optionally palladium dispersed on the support is described. When palladium is present, the ratio of platinum to palladium by weight is at least 1:1. The amount of ceria in the support is in the range of 1% to 12% by weight. The catalyst material is useful for methods and systems of abating pollutants from automotive exhaust gas from lean burn engines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the integrated preparation of 2-substituted 4-hydroxy-4-methyltetrahydropyrans and of 2-substituted 4-methyltetrahydropyrans.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotides from Cochliobolus heterostrophus C5, Cyanothece sp. CCY0110, Mycocentrospora acerin and Hyaloperonospora parasitica, which code for desaturases and which can be employed for the recombinant production of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The invention furthermore relates to vectors, host cells and transgenic nonhuman organisms which comprise the polynucleotides according to the invention, and to the polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides. The invention furthermore relates to antibodies against the polypeptides according to the invention. Finally, the invention also relates to production processes for the polyunsaturated fatty acids and for oil, lipid and fatty acid compositions and to their use as drugs, cosmetics, foodstuffs, feedstuffs, preferably fish food, or food supplements.

Abstract: Disclosed are coating material compositions comprising at least one polyhydroxyl group-containing compound (A), at least one polyisocyanate group-containing compound (B) having free and/or blocked isocyanate groups, at least one catalyst (D) based on a zinc-amidine complex which comprises the reaction product of 1.0 moles of at least one zinc(II) biscarboxylate with more than 2.0 moles of at least one amidine where R5=hydrogen and R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each identical or different radicals, R1 and R3 being hydrogen or an alkyl radical or an aryl radical, and R2 and R4 being an alkyl radical or an aryl radical, and at least one monomeric aromatic, optionally substituted carboxylic acid (S) whose carboxyl group is in conjugation with a ?-electron system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electronic device including a first electrode, a second electrode and a first organic layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first organic layer comprises at least one metal organic compound and at least one metal oxide. The present invention further relates to an apparatus comprising the organic electronic device according to the present invention.