Patents Assigned to SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY
  • Patent number: 12099051
    Abstract: A method for establishing a biological model on joint toxicity of Caenorhabditis elegans and an application thereof are provided. The method for establishing the biological model includes adding the L1-stage Caenorhabditis elegans to a mixed system of working solution of mycotoxins containing tenuazonic acid and penicillin, K-medium solution and E. coli OP50 to obtain L1-stage Caenorhabditis elegans. The biological model indicates that TeA and PAT have a synergistic effect on the growth, development and reproductive ability of Caenorhabditis elegans, and their toxicity mechanism is related to inducing nematodes and stimulating transcriptional factors of Daf-16 genes. The biological model and detection method are simple to operate and its test period is short.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hongyuan Zhou, Liang Ma, Yuhao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240118264
    Abstract: A method for establishing a biological model on joint toxicity of Caenorhabditis elegans and an application thereof are provided. The method for establishing the biological model includes adding the L1-stage Caenorhabditis elegans to a mixed system of working solution of mycotoxins containing tenuazonic acid and penicillin, K-medium solution and E. coli OP50 to obtain L1-stage Caenorhabditis elegans. The biological model indicates that TeA and PAT have a synergistic effect on the growth, development and reproductive ability of Caenorhabditis elegans, and their toxicity mechanism is related to inducing nematodes and stimulating transcriptional factors of Daf-16 genes. The biological model and detection method are simple to operate and its test period is short.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hongyuan ZHOU, Liang MA, Yuhao ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11905575
    Abstract: Provided are a method for processing titanium extraction slag and a carbon extraction and dechlorination tailing. The method comprises the following steps that a titanium extraction slag raw material is ground to obtain a treated material with a particle size being 0.3˜120 ?m and d90?90 ?m; a first solvent and a treated material are mixed with a liquid-solid ratio of (3.5˜4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hongjuan Sun, Tongjiang Peng, Hao You, Wenjin Ding, Liming Luo, Bo Liu
  • Patent number: 11549222
    Abstract: A vertical ground heat exchanger for reducing the temperature in the carbonaceous shale rock mass and preventing roadbed frost heave includes a heating mechanism, a heat releasing component respectively connected to both ends of the heating mechanism and a refrigeration heat exchange mechanism. The refrigeration heat exchange mechanism is connected to the lower end of the heating mechanism through a heat transfer pipeline and communicates with the heat releasing component. The heat releasing component includes a double-layer heat exchange tube component, a gas-liquid separator and a branch tube, wherein the double-layer heat exchange tube component is respectively connected to the both ends of the heating mechanism, the gas-liquid separator is connected to the double-layer heat exchange tube component, and the branch tube is connected between the gas-liquid separator and the refrigeration heat exchange mechanism. The double-layer heat exchange tube component includes an upper bellows and a lower bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Baolong Zhu, Xin Li
  • Patent number: 11384444
    Abstract: A method for electrochemical extraction of uranium from seawater using an oxygen vacancy (OV)-containing metal oxide includes the following steps: adding glycerin to a solution of indium nitrate in isopropanol, transferring a resulting mixture to a reactor, and conducting reaction to obtain a spherical indium hydroxide solid; dissolving the solid in deionized water, transferring a resulting solution to the reactor, and conducting reaction to obtain a flaky indium hydroxide solid; calcining the solid to obtain calcined OV-containing In2O3-x; adding the In2O3-x to ethanol, and adding a membrane solution; coating a resulting solution uniformly on carbon paper, and naturally drying the carbon paper; clamping dried carbon paper with a gold electrode for being used as a working electrode for a three-electrode system; and adding simulated seawater to an electrolytic cell, placing the three-electrode system in the simulated seawater, and stirring the simulated seawater for electrolysis to extract uranium from the sea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wenkun Zhu, Rong He, Yi Li, Tao Duan, Jia Lei, Tao Chen, Fan Yang
  • Patent number: 11293110
    Abstract: A method for extracting uranium with a coupling device of wind power generation and uranium extraction from seawater includes the following steps: adding oxygen vacancy (OV)-containing In2O3-x to absolute ethanol, and subjecting a resulting mixture to stirring and ultrasonic treatment to obtain a solution of In2O3-x in absolute ethanol; coating the solution uniformly on carbon cloth, and drying to obtain carbon cloth coated with OV-containing In2O3-x; inserting the coated carbon cloth (as a working electrode) and another blank carbon cloth (as a counter electrode) into a plastic carrier of a coupling device; fixing a small wind power generation apparatus above the plastic carrier, and connecting the working electrode and the counter electrode to a storage battery of the apparatus via wires; and placing the coupling device in seawater, and after the storage battery is charged, energizing the working electrode and the counter electrode to extract uranium from the seawater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wenkun Zhu, Rong He, Yi Li, Tao Duan, Jia Lei, Tao Chen, Fan Yang
  • Publication number: 20220090271
    Abstract: A method for electrochemical extraction of uranium from seawater using an oxygen vacancy (OV)-containing metal oxide includes the following steps: adding glycerin to a solution of indium nitrate in isopropanol, transferring a resulting mixture to a reactor, and conducting reaction to obtain a spherical indium hydroxide solid; dissolving the solid in deionized water, transferring a resulting solution to the reactor, and conducting reaction to obtain a flaky indium hydroxide solid; calcining the solid to obtain calcined OV-containing In2O3-x; adding the In2O3-x; to ethanol, and adding a membrane solution; coating a resulting solution uniformly on carbon paper, and naturally drying the carbon paper; clamping dried carbon paper with a gold electrode for being used as a working electrode for a three-electrode system; and adding simulated seawater to an electrolytic cell, placing the three-electrode system in the simulated seawater, and stirring the simulated seawater for electrolysis to extract uranium from the se
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wenkun ZHU, Rong HE, Yi LI, Tao DUAN, Jia LEI, Tao CHEN, Fan YANG
  • Publication number: 20220042194
    Abstract: A method for extracting uranium with a coupling device of wind power generation and uranium extraction from seawater includes the following steps: adding oxygen vacancy (OV)-containing In2O3-x to absolute ethanol, and subjecting a resulting mixture to stirring and ultrasonic treatment to obtain a solution of In2O3-x in absolute ethanol; coating the solution uniformly on carbon cloth, and drying to obtain carbon cloth coated with OV-containing In2O3-x; inserting the coated carbon cloth (as a working electrode) and another blank carbon cloth (as a counter electrode) into a plastic carrier of a coupling device; fixing a small wind power generation apparatus above the plastic carrier, and connecting the working electrode and the counter electrode to a storage battery of the apparatus via wires; and placing the coupling device in seawater, and after the storage battery is charged, energizing the working electrode and the counter electrode to extract uranium from the seawater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wenkun ZHU, Rong HE, Yi LI, Tao DUAN, Jia LEI, Tao CHEN, Fan YANG
  • Patent number: 11143591
    Abstract: A method for detecting or comparing mechanical strength of macro-molecular polymer materials. The detecting method has the steps of measuring the mechanical strength and the maximum value of the fluorescence absorption spectrum of each of the plurality of samples to form a curve relationship or function relationship between the maximum value of the fluorescence absorption spectrum and the mechanical strength; measuring the maximum value of the fluorescence absorption spectrum of the target material, and using the curve relationship or the function relationship to obtain the mechanical strength of the target material. The plurality of samples and the target material are both prepared from a macro-molecular polymer, and the macro-molecular polymer may be composed of disulfonate-difluorobenzophenone, hydroxyindole and difluorobenzophenone as monomers, and the sulfonate groups of the disulfonate-difluorobenzophenone have metal cations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Guanjun Chang, Li Yang, Zhongyuan Lu, Junxiao Yang
  • Patent number: 10717699
    Abstract: A compound having the formula (I): (I) is disclosed. A method of preparing the compound of formula (I) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lei Luo, Shinan Jiang, Yonghuang Luo, Han Li, Nan Hui
  • Patent number: 10640612
    Abstract: A macro-molecular polymer and its preparation method. The macro-molecular polymer takes disulfonate-difluorobenzophenone, hydroxyindole and difluorobenzophenone as monomers for which a sulfonate group of the disulfonate-difluorobenzophenone is a metal cation. High-performance polymers can be obtained with crosslinked structure among molecular chains by a way of interaction of metal cations ??, and further to obtain a high performance polymer having good mechanical properties and stability. Furthermore, the polymer facilitates recovery and has good reproducibility and recycling properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Guanjun Chang, Li Yang, Zhongyuan Lu, Junxiao Yang
  • Patent number: 10315520
    Abstract: An in-vehicle gateway system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of in-vehicle subsystems is disclosed. The in-vehicle gateway system includes a central controller and the central controller is configured to enable one of the in-vehicle subsystems to use a resource of another in-vehicle subsystem. The central controller is also configured to enable one in-vehicle subsystem to use data from yet another in-vehicle subsystem. The one in-vehicle subsystem may be a newly added in-vehicle subsystem. The in-vehicle gateway system also includes a switch fabric that is configured to interconnect the central controller to the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems and transmit at least a unified control command to at least one of the in-vehicle subsystems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Kuang-I Shu
  • Patent number: 9719953
    Abstract: A system and process for determining and analyzing surface property parameters of a substance based on kinetic method is provided. The system comprises a sample processing system and a detection system. The sample processing system includes a reactor (3), a collector for liquid to be tested (5), and a container for liquid to be tested (6). The detection system includes a detecting electrode (13), a concentration and activity operator, a kinetic data processor, a surface property operation module, and a result output module. The process comprises: having the substance to be tested to be treated with an electrolyte solution, measuring activity of liquid to be tested upon reaction at a pre-set time interval, and processing with the kinetic data processor and the surface property operation module, so as to obtain surface property parameters of the substance to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rui Li, Hang Li, Xinmin Liu, Zhenlun Li, Jie Hou, Hualing Zhu, Laosheng Wu
  • Patent number: 9704654
    Abstract: Supercapacitor is an energy storage device with high power density and low energy density, and is normally used with a battery to satisfy one's needs for high power density and high energy density. The present invention provides a method to fabricate a novel battery type supercapacitor, with a multi-layered structure composed of a plurality of thin layers which is formed by alternately stacking high specific energy battery material and/or supercapacitor material such as metal oxides, metal hydroxides, metal sulfides, conductive polymers, carbon materials with reduced graphene oxide (rGO), to obtain a supercapacitor with both high specific energy density and high specific power density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chang Ming Li, Ping Ping Yang, Jia Le Xie
  • Publication number: 20150076006
    Abstract: A system and process for determining and analyzing surface property parameters of a substance based on kinetic method is provided. The system comprises a sample processing system and a detection system. The sample processing system includes a reactor (3), a collector for liquid to be tested (5), and a container for liquid to be tested (6). The detection system includes a detecting electrode (13), a concentration and activity operator, a kinetic data processor, a surface property operation module, and a result output module. The process comprises: having the substance to be tested to be treated with an electrolyte solution, measuring activity of liquid to be tested upon reaction at a pre-set time interval, and processing with the kinetic data processor and the surface property operation module, so as to obtain surface property parameters of the substance to be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rui Li, Hang Li, Xinmin Liu, Zhenlun Li, Jie Hou, Hualing Zhu, Laosheng Wu
  • Publication number: 20120166097
    Abstract: A universal method for jointly measuring surface property parameters of a material comprises the following steps: performing saturation processing on a surface of a material to be measured; mixing the material to be measured which has been processed by saturation with an indicating electrolyte solution; after the mixture solution achieves an balance by ion exchange, measuring the balanced concentration values of positive ions of the indicating electrolyte and H+ in the mixture solution; according to the balanced concentration values of positive ions of the indicating electrolyte, calculating surface potential of the material; and according to the surface potential of the material, calculating specific surface area and surface charge density of the material; according to surface charge density of the material, calculating surface electric field intensity; according to surface charge density and specific surface area of the material, calculating total surface charge of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hang Li, Hualing Zhu, Jie Hou, Laosheng Wu
  • Publication number: 20110145947
    Abstract: A method of expressing auxin synthetase gene specifically in cotton seed coat and fiber, which comprises constructing plant expression vector capable of expressing auxin synthetase gene specifically by fusing a tissue-specific promoter with an auxin synthetase gene, and then integrating the construct into a cotton genome. The method can significantly improve the yield and the quality of cotton fiber, thereby providing fiber with high quality for textile industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yan Pei, Lei Hou, Demou Li, Shuiqing Song, Xianbi Li, Ming Luo, Yuehua Xiao, Xuelian Zheng, Qiwei Zeng, Mi Zhang, Kun Qiu, Fengtao Luo
  • Publication number: 20110015030
    Abstract: A cam self-adaptive automatic speed shift hub comprises a left hub frame (7), a right hub frame (18), a case body (4), a power input device, a drive shaft (1), a wheel (14) and a brake device (20). The hub further includes a low-gear drive shaft (12), a low-gear transmission mechanism positioned on the low-gear drive shaft (12), and a cone-disc clutch cam self-adaptive speed shift assembly positioned on the drive shaft (1), in which the low-gear drive shaft (12) positioned in the case body (4) is in rotation fit with the case body (4) and in parallel with the drive shaft (1). Such a cam self-adaptive automatic speed shift hub can allow the motor/engine output power and vehicle running condition always in an optimal matching state, to achieve balance control between the vehicle driving torque and the comprehensive driving resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rongsheng Xue, Yupei Lin, Yunzhi Hao