Abstract: A working fluid that includes a fluorinated olefin compound represented by the following general formula (I). In some embodiments, an apparatus for heat transfer is provided. The apparatus includes a device and a mechanism for transferring heat to or from the device. In some embodiments, a fire extinguishing composition is provided. In some embodiments, an apparatus for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy in a Rankine cycle is provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 17, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 1, 2018
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventors:
Michael J. Bulinski, Michael G Costello, John G. Owens, Michael J. Rice
Abstract: A process for producing a sulfur sorbent composition in a mixer having a mixer paddle an energy supply is disclosed which includes hydrating an alkaline earth metal oxide in an aqueous solution containing a promoting additive selected from a group consisting of urea and mixtures of urea with a water soluble iron salt under high intensity mixing conditions with the mixer wherein the mixer is operated at a mixer paddle tip velocity of at least 500 ft/min and a mixer energy input of at least 3.5 kW-h per ton of sorbent so as to produce a sulfur sorbent composition having the following physical and chemical properties: alkaline earth metal (wt. %)--40-52, molar ratio of promoting additive to alkaline earth metal--0.001-0.2, bulk density (g/ml)--0.35-0.75, surface area (m.sup.2 /g)--5-25, pore volume (cc/g)--0.05-0.14 and mean particle size (um)--4.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 9, 1993
Date of Patent:
October 4, 1994
Assignee:
Intevep, S.A.
Inventors:
Domingo Rodriguez, Roy Payne, Cebers O. Gomez