Patents by Inventor Bingcai Pan

Bingcai Pan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11752488
    Abstract: An adsorbent includes a porous substrate and a carboxylic acid dimer loaded onto the porous substrate. The carboxylic acid dimer is loaded on the surface or in the plurality of holes of the porous substrate. The average pore size of the porous substrate is not smaller than 2 nm. The carboxylic acid dimer is loaded onto the porous substrate by at least one of the following manners: a) the carboxylic acid dimer is loaded onto the porous substrate through a Si—OH bond; b) the carboxylic acid dimer is loaded onto the porous substrate through the exchange between a carboxyl group and chlorine; c) the carboxylic acid dimer is loaded onto the porous substrate through the exchange between a carboxyl group and a hydroxyl group; and d) the carboxylic acid dimer is loaded onto the porous substrate through the coordination of a carboxyl group and aluminum or silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Weiming Zhang, Chenghan Ji, Bingcai Pan, Ming Hua, Lu Lyu
  • Publication number: 20230278898
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polyzirconium coagulant obtained by performing a controllable hydrolytic polymerization reaction on a simple zirconium salt. The polyzirconium coagulant has a good coagulation performance when removing turbidity, organic matter, phosphate, and fluoride from water body. The coagulation effluent has a low concentration of residual metal and a mild change of pH. At the same dose, compared with a simple zirconium salt and polymerized zirconium chloride with a low polymerization degree, the polyzirconium coagulant prepared by the present disclosure has a wider workable pH and dose range. Besides, compared with other metal salt coagulants, the coagulant prepared by the present disclosure has a better decontamination performance. In addition, by using the polyzirconium coagulant prepared by the present disclosure, the floc has a large size and is rapid to settle. The residual zirconium concentration is low, and pollutant removal efficiency is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Nanjing University
    Inventors: Shujuan ZHANG, Yonghai GAN, Yanying CHEN, Zhihao HANG, Bingcai PAN
  • Patent number: 11597659
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for treating high-concentration organic wastewater by catalyst hydrothermal gasification, including a CHG reactor, a temporary wastewater storage tank and a condensing heat exchanger which are sequentially in loop connection. The CHG reactor includes a shell, a thermocouple, a water distribution device, and a packing support. The device of the present disclosure can quickly convert the high-concentration organic wastewater into clean energy or harmless gas at a low temperature under the action of a catalyst, so that the energy consumption of a treatment process is greatly reduced, and the treatment efficiency is improved. The device has potential application prospect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Nanjing University, Nanjing University-International Research Institute of Environmental Industries
    Inventors: Lu Lv, Linping Wang, Jie Rui, Qianlin Huang, Jingsheng Xu, Weiming Zhang, Bingcai Pan
  • Patent number: 11458459
    Abstract: A mesoporous ozonation catalyst including a cerium-titanium-zirconium composite oxide. The catalyst is in the form of a solid spherical particle having a diameter of between 0.7 and 1.2 mm. The solid spherical particle exhibits lattice fringes under transmission electron microscope, and the lattice fringes have a spacing between 0.332 and 0.339 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bingcai Pan, Chao Shan, You Xu, Zhichao Yang, Weiming Zhang, Lu Lyu
  • Patent number: 11420163
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a nanofiltration composite membrane, a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises: A) preparing 2D nano-material dispersion; B) first preparing a solution of a polymer material with a certain concentration, continuously adding a poor solvent under stirring conditions to subject the polymer material to chemical reaction to obtain a dispersion containing negatively charged polymer gel particles; C) subjecting the nano-material dispersion in step A) and the dispersion prepared in step B) to blending, membrane preparation and drying, and then placing the membrane into an alkaline solution with a certain concentration and pure water for soaking to obtain a nanofiltration composite membrane. The nanofiltration composite membrane can efficiently remove heavy metal complex ions through the synergistic effect of pore size screening and charge repulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Weiming Zhang, Wenbin Zhang, Mengqi Shi, Bingcai Pan, Lu Lv
  • Publication number: 20220219142
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a polymeric lanthanum nanocomposite, and a preparation method and application thereof and relates to the field of environmental functional materials. The preparation method includes the following steps: (1) mixing lanthanum chloride heptahydrate with concentrated hydrochloric acid and dissolving the mixture in alcohol, adding a resin polymer, and stirring at room temperature; (2) draining the resin after the stirring for use; (3) adding the resin to a precipitant solution, and stirring at room temperature and then filtering out the resin; and (4) washing the resin with water until the resin is neutral, adding a NaCl solution, stirring and then filtering out the resin, and drying to obtain the polymeric lanthanum nanocomposite. The prepared polymeric lanthanum nanocomposites have a relatively more uniform distribution, and show a higher phosphorus adsorption rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yanyang ZHANG, Bo KONG, Bingcai PAN, Xiang GAO
  • Publication number: 20220203327
    Abstract: An adsorbent includes a porous substrate and a carboxylic acid dimer loaded onto the porous substrate. The carboxylic acid dimer is loaded on the surface or in the plurality of holes of the porous substrate. The average pore size of the porous substrate is not smaller than 2 nm. The carboxylic acid dimer is loaded onto the porous substrate by at least one of the following manners: a) the carboxylic acid dimer is loaded onto the porous substrate through a Si—OH bond; b) the carboxylic acid dimer is loaded onto the porous substrate through the exchange between a carboxyl group and chlorine; c) the carboxylic acid dimer is loaded onto the porous substrate through the exchange between a carboxyl group and a hydroxyl group; and d) the carboxylic acid dimer is loaded onto the porous substrate through the coordination of a carboxyl group and aluminum or silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Weiming ZHANG, Chenghan JI, Bingcai PAN, Ming HUA, Lu LYU
  • Patent number: 11235289
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a nanocomposite membrane for heavy metal rejection and a preparation method thereof. The nanocomposite membrane comprises a porous membrane prepared from a two-dimensional sheet material and a hydrophilic inorganic nanomaterial distributed between the sheets of the two-dimensional material. The effective pore size of the nanocomposite membrane under wet conditions is not greater than 1.2 nm. The static water contact angle of the nanocomposite membrane is not greater than 45°. The preparation method of the nanocomposite membrane comprises: adding reactants on both sides of a nanoporous membrane to carry out an interfacial synthesis reaction to obtain the nanocomposite membrane. The method is simple and controllable. Driven by lower pressure, heavy metal ions in water are rejected by a pore size screening function, thereby achieving the purpose of deep removal. The nanocomposite membrane can be used to quickly remove heavy metal ions from water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Weiming Zhang, Wenbin Zhang, Mengqi Shi, Siyu Lei, Bingcai Pan, Lu Lv
  • Publication number: 20210300787
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for treating high-concentration organic wastewater by catalyst hydrothermal gasification, including a CHG reactor, a temporary wastewater storage tank and a condensing heat exchanger which are sequentially in loop connection. The CHG reactor includes a shell, a thermocouple, a water distribution device, and a packing support. The device of the present disclosure can quickly convert the high-concentration organic wastewater into clean energy or harmless gas at a low temperature under the action of a catalyst, so that the energy consumption of a treatment process is greatly reduced, and the treatment efficiency is improved. The device has potential application prospect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Lu LV, Linping WANG, Jie RUI, Qianlin HUANG, Jingsheng XU, Weiming ZHANG, Bingcai PAN
  • Publication number: 20210121829
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a nanofiltration composite membrane, a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises: A) preparing 2D nano-material dispersion; B) first preparing a solution of a polymer material with a certain concentration, continuously adding a poor solvent under stirring conditions to subject the polymer material to chemical reaction to obtain a dispersion containing negatively charged polymer gel particles; C) subjecting the nano-material dispersion in step A) and the dispersion prepared in step B) to blending, membrane preparation and drying, and then placing the membrane into an alkaline solution with a certain concentration and pure water for soaking to obtain a nanofiltration composite membrane. The nanofiltration composite membrane can efficiently remove heavy metal complex ions through the synergistic effect of pore size screening and charge repulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Weiming Zhang, Wenbin Zhang, Mengqi Shi, Bingcai Pan, Lu Lv
  • Publication number: 20200330930
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a nanocomposite membrane for heavy metal rejection and a preparation method thereof. The nanocomposite membrane comprises a porous membrane prepared from a two-dimensional sheet material and a hydrophilic inorganic nanomaterial distributed between the sheets of the two-dimensional material. The effective pore size of the nanocomposite membrane under wet conditions is not greater than 1.2 nm. The static water contact angle of the nanocomposite membrane is not greater than 45°. The preparation method of the nanocomposite membrane comprises: adding reactants on both sides of a nanoporous membrane to carry out an interfacial synthesis reaction to obtain the nanocomposite membrane. The method is simple and controllable. Driven by lower pressure, heavy metal ions in water are rejected by a pore size screening function, thereby achieving the purpose of deep removal. The nanocomposite membrane can be used to quickly remove heavy metal ions from water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Weiming Zhang, Wenbin Zhang, Mengqi Shi, Siyu Lei, Bingcai Pan, Lu Lv
  • Patent number: 10710029
    Abstract: A method of preparing a hybrid membrane, the method including: evenly mixing a granular material and a dispersant, to yield a dispersion solution; evenly mixing a polymer and an organic solvent, to yield a matrix solution; adding the matrix solution to the dispersion solution to yield a mixed solution; heating the mixed solution to remove the dispersant, to yield a casting solution; and coating the casting solution on a substrate, followed by removal of the organic solvent, to yield a hybrid membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Weiming Zhang, Yi Ren, Bingcai Pan, Ming Hua, Lu Lv
  • Patent number: 10583419
    Abstract: A resin nanocomposite, including a resin skeleton structure and nanoparticles. The resin skeleton structure is an aminated polystyrene. The nanoparticles are dispersed in the resin skeleton structure. The specific area of the nanocomposite is between 50 and 300 m2/g, and the pore size thereof is between 5 and 40 nm. The invention also provides a method for preparing the resin nanocomposite, the method including: 1) mixing and dissolving a linear polyethylene with a chloromethyl polystyrene or a polyvinyl chloride to yield a polymer solution, and adding the nanoparticles to the polymer solution; 2) adding an alcohol solution to liquid nitrogen; adding the mixed solution dropwise to the liquid nitrogen to yield a mixture; allowing the mixture to stand; collecting, washing and drying resin beads to yield a composite material; and 3) adding the composite material to an amine solution for reaction, and washing and drying the resulting product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bingcai Pan, Xiaolin Zhang, Siyuan Pan, Cheng Cheng, Zefang Chen
  • Publication number: 20200055005
    Abstract: A method of preparing a hybrid membrane, the method including: evenly mixing a granular material and a dispersant, to yield a dispersion solution; evenly mixing a polymer and an organic solvent, to yield a matrix solution; adding the matrix solution to the dispersion solution to yield a mixed solution; heating the mixed solution to remove the dispersant, to yield a casting solution; and coating the casting solution on a substrate, followed by removal of the organic solvent, to yield a hybrid membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Weiming ZHANG, Yi REN, Bingcai PAN, Ming HUA, Lu LV
  • Publication number: 20190329224
    Abstract: A mesoporous ozonation catalyst including a cerium-titanium-zirconium composite oxide. The catalyst is in the form of a solid spherical particle having a diameter of between 0.7 and 1.2 mm. The solid spherical particle exhibits lattice fringes under transmission electron microscope, and the lattice fringes have a spacing between 0.332 and 0.339 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Bingcai PAN, Chao SHAN, You XU, Zhichao YANG, Weiming ZHANG, Lu LYU
  • Publication number: 20190194387
    Abstract: A method of preparing glycolide, the method including dehydrative oligomerization and catalytic depolymerization. The dehydrative oligomerization includes stepwise heating a glycolic acid aqueous solution from room temperature to a temperature of between 200 and 210° C., and maintaining the temperature at each corresponding temperature stage, to yield an oligoglycolic acid. The catalytic depolymerization includes adding a binary complex catalytic system to the oligoglycolic acid to yield a reactant mixture, stepwise heating the reactant mixture from room temperature to a temperature of between 280 and 285° C., and maintaining the temperature at each corresponding temperature stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Hong LI, Quanxing ZHANG, Jiaye SHENG, Wei HUANG, Wei JIANG, Aimin LI, Bingcai PAN
  • Publication number: 20180015441
    Abstract: A resin nanocomposite, including a resin skeleton structure and nanoparticles. The resin skeleton structure is an aminated polystyrene. The nanoparticles are dispersed in the resin skeleton structure. The specific area of the nanocomposite is between 50 and 300 m2/g, and the pore size thereof is between 5 and 40 nm. The invention also provides a method for preparing the resin nanocomposite, the method including: 1) mixing and dissolving a linear polyethylene with a chloromethyl polystyrene or a polyvinyl chloride to yield a polymer solution, and adding the nanoparticles to the polymer solution; 2) adding an alcohol solution to liquid nitrogen; adding the mixed solution dropwise to the liquid nitrogen to yield a mixture; allowing the mixture to stand; collecting, washing and drying resin beads to yield a composite material; and 3) adding the composite material to an amine solution for reaction, and washing and drying the resulting product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Bingcai PAN, Xiaolin ZHANG, Siyuan PAN, Cheng CHENG, Zefang CHEN
  • Patent number: 9630942
    Abstract: A technological method for synthesizing optically pure L-/D-lactide by using a biogenic guanidine catalysis method. The method of the present invention comprises: by using biogenic guanidine creatinine (CR) as a catalyst and L-/D-lactic acid (90% of mass content) as a raw material, synthesizing optically pure L-/D-lactide by using a reactive reduced pressure distillation catalysis method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nanjing University
    Inventors: Hong Li, Quanxing Zhang, Na Cheng, Tianrong Zhang, Wei Jiang, Wei Huang, Bingcai Pan
  • Patent number: 9573825
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for advanced treatment of bio-treated coking wastewater. It employs polymeric ferric sulfate (PFS) and polyacrylamide (PAM) as the flocculant for the pre-treatment of bio-treated effluent. After the process of precipitation and filtration, the effluent is guided through an adsorption column filled with environmentally-friendly nano-composites whereby the advanced treatment of the bio-treated coking wastewater is achieved. When the absorption process reaches the breakthrough point, the adsorption operation will be stopped and sodium hydroxide solution is used as the desorption reagent for regenerating the nano-composites. The high-concentrated component of the desorption liquid is sent out for incineration or production of coal water slurry, meanwhile the low-concentrated component of the desorption liquid is used to prepare sodium hydroxide solution for the adsorption process of the next batch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bingcai Pan, Wenlan Yang, Lu Lv, Weiming Zhang, Yingnan Jiang
  • Patent number: 9469724
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing poly(butylene succinate-co-butylene adipate) (PBSA), including: a) adding raw materials including succinic acid, adipic acid, and 1,4-butanediol into a reaction still; increasing the temperature in the reaction still to 130° C., and stirring the raw materials, then keeping the temperature in the reaction still at 170-200° C., and dehydrating for 1-3 hours at atmospheric pressure, to yield an oligomer of PBSA; and b) decreasing the temperature of the reaction still to 100° C., and adding a composite catalyst system, the total addition of the composite catalyst system accounting for one ten-thousandth to one ten-millionth of a total weight percentage of the raw materials; uniformly stiffing and mixing the composite catalyst system and reactants, slowly vacuum pumping the reaction still, heating the reaction still to a temperature of 200-240° C. and allowing the composite catalyst system and the reactants to react for 10-20 hrs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hong Li, Quanxing Zhang, Na Cheng, Tianrong Zhang, Wei Jiang, Bingcai Pan