Patents by Inventor Conghua Yi

Conghua Yi 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: 11905430
    Abstract: A lignosulfonate dispersion self-healing polyurea coating and a preparation method therefor. The coating is obtained by reacting the following components in parts by mass: 1-10 parts of microcapsules of a lignosulfonate-embedded healing agent; 10-100 parts a polyurea prepolymer; 20-120 parts of a mixed solution of an amino-terminated polyether and a sterically hindered amine chain extender. The preparation method for the coating comprises the steps of at room temperature, adding a mixed solution of microcapsules of a lignosulfonate-embedded healing agent, an amino-terminated polyether and a sterically hindered amine chain extender into a polyurea prepolymer and reacting same at room temperature for 10 min-4 h. The self-healing polyurea coating may be applied to the field of material surface protection, i.e., corrosion resistance of steel structures, especially marine steel structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: South China University of Technology
    Inventors: Yong Qian, Xueqing Qiu, Dongjie Yang, Hongming Lou, Weifeng Liu, Xinping Ouyang, Conghua Yi
  • Patent number: 11332769
    Abstract: A method for promoting enzymolysis of lignocellulose by using a pH-responsive lignin amphoteric surfactant and recovery of a cellulase. The method includes: adding lignocellulose to a buffer solution, and then adding a pH-responsive lignin amphoteric surfactant and a cellulase; controlling the pH of the mixed solution to be 4.0-6.2, heating the solution to a temperature of 40° C. to 60° C. and reacting at said temperature for 24-96 h to obtain a saccharified hydrolyzate of lignocellulose; and obtaining an enzymolysed liquid by solid-liquid separation, and then adjusting the pH of the enzymolysed liquid to precipitate the pH-responsive lignin amphoteric surfactant and the cellulase for recycling. The method can effectively improve the enzymolysis efficiency of lignocellulose, recover a certain amount of cellulase, and expand the applications of industrial lignin. The method does not require additional equipment, and is simple to operate and environmentally friendly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hongming Lou, Xueqing Qiu, Yuxia Pang, Dongjie Yang, Yong Qian, Jinhao Huang, Conghua Yi, Weifeng Liu, Dafeng Zheng
  • Patent number: 11059031
    Abstract: A three-dimensional lignin porous carbon/zinc oxide composite material and its preparation and application in the field of photocatalysis are disclosed. The method includes preparing a lignin/zinc oxide precursor composite by a hydrothermal method from a zinc salt, a weak alkali salt and an industrial lignin, and preparing a three-dimensional lignin porous carbon/zinc oxide composite material by high temperature calcination of the lignin/zinc oxide precursor composite. The composite material has a regular three-dimensional pore structure, with zinc oxide nanoparticles uniformly embedded among the three-dimensional lignin porous carbon nanosheets. Application of the composite material to the field of photocatalysis, especially as a photocatalyst for photocatalytic degradation of organic dye pollutants, can significantly improve the degradation efficiency and rate, and has potential application value in the field of photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventors: Dongjie Yang, Yong Qian, Xueqing Qiu, Hongming Lou, Weifeng Liu, Xinping Ouyang, Zhiqiang Fang, Yuxia Pang, Conghua Yi
  • Publication number: 20200369912
    Abstract: A lignosulfonate dispersion self-healing polyurea coating and a preparation method therefor. The coating is obtained by reacting the following components in parts by mass: 1-10 parts of microcapsules of a lignosulfonate-embedded healing agent; 10-100 parts a polyurea prepolymer; 20-120 parts of a mixed solution of an amino-terminated polyether and a sterically hindered amine chain extender. The preparation method for the coating comprises the steps of at room temperature, adding a mixed solution of microcapsules of a lignosulfonate-embedded healing agent, an amino-terminated polyether and a sterically hindered amine chain extender into a polyurea prepolymer and reacting same at room temperature for 10 min-4 h. The self-healing polyurea coating may be applied to the field of material surface protection, i.e., corrosion resistance of steel structures, especially marine steel structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yong QIAN, Xueqing QIU, Lan LI, Dongjie YANG, Weifeng LIU, Xinping OUYANG, Hongming LOU, Conghua YI
  • Publication number: 20200208186
    Abstract: A method for promoting enzymolysis of lignocellulose by using a pH-responsive lignin amphoteric surfactant and recovery of a cellulase. The method includes: adding lignocellulose to a buffer solution, and then adding a pH-responsive lignin amphoteric surfactant and a cellulase; controlling the pH of the mixed solution to be 4.0-6.2, heating the solution to a temperature of 40° C. to 60° C. and reacting at said temperature for 24-96 h to obtain a saccharified hydrolyzate of lignocellulose; and obtaining an enzymolysed liquid by solid-liquid separation, and then adjusting the pH of the enzymolysed liquid to precipitate the pH-responsive lignin amphoteric surfactant and the cellulase for recycling. The method can effectively improve the enzymolysis efficiency of lignocellulose, recover a certain amount of cellulase, and expand the applications of industrial lignin. The method does not require additional equipment, and is simple to operate and environmentally friendly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hongming LOU, Xueqing QIU, Yuxia PANG, Dongjie YANG, Yong QIAN, Jinhao HUANG, Conghua YI, Weifeng LIU, Dafeng ZHENG
  • Patent number: 9695318
    Abstract: The preparation method includes: adding an activating agent into a basic alkaline lignin solution first, then adding a carboxylating agent and reacting to obtain a carboxylated alkaline lignin; dissolving a phosphorylating agent into water, adding epichlorohydrin, and reacting to obtain a hydroxyl phosphate type compound; mixing the carboxylated alkaline lignin and the hydroxyl phosphate type compound and reacting to obtain a lignin type polymer; adding an inorganic nanoparticle suspension into the lignin type polymer and adding an acid for codeposition to obtain the product after aging and drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xueqing Qiu, Dongjie Yang, Wenyuan Guo, Mingsong Zhou, Jinhao Huang, Conghua Yi, Yuan Li
  • Publication number: 20160312031
    Abstract: The preparation method includes: adding an activating agent into a basic alkaline lignin solution first, then adding a carboxylating agent and reacting to obtain a carboxylated alkaline lignin; dissolving a phosphorylating agent into water, adding epichlorohydrin, and reacting to obtain a hydroxyl phosphate type compound; mixing the carboxylated alkaline lignin and the hydroxyl phosphate type compound and reacting to obtain a lignin type polymer; adding an inorganic nanoparticle suspension into the lignin type polymer and adding an acid for codeposition to obtain the product after aging and drying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xueqing QIU, Dongjie YANG, Wenyuan GUO, Mingsong ZHOU, Jinhao HUANG, Conghua YI, Yuan LI
  • Publication number: 20150094458
    Abstract: This invention discloses a high-performance lignin-based water reducer with high degree of sulfonation and high molecular weight and its preparation method. This water reducer exhibits an excellent water-reducing performance, its water-reducing rate of this lignin-based water reducer reaches 25% at a dosage of 0.70 wt %, which is higher than that of the naphthalene-based water reducer and the sulfonated lignin water reducer prepared by oxidation and sulfonation of alkali lignin, and 28-days compressive strength ratio of the concrete with this water reducer to the concrete without this water reducer is up to 150:100. Furthermore, the water reducer of present invention will not be crystallized in winter, and the concrete iron won't be corroded. The water reducer of the present invention makes the concretes having a low bleeding rate, excellent properties of workability, anti-freeze and anti-carbonization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Xueqing Qiu, Hongming Lou, Yuxia Pang, Dongjie Yang, Xinping Ouyang, Conghua Yi
  • Patent number: 8987427
    Abstract: This invention discloses a high-performance lignin-based water reducer with high degree of sulfonation and high molecular weight and its preparation method. This water reducer exhibits an excellent water-reducing performance, its water-reducing rate of this lignin-based water reducer reaches 25% at a dosage of 0.70 wt %, which is higher than that of the naphthalene-based water reducer and the sulfonated lignin water reducer prepared by oxidation and sulfonation of alkali lignin, and 28-days compressive strength ratio of the concrete with this water reducer to the concrete without this water reducer is up to 150:100. Furthermore, the water reducer of present invention will not be crystallized in winter, and the concrete iron won't be corroded. The water reducer of the present invention makes the concretes having a low bleeding rate, excellent properties of workability, anti-freeze and anti-carbonization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: South China University of Technology
    Inventors: Xueqing Qiu, Hongming Lou, Yuxia Pang, Dongjie Yang, Xinping Ouyang, Conghua Yi
  • Publication number: 20130096285
    Abstract: This invention discloses a high-performance lignin-based water reducer with high degree of sulfonation and high molecular weight and its preparation method. This water reducer exhibits an excellent water-reducing performance, its water-reducing rate of this lignin-based water reducer reaches 25% at a dosage of 0.70 wt %, which is higher than that of the naphthalene-based water reducer and the sulfonated lignin water reducer prepared by oxidation and sulfonation of alkali lignin, and 28-days compressive strength ratio of the concrete with this water reducer to the concrete without this water reducer is up to 150:100. Furthermore, the water reducer of present invention will not be crystallized in winter, and the concrete iron won't be corroded. The water reducer of the present invention makes the concretes having a low bleeding rate, excellent properties of workability, anti-freeze and anti-carbonization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Xueqing Qiu, Hongming Lou, Yuxia Pang, Dongjie Yang, Xinping Ouyang, Conghua Yi