Patents by Inventor He Dong

He Dong 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).

  • Publication number: 20260102503
    Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure is directed to compositions and methods of using the same. In some embodiments, a composition described herein comprises a nanoparticle, a plurality of nanofibers disposed on an exterior surface of the nanoparticle, and a payload disposed within an interior of the nanoparticle. The nanoparticle has an average size in three dimensions, and the plurality of nanofibers has an average length in a long dimension. In some cases, a ratio of the average size of the nanoparticle to the average length of the nanofibers is between 2 and 250.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Kytai NGUYEN, He DONG, Su YANG, Uday CHINTAPULA
  • Patent number: 12397287
    Abstract: There is provided a pretreatment process for a resin catalyst for synthesizing bisphenol A. The pretreatment process includes the following steps: firstly, purging the resin catalyst with gas, to remove residual liquid in the resin catalyst; secondly, allowing the vented resin catalyst to be in contact with a replacement washing solution for static replacement, and removing the replacement washing solution; thirdly, allowing the obtained resin catalyst to be in contact with a replacement washing solution for static replacement; and finally, allowing a leachate to be in contact with the resin catalyst, and removing the leachate, to obtain a pretreated resin catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Tianjin University
    Inventors: Minhua Zhang, He Dong, Hao Gong, Guochao Yang, Yingzhe Yu
  • Patent number: 12371395
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bisphenol A preparation process and device thereof. Each stage of reaction system includes a cooler and reactors, each with four sections, the reactors are filled with bisphenol A synthetic resin catalysts before startup operation, and filling proportions of the catalysts are as follows: ? of the catalysts for the first-section reactor, ? for the second-section reactor, the full amount for the third-section reactor and the full amount for the fourth-section reactor. The three reactors operate in series connection through valves, the reactor with the deactivated catalyst is cut out and the reactor to be used is cut in to maintain the three reactors operating in series every time the system operates ? of the service life of the catalyst, and the process can provide a larger air speed, which is beneficial to eliminating the influence of external diffusion, thereby obtaining higher product benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Minhua Zhang, Yingzhe Yu, Hao Gong, He Dong, Feng Shi, Haoxi Jiang
  • Patent number: 12344575
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process for reducing by-products in a bisphenol A reaction system. The process includes the following steps: conveying mother liquor produced after reaction, concentration, crystallization and separation of phenol and acetone to a mother liquor recovery system; subjecting the mother liquor obtained from the mother liquor recovery system and a sulfo-containing metal organic framework catalyst to contact for an isomerization reaction; and conveying a product obtained from the isomerization reaction to the mother liquor recovery system, to obtain bisphenol A after crystallization and dephenolization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Minhua Zhang, Yingzhe Yu, Hao Gong, He Dong, Sheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20250197330
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bisphenol A preparation process and device thereof. Each stage of reaction system includes a cooler and reactors, each with four sections, the reactors are filled with bisphenol A synthetic resin catalysts before startup operation, and filling proportions of the catalysts are as follows: ? of the catalysts for the first-section reactor, ? for the second-section reactor, the full amount for the third-section reactor and the full amount for the fourth-section reactor. The three reactors operate in series connection through valves, the reactor with the deactivated catalyst is cut out and the reactor to be used is cut in to maintain the three reactors operating in series every time the system operates ? of the service life of the catalyst, and the process can provide a larger air speed, which is beneficial to eliminating the influence of external diffusion, thereby obtaining higher product benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Minhua ZHANG, Yingzhe Yu, Hao Gong, He Dong, Feng Shi, Haoxi Jiang
  • Publication number: 20250122138
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a production process and device for synthesizing bisphenol A by a resin method, including a condensation reaction unit for performing a catalytic condensation reaction between phenol and acetone to generate bisphenol A, a first-stage adduct crystallization unit for mixing a concentrated solution with adduct crystals recycled after melting and then performing adduct crystallization, a liquid-phase dephenolization unit for melting an adduct to yield a bisphenol A product, a secondary adduct crystallization unit for recycling phenol and bisphenol A from a mother solution, a solvent recycling unit for recycling unreacted phenol and unreacted acetone, and discharging phenol-containing process water for sewage treatment, and a cracking and rearrangement unit for recycling the phenol from the mother solution, and convert bisphenol A, 2,4-bisphenol A and the like therein in the mother solution into the bisphenol A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Minhua ZHANG, Hao GONG, He DONG, Feng SHI, Zhongfeng GENG, Yingzhe YU, Haoxi JIANG
  • Patent number: 12071387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermal coupling method for preparing ethylene by ethanol dehydration and device thereof. The device includes an ethanol dehydration reaction system, a quenching compression system, an alkaline washing system, a molecular sieve drying system and an ethylene purification and propylene refrigeration cycle system; ethanol dehydration reaction products in the ethanol dehydration reaction system serve as a heat source for preheating, vaporization and superheating of a raw material of ethanol; tower bottoms of an evaporation tower in the quenching compression system serve as a heat source for preheating of a feed stream of the evaporation tower and heating of an overhead gas of a quenching tower; products of ethylene in the alkaline washing system serve as a cold source for cooling of crude ethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Minhua Zhang, Hao Gong, He Dong, Feng Shi, Fang Meng, Yingzhe Yu, Haoxi Jiang
  • Patent number: 12049442
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process and a device for producing vinyl acetate by an ethylene process. By additionally arranging an ethylene recovery membrane assembly in a vinyl acetate synthesis section, the content of inert components such as nitrogen in a circulating system is controlled, ethylene gas is recovered from non-condensable gas, and a recovery rate of the ethylene reaches 58% or above. By adding sideline extraction at a refined VAC tower in a vinyl acetate refining section, a vinyl acetate product with purity higher than 99.98% is obtained, a mass fraction of acetic acid is less than or equal to 20 ppm, a mass fraction of acetaldehyde is less than or equal to 20 ppm, and a mass fraction of water is less than or equal to 100 ppm. In synthesis and refining processes of the vinyl acetate, a cooling method is adopted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Minhua Zhang, Hao Gong, He Dong, Zhongfeng Geng, Yingzhe Yu
  • Publication number: 20240158333
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process and a device for producing vinyl acetate by an ethylene process. By additionally arranging an ethylene recovery membrane assembly in a vinyl acetate synthesis section, the content of inert components such as nitrogen in a circulating system is controlled, ethylene gas is recovered from non-condensable gas, and a recovery rate of the ethylene reaches 58% or above. By adding sideline extraction at a refined VAC tower in a vinyl acetate refining section, a vinyl acetate product with purity higher than 99.98% is obtained, a mass fraction of acetic acid is less than or equal to 20 ppm, a mass fraction of acetaldehyde is less than or equal to 20 ppm, and a mass fraction of water is less than or equal to 100 ppm. In synthesis and refining processes of the vinyl acetate, a cooling method is adopted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Minhua Zhang, Hao Gong, He Dong, Zhongfeng Geng, Yingzhe Yu
  • Patent number: 11939286
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing vinyl acetate, comprising a vinyl acetate synthesis process, a vinyl acetate refining process and a separation process of vinyl acetate and ethyl acetate, including an acetic acid evaporator, an oxygen mixer, a vinyl acetate synthesis reactor, a first gas separating tower, a second gas separating tower, a recovered gas compressor, a water washing tower, an absorption tower and a desorption tower, a recycling gas compressor; the vinyl acetate refining process comprising an acetic acid tower, a crude VAC tower, and a fine VAC tower, a rectifying tower, an ethyl acetate tower, a water phase receiving tank, an extracting and rectifying tower and an ethyl acetate phase separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Minhua Zhang, Zhongfeng Geng, He Dong, Hao Gong, Yingzhe Yu, Shenghua Qian, Xiuqin Dong
  • Publication number: 20240067583
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermal coupling method for preparing ethylene by ethanol dehydration and device thereof. The device includes an ethanol dehydration reaction system, a quenching compression system, an alkaline washing system, a molecular sieve drying system and an ethylene purification and propylene refrigeration cycle system; ethanol dehydration reaction products in the ethanol dehydration reaction system serve as a heat source for preheating, vaporization and superheating of a raw material of ethanol; tower bottoms of an evaporation tower in the quenching compression system serve as a heat source for preheating of a feed stream of the evaporation tower and heating of an overhead gas of a quenching tower; products of ethylene in the alkaline washing system serve as a cold source for cooling of crude ethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Minhua ZHANG, Hao GONG, He DONG, Feng SHI, Fang MENG, Yingzhe YU, Haoxi JIANG
  • Publication number: 20230405543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation system of ethylene by ethanol dehydration and device thereof. The device includes an ethanol dehydration reaction system, a quenching compression system, an alkaline washing system, a molecular sieve drying system, an ethylene purification system and a propylene refrigeration cycle system. Part of ethylene produced by the ethylene purification system are used as circulating ethylene in the molecular sieve drying system for desorption regeneration of molecular sieve drying towers. The molecular sieve drying system includes the steps: (1) feeding crude ethylene and water from the alkaline washing system into the molecular sieve drying system, and after removing the water therefrom, feeding the obtained crude ethylene into the ethylene purification system; and (2) feeding part of the products of ethylene, as the circulating ethylene, produced by the ethylene purification system into the molecular sieve drying system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Minhua ZHANG, Hao GONG, He DONG, Feng SHI, Yingzhe YU
  • Publication number: 20230312452
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing vinyl acetate, comprising a vinyl acetate synthesis process, a vinyl acetate refining process and a separation process of vinyl acetate and ethyl acetate, including an acetic acid evaporator, an oxygen mixer, a vinyl acetate synthesis reactor, a first gas separating tower, a second gas separating tower, a recovered gas compressor, a water washing tower, an absorption tower and a desorption tower, a recycling gas compressor; the vinyl acetate refining process comprising an acetic acid tower, a crude VAC tower, and a fine VAC tower, a rectifying tower, an ethyl acetate tower, a water phase receiving tank, an extracting and rectifying tower and an ethyl acetate phase separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Minhua ZHANG, Zhongfeng GENG, He DONG, Hao GONG, Yingzhe YU, Shenghua QIAN, Xiuqin DONG
  • Publication number: 20230312456
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vinyl acetate production process and device. By arranging a stabilizing process, an acetic acid recovery system and a desorption system and device, the composition of circulating gas is changed, the explosion range is narrowed, the volume fraction of maximum permissible oxygen at an inlet of a reactor is increased under the same production load and the same catalyst condition, the safety of the production process is improved, and the conversion per pass across the reaction is increased; and meanwhile, a material separation sequence is reasonably segmented according to an actual production condition. The present disclosure arranges a first gas separating tower which recovers surplus heat of reaction gas, reduces the energy consumption of the system, and therefore the energy consumption throughout the production flow process is reduced; the present disclosure further arranges the acetic acid recovery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Minhua ZHANG, Yingzhe YU, Hao GONG, He DONG, Sheng WANG, Cheng LIU, Xiuqin DONG
  • Patent number: 10806702
    Abstract: The present invention provides bis-polymer lipid-peptide conjugates containing a hydrophobic block and headgroup containing a helical peptide and two polymer blocks. The conjugates can self-assemble to form helix bundle subunits, which in turn assemble to provide micellar nanocarriers for drug cargos and other agents. Particles containing the conjugates and methods for forming the particles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ting Xu, He Dong, Jessica Shu, Nikhil Dube
  • Patent number: 10246637
    Abstract: A method for preparing a core-shell nanocrystal can include mixing an M-containing precursor solution, an X-containing precursor solution, and an acid or alcohol in an inert atmosphere at a first temperature to form a reaction mixture; maintaining the reaction mixture at the first temperature to grow the MX core of the nanocrystal; raising the temperature of the reaction mixture to a second temperature; and maintaining the reaction mixture at the second temperature to grow a shell of the nanocrystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Zhengtao Deng, Tian Ming, He Dong, Aishuang Xiang, Jing Kong
  • Publication number: 20190015328
    Abstract: The present invention provides bis-polymer lipid-peptide conjugates containing a hydrophobic block and headgroup containing a helical peptide and two polymer blocks. The conjugates can self-assemble to form helix bundle subunits, which in turn assemble to provide micellar nanocarriers for drug cargos and other agents. Particles containing the conjugates and methods for forming the particles are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Ting Xu, He Dong, Jessica Shu, Nikhil Dube
  • Patent number: 9949927
    Abstract: The present invention provides bis-polymer lipid-peptide conjugates containing a hydrophobic block and headgroup containing a helical peptide and two polymer blocks. The conjugates can self-assemble to form helix bundle subunits, which in turn assemble to provide micellar nanocarriers for drug cargos and other agents. Particles containing the conjugates and methods for forming the particles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Ting Xu, He Dong, Jessica Shu, Nikhil Dube
  • Publication number: 20170049901
    Abstract: The present invention provides bis-polymer lipid-peptide conjugates containing a hydrophobic block and headgroup containing a helical peptide and two polymer blocks. The conjugates can self-assemble to form helix bundle subunits, which in turn assemble to provide micellar nanocarriers for drug cargos and other agents. Particles containing the conjugates and methods for forming the particles are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ting Xu, He Dong, Jessica Shu, Nikhil Dube
  • Publication number: 20160326431
    Abstract: A method for preparing a core-shell nanocrystal can include mixing an M-containing precursor solution, an X-containing precursor solution, and an acid or alcohol in an inert atmosphere at a first temperature to form a reaction mixture; maintaining the reaction mixture at the first temperature to grow the MX core of the nanocrystal; raising the temperature of the reaction mixture to a second temperature; and maintaining the reaction mixture at the second temperature to grow a shell of the nanocrystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Zhengtao Deng, Tan Ming, He Dong, Aishuang Xiang, Jing Kong