Abstract: Provided are a sealing tape that can prevent tape width misalignment, air bubble inclusion, and creasing even when the sealing tape is affixed in a folded state, a phosphor sheet using the same, a lighting device, a liquid-crystal display, a method for manufacturing a phosphor sheet, and a sealing method. The sealing tape (10) includes an adhesive layer (11), a gas barrier layer (12), a bonding layer (13), and a support film layer (14) laminated in stated order, and has an incision (15) into the support film layer (14) in a thickness direction. The incision (15) is located substantially centrally in a width direction and extends in a longitudinal direction. Accordingly, tape width misalignment, air bubble inclusion, and creasing can be prevented even when the sealing tape is affixed in a folded state.

Abstract: A polyolefin resin composition for hot melt adhesives includes 5 to 95% by weight of (A) an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer having a melting point of at least 100° C. but not more than 140° C.; and 5 to 95% by weight of (B) an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer having a melting point of at least 70° C. but less than 100° C.

Abstract: This invention relates to a heat sealable adhesive composition for packaging for moderate to high moisture food products. The adhesive comprises latex in water with a minimum film formation temperature near or below 25° C. and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer dispersion in water, blocking resistance up to 50° C., heat seal-ability under reasonable conditions of contact time, temperature and pressure, good adhesive properties, and approval for food contact.

Abstract: Provided is an method for bonding substrates together using an aqueous adhesive composition comprising a polymer that comprises (a) polymerized units of one or more alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer, (b) polymerized units of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a mixture thereof, (c) polymerized units of one or more dialkyl diester of itaconic acid, and (d)polymerized units of one or more other monomer.

Abstract: A curable composition includes an organic polymer containing a reactive silicon group (A), and a bound substance of kaolinite and quartz (B) at a proportion of 30-200 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the organic polymer containing a reactive silicon group (A).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an adhesive composition for a polarization-maintaining optical fiber exhibiting a high extinction ratio. The adhesive composition for a polarization-maintaining optical fiber of the present invention contains: a compound (A) having an aromatic ring and a reactive silicon-containing group; a glycidyl compound (B); and a compound (C) having a silsesquioxane ladder structure.

Abstract: A composition according to the present invention is a silicone adhesive composition including 100 parts by weight of a peroxide-curable silicone, 1.2 to 3.2 parts by weight of an organic peroxide curing agent, and 2 to 9 parts by weight of an addition reaction-curable silicone rubber. An adhesive tape according to the present invention is a tape including a base and an adhesive layer placed on the base, the adhesive layer being formed from the above silicone adhesive composition. The adhesive composition according to the present invention exhibits high load bearing capacity even in higher-temperature environments than ever before. The adhesive tape according to the present invention exhibits high load bearing capacity and good shelf life even in such high-temperature environments.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions, methods and systems having utility in numerous applications, and in particular, uses for compositions containing the compound cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene (Z-HFO-1336mzzm), which has the following structure:

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising HCFC-243db, HCFO-1233xf, HCFC-244db and/or HFO-1234yf and at least one additional compound. For the composition comprising 1234yf, the additional compound is selected from the group consisting of HFO-1234ze, HFO-1243zf, HCFC-243db, HCFC-244db, HFC-245cb, HFC-245fa, HCFO-1233xf, HCFO-1233zd, HCFC-253fb, HCFC-234ab, HCFC-243fa, ethylene, HFC-23, CFC-13, HFC-143a, HFC-152a, HFC-236fa, HCO-1130, HCO-1130a, HFO-1336, HCFC-133a, HCFC-254fb, HCFC-1131, HFO-1141, HCFO-1242zf, HCFO-1223xd, HCFC-233ab, HCFC-226ba, and HFC-227ca. Compositions comprising HCFC-243db, HCFO-1233xf, and/or HCFC-244db are useful in processes to make HFO-1234yf. Compositions comprising HFO-1234yf are useful, among other uses, as heat transfer compositions for use in refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump systems.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating latent heat at low temperatures using an exothermic salt crystallization reaction in a supersaturated solution. The method and apparatus includes a supersaturated solution including a salt-based solute in a solvent. In an embodiment, the supersaturated solution is comprised of a salt-based solute of at least 50 wt. % sodium acetate trihydrate in a solvent of 70 vol. % ethylene glycol and 30 vol. % water. The supersaturated solution remains stable at a temperature below a melting point of the salt-based solute and is triggered to crystallize in a controlled manner to generate latent heat. The method and apparatus further including an actuation component, in fluid communication with a lubricating fluid, to initiate an exothermic crystallization response in the supersaturated solution. The supersaturated solution is suitable for use in a heat exchanger apparatus of an engine.

Abstract: A dielectric fluid and coolant for electrical apparatuses such as transformers. In one embodiment, the fluid contains more than 25% biobased base oil, such as a biobased hydrocarbon oil, which has a molecular weight greater than 300 g/mol and less than 595 g/mol. The biobased base oil may optionally be blended with other oils, such as mineral oils and vegetable oils.

Abstract: Heat transfer fluid concentrates include: a freezing point depressant, water, or a combination thereof; a carboxylate; an inorganic phosphate; an azole compound; calcium ions and/or magnesium ions; and a water-soluble polymer. Ready-to-use heat transfer fluids and methods for preventing corrosion in heat transfer systems are described.

Abstract: A composition and use thereof are disclosed herein. The composition comprises at least two selected from the group of amphiphilic block copolymer, polyurethane and acidic ionic compound. Also an oil-based drilling fluid comprising the composition and a method improving shearing force of oil-based drilling fluid are disclosed. The composition disclosed herewith can raise the shearing force of oil-based drilling fluid.

Abstract: Cementing compositions including a di- or poly epoxide resin, and amine hardener, and a di-or polyfunctional alkylphosphonate ester fortifier and methods of using the cementing compositions such as in a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for the transportation and delivery of set-delayed cement compositions to a well site. A method of cementing may comprise preparing a set-delayed cement composition. The method further may comprise storing the set-delayed cement composition. The method further may comprise transporting the set-delayed cement composition to a well site in a containment vessel. The method further may comprise discharging the set-delayed cement composition from the containment vessel and into a wellbore.

Abstract: Methods including introducing a treatment fluid into a wellbore in a subterranean formation, wherein the subterranean formation includes a coal seam gas reservoir, a freshwater reservoir, and formation laminae interposed therebetween, and the wellbore penetrating each, and wherein the treatment fluid comprises an aqueous base fluid and an aqueous curable resin; penetrating at least a portion of the formation laminae with the aqueous curable resin while maintaining the treatment fluid in the wellbore at a pressure sufficient to prevent the flow of freshwater from the freshwater reservoir into the wellbore; curing the aqueous curable resin, thereby stabilizing the formation laminae; creating permeability pathways in the coal seam gas reservoir itself; removing the treatment fluid from the wellbore; recovering gas from the coal seam gas reservoir.

Abstract: A well fluid treatment is disclosed that utilizes ethoxylated alcohols with a hydrophilic lipophilic balance between 10 and 13 and/or alkyl benzene sulfonic acid and alkyl naphthalene sulfonic acids either neutralized or non-neutralized and salts thereof either singly or in combination to assist in suspending solids such as drilling mud and cement in fluids such as water.

Abstract: Consolidation compositions comprising a multipodal silane coupling agent comprising at least two silane groups and at least one amino group; a curable resin; and a resin hardening agent. The curable resin is selected from the group consisting of an epoxy resin, an aliphatic epoxy resin, a glycidylamine epoxy resin, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods of treating a surface in contact with a wellbore and/or a subterranean formation penetrated by a well bore, comprising forming a treatment composition comprising a rheological polymer, a partitioning agent, and a liquid medium; and injecting the treatment fluid into the well bore, wherein the treatment composition forms a heterogeneous mixture comprising a dispersed rheological polymer-rich phase and a partitioning agent-rich phase, and wherein the stability of the heterogeneous mixture is controlled by introducing a stability control agent. This invention relates to compositions and methods for forming a water in water emulsion, comprising a rheological polymer, a partitioning agent, a liquid medium; and a stability control agent, wherein the emulsion is a heterogeneous mixture comprising a dispersed rheological polymer-rich phase and a partitioning agent-rich phase.

Abstract: The inventions described herein relate generally to novel methods for increasing oil extraction using complex nano-fluids and, in at least one embodiment, to a method of increasing the recovery during oil extraction by injecting complex nano-fluids into an injection well in order to increase oil production yields.

Abstract: Systems and methods that use far-field diverting agents and proppant pulsing to enhance fracture geometries in far field areas of a subterranean formation are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing into a well bore penetrating a portion of a subterranean formation alternating stages of a proppant-carrying fracturing fluid comprising a plurality of proppant particulates, and a clean fracturing fluid comprising a lesser concentration of proppant particulates than the proppant-carrying fracturing fluid, wherein the alternating stages of the proppant-carrying fracturing fluid and the clean fracturing fluid are introduced into the well bore at or above a pressure sufficient to create or enhance one or more fractures in the subterranean formation; and introducing a diverting agent into the well bore during one or more of the alternating stages of proppant-carrying fracturing fluid and clean fracturing fluid.

Abstract: A method comprises obtaining or providing a treatment fluid comprising an imidazolinium compound and placing the treatment fluid in a subterranean formation. The imidazolinium compound functions as a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) gelling agent and as a corrosion inhibitor.

Abstract: This lighting apparatus is provided with a blue LED s chip having a maximum peak at a wavelength of 420-480 nm and a fluorescent material-containing resin layer disposed on the front of the blue LED chip in the light emission direction. The fluorescent material-containing resin layer is obtained by mixing and dispersing a LuAg fluorescent material, which is represented by the formula Lu3Al5O12:Ce3+ and in which the Ce activation rate is 2 mol. % or lower relative to Lu, and a double fluoride fluorescent material represented by the formula A2(B1?xMnx)F6 (in the formula, A is at least one type of element selected from among the group consisting of Li, Na, K and Cs, B is at least one type of element selected from among the group consisting of Si, Ti, Nb, Ge and Sn, and x is an integer that falls within the range 0.001?x?0.1) in a resin.

Abstract: A fluoride phosphor includes fluoride particles represented by AxMFy:Mnz4+ where A is at least one selected from lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), and cesium (Cs), M is at least one selected from silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), germanium (Ge) and tin (Sn), a compositional ratio x of A satisfies 2?x?3, and a compositional ratio y of F satisfies 4?y?7; and an organic material physically adsorbed onto surfaces of the fluoride particles to allow the fluoride particles to have hydrophobicity. The fluoride particles have a concentration of Mn4+ gradually reduced from respective centers to respective surfaces of the fluoride particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an Mn4+-activated complex fluoride phosphor with improved moisture resistance due to modification of the particle surface, and a light emitting element and light emitting device having excellent color rendering properties and stability due to the use of this phosphor. The phosphor of the present invention is characterized in that it is represented by the general formula: A2MF6:Mn4+, wherein element A is an alkali metal element comprising at least K, element M is one or more metal elements chosen from among Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr and Hf, F is fluorine, and Mn is manganese, wherein the phosphor comprises Ca in a concentration range of at least 20 ppm and at most 10,000 ppm or Cl in a concentration range of at least 20 ppm and at most 300 ppm.

Abstract: A scalable method for the manufacture of narrow, bright, monodisperse, photo-luminescent quantum dots prepared in the presence of a Group II-VI molecular seeding cluster fabricated in situ from a zinc salt and a thiol or selenol compound. Exemplary quantum dots have a core containing indium, phosphorus, zinc and either sulfur or selenium.

Abstract: The invention discloses a composite structure based on a Ce:YAG wafer, comprising the Ce:YAG wafer and a red light emitting layer fixed on the Ce:YAG wafer. The invention further discloses a manufacturing method of the composite structure based on a Ce:YAG wafer, through which a composite optical structure capable of emitting light ranging from green light to red light is formed. The composite optical structure can be widely applied in the fields of detection equipment and illumination devices.

Abstract: Compositions, methods, and systems permit selectively etching metal oxide from reactor metal parts (e.g., titanium and/or titanium alloys). The etching composition comprises an alkali metal hydroxide and gallic acid. The method is useful for cleaning reaction chambers used in the deposition of metal oxide films such as aluminum oxide.

Abstract: A solution is a compound represented by formula (1), a liquid crystal composition containing the compound and a liquid crystal display device including the composition. In formula (1), Ra and Rb are independently alkyl having 1 to 30 carbons or the like; and X and Y are independently fluoroalkyl having 1 to 5 carbons, fluoroalkoxy having 1 to 5 carbons or pentafluorosulfanil, and one of X and Y may be fluorine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerizable compound denoted by Formula (I): in the formula, Z1 and Z2 represent an arylene group, and the like, m represents 1 or 2, n represents an integer of 0 or 1, and when m is 2, n is 0, L1, L2, L3, and L4 each independently represent a linking group such as —C(?O)O— and —OC(?O)—, T3 represents -Sp4-R4, X represents —O—, and the like, r represents 1 to 4, Sp1, Sp2, Sp3, Sp4, and Sp5 each independently represent a single bond or a linking group, R1 and R2 each independently represent a polymerizable group, and R3, R4, and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a polymerizable group, or the like; a polymerizable composition containing the polymerizable compound described above; a film formed of the polymerizable composition described above; and a half mirror for displaying a projection image including the film described above.

Abstract: A heat-absorbing material including particles including a magnesium phosphate hydrate and a binder.

Abstract: A method of integrating intumescent infused materials into solid material to form fire retardant material is completed with an intumescent powder mixture and any moldable material. The amount of intumescent powder mixture and the moldable material are proportionally and homogeneously mixed together to form a fire retardant material. A variety of levels of fire-resistance rating can be attained through the proportional mixing of the intumescent power mixture and the moldable material to create a final product. Thus, the final product expands with exposure to heat depending on the amount of intumescent powder mixture incorporated or impregnated into the final product.

Abstract: A bio-oil reactor leverages chemically recalcitrant lignocellulosic biomass using a moderate temperature molten-salt based process to unlock hydrocarbon content having the potential to substantially supplement demand for petroleum based fuels and chemicals. Bio-oil is a precursor to production of other chemicals and hydrocarbons, and can be refined as an effective replacement to conventional petroleum products and fossil fuels. A disclosed approach employs Molten-Salt Pyrolysis (MSP), for the efficient and economical production of such precursor chemicals directly from whole biomass under moderate conditions (˜400° C., 1 atm.). Lignocellulosic biomass, freely available in renewable wood and plant products, undergoes a moderate temperature heating process in a eutectic molten salt mixture to generate a condensable vapor of the precursor or platform chemicals.

Abstract: A method of converting biovapors to biofuel includes directing biovapors derived from decomposition of biomass, said biovapors comprising at least C5 and C6 compounds, into a catalytic reaction chamber; and contacting the biovapors with a catalyst composition comprising a nanozeolite.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from solid biomass and/or residual waste feedstocks, said process comprising the steps of: a) hydropyrolysing the solid feedstock in a hydropyrolysis reactor vessel in the presence of molecular hydrogen and one or more deoxygenation catalyst, producing a product stream comprising partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1-C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; b) removing said char and catalyst fines from said product stream; c) hydroconverting said partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product in a hydroconversion reactor vessel in the presence of one or more hydroconversion catalyst and of the H2O, CO2, CO, H2, and C1-C3 gas generated in step a), producing a vapour phase product comprising substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, CO, CO2, and C1-C3 gases; d) condensing the vapour phase product of step d) to provide a liquid phase product comprising substantially fully deoxygenated C4+ hy

Abstract: A composition, including 40-50 wt-% C14 paraffins, based on the total weight of the composition, and 35-45 wt-% C15 paraffins, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the C14 and C15 paraffins are produced from a biological raw material.

Abstract: A method for heating one or more streams from a refinery process, chosen from the group of crude tower inlet, vacuum tower inlet, catalytic reformer inlet, coker inlet, thermal cracker inlet and hydrocracker inlet. The method includes transferring, in a heat exchanger, heat from one or more streams from a petro-chemistry process, chosen from the group of a steam cracker charge gas, propane dehydrogenation charge gas and butane dehydrogenation charge gas to said one or more streams from a refinery process for obtaining one or more heated streams in which the temperature of said one or more streams from petro-chemistry process is above the temperature of said one or more streams from a refinery process before said step of heat exchanging has taken place.

Abstract: Provided is a process for fluid catalytic cracking of a heavy oil by contacting the oil with a catalyst at an elevated temperature for a short period of time to produce light olefins such as propylene and butene. The process includes contacting the heavy oil with a catalyst containing as a constituent thereof a fluid catalytic cracking catalyst with a weight ratio (Wmat/Wusy) of an active matrix weight (Wmat) to an ultrastable Y type zeolite weight (Wusy) of 0 to 0.3, under conditions where the reaction zone outlet temperature is from 580 to 630° C., the catalyst/oil ratio is from 15 to 40 weight/weight and the residence time of hydrocarbon in the reaction zone is from 0.1 to 1.0 second.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for sweetening a hydrocarbon stream. The apparatus includes two vessels. In a first extraction vessel, caustic removes mercaptans from the hydrocarbon stream. In a second oxidation vessel, the mercaptans in the rich caustic are converted in disulfides. The lean caustic and disulfides are passed back to the first extraction vessel in which the disulfides are separated into the sweetened hydrocarbon phase. The second vessel may receive a wash oil, such as the sweetened hydrocarbon phase, to remove disulfides from a vented gas stream.

Abstract: A method is provided involving altering the viscosity of bio-derived paraffins to produce a paraffinic fluid, where the altering step includes chlorinating the bio-derived paraffins; the bio-derived paraffins include a hydrodeoxygenated product produced by hydrodeoxygenating a bio-based feed where the bio-based feed includes bio-derived fatty acids, fatty acid esters, or a combination thereof; the bio-derived paraffins include n-paraffins; and the n-paraffins have a biodegradability of at least 40% after about 23 days of exposure to microorganisms. Also provided are methods of protecting and/or cleaning a substance by applying the paraffinic fluid.

Abstract: A sequential cracking process for the thermal cracking of a hydrocarbon feedstock in a cascade of cracking units wherein said hydrocarbon feedstock is heated in a furnace to a predetermined maximum temperature and thermally cracked in the cascade of cracking, such that the formation of coke is reduced.

Abstract: A fluid catalytic cracking apparatus and process is disclosed, providing for efficient conversion of heavy hydrocarbon feeds to light olefins, aromatics, and gasoline. A countercurrent flow reactor operating in bubbling or turbulent fluidization regimes is integrated with a fluid catalytic cracking riser reactor. A heavy hydrocarbon feed is catalytically cracked to naphtha and light olefins in the riser reactor, a co-current flow reactor. To enhance the yields and selectivity to light olefins, cracked hydrocarbon products from the riser reactor, such as C4 and naphtha range hydrocarbons, may be recycled and processed in the countercurrent flow reactor. The integration of the countercurrent flow reactor with a conventional FCC riser reactor and catalyst regeneration system may overcome heat balance issues commonly associated with two-stage cracking processes, may substantially increase the overall conversion and light olefins yield, and/or may increases the capability to process heavier feedstocks.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting a hydrocarbon feedstock into olefins and preferably also into BTX, said converting process comprising the following steps of: feeding a hydrocarbon feed-stock to a first hydrocracking unit, feeding the effluent from said first hydrocracking unit to a first separation section, separating said effluent in said first separation section feeding at least one stream to a dehydrogenation unit, and feeding the effluent from said at least one dehydrogenation unit to a second separation section.

Abstract: A hydrotreating reactor including a vessel comprising an upper zone, and intermediate zone and a lower zone. The upper zone comprises at least one upper catalyst bed. The intermediate zone comprises a vapor/liquid separation zone, wherein gas separated within the vapor/liquid separation zone is directed to a high pressure knockout drum and the liquid separated within the vapor/liquid separation zone is directed to a stripping section and then the lower zone. The lower zone comprises at least one lower catalyst bed. Preferably, the stripping section is configured and arranged for removing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia from the gas.

Abstract: Hydrocarbon oil obtained by Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis reaction using a catalyst within a slurry bed reactor is fractionated into a distilled oil and a column bottom oil in a rectifying column, part of the column bottom oil is flowed into a first transfer line that connects a column bottom of the rectifying column to a hydrocracker, at least part of the column bottom oil is flowed into a second transfer line branched from the first transfer line and connected to the first transfer line downstream of the branching point, the amount of the catalyst fine powder to be captured is monitored while the catalyst fine powder in the column bottom oil that flows in the second transfer line are captured by a detachable filter provided in the second transfer line, and the column bottom oil is hydrocracked within the hydrocracker.

Abstract: An integrated hydrocracking process for production of olefinic and aromatic petrochemicals from a hydrocarbon feedstock having crude oil. An object of the present invention is to provide an integrated hydrocracking process for the production of olefinic and aromatic petrochemicals from a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising crude oil in which the portion of crude oil converted to LPG is increased significantly.

Abstract: An integrated hydrocracking process for production of olefinic and aromatic petrochemicals from a hydrocarbon feedstock including crude oil. An object of the present invention is to provide an integrated hydrocracking process for the production of olefinic and aromatic petrochemicals from a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising crude oil in which the portion of the crude oil converted to LPG is increased significantly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing BTX comprising catalytic cracking, aromatic ring opening and BTX recovery. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process installation to convert a hydrocarbon feedstream into BTX comprising a catalytic cracking unit, an aromatic ring opening unit and a BTX recovery unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for increasing the production of a light olefin hydrocarbon compound from a hydrocarbon feedstock, comprising the following steps of: (a) feeding a hydrocarbon feedstock into a reaction area for ringopening (b) separating reaction products, which are generated from said reaction area, into an overhead stream and a side stream; (c) feeding the side stream from (b) to a gasoline hydrocracker (GHC) unit, (d) separating reaction products of said GHC of step (c) into an overhead stream, which contains hydrogen, methane, ethane, and liquefied petroleum gas, and a stream, which contains aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, and a small amount of hydrogen and non-aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, (e) feeding the overhead stream from the gasoline hydrocracker (GHC) unit into a steam cracker unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing BTX comprising: (a) contacting a feedstream comprising C5-C12 hydrocarbons in the presence of hydrogen with a reforming catalyst to produce a reformed product stream, wherein the reforming catalyst comprises a hydrogenation metal and a support of an amorphous alumina, (b) contacting the reformed product stream in the presence of hydrogen with a hydrocracking catalyst to produce a hydrocracking product stream comprising BTX, wherein the hydrocracking catalyst comprises a hydrogenation metal and a zeolite and (c) separating the BTX from the hydrocracking product stream, wherein the hydrocracking catalyst comprises 0.01-1 wt %, preferably 0.01-0.5 wt %, of the hydrogenation metal in relation to the total catalyst weight and the zeolite has a pore size of 5-8 A and a silica (SiO2) to alumina (AI2O3) molar ratio of 5-200, preferably 30-120, wherein step (b) or steps (a) and (b)_are performed at a temperature of 425-580° C.