Patents Issued in December 21, 2017
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Publication number: 20170362090Abstract: A thermochemical energy storage system and method of storing thermal energy are disclosed. The energy storing system described herein comprises a reactor comprising a CO2 sorbent comprising i) CaO and mayenite or ii) Li4SiO4, or a combination thereof, and b) a CO2 source, wherein the CO2 source is in fluid communication with the reactor to allow flow of CO2 between the CO2 source and the reactor. Further, methods are disclosed for storing thermal energy through a wide temperature range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Ryan Melsert, Santosh Kumar Gangwal, Tim A. Hansen
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Publication number: 20170362091Abstract: A method for manufacturing a zinc ferrite film includes forming a zinc ferrite film on a base material by having a reaction liquid, which contains metal ions including only bivalent iron ions and bivalent zinc ions, contact an oxidation liquid, which contains an oxidant that oxidizes the metal ions, in the presence of a pH adjuster. The pH adjuster includes a carbonate of ammonium and an alkali metal salt of mono-carboxylic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicants: Shinko Electric Industries Co., LTD., Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Nobuhiro Matsushita, Yuji Tanaka, Tomoki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20170362092Abstract: A filtration system for a pet water fountain is provided. The filtration system utilizes a pump placed within or along a watering bowl. The water filtration system also utilizes a multi-stage filtering device. In one aspect, the multi-stage filtering device includes a first filtering stage representing copper zinc alloy particles, and a second filtering stage representing granulated activated carbon particles. Each stage may constitute filtering material that is separated into an array of cells residing along a vertical frame or is separated into stages placed in series within a tubular cartridge. A method for filtering water in a pet fountain is also provided herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Christopher E. Mainini, William S. Groh, Anita White, Kristine Kauerz, Stephen Weybrecht
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Publication number: 20170362093Abstract: A method includes receiving an ion concentration measurement from a sensor electrode measuring a fluid stream exiting a water conditioning system. A hardness metric is generated based on the ion concentration measurement. A regeneration signal is communicated to the water conditioning system based on the hardness metric. A system includes a sensor electrode to generate an ion concentration measurement in a fluid stream exiting a water conditioning system and a controller to generate a hardness metric based on the ion concentration measurement and communicate a regeneration signal to the water conditioning system based on the hardness metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Emonix, Inc.Inventors: Neil A. Klingensmith, Zachary CJ LaVallee, Suman Banerjee
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Publication number: 20170362094Abstract: A desalination system that can comprise an inlet, an optional preheating stage, multiple evaporation chambers and optional demisters, product condensers, a waste outlet, one or more product outlets, a nested configuration that facilitates heat transfer and recovery and a control system. The control system can permit operation of the purification system continuously with minimal user intervention or cleaning. The desalination system can operate with any number of pre-treatment methods for descaling, and with degassing systems to eliminate or reduce hydrocarbons and dissolved gases. The system is capable of removing, from a contaminated water sample, a plurality of contaminant types including microbiological contaminants, radiological contaminants, metals, and salts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Eugene Thiers, Brian Bayley, Gary Lum
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COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE REMOVAL OF PHOSPHATES AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
Publication number: 20170362095Abstract: Compositions and methods for removing phosphates, nitrates and heavy metals from aqueous solutions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Steven A. Odom, Denny J. Ivey -
Publication number: 20170362096Abstract: A photocatalytic filter including first photocatalytic particles each of which is a composite of an adsorbent and titanium apatite, second photocatalytic particles each of which is glass coated with titanium apatite, a light source configured to emit ultraviolet rays, and a container accommodating the first photocatalytic particles, the second photocatalytic particles, and the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Masato Wakamura, Mineharu Tsukada, Toshihisa Anazawa
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Publication number: 20170362097Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling performance of a mixed ion exchange media comprising two or more media. The weighted average of a quantity of the first media having a first rate of exchange to a quantity of a second media having a second rate of exchange is determined based on predetermined requirements for the resulting mixed media. After determining the weighted average, the first and second media are mixed resulting in a mixed media having a third rate of exchange. The mixed media is introduced to an ion exchange column. Contaminated liquid is then introduced to the column creating a mass transfer zone within the column. The mixed media is generally considered optimized when it meets three conditions simultaneously: 100% safety limitation, 100% media capacity used, and effluent criteria are met.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Kurion, Inc.Inventors: Joshua MERTZ, Brett SIMPSON, Whitney LAMARCHE, Clay NULLE, Ja-Kael LUEY, Dustin RAE, Ben GARRETT
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Publication number: 20170362098Abstract: In one aspect, systems and methods for the efficient and cost-effective removal of bromide from wastewater streams are described herein. Briefly, a system for bromide removal comprises pretreatment apparatus operable for at least partial removal of background ionic species from the wastewater stream and/or dilution of the background ionic species in the wastewater stream. The system also comprises bromide capture apparatus operable for removal of bromide from the pretreated wastewater stream, wherein the system removes bromide from the wastewater stream at an efficiency of at least 80 percent. In some embodiments, bromide is recovered from the capture apparatus and reused in flue gas treatment applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: James E. AMBURGEY, Olya Stepanovna KEEN, Mei SUN
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Publication number: 20170362099Abstract: A water purification valve mechanism includes a body provided with a static valve plate having therein a first passage, a second passage, a third passage, a fourth closed passage, a fifth passage, a sixth closed passage and a seventh passage respectively and radially defined through a surface of the static valve plate and a dynamic valve plate rotatably provided on top of the static valve plate, wherein the second passage, the third passage, the fourth passage, the fifth passage, the sixth passage and the seventh passage are divergently defined around the first passage; and a driving device mounted inside the body to drive the dynamic valve plate to rotate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: FENG-SHUN ZHAN, YU-WEI LIAN
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Publication number: 20170362100Abstract: A water softener valve mechanism includes a body provided with a first inlet, a first outlet and a first discharge. The body has a static valve plate provided with a first passage, a second passage, a third passage, a fourth passage, a fifth passage and a sixth passage and a second discharge and a dynamic plate rotatable relative to the static plate and having an elongated recess defined in a side face of the dynamic plate and a third inlet in communication with the first inlet of the body and to selectively communicate with the first passage, the second passage, the third passage, the fourth passage, the fifth passage and the sixth passage, and a driving device mounted inside the body to drive the dynamic valve plate to rotate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: FENG-SHUN ZHAN, YU-WEI LIAN
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Publication number: 20170362101Abstract: A water softener valve mechanism includes a body provided with a main inlet, a main outlet and a discharge. The body has a static valve plate provided with a first passage, a second passage, a third passage, a fourth passage, a blind fifth passage, a sixth passage and a seventh passage and a dynamic plate rotatable relative to the static plate and having an elongated blind hole defined in a side face of the dynamic plate and an aligning hole to selectively communicate with the first passage, the second passage, the third passage and the fourth passage and a driving device mounted inside the body to drive the dynamic valve plate to rotate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: FENG-SHUN ZHAN, YU-WEI LIAN
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Publication number: 20170362102Abstract: Water treatment systems including electrically-driven and pressure-driven separation apparatus configured to produce a first treated water suitable for use as irrigation water and a second treated water suitable for use as potable water from brackish water and methods of operation of same.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Gary C. Ganzi, Frederick C. Wilkins
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Publication number: 20170362103Abstract: An aquaculture system is provided. The aquaculture system includes a cultivation pond, a water circulation unit, a water quality detector, and a water processing module. The cultivation pond for storing the cultivation water has a recirculation inlet and recirculation outlet. The water circulation unit is in fluid communication with the cultivation pond to allow the cultivation water in the cultivation pond to circulate through the water circulation unit. The water quality detector is used to detect the quality of the water to obtain water quality information. The water processing module includes an electrolytic gas generator and a control unit to improve the quality of water. The control unit receives the water quality information and adjusts the applied voltage on the electrolytic gas generator according to the water quality information to control the gas species and a ratio of the gases generated by the electrolytic gas generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: GUO-BIN JUNG, Chia-chen Yeh, JYUN-WEI YU, Chia-Ching Ma, CHUNG-WEI HSIEH, CHENG-LUNG LIN
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Publication number: 20170362104Abstract: Contaminants are filtered from a fluid flow stream and the filter is regenerated by a process including steps of: providing a filter material comprising both carbon and potassium iodide; passing a contaminated fluid stream in contact with the filter material; adsorbing contaminants from the fluid stream onto surfaces in the filter material; passing an electric current through the filter material with adsorbed contaminant thereon; disassociating contaminant from the surfaces of the filter material; and removing disassociated contaminant from the filter material by carrying away the disassociated contaminant in a fluid flow mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Jenny Boutros, Kenneth R. Code, Alexander Evans, Carter Goertzen, Simmon Christian Hofstetter, Charles Clarke Laing, Parastoo Pourrazzei, Richard H. Smith, Pavel Tourin, Ahmed Moustafa
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Publication number: 20170362105Abstract: The invention is directed to point of use devices and appliances for alkalizing and/or adjusting the oxidation/reduction potential of water that is to be ingested. The devices comprise straws, carafes, countertop units, water bottle units and any other devices that will treat the water at the point of use. The water will flow through the point of use devices or appliances longitudinally or radially. The point of use device or appliance will contain an alkalizing formulation that will increase the pH of the water to preferably above about 8 and the oxidation/reduction potential to about ?100 and ?700. The amount of water that can be treated will depend on the amount of the oxidation/reduction potential and alkalizing formulations used and the size and capacity of the device or appliance for the alkalizing and oxidation/reduction potential formulations. The alkalizing formulation will supply to the water being treated one or more of potassium, calcium and magnesium ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Paul Michael Pedersen
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Publication number: 20170362106Abstract: The current process relates to the treatment of a primary sludge that is produced from waste water treatment facilities such as a pulp mill or a pulp and paper mills. It further relates to a process of using the primary sludge in the production of cellulosic ethanol. It further relates to the use of the treated primary sludge in the manufacture of recycled linerboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Fabricio Saab Pereira, Adriano Marques Gomes
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Publication number: 20170362107Abstract: A water treatment apparatus including: discharge treatment units each including a ground electrode and a discharge electrode opposing the ground electrode, and water to be treated is treated by forming a discharge between the ground electrode and the discharge electrode, and generating ozone by the discharge, and moreover causing the water to be treated to contact the discharge; a water reservoir portion that collects, in the interior of the treatment tank, the water to be treated having been subject to water treatment by one of the discharge treatment units; and an ozone supply section that supplies the ozone in the treatment tank to the water to be treated in the water reservoir portion are provided, and wherein the water to be treated passes through the plurality of discharge treatment units as a continuous flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Gaku OINUMA, Masakazu TAKI, Yasutaka INANAGA, Teruki NAITO
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Publication number: 20170362108Abstract: A hybrid activated iron-biological treatment system and method for treating wastewater. The treatment system includes a combination of zero valent iron, ferrous iron, an iron oxide, and a denitrification microorganism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: The Texas A&M University SystemInventor: Yongheng Huang
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Publication number: 20170362109Abstract: A method for treating wastewater and an activator for treating wastewater that maximizes the utilization of microorganisms such as Bacillus bacteria in an activated sludge treatment of wastewater while minimizing treatment cost. In the method for treating wastewater, wastewater including organic matter is introduced into a treatment tank and the wastewater is subjected to an activated sludge treatment by microorganisms in the treatment tank, wherein an activator containing a component for activating the microorganisms is added to the wastewater to be subjected to the activated sludge treatment in the treatment tank; and at least 50% (by quantity) of the entirety of the activator has a particle size of less than 10 pm. Also provided is an activator therefor. The microorganisms preferably include Bacillus bacteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuyuki TAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20170362110Abstract: A system for providing an acidic ionized ozonated liquid. The system includes a liquid inlet arranged to accept a liquid into the system; an acid-based cation-exchange resin in fluid communication with the liquid inlet, the resin adapted to exchange cations in the accepted liquid with H+ ions on the resin; an ozone dissolving apparatus in fluid communication with the liquid inlet and the acid-based cation-exchange resin; and a liquid outlet in fluid communication with the liquid inlet, the acid-based cation-exchange resin and the ozone dissolving apparatus. The ozone dissolving apparatus and the acid-based cation-exchange resin cooperating to produce the acidic ionized ozonated liquid for dispensation out of the system via the liquid outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Steve L. Hengsperger, Justin L. Namespetra, Jamie O'Neil
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Publication number: 20170362111Abstract: Methods and apparatus for producing fibers from igneous rock, including basalt include heating igneous rock by electrical conductive coils to achieve an homogenous melt and forming homogenous fibers from the melt.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Oleksandr Biland, Robert B. Ferguson
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Publication number: 20170362112Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses for producing a glass ribbon, the apparatuses comprising a forming body comprising an upper trough-shaped portion comprising two trough walls and a trough bottom; a lower wedge-shaped portion; a delivery end comprising a first recess; and a compression end comprising a second recess; and first and second supports coupled to the first and second recesses, wherein at least a portion of the first or second support surfaces are non-planar and in continuous contact with at least a portion of the respective first or second recess surfaces. Also disclosed herein are methods for producing a glass ribbon using such apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Timothy L Lansberry
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Publication number: 20170362113Abstract: A method of forming a glass preform of predetermined length comprises providing a length of glass material to be separated to form a preform length and a remaining length; forming a notch in the glass material; inducing a tensile stress in excess of the tensile strength of the glass in an area adjacent to the notch; and separating the preform length from the remaining length at the notch.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: HERAEUS TENEVO LLCInventors: Jong-Won Lee, Qiulin Ma, Kai Huei Chang
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Publication number: 20170362114Abstract: A method and apparatus to manufacture a coherent bundle of scintillating fibers is disclosed. A method includes providing a collimated bundle having a glass preform with capillaries therethrough known in the industry as a glass capillary array, and infusing the glass capillary array with a scintillating polymer or a polymer matrix containing scintillating nanoparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Theodore F. Morse, Rajiv Gupta, Avilash Cramer, Christopher Bull, Paul Waltz, Angus Kingon
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Publication number: 20170362115Abstract: A method of forming an optical element is provided. The method includes producing silica-based soot particles using chemical vapor deposition, the silica-based soot particles having an average particle size of between about 0.05 ?m and about 0.25 ?m. The method also includes forming a soot compact from the silica-based soot particles and doping the soot compact with a halogen in a closed system by contacting the silica-based soot compact with a halogencontaining gas in the closed system at a temperature of less than about 1200° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Steven Bruce Dawes, Douglas Hull Jennings, Pushkar Tandon
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Publication number: 20170362116Abstract: The invention relates to a glass sheet having a boron-, strontium- and lithium-free glass composition comprising the following in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of glass: 65?SiO2?78%; 8?Na2O?15%; 1?K2O<6%; 1?Al2O3<6%; 2?CaO<10%; 0?MgO?6%; as well as a K2O/(K2O+Na2O) ratio which is ranging from 0.1 and 0.7. The invention corresponds to an easy chemically-temperable soda-lime-silica type glass composition, which is more suited for use in electronic devices applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: AGC Glass EuropeInventor: Thomas LAMBRICHT
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Publication number: 20170362117Abstract: A composition for solar cell electrodes including a conductive powder, a glass frit, and an organic vehicle. The glass frit contains tellurium (Te), sodium (Na), zinc (Zn), and at least one of lead (Pb) and bismuth (Bi). A molar ratio of the sum of lead and bismuth to zinc ranges from about 1 to about 20. A molar ratio of tellurium to sodium ranges from about 1 to about 15.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Jae Hwi CHO, Dong Suk KIM, Seok Hyun JUNG
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Publication number: 20170362118Abstract: Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses containing specific oxides of divalent elements are described which crystallize at low temperatures and are suitable in particular as dental materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Elke Apel, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
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Publication number: 20170362119Abstract: Optically transparent glass ceramic materials comprising a glass phase containing and a crystalline tungsten bronze phase comprising nanoparticles and having the formula MxWO3, where M includes at least one H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Cu, Ag, Sn, Cd, In, Tl, Pb, Bi, Th, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and U, and where 0<x<1. Aluminosilicate and zinc-bismuth-borate glasses comprising at least one of Sm2O3, Pr2O3, and Er2O3 are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Jesse Kohl, Mallanagouda Dyamanagouda Patil
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Publication number: 20170362120Abstract: A coated glass substrate. The coated glass substrate comprises a glass sheet having a thickness from 0.1 to 0.7 mm and coated on a first side with a first optical layer having a positive photo-elastic constant and coated on a second side with a second optical layer having a negative photo-elastic constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Shih-Wei Chang, Lanfang Li, Kathleen M. O'Connell, Weijun Zhou
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Publication number: 20170362121Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers acting on infrared radiation including at least one functional layer. The stack includes a protective coating deposited above at least a part of the functional layer. The protective coating includes at least one lower protective layer based on titanium and zirconium, these two metals being in the metal, oxidized or nitrided form, and at least one upper protective layer of carbon, within which layer the carbon atoms are essentially in an sp2 hybridization state, located above the layer based on titanium and zirconium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Alexandre MAILLET, Laura Jane SINGH
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Publication number: 20170362122Abstract: Method of operating a long direct-fired inclined counterflow rotary kiln for the thermal treatment of material and counterflow rotary kiln adapted for same, whereby material to be treated is introduced into the kiln at the inlet end and treated material is evacuated from the kiln at the outlet end, whereby a main combustion zone extends inside the kiln over a distance of ¼ to ? of the internal length Lint of the kiln, whereby a supplementary combustion zone in which supplementary combustion takes place with an oxygen-rich oxidant extends inside the kiln over a distance from the inlet end of at most ¼ of the internal length Lint, and whereby no combustion takes place in a heat exchange zone located between the main combustion zone and the supplementary combustion zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Bernard LABEGORRE, Carlo RENNA, Remi TSIAVA, Sergio FERNANDES
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Publication number: 20170362123Abstract: A hydraulic binder includes at least 70% by weight of a solid mineral compound consisting of at least one mixture of silica, alumina and alkaline-earth metal oxides, the total sum of CaO and MgO representing at least 10% by weight of the solid mineral compound, and an activation system of which at least 30% by weight is a phosphoric acid-derived salt. Construction products can obtained from a mortar composition including such a binder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN WEBERInventors: Joumana YAMMINE, Zahia TOUTOU-MELINGE
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Publication number: 20170362124Abstract: Disclosed is a gypsum board comprising a set gypsum core disposed between two cover sheets. The set gypsum core is formed from a slurry comprising stucco, water, and at least one pregelatinized starch having a viscosity of from about 20 cP to about 300 cP as measured according to the VMA method described herein. The starch is present in an amount of greater than 10% by weight of the stucco. In preferred embodiments, the board has good strength properties even at lower densities, such as about 31 pcf or less. Also disclosed are a related method of making a gypsum wallboard and a slurry.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Yijun SANG, Alfred C. LI, Weixin D. SONG
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Publication number: 20170362125Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a gypsum slurry by bringing together and mixing gypsum, water, wax powder and optionally other components, applying the gypsum slurry in a process for manufacturing a gypsum product and a gypsum product such as a plasterboard or wallboard obtained by the process and the use of the wax powder for the manufacturing of a moisture resistant gypsum product.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Gernot Meyer, Torsten Frick, Thomas Haas
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Publication number: 20170362126Abstract: A gypsum fiber board produced in a Siempelkamp dry-process, comprising 75 wt % to 90 wt % (relative to the total dry mix) of calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate and 10 wt % to 25 wt % (relative to the total dry mix) paper fibers, wherein the calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate is a mixture of ?-calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate and ?-calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate, wherein the content of ?-calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate in the mixture is at least 5 wt % (relative to the total calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate) is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for producing a gypsum fiber board of a thickness of 23 mm in a Siempelkamp dry-process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Wolfgang Voigt, Lothar Scheller, Jurgen Burczeck, Vladimir Tsvetanov, Vanya Ivanova-Tsaneva
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Publication number: 20170362127Abstract: A functional ink that includes a precursor sol-gel solution and a solvent is provided. The precursor sol-gel solution is used for forming an oxide dielectric film having a perovskite structure represented by a general formula ABO3, and has been subjected to a partial hydrolysis process in which a viscosity change resulting from the partial hydrolysis process is controlled to be less than or equal to 50%, and water contained in the precursor sol-gel solution is controlled to be greater than or equal to 0.50 times and less than or equal to 10 times by molar ratio with respect to a B site atom contained in the precursor sol-gel solution. The functional ink has a metal oxide concentration and a viscosity that renders the functional ink suitable for being discharged from a nozzle of a liquid droplet discharge apparatus included in a thin film fabrication apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi TAKEUCHI, Osamu MACHIDA, Akira SHIMOFUKU
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Publication number: 20170362128Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for preparing a titanate compound powder comprising titanate compound particles having a controlled particle size and/or particle size distribution. The methods include mixing at least one first inorganic compound chosen from sources of a first metal or metal oxide, at least one second inorganic compound chosen from sources of titania, and at least one binder to form a mixture; calcining the mixture to form a polycrystalline material comprising a plurality of titanate compound grains and a plurality of micro-cracks; and breaking the polycrystalline material along at least a portion of the microcracks. Also disclosed are titanate compound powders having a controlled particle size distribution, ceramic batch compositions comprising the powders, and ceramic articles prepared from the batch compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Monika Backhaus-Ricoult, Robert John Locker, Huthavahana Kuchibhotla Sarma, Patrick David Tepesch
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Publication number: 20170362129Abstract: A ZrO2—Al2O3-based ceramic sintered compact containing tetragonal ZrO2 particles having a crystallite size of from 5 to 20 nm as a main component and having an ?-Al2O3 crystallite size of not greater than 75 nm and a relative density of not less than 99% can be produced by preparing a Y2O3 partially stabilized ZrO2—Al2O3-based powder having a molar ratio (mol %) of zirconia (ZrO2) and yttria (Y2O3) of from 96.5:3.5 to 97.5:2.5 and a mass ratio (mass %) of ZrO2 containing Y2O3 and alumina (Al2O3) of from 85:15 to 75:25, molding this powder by cold isostatic pressing, and then performing sintering to a high density by microwave sintering for 45 to 90 min in an inert gas atmosphere at 1200 to 1400° C. When performing microwave sintering, a heating rate is preferably from 5 to 20° C./min up to 600° C. and from 50 to 150° C./min at 600° C. or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicants: THE DOSHISHA, DAIICHI KIGENSO KAGAKU KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken Hirota, Xiaoteng Ge, Hideo Kimura
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Publication number: 20170362130Abstract: A cBN sintered body has 40%-85% cBN by volume and 15% to 60% binder phase by volume. and inevitable impurities. The binder phase has an Al compound including Al and at least one element selected from N, O and B, and a Zr compound including Zr and at least one element selected from C, N, O and B. The Zr compound includes ZrO, or ZrO and ZrO2. In an X-ray diffraction, where a peak intensity of a (111) plane of the ZrO is I1, a peak intensity of a (101) plane of tetragonal ZrO2 is I2t and a peak intensity of a (111) plane of cubic ZrO2 is I2c, a ratio of the intensity of I1 to total intensities of I1, I2t and I2c is 0.6-1.0, and an average grain size of the Al compound is 80 nm-300 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Yusuke HIRANO, Kentaro SHIRO
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Publication number: 20170362131Abstract: The invention relates to ?/?-sialon-based materials. The invention particularly relates to ?/?-sialon-based materials that have an improved sintering activity and impart high edge strength to the sintered molded articles made of said materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Volker DIETRICH, Moritz STAHL, Kilian FRIEDERICH, Gert RICHTER
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Publication number: 20170362132Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional macroporous filament construct having interconnected microporous filaments showing a suitable surface roughness and microporosity. The method includes the steps of: a) preparing a suspension having particles of a predetermined material, a liquid solvent, one or more binders and optionally one or more dispersants, b) depositing the suspension in the form of filaments in a predetermined three-dimensional pattern, preferably in a non-solvent environment, thereby creating a three-dimensional filament-based porous structure, c) inducing phase inversion, whereby said filaments are transformed from a liquid to a solid state, by exposing the filaments during the deposition of the filaments with a non-solvent vapour and to a liquid non-solvent, d) thermally treating the structure of step d) by calcining and sintering the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Steven Hans Rik Wouter Mullens, lvo Thijs, Jan Roger Luyten, Wim Louis Bouwen
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Publication number: 20170362133Abstract: A surface treatment composition including polymeric complex nanoparticles used in a hydrophobic agent and siloxane complex nanoparticles used in a suspending agent thereof. The composition of the present invention is a solution comprising a plurality of components. The primary components are an acid mixture and a base mixture that are combined together in a manner to be described herein to produce a two-part liquid solution. The two parts, are combined together prior to application to a surface and allowed to cure on the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: XO SCIENCE, LLCInventors: Vinay G. Patel, Jeffrey L. Selph
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Publication number: 20170362134Abstract: A method for the production of an agent for enhancing soil growth is described, comprising: grinding a biomass feedstock to produce ground biomass particles; subjecting the ground biomass particles to a biofractioning process including an auger reactor; selectively collecting at least one volatile component as it is released from the ground biomass particles; collecting a last remaining nonvolatile component comprising BMF char; rendering a surface of the BMF char hydrophilic; exposing the BMF char to microorganisms; and adding the BMF char to soil.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Michael C. CHEIKY, Ronald A. SILLS
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Publication number: 20170362135Abstract: A method and system is provided for treating water to remove contaminants using treated biochar placed in the water flow pathway of a water treatment process. The system further includes the further treatment of the treated biochar after its use in the water treatment process for use in agricultural or animal applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Rajashekharam Malyala, Richard Wilson Belcher, Ranko Panayatov Bontchev, Brian Buege, Mark L. Jarand, Han Suk Kim, Juliette MacKay, Ronald A. Sills, Vern Traxler
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Publication number: 20170362136Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved nitrification inhibitor composition and its use in agricultural applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Hiteshkumar DAVE, Lei LIU, Raymond E. BOUCHER, JR., Greg POWELS
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Publication number: 20170362137Abstract: The present disclosure relates to zeolite based agricultural compositions and their use as delayed release compositions. The delayed release compositions comprise an agricultural composition absorbed into or on the zeolite and the impregnated zeolites can then be coated with a polymer material to give the delayed release composition. Release of the agricultural composition can be tuned to coincide with the demand needs of a growing plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: KAYLEIGH J. FERGUSON, KATRINA KRATZ
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Publication number: 20170362138Abstract: A granularized sulfonated humate powder material is provided that includes a sulfonated cationic humate composed of at least one of humic acid, fulvic acid, or a combination thereof in the form of granules of from 0.1 to 6 millimeters in size. The humate powder material is water soluble with limited dusting and the ability to form a concentrated solution for application. A process of formulating the sulfonated potassium humate powder in granular form includes a lignin or lignosulfonate being metered into a powder of sulfonated potassium humate to allow for granulation without a solubilizing the powder by matching a lignin particle size to a particle sizing of said powder. The lignin or lignosulfonate and the powder are mixed into the granular form with a granule size of 0.1 to 6 millimeters.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: John Uliveto, Chris Taylor, Eric Dearth
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Publication number: 20170362139Abstract: The present disclosure relates to enhanced nitrification inhibitor dry fertilizer compositions, methods for making the same, and their use in agricultural applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Shiling Zhang, Yonnie Yun, Tong Sun, Christine Lao, Job Jan Samson, Lei Liu, Eliza Yuan, Jian Zou, Jianping Xu