Patents Issued in July 26, 2018
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Publication number: 20180207580Abstract: A vacuum pump with abatement function is used for evacuating a chamber of a manufacturing apparatus. The vacuum pump with abatement function includes a vacuum pump having a discharge port to which one or more abatement parts for treating an exhaust gas discharged from the vacuum pump to make the exhaust gas harmless are attached. The one or more abatement parts are selected, depending on the amount and kind of the exhaust gas discharged from the vacuum pump, from plural kinds of abatement parts which have different treatment types of exhaust gas and/or different treatment amounts of exhaust gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Toshiharu NAKAZAWA, Tetsuro SUGIURA, Kohtaro KAWAMURA, Toyoji SHINOHARA, Takashi KYOTANI, Keiichi ISHIKAWA, Seiji KASHIWAGI, Yasuhiko SUZUKI, Hideo ARAI
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Publication number: 20180207581Abstract: Dry pumps are used to pump a variety of gas mixtures from the semiconductor industry. The present invention provides a liquid ring pump located between the dry pump and an abatement device to remove soluble corrosive materials prior to the exhaust gases entry to the abatement device, the work fluid exhausted from the liquid ring pump being separated from the gas prior to entry to the abatement device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Christopher Mark Bailey, Clive Marcus Lloyd Tunna, Jack Raymond Tattersall, Ingo Stephen Graham, Michael Roger Czerniak, Gary Peter Knight, Darren Mennie, Duncan Michael Price, Derek Martin Baker, Andrew James Seeley
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Publication number: 20180207582Abstract: A poison-resistant catalytic converter includes a washcoat having a support material comprised of titania and/or silica and a plurality of platinum group metal particles disposed in the support material. The washcoat is disposed on a substrate having a plurality of cells that define respective apertures. The catalytic converter is resistant to poisoning from sulfur and phosphorous compounds while operating at low temperatures. Applications include spark ignited internal combustion engines in combined heat and power systems, vehicles, combustion turbines, boilers and other applications for utilities, industry and vehicle emissions control.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Jean Roy, Robert Panora, Daniel W. Ott, David J. Wallace
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Publication number: 20180207583Abstract: To provide an absorbing material to separate tritium from heavy water. By using a deuterium ion- or hydrogen ion-containing manganese oxide having a spinel-type crystal structure as a tritium absorbing material collecting tritium from heavy water containing tritium, tritium can be separated and recovered inexpensively from the heavy water.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Forward Science Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hideki KOYANAKA
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Publication number: 20180207584Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of concentrating an aqueous solution by low pressure under a zero osmotic pressure difference condition, and more particularly to a method of concentrating a solute-containing aqueous solution by low pressure under a zero osmotic pressure difference condition. When the method of the present invention is used, there are advantages in that energy consumption is low, and an aqueous solution can be concentrated until it can reach the maximum solute concentration or a solute concentration of 100%, without having to use an extraction solvent. In addition, there is an advantage in that the need to use a separate osmotic pressure draw solution is eliminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Ho Nam Chang
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Publication number: 20180207585Abstract: A reverse osmosis system and method of operating the same includes a membrane housing comprising a reverse osmosis membrane therein. The membrane housing has a feed fluid input, a brine outlet and a permeate outlet; The system further includes a charge pump, a plurality of valves and a tank having a volume comprising a movable partition dividing the volume into a first volume and a second volume. The plurality of valves selectively couples the charge pump to the first volume or the second volume and the brine outlet to the second volume or the first volume respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLCInventor: Eli Oklejas, JR.
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Publication number: 20180207586Abstract: The present invention relates to a reverse osmosis filter module including an improved feed spacer, and particularly, to a reverse osmosis filter module including an improved feed spacer which has an asymmetric diameter in an intersection in which a first set of filaments and a second set of filaments intersect, thereby reducing differential pressure by increasing a cross-sectional area of a flow path, and mitigating concentration polarization by developing a swirl flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Junwon CHOI, Ye Hoon IM, Hyoung Joon SON, Young Myung GEE
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Publication number: 20180207587Abstract: A dialyzer and a method of manufacture thereof, wherein the dialyzer includes a tubular dialyzer housing in the interior of which a plurality of capillaries each extending in the longitudinal direction of the dialyzer housing and being juxtaposed transversely to the longitudinal direction is arranged, with a filler having a volume-increasing property being arranged between the inner wall of the dialyzer housing and the capillaries.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Peter Mandry
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Publication number: 20180207588Abstract: A leak may be detected in a heat exchanger of a hemodialysis device. A drain valve is opened by the controller, and then closed by the controller after a pre-selected time period. An initial pressure is determined in the spent dialysate circuit and stored in the memory. A system pressure is determined at periodic time intervals and compared to a pre-determined maximum pressure. The controller then determines whether the heat exchanger has a leak, in that in response to the system pressure exceeding a predetermined maximum pressure, a command is generated to execute an event including suspending a disinfectant operation with a disinfecting agent, and in response to the initial pressure subtracted from the system pressure being greater than a predetermined minimum pressure differential, a command is generated to execute an event including suspending the cleanse operation with the disinfecting agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Martin Crnkovich, Roland Levin, Christopher McCormick, Fei Wang, Aiyuan Wang
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Publication number: 20180207589Abstract: A radiation-curable composition comprising: a) 10 to 65 wt % of curable ionic compound(s) comprising one ethylenically unsaturated group; b) 3 to 60 wt % of crosslinking agent(s) comprising at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups and having a number average molecular weight below 800; c) 5 to 55 wt % of inert solvent(s) having a boiling point above 100° C.; d) 0 to 10 wt % of free-radical initiator(s); and e) 0.5 to 25 wt % of thickening agent(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Elisa Huerta Martinez
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Publication number: 20180207590Abstract: Composition comprising at least one graphene material and at least one metal. The metal can be in the form of nano particles as well as microflakes, including single crystal microflakes. The metal can be intercalated in the graphene sheets. The composition has high conductivity and flexibility. The composition can be made by a one-pot synthesis in which a graphene material precursor is converted to the graphene material, and the metal precursor is converted to the metal. A reducing solvent or dispersant such as NMP can be used. Devices made from the composition include a pressure sensor which has high sensitivity. Two two-dimension materials can be combined to form a hybrid material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Niveen M. KHASHAB, Ye CHEN, Jing TAO
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Publication number: 20180207591Abstract: Thin film composite membranes and methods of fabricating thin film composite membranes are disclosed. A thin film composite membrane can include nitrogen-doped graphene oxide quantum dots. The graphene oxide quantum dots can be doped with nitrogen to increase the performance of the thin film composite membrane. Other particulate compounds can be further integrated with the thin film composite membrane including zeolites, titanium oxides, and sulfur oxides. The thin film composite membranes can be used for various applications including desalination.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Miao Yu, Mahdi Fathizadeh
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Publication number: 20180207592Abstract: The present invention provides a system for enriching a flowing liquid with a dissolved gas inside a conduit. The system comprises two or more capillaries, each capillary delivering a stream of a gas-enriched liquid to the flowing liquid. The first ends of the capillaries are positioned to form an intersecting angle with respect to the effluent streams such that these streams of gas-enriched liquid collide with each other upon exit from the first ends of the capillaries, effecting localized convective mixing within the larger liquid conduit before these gas-enriched streams are able to come into close contact with the boundary surfaces of the conduit, whereby the gas-enriched liquid mixes with the flowing liquid to form a gas-enriched flowing liquid. In the preferred embodiment, no observable bubbles are formed in the gas-enriched flowing liquid. Methods of making and using such system are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Jeffrey L. Creech
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Publication number: 20180207593Abstract: A stirrer (2) for a stirrer vessel (20), which stirrer (2) comprises a stirrer head (1), a drive unit (4) and a magnetic coupling (3), wherein the magnetic coupling (3) has drive magnets (5) connected to the drive unit (4) and stirrer head magnets (6) connected to the stirrer head (1), wherein the stirrer head (1) has stirrer blades (7) and a bearing assembly (8) and wherein the stirrer blades (7) are connected to the stirrer head magnets (6) and the bearing assembly (8), wherein the bearing assembly (8) rotatably supports the stirrer head (1) and the bearing assembly (8) comprises a first rotational bearing (9), wherein the bearing assembly (8) comprises a second rotational bearing (10), which is arranged spaced apart from the first rotational bearing (9) in the stirrer head (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Nicole ZANGL, Erwin TRUMMER, Karl MÜNZER
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Publication number: 20180207594Abstract: The invention relates to a mixing device having a mixing chamber bounded by an inner surface of a wall, wherein the wall also has a cylindrical outer face, wherein the wall has at least one feed duct which ends on one side with an opening in the cylindrical outer surface of the wall and on the other side with an opening in the inner surface of the wall, wherein the mixing device furthermore has a magazine which has a cylindrical inner surface, the cylinder axis of which is coaxial with cylinder axis of the cylindrical outer surface of the wall, wherein the magazine has a multiplicity of ducts which each extend from in each case one port to in each case one opening in the cylindrical inner surface of the magazine, wherein the magazine and the wall are movable with respect to one another such that the openings of the multiplicity of ducts in the inner surface of the magazine are each able to be connected in a medium-conducting manner to the opening of the at least one feed duct in the outer surface of the wall,Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Nabih Othman, Marcel Daumüller
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Publication number: 20180207595Abstract: An automated selecting and mixing machine including a cabin disposed within a housing structure, the cabin configured to receive a container from a user, the container containing a base medium, a container engagement element, the container engagement element being movable from a first position to a second position to manipulate a lid of the container, a plurality of dispensers, the plurality of dispensers configured to dispense an element into the container to mix with the base medium, a mixing mechanism located in the cabin, configured to manipulate the container positioned within the cabin to achieve a mixed product, and a user interface coupled to the housing structure, wherein a user selects the mixed product using the user interface to initiate an automated process of the automated selecting and mixing machine, is provided. Furthermore, an associated method, computer system, and computer program product is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Yurgis Mauro Bacallao, Bridget Leffler
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Publication number: 20180207596Abstract: Use of a synthetic form of Y-grade natural gas liquids when in a supercritical state for a variety of processes and across numerous industrial applications is described herein. The low viscosity, high density, and tunable solvent properties of synthetic supercritical Y-grade natural gas liquids are useful for example in control of chemical reactions and processes, and/or single or two-phase separations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: John A. BABCOCK, Charles P. SIESS, III
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Publication number: 20180207597Abstract: A capsule assembly for an ultra-high pressure furnace, comprising a containment tube defining a central longitudinal axis, a chamber suitable for accommodating a reaction assembly, a proximate and a distal end heater assembly, and a side heater assembly. When assembled, the chamber and the side heater assembly are contained within the containment tube and arranged longitudinally between the proximate and distal end heater assemblies. Each end heater assembly comprises a respective conduction volume forming a respective electrical path through the end heat assembly. The side heater assembly electrically connects the respective conducting volumes to each other, and heat is produced in the chamber in response to an electric current flowing through the side heater assembly and the conducting volumes. At least the proximate end heater assembly comprises a first insulation component including an outer insulation volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: DENNIS LEONARD WELCH, RAYMOND ANTHONY SPITS, DOUGLAS GEEKIE
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Publication number: 20180207598Abstract: The invention relates to a process and the respective installation for thermal treatment of granular solids, in particular for producing aluminum oxide from aluminum hydroxide, wherein the solids are heated in at least one preheating stage and then reacted in a reactor at 700 to 1400° C. In at least one preheating stage, the average temperature gradient of the solids amounts to <15K/s and the dwell time of the solids amounts to ?15 s.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Outotec (Finland) OyInventors: Michael Ströder, Peter Sturm, Michael Missalla, Cornelis Klett
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Publication number: 20180207599Abstract: This invention relates to a method of chemical looping using non-stoichiometric materials with a variable degree of non-stoichiometry. One application of these methods is in the water gas shift reaction for H2 production. The methods of the invention can overcome limitations, e.g. those associated with chemical equilibria, which prevent chemical processes from proceeding with complete conversion of starting materials to products.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: University of Newcastle upon TyneInventor: Ian Metcalfe
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Publication number: 20180207600Abstract: The FCC process relies upon cyclones to physically separate vapor gases from solid catalyst particles. This device relates to the use of acoustic detectors to allow on-line measurement of cyclone performance and assist in unit troubleshooting and monitoring. In a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) vessel containing a cyclone for separating solids from a solids-gas mixture, the cyclone comprises an outlet and an acoustic sensor attached to the outlet of the cyclone.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Jeffrey A. Sexton
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Publication number: 20180207601Abstract: The invention concerns a CLC process, and its installation, producing high purity dinitrogen, comprising: (a) the combustion of a hydrocarbon feed by reduction of a redox active mass brought into contact with the feed, (b) a first step for oxidation of the reduced active mass (25) obtained from step (a) in contact with a fraction of a depleted air stream (21b), in order to produce a high purity stream of dinitrogen (28) and a stream of partially re-oxidized active mass (26); (c) a second step for oxidation of the stream of active mass (26) in contact with air (20) in order to produce a stream of depleted air and a stream of re-oxidized active mass (24) for use in step (a); (d) dividing the stream of depleted air obtained at the end of step (c) in order to form the fraction of depleted air used in step (b) and a fraction complementary to the depleted air extracted from the CLC.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIEInventors: Florent GUILLOU, Stephane BERTHOLIN, Mahdi YAZDANPANAH
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Publication number: 20180207602Abstract: A multi-disk spinning disk assembly for atomization and encapsulation applications. A number of patterned disks are stacked to form a disk stack having a feed well in the center core of the stack. Each patterned disk has channels defined by spacers, with the channels and spacers being of varying depths, heights, and/or widths. The fluid to be atomized or encapsulated is delivered to the feed well. The fluid then flows into the channels, which communicate the fluid toward the outer edges of the disks. The fluid exits the disk stack from a circumferential gap, which is created by interposing spacing disks between the patterned disks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Albert M. Zwiener, Darren E. Barlow, Mark R. Heistand, George T. Lamberson, Jeffrey N. Harris
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Publication number: 20180207603Abstract: The present invention relates to dry particulate encapsulation compositions comprising a water-insoluble matrix comprising at least 70% by weight of proteins, based on the total weight of the matrix and a moisture content of about 5 to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the matrix and an encapsulate encapsulated in the matrix, wherein the matrix once wetted in a clear colorless aqueous solution or in mineral oil has a lightness value (L*) greater than about 40, a color vividness or Chroma (C*) lower than about 33 and a hue angle between about 70 and 90. The encapsulation compositions of the present invention are useful in encapsulating dyes, medications and vitamins. Fine particulate encapsulation compositions comprising natural dyes can be used in lieu of artificial lakes in confectionery, cosmetics and caplets color coatings.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: COLAROME, INC.Inventors: Kim Uyên Huynh, François Cormier
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Publication number: 20180207604Abstract: Systems and methods for synthesizing chemical products, including active pharmaceutical ingredients, are provided. Certain of the systems and methods described herein are capable of manufacturing multiple chemical products without the need to fluidically connect or disconnect unit operations when switching from one making chemical product to making another chemical product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2015Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Massachusettts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Klavs F. Jensen, Timothy F Jamision, Allan S Myerson, Mohsen Behnam, Shin Yee Wong, Nopphon Weeranoppanant, Marie REvalor Rognes
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Publication number: 20180207605Abstract: An elastomer rheology process can include: receiving material formation data associated with an elastomer; conveying the elastomer towards one or more rollers that compress and stretch the elastomer according to a predetermined rolling profile comprising roller gap and speed settings; sensing a first dimension of a first portion of the elastomer before the first portion of the elastomer is passed through the sheeter; sensing a second dimension of a second portion of the elastomer after the second portion of the elastomer is passed through the sheeter; and calculating an elastomer property of the elastomer based on the controlled roller gap width, a measured roller force, the first dimension, and the second dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Sumana Bell
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Publication number: 20180207606Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed relating to the localization of nucleic acids to arrays such as silane-free arrays, and of sequencing the nucleic acids localized thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Mark Edward Brennan Smith, Andrea Sabot, Isabelle Marie Julia Rasolonjatovo, Jean-Ernest Sohna Sohna, Adrian Martin Horgan, Harold Philip Swerdlow
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Publication number: 20180207607Abstract: The invention relates to a micro-reactor for carrying out at least one catalytic reaction between two or more reactants in each case, comprising a stacking sequence of reaction surfaces (1) for carrying out at least one exothermic reaction, and a cooling region (6) divided at least into individual fields (6) with feed and discharge devices for the coolant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Peter PFEIFER, Paolo PIERMARTINI, Achim WENKA
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Publication number: 20180207608Abstract: A polymer synthesis system has a polymerization reactor and a deliquifying-quench extruder downstream of and in fluid communication with the polymerization reactor. The polymerization reactor has an inlet and an outlet with a rotatable shaft positioned axially within the reactor. The deliquifying-quench extruder has an inlet and an outlet, with a shaft assembly positioned axially within the extruder. The shaft assembly includes multiple helical flight configurations and multiple processing zones defined by the multiple flight configurations. The processing zones include an extraction-compaction zone, a sealing zone downstream of the extraction-compaction zone, a vent-cooling zone downstream of the sealing zone, a quenching zone downstream of the vent-cooling zone, and a conveying zone downstream of the quenching zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Richard Cheng-Ming Yeh, Richard D. Hembree, Joseph A. Maier, Michael F. McDonald
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Publication number: 20180207609Abstract: Olefin polymerization processes are described herein. The processes generally include circulating a slurry including an olefin monomer selected from C2-C12 olefin monomers, a liquid diluent selected from C3-C7 alkanes, catalyst and polyolefin particles under polymerization conditions within a loop reactor. In one or more specific embodiments, in operation, the process has a cavitation number of from 6 to 60 and the polymerization conditions include a polymerization temperature of from 38° C. to 121° C. and a polymerization pressure of from 27 bar to 50 bar. In other embodiments, the process has a Euler Number (Eu) of at least 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Scott E Kufeld, John D. Hottovy
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Publication number: 20180207610Abstract: A structured packing sheet includes a top interface region, a first turning region, a central region, a second turning region, and a bottom interface region. The central region includes a plurality of corrugations extending thereacross in a linear fashion and arranged generally parallel to each other. The plurality of corrugations are arranged at a first angle with respect to a vertical axis. The top interface region and the bottom interface region include the plurality of corrugations extending thereacross in a linear fashion. The plurality of corrugations are arranged at a second angle with respect to the vertical axis. The second angle is smaller than the first angle. The first turning region and the second turning region include the plurality of corrugations extending thereacross. The plurality of corrugations have a plurality of breaks in the first turning region and the second turning region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Phillip Bradley FLEMING, Casey F. Bowles, Michael J. BINKLEY
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Publication number: 20180207611Abstract: The present disclosure describes a particulate adsorbent material that includes: an adsorbent having microscopic pores with a diameter of <100 nm, macroscopic pores having a diameter of ?100 nm, and a ratio of a volume of the macroscopic pores to a volume of the microscopic pores greater than about 150%, wherein the particulate adsorbent material has a retentivity of about ?1.0 g/dL. A method of making the same includes: admixing an adsorbent with microscopic pores having a diameter <100 nm and a processing-aid that sublimates, vaporizes, chemically decomposes, solubilizes, or melts when heated to a temperature of ?100° C.; and heating the mixture to about 100-1200° C. for about 0.25-24 hours forming macroscopic pores having a diameter of ?100 nm when the processing-aid is sublimated, vaporized, chemically decomposed, solubilized, or melted, wherein a ratio of a volume of the macroscopic pores to a volume of the microscopic pores is >150%.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Timothy M. Byrne, Marta Leon Garcia, Cameron I. Thomson, Laurence H. Hiltzik
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Publication number: 20180207612Abstract: The subject of the present invention is the use of a porous or non-porous organosilicon material for eliminating radionuclides, mineral anions, anionic molecular entities and negatively charged dyes or active principles from an aqueous solution, characterized in that the structure of said organosilicon material is formed of repeat units, each repeat unit comprising at least one positively charged entity selected from an ammonium entity, an imidazolium entity, a guanidinium entity, a pyridinium entity and a phosphonium entity and being incorporated into a silicon network by at least two silicon-carbon bonds. The invention also relates to a specific novel organosilicon material, comprising at least one benzyl group, one 4-phenylbenzyl group or one styrene group in each repeat unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Bénédicte PRELOT, Peter HESEMANN, Ut Dong THACH, Jerzy ZAJAC
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Publication number: 20180207613Abstract: The invention relates to a textile protective material, in particular providing protection against radioactive harmful and/or toxic substances and/or against biological harmful and/or toxic substances and/or against chemical harmful and/or toxic substances, preferably a textile adsorption filter material, and to a method for the production thereof. The textile protective material is suitable in particular for producing protective equipment and protective objects and filters and filter materials of all types.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Blücher GmbHInventors: Bertram BÖHRINGER, Anna CARSTENSEN, Cong Minh NGUYEN
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Publication number: 20180207614Abstract: Porous, extruded titania-based materials further comprising zirconium oxide and/or prepared using ammonium zirconium carbonate, Fischer-tropsch catalysts comprising them, uses of the foregoing, processes for making and using the same and products obtained from such processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Ewen James Ferguson, Alexander James Paterson, Zhaorong Zhang
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Publication number: 20180207615Abstract: Porous, extruded titania-based materials further comprising one or more acids and/or prepared using one or more acids, Fischer-tropsch catalysts comprising them, uses of the foregoing, processes for making and using the same and products obtained from such processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Ewen James Ferguson, Alexander James Paterson, Zhaorong Zhang
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Publication number: 20180207616Abstract: A method for preparing a silica-modified catalyst support is described comprising: (i) applying an alkyl silicate solution to a porous support material in an amount to produce a silica content of the silica-modified catalyst support, expressed as Si, in the range 0.25 to 15% by weight, (ii) drying the resulting silicate-modified support and recovering a first alcoholic solution, (iii) optionally treating the dried silicate-modified support with water, drying the resulting water-treated support and recovering a second alcoholic solution, and (iv) calcining the dried material to form the silica-modified catalyst support, wherein the first alcoholic solution contains ?10 vol % water and at least a portion of the first alcoholic solution is mixed with alkyl silicate to form the alkyl silicate solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Alejandro Martin ANTONINI, Richard John MERCER, Jose Angel RUIZ ADAN
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Publication number: 20180207617Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing mixed oxide catalysts on the basis of molybdenum and bismuth oxides in which the precursor compounds of the components of mixed oxide catalysts provided in the form of a solution and/or suspension are subjected to a spray-drying with a specific temperature regime and the spray particles obtained in this way are then calcined to yield a catalytic active mass, and to the mixed oxide catalysts obtainable by this process and to the use of these catalysts in the partial oxidation of olefms, in particular in the partial gas phase oxidation of propene to acrolein and acrylic acid. The spray drying of the precursor compounds containing solution or suspension is performed in concurrent with a gas stream having a specific entrance temperature. Alternatively, when the main gas stream has a higher entrance temperature, an additional colder gas stream can be fed in downstream.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Achim FISCHER, Axel MESCHER, Harald JAKOB
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Publication number: 20180207618Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of rhenium-containing supported heterogeneous catalysts for the deoxydehydration of glycerol to allyl alcohol, as well as to a process for the production of allyl alcohol from glycerol, in the presence of such heterogeneous catalysts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Yoshihiro KON, Benjamin KATRYNIOK, Franck DUMEIGNIL, Marcia ARAQUE MARIN, Sébastien PAUL
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Publication number: 20180207619Abstract: A catalyst includes a support, where the support includes an external surface, about 60 wt % to about 99 wt % silica, and about 1.0 wt % to about 5.0 wt % alumina. A catalytic layer is disposed within the support adjacent to the external surface, where the catalytic layer further includes Pd, Au, and potassium acetate (KOAc). In the catalyst, (a) the KOAc is from about 60 kg/m3 to about 150 kg/m3 of the catalyst; or (b) the catalytic layer has an average thickness from about 50 ?m to about 150 ?m; or (c) both (a) and (b). The catalyst also possesses a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of about 130 m2/g to about 300 m2/g and a geometric surface area per packed bed volume from about 550 m2/m3 to about 1500 m2/m3. The catalyst is highly active for the synthesis of vinyl acetate monomer and exhibits a high selectivity for vinyl acetate monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: BASF CorporationInventor: Dieter G. VON DEAK
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Publication number: 20180207620Abstract: The present disclosure relates to micron-sized particle used for catalyzing and storing NOx gases, such as those found in vehicle exhaust emissions, washcoats employing micron-sized particle used for catalyzing and storing NOx gases, washcoat coated substrates, lean NOx trap (LNT) systems, and vehicles using such systems. Also provided are methods of preparing micron-sized particle used for catalyzing and storing NOx gases, as well as preparation of washcoats and coated substrates. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a lean NOx trapping materials, wherein the materials include a NOx catalytic component attached to a micron-sized carrier particle and a NOx storage component, as well as washcoats and coated substrates useful in the treatment of exhaust gases. In some embodiments, a portion of the NOx storage component is attached to the micron-sized carrier particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Maximilian Biberger, Bryant Kearl, Qinghua Yin, Xiwang Qi, David Leamon
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Publication number: 20180207621Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation. More particularly, the present invention provides a method of preparing a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation providing superior selectivity and yield for a conjugated diene according to oxidative dehydrogenation by constantly maintaining pH of a coprecipitation solution using a drip-type double precipitation method to adjust an ?-iron oxide content in a catalyst in a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Jun Kyu HAN, Dong Hyun KO, Kyong Yong CHA, Myung Ji SUH, Sun Hwan HWANG, Seong Min KIM
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Publication number: 20180207622Abstract: Disclosed are a supported catalyst, its method of preparation and use in hydrogenation methods, which catalyst contains an oxide substrate that is for the most part calcined aluminum and an active phase that contains nickel, with the nickel content between 5 and 65% by weight in relation to the total mass of the catalyst, with the active phase not containing a metal from group VIB, the nickel particles having a diameter that is less than or equal to 20 nm, the catalyst having a median mesopore diameter of between 14 nm and 30 nm, a median macropore diameter of between 50 and 200 nm, a mesopore volume that is measured by mercury porosimetry that is greater than or equal to 0.40 mL/g, and a total pore volume that is measured by mercury porosimetry that is greater than or equal to 0.42 mL/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Malika BOUALLEG, Anne Claire DUBREUIL, Emily MAILLE, Cecile THOMAZEAU
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Publication number: 20180207623Abstract: A nitrogen oxide (NOx) reduction catalyst that includes a transition metal tungstate having the formula: MWO4 wherein M is selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu. The catalyst may be utilized in various environments including oxygen rich and oxygen deficient environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushi KaishaInventors: Hongfei Jia, Charles A. Roberts, Mitsuru Sakano, Keiichi Minami, Torin C. Peck, Paul T. Fanson
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Publication number: 20180207624Abstract: The invention provides a composite catalyst containing a first component and a second component. The first component contains a ternary mixed metal oxide. The second component contains a platinum group metal. The composite catalyst is useful for catalyzing the low temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: James E. Parks, II, Sheng Dai, Todd J. Toops, Andrew J. Binder
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Publication number: 20180207625Abstract: This disclosure describes enantiomerically enriched chiral molecular sieves and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the molecular sieves are silicates or germanosilicates of STW topology.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: MARK E. DAVIS, STEPHEN KRAMER BRAND, JOEL E. SCHMIDT, MICHAEL W. DEEM
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Publication number: 20180207626Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally processes and systems for converting a mixture of light hydrocarbons to liquid transportation fuels by first cracking the light hydrocarbons to an intermediate comprising olefins, which is converted by contacting with a catalyst comprising at least one zeolite in two separate conversion stages with an intervening recovery of liquid product. The first stage conversion favors oligomerization of larger olefins to form diesel range products that are collected prior to directing unconverted smaller olefins to be oligomerized in a second stage conversion conducted at a higher temperature and lower pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: PHILLIPS 66 COMPANYInventors: Jianhua YAO, Hong XIE, Bruce B. RANDOLPH, Steven E. LUSK, Dhananjay B. GHONASGI, Jonathan R. MARDA
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Publication number: 20180207627Abstract: An extruded, solid honeycomb body comprises a copper-promoted, small pore, crystalline molecular sieve catalyst for converting oxides of nitrogen in the presence of a reducing agent, wherein the crystalline molecular sieve contains a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms, which extruded, solid honeycomb body comprising: 20-50% by weight matrix component comprising diatomaceous earth, wherein 2-20 weight % of the extruded, solid honeycomb body is diatomaceous earth; 80-50% by weight of the small pore, crystalline molecular sieve ion-exchanged with copper; and 0-10% by weight of inorganic fibres.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Juergen Bauer, Ralf Dotzel, Joerg Walter Jodlauk, Rainer Leppelt, Joerg Werner Muench
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Publication number: 20180207628Abstract: The present invention provides oxalic amide ligands and uses thereof in copper-catalyzed coupling reaction of aryl halides. Specifically, the present invention provides a use of a compound represented by formula I, wherein definitions of each group are described in the specification. The compound represented by formula I can be used as a ligand in copper-catalyzed coupling reaction of aryl halides for the formation of C—N, C—O and C—S bonds.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Dawei Ma, Wei Zhou, Mengyang Fan, Haibo Wu, Junli Yin, Shanghua Xia
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Publication number: 20180207629Abstract: We provide a process for regenerating a spent acidic ionic liquid, comprising contacting the spent acidic ionic liquid with hydrogen and without an addition of a hydrogenation catalyst; wherein a conjunct polymer content is decreased in the spent acidic ionic liquid to produce regenerated acidic ionic liquid. We also provide a process for making an alkylate gasoline blending component, comprising: a) alkylating a mixture of isoparaffins and olefins using an acidic ionic liquid and an alkyl halide or a hydrogen halide, wherein a conjunct polymer accumulates in a spent acidic ionic liquid; and b) feeding the spent acidic ionic liquid and a hydrogen, and without an addition of a hydrogenation catalyst, to a regeneration reactor operated under selected hydrogenation conditions to produce a regenerated acidic ionic liquid that is used for the alkylating, wherein the conjunct polymer in the regenerated acidic ionic liquid is decreased by at least 50 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Michael John Girgis, Huping Luo, Bong Kyu Chang, Hye-Kyung Timken, Steven Xugi Song, Michael Sean Driver