Patents Issued in August 2, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180216010
    Abstract: A process has been developed for producing diesel fuel or jet fuel from renewable feedstocks such as fats and oils from plants and animals. The process involves producing a hydrogen-rich mixture in a reformer, hydrolyzing a renewable feedstock to produce a free fatty acid stream and a glycerol-containing stream, catalytically treating the free fatty acid stream by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide a hydrocarbon fraction useful as a diesel fuel or jet fuel. A selective separation such as a hot high pressure hydrogen stripper may be used to remove at least the carbon oxides from the reaction zone effluent and provide a liquid recycle stream at pressure and temperature. A vapor stream is separated from the effluent and at least carbon dioxide is removed using at least one amine absorber. The resulting hydrogen-rich stream is recycled to the reaction zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Jianhui Hong
  • Publication number: 20180216011
    Abstract: Process and plant for recovering LPG in a refinery process combining the use of sponge absorber, deethanizer and debutanizer. The process and plant enable high LPG recovery and removal of hydrogen sulphide in the LPG product to low levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Nghia Pham PHU
  • Publication number: 20180216012
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and a compact riser separation system for separating a gaseous mixture from a stream of particles entering from a central riser reactor used for cracking a hydrocarbon feed with the stream of particles. The apparatus provides improved gas solid separation efficiency and maximize containment of the hydrocarbon and minimize residence time in the separation system and thereby minimizing undesired post riser cracking reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Technip Process Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Marchant, Raj Kanwar Singh
  • Publication number: 20180216013
    Abstract: Certain functionalized aldehydes scavengers may be used to at least partially scavenge sulfur-containing contaminants from fluid systems containing hydrocarbons and/or water. The contaminants scavenged or otherwise removed include, but are not necessarily limited to, H2S, mercaptans, and/or sulfides. Suitable scavengers include, but are not necessarily limited to, reaction products of glycolaldehyde with aldehydes; reaction products of glycolaldehyde with a nitrogen-containing reactant (e.g. an amine, a triazine, an imine, an aminal, and/or polyamines); non-nitrogen-containing reaction products of a hydrated aldehyde with certain second aldehydes; reaction products of 1,3,5-trioxane with hydroxyl-rich compounds (e.g. glyoxal, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, pentaerythritol, and/or sugars); and reaction products of certain aldehydes with certain phenols; and combinations of these reaction products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry J. Weers, Soma Chakraborty, Vaithillingam Panchalingam
  • Publication number: 20180216014
    Abstract: A method for scavenging hydrogen sulfide by introducing to a hydrogen sulfide contaminated fluid an additive comprising a zinc carboxylate complex and a viscosity improver selected from the group consisting of glycol ethers having from about 4 to about 10 carbons, alkyl alcohols having from about 1 to about 10 carbons, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry J. Weers, Ross Poland
  • Publication number: 20180216015
    Abstract: A multi-component scavenging system containing at least one ester and at least one electron-deficient organic compound, together with or without one or more optional components such as an aldehyde having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms, a ketone having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms, an ether, a solvent, an alkali metal salt of an alkyl or dialkyl phenol, an epoxide, an alkyl anhydride, and mixtures thereof, may be used to scavenge contaminants from hydrocarbon and/or aqueous streams. The contaminants scavenged or otherwise removed may include, but are not necessarily limited to, ammonia, primary amines, secondary or tertiary amines, H2S, mercaptans, sulfide cyanides, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Jianzhong Yang, Bradley G. Harrell, Lawrence N. Kremer
  • Publication number: 20180216016
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods of dynamically using predictive analytics in control of a hydrocarbon refining process. In one aspect, the method comprises analyzing a hydrocarbon sample, wherein the hydrocarbon sample is representative of an amount of hydrocarbon entering a refining process; developing one or more predictive models of the hydrocarbon refining process for the hydrocarbon entering the refining process based on the analysis of the hydrocarbon sample; and dynamically controlling aspects of the hydrocarbon refining process as the hydrocarbon entering the refining process moves through the refining process based on the one or more predictive models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Steve Theodore BAKAS, Kantilal Nimeshkumar PATEL, Conrad Keny TERAN
  • Publication number: 20180216017
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data associated with the operation of a desalter vessel (150), adapted to receive a raw crude input and a water input and facilitate creation of a desalted crude output and a salt water output, may be stored in a computer storage device (630). A computer processor (610) may determine at least one parameter associated with the data in the computer store. The computer processor (610) may then automatically calculate, based on the determined parameter and a physics-based dynamic desalter model (400), an adjustment value for a second parameter associated with operation of the desalter vessel. Using the automatically calculated adjustment value, the computer processor (610) may automatically generate and transmit an indication of the adjustment value so as to improve operation of the desalter vessel (150).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Aditya KUMAR, Michael Alan DION, Nimeshkumar Kantilal PATEL, Conrad Keny TERAN, Dan DAI, Randall Charles MCFARLANE, Sree Rama Raju VETUKURI, Vijaysai PRASAD
  • Publication number: 20180216018
    Abstract: A process train for a floating production storage and offloading installation includes a crude oil storage tank equipped with at least one set of electrostatic internals. The set of electrostatic internals are arranged to provide a treatment flow path within the crude oil storage tank oblique to a longitudinal centerline of the crude oil storage tank and through an electric field provided by the set of electrostatic internals. Employing these electrostatic internals within the tank permits an allowable inlet water content into the tank of up to 80%, significantly reducing the required topside processing equipment. The process and system also includes, upstream of the tank, two separator vessels arranged in parallel so each receives a portion of an incoming oil-and-water stream, a flash vessel arranged downstream of the two separator vessels, and a degasser vessel. Downstream of the crude oil storage tank is an electrostatic treater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Marcus D. Sprenkel, Gary W. Sams, S. Pavankumar B. Mandewalkar, Luis Eduardo Caires Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20180216019
    Abstract: A demulsifying agent comprising at least one maleic acid derivative may be added to a hydrocarbon stream in an effective amount where the hydrocarbon stream includes a plurality of solids that are less than 0.45 microns in size. The demulsifying agent may be added to the hydrocarbon stream at a location that is upstream from a desalter. The demulsifying agent may water-wet at least a portion of the solids for subsequent separation of the solids from the hydrocarbon stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald O. Hoffman, Jerry J. Weers
  • Publication number: 20180216020
    Abstract: Gasifiers are disclosed that include multiple chambers, multiple microwave sources and multiple arc plasma torches. Such gasifiers may be configured to have a drain, an exhaust port and a path of fluid communication between the exhaust port and the drain. Under appropriate conditions, the gasifiers may eliminate undesired waste while at the same time delivering a significant net energy benefit to the operator of the gasifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Jin Tong Wang
  • Publication number: 20180216021
    Abstract: Methods of making a diesel fuel blend having enhanced cold properties; methods of lowering the cloud point of a mineral middle distillate fuel; and diesel fuel blends having a blend of a renewable fuel and a mineral middle distillate fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: NESTE OYJ
    Inventors: Markku KURONEN, Ulla KIISKI
  • Publication number: 20180216022
    Abstract: A method of lubricating a fluid production pump may include mixing a polarized lubricant with water to produce a diluted lubricant. The method may additionally include creating a flowpath within the fluid production pump. An initial volume of the diluted lubricant may be circulated within the flowpath to allow the diluted lubricant to react with components of the fluid production pump and form a protective barrier on the components of the fluid production pump. The method may further comprise repeatedly introducing a periodic volume of diluted lubricant into the fluid production pump according to a predefined lubrication schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Scott Rettberg
  • Publication number: 20180216023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricating oil composition comprising polyglycerol partial esters of polyfunctional carboxylic acids and saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched fatty acids and/or poly(hydroxystearic acid) and the use thereof to lubricate an engine and reduce friction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Evonik Oil Additives GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan MAIER, Oliver SPRINGER, Jennifer HOLTZINGER, Klaus SCHIMOSSEK, Thomas DAMASKE, Marcus STEPHAN, Jan Marian VON HOF
  • Publication number: 20180216024
    Abstract: The refrigerator oil according to the present invention includes a base oil including an oxygen-containing organic compound and a phosphorus-based compound represented by the following general formula (1). In the formula (1), n represents an integer of 1 to 10; R1 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and Ar represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya MATSUMOTO, Masato KANEKO, Takashi KONDO
  • Publication number: 20180216025
    Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition for rolling bearings that can exhibit improved bearing life that can secure the low noise performance under high temperature conditions, and a rolling bearing where the above-mentioned grease composition is enclosed. The grease composition for rolling bearings includes a base oil, a urea thickener and a metal deactivator. The base oil has an aniline point of 110° C. or more. The urea thickener is at least one kind of diurea compound selected from the group consisting of diurea compounds represented by formula (1): R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3 (wherein R1 and R3, which may be the same or different from each other represent a C6-30alkyl group, a C5-8cycloalkyl group or a C6-10aryl group, and R2 represents a bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MASAMICHI YAMAMOTO, NORIKO TANAKA, KENICHIRO MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20180216026
    Abstract: A grease composition including: a base oil, a thickener, and 0.2 wt % or more of a dispersing agent. The dispersing agent includes at least one of a metal salt of a carboxylic acid, a metal salt of a polycarboxylic acid, and a copolymer of a carboxylic acid metal salt and a hydrocarbon compound, and the dispersing agent has an average particle diameter of 0.5 ?m or more and 5 ?m or less. The metal salt of the carboxylic acid, the metal salt of the polycarboxylic acid, and the carboxylic acid metal salt forming the copolymer of the carboxylic acid metal salt and the hydrocarbon compound may be an alkali metal salt including at least one of a sodium salt, a lithium salt and a potassium salt, or an alkali earth metal salt including at least one of a magnesium salt and a calcium salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Yusuke ASAI
  • Publication number: 20180216027
    Abstract: Lipids can be extracted from a microbial biomass that constitutes at least 20% lipids by weight and has a moisture content of less than 4% by weight by applying pressure to the biomass so as to release lipids therefrom, thereby leaving a biomass of reduced lipid content; and collecting the lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Jon Wittenberg, Felipe Arana Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20180216028
    Abstract: A method for producing a triglyceride including fatty acids with vicinal diesters: (a) providing a triglyceride including fatty acids with epoxide groups; (b) reacting the epoxide groups with carboxylic acid salts under basic conditions to produce a triglyceride including fatty acids with vicinal ester/alkoxides; (c) protonating the vicinal ester/alkoxides to produce a triglyceride including fatty acids with vicinal ester/alcohols; and (d) reacting the vicinal ester/alcohols with carboxylic acids under acidic conditions to produce a triglyceride including fatty acids with vicinal diesters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Herman P. Benecke, Daniel B. Garbark
  • Publication number: 20180216029
    Abstract: Concentrated surfactant compositions that include an alkyl alkoxylated sulfate surfactant and an alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine, and process for making such compositions. Detergent compositions made from such concentrated surfactant compositions, and process for making such detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas James WILDEMUTH, Jeffrey Frank OMNITZ, Nicole Lee ARLEDGE, Patrick Christopher STENGER, Scott William CAPECI
  • Publication number: 20180216030
    Abstract: Concentrated surfactant compositions that include an alkyl alkoxylated sulfate surfactant and an alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine, and process for making such compositions. Detergent compositions made from such concentrated surfactant compositions, and process for making such detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas James WILDEMUTH, Jeffrey Gordon THOMAS, Patrick Christopher STENGER, Scott William CAPECI
  • Publication number: 20180216031
    Abstract: Concentrated surfactant compositions that include an alkyl alkoxylated sulfate surfactant, and process for making such compositions. Detergent compositions made from such concentrated surfactant compositions, and process for making such detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Scott Leroy CRON, Jeffrey John SCHEIBEL, Patrick Christopher STENGER, Marc Eric GUSTWILLER, Douglas James WILDEMUTH
  • Publication number: 20180216032
    Abstract: Cleaning compositions which can be used to clean surfaces and treat materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Ascent IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Wycoff
  • Publication number: 20180216033
    Abstract: Stable unit dose compositions with high water content are provided. Such unit dose compositions include an aqueous composition having a water activity of from about 0.65 to about 0.95 and a water-soluble container formed from a water-soluble or water-dispersible film material. In one embodiment, the aqueous composition includes water in an amount of 25% to 70% by weight, a surfactant system, and a water binding agent. The surfactant system may include: (1) a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) and/or an alcohol ethoxylsulfate (AES), (2) a non-ionic surfactant, and (3) a fatty acid. The unit dose compositions can prevent the enclosed liquid detergent composition with a high level of water content from dissolving or pre-maturely dispersing the water-soluble container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Casey Elphege Camire, Patrick Shane Akeem Harewood, Cynthia L. Moser, Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, David S. Stott, II
  • Publication number: 20180216034
    Abstract: Stable unit dose compositions with high water content are provided. Such unit dose compositions include an aqueous composition having a water activity of from about 0.60 to about 0.95 and a water-soluble container formed from a water-soluble or water-dispersible film material. In one embodiment, the aqueous composition includes water in an amount of 20% to 70% by weight, a structured surfactant system which is in the form of a lamellar structure, and a salt which promotes the formation of the lamellar structure. The surfactant system may include: (1) a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) and/or an alcohol ethoxylsulfate (AES), (2) a non-ionic surfactant, and (3) a fatty acid. The unit dose compositions can prevent the enclosed liquid detergent composition with a high level of water content from dissolving or pre-maturely dispersing the water-soluble container due to the lamellar structure of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Casey Elphege Camire, Patrick Shane Akeem Harewood, Cynthia L. Moser, Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, David S. Stott, II
  • Publication number: 20180216035
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cleaning formulation comprising a cleaning agent and an insect growth regulator (IGR) and to a method for indoor control of household insects comprising applying a cleaning formulation comprising a cleaning agent and an insect growth regulator (IGR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Alexander LANDESBERG
  • Publication number: 20180216036
    Abstract: A cleaning solution for a turbine engine includes water within a range between about 68.65 percent and about 99.63 percent by volume of the cleaning solution; a first organic acidic component within a range between about 0.1 percent and about 15 percent by volume of the cleaning solution; wherein the organic acid comprises citric acid; a second organic acidic component within a range between about 0.1 percent and about 15 percent by volume of the cleaning solution; wherein the organic acid comprises glycolic acid; isoropylamine sulphonate within a range between about 0.07 percent and 0.14 percent by volume of the cleaning solution; alcohol ethoxylate within a range between about 0.035 percent and 0.07 percent by volume of the cleaning solution; triethanol amine within a range between about 0.035 percent and 0.07 percent by volume of the cleaning solution; sodium lauriminodipropionate within a range between about 0.03 percent and 1.0 percent by volume of the cleaning solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Nicole Jessica Tibbetts, Evan J. Dolley, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Denise Anne Anderson, Nathan David McLean, Eric John Telfeyan, Frank Wagenbaugh
  • Publication number: 20180216037
    Abstract: Concentrated surfactant compositions that include an alkyl alkoxylated sulfate surfactant and rheology modifier, and processes for making such compositions. Detergent compositions made from such concentrated surfactant compositions, and processes for making such detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Mark William HAMERSKY, John W. Semmel, III, Mark Robert Sivik, Paul R. MORT, III
  • Publication number: 20180216038
    Abstract: A rheology-modified detergent particle comprising: (a) from about 10 wt % to about 80 wt % alkoxylated alkyl sulfate anionic detersive surfactant; (b) from about 0.5 wt % to about 20 wt % of a rheology modifier selected from the group consisting of a non-quaternized alkoxylated polyethyleneimine, wherein said alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine has a polyalkyleneimine core with one or more alkoxy side chains bonded to at least one nitrogen atom in the polyalkyleneimine core, an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-ethylene oxide (EOx1POyEOx2) triblock copolymer wherein each of x1 and x2 is in the range of about 2 to about 140 and y is in the range of from about 15 to about 70, an N,N,N?,N?-tetra(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Paul R. MORT, III, Mark Robert SIVIK, Mark William HAMERSKY, Stephen Robert GLASSMEYER, Guangzong ZHAO, Rui SHEN
  • Publication number: 20180216039
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions including variants of an alpha-amylase and methods of treating surfaces such as textiles with aqueous liquor including such compositions, especially at low temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Carsten ANDERSEN, Chakshusmathi GHADIYARAM, Padma Venkatachalam IYER, Rajendra Kulothungan SAINATHAN, Iben DAMAGER
  • Publication number: 20180216040
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a detergent comprising a polypeptide having galactanase activity. It further concerns a laundering method and the use of galactanases. The present invention further relates to polypeptides having galactanase activity, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lilian Eva Tang Baltsen, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Klaus Gori, Lars Kobberoe Skov
  • Publication number: 20180216041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a detergent composition comprising alkali metal carbonate, a chelant selected from the group consisting of MGDA, alkali metal tripolyphosphate, GLDA, and mixtures thereof, alkali metal percarbonate, and a peroxidation catalyst, wherein the molar ratio of chelant to alkali metal percarbonate is in the range of 1.8 to 3.4. The detergent composition is particularly suited for the removal of tea and coffee stains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: DAVID DOTZAUER, JOHN MANSERGH, KRISTA KUTZ OTTING, TOBIAS NEIL FOSTER
  • Publication number: 20180216042
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a homogeneous three-phase laundry detergent wipe and a method for manufacturing same, wherein washing active substances which are water insoluble and solid at ambient temperature are incorporated into a substrate which is solid at ambient temperature such that the substances are homogeneously distributed across the substrate after incorporation, and wherein the substrate so functionalized is impregnated with an impregnating liquid. The substances incorporated into the wipe can be zeolites and/or phyllosilicates and/or optical brighteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: COIN Consulting GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus MAUSBERG, Michael PULINA, Jost ADLER
  • Publication number: 20180216043
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous cleaning and/or sanitising composition comprising (a) at least one biocidal component (b) a polymeric delayed release additive, and (c) at least one surfactant, wherein said composition dries onto a surface being cleaned to form a dry residue and wherein properties of said dry residue are tailored by manipulation of brittleness of the polymeric delayed release additive through identity and/or quantity of the biocidal component and/or surfactant selected. The composition is intended for the cleaning and/or sanitisation of carpet, upholstery or other textiles. The invention also relates to a method of controlling the friability of the dried residue of the composition. The invention also relates to a method of cleaning and/or sanitising a textile article by applying the composition of the invention to said article, and a process of preparing said cleaning and/or sanitising composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Whiteley Corporation Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Trevor Owen Glasbey, Nicolas Alan Roberts, Gregory Stuart Whiteley, Reginald Keith Whiteley
  • Publication number: 20180216044
    Abstract: A cleaning composition for sanitizing and/or disinfecting hard surfaces, comprising: a cationic biocide, surfactant and low levels of VOC solvents. The cleaning composition is adapted to clean a variety of hard surfaces without leaving behind a visible residue and creates low levels of streaking and filming on the treated surface. The cleaning composition contains less than 5% by weight of VOCs. The cleaning composition may be used alone as a liquid or spray formulation or in combination with a substrate, for example, a pre-loaded cleaning wipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Satyajeet Ojha, Nancy A. Falk, Jared Heymann, Vidya Ananth, Sarah Coulter, Ashish Jha, Wenyu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180216045
    Abstract: Various aspects of the embodiments relate to methods of cleaning and disinfecting with a mixture comprising a cleaning and disinfecting composition concentrate and water. The cleaning and disinfecting composition concentrate typically comprises an organic acid, a surfactant, and an alcohol, and the concentrate typically lacks any halogenated molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: William Salminen, Gary M. Russotti, Richard Aab, Robert Tuchrelo, Jeffrey Cahoon
  • Publication number: 20180216046
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cleansing composition comprising 10 to 30 wt % soap, 20 to 45 wt % water soluble organic solvent, 20 to 40 wt % water, 3 to 20 wt % electrolyte other than soap and a benefit agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Ajit Manohar AGARKHED, Pravin BANKAR, Nitish KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20180216047
    Abstract: A cleaning solvent composition comprises from about 0.2 to 15 weight percent of mono- or di-phosphate ester in free acid form, and from about 85 to 99.8 weight percent of one or more halogenated hydrocarbon solvents. Other cleaning solvent compositions further comprise one or more alcohols. For example, such alcohol-containing compositions may comprise from about 0.2 to 15 weight percent of mono- or di-phosphate ester in free acid form, from about 2 to about 25 weight percent of one or more alcohols, and from about 25 to about 97.8 weight percent of one or more halogenated hydrocarbon solvents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Wells Cunningham, Elizabeth P. Norwood, Venesia L. Hurtubise
  • Publication number: 20180216048
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cleansing bar composition comprising 10 to 30 wt % soap, 20 to 45 wt % water soluble organic solvent, 20 to 40 wt % water, 4 to 20 wt % electrolyte other than soap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Ajit Manohar Agarkhed, Pravin BANKAR, Nitish KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20180216049
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a substrate which is or comprises a textile, the method comprising agitating the substrate and a cleaning composition comprising: i. cleaning particles comprising a thermoplastic polyamide and a hydrophilic material at least part of which is located inside the cleaning particle, said cleaning particles having an average particle size of from 1 to 100 mm; and ii. a liquid medium. An apparatus suitable for performing said method comprising a rotatable cleaning chamber and a particle storage tank containing the cleaning particles. Use of the cleaning particles for cleaning a substrate which is or comprises a textile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Andrew BIRD, Stephen Derek JENKINS, Philipp KLOKE, Simon KNIESEL, Shyam SATHYANARAYANA, Martina SCHOEMER
  • Publication number: 20180216050
    Abstract: Described herein is a household care composition, which delivers active agents onto fabric or hard surfaces, in the form of a water-soluble unit dose article comprising a water-soluble fibrous structure and one or more particles, as well as methods for making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Frank William DENOME, Mark Robert SIVIK, Paul R. MORT, III, Mark William HAMERSKY
  • Publication number: 20180216051
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water-soluble package comprising a water-soluble substrate and a powder coating on an exterior surface of the water-soluble substrate, wherein the water-soluble substrate encloses a composition and the powder coating includes a powdered bittering agent, a method of making such water-soluble packages and their use, in particular for washing dishes or laundering textiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Rhys Thomas, Daniël Albert van Doorn
  • Publication number: 20180216052
    Abstract: Described herein is a household care composition, which delivers active agents onto fabric or hard surfaces, in the form of a water-soluble unit dose article comprising a water-soluble fibrous structure and one or more particles, as well as methods for making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Frank William DENOME, Mark Robert SIVIK, Paul R. MORT, III, Mark William HAMERSKY
  • Publication number: 20180216053
    Abstract: Described herein is a household care composition, which delivers active agents onto fabric or hard surfaces, in the form of a water-soluble unit dose article comprising a dissolvable fibrous web and one or more particles, as well as methods for making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Frank William DENOME, Mark Robert SIVIK, Paul R. MORT, III, David Charles OERTEL
  • Publication number: 20180216054
    Abstract: A method for purifying distilled spirits includes cooling a distilled spirit to a temperature at which contaminants in the selected distilled spirit crystallize. The cooled, selected distilled spirit is passed through a first hollow fiber permeable membrane having openings smaller than a size of the crystallized contaminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Tobias Angstmann
  • Publication number: 20180216055
    Abstract: To provide a method for improving the flavor of an alcohol-containing beverage. Provided are a method of leaving an alcohol-containing beverage at rest that includes leaving an alcohol-containing beverage at rest so that the liquid of the alcohol-containing beverage does not substantially move, and an alcohol-containing beverage with improved flavor that can be obtained by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigenao Maruyama, Atsuki Komiya, Noriko Nakamura, Keisuke Matsui
  • Publication number: 20180216056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular system of closed photobioreactors, intended for indoor operation with LED lighting, in an uninterrupted and completely automated manner, with continuous monitoring of process variables, and feedback control of the CO2 and nutrients, of water temperature along the entire route of the photobioreactor, allowing maximum use of the indoor space where the system is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Emilio Alexander Mahoney, Luis Alvarez Garcia, Tino Luigi Bacchetta, Renzo Christopher Bacchetta
  • Publication number: 20180216057
    Abstract: The present invention relates in part to devices, systems, and methods for the production and characterization of engineered tissue constructs. The devices and methods generate decellularized tissue constructs that can be recellularized using donor cells for high-throughput studies of organ physiology, and/or organ pathology. The devices and methods can be used with the systems to mechanically and electrically stimulate the engineered tissue constructs under culture or physiological conditions to detect and assess the presence and degree of any organ pathologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Stuart Campbell, Jonas Schwan, Andrea Kwaczala, Thomas Ryan, Daniel Jacoby, Yibing Qyang, Lorenzo Sewanan, Ronald Ng, Jeffery Alexander Clark
  • Publication number: 20180216058
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides a biomimetic lung disease model, and methods of its production and use. In one exemplary embodiment, the biomimetic lung disease model can include a first and second microchannel with a membrane coated with airway epithelial cells disposed between the microchannels and at least one device coupled to the biomimetic model that delivers an agent to at least one microchannel. In certain embodiments, the agent is cigarette smoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Dongeun Huh, Mark Mondrinos, Woo Yul Byun
  • Publication number: 20180216059
    Abstract: The invention relates to a comparison unit (130) configured for determining if a first pH measuring device of a first tank (104; 106) is affected by a pH-measuring problem, the comparison unit being configured for: —receiving a first CO2 concentration and a first pH value, the first CO2 concentration being a CO2 concentration of a first gas volume above a medium in a first tank, the first CO2 concentration and the first pH value being measured at a first time when the medium in the first tank is in pH-CO2 equilibrium state with the first gas volume and before said equilibrium state is modified by the metabolism of a cell culture in the first tank, the first pH value being a measured value provided by a first pH measuring device operatively coupled to the first tank (102); —receiving a second CO2 concentration and a second pH value, the second CO2 concentration being a CO2 concentration of a second gas volume above a medium in a second tank, the second CO2 concentration and the second pH value being measured a
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Detlef Eisenkraetzer, Christian Klinger, Katrin Greppmair