Patents Issued in May 14, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200147546
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating acid gas, which utilizes multi-stage absorption cycle of ammonia desulfurization to treat acid tail gas after pre-treatment of the acid gas, thereby achieving the purpose of efficient and low-cost treatment of acid tail gas. The parameters of the acid tail gas may be adjusted by a regulatory system such that the enthalpy value of the acid tail gas is in the range of 60-850 kJ/kg dry gas, for example, 80-680 kJ/kg dry gas or 100-450 kJ/kg dry gas, to meet the requirements of ammonia desulfurization, and achieve the synergy between the acid gas pre-treatment and ammonia desulfurization. Furthermore, hydrogen sulfide may be converted into sulfur/sulfuric acid plus ammonium sulfate at an adjustable ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jing Luo, Lifang Qi
  • Publication number: 20200147547
    Abstract: Oxygen is removed from a gas feed such as a landfill gas, a digester gas or an industrial CO2 off-gas by heating the feed gas, optionally removing siloxanes and silanols from the heated feed gas, optionally removing part of the sulfur-containing compounds in the heated feed gas, injecting one or more reactants for oxygen conversion into the heated feed gas, carrying out a selective catalytic conversion of any or all of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in the gas, including sulfur-containing compounds, chlorine-containing compounds and any of the reactants injected, in at least one suitable reactor, and cleaning the resulting oxygen-depleted gas. The reactants to be injected comprise one or more of H2, CO, ammonia, urea, methanol, ethanol and dimethyl ether (DME).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Haldor Topsøe A/S
    Inventors: Kresten Egeblad, Niklas Bengt Jakobsson, Rasmus Trane-Restrup, Jacob Hjerrild Zeuthen, Troels Dahlgaard Stummann
  • Publication number: 20200147548
    Abstract: A microfluidic chip device for the purification of radiochemical compounds includes a chip having an injection channel and intersecting branch channels with a plurality of valves are located along the injection channel and branch channels and configured to retain a plug of solution containing the radiochemical compound. The chip further includes a serpentine channel segment (for separation) coupled to the output of the injection channel. A high voltage power source advances the plug of solution through the purification region and into the downstream fraction collection channel. The chip includes a downstream fraction collection channel coupled to the serpentine channel segment and having an optical and radiation detection regions. One or more branch fraction channels intersect with the fraction collection channel and include valves located therein so that the radiochemical compound that is detected using a radiation detector is directed into the desired branch fraction channel for subsequent use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: R. Michael van Dam, Noel S. Ha, Jason Jones, Jimmy Ly, Stephen Liu, Shilin Cheung
  • Publication number: 20200147549
    Abstract: A portable water conditioning system is provided that includes an incoming water inlet; a reverse osmosis stage in fluid communication with the incoming water inlet, the reverse osmosis stage having a permeate outlet and a concentrate outlet; a diversion device having a diversion valve, the diversion valve placing the concentrate outlet in fluid communication with a waste water outlet; a deionizing stage in fluid communication with a pure water outlet; a bypass valve configured to selectively place the permeate outlet in fluid communication with one or more of the waste water outlet, the deionizing stage, and the pure water outlet; and a controller configured to control the diversion device and the bypass valve to provide water at the pure water outlet of a desired condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Kai Hirsch, Stephen Huda, Robert Camp, Paul H. Adams
  • Publication number: 20200147550
    Abstract: Systems and methods used to control tangential flow filtration are provided, including control systems and methods for use with connected systems with upstream processing units, such as chromatography processing units, in fluid communication with a tangential flow filtration processing unit. Also included are control systems and methods for performing continuous concentration using single-pass tangential flow filtration with permeate flow control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Eva Gefroh, Randolph W. Schweickart, Krista Petty, Gregory Frank, Christine Salstrom Terpsma, Arthur C, Hewig, III, Joseph Edward Shultz
  • Publication number: 20200147551
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a porous membrane for membrane distillation excellent in thermal insulation properties. The porous membrane for membrane distillation of the present invention contains aerogel particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsunori IWAMURO, Yasuharu MURAKAMI, Tatsuya MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20200147552
    Abstract: A free standing liquid membrane is disclosed that can selectively separate objects based on the kinetic energy value of the objects such that either an object having a first kinetic energy value can pass through the free standing liquid membrane while retaining the membrane and/or an object having a second kinetic energy value is prevented from passing through the membrane while retaining the membrane. Advantageously, the free standing liquid membrane can remain intact for seconds to hours with multiple objects passing through the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Tak-Sing Wong, Birgitt Boschitsch
  • Publication number: 20200147553
    Abstract: A device for controlling acidity of electrolytes and the oxidation states or concentrations of selected constituents for treatment of liquid media using electricity for electrochemical separation and regeneration of forward osmosis draw solutions includes a FO unit arranged for osmotic solvent separation from a feed water stream, and an electrochemical solvent separation and draw solution regeneration unit incorporating an electrochemical cell, arranged to use diluted draw solutions to generate a concentrated draw solution, a TPW stream and an osmotic agent. The concentrated draw solution may be arranged to reenter the forward osmosis unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Patrick Ismail James
  • Publication number: 20200147554
    Abstract: Provided herein are osmotic desalination methods and associated systems. According to certain embodiments, multiple osmotic membranes may be used to perform a series of osmosis steps, such that an output stream having a relatively high water purity—compared to a water purity of an aqueous feed stream—is produced. In some embodiments, multiple draw streams can be used to produce aqueous product streams having sequentially higher purities of water. Certain embodiments are related to osmotic desalination systems and methods in which forward osmosis is used to produce a first product stream having a relatively high water purity relative to an aqueous feed stream, and reverse osmosis is used to perform a second step (and/or additional steps) on the first product stream. In some embodiments, multiple reverse osmosis steps can be used in series to perform a net desalination process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Gradiant Corporation
    Inventors: Looh Tchuin Choong, Prakash Narayan Govindan, Maximus G. St. John, Steven Lam, Jonn-Ross Andrews, Karim M. Chehayeb
  • Publication number: 20200147555
    Abstract: A sea water desalination system and reverse osmosis element for use in a desalination system are provided. The reverse osmosis element includes a body of media material having opposed first and second ends. First and second end cap assemblies are adjacent the first and second ends of the body. A shell of wound composite material encapsulates and retains the body and first and second end cap assemblies together to define an integrated pressure vessel. Methods of assembling are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: Steven Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20200147556
    Abstract: A process and system for cleaning semipermeable membranes is described that is particularly well suited for cleaning membranes contained in a water purification system, such as a reverse osmosis process. In order to clean the filter membranes, the membranes are placed in a cleaning chamber capable of allowing a reduction in pressure. In one embodiment, for instance, the membranes are contained in a filter housing and the filter housing is converted into a cleaning chamber by sealing off at least one end. The membranes are then submerged in a cleaning fluid and the pressure within the cleaning chamber is reduced causing the cleaning fluid to form bubbles. The process and system of the present disclosure is well suited to cleaning filter membranes, particularly ceramic membranes, in-line without having to remove the membranes from the water purification system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Mietzner
  • Publication number: 20200147557
    Abstract: A method of making a filter, the resulting filter, and a method of using the filter to filter proteins from solution are described. The method includes contacting a porous, polymeric substrate with a transfer liquid comprising a solvent(s) and a charged polymeric solute. The transfer liquid and the polymeric substrate have a Hansen Solubility Parameter (“HSP”) distance of from about 10 to about 35. Contacting the polymeric substrate with the transfer solution causes the polymeric substrate to accept the charged polymeric solute by diffusion transfer, thereby yielding a functionalized filter medium. Removal of the transfer liquid from the polymeric substrate traps the charged polymeric solute on the surface of the polymeric substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Raymond Etzel, Na Li
  • Publication number: 20200147558
    Abstract: A membrane for the capture of carbon dioxide is provided. The membrane includes a polymeric porous hollow fiber substrate and a coating disposed on a surface of the polymeric porous hollow fiber substrate, where the coating comprises graphene oxide and an amine. A method of forming a coated polymeric hollow fiber support for the capture of carbon dioxide is also provided. The method includes dispersing graphene oxide in a coating solution comprising a solvent; dispersing an amine in the coating solution; and exposing a polymeric hollow fiber support to the coating solution to form a coating on a surface of the polymeric hollow fiber support, wherein the coated polymeric hollow fiber support has a carbon dioxide/nitrogen selectivity ranging from about 200 to about 2000 and a carbon dioxide permeance ranging from about 100 gas permeation units to about 1000 gas permeation units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: MIAO YU, FANGLEI ZHOU, NGOC TIEN HUYNH, SHIGUANG LI
  • Publication number: 20200147559
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are boron-nitride nanoparticle membranes and methods of manufacturing boron-nitride nanoparticle membranes. In an embodiment, a boron-nitride nanoparticle membrane includes a matrix and a plurality of one-dimensional boron-nitride nanoparticles disposed within the matrix, where he plurality of boron-nitride nanoparticles are configured for selective molecular transport through each of the plurality of one-dimensional boron-nitride nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Sangil Kim, Jerry Shan, Vikas Berry, Semih Cetindag, Sanjay Behura, Aaditya Pendse, Robert Praino
  • Publication number: 20200147560
    Abstract: An asymmetric membrane having a layer containing a zeolite supported on a geopolymer substrate and methods for making an asymmetric membrane having a layer containing a zeolite supported on a geopolymer substrate. A cross-flow membrane separation method for increasing the concentration of ethanol from a feed mixture comprising water and ethanol, comprising: cross-flowing a feed mixture comprising water and ethanol across the layer comprising a zeolite of the asymmetric membrane of the instant invention to produce a permeate having an ethanol concentration less than the ethanol concentration of the feed mixture and a retentate having an ethanol concentration greater than the ethanol concentration of the feed mixture, the pressure of the feed mixture being greater than the pressure of the permeate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: NOVOREACH Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jun Jason Cai, Jia Julia Liu
  • Publication number: 20200147561
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a gas separation membrane comprising: a porous supporting layer; and a separation function layer disposed on the porous supporting layer and including a crosslinked aromatic polyamide obtained by polycondensation of a multifunctional aromatic amine and a multifunctional aromatic acid halide, wherein the crosslinked aromatic polyamide includes at least one of a fluorine atom bonded to an aromatic ring and a fluorine atom bonded to a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Rina TAKAHASHI, Kazuki SATO, Masakazu KOIWA, Takao SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200147562
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing an oil-in-water mixture having a predeterminable oil concentration which can be used as a reference mixture in the determination of oil concentrations of oil-in-water mixtures, comprising the steps of arranging at least one oil storage element in a container, feeding a predeterminable amount of a water-containing fluid into the container; and introducing ultrasonic waves into the fluid that are emitted in the direction of the oil storage element covered by the fluid, wherein the oil received in the oil storage element is released from the oil storage element by means of ultrasonic waves acting on the oil storage element and is distributed in the fluid. The present disclosure further relates to an apparatus for preparing an oil-in-water mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Ulrich Kathe
  • Publication number: 20200147563
    Abstract: The contacting device for countercurrent contacting of fluid streams and having a first pair of intersecting grids of spaced-apart and parallel deflector blades and a second pair of intersecting grids of spaced-apart and parallel deflector blades. The deflector blades in each one of the grids are interleaved with the deflector blades in the paired intersecting grid and may have uncut side portions that join them together along a transverse strip where the deflector blades cross each other or adjacent opposed ends of the deflector blades and cut side portions that extend from the uncut side portions to the ends of the deflector blades. At least some of the deflector blades have directional tabs and associated openings to allow portions of the fluid streams to pass through the deflector blades to facilitate mixing of the fluid streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Koch-Glitsch, LP
    Inventors: Izak NIEUWOUDT, Sergio ESCOBAR
  • Publication number: 20200147564
    Abstract: To provide a rubber extruder capable of efficiently removing volatile components in unvulcanized rubber without decreasing productivity of the unvulcanized rubber. The rubber extruder 1 is for extruding the unvulcanized rubber (G) while kneading. It includes a barrel 2 having an input port 5 for introducing the unvulcanized rubber (G) and a discharge port 6 for discharging the unvulcanized rubber (G), a screw 3, which is arranged in the barrel 2, for extruding the unvulcanized rubber (G), and a vent 4 for sucking out air in the barrel 2. The screw 3 has a dam portion 7 which locally controls an extrusion amount of the unvulcanized rubber (G), a first screw portion 8 defined between the input port 5 and the dam portion 7, and a second screw portion 9 defined between the dam portion 7 and the discharge port 6. An effective screw length (L1) of the first screw portion 8 is 50% or more of a total effective screw length (L) of the screw 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicants: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Nakata Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoo TANAKA, Yoshinobu NAKAMURA, Masayuki SAKAMOTO, Tadasuke SATO, Ryusuke OTA, Hideaki TAKEUCHI, Masaaki MICHIBAYASHI, Makoto NODA
  • Publication number: 20200147565
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to a system for customizing a cosmetic product. The system includes: an interface device, in electronic communication with a single batch formulation device. The single batch formulation device is configured to formulate a customized cosmetic product, and a threaded container configured, to be imported into the single batch formulation device containing a base and exported from the single batch formulation device containing the customized cosmetic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Blee, LLC
    Inventors: Charles C Brandon, Travis Floyd, Peter Phillips, Phil Powers
  • Publication number: 20200147566
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing bulk material efficiently at a well site are provided. The disclosure is directed to a container support frame that is integrated into a blender unit. The support frame is used to receive one or more portable containers of bulk material, and the blender unit may include a gravity feed outlet for outputting bulk material from the containers directly into a mixer of the blender unit. The blender unit with integrated support frame may eliminate the need for any subsequent mechanical conveyance of the bulk material (e.g., via a separate mechanical conveying system or on-blender sand screws) from the containers to the mixer. As such, the integrated blender unit may be lighter weight, take up less space, and have a lower cost and complexity than existing blenders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Calvin L. Stegemoeller, Bryan Chapman Lucas, Bryan John Lewis, Austin Carl Schaffner, Timothy H. Hunter, Jim Basuki Surjaatmadja, Wesley John Warren
  • Publication number: 20200147567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for modifying the surface of a polymer substrate. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for modifying the surface of a polymer substrate using a plasma treatment, a hydrophilic primer and a coating agent including a hydrophobic fluorine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicants: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS, CEKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Wook HONG, Soo Jeong SHIN, Hyun Joong KIM, Hong Chul KIM, Jeong Rae KIM, Byeong Gyeong CHOI, Cheol Min KIM
  • Publication number: 20200147568
    Abstract: An autoclave system comprises an autoclave vessel 210, for performing a leaching operation on sacrificial ceramic cores (not shown) and a storage vessel 220 for containing caustic leaching fluid 230. Interposed in a fluid flow path between the vessel 210 and the tank 220 is a heat exchange unit 240, comprising a body 250 containing a thermal exchange medium, in the form of water 260, and first and second thermal exchange conduits represented at 270 and 280. A thermal exchange medium inlet pipe 290a and a thermal exchange medium outlet pipe 290b are provided to the body so that the medium 260 can be replenished, preferably substantially continuously, to optimize thermal transfer efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Howard Pickard, Kyle Pickles
  • Publication number: 20200147569
    Abstract: A device for removing polycrystalline silicon rod pairs from a Siemens reactor has a body dimensioned to fit over a single rod pair. Once the rod pair is within the body, the body and enclosed rod pair is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Tobias WEISS, Udo ALMASY, Stefan FAERBER, Reiner PECH
  • Publication number: 20200147570
    Abstract: An apparatus for improving thermal efficiency of steam production is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Paul KONG, Alexander ROESCH
  • Publication number: 20200147571
    Abstract: A method of cleaning spent catalyst material from a catalyst filter basket. The catalyst filter basket includes a central frame having a base ring and a generally cylindrical inner screen portion which extends upwardly from the base ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Edwin MAAS, Ruud KNEPPERS
  • Publication number: 20200147572
    Abstract: A device suitable for use as a distributor or collector in a radial-flow reaction vessel is described, comprising an open end and a plurality of rigid columnar portions, each columnar portion comprising a cylindrical outer screen formed from parallel spaced wires and a perforate inner screen fixed to the outer screen, said inner screen formed from a plurality of adjacent perforate support members that support the spaced wires, wherein the rigid columnar portions further comprise means for controlling a flow of a gaseous process fluid to or from the device. The device may be used in radial-flow vessels used in chemical processes such as methanol synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Simon Robert EARLY, Simon GRAHAM, Paul WISE
  • Publication number: 20200147573
    Abstract: A naphtha reforming reactor system comprising a first reactor comprising a first inlet and a first outlet, wherein the first reactor is configured to operate as an adiabatic reactor, and wherein the first reactor comprises a first naphtha reforming catalyst; and a second reactor comprising a second inlet and a second outlet, wherein the second inlet is in fluid communication with the first outlet of the first reactor, wherein the second reactor is configured to operate as an isothermal reactor, and wherein the second reactor comprises a plurality of tubes disposed within a reactor furnace, a heat source configured to heat the interior of the reactor furnace; and a second naphtha reforming catalyst disposed within the plurality of tubes, wherein the first naphtha reforming catalyst and the second naphtha reforming catalyst are the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Vincent D. McGahee, Daniel M. Hasenberg
  • Publication number: 20200147574
    Abstract: A continuous process for producing a material of a battery cell using a system having a mist generator, a drying chamber, one or more gas-solid separators and a reactor is provided. A mist generated from a liquid mixture of two or more metal precursor compounds in desired ratio is dried inside the drying chamber. Heated air or gas is served as the gas source for forming various gas-solid mixtures and as the energy source for reactions inside the drying chamber and the reactor. One or more gas-solid separators are used in the system to separate gas-solid mixtures from the drying chamber into solid particles mixed with the metal precursor compounds and continuously deliver the solid particles into the reactor for further reaction to obtain final solid material particles with desired crystal structure, particle size, and morphology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Liang-Yuh Chen
  • Publication number: 20200147575
    Abstract: The present invention describes a device for distributing a light phase in a heavy phase inside a reaction chamber (5) containing said heavy phase in the fluidized state, comprising a pipe (1) for conveying the light phase, said pipe (1) being cylindrical, and being open in its upper part via first and second rectangular openings (7, 8) pierced in the lateral wall of said pipe (1), the second openings (8) being extended by branches (6) perpendicular to the axis of symmetry of the reaction chamber (5), and the pipe (1) being surmounted at its upper part by a convex head (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sina TEBIANIAN, Benjamin AMBLARD, Thierry GAUTHIER
  • Publication number: 20200147576
    Abstract: A device for bringing a target medium into contact with a carrier fluid comprises a chamber comprising a circumferential wall, a bottom wall and a top wall forming an enclosure for containing the target medium while contacting the carrier fluid, the chamber being substantially rotationally symmetric with respect to an axis of symmetry and adapted for remaining mechanically static in operation of the device. The device comprises a fluid inlet for injecting the carrier fluid into the chamber in a substantially tangential direction with respect to an inner surface of the circumferential wall, and an outlet. The device comprises a fluid distributor in the chamber for enabling the injected carrier fluid to pass through the distributor in a substantially inward radial direction, the distributor being substantially rotationally symmetric and adapted for rotating around the axis when driven by a transfer of momentum between the injected carrier fluid and the distributor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin VAN GEEM, Arturo GONZALEZ QUIROGA, Guy MARIN, Vladimir SHTERN, Maria PANTZALI
  • Publication number: 20200147577
    Abstract: Plurality of granules comprising a ceramic core having an outer surface and a shell on and surrounding the core, wherein the shell comprises at least first concentric layers, wherein the first layer comprises first ceramic particles bound together with a first inorganic binder, wherein the first inorganic binder comprises reaction product of at least alkali silicate and hardener, wherein the shell of each granule collectively has a volume of at least 40 volume percent, based on the total volume of the respective granule, and wherein the granules have a minimum Total Solar Reflectance of at least 0.7. The granules are useful, for example, as roofing granules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jean A. Tangeman, Rebecca L. A. Everman, Taisiya Skorina, Robert P. Brown, Kenton D. Budd
  • Publication number: 20200147578
    Abstract: The present invention provides an automated modular system and method for production of biopolymers including DNA and RNA. The system and method automates the complete production process for biopolymers. Modular equipment is provided for performing production steps with the individual modules arrange in a linear array. Each module includes a control system and can be rack mounted. One side of the array of modules provides connections for power, gas, vacuum and reagents and is accessible to technicians. On the other side of the array of modules a robotic transport system is provided for transporting materials between module interfaces. The elimination of the requirement for human intervention at multiple steps in the production process significantly decreases the costs of biopolymer production and reduces unnecessary complexity and sources of quality variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Dabrowski, Michael Dabrowski, Fabian Gerlinghaus, Alex Pesch
  • Publication number: 20200147579
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a microreactor features a corrosion-resistant microchannel network encased within a thermally conductive matrix material that may define therewithin one or more hollow heat-exchange conduits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Paul R. Aimone, Marc Abouaf, Patrick Hogan
  • Publication number: 20200147580
    Abstract: The present invention provides a formulation to link protein to a solid support that comprises one or more proteins, Oligo-dT and one or more non-volatile, water-soluble protein solvents, solutes or combination thereof in an aqueous solution. Further provided is a method of attaching a protein to a surface of a substrate. The formulations provided herein are contacted onto the substrate surface, printed thereon and air dried. The substrate surface is irradiated with UV light to induce thymidine photochemical crosslinking via the thymidine moieties of the Oligo-dT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Michael E. Hogan
  • Publication number: 20200147581
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a dual catalytic method for forming aryl carbon-nitrogen bonds. The method comprises contacting an aryl halide with an amine in the presence of a dual catalytic solution comprising a Ni(II) salt catalyst, a photocatalyst, and an optional base, thereby forming a reaction mixture; exposing the reaction mixture to light under reaction condition sufficient to produce the aryl carbon-nitrogen bonds. In certain embodiments, the amine may be present in a molar excess to the aryl halide. In certain embodiment, the photocatalyst may be [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2 or an organic phenoxazine. In certain embodiments, the Ni salt catalyst solution includes a Ni(II) salt and a polar solvent, wherein the Ni(II) salt is dissolved in the polar solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Garret Miyake, Chern-Hooi Lim, Max Kudisch, Bin Liu
  • Publication number: 20200147582
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, devices and kits having a novel chromatographic material are provided herein for separating and identifying organic molecules and compounds, for example molecules and compounds containing electron rich functional groups such as carbon-carbon double bonds. The methods, compositions, and kits include a metal-thiolate chromatographic medium (MTCM) with a sulfur-containing functional group or a metal-selenolate chromatographic medium (MSCM) comprising a selenium-containing functional group covalently attached to a support medium, such that the sulfur-containing functional group or selenium-containing functional group is bound to at least one metal atom. The MTCM and/or MSCM has affinity and specificity to compounds having one or more carbon-carbon double bonds, and performs a highly efficient and rapid separation of samples yielding non-overlapping peaks of purified materials compared to traditional media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Yongsong HUANG, Jose C. APONTE, Rafael TAROZO, James DILLON
  • Publication number: 20200147583
    Abstract: A hydrated lime product exhibiting superior reactivity towards HCl and SO2 in air pollution control applications. Also disclosed is a method of providing highly reactive hydrated lime and the resultant lime hydrate where an initial lime feed comprising calcium and impurities is first ground to a particle-size distribution with relatively course particles. Smaller particles are then removed from this ground lime and the smaller particles are hydrated and flash dried to form a hydrated lime, which is then milled to a significantly smaller particle size than that of the relatively course particles. The resultant lime hydrate product has available CaOH of greater than 92%, a citric acid reactivity of less than 20 seconds, a BET surface area greater than 18, a D90 less than 10 ?m, a D50 less than 4 ?m, a D90/D50 less than 3, and a large pore volume of greater than 0.2 BJH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Randy J. Griffard, Gerald K. Bequette, William S. Allebach, SR., Paul J. Ramer
  • Publication number: 20200147584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silica powder storage package that stores a silica powder, in which the silica powder storage package preferably includes a bottomed container that has an opening portion, and a lid member that closes the opening portion, and further relates to a test kit including the silica powder storage package of the present invention, and the test kit being for allowing the silica powder to adsorb at least one part of the components in a liquid sample by injecting the liquid sample into the bottomed container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanobu KATSUKI, Hiroyuki YANO, Kohshi HONDA, Kouichi ADACHI, Atsushi WADA, Takahiro INOUE, Yuriko KOREKANE, Masaru SHIMOYAMA, Naoya KENBOU
  • Publication number: 20200147585
    Abstract: A method of mitigating the environmental impact of invasive Asian carp is provided. The method generally involves producing a metal sorbent from the defleshed bones of a plurality of Asian carp harvested from a body of water in which the carp is invasive, and/or treating a metal contaminated material with the metal sorbent, so as to support harvesting of the invasive Asian carp from the body of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: HAP-E, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Bressler, Duane Graves
  • Publication number: 20200147586
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to hydrocarbon emission control systems. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to substrates coated with hydrocarbon adsorptive coating compositions, air intake systems, and evaporative emission control systems for controlling evaporative emissions of hydrocarbons from motor vehicle engines and fuel systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: WOLFGANG RUETTINGER, STEVEN CHIN, LAIF R. ALDEN, CHEN CHEN, Akash Abraham
  • Publication number: 20200147587
    Abstract: A porous aluminum-based metal-organic framework (MOF) comprises inorganic aluminum chains linked via carboxylate groups of 1H-pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylate (HPDC) linkers, and of formula: [Al(OH)(C5H2O4N2)(H2O)].
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Omar M. Yaghi, JingJing Yang
  • Publication number: 20200147588
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to chromium-on-alumina dehydrogenation catalyst materials, to methods for making such catalysts, and to methods for dehydrogenating hydrocarbons using such catalysts. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for preparing a dehydrogenation catalyst material, the method comprising impregnating a chromium-on-alumina material with ascorbic acid, one or more of sodium, lithium and potassium (e.g., sodium), and chromium; and calcining the impregnated material to provide the dehydrogenation catalyst material comprising chromium in the range of 2.5 wt. % to about 35 wt. % and having no more than 100 ppm chromium(VI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Vladimir Z. FRIDMAN, Adam MONROE
  • Publication number: 20200147589
    Abstract: In a hydrogen reduction catalyst for carbon dioxide of the present invention, catalytic metal nanoparticles and a metal oxide for suppressing grain growth of the catalytic metal nanoparticles are dispersed and supported on a carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Asuka SHIMA, Yoshitsugu SONE, Omar MENDOZA, Takayuki ABE, Mitsuhiro INOUE
  • Publication number: 20200147590
    Abstract: An oxygen reduction catalyst containing as constituent elements cobalt, sulfur, and a transition metal element M being at least one element selected from chromium and molybdenum, the oxygen reduction catalyst being ascertained to have a crystal structure of a cobalt disulfide cubic crystal in powder X-ray diffraction measurement, and having a molar ratio of the transition metal element M to cobalt (M/cobalt) of 5/95 to 15/85. Also disclosed is an electrode having a catalyst layer containing the oxygen reduction catalyst, a membrane electrode assembly including a polymer electrolyte membrane wherein the electrode serves as a cathode and/or an anode, and a fuel cell including the membrane electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takuya IMAI, Kazuo FURUYA, Kunchan LEE, Suguru SAKAGUCHI, Yoshishige OKUNO
  • Publication number: 20200147591
    Abstract: A method of preparing hollow molybdate composite microspheres includes steps of: (1) dissolving 1-4 mmol of MCl2 in 20 ml of water to obtain a solution A and dissolving 1-4 mmol. of molybdic acid in 20 ml of water to obtain a solution B, followed by mixing the solution A and the solution B, in which M is Co, Ni, or Cu; (2) dissolving 10-40 mmol of urea in 40 ml of water, adding the mixed solution of step (1) and stirring uniformly; (3) placing the mixed solution of step (2) into a reaction vessel and reacting at 120-160° C. for 6-12 hours; (4) suction filtrating and water washing, followed by drying in a vacuum oven at 40-60° C.; (5) calcination at 350-500° C. for 2-4 hours in a Muffle furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jinyun Liao, Dongsheng Lu, Hao Li, Dingshu Xiao
  • Publication number: 20200147592
    Abstract: A method for treating the waste stream from a purified terephthalic acid (PTA) process is provided. The method comprises contacting a waste stream containing carbon monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and methyl bromide with a catalyst comprising a first base metal catalyst supported on an oxygen donating support that is substantially free of alumina, and at least one second base metal catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Laif R. Alden, Mark T. Buelow, Gerard D. Lapadula, Pascaline Harrison Tran, Tiep Pham, Howard Furbeck, Francis S. Romanski
  • Publication number: 20200147593
    Abstract: Provided herein are cinchonium betaine catalysts and methods of promoting asymmetric imine isomerization reactions using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Xiao Zhou, Yongwei Wu, Li Deng
  • Publication number: 20200147594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to silica-based heterogeneous zinc compounds which are suitable as catalysts in the reaction of amines with dialkyl carbonates to produce carbamates. The catalysts have the formula [SiO2]—CH2—CHR—X—COOZn[Y], wherein [SiO2] represents a silica carrier selected from the group consisting of ordered mesoporous silica and irregular amorphous narrow pore silica, R represents a moiety selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, —CH3, and —CH2CH3, preferably hydrogen, X is an aliphatic chain of 2 to 11 carbon atoms that optionally comprises ether moieties and [Y] represents a mono anion. The invention is also directed towards a method for the preparation of the aforementioned compounds and towards method for the alkoxycarbonylation of amines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Wershofen, Markus Dugal, Gernot Jaeger, Anton Vidal Ferran, Jose Luis Nuñez Rico
  • Publication number: 20200147595
    Abstract: A catalytically active substance includes a copper (I) sulfide mineral particle, and an alkyne functionalized molecule bound to a surface of the copper (I) sulfide mineral particle. In an example method, a copper (I) sulfide mineral is reacted with an alkyne functionalized molecule to form a catalytically active substance. The catalytically active substance is reacted with an azide functionalized molecule to couple the catalytically active substance with the azide functionalized molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Lewis J. Kraft