Patents Issued in August 29, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240286912
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a means for efficiently and economically separating and recovering transition metals including nickel and cobalt, and lithium from an aqueous sulfate solution comprising the transition metal and lithium as major components. The present invention is a process for producing lithium sulfate comprising: a step of concentration-crystallization to an aqueous solution comprising at least lithium sulfate and a transition metal sulfate as main components so as to obtain a slurry comprising lithium sulfate as a solid content, and a step of solid-liquid separation of the slurry obtained in the step of concentration-crystallization so as to separate lithium crystals and a crystallization mother liquor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tomohiro HONDA, Anyu ZHANG, Masayuki YOKOTA, Nobuyuki TAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20240286913
    Abstract: Methods of recovering lithium from glass include crushing the glass to produce glass particles and contacting the glass particles with an aqueous leaching solution at a leaching temperature greater than ambient temperature and less than the boiling temperature of the aqueous leaching solution to produce a leachate slurry. The glass particles include lithium. The aqueous leaching solution includes sulfuric acid in water or sodium hydroxide in water. Contacting the glass particles with the aqueous leaching solution leaches greater than or equal to about 50% of the lithium out of the glass particles. The methods further comprise separating the leachate slurry to produce a solid residue and a leachate, the leachate comprising the lithium leached from the glass particles. The method further include recovering the lithium from the leachate through precipitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Bavani Balakrisnan, Deqiu Fan, Qiang Fu, Yuhui Jin, Grace MaryAlice Yu Leahy, Cedrick Alexander O’Shaughnessy
  • Publication number: 20240286914
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of producing an annealing separator, an annealing separator and a grain-oriented magnetic steel. An annealing separator obtained by the method has high purity and excellent dispersibility and bonding strength, thus allowing formation of a uniform, dense forsterite layer on the surface of a grain-oriented magnetic steel. The method of producing an annealing separator comprises the following steps: step (1) in which magnesium oxide and an ammonium salt solution are mixed and reacted to prepare a magnesium salt solution and ammonia, and then the purified magnesium salt solution and the ammonia are reacted to obtain magnesium hydroxide, step (2) in which one portion of the obtained magnesium hydroxide is subjected to high temperature ageing at 155 to 230° C. while another portion of the obtained magnesium hydroxide is subjected to low temperature ageing at 10 to 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Xingdong Wang
  • Publication number: 20240286915
    Abstract: There are disclosed aluminum trihydroxide particles in which a D50 of the particles is about 3.0 ?m or less, a BET of about 3.0 m2/g or more, and a Li content of about 500 ppm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: So-Mi JEONG, Seong-Jun KIM, Yeong-Ha KIM, Ji-Hyun BANG, Yeo-Ju YOON
  • Publication number: 20240286916
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for integrated utilization of a calcium chloride solution and CO2. In this method, with the calcium chloride solution and the CO2 being taken as raw materials, a water-soluble amine is added as an auxiliary agent to promote the occurrence of a mineralization reaction. As a result of crystallization following the reaction, calcium carbonate and a solution of a hydrochloride of the water-soluble amine are obtained. After the reaction is completed, the water-soluble amine is regenerated by subjecting a liquid phase resulting from separation to bipolar membrane electrodialysis, and dilute hydrochloric acid is obtained as a by-product at the same time. The method provides a novel perspective and approach to integrated utilization of calcium chloride-containing liquid waste and flue gas CO2. The water-soluble amine allows excellent mineralization, and the bipolar membrane electrodialysis enables excellent regeneration of the amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: East China University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chenglin LIU, Jianguo YU, Ying YANG, Yuan MA
  • Publication number: 20240286917
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing calcium carbonate solids from alkaline minerals including the following method steps: Supplying alkaline minerals and an extraction agent into a reactor tank. Stirring the alkaline minerals and the extraction agent in the reactor tank such that a first suspension is formed. Draining of the first suspension from the reactor tank and separating a liquid phase comprising calcium from the first suspension and transferring the liquid phase into a carbonation tank. Supplying a gas comprising CO2 into the carbonation tank, wherein the consumption of CO2 results in the precipitation of calcium carbonate solids thereby generating a second suspension and nucleating and growing of the calcium carbonate solids. Furthermore, a measure of the consumed CO2 is determined by at least one sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: ETH Zürich
    Inventors: Johannes Tiefenthaler, Marco Mazzotti, Mattheus Meijssen
  • Publication number: 20240286918
    Abstract: Processes of producing nanoparticles from solid phase precursor non-nanoparticles. Contacting a solid phase precursor non-nanoparticle selected from oxides of metals and metalloids, carbides of metals and metalloids, nitrides of metals and metalloids, borides of metals and metalloids, silicides of metals and metalloids, and phosphides of metals and metalloids, and mixtures thereof, with one or more onium ions in water in a vessel. Some processes can be one pot processes. The vessel is agitated and held at temperature for a time sufficient to form nanoparticles with the same crystalline structure as the solid phase precursor non-nanoparticle as determined by XRD and/or TEM. Nanoparticles made by the processes. Processes of use of the nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Michel W. BARSOUM, Hussein Osama BADR, Tarek Aly ELMELIGY
  • Publication number: 20240286919
    Abstract: Methods of forming spinel ferrite nanoparticles containing a chromium-substituted copper ferrite as well as properties (e.g. particle size, crystallite size, pore size, surface area) of these spinel ferrite nanoparticles are described. Methods of preventing or reducing microbe growth on a surface by applying these spinel ferrite nanoparticles onto the surface in the form of a suspension or an antimicrobial product are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventors: Mohammad Azam ANSARI, Abdulhadi BAYKAL
  • Publication number: 20240286920
    Abstract: A method for producing manganese(II) sulfate monohydrate includes a pulverization and washing step of pulverizing and washing a manganese-containing by-product, a leaching step of leaching the pulverized manganese-containing by-product after the pulverization and washing step to produce a leachate, a neutralization step of neutralizing the leachate produced in the leaching step, an impurity removal step of removing impurities from the leachate neutralized in the neutralization step, a solvent extraction step of recovering manganese in the form of an aqueous solution of manganese sulfate from a process liquid subjected to the impurity removal step by using a solvent extraction method, and a crystallization step of producing manganese(II) sulfate monohydrate by evaporating and concentrating the aqueous solution of manganese sulfate produced in the solvent extraction step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Min Ji KIM, Sang Chil PARK
  • Publication number: 20240286921
    Abstract: A method for producing a nickel sulfate solution includes a leaching step of leaching a nickel cathode in sulfuric acid under a high temperature and a high pressure to produce a leachate, a neutralization step of neutralizing the leachate produced in the leaching step to produce a neutralized solution, and a filtration step of filtering the neutralized solution produced in the neutralization step to produce a filtrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Heon Sik CHOI, Jae Hoon JOO, Tae Kyung LEE
  • Publication number: 20240286922
    Abstract: A lithium metal composite oxide contains a secondary particle which is an aggregate of primary particles and a single particle which exists independently of the secondary particle, in which the lithium metal composite oxide has a layered rock-salt structure, is represented by Composition Formula (I), and satisfies (1) and (2) below. (1): 1.2?LA/LB<1.60 (LA is a crystallite diameter obtained from a diffraction peak within the range of 2?=18.8±1° and LB is a crystallite diameter obtained from a diffraction peak within the range of 2?=38.3±1° in a diffraction peak obtained from powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays.) (2): a Me occupancy at a lithium site in the layered rock-salt structure is 2.5% or less, as determined by analyzing the diffraction peaks by the Rietveld analysis method, and the Me is Ni, Co, Mn, or X1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Marie TAKIGUCHI, Daisuke NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20240286923
    Abstract: A method for producing a lithium metal composite oxide, including a calcining step of introducing a gas mixture inside a calcining furnace and calcining a substance to be calcined in the calcining furnace at a temperature of higher than 600° C., in which the substance to be calcined is a raw material mixture containing a mixture of a metal composite compound and a lithium compound or a reaction product of the metal composite compound and the lithium compound, the gas mixture before introduction contains oxygen, an amount of moisture in the gas mixture is 8 vol % or more and 85 vol % or less, and an amount of carbon dioxide in the gas mixture is less than 4 vol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Takahiro SHOJI
  • Publication number: 20240286924
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode composite material, a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode and a lithium ion secondary battery. The positive electrode composite material comprises: a positive electrode matrix material doped with Mg element; and a fluoride present on the surface of the positive electrode matrix material in a dotted form, the fluoride containing MgF2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jixian LV, Siming YANG, Yuli LI, Kazumasa TAKESHI
  • Publication number: 20240286925
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for establishing a secured digital interconnection between vessels and optimizing a route of a vessel (1) for collecting maximum micro-plastics (30) from an aquatic environment, the system comprising: a collection unit (40) through which water containing micro-plastics (30) flows, a first set of sensors (60) operationally coupled to the collection unit (40) and configured to generate a first set of data by periodically measuring amount of micro-plastics (30) flowing in the collection unit (40), a second set of sensors (70) operationally coupled to the vessel (1) and configured to generate a second set of data by monitoring local environmental conditions, a communication device communicatively coupled to the vessel (1) and configured to authenticate ID, timestamp and location of other vessels and then communicate the first set of data and the second set of data between other vessels in the aquatic environment, a processing unit (90) coupled to the first set of sensors (6
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Nobuyoshi MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240286926
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water treatment unit including a filter disposed downstream of a water inlet, wherein the water inlet is intended to supply the filter with water to be treated, a conduit system disposed downstream of the filter in order to remove treated water that has flowed through the filter in the direction of a water outlet for release of water to a user, and an ozone generator set up to introduce ozone into an ozone supply conduit, wherein the ozone supply conduit opens into the conduit system between the filter and the water outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Aquis Systems AG
    Inventors: Kai Huck, Ingolf Gröning
  • Publication number: 20240286927
    Abstract: Disclosed are an organic waste treatment apparatus and method with improved energy consumption efficiency and increased heating rates. An aspect of the present embodiment provides an organic waste treatment method and apparatus with improved energy consumption efficiency and increased heating rates. The apparatus includes a preheating tank configured to receive and preheat organic waste to be treated; a plurality of thermal hydrolysis reactors; a steam-water separator; a decompression tank; a post-treatment unit; and a control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: BKT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Soo CHOI, Guk JEONG, Min Ki JUNG, Jae Min CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240286928
    Abstract: Water distillation device, comprising: a body having a lateral wall and defining a cavity suitable for allowing the distillation of an amount of water to distill, wherein in said cavity are defined a distillation chamber and a condensation chamber, wherein the condensation chamber comprises a collection portion designed to collect at least temporarily distilled water, at least a heater, configured to heat the amount of water to distill present, in use, in the distillation chamber, a cooler, configured to determine a condensation of a distillation steam, a pre-heater for the water to distill, positioned outside of said cavity, said pre-heater being configured to pre-heat the water to distill before an its inflow in the distillation chamber and comprising: a containment vase for the water to pre-heat, an inlet duct configured to allow the introduction of the water to pre-heat within said containment vase, an outlet duct, connected with the cavity, in particular with the distillation chamber and configured t
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Gianpaolo TRIVELLI, Gianluigi TRIVELLI, Mauro GAZZELLI, Claudio RAGGI
  • Publication number: 20240286929
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods for purifying and/or removing multiply charged cations and suspended solids from water. In particular the process relates to an additive composition that has the appropriate surfactant characteristics for effectively removing multiply charged cations and suspended solids from an aqueous or oil/aqueous mixed phase via foam fractionation. According to the invention, a hydrophobically modified polymer that acts as an associative thickener is used in the presence of a source of alkalinity or anionic reactant as well as surfactant in appropriate ratios to facilitate multiply charged cation and suspended solids removal for water purification in any of a number of commercial, environmental and industrial applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Michael Charles DeNoma
  • Publication number: 20240286930
    Abstract: The technology subject of the present application concerns a water treatment system utilizing hexacyanoferrate salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ori LAHAV, Raz BEN-ASHER, Paz NATIV, Noga FRIDMAN-BISHOP
  • Publication number: 20240286931
    Abstract: A perfluoroalkyl compound-adsorbing activated carbon for adsorbing perfluoroalkyl compounds in water containing contaminants, wherein the activated carbon adsorbent has a pore volume sum of 0.025 cm3/g or less of pores having a pore diameter of 2 to 50 nm as measured by the DH plot method, and the activated carbon adsorbent has a pore volume sum of 0.014 cm3/g or more of pores having a pore diameter of 1.5 to 2 nm as measured by the MP plot method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto YOKOI, Shohei MIURA
  • Publication number: 20240286932
    Abstract: A method of removing microplastic particles from a water-based liquid, comprising the exposure of the liquid to a solid surface on which is retained a sorbitan monooleate surfactant, in a concentration suitable for entrapping substantially all microplastic particles. The method is useful for removing microplastic particles and microfibres from fresh and saline natural waters, effluent water, such as grey water, storm water and waste waters from industrial processes, in addition to any kind of product based on water, such as mineral waters, milk, fruit juices, beverages, pharmaceutical and veterinary products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Paul NEWMAN, Spencer Edwin TAYLOR, Nicholas James ROTH, Roderick Clive GASKIN, Gayathri Devi ARIARATNAM
  • Publication number: 20240286933
    Abstract: An advanced oxidation process system and associated method includes a device with a housing having a wall with a first side exposed to water of the swimming pool or spa and a second side opposite from the first side. The device additionally includes an ultraviolet lamp within the housing. In some embodiments, an electrical ballast for an ultraviolet generator may be attached to the second side of the wall and in thermal contact with the wall. In certain embodiments, an end cap may be attachable to and removable from the housing, and the ultraviolet lamp may be supported by the end cap and positionable within the water chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Timothy McNeil, Zachary T. Vogtner, Anthony Levacque, Steven Andrews
  • Publication number: 20240286934
    Abstract: A water purification module includes a fluid path and a control unit. The flow path includes a cationic resin cartridge, an anionic resin cartridge in fluid communication with the cationic resin cartridge, and at least one bypass fluid path arranged to bypass one of the cationic resin cartridge and the anionic resin cartridge, while allowing water to flow to the other of the cationic resin cartridge and the anionic resin cartridge. The flow path also includes a valve arrangement comprising one or more valves configured to selectively direct water to the at least one bypass fluid path. The control unit is configured to control the valve arrangement to direct water to the at least one bypass fluid path based on a production mode of the water purification module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Carl-Henry ÖRNDAL, Sophie SANDBLAD, Peter SENDELIUS, Markus NILSSON
  • Publication number: 20240286935
    Abstract: Processes for removing heat stable amine salts from a contaminated aqueous amine solution are proposed comprising passing a feedstream of the contaminated aqueous amine solution in an electrodialysis zone comprising at least one repeat unit with an amine solution compartment for receiving the feedstream, a waste compartment, and an anion source compartment receiving an anion source stream or a bi-polar membrane disposed for providing anions balancing the heat stable anions. Monitoring of an anion source-related parameter being correlated to the anion source concentration of the anion-depleted source stream, or of a waste parameter being correlated to an acid concentration of the waste stream, is performed to further adjust an addition of the anion source or a removal of the waste stream in accordance with the monitored parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: ELECTROSEP INC.
    Inventor: Paul PARISI
  • Publication number: 20240286936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for electroenergizing water and aqueous solutions (100) for agriculture and livestock farming, comprising an electron trap (200), a fluidic circuit (300), a control unit (400), an interface (500), and a dispensing device (600), wherein the electron trap (200) is provided with a housing (201), at least one cathode (210) with at least one internal electrode (220) disposed within the housing (201), and at least one anode (230) with at least one external electrode (233) disposed between the inside and the outside of the housing (201) in a recess thereof, wherein the external electrode (233) partially remains inserted into the housing so as to have 5 to 80%, preferably 15 to 70%, preferably 20 to 60% of its volume inside the housing (201), wherein the external electrode (233) has free surfaces and/or surfaces with rounded ends, both upstream and downstream of the flow of a fluid (F) passing through the electron trap (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Adriano Duvoisin, Fabio Eduardo Baggio
  • Publication number: 20240286937
    Abstract: Provided are: a novel heavy metal treatment agent having improved performance for treating elements of groups 6-16 of the periodic table or compounds thereof, including treatment of incinerated ash and wastewater, etc.; and a method for treating incinerated ash and wastewater using the heavy metal treatment agent. This heavy metal treatment agent includes at least one dithiocarbamate of one or more amine compounds represented by any of formulae (I) to (III): wherein m represents an integer of 3 to 6; wherein each of the n Xs independently represents a hydrogen atom or a 2-aminoethyl group, at least one X is a 2-aminoethyl group, n is an integer of 1 to 3 and the total number of nitrogen atoms is 4 to 8; and wherein o is an integer of 0 to 2, p is 0 or 1, q is 0 or 1, r is an integer of 0 to 3, the sum of o, p and r is greater than or equal to 1, and the total number of nitrogen atoms is 3 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: MIYOSHI OIL & FAT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TERADA, Yuichiro TAKAMATSU, Koji KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20240286938
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure can include a system for dispensing purified and sterilized fluid and/or solution. The delivery system can include a fluid reservoir, a sterilization and/or purification mechanism, a solution production mechanism, a dispensing mechanism, and a controller. The system can dispense the purified and sterilized fluid and/or solution on-demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Foss, William Kolosi, Dale Ashby, Gino Banco, Paul Resendes
  • Publication number: 20240286939
    Abstract: An enhanced granular sludge bed (AGBR) process for wastewater treatment, including use of fluidized bed media and process control by regulating redox reaction conditions, is provided. Further embodiments may relate to multiple stage biological processes with fluidized bed media for simultaneous removal of carbon and nutrient from wastewater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ravi Chidambaran, Nitin Chandan, Narendra Singh Bisht, Vishal Vishwas Phalke
  • Publication number: 20240286940
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for removing nitrogen pollution from a body of water. The apparatus includes a platform configured to be released into and float on the body of water, the platform including a confinement area. A pump is connected to the platform, with the pump being configured to pump water into the confinement area during a first period, and the pump being configured to not pump water into the confinement area during a second period. A drain is positioned in the platform configured to intermittently release water out of the confinement area. A substrate is provided in the confinement area, with the substrate being configured to allow for the formation of a biofilm on the substrate. The pump and drain are configured such that during the first period, water is moved into the confinement area by the pump and out of the confinement area through the drain, and the formed biofilm performs nitrification to convert at least one of ammonia and ammonium in the water into nitrite and nitrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Eleanor Catherine Sangree, Jesse Raymond Wexler
  • Publication number: 20240286941
    Abstract: Industrial and residential water treatment systems and devices are disclosed for use in preventing hard water buildup or in removing such buildup. The systems and devices include fixed and removable components for delivering water treatment composition. In addition, novel water treatment compositions and methods of treating water are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Byron Laird WASHBURN, Sean TERRY
  • Publication number: 20240286942
    Abstract: A process for treating a feed fluid in a manner that results in providing a product fluid for a predetermined destination. The process includes the steps of providing the source fluid to a first treatment step, the feed fluid being aqueous and comprising a hydrocarbonaceous constituent present in the range of 100 to 1000 ppm total petroleum hydrocarbon. Prior to the first treatment step, the process injecting a microgas solution into the feed fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Paul Englram
  • Publication number: 20240286943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water purifier provided with a composite filter, and more particularly, to a water purifier provided with a composite filter, which enables the implementation of an additional function using an external treatment member in a process in which raw water passes through a composite filter as the water purifier cannot only receive raw water, discharge second purified water, receive externally treated water, discharge third purified water, but also discharge residential water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hun MOON, Chan Jung PARK, Jung Hun LEE, Doo Won HAN, Sung Han YUN, Woo Jin KANG, Ju Hyuk EOM, Keun Hwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20240286944
    Abstract: Methods and systems of treating textile wastewater may involve reducing the pH of the wastewater to a threshold pH range prior to adding a transition metal source and oxidizing agent to the wastewater for reducing total suspended solids (TSS), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and chemical oxygen demand (COD). The system design allows for optimum residence time for the chemistry to interact with wastewater effluent and remove unwanted precipitates within the wastewater source. Beneficially, the methods and systems can remove precipitates in a continuous system without the need for filtration systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kaustav Ghosh, Olivia Mary Neville, Craig Coldiron, Russell Berman
  • Publication number: 20240286945
    Abstract: An alkali-free glass sheet of the present invention contains, as a glass composition, in mol %, from 64 to 72% of SiO2, from 11 to 15% of Al2O3, from 0 to 4% of B203, from 0 to 0.5% of Li2O'Na2O+K2O, from 5 to 12% of MgO, from 7 to 12% of CaO, from 0 to 1% of SrO, from 0 to 1% of BaO, and from 15 to 19% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and has a mol % ratio B203/Al2O3 of from 0.1 to 0.4, and a mol % ratio MgO/CaO of from 0.1 to 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mayu NISHIMIYA
  • Publication number: 20240286946
    Abstract: Provided is a glass for a magnetic recording medium substrate or for a glass spacer for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, in which a mole ratio of the total content of Al2O3and MgO relative to the total content of SiO2 and CaO [(Al2O3+MgO)/(SiO2+CaO)] is in a range of 0.417 or more and 0.6 or less, the total content of SiO2 and Al2O3 (SiO2+Al2O3) is in a range of 64 mol % or more and 85 mol % or less, the total content of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, and CaO (SiO2+Al2O3+MgO+CaO) is in a range of 87 mol % or more and 98 mol % or less, the Na2O content is 0 mol %, and an average linear expansion coefficient of the glass at 100° C. to 300° C. is 68×10?7/° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi SATO, Kazuaki HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240286947
    Abstract: Glass compositions include one or more of tungsten oxide (WO3), boron oxide (B2O3), lanthanum oxide (La2O3), niobia (Nb2O5), titania (TiO2) and zirconia (ZrO2) as essential components and may optionally include yttria (Y2O3), barium oxide (BaO), calcium oxide (CaO), antimony oxide (Sb2O3), P2O5(phosphorus oxide), PbO (lead oxide), GeO2 (germania) and other components. The glass compositions feature high refractive index and high transmittance in the blue portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Philippe Lehuede, Antoine Marie Joseph Lepicard, Alexander I. Priven
  • Publication number: 20240286948
    Abstract: Athermal glasses and athermal systems for infrared optical components and systems are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: SCHOTT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mark J. Davis
  • Publication number: 20240286949
    Abstract: An enamel composition, a method for preparing an enamel composition, and a cooking appliance are provided. The enamel composition may include 15 to 50 wt % of silicon dioxide (SiO2); 1 to 10 wt % of boron oxide (B2O3); 10 to 20 wt % of at least one of lithium oxide (Li2O), sodium oxide (Na2O), or potassium oxide (K2O); 1 to 5 wt % of sodium fluoride (NaF); 1 to 10 wt % of zinc oxide (ZnO); and 20 to 50 wt % of at least one of titanium dioxide (TiO2), molybdenum oxide (MoO3), bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), cerium dioxide (CeO2), manganese dioxide (MnO2), or Iron oxide (Fe2O3), which provides an enamel composition with a reduced cleaning time, and facilitates cleaning without soaking in water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Suyeon CHOI, Young Seok KIM
  • Publication number: 20240286950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for producing an enamel functional layer, especially an antistatic layer or an electronically conductive corrosion protection layer, to the use of this composition, to a process for producing an enamel coating on a substrate, and to articles having a base body and an enamel functional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
    Inventors: Torsten Lorenz, Sabine Hönig
  • Publication number: 20240286951
    Abstract: Embodiments of a deadfront article are provided. The deadfront article includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface. The deadfront article also includes a semi-transparent layer disposed onto the second surface of the substrate. The semi-transparent layer has a region of a solid color or of a design of two or more colors, and the semi-transparent layer has a first optical density. Further, the deadfront article includes a contrast layer disposed onto the region. The contrast layer is configured to enhance visibility of the color(s) of the semi-transparent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Wade Fenton, Antoine Daniel Lesuffleur, Xu Ouyang, Yawei Sun, Joshua Lee Tokar
  • Publication number: 20240286952
    Abstract: An architectural transparency includes a substrate; a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the substrate, a first metallic layer over the first dielectric layer, a first primer layer over the first metallic layer, a second dielectric layer over the first primer layer, a second metallic layer over the second dielectric layer, a second primer layer over the second metallic layer, a third dielectric layer over the second primer layer, a third metallic layer over the third dielectric layer, a third primer layer over the third dielectric layer, and a fourth dielectric layer over the third primer layer. At least one of the metallic layers is a subcritical metallic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Adam D. Polcyn, Jeffrey A. Benigni, Abhinav Bhandari, Harry Buhay, James J. Finley, Paul A. Medwick, Dennis J. O'Shaughnessy, Paul R. Ohodnicki, Jr., JR., James P. Thiel, Andrew V. Wagner
  • Publication number: 20240286953
    Abstract: The present invention provides an article having a water- and oil-repellent surface layer, as well as excellent water- and oil-repellent properties, abrasion resistance (resistance to abrasion by eraser), and slipperiness, said article being constituted from: a glass substrate; an underlayer formed upon the outer surface of the glass substrate and having a silicon oxide as the main component thereof; and a water- and oil-repellent surface layer formed upon the outer surface of the silicon oxide underlayer. The film density of the silicon oxide underlayer is 1.8-2.2 g/cm3. The water- and oil-repellent surface layer has, as the main component thereof: a fluoropolyether group-containing polymer having a hydrolyzable silyl group with a specific structure; and/or a cured product of a partially hydrolyzed condensate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi UCHIDA, Ryuto HAYASHI, Yuji YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20240286954
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multifunctional electromagnetic waveguide from a tapered optical fiber is provided. The method involves mounting the optical fiber on a roto-translational handling apparatus, forming a first mask on a tapered section of the optical fiber to define a shape of an optical window, forming a first metal layer around the tapered section leaving a lateral edge of the first mask uncovered, removing the first mask by chemical etching to uncover the optical window, depositing a first transparent layer around the tapered section, depositing a second metal layer around the first transparent layer, forming a second mask that defines a shape of a conductive track, removing the second metal layer by chemical etching, and removing the second mask by chemical etching to uncover the conductive track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ferruccio PISANELLO, Massimo DE VITTORIO, Marco PISANELLO, Antonio BALENA, Barbara SPAGNOLO, Filippo PISANO, Marco BIANCO, Leonardo SILEO
  • Publication number: 20240286955
    Abstract: A cement dispersant comprises component i) and at least one of components ii) and iii). Component i) is a naphthalenesulfonic acid polycondensate being obtainable by a condensation reaction of i-1) a naphthalenesulfonic acid, i-2) an alkoxylated hydroxyaryl compound having a polyoxyalkylene chain with 3 to 130 oxyalkylene units, and i-3) formaldehyde, in a weight ratio of i-1):i-2) of 95:5 to 60:40. Component ii) is a phosphorylated polycondensate being obtainable by a condensation reaction of ii-1) an aromatic compound having a phosphate moiety, ii-2) an alkoxylated hydroxyaryl compound having a polyoxyalkylene chain with 3 to 130 oxyalkylene units, and ii-3) formaldehyde, in a weight ratio of ii-1):ii-2) of 2:98 to 40:60. Component iii) is a polycarboxylate ether having a carbon-chain backbone with anionic and/or anionogenic groups and polyoxyalkylene side chains having an average of 3 to 130 oxyalkylene units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Gulnihal AYKAN, Michael SCHMIDT, Sridhara GOWDA, Massimo BANDIERA
  • Publication number: 20240286956
    Abstract: Cement slurries, cured cements, and methods of making cured cement and methods of using cement slurries are provided. The cement slurries have, among other attributes, improved expanding capabilities and may be used, for instance, in the oil and gas drilling industry. The cement slurry comprises water, a cement precursor material, and an expanding agent. The expanding agent comprising at least a poly(acrylic acid)-metal oxide nanocomposite, where the metal oxide comprises MgO, CaO, or both, and the poly(acrylic acid) comprises a t-butyl terminal group, an isobornyl terminal group, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Simone Musso, Sivaprakash Shanmugam
  • Publication number: 20240286957
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a polycarboxylate ether polymer to be used as a grinding aid during the grinding of cementitious materials, said polymer having sacrificial linkages that preferentially break inside the cement mill. The polymer can have a polycarboxylate ether structure comprising free carboxylic acid groups, neutralized carboxylic acid groups, at least one side chain A and at least one side chain B. The at least one side chain A comprises a group (AlkO)m and the at least one chain B comprises a group (AlkO)n, where AlkO represents an alkylene oxide, and m and n are integers with m<n.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Julien CHAPELAT, Robert WOJTASZCZYK
  • Publication number: 20240286958
    Abstract: Accelerators and binders including steelmaking slag and their use in construction materials, wherein the accelerators for the reaction of steelmaking slag with water are being selected from the group consisting of alkanolamines, reducing agents, sugars, sugar acids, carboxylic acids or their salts, amino acids or their salts, sulfamic acid, glyoxal, acetylacetone, pyrocatechol, nitrilotri(methylphosphonic acid), etidronic acid, mineral salts, or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Jérôme SOUDIER, Olivier LEVESQUE, Javier QUESADA, Joris GOUY-PAILLER, Ramiro GARCIA
  • Publication number: 20240286959
    Abstract: The present application provides a high-saturation and low-loss bi-component microwave ferrite material, and a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The high-saturation and low-loss bi-component microwave ferrite material comprises a first microwave ferrite material and a second microwave ferrite material. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) mixing a first microwave ferrite material with a second microwave ferrite material according to the formula amounts, and then performing wet ball milling to obtain a ball-milled material; (2) drying the ball-milled material obtained in step (1), and sieving and then granulating same; and (3) sequentially forming and sintering the granulated particles obtained from step (2) to obtain a high-saturation and low-loss two-component microwave ferrite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yuanzhen WANG, Likang ZHANG, Feiyu LV, Yangzhong DU
  • Publication number: 20240286960
    Abstract: A coating system includes a bond layer including CoNiCrAlY; a thermal barrier layer at least partially disposed on the bond layer and including yttria stabilised zirconia; a mesh layer connecting the thermal barrier layer to the bond layer and including CoNiCrAlY; and an abradable layer disposed on the thermal barrier layer and including magnesium spinel. The mesh layer includes a plurality of cells connected to each other and is at least partially embedded in the thermal barrier layer. Each cell defines a cell opening therethrough and the cell opening of each of the plurality of cells at least partially receives the thermal barrier layer therein. The abradable layer and the thermal barrier layer are at least partially removable from the mesh layer and the bond layer without damaging them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventor: Thomas M. MULCAHY
  • Publication number: 20240286961
    Abstract: A process for 3D printing articles made of carbon or graphite includes producing a flowable polymeric mixture from a UV permeable and polymerizable polymer or cellulose and a UV crosslinkable resin, admixing the polymeric mixture with sugar and/or cellulose until the mixture has a consistency such that it can be filled into a 3D printer and processed thereby, homogenizing the mixture at room temperature or elevated temperature, filling a 3D printer with the mixture, layerwise printing a shaped article with simultaneous exposure to UV radiation for layerwise crosslinking of the UV crosslinkable resin, cleaning the shaped article, introducing the UV precured shaped article into a furnace and stabilizing the UV precured shaped article in air at a predetermined stabilizing temperature until all volatile constituents have outgassed from the prefabricated shaped article and subsequently high temperature treating the shaped article for carbonization or graphitization in a furnace under protective gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Nippon Kornmeyer Carbon Group GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten KORNMEYER, David KLEIN, Michael GERADS