Organic Material Containing Patents (Class 106/724)
  • Patent number: 11746051
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, a cement board is disclosed. The cement board comprises a core having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and a binder including a pozzolan material and a water-resistant additive, wherein the water-resistant additive is present in an amount of less than 5 wt. % based on the weight of the pozzolan material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PermaBASE Building Products, LLC
    Inventor: James Hickey
  • Patent number: 11466202
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods of using a liquid suspension of hollow particles comprising a plurality of hollow particles, water, a suspending aid, and a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of a non-ionic surfactant, a latex, an oleaginous fluid, porous silica, and combinations thereof. The liquid suspension is homogenous. An example method includes statically storing the liquid suspension in a container for at least one week; wherein the liquid suspension maintains a difference in density from the top of the container to the bottom of the container of less than one pound per gallon while stored. The method further includes adding the liquid suspension to a treatment fluid; wherein the liquid suspension reduces the density of the treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Xueyu Pang, Gregory Hundt, Samuel Lewis, Thomas Singh Sodhi, John P. Singh, Brendon Tan
  • Patent number: 11149399
    Abstract: A track-type shotcrete integrated system includes: a proportioner working bin, a storage bin, a power bin, and load-bearing legs, wherein bottom sections of the load-bearing legs are equipped with a track chassis for moving, and the track chassis is electrically connected to a track controller; the storage bin contains a storage tank I and a storage tank II for storing different raw materials; a feed pump I is installed on a top of the storage tank I, and a feed pump II is installed on a top of the storage tank II; inlet pipes of the feed pump I and the feed pump II insert into the storage tank I and storage tank II respectively, and outlet pipes of the feed pump I and the feed pump II are connected to a feed pipe I and a feed pipe II respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: Infrastructure Renewal Institute of Southern China., WELEAD Infrastructure Engineering Technology (Zhengzhou), Ltd.
    Inventors: Fuming Wang, Hongyuan Fang, Peng Zhao, Yanhui Pan, Xianfeng Zhao, Yingli Wang
  • Patent number: 10968108
    Abstract: A process for the manufacturing of a slurry containing nucleating agents which comprises reacting at least one source of a Ca containing compound with at least one source of a Si containing compound, in an aqueous media and in the presence of a doping agent selected from the group consisting of P, B, S, and mixtures thereof; wherein: (i) the reaction is carried out at a temperature comprised from 100 to 350° C.; (ii) the total molar ratio Ca/Si is 1.5-2.5, and (iii) the total molar ratio doping agent/Si is 0.01-2; provided that: (a) when the sole doping agent is P, the total molar ratio P/Si is 0.1-2; (b) when the sole doping agent is B, the total molar ratio B/Si is 0.01-2, and (c) when the sole doping agent is S, the total molar ratio S/Si is 0.1-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
    Inventors: Jorge Sánchez Dolado, Juan José Gaitero Redondo
  • Patent number: 10590327
    Abstract: Provided is a method for cementing. The method comprises providing a glass bead suspension comprising water, a synthetic hectorite, and glass beads. The method further comprises mixing the glass bead suspension with components comprising cement and additional water to form a cement composition. The method additionally comprises allowing the cement composition to set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter James Boul, Gregory Robert Hundt, Joseph Kleber Maxson, Simone Elizabeth Ashley Lumsden, Darrell Chad Brenneis, Ronnie Glen Morgan
  • Patent number: 10544349
    Abstract: Compositions comprising: (i) a hydraulic cement; and (ii) a polymer comprising at least one monomer having an oxazoline group. Methods of cementing in a well comprising: (A) forming a hydraulic cement composition comprising: (i) a hydraulic cement; (ii) a polymer comprising at least one monomer having an oxazoline group; and (iii) water; (B) introducing the hydraulic cement composition into the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh Muthusamy, Remitha Anandoth Koyitti, Abhimanyu Pramod Deshpande, Sohini Bose, Rahul Chandrakant Patil
  • Patent number: 10435332
    Abstract: A hydraulic composition is prepared by mixing (A) an admixture aqueous solution containing a water-soluble salt which is a water-reducing agent or setting retarder, and a water-soluble cellulose ether with (B) a fresh concrete composition containing a hydraulic substance, an aggregate, and water at job site. The method is effective for preventing the admixture solution from thickening even though the water-soluble cellulose ether without glyoxal treatment is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 10322969
    Abstract: The present invention is a dispersant composition for a hydraulic composition, which includes (A) a cement dispersant composed of a polymer having a naphthalene ring-containing monomer unit, and (B) one or more specific alkylene oxide-added compounds represented by the general formula (B1), wherein a molar ratio of a total amount of (B) to the naphthalene ring-containing monomer unit in (A) is 3% or more and 16% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Saida, Koji Koyanagi, Masaaki Shimoda, Shunya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10308553
    Abstract: A structural lightweight concrete composition comprising cement, a fine aggregate such as sand, a natural coarse aggregates, such as limestone, scoria or perlite or mixtures thereof, a synthetic coarse aggregate comprising a polymeric material, such as polypropylene beads, an industrial waste byproduct in the form of fine particles, such as silica fume or heavy oil ash, a superplasticizer, such as a polycarboxylate ether and water demonstrating lower thermal conductivity and sufficient compressive strength. Concrete products made therefrom and methods for producing such products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohammed Maslehuddin, Salah U. Al-Dulaijan, Mohammed Rizwan Ali, Mahmoud Nasr
  • Patent number: 10300442
    Abstract: An air void-forming agent, more particularly for cementitious systems, contains at least one air void-forming material with foaming effect, at least one air void-forming material with defoaming effect, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Franz Wombacher, Christian Bürge, Christophe Kurz, Marc Schmutz
  • Patent number: 10294157
    Abstract: Provided is a cement additive that can suppress the production of Glauber's salt as a by-product, and that can express excellent retention when turned into a cement composition. Also provided is a cement composition including such cement additive. Also provided is a raw material for a cement additive to be used in such cement additive. The cement additive of the present invention includes: a polycarboxylic acid-based copolymer (A) having a structural unit (I) derived from an unsaturated polyalkylene glycol-based monomer (a) represented by the specific general formula (1) and a structural unit (II) derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid-based monomer (b) represented by the specific general formula (2); and an alkanolamine compound (B), in which a content of the structural unit (II) with respect to a total amount of the structural unit (I) and the structural unit (II) is 60 mol % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Takayama, Marie Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10266449
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods involving the use of a carboxylate graft polymer having high molecular weight and low ratio of acid-to-polyoxyalkylene groups. Such clay-mitigation is particularly useful for treating clay and clay-bearing aggregates, particularly those aggregates used for construction purposes. The present invention minimizes the need to wash the aggregates, thus preserving fine aggregates (“fines”) content in construction materials, and thereby beneficiating the performance and/or properties of construction materials containing the clay-bearing aggregates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: GCP Applied Technologies Inc., L'Beste Gat Ltd.
    Inventors: Lawrence Kuo, Nathan Tregger, Ho Lee, O-il Kwon
  • Patent number: 10221095
    Abstract: A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a method of cementing in a subterranean formation, comprising: providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; activating the set-delayed cement composition; introducing the set-delayed cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance Everett Brothers, Thomas Jason Pisklak
  • Patent number: 10214472
    Abstract: A solubilizer is used to stabilize crude polyol produced from biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Dieter Honert, Hans Knauber, Thomas Müller
  • Patent number: 10214453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to advanced cement free composition for concrete and panels useful in construction industry and the method of preparation thereof. Particularly the present invention relates to advanced cement free composition constituting Sea sand, Fly Ash, Seawater, NaOH and Na2SiO3 (sodium meta silicate). More particularly the present invention relates to advanced cement free composition for concrete and panels with comprehensive strength of 15 to 30 MPa and flexural strength of 1.5-3.0 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Sudhir Sitaram Amritphale, Sarika Verma, Mohammed Akram Khan, Prabha Padmakaran, Avneesh Anshul, Satyabrata Das
  • Patent number: 10077211
    Abstract: It discloses cement grinding aids prepared with waste antifreeze which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 20-75 parts of pretreated waste antifreeze, 5-40 parts of alkanolamine, 1-5 parts of acid solution, 3-12 parts of saccharide and 15-50 parts of water. The pretreated waste antifreeze is prepared by adding an alkaline solution into waste antifreeze to regulate the pH value, adding a flocculant, and stirring and standing; separating upper-layer oil, and then filtering to remove flocculent precipitates, thus obtaining a clear mixed solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Weifeng Li, Suhua Ma, Xiaodong Shen
  • Patent number: 10047008
    Abstract: Methods for plasticizing cementitious mixtures having relatively high water/cement ratio (at least 0.40 or higher) are surprisingly improved in terms of dosage efficiency, compared to conventional “superplasticizer” polycarboxylate polymers, when the comb-type carboxylate copolymer is formed from two different polyether side chains having specifically selected monomer constituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: GCP Applied Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence L. Kuo
  • Patent number: 10029946
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cement composition additive with improved compressive strength and workability, including a polycarboxylic acid copolymer and/or a salt thereof, zinc oxide particles, and a predetermined amount of gluconic acid and/or a salt thereof, and a cement composition containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo Min Kim, Chang Bum Ko, Imgyu Kim, Dong Jo Ryu
  • Patent number: 10000414
    Abstract: Cementitious compositions and processes for preparing and using the cementitious compositions are provided. The cementitious compositions are characterized by the property of a reduced or an attenuated water vapor emission from a cementitious mix and a concrete formed therefrom. Certain cementitious compositions are characterized by the property of accelerated drying while still maintaining good workability. Methods of improving water retention and surface drying of concrete, including lightweight concrete are provided. A water soluble ionic salt may be used to sequester water within the pores and capillaries of the cement paste and/or porous lightweight aggregate. In some examples, the salt may be added directly to concrete or aggregates may be infused with a water-salt solution to provide treated porous aggregates having improved water saturation and water retention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: U.S. CONCRETE, INC.
    Inventors: Alana Guzzetta, Ryan Allen Henkensiefken, Raymond C. Turpin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9944580
    Abstract: A solubilizer is used to stabilize crude polyol produced from biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Dieter Honert, Hans Knauber, Thomas Müller
  • Patent number: 9903075
    Abstract: A method for placement of roller compacted concrete (RCC) on a sub-base to produce a concrete pavement, which has: (a) dosing a concrete or concrete ingredients and loading the concrete or concrete ingredients into a concrete transportation truck, (b) adding at least one pelletizing agent to the concrete and waiting from 3 to 15 minutes under constant mixing to produce a pelletized concrete and (c) discharging the pelletized concrete obtained in step (b) on the sub-base from the concrete transportation truck, rotating the drum of the concrete transportation truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: CEMEX RESEARCH GROUP AG
    Inventors: Davide Zampini, Alexandre Guerini, Carsten Zanders, Giovanni Volpatti
  • Patent number: 9796625
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-filming surface-active admixture for hydraulic binders, including at least one fatty alcohol and at least one oil, to the method for preparing same, and to a method for preparing a hydraulic binder composition suitable for the manufacture of screeds or concretes, comprising the step of adding, to the hydraulic binder composition, the admixture according to the invention in a metered amount of 0.1 to 5 wt % with respect to the weight of the hydraulic binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: CHRYSO
    Inventors: Sandrine Mateo, Pascal Boustingorry
  • Patent number: 9783731
    Abstract: A gel composition for use in treating subterranean formations is provided. The gel composition is a non-aqueous based oil gel system that can include a hydrocarbon liquid capable of gelation, a phosphate ester, and a cross-linking agent. The gel composition can include the oil gel which results from adding a phosphate ester, a crosslinking agent and a delay additive to the hydrocarbon liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Carman, John Mayor
  • Patent number: 9758608
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one comb polymer which includes side chains which have at least one cationic group, and does not include side chains having polyether groups, and which has a main chain which has carboxyl groups, as dispersant for hydraulically settable compositions. The invention also relates to hydraulically settable cement compositions, moldings, comb polymers and method for producing comb polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Christina Hampel, Jörg Zimmermann, Jabbar Alshemari, Markus Friederich
  • Patent number: 9598523
    Abstract: The invention concerns to the use, as an agent improving the thermal stability of (meth)acrylic comb polymers of a macromonomer whose formula (I) is: R-(A-O)m—(B—O)n—R???(I) wherein both m and n are non-zero and A and B designate alkyl groups having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, but different from one another. The invention further pertains to the implementation of the polymers obtained, as agents improving the thermal stability of the plastic compositions that contain them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: COATEX S.A.S.
    Inventors: Olivier Guerret, Jacques Mongoin, Patrick Trouve
  • Patent number: 9527772
    Abstract: A treatment process for the production of a hydraulic composition with entrained air including at least one admixture and a constituent including carbonaceous materials, the process including: obtaining a representative value of the adsorption of probe molecules by the carbonaceous materials; and producing the hydraulic composition or treating the constituent with a quantity of admixture which depends on the value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: LAFARGE
    Inventors: Sébastien Georges, Emmanuel Villard, Alain Jacquet, Laurent Barcelo, Anik Delagrave
  • Patent number: 9477167
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing white toner includes toner particles that contain a binder resin, a titanium dioxide as a pigment and at least one selected from a group consisting of niobium and phosphorous, wherein an amount of the niobium is 0.005% by weight to 0.05% by weight or an amount of the phosphorous is 0.003% by weight to 0.05% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satomi Hara, Masaru Takahashi, Shotaro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9302941
    Abstract: A particulate material for the production of a cement foam which material includes particles including, attached to the particle surface, a surfactant which renders the particles hydrophilic, the surfactant including a moiety which is hydrolysable under alkaline conditions, which surfactant, after loss of the moiety by alkaline hydrolysis, renders the particles partially hydrophobic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: LAFARGE
    Inventors: Ellis Gartner, Lê-Chiên Hoang
  • Patent number: 9296657
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising, based on the dry weight of said composition, (A) 10 to 70% by weight of one or more hydraulic binder and (B) 20 to 85% by weight of one or more filler, wherein the composition contains 0.05 to 5% by weight, based on the amount of the hydraulic binder, of at least one terpenoid alcohol, wherein the terpenoid alcohol is not terpineol or borneol. Additionally disclosed is a hardened product made by the composition and the use of at least one terpenoid alcohol in a composition, comprising hydraulic binder and filler, to reduce the shrinkage of the wet composition during curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Construction Research & Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Alessandro Dal Bo, Gianmaria Marinello, Maurizio Pietrobon, Alan Tommasi
  • Patent number: 9181132
    Abstract: A slurry for manufacturing gypsum board comprises calcined gypsum, water, a foaming agent, and a coalescing agent. The foaming agent imparts a plurality of bubbles in the slurry. Typically, a foam is pre-generated with the foaming agent and the foam is used to form the slurry such that the foam imparts the plurality of bubbles in the slurry. The coalescing agent coalesces the plurality of bubbles imparted by the foam. Typically, the coalescing agent coalesces a plurality of small and partially joined bubbles imparted by the foam to create larger and more discrete bubbles. A gypsum board and method of forming the slurry and the gypsum board are also disclosed. The gypsum board comprises a gypsum layer formed from the slurry. The gypsum layer defines a plurality of bubbles dispersed therein, which are imparted by the foam and coalescing agent of the slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ronald A. Lee, David T. Durocher, Sridhar Gopalkrishnan Iyer, Richard J. Romanek, Eli Stav, Karen Fey
  • Patent number: 9174869
    Abstract: Cementitious compositions and processes for preparing and using the cementitious compositions are provided. The cementitious compositions are characterized by the property of a reduced or an attenuated water vapor emission from a cementitious mix and a concrete formed therefrom. Certain cementitious compositions are characterized by the property of accelerated drying while still maintaining good workability. Methods of improving water retention and surface drying of concrete, including lightweight concrete are provided. A water soluble ionic salt may be used to sequester water within the pores and capillaries of the cement paste and/or porous lightweight aggregate. In some examples, the salt may be added directly to concrete or aggregates may be infused with a water-salt solution to provide treated porous aggregates having improved water saturation and water retention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: U.S. Concrete, Inc.
    Inventors: Alana Guzzetta, Ryan Allen Henkensiefken, Raymond C. Turpin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9156736
    Abstract: A mortar composition in the form of a dry powder, ready for use, comprising at least one powdery binder and at least one aggregate, as well as possibly at least one standard additive and/or adjuvant, and formed from particles, at least some of which, referred to as fine particles, are liable to produce an emission of dust, characterized in that it also comprises a fluid additive that consists of least one non-polar hydrocarbon organic substance and that has a capacity for agglomeration of the said fine particles, and in that the dry mortar composition comprises agglomerates of line particles formed by the fluid additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: PAREXGROUP SA
    Inventors: Alain Laudet, Daniel Daviller
  • Patent number: 9139474
    Abstract: Provided are a shrinkage-reducing agent for a hydraulic material and a shrinkage-reducing agent composition for a hydraulic material including a compound represented by the general formula (1): R1—[O-(A1O)m—R2]n (1), where: R1 represents R1 derived from a polyhydric alcohol represented by R1—[OH]n; A1O represents an oxyalkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; m represents an average added mole number of oxyalkylene groups A1O's; n represents 3 or 4; and when n equals 3, m represents 30 to 150, and when n equals 4, m represents 5 to 150.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mari Masanaga
  • Patent number: 9133058
    Abstract: Cementitious compositions and processes for preparing and using the cementitious compositions are provided. The cementitious compositions are characterized by the property of a reduced or an attenuated water vapor emission from a cementitious mix and a concrete formed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: U.S. Concrete, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Turpin, Jr., Ryan A. Henkensiefken
  • Patent number: 9126867
    Abstract: Disclosed are an additive for cement compositions that includes a polycarboxylic copolymer and a cement composition including the same and, more particularly, an additive for cement compositions that includes a polycarboxylic copolymer and/or a salt thereof, wherein the polycarboxylic copolymer is a copolymer of a monomer mixture including an alkoxy polyalkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylic acid ester-based monomer, a (meth)acrylic acid-based monomer, a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based monomer, and a polyoxyalkylene alkenyl ether sulfate salt and a cement composition including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Bum Ko, Young-Min Kim, Imgyu Kim
  • Patent number: 9040608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable mixture suitable for obtaining “easy-to-clean” properties in the cured mixture, comprising at least one mineral binder, a powder comprising at least one fluoroorganyl-substituted silicon compound encapsulated in a water-soluble polymer, the amount of the silicon compound being 0.001% to 8% by weight, based on the present mixture, and optionally further adjuvants, and also to a process for preparing the mixture and to the use thereof. The invention further relates to a water-redispersible powder and also to a corresponding intermediate for use in the curable mixture in order to obtain “easy-to-clean” properties in the cured mixture. Also claimed, furthermore, is a process for preparing the powder, and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignees: Evonik Degussa GmbH, Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V.
    Inventors: Manuel Friedel, Philipp Albert, Burkhard Standke, Spomenko Ljesic, Ulf Kehrer
  • Patent number: 9028609
    Abstract: An additive composition including a grinding aid selected from glycols, monocarboxylic acids with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and comb polymers; as well as at least one retardant, which can be used during the process of grinding cement clinker and which leads to low brown discoloration of the ground cement in the processed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sika Technology AG
    Inventors: Dieter Honert, Thomas Heller
  • Publication number: 20150122486
    Abstract: Described are a method and composition which use microorganisms for downhole applications, in particular for the maintenance or restoration of the integrity of a cement sheath in a wellbore. The method of cementing a wellbore comprises preparing a cement composition comprising a pumpable slurry of cement, water and a healing agent that comprises one or more microorganisms, delivering the cement composition into the wellbore and allowing the cement composition to set. The method of restoring the integrity of a set cement composition in a wellbore comprises preparing a pumpable slurry that comprises water, a healing agent that comprises one or more microorganisms and optionally cement, pumping the slurry into the wellbore in and around the set cement composition, and allowing the one or more microorganisms to grow and replicate to thereby restore the integrity of the set cement composition. Compositions for carrying out the methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Karen LUKE, Duane BROWNLEE
  • Patent number: 9023150
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acid-soluble cement compositions that comprise cement kiln dust (“CKD”) and/or a natural pozzolan and associated methods of use. An embodiment includes a method of cementing comprising: placing an acid-soluble cement composition in a subterranean formation, wherein the acid-soluble cement composition comprises a hydraulic cement, a component selected from the group consisting of CKD, pumicite, and a combination thereof, and water; allowing the acid-soluble cement composition to set; and contacting the set acid-soluble cement composition with an acid to dissolve the set acid-soluble cement composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventors: D. Chad Brenneis, Craig W. Roddy, James R. Benkley, Preston DePlacido, William J. Caveny, Rickey L. Morgan, Ronnie G. Morgan
  • Publication number: 20150114266
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a hydraulic binder, comprising contacting a composition comprising cement clinker, before, during or after the grinding procedure, with (a) a defoaming agent and (b) 0.0005% to 2% by weight, based on the total composition, of at least one air-introducing compound, the defoaming agent (a) comprising 0.0001% to 0.5% by weight, based on the total composition, of at least one defoaming agent of the formula R10—(CmH2m—O—)x—(CdH2d—O—)c—H and the ratio of (a) to (b) being between 1:1 to 1:200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Mario Vierle, Martin Ernst, Madalina Andreea Stefan
  • Patent number: 9011596
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a cured article of a hydraulic composition, prepared by mixing glycerol, cement and water, the hydraulic composition containing a sulfate ion, the method including step 1 of preparing the hydraulic composition such that a molar ratio of the sulfate ion to the glycerol, sulfate ion/glycerol, is 5.0 to 20 and the content of the sulfate ion is 3.0 to 15 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of cement; and step 2 of aging and curing the hydraulic composition obtained in the step 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Yoshinami, Toshimasa Hamai, Hiroyuki Kawakami, Yohei Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20150090451
    Abstract: A well cementing composition comprises water, an inorganic cement, a gas generating agent and a gas stabilizer. The gas generating agent may contain materials that release hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide gas or nitrogen gas or combinations thereof. The gas stabilizer comprises an aqueous mixture comprising polyglycols, oxyalkylates and methanol, or coco trimethyl ammonium chloride, or a mixture comprising ammonium fatty alcohol ether sulfate and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, or combinations thereof. When used to cement a subterranean well, the compositions improve the compressive strength, increase the rate at which compressive strength develops, preserve cement homogeneity, or enhance cement expansion or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Arnaud Joseph Gino Bourlon, Olivier Porcherie, Sylvaine Le Roy-Delage
  • Patent number: 8986445
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a construction material and to the use of modified layered inorganic material. The construction material of the invention comprises a layered inorganic material, which layered inorganic material comprises an ionic organic modifier compound and a biocide. The construction material of the invention has increased resistance against microbial fouling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Jacobus Eversdijk, Karin Tempelaars, Rudolf Hartmut Fischer
  • Patent number: 8979997
    Abstract: A concrete mixture for forming a breathable concrete. The mixture comprises aggregate particles and a paste comprising water, cement or cement substitute, and plasticizer. The plasticizer controls the viscosity of the paste such that the paste forms a substantially uniform layer coating the particles, with the coated particles in contact, while allowing spaces to be retained there between. These spaces interconnect forming channels through the concrete, allowing air to permeate there through such that the concrete exhibits good dynamic insulation properties, whist retaining structural strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: University Court of the University of Aberdeen
    Inventors: Mohammed Imbabi, Fredrik Glasser, Jim Min Wong
  • Patent number: 8974594
    Abstract: Corrosion control in reinforced concrete is generally disclosed. Some example embodiments may include concrete including aggregate, cement, and/or microcapsules distributed within the cement, where the individual microcapsules may include a high pH salt substantially contained within an acid-soluble shell. If the pH of the concrete decreases, the acid soluble shell may swell and/or dissolve, such as below a pH of about 11, which may release the high pH salt. The high pH salt may locally increase the pH of the concrete. By increasing the pH above about pH 11, corrosion of steel rebar may be prevented and/or reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventors: Seth Miller, Thomas A. Yager
  • Patent number: 8974595
    Abstract: A dry composition including at least one binder and an oil comprising at least one compound of formula (I) below: wherein, Z represents an optionally substituted, linear or branched C4 to C28 alkyl radical or an optionally substituted, linear or branched C4 to C28 alkenyl radical, and R, R? and R? are identical or different and separately represent an optionally substituted, linear or branched hydrogen atom, hydroxyl radical, C1 to C12 alkyl radical, an optionally substituted, linear or branched C1 to C12 heteroalkyl radical, an optionally substituted, linear or branched C5 to C10 cycloalkyl radical, or an optionally substituted, linear or branched C6 to C18 aryl radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sika Technology AG
    Inventors: Christophe Guyot, Laurent Guillot
  • Patent number: 8961672
    Abstract: Solid alkali metal salts of organosilanols and/or their hydrolysis/condensation products are prepared by hydrolysis of organosilanes in water and in the presence of a basic alkali metal salt. The products contain predominately methyl and ethyl organic groups, and C4 or higher hydrocarbon groups as well. The solid salts effectively hydrophobe building materials, while being easily mixed with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Michael Stepp, Dominik Auer, Karl-Heinz Felix, Daniel Schildbach
  • Patent number: 8950928
    Abstract: A slurry quick-setting admixture comprising an alkaline earth metal carbonate, a water-soluble acidic substance, calcium aluminate, an alkali metal sulfate, and water; and a quick-setting cement concrete comprising such a slurry quick-setting admixture and cement concrete. The slurry quick-setting admixture may further contain calcium sulfate, calcium hydroxide and/or aluminum hydroxide, a retarder, etc. The spraying method comprises mixing water and a powder quick-setting admixture comprising an alkaline earth metal carbonate, a water-soluble acidic substance, calcium aluminate and an alkali metal sulfate, to form a slurry quick-setting admixture, mixing this slurry quick-setting admixture with cement concrete to form a quick-setting cement concrete, and spraying this quick-setting cement concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Danki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakashima, Youhei Yamagishi, Shunichi Mishima, Isao Terashima
  • Patent number: 8951343
    Abstract: Ultra-high-performance cementitious materials are made using suitably functionalized and relatively low-cost carbon nanofibers and graphite platelets. Polyelectrolytes and surfactants are physisorbed upon these graphite nanomaterials in water, and dispersion of nanomaterials in water is achieved by stirring. Stable and well-dispersed suspensions of nanomaterials in water are realized without using energy-intensive and costly methods, and also without the use of materials which could hinder the hydration and strength development of ultra-high-performance cementitious materials. The water incorporating dispersed nanomaterials is then mixed with the cementitious matrix and, optionally, microfibers, and cured following standard concrete mixing and curing practices. The resulting cementitious materials incorporating graphite nanomaterials and optionally microfibers offer a desired balance of strength, toughness, abrasion resistance, moisture barrier attributes, durability and fire resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Metna Co.
    Inventors: Muhammad Maqbool Sadiq, Anagi Manjula Balachandra, Parviz Soroushian
  • Patent number: 8927097
    Abstract: A molded, decorative article having a fiber-reinforced geo-composite wall with a thickness of between 4-10 mm and a method of manufacturing the same, the fiber-reinforced geo-composite wall comprising, before curing, predominately 45-55 by weight % mineral-based type III clinker, 24-28 by weight % water, and 8-9 by weight % hydration control agent, the combination of clinker, water, and hydration control agent forming a basic water-reactive rapid-setting cementious binder, the hydration control agent controlling curing time of the water-reactive rapid-setting cementious binder, 1-2 by weight % combination of micro-fibers and macro-fibers dispersed evenly within the cementious binder, the micro-fibers being 3-6 mm and the macro-fibers being 7-25 mm in length, 0.03-0.10 by weight % combination of rheology modifier, polymer modifier, and moisture retention agent, 0-0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: PEBA Trading & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: David R. Mune