With Heat Exchanger For Reaction Chamber Or Reactants Located Therein Patents (Class 422/138)
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Patent number: 12220675Abstract: A magnetic mixing device designed to mix fluid in a reaction chamber and remove air bubbles if present. The device comprises a holder with embedded magnets, which causes movement of a stir bar within the reaction chamber. The holder may be moved by an electric linear actuator configured to generate linear motion or an electric motor configured to generate a circular motion. When orientated so the stir bar moves vertically within the reaction chamber, the stir bar disrupts any air bubbles trapped within or below the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Tetracore, Inc.Inventors: David R. Almassian, William M. Nelson, Aymeric Randanne de Vazeille
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Patent number: 12202179Abstract: The present application relates to a supercritical fluid injection foaming polylactide foam material and a preparation method therefor. The method includes: first obtaining a surface-modified cellulose nanofiber aqueous solution; then melting and blending the cellulose nanofiber aqueous solution and a polylactide twice; passing same through extrusion, cooling under water, and granulation so as to obtain a polylactide/cellulose nanofiber composite material; then plasticizing and melting the polylactide/cellulose nanofiber composite material in a microporous foaming injection molding machine; uniformly mixing same with a supercritical fluid foaming agent in the injection molding machine; injecting same into a mold cavity; and subjecting the resultant to post-treatment so as to obtain a polylactide foam material.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Long Wang, Wenge Zheng, Qian Ren, Lihua Zhang, Minghui Wu, Fei Wu, Haibin Luo
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Patent number: 12076713Abstract: A polymerization installation with integrated combined absorption-diffusion and absorption-condensation unit, as well as to its use for the preparation of various polymers and copolymers by addition, emulsion, suspension or radical polymerization, which will find application in chemical industry. There are four structural units in the installation, as follows: supply unit (A), reaction unit (B), combined absorption-diffusion and absorption-condensation unit (C) and finished product discharge unit (D).Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: CHEMICAL INNOVATION LTD.Inventor: Kamen Yordanov Arsov
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Patent number: 12065518Abstract: Controlling the shutdown of a polyethylene reactor system that includes a secondary compressor, a reactor, a high pressure let down valve (HPLDV), a high-pressure separator, and a high-pressure recycle gas system is provided. After a partial or complete shutdown of secondary compressor, HPLDV opens to a pre-set open position until the reactor pressure reduces to either a pre-set reduced pressure limit or a until the slope of the reactor gas density to reactor pressure exceeds 0.15. The HPLDV controls the pressure to a pressure set point.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Paul J. Clymans, Jefferson P. Galliano, Philippe A. P. D'Hooghe, Cindy Dewitte, Henri A. Lammens
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Patent number: 12036527Abstract: A system is disclosed for producing ultra-high-molecular-weight (UHMW) poly-alpha-olefins (PAO) for use as pipeline drag reducing agents, having improved thermal efficiency and reduced branching of the PAO. The system comprises hinged pairs of shells, each pair of shells comprising a grid of larger hemispherical voids connected by smaller hemicylindrical passages, arranged in a serpentine pattern along the surface area of the shell. When the hinged pairs of shells are shut, they form a pattern of spherical voids which can be connected to an inlet port, which receives a combination of alpha-olefin monomer feedstock and a titanium trichloride catalyst. A reactor chamber houses a plurality of these hinged pairs of shells, which may slide into slots inside the reactor chamber spaced such that each adjacent hinged pair of shells abuts the outer surface of the next when shut and inserted. The reactor chamber is cooled by an inert gas.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Inventor: Gerald B. Eaton
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Patent number: 11872551Abstract: A system may include a horizontal actuator to move a tray, to which a microwell plate and a microfluidic chip may be coupled. The system may include a vertical actuator to move a support arm, to which a plurality of pipettes or pipette tips may be coupled. The system may include a rotational actuator to move an angle bracket, to which a magnet may be coupled. The system may include a heater, through which the pipettes may extend. The system may include a pump to control the flow of fluids through the pipettes. Disclosed methods include performing PCR within the described system.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Inventor: Andrew Brodsky
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Patent number: 11865507Abstract: The present invention discloses intelligent temperature control equipment for the preparation of liquid sodium methoxide, and belongs to the technical field of temperature control equipment. The intelligent temperature control equipment sequentially includes a feeding hopper, a throat pipe, a shunting hood, a second shell and a third shell which are sequentially connected from top to bottom, wherein a first coil pipe, a second coil pipe and a third coil pipe are mounted on the outer sides of the feeding hopper, the second shell and the third shell, respectively; a discharging pipe is connected to the bottom of the third shell, and a plurality of air inlet pipes is mounted on one side of the discharging pipe; corrugated packing is disposed on the inner side of the second shell.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: HENAN SHENGHONGFENG CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Youzheng Zhong, Weiwei Chen, Yan Song, Zhenyi Song, Gaoying Duan, Changguang Song, Juanjuan Pan, Yingying Song
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Patent number: 11833505Abstract: A system may include a horizontal actuator to move a tray, to which a microwell plate and a microfluidic chip may be coupled. The system may include a vertical actuator to move a support arm, to which a plurality of pipettes or pipette tips may be coupled. The system may include a rotational actuator to move an angle bracket, to which a magnet may be coupled. The system may include a heater, through which the pipettes may extend. The system may include a pump to control the flow of fluids through the pipettes. Disclosed methods include performing PCR within the described system.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: Andrew Brodsky
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Patent number: 11541367Abstract: Methods of reducing heat exchanger fouling rate or of producing polyolefins may include providing a first gas stream comprising a gas and entrained fine polyolefin particles to a gas outlet line; removing a portion of the entrained fine polyolefin particles from the gas outlet line to form a bypass stream; and providing the bypass stream to a bypass line comprising a bypass line inlet and a bypass line outlet. The bypass line inlet and outlet are located upstream and downstream of a first heat exchanger. The methods may further include providing at least a portion of the first gas stream to the first heat exchanger; and combining the bypass stream and a second gas stream at the bypass line outlet to form a combined gas stream comprising one or more olefins or paraffins. A temperature of the combined gas stream is below the dew point of the combined gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical CompanyInventors: Ralph J. Price, Jeffrey S. Lowell
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Patent number: 11439925Abstract: An apparatus for extraction and recovery of components from biomass feedstocks with pressurized low polarity water. The apparatus is configured with four or more reaction columns, wherein each column is in separate communication with a supply of hot water, a first supply of pressurized heated water, a second supply of pressurized heated water, and a supply of pressurized cooling water. Components may be extracted concurrently from two or more batches of the biomass by, first placing the two batches of biomass into two selected columns, separately flooding the two columns with pressurized water, heating the columns and their contents to the point where the water becomes pressurized low polarity (PLP) water, recovering the PLP water comprising the extracted components from the two selected columns, cooling the columns with PLP water, and removing the spent biomass material from the columns.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SENSIENT NATURAL EXTRACTION INC.Inventors: Keegan Blank, Steve Tordiffe, Lisa Ranken
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Patent number: 11441171Abstract: Methods and systems for processing polynucleotides (e.g., DNA) are disclosed. A processing region includes one or more surfaces (e.g., particle surfaces) modified with ligands that retain polynucleotides under a first set of conditions (e.g., temperature and pH) and release the polynucleotides under a second set of conditions (e.g., higher temperature and/or more basic pH). The processing region can be used to, for example, concentrate polynucleotides of a sample and/or separate inhibitors of amplification reactions from the polynucleotides. Microfluidic devices with a processing region are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: HANDYLAB, INC.Inventors: Betty Wu, John S. Althaus, Nikhil Phadke, Sundaresh N. Brahmasandra, Kalyan Handique, Aaron Kehrer, Gene Parunak, Cecelia Haley, Ted Springer
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Patent number: 11422107Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus for the analysis of biological liquid samples, the apparatus having a measurement chamber defining a sample volume with an inlet and an outlet; a fluid handling system adapted for feeding a liquid to the sample volume through the inlet and for removing the liquid through the outlet; a thermostatic sample heater device adapted for controlling a sample temperature of a liquid sample in the measurement chamber; and a processor unit. An analyte sensor output may be corrected on the basis of the initial temperature thus determined. A corresponding method for the analysis of biological liquid samples is provided. Furthermore, a method of performing a quality control procedure using the apparatus or the method is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Radiometer Medical ApSInventors: Flemming Aas, Peter Frischauf, Erik Helllesø Nicolajsen
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Patent number: 11402135Abstract: In a first fluid circulation device, a heat exchanger, a tank that stores a first fluid liquefied by the heat exchanger, a first fluid pump that pumps the first fluid stored in the tank, a heater that heats the first fluid pumped from the first fluid pump, and a first fluid supply unit to which the first fluid is supplied from the heater are connected by a first pipe. A second fluid circulation device includes a cooler that cools a second fluid, causes the second fluid having been cooled by the cooler to circulate through a second pipe, and returns the second fluid to the cooler. The second pipe is connected to the heat exchanger and is connected to the tank and the first fluid pump, and the second fluid cools the first fluid in the heat exchanger, the tank, and the first fluid pump.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., LtdInventors: Teiichirou Ueda, Yasuhiro Naohara
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Patent number: 11091570Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing vinyl chloride-based polymers, which is provided to improve polymerization productivity. An initial stage polymerization temperature is raised, the temperature is then lowered at a certain cooling rate from the time when an initial target polymerization temperature until a polymerization reaction is completed, and thus, a vinyl chloride-based polymer with excellent physical properties may be prepared while reducing a polymerization time and improving polymerization productivity even without additionally installing a polymerization reactor and heat removal equipment.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Joong Chul Lim, Hyun Kyou Ha, Yang Jun Jeon, Min Jeong Kang
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Patent number: 10711233Abstract: A bag assembly for use with a heat exchanger includes a flexible bag having of one or more sheets of polymeric material, the bag having a first end that bounds a first compartment and an opposing second end that bounds a second compartment, a support structure being disposed between the first compartment and the second compartment so that the first compartment is separated and isolated from the second compartment. A first inlet port, a first outlet port, and a first drain port are coupled with the flexible bag so as to communicate with the first compartment. A second inlet port, a second outlet port, and a second drain port are coupled with the flexible bag so as to communicate with the second compartment.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Clinton C. Staheli, Nephi D. Jones, Michael E. Goodwin
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Patent number: 10603647Abstract: Microstructure flow mixing devices are disclosed herein. An example device a first panel, a first plurality of raised features extending from a first surface of the first panel, a second plurality of raised features extending from the first surface of the first panel and a plurality of divider microstructures extending from the first surface of the first panel in line with and in between the first plurality of raised features and the second plurality of raised features. At least a portion of adjacent divider microstructures are spaced apart to form feed pathways or cross channels.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Imagine TF, LLCInventor: Brian Edward Richardson
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Patent number: 10239027Abstract: An apparatus for producing lithium sulfide, including: a reaction container for allowing lithium hydroxide powder to be in contact with a hydrogen sulfide gas; a stirring blade inside the reaction container; a first heating apparatus that keeps the temperature of an inner wall of the reaction container that is in contact with the powder; and a second heating apparatus that keeps the temperature of an inner wall that is not in contact with the powder.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Senga, Masahiro Iwahara
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Patent number: 9956537Abstract: A tube in tube continuous glass lined metal reactor includes: concentric tubular segments; (a) outer glass lined tube and (b) an inner glass lined segment disposed in the outer glass lined tube, defining thereby an intermediate glass lined region between the inner segment and the outer tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCHInventors: Amol Arvind Kulkarni, Vivek Vinayak Ranade
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Patent number: 9018346Abstract: The present invention provides a method for removing unreacted monomer in polymer using a SCC comprising a housing having a rotation axis; a supply part of at least one polymer formed inside of the housing; at least two spinning cones that are installed so as to have a constant gradient from the upper part to the lower part to the rotation axis, move polymer supplied through the polymer supply part, and rotate around the rotation axis; a fixed cone that is fixed and formed on the inner side of the housing, and provides a pathway for sequentially moving polymer from a spinning cone at the upper part to a spinning cone at the lower part; a product collection part for collecting polymer moved through the spinning cone and the fixed cone; and a driving part for rotating the spinning cone.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Eun-Jung Joo, Dong-Kwon Lee, Dae-Young Shin, Jong-Ku Lee, Chang-Hoe Heo
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Patent number: 8992871Abstract: A CO shift catalyst according to the present invention reforms carbon monoxide (CO) contained in gas. The CO shift catalyst is prepared from one or both of molybdenum (Mo) and cobalt (Co) as an active ingredient and an oxide of one of, or a mixture or a compound of, titanium (Ti), silicon (Si), zirconium (Zr), and cerium (Ce) as a carrier for supporting the active ingredient. The CO shift catalyst can be used in a halogen-resistant CO shift reactor (15) that converts CO contained in gasified gas (12) generated in a gasifier (11) into CO2.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toshinobu Yasutake, Tetsuya Imai, Masanao Yonemura, Susumu Okino, Keiji Fujikawa, Shinya Tachibana
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Publication number: 20150080539Abstract: A polymerization reactor of the present invention includes a container body 1 and a jacket 2 covering the outer surface of the container body 1 and defining a passage for passing a cooling/heating medium between itself and the outer surface of the container body. The container body 1 is made of a clad metal plate including a support metal layer 11a having an inner surface at an inner side of the container body and an outer surface at an outer side of the container body, and an inner corrosion-resistant metal skin layer 11b bonded to the inner surface of the support metal layer and being smaller in thickness than the support metal layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiro Maeda, Naoaki Hara, Junichi Takatori
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Publication number: 20150005400Abstract: A method for devulcanization of rubber feedstock and a related arrangement are provided. The method includes doping rubber feedstock with a photoactive substance (104, 110), configured to activate upon exposure thereof to external radiation of a predetermined wavelength; and further exposing cured rubber feedstock to the external radiation of the predetermined wavelength. Radiation exposure results, upon photoactive substance activation, in initiation of selective scission of intermolecular crosslinks, such as sulfur crosslinks, in the vulcanized rubber elastomers. The photoactive substance may be configured to initiate an excitation emission response and/or chemical reaction. The photoactive substance is preferably selected from semiconducting nanocrystals, such as quantum dots. An arrangement for carrying out the method is presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Juha KALLIOPUSKA, Samuel HOLM, Tuomas HOLM
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Publication number: 20140377138Abstract: A method and device for producing polyphosphoric acid burns a fuel in combustion air in a combustion chamber, sprays a spray fluid comprising substantially pure orthophosphoric acid and undertakes polymerization-condensation of the pure orthophosphoric acid. A polyphosphoric acid in the form of an acid mist accompanied by formation of gases which mix with combustion gases resulting from burning of the fuel is formed to reach a predetermined temperature, wherein the mixture causes sudden lowering of combustion gas temperature. The acid mix is separated from the gas mixture and the polyphosphoric acid is collected at a bottom of the combustion chamber and the gas mixture is outputted via a lower part of the combustion chamber separate from the collection of polyphosphoric acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: PRAYON TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Alain Germeau, Bernard Heptia
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Patent number: 8916210Abstract: Disclosed are an extractor having a “pottery with dark brown glaze” called “Onggi” in Korean, and a method of extracting using the same. The extractor includes a body, a body cover, a heating part, a pottery and a gas valve. The pottery is located within the body. The extractor extracts by injecting nitrogen gas, etc. into the body through a gas valve, thereby rendering the inside of the body to be high pressure state during extraction. Thus, the inside of the body is maintained under high pressure during extraction. Accordingly, an extract is located only within the pottery, and thus changes that can be caused while an extract contacts with the body can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2008Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Amorepacific CorporationInventors: Jin Young Lee, Jun Seong Park, Eun Joo Kim, Hye Yoon Park, Sung Il Park, Youn Joon Kim, Duck Hee Kim, Ih Seop Chang, Sun Young Kim, Hyun Soo Jo
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Patent number: 8906652Abstract: Methods and devices for performing chemical reactions under controlled temperature are described. In one embodiment, the devices provided by the invention comprise a housing dimensioned to hold a reaction chamber disposed within an interior volume of the housing. The reaction chamber has thermally conductive interior and exterior surfaces defining an internal volume therein at a first temperature. The device also includes at least one temperature-control substance at a second temperature received into said bladder and expels said temperature-control substance, the bladder expands to about substantially at least a portion of said exterior surfaces of said reaction chamber to enable thermal exchange between said temperature-control substance and the said internal volume of reaction chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Akonni Biosystems, Inc.Inventor: Phillip Belgrader
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Patent number: 8906312Abstract: An ethylene polymerization system is provided with a quench system and that cools the product mixture entering the separation system with a reduced load on the first compressor of the system. The system includes first and second compressors, a high pressure reactor; a high pressure let down valve through which the product mixture from the high pressure reactor flows, and a separation system that separates gas from the product mixture. The quench system includes a pump having a suction inlet that receives all or substantially all of the low pressure flow of monomer from the first compressor. The system provides quenching of the product stream while allowing the first compressor to be operated at a discharge pressure lower than the suction pressure of the second compressor, thereby conserving energy.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventor: Paul Jan Clymans
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Patent number: 8883908Abstract: Various methods and systems of making inorganic fiber/flake reinforced composites having a thermoplastic matrix are disclosed. The methods use systems similar to those used to make inorganic fiber/flake reinforced products having a thermoset matrix, but the systems and methods are modified to use thermoplastic precursor monomer(s) followed by in situ polymerization of the monomer(s) during and/or following forming of the desired shape of the products. These methods permit the manufacture of superior inorganic fiber reinforced thermoplastic matrix composites in large and very large shapes heretofore not possible, or practical.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Johns ManvilleInventors: Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Jawed Asrar, Thomas E. Burghardt, Rajappa Tadepalli
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Publication number: 20140296597Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for processing hydrocarbon feeds. The method enhances the conversion of hydrocarbon feeds into conversion products, such as ethylene. In particular, the present techniques utilize a high-severity thermal pyrolysis reactor that exposes a feed at a peak pyrolysis gas temperature ?1540° C. to produce a reactor product comprising ethylene and acetylene and has a C3+ to acetylene weight ratio ?0.5. Then, the method separates a product comprising tars and/or solids from at least a portion of the reactor product and converts at least a portion of the remaining reactor product into a conversion product, such as ethylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Exxon Mobile Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Paul F. Keusenkothen, Frank Hershkowitz, Gary D. Mohr
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Patent number: 8840848Abstract: Systems and methods for processing and analyzing samples are disclosed. The system may process samples, such as biological fluids, using assay cartridges which can be processed at different processing locations. In some cases, the system can be used for PCR processing. The different processing locations may include a preparation location where samples can be prepared and an analysis location where samples can be analyzed. To assist with the preparation of samples, the system may also include a number of processing stations which may include processing lanes. During the analysis of samples, in some cases, thermal cycler modules and an appropriate optical detection system can be used to detect the presence or absence of certain nucleic acid sequences in the samples. The system can be used to accurately and rapidly process samples.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventor: Charles S. Kraihanzel
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Publication number: 20140256900Abstract: The present invention provides a system and process for olefin polymerization. The inventive system and process for olefin polymerization facilitate lower operating vacuum pressures in the polymer recovery system by requiring at least two sequential condensing units, wherein at least one of the condensing units operates at significantly lower temperature ranges than the temperature ranges at which the current systems operate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Gary A. Camp, Mitch Juneau, Robert D. Swindoll
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Publication number: 20140228472Abstract: Soluble or colloidal nanoparticles of molecularly imprinted polymer are produced reliably and consistently in a photoreactor with a reaction vessel (18) containing a solid phase (14) bearing immobilised template. Parameters such as temperature, fluid flows and irradiation time are controlled by a computer (52).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: CRANFIELD UNIVERSITYInventors: Sergey Piletsky, Olena Piletska, Antonio Guerreiro, Michael Whitcombe, Alessandro Poma
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Patent number: 8796408Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of forming a polymer, the process comprising polymerizing olefin monomers to form a reaction mixture, treating the reaction mixture to form a first polymer-rich phase, treating the first polymer-rich phase to form a second polymer-rich phase, and devolatilizing the second polymer-rich phase, the process further comprising at least one step of adjusting the temperature of a first and/or the second polymer-rich phase before the devolatilization. The present invention also relates to a plant that is useful for the process provided above.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventor: Yu Feng Wang
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Patent number: 8778663Abstract: A thermalcycler includes a first thermalcycler body section having a first face and a second thermalcycler body section having a second face. A cavity is formed by the first face and the second face. A thermalcycling unit is positioned in the cavity. A heater trace unit is connected to a support section, to the first thermalcycler body section, to the second thermalcycler body section, and to the thermalcycling unit. The first thermalcycler body section and the second thermalcycler body section are positioned together against the support section to enclose the thermalcycling unit and the heater trace unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.Inventors: William J. Benett, John T. Andreski, John M. Dzenitis, Anthony J. Makarewicz, Dean R. Hadley, Satinderpall S. Pannu
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Patent number: 8771602Abstract: A resin production apparatus of the present invention includes: a reactor vessel having a vessel main body which polymerizes an ingredient to produce a thermoplastic synthetic resin which solidifies at room temperature and storing the synthetic resin in the molten state, an output mechanism disposed at a bottom part of the vessel main body, which outputs the synthetic resin in the molten state, and a temperature adjustment mechanism which adjusts temperatures of the vessel main body and the output mechanism so as to maintain the molten state of the synthetic resin; a cooling mechanism arranged below the reactor vessel, which continuously cools and solidifies the synthetic resin output from the output mechanism; and a crushing mechanism which crushes the synthetic resin fed out from the cooling mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Shuzo Fujiwara, Yasuhide Suzuki, Yasuhiko Okuda, Tetsuya Hirose
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Patent number: 8759085Abstract: A device for controlling temperature in a reaction chamber is disclosed. The device comprises: a bladder assembly comprising a housing dimensioned to hold a reaction chamber disposed within an interior volume of the housing; and a first temperature-control bladder disposed within the housing, the first temperature-control bladder is configured to receive a temperature-control fluid and comprises a flexible, heat conductive surface that comes in contact with at least a portion of an exterior surface of the reaction chamber after receiving the temperature-control fluid. Also disclosed are a bladder thermal cycler, a temperature-control bladder assembly and methods for producing a thermal cycle in a reaction chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Akonni Biosystems, Inc.Inventors: Phil Belgrader, Christopher G. Cooney, Robert Doebler, Anna Hickerson, Bruce Irvine, Ali Nadim, James Sterling, Reza Miraghaie
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Patent number: 8747756Abstract: The present invention relates to a reactor (10) and a process for continuous polymerization, where the reactor (10) has an essentially tubular reactor housing (16). The reactor housing (16) has a drive (38) which runs along the geometric central axis (12) in the flow direction (22) and is configured as a central shaft. A rotatably arranged scraper or wiper (36) is provided within the reactor housing (16); the scraper or wiper (36) has at least one scraper or wiper blade (42) to run along an interior side (44) of the reactor housing (16). The rotational movement of the scraper or wiper (36) results in radial mixing of a stream within the reactor housing (16) which dominates gravity effects and, by virtue of shaping of the scrapers or wipers, optionally makes plug flow or backflow within the reactor (10) possible.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: LANXESS International SAInventors: Rolf Feller, Hanns-Ingolf Paul, Paul Wagner, John Lovegrove, Jörg Kirchhoff, Joachim Ritter, Ricarda Leiberich, Udo Wiesner
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Publication number: 20140134057Abstract: Systems and methods of producing chemical compounds are disclosed. An example chemical production system includes an intake chamber having intake ports for entry of a gas mixture. An igniter ignites the gas mixture in the intake chamber. A nozzle restricts exit of the ignited gas mixture from the intake chamber. An expansion chamber cools the ignited gas with a cooling agent. The expansion chamber has an exhaust where the cooled gas exits the expansion chamber. A chemical compound product is formed in the expansion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Inventor: Bruce H. Peters
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Patent number: 8721982Abstract: A reaction device having improved temperature control precision and reduced usage of heat transfer medium. The device includes a heat transfer medium circulation tube in contact with an outer wall of a reaction vessel containing a reaction liquid. The device has an inlet for the liquid heat transfer medium at the lower end portion of the heat transfer medium circulation tube, and an outlet for the heat transfer medium. Gaps between the heat transfer medium circulation tube and the reaction vessel outer wall include a filler in which a liquid can flow inside the filler. The outlet is formed so that the liquid heat transfer medium is discharged toward the filler. A member presses the heat transfer medium circulation tube against the outer wall of the reaction vessel. An outer vessel hermetically covers the outer circumference of the reaction vessel.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Taiyo Nippon Sanso CorporationInventors: Shigemasa Yamazumi, Masahiro Yonekura, Hidetoshi Oota
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Publication number: 20140114104Abstract: A method of producing ethylene and, optionally, propylene comprising: a) subjecting a feedstock to steam cracking to produce a first olefin containing stream; b) heating an ethanol containing stream with heat from a steam cracker; c) passing the heated ethanol containing stream over a dehydration catalyst at a temperature between 200 C to 500 C preferably 250 C to 450 C to produce a second olefin containing stream; d) combining the first and second olefin containing streams to give an initial product stream comprising ethylene and optionally propylene; and e) subjecting the initial product stream to purification comprising at least i) water content reduction ii) hydrogen content reduction iii) reduction of content of molecules containing 4 or more carbon atoms and iv) ethane content reduction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: INEOS EUROPE AGInventors: Laurent Caranoni, Bernard Descales, Neil Turnbull, Vaughn Clifford Williams
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Publication number: 20140107302Abstract: The present invention relates to a SCC with improved mobility of material to be removed due to a wider distance between the upper stages than a distance between the lower stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Eun-Jung Joo, Dae-Young Shin, Jong-Ku Lee
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Patent number: 8697819Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing steam using heat recovered from a polymerization reaction. In particular, the present invention relates to a process for producing steam using heat recovered from a polymerization reaction for producing polyolefin, comprising the steps of: thermally contacting said polymerization reaction with a cooling fluid such that the cooling fluid removes heat from said reaction, thermally contacting at least part of said cooling fluid with at least one absorption cycle thereby transferring heat from the cooling fluid to said absorption cycle, using said absorption cycle to produce steam from a condensate, wherein the cooling fluid is used as a hot source for heating at least one evaporator and at least one generator comprised in said at least one absorption cycle. The present invention also relates to a process for cooling a polymerization reaction using a process as described herein. Said invention also relates to a polyolefin producing unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Total Research & Technology FeluyInventors: Pierre Van Grambezen, Mourad Abouahi
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Publication number: 20140066586Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of forming a polymer, the process comprising polymerizing olefin monomers to form a reaction mixture, treating the reaction mixture to form a first polymer-rich phase, treating the first polymer-rich phase to form a second polymer-rich phase, and devolatilizing the second polymer-rich phase, the process further comprising at least one step of adjusting the temperature of a first and/or the second polymer-rich phase before the devolatilization. The present invention also relates to a plant that is useful for the process provided above.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventor: Yu Feng Wang
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Publication number: 20140065024Abstract: The present embodiments provide a system and method for separation within a polymer production process. Specifically, a flashline heater configured according to present embodiments may provide more time than is required for complete vaporization of liquid hydrocarbons that are not entrained within a polymer fluff produced within a polymerization reactor. Such extra time may allow for liquid hydrocarbons that are entrained within the polymer fluff to be vaporized.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LPInventors: John D. Hottovy, Scott E. Kufeld
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Patent number: 8648150Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing a water absorbent resin which method is a method for producing surface cross-linked water absorbent resin particles, the method including the successive steps of: (a) adding a surface cross-linking agent and water to a particulate water absorbent resin in a mixer; and (b) reacting the resulting water absorbent resin mixture taken out from the mixer with the surface cross-linking agent in a reactor by heating or active energy ray irradiation, water vapor being used as part or all of the water added in the mixer. This makes it possible to provide a method for producing a water absorbent resin in which method a surface cross-linked water absorbent resin that has excellent properties can be obtained efficiently at low cost with high productivity.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Kadonaga, Kenji Tada, Masazumi Sasabe, Seiji Kato
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Patent number: 8603783Abstract: A device for controlling temperature in a reaction chamber is disclosed. The device comprises: a bladder assembly comprising a housing dimensioned to hold a reaction chamber disposed within an interior volume of the housing; and a first temperature-control bladder disposed within the housing, the first temperature-control bladder is configured to receive a temperature-control fluid and comprises a flexible, heat conductive surface that comes in contact with at least a portion of an exterior surface of the reaction chamber after receiving the temperature-control fluid. Also disclosed are a bladder thermal cycler, a temperature-control bladder assembly and methods for producing a thermal cycle in a reaction chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Akonni Biosystems, Inc.Inventors: Phillip Belgrader, Christopher G. Cooney, Robert Doebler, Anna Hickerson, Bruce Irvine, Ali Nadim, James Sterling, Reza Miraghaie
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Patent number: 8597582Abstract: The present embodiments provide a system and method for separation within a polymer production process. Specifically, a flashline heater configured according to present embodiments may provide more time than is required for complete vaporization of liquid hydrocarbons that are not entrained within a polymer fluff produced within a polymerization reactor. Such extra time may allow for liquid hydrocarbons that are entrained within the polymer fluff to be vaporized.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LPInventors: John D. Hottovy, Scott E. Kufeld
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Publication number: 20130296524Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for producing an aromatic polyester, comprising a reactor, a rectifying column, a distillation pipe for feeding distillate gas from the reactor to the rectifying column, and a liquid returning pipe for returning reflux liquid from the rectifying column to a reactor, wherein the ratio of (b) the inside diameter of pipe of the liquid returning pipe to (a) the maximum inside diameter of drum of the reactor, (b)/(a), is 0.012 to 0.12. The production apparatus has an efficient rectifying effect and is suitable for producing an aromatic polyester having an excellent heat resistance and color tone efficiently with good polymerizability and at low cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES INCInventors: Michiyoshi Matsumoto, Kunihiko Miyauchi, Hideyuki Umetsu
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Patent number: 8557882Abstract: A method for preparing contaminated plastics ground into flakes, such as RPET or such polymers, having at least decontamination and SSP treatment steps, with at least one reactor, with heating to the process temperature taking place essentially outside the reactor. Also, a device for carrying out the method, and having at least one decontamination reactor and at least one SSP reactor, a device for heating plastic flakes to the process temperature being arranged upstream of the decontamination reactor. Also an SSP reactor having at least two individual reactors, and preferably between 3 and 7 individual reactors.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Krones AGInventors: Thomas Friedlaender, Thomas Rieckmann, Frank Marx
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Patent number: 8551417Abstract: In order to provide, when a plurality of fluids each containing a different kind of substance are mixed and reacted, a reactor having a mixing channel capable of forming a multi-layered flow in a radial direction in the cylindrically-shaped mixing channel; improving mixing performance by synergizing swirling effects of mixture of turbulent flows and a swirling flow; and producing a reaction product with a high yield as well as high efficiency, a mixing channel 1 which mixes fluids 4 and 5 each containing the different kind of substance is cylindrically shaped, and inlet passages 2 and 3 which introduce the fluids 4 and 5, respectively, are plurally arranged in a manner offset from a central axis of the mixing channel 1.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Tomofumi Shiraishi, Tsutomu Kawamura, Takeyuki Kondo
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Publication number: 20130224078Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing steam using heat recovered from a polymerization reaction. In particular, the present invention relates to a process for producing steam using heat recovered from a polymerization reaction for producing polyolefin, comprising the steps of: thermally contacting said polymerization reaction with a cooling fluid such that the cooling fluid removes heat from said reaction, thermally contacting at least part of said cooling fluid with at least one absorption cycle thereby transferring heat from the cooling fluid to said absorption cycle, using said absorption cycle to produce steam from a condensate, wherein the cooling fluid is used as a hot source for heating at least one evaporator and at least one generator comprised in said at least one absorption cycle. The present invention also relates to a process for cooling a polymerization reaction using a process as described herein. Said invention also relates to a polyolefin producing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUYInventors: Pierre Van Grambezen, Mourad Abouahi