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The invention provides methods of synthesizing and purifying methyl esters and specifically biodiesel fuels. The methods include acid-catalyzed transesterification of a triglyceride source followed by formation of an acidic emulsion that is subjected to an electric field to break the emulsion and recover the purified methyl esters. After recovery, the purified methyl esters may be used as a highly purified and stable biodiesel fuel without further treatment. The electric field may be efficiently applied to the acidic emulsion in an electrochemical reactor such as an electrocoagulation chamber.

Processes are provided for preparing ready-to-eat health bars such as chocolate granola bars and chocolate confectioneries such as dark or milk chocolate chews. The bars and confectioneries contain sterol ester(s) and / or stanol esters and cocoa solids having a high cocoa procyanidin content. The cocoa solids are pretreated with the sterol / stanol ester(s) or other edible oils or fats during the preparation of the products to prevent the loss of cocoa procyanidins. Other particulate antioxidants can be pretreated with food grade fats and / or oils or emulsifiers such as lecithin to conserve their effectiveness.

A semiconductor device (100) comprising a semiconductor chip (101) assembled on a substrate (130) by solder joints; the chip and the substrate having a first set of contact pads (110, 140) of a first area, respective pads vertically aligned and connected by joints (160) made of a first solder having a first volume and a first melting temperature; and the chip and the substrate having a second set of contact pads (122, 150) of a second area, respective pads vertically aligned and connected by joints (170) made of a second solder having a second volume and a second melting temperature, the first melting temperature being lower than the second melting temperature.

The invention relates to a composite electrode material consisting of a carbon coated complex oxide, fibrous carbon and a binder. Said material is prepared by a method which comprises co-grinding an active electrode material and fibrous carbon, and adding a binder to the co-grinded mixture to lower the viscosity of the mixture. The fibrous carbon is preferably vapor grown carbon fibers.

A device for applying a sealing compound into a closure cap for containers comprising:an outer stamp (18) and a concentric inner stamp (14), the stamps being movable with respect to each other,an annular gap (26) between the stamps (14, 18), which is open towards the outside or the inside and of which at least one section is variable between an initial gap width and a gap width zero in the movement direction of the stamps in an axial relative movement of the stamps (14, 18),a feeding system for plasticized sealing compound within a stamp, which is connected to the annular gap (26),a mechanism that prevent any reflux of the melt from the annular gap, andadjustment mechanism for at least one of the stamps for changing the gap width of the annular gap.

An apparatus and method of thermal inkjet printing is provided. The apparatus is adapted to be used with an inkjet ink including a pigment(s), an aqueous vehicle, and a sufficient amount of polymeric binder and / or humectant(s) to wet and directly adhere to non-porous, uncoated, untreated, hydrophobic media. The ink is adapted to be ejected through a thermal inkjet head with consistent image quality and no kogation. The concentration of binder and / or humectant(s) raises the viscosity of the ink at room temperature. As such, the apparatus is adapted to lower the viscosity of the ink prior to the ink being ejected through the thermal inkjet printhead. Additionally, the apparatus is adapted to prepare the media for receiving the ink, and dry the ink after the ink is deposited on the media. This can be accomplished by providing heat to the media and / or the ink during the printing process.

A novel (meth)acrylamide polymer capable of forming a papermaking chemical exhibiting an excellent paper strengthening effect, drainage improvement effect, retention improvement effect, plybond strength enhancing effect, surface strength enhancing effect, and sizing improvement effect in acid, neutral, or alkaline papermaking systems, as well as a method for manufacturing this polymer, and paper that makes use of this polymer and has excellent bursting strength, internal bond strength, and other such properties is provided. This is a (meth)acrylamide polymer produced by polymerizing a monomer (a) expressed by the following general formula 1, the following monomer (b), and the following monomer (c): (a) general formula 1: (b) a (meth)acrylamide; (c) an ionic monomer other than monomer (a) expressed by general formula 1 above

Provided is a lubricating oil composition that is highly fuel-efficient and has high wear resistance and is particularly suited for lubrication of a motorcycle four-cycle gasoline engine or a diesel engine vehicle having an exhaust gas after-treatment device. The lubricating oil composition, which is a lubricating oil composition having an SAE viscosity grade of 5W20, comprises a base oil and predetermined amounts of additive components comprising of a nitrogen-containing ash-free dispersant, an alkali earth metal-containing detergent, a phosphorus-containing anti-wear agent, an antioxidant, and a viscosity index-improving agent, wherein the viscosity index is within a range of 140 to 230, the high-shear viscosity at 150° C. is 2.9 mPa·s or higher, and the NOACK evaporation loss is 13% or less.

The present invention relates to industrial bitumen compositions comprising at least one industrial bitumen, and at least one surface-active agent for reducing the viscosity of said bitumen. The present invention also relates to the use of said industrial bitumen compositions for the preparation of industrial bitumen-containing products, as well as the products thus obtained.

A dental instrument for working with composite resin includes an elongate handle and at least one tool attached at an end of the elongate handle. The tool is heated and / or vibrationally driven, and used to engage and work dental composite resin.

Disclosed is a sealing glass composition substantially not containing B2O3 or Al2O3, which is a high-strength, high-expansive crystallizing glass composition that can be used at high temperatures of not less than 950° C. The composition substantially not containing boron oxide, alkali metal oxides or aluminum oxide, but containing, in mol %, SiO2: 40-55, BaO: 18-35, TiO2+ZrO2: 0.1-10, ZnO: 0-15, CaO: 0-20, MgO: 0-9, SrO: 0-5, and La2O3: 0-2, wherein the total content of RO (R: Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Zn) is at least 44 mol %, and wherein the glass composition, when fired in the form of glass powder at a temperature of 850-1050° C., turns into a crystallized glass that exhibits a thermal expansion coefficient of 90-150×10−7 / ° C. in the range of 50-850° C.

A method for reducing sulfur and lowering viscosity in bunker oil by the steps of passing bunker oil over a core that ionizes the bunker oil with an electrostatic charge. The core consists of a metal bar being made of an alloy comprising, by weight, 40-70% copper, 10-32% nickel, 15-40% zinc, 2-20% tin and 0.05-10% silver. The metal bar of the core comprises a plurality of grooves, which allows the bunker oil to be agitated as it comes in contact with the core, activating an electrostatic charge. The electrostatic charge of the core creates a magnetic catalytic reaction that causes: (1) a molecular separation in molecular chains within the bunker oil thereby lowering the viscosity of the bunker oil and (2) sulfur to merge with metals and create metal sulfides in the bunker oil thereby reducing the sulfur in the bunker oil.

An all-inorganic electrolyte formulation for use in a lithium ion battery system comprising at least one of each a phosphoranimine, a phosphazene, a monomeric organophosphate and a supporting lithium salt. The electrolyte preferably has a melting point below 0° C., and a vapor pressure of combustible components at 60.6° C. sufficiently low to not produce a combustible mixture in air, e.g., less than 40 mmHg at 30° C. The phosphoranimine, phosphazene, and monomeric phosphorus compound preferably do not have any direct halogen-phosphorus bonds. A solid electrolyte interface layer formed by the electrolyte with an electrode is preferably thermally stable ≧80° C.

Polycarbonate based polyurethane prepolymers having a low amount of free isocyanate monomer with excellent handling and processing properties are prepared and used in the preparation of cast polyurethane polymers with excellent performance and handling properties.

A method of thinning a fabric conditioning composition comprising (a) from 7.5 to 80% by weight of a ester-linked quaternary ammonium fabric softening material comprising at least one mono-ester linked component and at least one tri-ester linked component; comprises the step of adding a fatty complexing agent (b) to the composition in an amount such that the weight ratio of the mono-ester linked component of compound (a) to fatty complexing agent (b) is from 2.93:1 to 1:5.

A temperature control arrangement (1) of a motor vehicle has an electric machine (2) with a rotor (3) and a stator (4), a stator cooling arrangement with a first cooling circuit (6) for cooling the stator (4) with a first cooling medium (8) flowing in the first cooling circuit (6) that is formed by a motor vehicle cooling circuit, a rotor cooling arrangement with a second cooling circuit (7) for cooling the rotor (3) with a second cooling medium (9) flowing in the second cooling circuit (7) that is formed by a transmission oil cooling circuit, a heat exchanger (10) that thermally couples the first cooling circuit (6) and the second cooling circuit (7). The stator cooling arrangement is configured such that the first cooling medium (8) makes direct contact with the stator windings.

To provide a process for producing a polyester ether poly- or mono-ol having a narrow molecular weight distribution, which is obtained by copolymerizing an initiator having hydroxyl groups with a cyclic ester compound and an alkylene oxide.It is possible to produce a polyester ether poly- or mono-ol having a molecular distribution (Mw / Mn) of from 1.02 to 1.4 by copolymerizing a cyclic ester compound which carbon number is from 3 to 9 and an alkylene oxide which carbon number is from 2 to 20 with an initiator having from 1 to 12 hydroxyl groups and having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of from 18 to 20,000 in the presence of a double-metal cyanide complex catalyst is having tert-butyl alcohol as at least a part of an organic ligand.

A chemical for photolithography to uniformly form a thick film to a desired thickness while enhancing a liquid transfer property by lowering the viscosity of a composition for photolithography, and a resist composition including the same. The chemical includes a solvent having a saturated vapor pressure and viscosity within predetermined ranges, and a resin is formed as a film having a thickness of 5 μm or more through spin coating.

A method for producing hydrocarbons includes the steps of a) providing a source of liquefied natural gas (LNG), b) regasifying the LNG at the well, c) pressurizing the regasified LNG above the formation pressure, d) injecting the pressurized LNG into the well, e) allowing the injection stream to flow into the producing formation, and f) recovering and transporting the regasified LNG and produced gas from the formation. The injection stream may include at least 85% methane and no more than 5 PPM water. Step f) may be carried out without separating the recovered gases. Step d) may continue for at least 24 hours. Step b) may comprise passing the LNG through a vaporizer. Step c) may be carried out before step b). An apparatus for injecting regasified LNG into a hydrocarbon formation may comprise an LNG tank, a vaporizer, a compressor, and a fluid connection to the producing formation.

An ophthalmic composition is disclosed having a viscosity enhancement system comprised of two different viscosity enhancing agents. The aqueous composition contains a first viscosity enhancing agent that provides enhanced viscosity upon dispensing of the composition to the eye and a second viscosity agent that increases viscosity (e.g., gels or partially gels) after dispensing of the composition to the eye to provide extended viscosity enhancement of the composition.

The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising: a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, a mixed ester of (A) a complex ester obtainable by synthesis of at least one polyhydric alcohol selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol, a C6-C12 polybasic acid, and a C4-C18 monohydric alcohol or a C4-C18 monocarboxylic fatty acid, and (B) a polyol ester obtainable by synthesis of at least one polyhydric alcohol selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol, and a C4-C18 monocarboxylic fatty acid, in a mass ratio of (A) the complex ester / (B) the polyol ester of 5 / 95 to 95 / 5; and a hydrocarbon refrigerant having 3 or 4 carbon atoms, wherein a refrigerant dissolved viscosity, at a temperature of 80° C. and an absolute pressure of 1.5 MPa, is 1.0 mm2 / s or more.

The present invention includes a foam-forming composition for use in enhanced oil recovery, and a method of using said foam-forming composition for recovering oil. The foam-forming composition of the present invention comprises a nonionic surfactant, in particular an alcohol-alkoxylate, and an anionic surfactant, in particular an alkyl diphenyloxide (di)sulfonate, where the foam-forming composition promotes a formation of a stable foam formed of a CO2 and water.

A method for manufacturing natural rubber according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: adding to a natural rubber latex at least one type of a predetermined sulfonic acid selected from the group consisting of a monoalkyl sulfonic acid, a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfonic acid, and an alkylbenzene sulfonic acid; and, thereafter, removing moisture from the mixture of the natural rubber latex and the sulfonic acid.

The invention relates to an energy efficient, environmentally favourable process for the preparation of butyl ionomers that uses a common medium for both solution polymerization and subsequent bromination of butyl rubber. More particularly, the invention relates to a process that employs a common aliphatic medium for both solution polymerization and bromination of butyl rubber in the presence of a brominating agent and optionally for subsequent reaction with at least one nitrogen and / or phosphorus based nucleophile.

The invention discloses a preparation method and application of novel defoaming agent, and belongs to the technical field of dyeing auxiliary agent application. The preparation method comprises the steps: a first step, making the raw material composition comprising celery leaves, sugarcane rind, bitter gourd, ginkgo leaves, mulberry leaves, fleece-flower root leaves and fig leaves ready, wherein the addition amount is calculated on dry substance weight; a second step, preparing a water extract concentrate; a third step, preparing an ethanol extract concentrate; and a fourth step, mixing the concentrates, adding sodium chloride and bean flour, and mixing evenly to obtain the novel defoaming agent. The defoaming agent takes plant extract flavonoids as main effective ingredients, has the advantages of simple processing and preparation method, green environmental protection, and no pollution, meets sustainable development social requirements, is applied in textile slurry, has the addition amount 0.1-0.5% of the weight of the textile slurry, has the advantages of good defoaming effect, strong defoaming ability, less amount, stable chemical properties, good heat resistance and oxidation resistance, and extremely high ecological benefits and economic benefits.

A liquid jetting head includes: a nozzle plate having a nozzle surface in which nozzles are open; a channel member having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the nozzle plate being joined to the first surface, the channel member being formed with channels communicating with the nozzles respectively and a cavity being different from the channels, the channels including pressure chambers respectively; drive elements provided on the second surface of the channel member to correspond to the pressure chambers respectively, the drive elements having terminals led out to the second surface of the channel member; and a wiring member having wirings, the wirings being joined to the terminals respectively on the second surface of the channel member.

A method of making a polyetherimide comprising reacting a diamine having four bonds or more between the amine groups, 3,3′-bisphenol A dianhydride, and 4,4′-bisphenol A dianhydride to form a polyetherimide having a cyclics content less than 1 weight percent (wt %), a glass transition temperature greater than or equal to 213° C., and a weight average molecular weight greater than or equal to 25,000 Daltons, wherein the molar ratio of 3,3′-bisphenol A dianhydride to 4,4′-bisphenol A dianhydride is 98:02 to 10:90.

The invention relates to injecting steam into crude oil in two separate desalting steps to remove salt by transferring the salt into the condensed water from the steam and gravity separating the water from the crude oil. Steam transfers salt from crude oil via a different transfer mechanism and therefore doesn't require the high shear mixing of conventional water injection systems. In the invention, salt is also removed via an intermediate step of adding water with harshly mixing the added water with the crude oil.

A roof sealing system method of manufacture and method of application comprising three parts: a caulk gap filler, a mastic, and a top coating. All three components combine to create a singular sealed membrane when applied to a roof surface. The roof sealing system utilizes inert polyethylene fibers in a liquid silicone polymer.

A high performing low viscosity tire sealant includes about 15% to about 75% by weight of a biobased aliphatic diol, about 5% to about 50% by weight natural rubber latex, and about 2% to about 50% by weight synthetic rubber latex. The tire sealant exhibits excellent performance at temperatures of −40 degrees Celsius and lower.