37845 results about "Calcium carbonate" patented technology

Hydrogen is produced from solid or liquid carbon-containing fuels in a two-step process. The fuel is gasified with hydrogen in a hydrogenation reaction to produce a methane-rich gaseous reaction product, which is then reacted with water and calcium oxide in a hydrogen production and carbonation reaction to produce hydrogen and calcium carbonate. The calcium carbonate may be continuously removed from the hydrogen production and carbonation reaction zone and calcined to regenerate calcium oxide, which may be reintroduced into the hydrogen production and carbonation reaction zone. Hydrogen produced in the hydrogen production and carbonation reaction is more than sufficient both to provide the energy necessary for the calcination reaction and also to sustain the hydrogenation of the coal in the gasification reaction. The excess hydrogen is available for energy production or other purposes. Substantially all of the carbon introduced as fuel ultimately emerges from the invention process in a stream of substantially pure carbon dioxide. The water necessary for the hydrogen production and carbonation reaction may be introduced into both the gasification and hydrogen production and carbonation reactions, and allocated so as transfer the exothermic heat of reaction of the gasification reaction to the endothermic hydrogen production and carbonation reaction.

In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a surgical device including an anchor body having an opening, the anchor body having a copolymer composition including polylactide-co-glycolide and calcium carbonate, wherein the calcium carbonate comprises more than 30% but less than 40% of the weight of the composition; and a flexible member passing through the opening, wherein deformation of the device occurs at body temperature. The present disclosure also relates to an oriented polymer material having a copolymer composition including a polylactide-co-glycolide and calcium carbonate, the calcium carbonate comprising more than 30% but less than 40% of the weight of the composition, wherein the material changes shape upon introduction to an environment having a temperature that is lower than a relaxation temperature of the material. A method of repairing soft tissue and other surgical devices are also disclosed.

The present invention provides oil based compositions and methods of using the compositions for temporarily sealing subterranean zones. The compositions are basically comprised of oil, a hydratable polymer, an organophilic clay, a water-swellable clay, and an acid soluble material such as calcium carbonate. These compositions will form a viscous gel when contacted with water. The gelled mass may then be dissolved with an acidic fluid, such as 15% hydrochloric acid.

Methods of drilling and completing open hole well bores and methods of removing filter cake comprised of a gelling agent and calcium carbonate are provided. A method of the invention for removing filter cake comprised of a gelling agent and calcium carbonate from the walls of an open hole well bore is basically comprised of the steps of contacting the filter cake with a delayed clean-up solution comprised of water and a formate ester and removing the clean-up solution from the well bore.

A dry powdered flowable cement composition contains calcium carbonate and a partially decarbonated magnesium carbonate. A slurry of the composition will set hard with various organic fillers including waste products and toxic waste. The composition can be slurried with contaminated water such as sea water, mineral laden ground water and muddy water. A high percentage of filler can be added while still having an acceptable set.

The spinal cage comprises a structural component having sufficient strength to withstand the compressive loading between vertebral bodies. The structural component is integrated with an osteoconductive component to facilitate bone growth between the vertebral bodies. The structural component may comprise any of PEEK, PEKK, or other structural material. The osteoconductive component may comprise any of allograft, natural bone, tricalcium phosphate, hydroxyapatite or a blend of calcium carbonate, calcium lactate and other calcium salts. A method for making the spinal cage involves molding polymers around an osteoconductive component, heat staking, and may further include ultrasonically welding, snap fit or mechanically assembling and/or adhesively bonding components.

The present invention relates to a calcium carbonate composition having both calcite and aragonite crystalline morphology. More particularly, the present invention relates to an acicular calcite and an acicular aragonite product and a method for the production of the same and the use of such as fillers, additives and modifiers of consumer and commercial products such as toothpaste, paper, plastics and sealants. The acicular calcite/aragonite composition of the present invention provides a balance of properties such as sheet bulk, strength, stiffness, and sizing, when employed as a filler for paper. As a coating pigment, the acicular calcite/aragonite product of the present invention provides gloss characteristics suitable for dull and matte grades of low gloss coated paper. Upon further processing such as milling, grinding, or other means of comminution, the resulting product provides gloss characteristics suitable for high gloss coated paper. For paint formulations, the acicular calcite/aragonite composition of the present invention provides properties such as low sheen and high contrast ratio. As an additive in polymers, the acicular calcite/aragonite product of the present invention imparts reinforcing properties, rigidity, and impact strength, including sealant applications.

The invention discloses a method for cultivating pure white needle mushrooms. The method comprises the following steps: a strain is prepared; a culture material is prepared; bagging and sterilization are carried out; inoculation is carried out; a mycelium is cultured; nutrition, humidity, temperature, light, air and other culture conditions are strictly controlled during a fruiting period; and harvesting is carried out in an optimum period. the formulation of the culture material is 0 to 32 percent of weed tree sawdust, 0 to 93 percent of cotton seed hulls or wheat straw, straw, corncob and other crop straw, 0 to 20 percent of wheat bran, 0 to 10 percent of corn meal, 0 to 10 percent of soybean meal, 0 to 1 percent of calcium carbonate, 0 to 0.2 percent of monopotassium phosphate, 0 to 0.2 percent of magnesium sulfate, 1 to 1.2 percent of sucrose, 0 to 10 percent of rice bran, 0 to 1 percent of plaster and 0 to 0.02 percent of urea. Quicklime and wettable carbendazim are added during the preparation of the culture material so as to prevent the pollution of undesired bacteria. The technical proposal aims to select proper breeds, popularize local large scale planting and improve cultivation benefit.

An electric smoking system includes a cigarette including a cylindrical tobacco web partially filled with tobacco material to define a filled tobacco rod portion and an unfilled tobacco rod portion, and an electric lighter. The wrapper includes a filler of ammonium-containing compounds effective to reduce the gaseous constituents of the smoke produced during smoking. The system includes a pilot burner including at least one heating vane and a controller adapted to control heating of the heating vane. The lighter is configured to at least partially contain the cigarette such that the heater blade heats the heating region of the cigarette. Manipulating the controller to limit the heating of the heater blades to a predetermined temperature range which allows the delivery of the smoke generated when the portion of the tobacco rod is heated while at least reducing the amount of smoke present in the smoke as compared to smoking a cigarette having only calcium carbonate as filler. A gaseous component. The gaseous components that can be reduced include carbon monoxide, 1,3 butadiene, isoprene, acrolein, acrylonitrile, hydrogen cyanide, 0-toluidine, 2-naphthylamine, nitrogen oxide, benzene, NNN, Phenol, catechol, benzanthracene and benzopyrene.

The invention relates to a hydrocarbon zone protective agent specific to fractured hydrocarbon zone in oil and gas drilling, in particular to a fractured temporary plugging additive, which is mixed by the components with the following mixture ratio: 40-85 percent of 60-1100 meshes of calcium carbonate superfine powder, 10-40 percent of plant fibers and 5-20 percent of oxidized asphalt. After the temporary plugging additive of the invention enters the stratum with the drillingfluid, a layer of compact and tenacious mud cake is quickly formed near the well wall for ensuring the original permeability of the stratum near the well wall to rapidly reduce to be nearly zero, thus preventing the intrusion of drilling fluid filter, various finishing agents, rock debris and the like which causes the reduction of oil and gas yield and capacity. The temporary plugging additive of the invention reaches more than 99 percent of temporary plugging rate to fractured core and more than 80 percent of pressure flowback and acidification flowback rate. Furthermore, the temporary plugging additive is characterized by wild temporary plugging range, little dosage, low cost and no pollution, thus being an ideal hydrocarbon zone protective agent.

Compositions comprising synthetic rock, e.g., aggregate, and methods of producing and using them are provided. The rock, e.g., aggregate, contains CO₂ and/or other components of an industrial waste stream. The CO₂ may be in the form of divalent cation carbonates, e.g., magnesium and calcium carbonates. Aspects of the invention include contacting a CO₂ containing gaseous stream with a water to dissolve CO₂, and placing the water under precipitation conditions sufficient to produce a carbonate containing precipitate product, e.g., a divalent cation carbonate.

PCT No. PCT/JP96/01630 Sec. 371 Date May 7, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date May 7, 1997 PCT Filed Jun. 14, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/09483 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 13, 1997The paper for rolling a smoking article of the present invention contains particle-form calcium carbonate (30 to 60 wt %), calcined clay (5 to 30 wt %) and pulp. Furthermore, an alkaline metal salt is contained as a chemical additive. In addition, kaolin is contained in the paper. The basis weight of the paper falls within the range of 20 to 70 g/m2. Optical characteristics of the paper and the burning characteristics and ash characteristics of a cigarette are improved and the side stream smoke is reduced.

The invention discloses an antioxidant and ultravioresistant polypropylene woven bag raw material. The polypropylene woven bag raw material is added with anti-oxidant B215, anti-oxidant 1010, auxiliary anti-oxidant DLTP (dilauryl thiodipropionate) or DSTP (distearyl thiodipropionate), ultraviolet absorber UV531, light stabilizer GW-480, stearic acid, calcium stearate, calcium carbonate, mono-alkoxy titanate coupling agent YDH-101, and zinc stearate in powdered polypropylene, and then subjected to wiredrawing treatment in a drawing machine. Compared with the prior art, the raw material provided by the invention has advantages of good antioxidant and ultravioresistant properties, the raw material is particularly suitable for being used as woven bag raw materials, especially for being used as the raw material for manufacturing container bags.

The present invention relates to a preparation method of biological affinity hydrophilic active magnetic seed filling material for treating water. It is characterized by that said method includes the following steps: mixing biological affinity substance, hydrophilic substance, magnetic powder and active carbon or magnetic powder and calcium carbonate in the high-molecular base material, and adding dispersion lubricating agent, uniformly stirring them, placing them into injection moulding machine, utilizing filling mould to make extrusion moulding and magnetizing, so as to obtain the invented filling material. It has biological affinity and hydrophilicity, at the same time can induce microbial activity and enzyme activity, and can raise oxygen utilization rate in water and water treatment efficiency.

Water-based adhesive compositions are improved by the incorporation of hollow polymeric microspheres having outer surfaces coated with one or more barrier materials such as calcium carbonate particles. The adhesive compositions exhibit enhanced rheology, sprayability, drying time, tack and storage stability as compared to analogous adhesives that are not modified with coated hollow polymeric microspheres. Such compositions are useful as both contact adhesives as well as wet bonding one-way adhesives.

The present invention is wear-resistant wood-plastic floor board and its production process, and belongs to the field of decoration material technology. Polyvinyl chloride resin or plastic material is added with waste wood powder or fiber material powder, active calcium carbonate, assistant, stuffer, etc, and the mixture is pelletized, and further treated through extruding, molding, vacuum cooling, settling, drawing and cutting to form the basic wood-plastic board. The basic wood-plastic board is polished, groove milled and covered with surface decoration layer to form the wear resistant wood-plastic floor board product. The wear resistant wood-plastic floor board is beautiful, wear resistant, fireproof, waterproof, non-skid, anticorrosive and environment friendly and has high strength, heat insulation, electrical insulation and other advantages.

Disclosed is an improved water treatment cavitation reactor cone. The tank operates on a continuous flow of fluids which are subjected to ultrasonic waves in combination with a high level of injected ozone. The treatment tank includes a tangential inlet that induces a rotating flow into the tank thereby increasing the mixing of the ozone within the effluent. The effluent is further treated with DC current. The treatment tank provides a cost efficient and environmentally friendly process and apparatus for cleaning and recycling fluids as contaminated as frac water, used to stimulate gas production from shale formations, as well as other types of fluids having various levels of contaminants such as aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and suspended solids. The calcium carbonate scaling tendency is reduced to an acceptable level without the use of acids, ion exchange materials, or anti scaling chemicals which is of economical and environmental significance and benefit.

The invention discloses crack self-remediation regenerated concrete based on urease production microorganism mineralization deposition and a preparation method. The crack self-remediation regenerated concrete comprises components, namely, expanded perlite carried with urease production microorganisms, cement, stone, sand, silica fume, water, urea, calcium chloride, a urease production microorganism suspension and a water reducing agent. The urease production microorganisms are adopted as a concrete crack remediation agent, urease can be generated through metabolism through the urease production microorganisms, and the urea can be decomposed into NH4<+> and CO3<2+>, and furthermore the calcium carbonate can be mineralized and deposited to remedy cracks. In the preparation process, a part of the crack remediation agent is directly mixed with the concrete, then cracks and holes in regenerated crude aggregate self and weak adhesion areas between regenerated aggregate and a new cement stone base can be remedied, and thus the mechanical property of the regenerated concrete can be improved; meanwhile, the other part of the crack remediation agent is firstly adsorbed into an expanded perlite carrier and is further mixed into the concrete, then the crack self-remediation property of the regenerated concrete in the service period can be improved, and thus the anti-penetrability performance and the durability of the regenerated concrete can be improved.

Ceramic materials operable to repair a defect in bone of a human or animal subject comprising a porous ceramic scaffold having a bioresorbable coating, and a carrier comprising denatured demineralized bone. The ceramic may contain a material selected from the group consisting of hydroxyapatite, tricalcium phosphate, calcium phosphates, calcium carbonates, calcium sulfates, and combinations thereof. The compositions may also contain a bone material selected from the group consisting of: bone powder, bone chips, bone shavings, and combinations thereof. The bioresorbable coating may be, for example, demineralized bone matrix, gelatin, collagen, hyaluronic acid, chitosan, polyglycolic acid, polylactic acid, polypropylenefumarate, polyethylene glycol, or mixtures thereof.

A reaction-based process has been developed for the selective removal of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from a multicomponent gas mixture to provide a gaseous stream depleted in CO₂ compared to the inlet CO₂ concentration in the stream. The proposed process effects the separation of CO₂ from a mixture of gases (such as flue gas/fuel gas) by its reaction with metal oxides (such as calcium oxide). The Calcium based Reaction Separation for CO₂ (CaRS-CO₂) process consists of contacting a CO₂ laden gas with calcium oxide (CaO) in a reactor such that CaO captures the CO₂ by the formation of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃). Once “spent”, CaCO₃ is regenerated by its calcination leading to the formation of fresh CaO sorbent and the evolution of a concentrated stream of CO₂. The “regenerated” CaO is then recycled for the further capture of more CO₂. This carbonation-calcination cycle forms the basis of the CaRS-CO₂ process. This process also identifies the application of a mesoporous CaCO₃ structure, developed by a process detailed elsewhere, that attains >90% conversion over multiple carbonation and calcination cycles. Lastly, thermal regeneration (calcination) under vacuum provided a better sorbent structure that maintained reproducible reactivity levels over multiple cycles.