8306 results about "Continuous production" patented technology

Novel methods and apparati for continuous production of aligned carbon nanotubes are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises dispersion of a metal catalyst in a liquid hydrocarbon to form a feed solution, and volatilizing the feed solution in a reactor through which a substrate is continuously passed to allow growth of nanotubes thereon. In another aspect, the apparatus comprises a reactor, a tube-within-a-tube injector, and a conveyor belt for passing a substrate through the reactor. The present invention further discloses a method for restricting the external diameter of carbon nanotubes produced thereby comprising passing the feed solution through injector tubing of a specified diameter, followed by passing the feed solution through an inert, porous medium. The method and apparati of this invention provide a means for producing aligned carbon nanotubes of a particular external diameter which is suitable for large scale production in an industrial setting.

The present invention provides methods for uniform growth of nanostructures such as nanotubes (e.g., carbon nanotubes) on the surface of a substrate, wherein the long axes of the nanostructures may be substantially aligned. The nanostructures may be further processed for use in various applications, such as composite materials. For example, a set of aligned nanostructures may be formed and transferred, either in bulk or to another surface, to another material to enhance the properties of the material. In some cases, the nanostructures may enhance the mechanical properties of a material, for example, providing mechanical reinforcement at an interface between two materials or plies. In some cases, the nanostructures may enhance thermal and/or electronic properties of a material. The present invention also provides systems and methods for growth of nanostructures, including batch processes and continuous processes.

High-purity polysilicon granules are prepared by depositing reaction gas on silicon granules in a fluidized bed reactor having:

• • a reactor space comprising at least two zones lying one above the other, the lower zone weakly fluidized by introduction of a silicon-free gas into silicon granules in the lower zone by a plurality of individual dilution gas nozzles, and a second, reaction zone directly abutting the lower zone,

the reaction zone heated via its outwardly bounding wall,

introducing silicon-containing reaction gas as a vertical high speed gas jet into the reaction zone by reaction gas nozzle(s), forming local reaction gas jets surrounded by bubble-forming fluidized bed, gas decomposing leading to particle growth,

wherein the reaction gas has fully or almost fully reacted to chemical equilibrium conversion before reaching the wall or bed surface.

There is disclosed a process for continuous production of a water-absorbent resin product by which the water-absorbent resin product having high properties can continuously be produced easily and inexpensively with stable constant quality. In addition, there is disclosed a water-absorbent resin product having high properties and being stable in quality. The process comprises the following steps of: (A) measuring a water-absorbent resin by its predetermined property and/or its predetermined component content, wherein the water-absorbent resin comes being continuously produced via a classification step and/or a surface-modifying step; (B) separating a predetermined amount of water-absorbent resin (a) from the water-absorbent resin that comes being continuously produced, wherein the water-absorbent resin (a) is a water-absorbent resin which displays not less than a definite value and/or a water-absorbent resin which displays not more than a definite value as to the predetermined property and/or the predetermined component content in accordance with results of the aforementioned measurement; and (C) mixing at least a portion of the aforementioned separated predetermined amount of water-absorbent resin (a) into a water-absorbent resin that comes being continuously produced via a classification step and/or a surface-modifying step on the same or another production line.

A continuous process for production of solvents, particularly acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) using fermentation of solventogenic microorganisms and gas stripping is provided. The solventogenic microorganisms are inoculated in a nutrient medium containing assimilable carbohydrates (substrate) and optional other additives. Control of the solventogenic microorganism concentration in the fermentor (cell concentration) and the assimilable carbohydrate concentration in the fermentor, along with removal of solvents formed results in a continuous process for production of solvents.

A surface-modified water-absorbent resin powder is produced continuously with high productivity in a state where the particle diameter distribution is narrow and where the properties are high by a process comprising a polymerizing step, a drying step, a pulverizing step, a classifying step, and a surface-modifying step, and further, conveying steps of connecting them, wherein the conveying steps include at least two hoppers for storing the water-absorbent resin powder. A powder surface detector used favorably for this process includes a float hung down by a hanging line.

A container insert, and an apparatus and a method of producing the container insert. The container insert is formed as a deformable pouch adapted to be received in an interior of an associated container. The pouch has a closed lower end, an open upper end, and spaced apart sealed edges. The lower end of the pouch includes two leg portions. The pouch is manipulatable to generally conform to the interior of the contained and form a hollow interior space therein for receiving an object and providing a lining for the interior of the container. The apparatus and the method for producing the insert provides for a substantially automatic and continuous production of the insert from a roll of material.

The invention provides continuous methods for preparing a fermented dairy product, the methods including steps of fermenting a dairy base with agitation while measuring the viscosity change of the fermentation mixture until an initial fermented dairy base having a target viscosity is achieved. The initial fermented dairy base is then preferably further fermented to a final fermented dairy base without agitation.

A process is described for continuous production of anhydrosugar alcohol by continuous introducing of sugar alcohols and/or monoanhydrosugar alcohols into a reaction vessel and dehydration in the presence of an acid catalyst and solvent in which the resultant reaction product is soluble. Water and the solvent having the dissolved reaction product are each cointinuously removed from the reaction vessel. The reaction product is separated from the removed solvent and the product is optionally purified to a purity of 99.0% the solvent is recycled in the reaction vessel.

A specific embodiment of the present invention is a process for continuously producing a porous solid film of spacer-modified nano graphene platelets for supercapacitor electrode applications. This process comprises: (a) dissolving a precursor material in a solvent to form a precursor solution and dispersing multiple nano graphene platelets into the solution to form a suspension; (b) continuously delivering and forming the suspension into a layer of solid film composed of precursor material-coated graphene platelets overlapping one another, and removing the solvent from the solid film (e.g., analogous to a paper-making, mat-making, or web-making procedure); (c) continuously converting the precursor material into nodules bonded to surfaces of graphene platelets to form a porous solid film composed of spacer-modified graphene platelets; and (d) continuously collecting the porous solid film on a collector (e.g., a winding roller). The roll of porous solid film (mat, paper, or web) can then be cut into pieces for used as supercapacitor electrodes.

The invention discloses a coking furnace capable of recycling heat energy, and the coking furnace comprises a furnace body, an exhaust gas recycling system and a raw coal gas treatment system, wherein the furnace body sequentially comprises a coal feeding segment, a rapid coal heating segment, a raw coal gas leading-out segment, a coal carbonization coking segment, a coke quenching and tempering segment, a dry coke quenching segment and a coke discharging segment from top to bottom; the exhaust gas recycling system comprises an exhaust gas leading-out unit, an exhaust gas heat exchanger, a commutator and the like; and the raw coal gas treatment system comprises a raw coal gas leading-out unit. By using the coking furnace disclosed by the invention, continuous coal carbonization coking canbe achieved and the exhaust gas after combustion is used for dry coke quenching in the furnace; pre-dried coal can be quickly heated to 300 DEG C during entering the furnace, the coal is carbonized and coked in the furnace body, and the exhaust gas generated by self-combustion is used for dry coke quenching at the furnace bottom after the exhaust gas is cooled by heat exchange with air, thus continuously producing coke; the pollution is less in the production process; the coal industrial chain is extended, the coking cost is lowered, the coking coal types are broadened, and the product quality is improved; the profit margins are expanded in a large extent; and the maintenance cost is low.

The invention provides a polyurethane compound heated board and a manufacturing method and application, which relates to a heated board and supplies a polyurethane compound heated board that has good heat-insulating effect, high fire-fighting and flame-retardant performance, convenient using performance and high constructing efficiency and the manufacturing method and the application. The invention includes a polyurethane rigid foam insulating layer, a bonding layer and an inorganic material composite board; the bonding layer is arranged between the polyurethane rigid foam insulating layer and the inorganic material composite board; the thickness of the polyurethane rigid foam insulating layer is 20-80mm and the thickness of the inorganic material composite plate is 3-10mm. The inorganic material composite board can be continuously produced for further use; an adhesive treatment agent is coated on the inorganic material composite board; polyhydric alcohol combination material and isocyanate combination material are added into the continuous production line for mixed foaming and curing to obtain the polyurethane compound heated board; the mass ratio of the polyhydric alcohol combination material and the isocyanate is 100:95-160.

The present invention relates to a synthesis method of carbon nanotubes, and more particularly to an apparatus for a mass synthesis of carbon nanotubes in gas phase using an atmospheric-pressure microwave plasma torch. The method and apparatus is described for the continuous production of carbon nanotubes by making use of a microwave plasma torch operated at a frequency of 2.45 GHz, by introducing a transition metal catalyst precursor and a carbon containing gas into the microwave plasma torch to produce atomized catalyst metal and to decompose the carbon containing gas, by passing the resulting gaseous mixtures through a furnace, and by quenching rapidly and collecting the products so formed at the exit of the furnace. The resultant products are the carbon nanotubes.

A process for producing an electrode for an alkali metal battery, comprising: (a) Continuously feeding an electrically conductive porous layer to an anode or cathode material impregnation zone, wherein the conductive porous layer has two opposed porous surfaces and contain interconnected conductive pathways and at least 70% by volume of pores; (b) Impregnating a wet anode or cathode active material mixture into the porous layer from at least one of the two porous surfaces to form an anode or cathode electrode, wherein the wet anode or cathode active material mixture contains an anode or cathode active material and an optional conductive additive mixed with a liquid electrolyte; and (c) Supplying at least a protective film to cover the at least one porous surface to form the electrode.

An interconnected arrangement of photovoltaic cells is achieved using laminating current collector electrodes. The electrodes comprise a pattern of conductive material extending over a first surface of sheetlike substrate material. The first surface comprises material having adhesive affinity for a selected conductive surface. Application of the electrode to the selected conductive surface brings the first surface of the sheetlike substrate into adhesive contact with the conductive surface and simultaneously brings the conductive surface into firm contact with the conductive material extending over first surface of the sheetlike substrate. Use of the laminating current collector electrodes allows facile and continuous production of expansive area interconnected photovoltaic arrays.

The invention relates to a method for producing coarse cereals rice by extruding a double screw, wherein, the coarse cereals rice takes five cereals as raw materials. The method comprises the following steps: pretreating the raw materials, stirring the raw materials in a mixing way, extruding and curing the raw materials at one time with a double screw extruder and a double screw extruding technology; graining and shaping the raw materials; drying the raw materials; and cooling the raw materials, etc. The coarse cereals rice absolutely takes five cereals as raw materials without any additives and ancillary materials. The coarse cereals rice has various external shapes according to requirements, has a compact structure without the need for polishing, stable quality, good edible quality, balanced nutrition and strong health function, is free of cleaning and convenient, can be stored for a long time, has good heat stability when being cooked, and can be eaten as staple food as the common rice. The invention has the advantages of high production, continuous production process which is especially suitable for large-scale industrialization production, stable product quality, low cost, small production floor space, etc.

Method and system for continuously producing pieces of liquid-filled gum material. An extruded rope of liquid-filed gum is sized and separated into individual pieces of gum. A rotating drum mechanism having a die ring and cutter ring with mating die members separate the rope of gum material into individual pieces. Pairs of cam-operated plunger members compress and form the pieces of gum material in the die cavities. Angled grooves in the die members prevent portions of the gum pieces from being chipped-off during formation. Guide pin members are positioned between rider members on the plunger members. A feed chute with air assist transfers the gum rope from a sizing table to the rotating drum mechanism. A stripper member insures that the formed pieces of gum material are removed from the drum mechanism. Portions of the drum mechanism can be selective heated and cooled, or not cooled at all. The invention provides a more efficient system for continuous, high production operation.

Center filled confections, such as gummy or jelly candies or fruit snacks are continuously produced by co-deposition into a mold without candy tailing to obtain products with substantially uniform side walls and little, if any, shell breakage and filler leakage or bleed-out problems. Decentering of the filler and its accompanying production of thin or weak shell walls is avoided by at least substantially preventing excessive flow of a fluid or liquid shell component along a single side of shell introduction into the manifold nozzle or nozzle cavity. At least substantially uniform flow of the shell component in an annular passageway of a co-deposition nozzle assembly may be achieved with an apertured disk insert, a plurality of manifold bores, or opposing shell component entry points to evenly distribute the shell component and prevent or substantially reduce filler leakage or bleed-out.

A method for continuous production of hydroxyazapirones, for example 6-hydroxybuspirone, using a modified reactor. The products of the invention are useful as pharmaceutical agents.

The invention discloses a technological method for preparation of sphere-shaped ultrafine metallic powders through hydro-thermal treatment, which relates to a technological method for preparation of sphere-shaped ultrafine nickel powders or ultrafine cobalt powders through the procedures such as precipitation, dispersing agent surface finish, high-pressure hydro-thermal treatment, washing, drying and high-temperature hydrogen reduction and the like, and which belongs to the technical field for preparation of metal powder materials. The technological method adopts water soluble salts with nickel and cobalt, cobalt oxide, sub-carbonate, carbonate or hydroxide as raw materials, which are prepared into water solution after processing, the dispersing agent is added, then nickel ion and cobalt ion in the water solution are precipitated through alkali, carbonate, oxalic acid or ammonium oxalate and the like, the hydro-thermal treatment of water pulp of the precipitate is performed in an autoclave, and products of sphere-shaped ultrafine nickel powders or ultrafine cobalt powders with even graininess and good dispersibility can be obtained through washing, drying and high-temperature hydrogen reduction. The technological method is not only suitable for medium- and small-scale discontinuous-type manufacture, but also used for large-scale continuous manufacture, and the manufacturing cost is low.

The invention discloses a single/multi-layer magnetic conductive sheet for wireless charging and a preparation method thereof. The single-layer magnetic conductive sheet comprises a layer of magnetic slice. Multiple strips of cracks are uniformly distributed on the slice and divide the slice into multiple fragment units. Gaps of the cracks are filled with insulation medium, so fragment units on two sides of the cracks are mutually insulated. The single-layer magnetic conductive sheet also comprises a double-faced adhesive tape which is adhered to one face of the magnetic slice. A protection film formed by the insulation medium is formed on the other face of the magnetic slice. The preparation method comprises steps of heat treatment, adhesion of the double-faced adhesive tape, crack processing, gum dipping processing and drying and curing processing. According to the invention, inductance value and quality factor of a charging coil are increased, charging efficiency is increased and loss is reduced. The continuously prepared magnetic conductive sheet is characterized by controllable magnetic conductivity, continuous production, convenient operation and simple insulation processing.

A method for gelating a co-precursor relates to an aerogel. The invention provides a method for preparing transparent silica aerogel by normal pressure drying through a co-precursor method. The method has the advantages of low cost, simple process, short production cycle, controllable reaction course and continuous production. Tetraethyl silicate and absolute ethyl alcohol are put into a container according to a proportion and stirred, and added with methyl triethoxysilane; added with water and stirred; added with hydrochloric acid to regulate the pH of the solution; added with ammonia water to regulate the pH of the system after stirring; the silica sol is kept stand still after stirring to obtain wet gel; the obtained wet gel is put into a normal hexane solution or a normal hexane solution containing the methyl triethoxysilane with volume concentration of 10%-50% for solvent exchange and aging, after being exchanged by the solution containing the methyl triethoxysilane agent, the gel is washed by the normal hexane solution to remove the methyl triethoxysilane remained on the surface of the sample, and the transparent silica aerogel is obtained by drying.

The invention relates to a lightweight and broadband wave absorbing material with foam sandwich structure, comprising a panel 1, a sandwich layer 2 and a bottom plate 3. The panel 1 is a wave-transparent material layer; the sandwich layer 2 is wave absorbing resin foam; and the bottom plate 3 is an electromagnetic wave absorbing and reflecting layer. The method for producing the lightweight and broadband wave absorbing material with foam sandwich structure comprises the steps of mixing raw materials, foaming the mixed raw material, curing the mixed raw material to obtain monolayer foam wave absorbing materials and adhering the monolayer foam materials to form multi-layer foam wave absorbing material. The lightweight and broadband wave absorbing material with foam sandwich structure has good low-frequency performance, broad absorption band, light surface density, superior environmental performance and the like. The method is mature and stable, can be used for the large-scale continuous production and is easy to realize the industrialization.

A continuous process is provided for preparing silica microgels using carbon dioxide as a gel initiator at a pressure of at least about 172 kPa (about 25 psig). Consistent performance of microgel can be produced with varying production rates.

A method for the continuous production of polydienes, the method comprising the steps of (a) charging a mixture of one or more monomer, catalyst system, and less than 50% weight percent organic solvent based on the total weight of the monomer, catalyst and solvent, into first vessel, (b) polymerizing the monomer to a conversion of up to 20% by weight of the monomer to form a mixture of reactive polymer and monomer, (c) removing the mixture of reactive polymer and monomer from the vessel, and (d) terminating the reactive polymer prior to a total monomer conversion of 25% by weight.

A process for the continuous production of hydrogen from methane and/or natural gas and/or methane-rich hydrocarbons and steam at low temperature, using a solid catalyst comprising group VIII metal oxide(s) in two parallel reactors, comprising reducing the solid catalyst in both the reactors by contacting the catalyst with a gaseous feed comprising a reducing agent, contacting a first gaseous feed comprising methane and/or natural gas and/or methane rich hydrocarbons, simultaneously contacting a second gaseous feed comprising steam called Feed-B with the solid catalyst reduced in step-i in a second reactor. while regularly switching over the two feeds, Feed-A arid Feed-B, between the two parallel reactors to obtain a mixed product stream comprising hydrogen from the two reactors.

The invention provides an LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp filament and a manufacturing method thereof. An LED chip is encapsulated on the edge top surface of a thin and long sheet metal support of the LED filament innovatively, meanwhile the sheet metal is inserted into a preformed transparent plastic model frame to produce a light source, and accordingly the automated continuous production of the LED lamp filament is implemented and the problem of the facing direction strength caused by the too thin and too long metal support is solved due to the transparent plastic model frame; meanwhile the lateral direction strength of the metal support is effectively utilized and accordingly the integral mechanical strength of the LED lamp filament is ensured; the heat dissipation characteristics of the metal is directly utilized, meanwhile the heat dissipation efficiency of the LED chip is maximized through the innovative encapsulation of thermal conductive coatings, and accordingly the problem of a heat dissipation bottleneck of the LED lamp filament is effectively solved, the LED lamp filament can work at the rated power for a long time, and the cost is reduced; the LED light extraction efficiency is improved, the light attenuation is reduced, the high lighting effect and ambient light of lamp filament light emission is implemented, and the market vacancy of the existing LED lamp filament is filled through innovative fluorescence encapsulation materials.

In a first aspect, a process for forming deodorant or antiperspirant sticks by continuously forming a mobile composition for dispensing into containers or molds at a rate matched with the rate at which it is dispensed, and in other aspects a process in which a mobile deodorant or antiperspirant composition is dispensed by injection molding, i.e. a process in which the deodorant or antiperspirant composition is dispensed under pressure. The composition at the time of injection moulding is preferably either in the vicinity of its regular set temperature, particularly in the range of about 0-3° C. below the regular set temperature and/or partially structured at the time of its delivery it into a container or mold. The deodorant or antiperspirant composition is preferably continuously produced in a screw extruder, especially a twin screw extruder, which is controlled to deliver the composition in a substantially semi-solid state, at a temperature close to its regular set temperature and is injected into the container or barrel at a pressure at the point of injection that is often greater than 15 psi. and in many instances from 200 to 400 psi in the injection head. Apparatus for forming deodorant or antiperspirant sticks by injection molding is also described. The combined process offers benefits for incorporating sensitive ingredients and ameliorating sedimentation of particulates such as particulate antiperspirant actives.

The invention relates to a curcumin-polysaccharide conjugate as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: grafting amino acid at one terminal of a diamine compound to polysaccharide through amidation to obtain a polysaccharide macromolecule with a free terminal of amino acid; and introducing curcumin on the polysaccharide frame by a Schiff base reaction. The preparation method is characterized in that 1, the water solubility and in-vivo and in-vitro stability of the curcumin can be improved due to grafting modification on the curcumin, and the generated curcumin-polysaccharide conjugate can be used as a novel macromolecular medicament indepterminalently; 2, the curcumin-polysaccharide conjugate has a strong oral absorption promoting effect, is high in safety, and can achieve the effects of promoting medicament absorption, improving the curative effect, reducing the toxic and side effect of the conjugate and the like; and 3, the amphipathy of the polysaccharide molecule is improved by introducing the hydrophobic group curcumin, so that the curcumin-polysaccharide conjugate can be self-assembled into nano-micelle, and can be used as a vector of an insoluble medicament. The preparation method is simple, low in cost, and applicable to large-scale continuous production.

A delicious candy in which crystallized xylitol has been molded in a desired shape and which has a beautiful shape and gives a cooling feeling attributable to xylitol; and a process by which the candy can be easily and industrially continuously produced. The novel candy (1) has a layered constitution which comprises two opposed candy part layers (3) and, sandwiched between these, a xylitol crystal part layer (2) comprising xylitol as the main component, at least one ingredient selected among monosaccharides, disaccharides, and sugar alcohols obtained by reducing these, and a viscosity-lowering agent as essential components, the at least one ingredient and the viscosity-lowering agent being contained in given amounts based on the xylitol as the main component.