15519 results about "Fluid phase" patented technology

Rapid characterization and screening of polymer samples to determine average molecular weight, molecular weight distribution and other properties is disclosed. Rapid flow characterization systems and methods, including liquid chromatography and flow-injection analysis systems and methods are preferably employed. High throughput, automated sampling systems and methods, high-temperature characterization systems and methods, and rapid, indirect calibration compositions and methods are also disclosed. In preferred high-temperature embodiments, the polymer sample is maintained at a temperature of not less than about 75° C. during sample preparation, loading into a liquid chromatography or flow-injection analysis system, injection into a mobile phase of a liquid chromatography or flow-injection analysis system, and / or elution from chromatographic column. The described methods, systems, and device have primary applications in combinatorial polymer research and in industrial process control.

Degradable material assisted diversion (DMAD) methods for well treatment, DMAD treatment fluids, and removable plugs for DMAD in downhole operations. A slurry of solid degradable material is injected into the well, a plug of the degradable material is formed, a downhole operation is performed around the plug diverter, and the plug is then degraded for removal. Degradation triggers can be temperature or chemical reactants, with optional accelerators or retarders to provide the desired timing for plug removal. In multilayer formation DMAD fracturing, the plug isolates a completed fracture while additional layers are sequentially fractured and plugged, and then the plugs are removed for flowback from the fractured layers. In DMAD fluids, an aqueous slurry can have a solids phase including a degradable material and a fluid phase including a viscoelastic surfactant. The solids phase can be a mixture of fibers and a particulate material.

The invention relates to a liquid phase chip for joint detection of multiple tumor markers and a preparation method thereof. The liquid phase chip comprises micro-balloons of a coupled antibody (at least two of the followings: AFP, CEA, CA125, CA153, CA19-9, CA242, CA72-4, PSA, HGH, Beta-HCG), corresponding biotin-labeled detection antibodies, streptavidin phycoerythrin and vegetable hydrosol or polysaccharide hydrosol which has a solute content of 1-10 wt per thousand and does not contain protein. The preparation of the liquid phase chip comprises refining and purification of hydrosol, coupling between captured antibodies and micro-balloons, preparation of biotin-labeled antibodies, dispersing the coupled micro-balloons into the vegetable hydrosol or the polysaccharide hydrosol, and the like. The liquid phase chip has the advantages of stable performance, good micro-balloon dispersivity, long preservation time, fast and convenient use and operation, small amount of samples in use, high detection sensitivity, wide linear scope and low detection cost, can detect ten tumor markers at most at one time, and requires a cost which is a quarter of the total fee of conventional methods.

A process for recovering waste heat which comprises: (a) passing a liquid phase working fluid through a heat exchanger in communication with a process which produces the waste heat; (b) removing a vapor phase working fluid from the heat exchanger; (c) passing the vapor phase working fluid to an expander, wherein the waste heat is converted into mechanical energy; and (d) passing the vapor phase working fluid from the expander to a condenser, wherein the vapor phase working fluid is condensed to the liquid phase working fluid. The preferred working fluid is an organic Rankine cycle system working fluid comprising compounds having the following general structure: where x, y, z, and m are each selected from the group consisting of: fluorine, hydrogen, Rf, and R, wherein R and Rf are each an alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and wherein Rf is partially or fully fluorinated.

The present invention provides a process for producing a monoalkylated aromatic compound, particularly cumene, comprising the step of contacting a polyalkylated aromatic compound with an alkylatable aromatic compound under at least partial liquid phase conditions and in the presence of a transalkylation catalyst to produce the monoalkylated aromatic compound, wherein the transalkylation catalyst comprises a mixture of at least two different crystalline molecular sieves, wherein each of said molecular sieves is selected from zeolite beta, zeolite Y, mordenite and a material having an X-ray diffraction pattern including d-spacing maxima at 12.4±0.25, 6.9±0.15, 3.57±0.07 and 3.42±0.07 Angstrom.

A process for sequestering carbon dioxide, which includes reacting a silicate based material with an acid to form a suspension, and combining the suspension with carbon dioxide to create active carbonation of the silicate-based material, and thereafter producing a metal salt, silica and regenerating the acid in the liquid phase of the suspension.

Rapid characterization and screening of polymer samples to determine average molecular weight, molecular weight distribution and other properties is disclosed. Rapid flow characterization systems and methods, including liquid chromatography and flow-injection analysis systems and methods are preferably employed. High throughput, automated sampling systems and methods, high-temperature characterization systems and methods, and rapid, indirect calibration compositions and methods are also disclosed. The described methods, systems, and devices have primary applications in combinatorial polymer research and in industrial process control.

The invention discloses alumina-coated granules, as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The alumina-coated granules consist of cores and shells which coat the cores. The cores are made of at least one of materials of metals, oxides, metal hydroxides, metal inorganic salts, non-metals, carbides, nitrides, lithium salts, semiconductors and organic compounds; the shell is made of Al2O3. By adopting a liquid phase method, the cores to be coated are mixed with aluminum salts, metal aluminum is precipitated by producing an alkaline environment in situ or externally adding alkaline, so that uniform, continuous and controllable coating can be formed on the surfaces of the cores. The coating method provided by the invention is simple, and has mild conditions and high universality; the coating layer has controllable thickness, completeness and uniformity; the alumina-coated granules has high practicability and a great application prospect in the field of catalysis, lithium ion batteries, surface-enhanced Raman, biomedicine and the like.

A simple, efficient apparatus and method for separation of solid and liquid phases useful in methods of high-throughput combinatorial organic synthesis of large libraries or megaarrays of organic compounds is disclosed. The apparatus and method are useful, whether as part of an automated, robotic or manual system for combinatorial organic synthesis. In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus and method of removal of liquid phase from solid phase compatible with microtiter plate type array(s) of reaction vessels is disclosed.

Nanoparticle compositions of noble metals, and methods of making them, are described. The nanoparticle compositions are made by reacting a salt or complex of a noble metal, such as Au, Ag, Cu or Pt, with a weak ligand, and a reducing agent, in a single liquid phase. The noble metal is typically provided as a halide or carboxylate. The ligand is preferably a fatty acid or aliphatic amine. The reducing agent is preferably a borohydride reagent, hydrazine, or a mixture thereof. Nanocrystals in the size range of 1 nm to 20 nm are produced, and can be made in substantially monodisperse form.

The invention is a continuous process for the preparation of polytrimethylene ether glycol from 1,3-propanediol reactant. In addition, the invention is directed to a continuous multi-stage process comprising reacting at least one reactant in a liquid phase in an up-flow column reactor, and forming a gas or vapor phase by-product wherein the gas or vapor phase by-product is continuously removed at the top and at least one intermediate stage.

A method for treating a separation facility is provided according to the invention. The separation facility includes a plurality of membranes for providing separation of a feed product. The method includes steps of providing liquid flow through a plurality of membranes; treating the plurality of membranes with a multiple phase treatment composition comprising a gaseous phase and a liquid phase at a volumetric ratio of the gaseous phase to the liquid phase of at least about 5:1; and providing a liquid flow through the plurality of membranes.

The invention provides an improved process to manufacture 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane (HCFC-244bb) by reacting 2-chloro-3,3,3,-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233xf) with hydrogen fluoride, in a liquid phase reaction in the presence of hydrogen chloride and a liquid phase fluorination catalyst. The hydrogen chloride is added into the reaction from an external source at a pressure of about 100 psig or more. The HCFC-244bb is an intermediate in the production of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene-1 (HFO-1234yf).

The invention discloses a resource utilization process of organic hazardous waste. The resource utilization process includes the steps that classified storage and treatment of solid-phase, solid-liquid mixing and liquid-phase organic hazardous waste are carried out; solid-phase crushing, grinding and screening treatment is carried out; solid-liquid mixing is carried out after solid-liquid separation, solid-phase grinding and liquid-phase sedimentation separation treatment is carried out; direct liquid-phase sedimentation is carried out; then after solid-liquid mixing, a fluxing agent is addedfor stirring, a stabilizer and a dispersing agent are added for slurrying, the slurry is fed into a gasifier, and the obtained gas is used as fuel gas after being subjected to cooling, dedusting, spraying and desulfuration; slag tapping and vitrification slag discharge are carried out; and waste water is recycled. The resource utilization process has the beneficial effects that solid phase, solid-liquid mixing and liquid-phase comprehensive treatment, harmless treatment and slag discharge are realized.

An emulsion comprising a continuous liquid phase, an emulsifier, and a discontinuous liquid phase comprising a blend including a polyunsaturated fatty acid source and a dispersing agent. The polyunsaturated fatty acid source comprises at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid and the weight ratio of the fatty acid source to the dispersing agent in the blend ranges from about between 9:1 and 1:10. A method for making an emulsion. The stability of the emulsion can be protected by antioxidants such as tea polyphenols.

An elastomeric mask is provided that allows deposition of a variety of materials through mask openings. The mask seals effectively against substrate surfaces, allowing simple deposition from fluid phase, gas phase, and the like or removal of material using gaseous or liquid etchants. The mask then can be simply peeled from the surface of the substrate leaving the patterned material behind. Multi-layered mask techniques are described in which openings in an upper mask allow selected openings of a lower mask to remain un-shielded, while other openings of the lower mask are shielded. A first deposition step, following by re-orientation of the upper mask to expose a different set of lower mask openings, allows selective deposition of different materials in different openings of the lower mask. Pixelated organic electroluminescent devices are provided via the described technique.

A process for treating mixtures of organic components, including azeotropic mixtures. The process includes a gas- or liquid-phase membrane separation step in conjunction with a dephlegmation step to treat at least a portion of the permeate vapor from the pervaporation step. The process yields a membrane residue stream, a stream enriched in the more volatile component as the overhead stream from the dephlegmator and a condensate stream enriched in the less volatile component as a bottoms stream from the dephlegmator. Any of these may be the principal product of the process.

Systems and methods for analyzing multiple samples in parallel using mass spectrometry preferably coupled with fluid phase separation techniques are provided. A modular mass spectrometer includes a vacuum enclosure, multiple sample inlets, multiple common vacuum pumping elements, and multiple mass analysis modules disposed substantially within the enclosure, with each module preferably including a mass analyzer and a transducer. In one embodiment, the modules mate with the vacuum enclosure to define multiple sequential vacuum regions, with each vacuum region having an associated common vacuum pumping element. At least one multi-pole ion transfer optic element is preferably associated with each module. Fluid phase separation devices may include microfluidic devices utilizing chromatographic, electrophoretic, or other separation methods.

Compositions including carbide-containing nanorods and / or oxycarbide-containing nanorods and / or carbon nanotubes bearing carbides and oxycarbides and methods of making the same are provided. Rigid porous structures including oxycarbide-containing nanorods and / or carbide containing nanorods and / or carbon nanotubes bearing carbides and oxycarbides and methods of making the same are also provided. The compositions and rigid porous structures of the invention can be used either as catalyst and / or catalyst supports in fluid phase catalytic chemical reactions. Processes for making supported catalyst for selected fluid phase catalytic reactions are also provided.

A clear ice making apparatus includes: a freezing space; a tray placed in the freezing space and having a lower temperature at a bottom part thereof than at an upper part thereof; and a water supply unit of supplying water to the tray from the top thereof, in which ice is made at an ice making rate of 5 μm / s or lower, a part of a liquid-phase section of water in the tray which part is in contact with atmosphere is frozen to complete the ice making, the liquid-phase section of water is not entirely supercooled before the ice making is completed, and the concentration of air in the liquid-phase section of water in the tray is equal to or lower than an excessive concentration of air.

Systems for analyzing multiple samples in parallel using mass spectrometric preferably coupled with fluid phase separation techniques are provided. A multi-analyzer mass spectrometer includes multiple inlets, multiple mass analyzers, and multiple transducers to conduct mass analyses of multiple samples in parallel. A modular mass analyzer may include a vacuum enclosure, a chassis, and multiple mass analysis modules disposed within the chassis. Modules are preferably disposed in a spatially compact two-dimensional array. A common multi-stage vacuum system may be utilized in conjunction with baffles or partitions disposed within and between modules to maintain differential vacuum conditions within the spectrometer utilizing a minimum number of pumps. Common control inputs may be provided to multiple modules or other components within a multi-analyzer spectrometer. Fluid phase separation devices for use with a multi-analyzer spectrometer may be microfluidic devices utilizing chromatographic, electrophoretic, or other separation methods.

The invention relates to a method for detecting the residual quantity of pesticides in a vegetable sample by utilizing a liquid chromatogram-high resolution mass spectrometer, which belongs to the technical field of a food safety detecting. The method provided by the invention comprises the following steps: 1) extracting the residual acetonitrile in the sample; 2) carrying out the dispersion solid-phase extraction and purification on a sample extraction solution; 3) detecting by utilizing the liquid chromatogram-high resolution mass spectrometer; and 4) analyzing the result. In the method provided by the invention, the quality accuracy of 27 pesticides is less than 1ppm; the detection limit is 0.01-0.05mg / kg; the addition recovery rate is 80-100%; and the relative standard deviation is less than 15%.

Methods of drawing glass sheet via a downdraw process are provided. In certain aspects, the methods utilize rapid cooling below the root (70) of the forming apparatus (10). Such rapid cooling can, for example, facilitate the use of glass having a liquidus viscosity less than about 100,000 poise. In other aspects, the methods utilize slow cooling between the viscosities of 1011 poises and 1014 poises. Such slow cooling can facilitate the production of glass substrates which exhibit low levels of compaction. In further aspects, substrates are removed from the glass sheet at elevated temperatures which can facilitate increases in the production rates of downdraw machines. In still further aspects, rapid cooling below the root, slow cooling between the viscosities of 1011 poises and 1014 poises, and / or substrate removal at elevated temperatures are combined. Such combinations can facilitate economically effective utilization of downdraw equipment.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a spherical doped Al-Ni lithium cobalt oxide for lithium-ion battery. The preparation steps are that: first, sulfate, nitrate or chlorate of Al-Ni-Co react with strong alkali that is added with complex agent in liquid phase; the pH value, the temperature and the feeding speed of the reaction solution are controlled so as to produce a spherical precursor of Al-Ni-Co hydroxide; then the spherical precursor of Al-Ni-Co hydroxide is dried and evenly mixed with lithium hydroxide, lithium nitrate or lithium carbonate and dried; the obtained mixture is roasted into a spherical doped Al-Ni lithium cobalt oxide. The spherical doped Al-Ni lithium cobalt oxide has comparatively high tap density and remarkable cycle stability in the process of high-rate charge / discharge cycle, which improves over charge performance of Ni-Co substance and first obviously enhances charge / discharge efficiency; in addition, the preparation method of the spherical doped Al-Ni lithium cobalt oxide has the advantages of being simple, controllable and suitable for industrialized production with low energy consumption, high efficiency, short reaction time and low cost.

The present invention is directed to systems and methods for detecting biological and chemical species in liquid and gaseous phase. The systems and methods utilize carbon nanotubes to enhance sensitivity and selectivity towards the reacting species by decreasing interference and detecting a wide range of concentrations.

In one aspect, the inventive process comprises a process for pyrolyzing a hydrocarbon feedstock containing nonvolatiles in a regenerative pyrolysis reactor system. The process comprises: (a) heating the nonvolatile-containing hydrocarbon feedstock upstream of a regenerative pyrolysis reactor system to a temperature sufficient to form a vapor phase that is essentially free of nonvolatiles and a liquid phase containing the nonvolatiles; (b) separating said vapor phase from said liquid phase; (c) feeding the separated vapor phase and methane to the pyrolysis reactor system; and (d) converting the methane and separated vapor phase in said pyrolysis reactor system to form a pyrolysis product. In another aspect, the invention includes a separation process that feeds multiple pyrolysis reactors.

Digestion of cellulosic biomass solids may be complicated by lignin release therefrom, which can produce a highly viscous phenolics liquid phase comprising lignin polymer. Methods for digesting cellulosic biomass solids may comprise: providing cellulosic biomass solids in the presence of a digestion solvent, molecular hydrogen, and a slurry catalyst capable of activating molecular hydrogen; at least partially converting the cellulosic biomass solids into a phenolics liquid phase comprising lignin, an aqueous phase comprising an alcoholic component derived from the cellulosic biomass solids, and an optional light organics phase; wherein at least a portion of the slurry catalyst accumulates in the phenolics liquid phase as it forms; and reducing the viscosity of the phenolics liquid phase.