548 results about "Oil droplet" patented technology

In a device for transporting liquid, liquid to be transported is enclosed by an oil droplet, which is fractionated with air, for manipulation. Moreover, as a method for supplying liquids wherein a plurality of liquids are enclosed by an oil droplet sequentially and treated, liquid enclosed by an oil droplet is formed by associating one oil with one liquid in a liquid introducing section. According to the present invention, even in the case where a plurality of liquids are manipulated, it is possible to manipulate stably without affecting other liquids. Moreover, it is possible to treat as a liquid enclosed by an oil droplet successively in the device for transporting liquid, thereby allowing the invention to be applied to a system for analyzing easily.

Various apparatus and associated methods involve a light source that provides light at wavelengths that substantially correlate to local maxima in the spectral sensitivity of a diurnal avian. In an illustrative example, the light source may output light primarily in wavelength bands that are not substantially absorbed by colored oil droplets and/or visual pigment in at least one type of cone in the eye of a diurnal avian. In some embodiments, the light source may include a light-emitting diode (LED) light source. Exemplary light sources may output spectral components to illuminate diurnal avians with local maxima of intensity at wavelengths that substantially correspond to local maxima in a spectral sensitivity visual response characteristic of the diurnal avians.

Fluids viscosified with viscoelastic surfactants (VESs) may have their viscosities reduced (gels broken) by the direct or indirect action of a breaker composition that contains at least one mineral oil, at least one polyalphaolefin oil, and/or at least one saturated fatty acid. The breaker may initially be dispersed oil droplets in an internal, discontinuous phase of the fluid. In one non-limiting embodiment, the breaker, e.g. mineral oil is added to the fluid after it has been substantially gelled. The breaking composition is believed to act possibly by rearranging, disaggregating or otherwise attacking the micellar structure of the VES-gelled fluid in a non-spontaneous, rate controlled manner at elevated fluid temperatures. In a specific, non-limiting instance, a brine fluid gelled with an amine oxide surfactant can have its viscosity broken with a light, low viscosity paraffinic mineral oil.

There are provided a method for producing a toner which includes: emulsifying and dispersing an oil phase in an aqueous phase so as to form oil droplets; and aggregating the oil droplets so as to associate each other, wherein the oil droplets exhibit non-Newtonian viscosity at the time of aggregating, a method for producing a toner which includes: emulsifying and dispersing an oil phase in an aqueous phase so as to form oil droplets; and aggregating the oil droplets so as to associate each other, wherein the oil droplets exhibit non-Newtonian viscosity at the time of aggregating, as well as a toner obtained by such methods.

An object of the present invention is to provide a toner having small-sized and potato-shaped particles created from multiple coherent spherical particles for excellent cleaning ability and high image quality, an image-forming method that realizes high image quality using the toner, and the like. To this end, there is provided a toner, which is produced by granulating toner materials as an organic phase comprising at least a binder resin and a colorant in an aqueous medium and has potato-shaped particles created from multiple coherent primary oil droplets of the organic phase in the aqueous medium.

The present invention concerns an oil-in-water emulsion wherein the oil droplets of a diameter in the range of 5 nm to hundreds of micrometers exhibit a nano-sized self-assembled structurization with hydrophilic domains having a diameter size in the range of 0.5 to 200 nm, due to the presence of a lipophilic additive and the oil-in-water emulsion contains an active element being present in the range comprised between 0.00001 and 79% based on the total composition.

The invention relates to an oil separating device for separating out oil droplets conveyed in a crankcase gas flow released by a crankcase ventilation of an internal combustion engine, including at least one separating element, at least part of which the gas flow passes through.

The invention provides that the separating element (6) contains a granulate (22) comprised of a plastic. This measure achieves a high separation rate of smaller oil droplets.

A stabilized emulsion is mixed with plasticizable matrix material to produce shelf stable, controlled release, discrete, solid particles or pellets which contain an encapsulated and/or embedded component, such as a readily oxidizable component, such as omega-3 fatty acids. An oil encapsulant component which contains an active, sensitive encapsulant, dissolved and/or dispersed in an oil is admixed with an aqueous component and a film-forming component, such as a protein, to form an emulsion. The emulsion is admixed with a matrix material for obtaining a formable mixture or dough. An acidic antioxidant for prevention of oxidation of the active, sensitive encapsulant, and a plasticizer which solubilizes the acidic antioxidant are included in the matrix material which encapsulates film-coated oil droplets containing the readily oxidizable component. The plasticizer, such as glycerol, provides mobility for the acidic antioxidant within the matrix material of the pellets for reaction with any ambient oxygen and malodorous amines.

A damped steel baffle for an engine cam cover aids in separation of oil mist entrained in a flow of crankcase air vented through the cam cover, and directs the air to a PCV valve atop the cover. The baffle forms a channel for the air, and effectively absorbs noise generated within the cover. Oil droplets condense on channel and baffle surfaces, and drain to an engine oil sump. The interface between baffle and cam cover is sealed with a foam gasket layer or RTV sealant. The baffle is constructed of two metal layers joined together by a thin layer of viscoelastic adhesive that converts vibrational energy into heat to dampen resonant vibrations. Amplitudes of vibration are significantly lower than for plain steel baffles, hence lower sound radiation is achieved. The individual steel layers are 0.2 to 0.6 mm thick; the viscoelastic layer has a thickness up to 0.15 mm.

Disclosed are oral care mouth rinse compositions formulated as stable oil-in-water emulsions comprising:

• • (a) at least about 0.025% by weight of a quaternary ammonium antimicrobial agent,
  • (b) at least about 0.05% by weight of an essentially water-insoluble volatile oil, and
  • (c) at least about 50% by weight water,

wherein the emulsion comprises oil droplets having an average mean particle size of about 350 nm or less.

Examples of quaternary ammonium antimicrobial agent include cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), tetradecylpyridinium chloride, N-tetradecyl-4-ethyl pyridinium chloride or domiphen bromide.

Microparticles with adsorbent surfaces, methods of making such microparticles, and uses thereof, are disclosed. The microparticles comprise a polymer, such as a poly(α-hydroxy acid), a polyhydroxy butyric acid, a polycaprolactone, a polyorthoester, a polyanhydride, and the like, and are formed using cationic, anionic, or nonionic detergents. The surface of the microparticles efficiently adsorb biologically active macromolecules, such as DNA, polypeptides, antigens, and adjuvants. Also provided are compositions of an oil droplet emulsion having a metabolizable oil and an emulsifying agent. Immunogenic compositions having an immunostimulating amount of an antigenic substance, and an immunostimulating amount of an adjuvant composition are also provided. Methods of stimulating an immune response, methods of immunizing a host animal against a viral, bacterial, or parasitic infection, and methods of increasing a Th1 immune response in a host animal by administering to the animal an immunogenic composition of the microparticles, and/or microemulsions of the invention, are also provided.

The invention is a crosslinked water-in-oil emulsion that is useful in cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications. The emulsion includes a water phase, oil phase, water-in-oil emulsifier, and one or more crosslinkers. The crosslinkers that are useful in the invention include molecules having at least one hydrophilic region and at least one hydrophobic region. The invention also includes a process for preparing the crosslinked emulsion.

A oil field sewage disposal method comprises following steps: 1. Air Floating Degrease process comprises: supplying air or natural gas to oiliness sewage to generate gas bubbles in water, disperse oil droplets stick on bubbles and float with gas on water surface to recovery; 2. Ionic adjustment process: the water purified through step 1 enter into a mixer, adding chemical agent in the mixer to remove harmful substance; 3. quickly settling process: sending the sewage processed through step to a mixing tank through a pump, adding coagulant and ferrous powder the tank, settling in the settling tank; 4. sending clean water of the settling tank to a filter process to get clean water; 5. sending settled mud to a mud centrifugal dehydration process. The invention has advantages of a little apparatus occupation area, high deoiling efficiency and high quality, the corrosion speed of sewage is reduced by 1.5mm/a before modified to 0.076mm/a; rapid settling speed; long back flushing time-interval, short back flushing time; water containing of mud fell to below 70%.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing carbon particles for an electrode, the carbon particles being highly suitable for use as an electrode material, and being able to achieve a high charge/discharge efficiency and durability when used as a negative-electrode material in lithium-ion secondary batteries.

The present invention provides a method of producing carbon particles for an electrode, each containing particles of a metal capable of forming an alloy with lithium, being formed by an aggregation of numerous fine particles composed of carbon, and having a hollow open-cell structure in which cells among the fine particles form a plurality of interconnected pores. The method includes the steps of: mixing together a monomer having a low compatibility with a polymer to be formed, an organic solvent having a low compatibility with the polymer to be formed, and particles of a metal capable of forming an alloy with lithium, to prepare a monomer-containing mixture; dispersing the monomer-containing mixture in an aqueous phase to prepare a suspension containing, dispersed therein, oil droplets of the monomer-containing mixture; polymerizing the oil droplets in the suspension to prepare resin particles; and curing the resin particles.

The invention discloses an electrochemical method of oil removal by polymer flooding oil recovery wastewater, which comprises the following steps of: 1, electrolysis; 2, sedimentation. In the process of the electrolysis, tiny oil droplets in the wastewater lose electrons due to discharge on the surface of an anode, charges on the surface of the oil droplets are reduced, and electric potential of interface xi is decreased; and residual polymer pieces in the wastewater after the electrolysis are oxidized and degraded, viscosity of the wastewater is decreased, and water film intensity on the interface of oil/water is reduced. Therefore, the tiny oil droplets after the electrolysis are liable to be converged into large oil droplets and are rapidly separated from the wastewater under the action of cathode hydrogen. As treated by the method, crude oil in wastewater produced in oil extraction by polymer flooding displacement is quite easy for removal with no need for large use of sedimentation tanks, thus saving construction fund for oilfield; the invention has simple process, requires no drug, saves resource and cost and conforms to green chemistry process, quality of the wastewater after the oil removal is obviously crystal-clear; in addition, the device is convenient and safe in operation, easy to control and realize automation, extensively adapted to the amount of water, and convenient for popularization and application.

A process for removing hydrocarbons such as oil from produced water entrains high concentrations of very small gas bubbles within produced water inside a vertically-oriented primary separation tank by means of aerators immersed in the water inside the tank. Oil droplets coat the gas bubbles which form a buoyant oil-rich froth phase overlying a gas-rich liquid phase. The froth phase flows out through a discharge port in a preferably conical upper section of the primary tank, for disposal or recovery of oil as appropriate. Solid contaminants not borne by the froth phase may be intermittently settled out of the liquid phase and removed for treatment or disposal through a discharge port in a preferably conical lower section of the primary tank. Clean processed water is drawn a medial region of the primary tank for re-use as appropriate. In a preferred embodiment, the froth phase passes into a secondary separation tank for further separation of contaminants by means of gravity and/or supplemental aeration.

Fluids viscosified with viscoelastic surfactants (VESs) may have their fluid loss properties improved with at least one mineral oil which has a viscosity greater than 20 cps at ambient temperature. The mineral oil may initially be dispersed oil droplets in an internal, discontinuous phase of the fluid. In one non-limiting embodiment, the mineral oil is added to the fluid after it has been substantially gelled in an amount between about 0.2 to about 10% by volume.