335 results about "Reduced viscosity" patented technology

The present invention is directed to the upgrading of heavy petroleum oils of high viscosity and low API gravity that are typically not suitable for pipelining without the use of diluents. It utilizes a short residence-time pyrolytic reactor operating under conditions that result in a rapid pyrolytic distillation with coke formation. Both physical and chemical changes taking place lead to an overall molecular weight reduction in the liquid product and rejection of certain components with the byproduct coke. The liquid product is upgraded primarily because of its substantially reduced viscosity, increased API gravity, and the content of middle and light distillate fractions. While maximizing the overall liquid yield, the improvements in viscosity and API gravity can render the liquid product suitable for pipelining without the use of diluents. This invention particularly relates to reducing sulfur emissions during the combustion of byproduct coke (or coke and gas), to reducing the total acid number (TAN) of the liquid product, and to reducing the hydrogen sulfide content of one, or more than one component of the product stream. The method comprises introducing a particulate heat carrier into an up-flow reactor, introducing the feedstock at a location above the entry of the particulate heat carrier, allowing the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock to interact with the heat carrier for a short time, separating the vapors of the product stream from the particulate heat carrier and liquid and byproduct solid matter, regenerating the particulate heat carrier in the presence of the calcium compound, and collecting a gaseous and liquid product from the product stream.

The present application relates to highly concentrated antibody and protein formulations with reduced viscosity that are stable, relatively isotonic and are of low turbidity. The formulations are particularly suitable for subcutaneous administration. The application further describes articles of manufacture containing such formulations and method for using them to treat disorders treatable by the formulated antibody or protein.

An optical fiber is disclosed in which the core region of the optical fiber is doped with Cl and F in order to reduce the viscosity mismatch between the core region and the adjacent cladding region. In one embodiment of the invention, the optical fiber is a single-mode step index optical fiber having a core region doped with Cl and F in an amount effective to produce a difference in temperature between the glass transition temperature of the core region and the glass transition temperature of the adjacent cladding region of less than about 200° C.

Processes for producing acidic, protein-containing drinks are disclosed. Specifically, the processes comprise producing acidic, protein-containing drinks comprising plant protein material. The acidic, protein-containing drinks have improved sensory and functional characteristics such as reduced viscosity, improved sedimentation rate, and improved mouthfeel.

The present invention is directed to the upgrading of heavy petroleum oils of high viscosity and low API gravity that are typically not suitable for pipelining without the use of diluents. It utilizes a short residence-time pyrolytic reactor operating under conditions that result in a rapid pyrolytic distillation with coke formation. Both physical and chemical changes taking place lead to an overall molecular weight reduction in the liquid product and rejection of certain components with the byproduct coke. The liquid product is upgraded primarily because of its substantially reduced viscosity, increased API gravity, and the content of middle and light distillate fractions. While maximizing the overall liquid yield, the improvements in viscosity and API gravity can render the liquid product suitable for pipelining without the use of diluents. This invention particularly relates to reducing sulfur emissions during the combustion of byproduct coke (or coke and gas) and to reducing the total acid number (TAN) of the liquid product. The method comprises introducing a particulate heat carrier into an up-flow reactor, introducing the feedstock at a location above the entry of the particulate heat carrier, allowing the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock to interact with the heat carrier for a short time, separating the vapors of the product stream from the particulate heat carrier and liquid and byproduct solid matter, regenerating the particulate heat carrier in the presence of the calcium compound, and collecting a gaseous and liquid product from the product stream.

A positive photosensitive polyimide resin composition comprising:

• • (a) a solvent-soluble polyimide comprised of from 1 to 100 mol % of a bivalent organic group derived from a diamine, that has at least one solvent solubilizing functional group, the polyimide having a reduced viscosity ranging from 0.05 to 5.0 dl/g,
  • (b) a photosensitive orthoquinonediazide compound, and
  • (c) from 0.1 to 50 wt %, based on the total weight of all polymers of the composition, of a component (c1) or (c2), wherein:
  • component (c1) is a solvent-soluble polyimide comprised of from 1 to 100 mol % of a bivalent organic group derived from a diamine, that has at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a long chain alkyl group having at least 6 carbon atoms and a fluorinated alkyl group, the polyimide having a reduced viscosity ranging from 0.05 to 5.0 dl/g, and
  • component (c2) is a polyamic acid comprised of from 1 to 100 mol % of a bivalent organic group derived from a diamine, that has at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a long chain alkyl group having at least 6 carbon atoms and a fluorinated alkyl group, the polyimide having a reduced viscosity ranging from 0.05 to 5.0 dl/g.

The present invention is directed to a process for the clean and convenient combustion of high viscosity liquid fuels, such as glycerol, as well as an apparatus useful for carrying such processes. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a process for glycerol combustion comprising providing a combustion apparatus with a glycerol combustion chamber that facilitates reflective heating, pre-heating the glycerol combustion chamber, atomizing the reduced viscosity glycerol, and combining the atomized glycerol with air in the glycerol combustion chamber to thereby completely combust the glycerol. In one embodiment, such as when using a pressure-atomizing nozzle, the inventive method may further comprise treating the glycerol to reduce the glycerol viscosity.

The present invention is directed to the upgrading of heavy hydrocarbon feedstock that utilizes a short residence pyrolytic reactor operating under conditions that cracks and chemically upgrades the feedstock. The process of the present invention provides for the preparation of a partially upgraded feedstock exhibiting reduced viscosity and increased API gravity. This process selectively removes metals, salts, water and nitrogen from the feedstock, while at the same time maximizes the yield of the liquid product, and minimizes coke and gas production. Furthermore, this process reduces the viscosity of the feedstock in order to permit pipeline transport, if desired, of the upgraded feedstock with little or no addition of diluents. The method for upgrading a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock comprises introducing a particulate heat carrier into an upflow reactor, introducing the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock into the upflow reactor at a location above that of the particulate heat carrier so that a loading ratio of the particulate heat carrier to feedstock is from about 15:1 to about 200:1, allowing the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock to interact with the heat carrier with a residence time of less than about 1 second, to produce a product stream, separating the product stream from the particulate heat carrier, regenerating the particulate heat carrier, and collecting a gaseous and liquid product from the product stream. This invention also pertains to the products produced by the method.

The present application concerns concentrated protein formulations with reduced viscosity, which are particularly suitable for subcutaneous administration. The application further concerns a method for reducing the viscosity of concentrated protein formulations.

The present invention relates to non-aqueous high concentration reduced viscosity suspension formulations and methods of making and using them.

Methods for producing chewable emulsion compositions and compositions produced from such methods are disclosed. The emulsion base may be prepared by contacting an aqueous phase and a nonaqueous phase in the presence of an emulsifier. The aqueous phase is prepared under conditions that permit no substantial moisture loss and reduced viscosity. The methods permit preparing chewable compositions for delivering confectionary items, nutriceuticals, vitamins, minerals and therapeutically active agents. The compositions may be sugar-free or sugar-containing. The active agent may be added to the emulsion base at a lower temperature compared to the temperature at which either the aqueous or nonaqueous phase is formed. The compositions may be further coated with taste-masking materials, enteric coating materials, or slow-release materials. The compositions may be formed into compressible tablets, beads, granules, or otherwise generally known dosage forms.

The invention provides a tackifier for a drilling fluid, and a preparation method and application thereof. The tackifier is a quadripolymer formed by polymerization of four alkene monomers, wherein the four alkene monomers are selected from a temperature-resistant salt-tolerant monomer, a hydrated monomer and an adsorptive monomer; the temperature-resistant salt-tolerant monomer is selected from an alkenyl sulfonic acid monomer; the hydrated monomer is selected from alkenyl carboxylic acid, alkenyl alkane ketone and double-bond-containing quaternary ammonium salt compounds; and the adsorptive monomer is selected from an alkenyl amide monomer. The tackifier provided by the invention can resist a high temperature of no less than 180 DEG C, is resistant to saturated salt, has remarkable tackifying effect, is low in toxicity and environmentally friendly, and can obviously improve the dehydration and wall building capability of the drilling fluid, thereby effectively reducing the dehydration. The invention solves the downhole complexity possibly caused by the fact that the drilling fluid system can not carry and suspend rock debris and thus can not clear boreholes in time due to reduced viscosity shearing force as a result of poor temperature resistance and salt tolerance of the tackifier in deep well, ultradeep well, horizontal well and extended reach well operations.

A method of processing residual oil. It comprises: after preheating, introducing the raw material into the upper portion of a solvent deasphalting extraction tower, the solvent is introduced into thelower portion of the extraction tower at the predetermined proportion, residual oil and the solvent contacting refluently and extracting, recycling solvent from deasphalted oil containing a great amount of the solvent, deasphalted oil containing a small quality of the solvent is discharged from the bottom of the tower without recycling solvent and enters the heating oven for heating, then entering a fractionating tower, fractionating gases, gasoline and residual oil with reduced viscosity.

A method is disclosed for treating gaseous effluent from a hydrocarbon pyrolysis unit to provide steam cracked tar of reduced asphaltene and toluene insolubles content. The method is suitable for preparing reduced viscosity tar useful as a fuel blending stock, or feedstock for producing carbon black, while reducing or eliminating the need for externally sourced lighter aromatics additives to meet viscosity specifications. The method comprises drawing steam cracked tar from a separation vessel, e.g., a primary fractionator or tar knock-out drum, cooling the tar, and returning it to the separation vessel to effect lower overall tar temperatures within the separation vessel, in order to reduce viscosity increasing condensation reactions. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided.

The present invention discloses an adhesive composition comprising a protein component, an azetidinium functionalized polymer component and a viscosity modifying component. The preferred protein is a soy protein and the viscosity modifying component is preferably a sulfite reducing agent, a thiol, or combinations thereof. The invention provides for a high solids, lower viscosity adhesive formulation. The present invention also relates to a composite and a method of making a composite comprising a substrate and the adhesive composition of the present invention.

The present invention is directed to the upgrading of heavy hydrocarbon feedstock that utilizes a short residence pyrolytic reactor operating under conditions that cracks and chemically upgrades the feedstock. The process of the present invention provides for the preparation of a partially upgraded feedstock exhibiting reduced viscosity and increased API gravity. This process selectively removes metals, salts, water and nitrogen from the feedstock, while at the same time maximizes the yield of the liquid product, and minimizes coke and gas production. Furthermore, this process reduces the viscosity of the feedstock in order to permit pipeline transport, if desired, of the upgraded feedstock with little or no addition of diluents. The method for upgrading a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock comprises introducing a particulate heat carrier into an upflow reactor, introducing the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock into the upflow reactor at a location above that of the particulate heat carrier so that a loading ratio of the particulate heat carrier to feedstock is from about 15:1 to about 200:1, allowing the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock to interact with the heat carrier with a residence time of less than about 1 second, to produce a product stream, separating the product stream from the particulate heat carrier, regenerating the particulate heat carrier, and collecting a gaseous and liquid product from the product stream. This invention also pertains to the products produced by the method.

The invention relates to a branched polysiloxane composition of reduced molecular weight and viscosity of particular use as mist suppressants in silicone-based paper release coatings. The invention also relates to methods for producing these branched polysiloxane compositions of reduced viscosity.