262 results about "Volatiles" patented technology

Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method for depositing films or layers using a UV source during a photoexcitation process. The films are deposited on a substrate and usually contain a material, such as silicon (e.g., epitaxy, crystalline, microcrystalline, polysilicon, or amorphous), silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, or other silicon-containing materials. The photoexcitation process may expose the substrate and/or gases to an energy beam or flux prior to, during, or subsequent a deposition process. Therefore, the photoexcitation process may be used to pre-treat or post-treat the substrate or material, to deposit the silicon-containing material, and to enhance chamber cleaning processes. Attributes of the method that are enhanced by the UV photoexcitation process include removing native oxides prior to deposition, removing volatiles from deposited films, increasing surface energy of the deposited films, increasing the excitation energy of precursors, reducing deposition time, and reducing deposition temperature.

Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method for depositing films or layers using a UV source during a photoexcitation process. The films are deposited on a substrate and usually contain a material, such as silicon (e.g., epitaxy, crystalline, microcrystalline, polysilicon, or amorphous), silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, or other silicon-containing materials. The photoexcitation process may expose the substrate and/or gases to an energy beam or flux prior to, during, or subsequent a deposition process. Therefore, the photoexcitation process may be used to pre-treat or post-treat the substrate or material, to deposit the silicon-containing material, and to enhance chamber cleaning processes. Attributes of the method that are enhanced by the UV photoexcitation process include removing native oxides prior to deposition, removing volatiles from deposited films, increasing surface energy of the deposited films, increasing the excitation energy of precursors, reducing deposition time, and reducing deposition temperature.

The invention provides systems and methods for converting biomass into syngas using a pressurized multi-stage progressively expanding fluidized bed gasifier to eliminate or reduce the formation of methane, volatiles such as BTX, and tars. The gasifier may include a reactive stage that may receive a biomass feed through a feed line and oxygen through an oxygen feed line. The gasifier may also include a fluidized bed section that may be configured to receive the reaction products from the first stage, mix them and perform fluidized bed activity. A gasifier may also have a disengagement section that may be configured to separate fluidized media and particulate matter from syngas product. A gasification system may also include oxyblown catalytic autothermal reactor and a cryogenic air separation unit.

Sensors and detection systems suitable for measuring analytes, such as biomolecule, organic and inorganic species, including environmentally and medically relevant volatiles and gases, such as NO, NO2, CO2, NH3, H2, CO and the like, are provided. Certain embodiments of nanostructured sensor systems are configured for measurement of medically important gases in breath. Applications include the measurement of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) in breath, such as for the monitoring or diagnosis of asthma and other pulmonary conditions.

A self-cooled oxidant-fuel burner consisting novel fuel and oxidant nozzles and three compartment refractory burner block design is proposed. The new oxidant-fuel burner can fire in high-temperature (2200 DEG F. to 3000 DEG F.) and high-particulate (or high process volatiles/condensates) furnaces without over-heating or causing chemical corrosion damage to it's metallic burner nozzle and refractory burner block interior. Using various embodiments of nozzle and block shape, the burner can offer a traditional cylindrical flame or flat flame depending on the heating load requirements. The new features of this burner include unique fuel nozzle design for the streamline mixing of fuel and oxidant streams, a controlled swirl input to the oxidant flow for desired flame characteristics, a controlled expansion of flame envelope in the radial and axial dimensions, and efficient sweeping of burner block interior surface using oxidant to provide convective cooling and prevent any build up of process particulates. In addition, a relatively thick wall metallic nozzle construction with heat conduction fins enable efficient heat dissipation from the nozzle tip and providing a maintenance free burner operation.

Disclosed herein is a piezoelectric liquid delivery system or atomizer for production of droplets of liquid or liquid suspensions by a battery operated dispenser utilizing an orifice plate in communication with a piezoelectric element. By control of the viscosity and surface tension of the liquid to be dispersed, an improved method of dispensing such liquid is achieved.

An onboard fuel separation apparatus separates a material fuel (gasoline) into a high-octane fuel having a higher octane value than the material fuel and a low-octane fuel having a lower octane value than the material fuel using a separation membrane which selectively allows high-octane value components (such as aromatic components) permeate through the membrane. The apparatus increases the ratio of the amount of the high-octane value components permeating through the membrane to the amount of the high-octane value components contained in the material fuel by, (A) Controlling the temperature of the material fuel supplied to the membrane (B) Increasing partial pressure of the low-octane value components on the high-octane fuel side of the membrane and removing volatiles from the permeate, and (C) Bypassing volatiles in the material feed around the membrane.

A method of forming a pyrolysed biocarbon from a pyrolyzable organic material is delineated. The method involves the conversion of pyrolyzable organic materials to biocarbon for subsequent use. A carbonization circuit is employed with individual feedstock segments being advanced through the circuit. The method facilitates user manipulation of rate of advancement of the feedstock through the circuit, selective collation of volatiles from pyrolyzing feedstock, selective exposure of predetermined feedstock segments to collated volatiles as well as thermal recovery and redistribution as desired by the user. This results in the capacity for a customizable biocarbon product, the latter being an auxiliary feature of the methodology.

A system and a method for enhancing burning candle and improving volatiles performance with a tube having holes and/or cuts or a candle container having at least one inner-tube having holes and/or cuts, continuously supplying the fresh air through the holes and/or cuts, and supplying the fresh air to the foot of the burning wick, and for manufacturing the same.

A plug-in type dispenser of liquid volatiles, such as insecticides, fragrants, and the like, of the type having a heater for evaporating the liquid volatiles from a wick, provides improved volatile dispersion characteristics and in-use indication. Air flow through the dispenser and around the wick is increased, and the outlet is sized and configured to avoid condensation on the inside and outside of the housing as well as to increase the vertical component of the expelled air stream. An internal lamp transmits light to be reflected off of an exterior in-use indicator surface of the housing to provide visual indication that the dispenser is active.

A drying and upgrading device for lignite and a technological method thereof, relating to the lignite efficient utilization field. The invention comprises a chamber dryer for the lignite, a fluidized-bed pyrolysis device, a combustion device for the pyrolysed gas, and other adjuvant devices. The dried lignite is fed into the pyrolysis device, volatiles and liquid products are extracted, the volatiles are sent into the combustion device to be burnt to generate fume and steam, the fume and a part of the steam are sent into the drying device to serve as the drying media. The rest steam is sent into the pyrolysis device to provide the heat source for the pyrolysis. A chain conveying method and a method of chamber drying/discharge of the fume and the steam are adopted for the drying device. Two different steams with different temperatures are generated in the combustion device and used for drying and pyrolysis of the lignite respectively. Compared with the prior technology, the device and the method provided by the invention have the advantages of safe and reliable operation, reasonable design, steady running in the large-scale application, and capability of improving the comprehensive utilization rate of the lignite.

A data storage medium includes a substrate, a reflective metal layer, and a haze-prevention layer between the substrate and the reflective metal layer. The substrate includes an amorphous thermoplastic resin having a heat distortion temperature of at least about 140° C., a density less than 1.7 grams per milliliter, and an organic volatiles content less than 1,000 parts per million measured according to ASTM D4526. The haze-prevention layer includes a material having a volume resistivity of at least 1x10<-4 >ohm-centimeters and a tensile modulus of at least about 3x10<5 >pounds per square inch. The data storage medium resists hazing of the reflective layer at elevated temperatures.

There is disclosed a method for conversion of crude tall oil into high-quality diesel fuels comprising the steps of: (a) removal of non-oil contaminants present in the crude tall oil and recovering valuable organic compounds present in the crude tall oil, thereby forming a refined tall oil stream; (b) removal of the volatile fraction of the refined tall oil stream from step a), thereby forming a volatiles free oil stream comprising organic components with boiling points, at atmospheric pressure, of 170 degrees C. or higher; (c) separation in a vacuum distillation column of the volatiles free oil stream of step b) into two process streams or phases wherein a first process stream or phase is substantially comprising components with boiling points, at atmospheric pressure, in the range of 170-400 degrees C. and a second process stream or phase is substantially comprising components with boiling points, at atmospheric pressure, over 400 degrees C.; (d) lowering the oxygen content in the stream comprised of components with boiling points in the range 200-400 degrees C. from step c) by decarboxylation and/or decarbonylation.

The invention relates to a carbonization process of high volatile coal, a direct heating process that heats and distills high volatile coal by using high temperature cycle gas in a shaft furnace as a carrier. Lump coal that moves up and down in the shaft furnace is heated by rising hot gas and the discharged volatiles form char; the char is cooled by cold gas that is introduced by the furnace bottom from the lower part of a furnace and then discharged outside the furnace; the rising gas is introduced outside finally by the furnace top, washed, purified and cooled; one part is taken as a cycle cooling medium, one part is taken as a cycle heat carrier after being per-heated and the rest is taken as a gas external supply and the calorific value is equal to that of a coke oven gas.

A liquid formulation with uniform consistency over extended periods of time, said method comprising the steps of: providing a liquid formulation in a container, said liquid formulation having a viscosity greater than five centipoise; driving, by means of a power source, a piezoelectric actuator which is coupled to an orifice plate so that the piezoelectric actuator vibrates said plate to produce and disperse fine droplets of said liquid formulation, said plate being formed with orifices having diameters in the range of 1-25 microns; said piezoelectric actuator operating in a bending mode; and during vibration of said plate, delivering said liquid formulation from said container to said plate by capillary action.

According to the present invention a new isolate of a Pseudomonas spp, DSM 21663, has been shown to possess unique properties. This Pseudomonas is a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium (PGPR). Among its modes of action involved in plant growth-promotion are anti-biotic production (2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol, (DAPG); pyrrolnitrin, PRN and others), indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) production and phosphate solubilization, and production of unique volatiles. The strain is fluorescent, oxidase-positive, and has the ability to suppress soil-borne root and foliar pathogens of both fungal and bacterial origin.

A method and an apparatus (50) for producing direct reduced iron (37) from dry pellets (25) composed of iron oxide and carbonaceous material. A mixture of pellets (25) and free coke particles (38) with weight relation from 3:1 to 5:1 is fed into the top of an electrothermal fluidized bed (32) that is fluidized by nitrogen. By exposing pellets (25) in the electrothermal fluidized bed (32) to temperatures of between approximately 850-1,100° C. for an average period of between approximately 15-60 minutes, the volatiles are removed and the pellets (25) metallized. Reduced pellets (37) mixed with free coke (38) are discharged from the bottom of fluidized bed (32) and cooled. The reduced iron pellets (37) are physically separated from any free coke (38) and the free coke (38) is recycled back into the fluidized bed (32).

The invention provides a method for preparing high-purity beta elemene from natural plants containing the beta elemene such as curcuma zedoary (earthnuts or tubers of the curcuma zedoary), cedronella (fresh leaves of the cedronella), yellowtop (roots, stems, leaves, flowers and seeds of the yellowtop) and so on, which can improve the production efficiency from starting materials to the high-purity beta elemene and reduce production cost. Compared with the prior art, the method is mainly different in that the roots, stems, leaves, flowers and seeds of the natural plants are taken as raw materials; oleum volatile of specific parts of the natural plants is obtained by methods for extracting different oleum volatiles, and is distilled by molecular distillation method to remove compositions with high boiling points and non-volatile compositions; impurity compositions are removed by the ethanol extraction method and silver nitrate complex extraction method; and finally the beta elemene with the content between 95.0 and 99.9 percent is obtained through reduced pressure distillation or rectification. The bulk pharmaceutical chemicals not only can be prepared into oral dosing preparation such as emulsion oral liquid, self-emulsifying/ self-microemulsifying capsules, soft capsules and so on, but also can be prepared into non-alimentary dosing preparation such as emulsion injection, liquid drugs injection, transdermal absorbent, lung sprays, suppository and so on. The method has the advantages of novel design, concise operating steps, mild operating conditions and improvement of the production efficiency of the beta elemene.

Systems are provided for preventing post harvest fungal diseases of food systems, such as but not limited to fresh produce, such as but not limited to berries (e.g., blueberries). For example, various anti-fungal compounds can incorporated or encapsulated into cyclodextrins, such as but not limited to α, β and/or γ cyclodextrins. The encapsulated anti-fungal materials can be used alone (e.g., brought into proximity to the produce) or incorporated into film and/or packaging materials that are used in the packing and/or storing of produce. By way of a non-limiting example, the anti-fungal compounds can include volatile compounds such as but not limited to acetaldehyde, hexanal and 2E-hexenal. The cyclodextrins provide controlled release of the volatiles over a period of at least several days such that they prevent or inhibit fungal growth, including but not limited to several species of the Colletotrichum, Altermaria, Botrytis, Penicillium and/or Aspergillus genera.

A process for producing a methacrylic polymer comprising: a step in which bulk polymerization is conducted in one complete mixing type reactor at a temperature of 110 to 160 DEG C using a chain transfer agent in a specific concentration and a free-radical initiator having a specific half-life so as to result in a polymer content of 35 to 65% by weight; a step in which the reaction mixture is continuously discharged from the reactor and sent through a plug flow type reactor while pressurizing the mixture at or above a given value throughout the reactor; a step in which the reaction mixture is passed through a plug flow type reactor having a specific inner-wall temperature while polymerizing the mixture using a free-radical initiator having a specific half-life so as to result in a polymer content at the outlet of 50 to 85% by weight; and a subsequent step in which volatiles are continuously removed from the reaction mixture. By the process, a methacrylic polymer having excellent moldability can be efficiently produced.

The invention relates to a water-based macromolecule-isocyanate straw hard board and a preparation method thereof. Straws of rice, wheat, corn or other crops, a water-based macromolecule-isocyanate adhesive and a straw interface performance modifying agent are used as raw materials, and the straws are treated by section cutting, kneading and modification, adhesive application and heat pressing to produce the water-based macromolecule-isocyanate straw hard board. A mixture ratio of the absolute dry straws to the water-based macromolecule-isocyanate adhesive to the straw interface performance modifying agent by weight is 100 to 10-16 to 0.05-0.15. The straw hard board uses the water-based macromolecule-isocyanate adhesive to replace a pure isocyanate adhesive, radically improves the problems of toxic organic volatiles, poor prepressing performance, adhesion on boards, etc., remarkably reduces cost and really realizes green production, and the raw materials after the treatment of kneading and modification have good prepressing and molding performances and high one-off qualified rate. The water-based macromolecule-isocyanate straw hard board has the characteristics of unique design, long active period, excellent aging, water and heat resisting performances, simple operation, easy availability of equipment, no environmental pollution, easy implementation, etc., and produces huge entironmental, social and economical benefits after the water-based macromolecule-isocyanate straw hard board is popularized.