800 results about "Water in oil" patented technology

The present invention provides an in vitro system for compartmentalization of molecular or cellular libraries and provides methods for selection and isolation of desired molecules or cells from the libraries. The library includes a plurality of distinct molecules or cells encapsulated within a water-in-oil-in-water emulsion. The emulsion includes a continuous external aqueous phase and a discontinuous dispersion of water-in-oil droplets. The internal aqueous phase of a plurality of such droplets comprises a specific molecule or cell that is within the plurality of distinct molecules or cells of the library.

An absorbent article having an ultimate fluid storage region and a fluid distribution region, positioned between the ultimate storage region and the garment oriented surface of the article, in fluid communication with the ultimate fluid storage region, the ultimate fluid storage region includes a material which has: (1) a Capillary Sorption Desorption Capacity at 100 cm (CSDC 100) of at least 10 g/g; (2) a Capillary Sorption Desorption Capacity at 0 cm (CSDC 0) higher than the CSDC 100; (3) a Loosely Bound Liquid Capacity (LBLC); and (4) a Capillary Sorption Desorption Release Height when 50% of the LBLC are released (CSDRH 50) less than 60 cm. Further, the liquid distribution layer material has a Capillary Sorption Absorption Height at 30% of its maximum capacity (CSAH 30) of at least 35 cm. Distribution material can be foam materials, particularly those derived from high internal phase water-in-oil emulsions.

The invention relates to an antibacterium nano fiber material and a preparation method thereof; the material comprises polymer superfine fiber and antibacterial agent, and the weight ratio is 60 to 98: 2 to 40; the preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) the antibacterial agent is dissolved in distilled water to prepare solution; the polymer superfine fiber is dissolved in methylene dichloride or chloroform organic solvent, emulsifier is added to be mixed evenly, to obtain solution which is dispersed evenly; (2) the two types of solution are mixed to obtain even water-in-oil W/O latex, and then electrostatic spinning is conducted to the latex, to obtain the antibacterium nano fiber material. The nano fiber material has good ventilation property and filterability, still has bacteriostasis and sterilization functions for a long time after stably releasing the antibacterial agent, has simple preparation method, adopts the biodegradable and bioabsorbable polymer as carrier materials, can be absorbed by the human body after fully releasing, is not left, does not need secondary operation and has no side effect.

The present invention provides a process for delivery of water nanoclusters of diameter less than about one nanometer to the skin to yield high epidermal permeability and improved delivery of water to within the outer layer of human skin. This invention provides effective water-cluster-based formulations for a broad range of stable water/oil nanoemulsion configurations.

Oil-in-water microemulsions which can be used to incorporate lipophilic water-insoluble materials, such as beta-carotene, into food and beverage compositions are disclosed. The microemulsions utilize a ternary food grade emulsifier system which incorporates a low HLB emulsifier, a medium HLB emulsifier, and a high HLB emulsifier. The microemulsions of the present invention allow for the incorporating of water-insoluble materials in an effective and easy-to-process manner while providing formulational flexibility and without significantly affecting the taste of the underlying food or beverage product. Food and beverage products including the microemulsions are also disclosed. Finally, the method of preparing the microemulsions is described. The invention also encompasses water-in-oil microemulsions for use in incorporating water-soluble materials into food and beverage products. Finally, the invention encompasses concentrate compositions used for making those microemulsions.

Composites containing a hydrocarbon-soluble well treatment agent may be supplied to a well using a porous particulate. Such well treatment agents may for example inhibit the formation of paraffins, salts, gas hydrates, asphaltenes and/or other deleterious processes such as emulsification (both water-in-oil and oil-in-water). Further, other well treatment agents include foaming agents, oxygen scavengers, biocides and surfactants as well as other agents wherein slow release into the production well is desired.

A method for producing composite particles using a supercritical fluid extraction technique on an emulsion. First and second materials (for example; a polymer and a biologically active material) are dissolved or suspended in a preferably solvent to form a solution or dispersion. The solution or dispersion is emulsified in a polar solvent to form an oil-in-water or water-in-oil-in-water emulsion. The emulsion is contacted with a supercritical fluid to extract the solvent. Removal of the solvent by the supercritical fluid from the emulsion supersaturates at least the first material in the solution causing the first material to precipitate out of the solution as composite particles that include both the first and second materials.

The present invention relates to a water-in-oil-in-water multiple emulsion system and a method for preparation thereof, characterized by hydrodynamically stabilizing the multiple emulsion system by using hydrodynamic dual stabilization (HDS) technology. The HDS technology hydrophobizes water molecules in the internal aqueous phase by using a hydrogen bonding inhibitor and by improving the aggregating force between water molecules in the internal aqueous phase by using a water molecule aggregating agent.

A well treatment microemulsion includes an oil external phase, an internal aqueous phase and a hydrophilic surfactant. The surfactant has a hydrophile lipophile balance of between 8-18. The oil external phase may include d-Limonene, xylenes, light mineral oil, or kerosene. The surfactant is configured to emulsify the water of the internal aqueous phase into the oil of the external (continuous) phase. The surfactant may include polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate, polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate or mixtures therebetween. The use of hydrophilic surfactants to emulsify an internal aqueous phase within an oil external microemulsion produces unexpected and beneficial results.

The invention provides a microfluidic device and a method for preparing microgel by using the microfluidic device. The method comprises the steps of (1) taking a solution containing live cells or bioactive molecules, a photocuring agent and a hydrogel prepolymer as an internal phase, taking a mixed solution containing oil and an surfactant as an intermediate phase, and taking a polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution as an external phase; (2) respectively conveying the internal phase, the intermediate phase and the external phase into a corresponding microchannel of the microfluidic device through a micro pump or a micro injector to form a monodispersed water-in-oil-in-water double emulsion; (3) enabling the monodispersed water-in-oil-in-water double emulsion in the step (2) to pass through an output channel of the microfluidic device, and collecting the monodispersed water-in-oil-in-water double emulsion in the step (2) into a collection vessel filled with an aqueous solution, thus obtaining the microgel immobilizing with the live cells or the bioactive molecules. The preparation of the microgel immobilizing with cells by a one-step method is realized, the obtained microgel is controllable in size, and narrow in size distribution, and meanwhile the survival rate of cells is maintained.

The invention discloses a method for modifying biomass cracking oil to modified biomass oil through esterification, etherification and quality-improvement. The method comprises the following: step one, according to the proportion that the mass ratio of biomass cracking oil to benzyl chloride to alkaline solution to low-carbon alcohol is 100 to 80-100 to 40-80 to 10-20; and the biomass cracking oil, the low-carbon alcohol, the benzyl chloride and the alkaline solution are added into a reaction kettle, are heated at the temperature of between 90 and 110 DEG C to an infinite reflux state and react for 5 to 8 hours. Step two, after the infinite reflux reaction is finished, the mixture is cooled, condensed and layered; the lower layer is clear and transparent aqueous solution; black oil phase on the upper layer is separated, and is distilled under the condition that the temperature is 80 DEG C and the pressure is 10 kilopascal; low-carbon alcohol and water in oil phase are removed; the residual mixture is distilled under the condition that the temperature is between 130 and 150 DEG C and the pressure is 10 kilopascal; the unreacted benzyl chloride is reclaimed to obtain a product of black viscous liquid; and according to the proportion that the mass ratio of the product to ethanol is 3 to 1, the black viscous liquid is diluted and dissolved to obtain the modified biomass oil of which the PH value is between 5 and 7, the density is between 1.0 and 1.1 g/cm<3>, the water content is between 0.5 and 1.0 percent, the thermal value is between 25.0 and 35.0 kJ/g and the viscidity is between 135 and 150 mm<2>/s.

A method for preparing a thermally stable well servicing fluid in the form of an oil-in-water (O/W) macroemulsion, a water-in-oil (W/O) macroemulsion or a water-in-oil (W/O) microemulsion at the well drilling location is provided. The servicing fluid is prepared by mixing a hydrocarbon phase, a water phase and a surfactant phase to obtain either an O/W macroemulsion, a W/O macroemulsion or a W/O microemulsion. The surfactant phase comprises a first surfactant and/or a second surfactant. The first surfactant comprises a fatty acid mixture and a hygroscopic first additive. The second surfactant comprises a C4-C6 alcohol. Whether or not an O/W macroemulsion, W/O macroemulsion or a W/O microemulsion is produced is determined by the concentration of the phases, the first surfactant, the second surfactant and the timing upon which the first additive, water phase and second surfactant are introduced to the mixture.

Fluid producing wells may be treated with a water-in-oil emulsion for the removal or inhibition of unwanted solid particulates, including pipe dope, asphaltenes and paraffins. Such emulsions are of particular applicability in the displacement of oil base drilling muds and/or residues from such muds from producing wells. The water-in-oil emulsions may optionally contain a dispersing agent as well as a surfactant.

The invention discloses drag reducer which can be applied to slickwater fracturing fluid and a method for preparing drag reducer. The method includes: adding organic salt into acrylamide and functional monomer aqueous solution to prepare an aqueous phase, adding the aqueous phase into an oil phase system consisting of surfactant and base oil under the condition of high-speed stirring to form a stable W/O (water in oil) type microemulsion system, feeding nitrogen for dispersing oxygen, and adding initiator for polymerization to form a branchless long chain structure. The polymer microemulsion is a transparent or semitransparent thermodynamic stable system, can be quickly swelled into water and is directly usable. Adding a small quantity of the drag reducer during fluid transport can improve flow quantity and reduce energy consumption to some extent, and the drag reduction effect can reach 30%-65% when the drag reducer is compared with clear water. The drag reducer has the advantages of high stability, dissolving speed and dissolving performance, convenience in use, remarkable drag reduction effects and the like and is applicable to the slickwater fracturing technology, and excellent yield increasing effects are obtained after the drag reducer is applied to field fracturing operations.

Water-in-oil emulsions, compositions, and methods that include a vinyl polymer having a pKa of less than 4 that includes anionic group-containing side chains and alkyl-Y-containing side chains, wherein Y is O or NR, wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, and wherein the alkyl group of the alkyl-Y-containing side chain has at least 4 carbon atoms on average in a cyclic, branched-, or straight-chain configuration and optionally including one or more heteroatoms.

The present invention relates to stable cold-mix water-in-oil emulsions and methods for preparing such emulsions. The cold-mix water-in-oil emulsions comprise oil (i.e., an emollient), water and an emulsification system comprising a quaternary ammonium-based low HLB emulsifier and optional co-emulsifiers. The emulsions are useful in preparing finished cosmetic compositions in the form of lotions, gels, or sprays, which provide improved moisturization, skin feel, skin care, and/or appearance benefits and/or reduced greasiness, with excellent rub-in and absorption characteristics. Also disclosed are cold-mix water-in-oil sunscreen emulsions and methods for preparing such sunscreen emulsions. The emulsions of the instant invention are generally capable of being substantially completely emulsified and stable at about 25° C.

The invention relates to a high-temperature water-in-oil drilling fluid which is composed of the following components in parts by weight: 70-90 parts of base oil, 3-7 parts of organic bentonite, 2-5 parts of oxidized asphalt, 2-5 parts of sulfonated gilsonite, 20-60 parts of CaCl2 aqueous solution of which the mass concentration is 20%, 6-10 parts of calcium oxide, 1.5-5.5 parts of UZEMUL-S, 2-5 parts of ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) and barite, wherein the base oil is non-blooming mineral oil with low aromatic hydrocarbon; the UZEMUL-S is a main emulsifier, the HLB (hydrophile-lipophile balance) value is 2.5, and the UZEMUL-S is formed by synthetizing an organic acid and an organic acid amide; and the ABS auxiliary emulsifier is sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, and the HLB value is 10. The invention resists temperature of 240 DEG C, can overcome the difficulty of insufficient heat-resistant capability of the existing drilling fluid and is favourable for satisfying the requirement of drilling fluid heat-resistant capability for deep wells and ultra deep wells.

The invention discloses a concentrated solution for a pesticide composition and an application method thereof. An active ingredient of the concentrated solution for the pesticide composition is pyrethrins or pyrethroid, a solvent is fatty acid methyl ester or fatty acid ethyl ester, and an additive comprises a food-grade or natural antioxidant and an emulsifying agent. The concentrated solution for the pesticide composition can also comprise plant essential oil which is taken as a synergistic agent. The concentrated solution for the pesticide composition has the advantages that the concentrated solution for the pesticide composition is a pesticide composition with quick knockdown and long-acting effect; and the fatty acid methyl ester as the solvent is a low-volatility organic compound and a material with low maximum ozone generation activity, which reduces the harm of a pesticide to human beings and the environment. The concentrated solution for the pesticide composition forms an oil-in-water emulsifying preparation after the dilution to directly serve as a spraying agent for disinsectization application, or forms a water-in-oil demulsifying agent after being mixed with water and odorless gas to serve as an aerosol for disinsectization application. The concentrated solution for the pesticide composition can be used for the control of insect damage of winged insects and reptiles, indoor dust mites, head louses or body louses of human beings and so on, and the anthelminthic treatment of clothes, and can also be used as a sterilizing agent and a fungicide on a target object.

The invention is a low viscosity oil-in-water emulsion that is readily atomizable for use in cosmetic and dermatological applications and particularly for spray or aerosol applications. The oil-in-water emulsion includes at least one phospholipid and at least one oil-in water emulsifier. In some embodiments, the emulsion may also include a water-in-oil emulsifier. The invention also includes a process for preparing the emulsion.

The invention provides a preparation method of a mono-dispersed gelatin embolic microsphere with a precisely-controlled particle size. In the provided method, micro water-in-oil liquid drops are formed in a micro channel reactor at first through a micro-fluidic liquid drop control technology, then a crosslinking agent and a gelatin water solution are taken as the dispersing phase and introduced into the water-in-oil system, and then the mixture is directly cured to form microspheres. By adjusting the flowing speeds of the continuous phase and the dispersing phase, and the flowing speeds of two dispersing phases, the particle size and sphericility can be precisely controlled. The preparation technology is simple and rapid, and the process is controllable. The prepared gelatin microsphere can be used as an embolic agent or an antitumor drug carrier, and can also be applied to cell culture.

A suspension of microcapsules in an organic liquid, the microcapsules containing an aqueous phase, is produced by interfacial polymerization in the presence of a proton transfer catalyst of a water-in-oil emulsion in which the aqueous phase contains a urea/formaldehyde or melamine/formaldehyde prepolymer.

A hybrid fuel and methods of making the same are disclosed. A process for making a hybrid fuel includes the steps of combining a biofuel emulsion blend and a liquid fuel product to form a hybrid fuel. Optionally, the hybrid fuel can be combined with water in a water-in-oil process and include oxygenate additives and additive packages. A hybrid fuel includes blends of biofuel emulsions and liquid fuel products, including light gas diesel. Optionally, the hybrid fuel can include water, oxygenate additives, and other additive packages.

The present invention relates to compositions comprising: (a) at least two phenolic compounds (one flavoid and one non-flavoid); (b) at least one hydrotrope; (c) at least one emulsifier; (d) a lipid-soluble antioxidant; and (e) water. The at least one hydrotrope should be present in an amount that is effective to solubilize said at least two phenolic compounds in the water phase of the composition. The at least one emulsifier should be present in an amount sufficient to create a water-in-oil or oil-in-water emulsion that is effective to solubilize the lipid-soluble antioxidant. The compositions are useful for cosmetic purposes and other uses.

The invention relates to double emulsions, in particular double emulsions of the water-in-oil-in-water type, which are organoleptically similar to full-fat oil in water emulsions and which are stabilised by mixture of emulsifiers. The invention also relates to a method for producing said double emulsions, and to the use of a mixture of emulsifier for stabilising said emulsions.

A multi parameter dimension reducing oil gas water layer identifying method, which contains 1, investigating oil reservoir geologic condition, collecting the data of test oil and test production of oil reservoir, 2, determining object reservoir layer of well according to electrical logging comprehensive explanation and logging oil gas display result, 3, selecting reservoir parameter of electrical logging and logging, 4, compiling computer program by statistical mathematics-factor analysis method, combining the liquid producing data of object reservoir, making linear combination and dimension reducing to two main factors, 5, using the established oil, gas and water figure board in step 4 to judge oil, gas and water in oil reservoir and other object reservoir.

The present invention is related to a multiple emulsion of the water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) type for stabilization of natural coloring agents, such as anthocyanin, phycocyanin, carthamus, huito, calcium carbonate, carmine and carminic acid, against changes in pH values, oxidation and light as well as against ingredient interactions.

The invention relates to a method for processing oil sludge, and is suitable for processing ground crude oil in oil field, and a whole technology does not impacted by the loading. According to the existence state of oil, sand and water in oil-containing sludge, by the steps of heating, adding drug, homogenizing, aerating, depositing and centrifuging at high speed, the existence distribution state of oil, sand and water can be changed, the sand-in-oil phenomenon in the original oil sludge is gradually changed to sand-in-water, and the inclusion viscosity of the crude oil to sediment is reduced. Through settlement, oil sludge can be separated before entering into a centrifuge, the loading of the high speed centrifuge is reduced, processing amount of a device is increased, and the unit energy consumption is reduced. The separated sediment surface as well as the internal oil content are reduced to the lowest limitation. The unit treatment process parameter can be freely adjusted according to the oil-containing sludge processing requirement, the method has certain adaption capability; the process is simple and smooth, the operation and management are convenient, recovered crude oil and processed sediment can reach the standard in a stable manner, and a system employs the combination of automatic mode and manual operation.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a polyacrylamide emulsion. The preparation method comprises the following steps of adding acrylamide, one or more anion monomers, a grafting matrix, an aqueous stabilizer, a molecular weight conditioning agent and an initiator into water, adjusting a pH value to obtain a water phase, adding an emulsifier into a hydrocarbon solvent to obtain an oil phase, dropwisely adding the water phase into the oil phase, carrying out one-step emulsification or multistep emulsification to obtain an emulsion, carrying out displacement deoxygenation on the emulsion by inert gas, and adding the initiator into the emulsion for polymerization initiation to obtain a branched anion polyacrylamide water-in-oil anti-phase emulsion after polymerization is finished. The polyacrylamide emulsion obtained by the preparation method is used for the modern papermaking industry, avoids inorganic filler re-falling after retention, improves inorganic filler actual retention effects, avoids falling-off of dust and lint of a screen cloth, guarantees uniform and stable retention of an inorganic filler in a page, and properly reduces a bentonite use amount.

The invention discloses a method for preparing a microcapsule. The method comprises the following steps of: mixing and dispersing inorganic particles serving as stabilizing agents, aqueous solution and oil phase containing active ingredients to prepare water-in-oil type emulsion; or mixing and dispersing the inorganic particles serving as the stabilizing agents, the oil phase containing the active ingredients and water to prepare the water-in-oil type emulsion; performing the hydrolysis reaction on silicate ester and/or titanate on the oil-water interface under the stirring condition, forming membranoid substances by combining the hydrolysis product with the inorganic particles distributed on the oil-water interface, and packing emulsion droplets containing the active ingredients; and then removing the continuous phase through filtering, centrifuging or distilling, and washing to obtain the microcapsule, wherein the oil phase is the silicate ester, the titanate, silicate ester and titanate or an organic solvent containing the silicate ester or/and the titanate. In the method for preparing the microcapsule, the solid particles are replaced by surfactants, so that the method reduces the pollution of pesticide water emulsion products to the environment, and also reduces the production cost of the pesticide water emulsion simultaneously.

A process for deeply treating the sewage in oil field and reclaiming it includes ultrafiltering or microfiltering by membrane separation system to remove suspended substance, COD, oil and polymer, and nano-filtering or reverse osmosis to remove the mineralized small-molecular oil. The treated water can be used for reinjection.