MECHANICALLY RESILIENT BITUMEN MICROCAPSULES FOR MIDSTREAM TRANSPORT

    公开(公告)号:US20240336847A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18380561

    申请日:2023-10-16

    IPC分类号: C10C3/16 C08L95/00 C10G1/00

    摘要: Disclosed herein are methods of preparing bitumen for transport, apparatus for preparing bitumen for transport, methods of transporting bitumen, and transportation-ready forms of bitumen. Instead of relying on exogenous components to induce bitumen solidification, the methods and apparatus of the present disclosure reorganize bituminous materials derived from the same origin into core-shell bitumen microcapsules, such that relatively low solubility components (e.g. asphaltenes) encapsulate relatively high solubility components (e.g. maltenes). Importantly, the bitumen microcapsules of the present disclosure are sufficiently mechanically resilient to meet one or more thresholds for midstream transportation, and they are readily fluidized for downstream processing with conventional technologies. Taken together, these aspects may ameliorate one or more challenges in achieving commercially viable bitumen solidification technologies.

    Method And System To Position Carbon Nanotubes Using AC Dielectrophoresis
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    发明申请
    Method And System To Position Carbon Nanotubes Using AC Dielectrophoresis 审中-公开
    使用交流电泳法定位碳纳米管的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20130228364A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-05

    申请号:US12198654

    申请日:2008-08-26

    IPC分类号: H05K1/02 H05K1/03 C25D13/00

    摘要: A method for positioning carbon nanotubes on a substrate, the substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode thereon, the second electrode being positioned oppositely from the first electrode; the method includes: applying a first AC voltage across the first and second electrodes; providing a first resistance in series with the first AC voltage; and introducing a solution including at least one carbon nanotube; wherein, when the first AC voltage is applied through the first resistance across the first and second electrodes, the at least one carbon nanotube attaches to the first and second electrodes. Another aspect of the invention includes providing a metallic area between the first and second electrodes. In an additional aspect of the invention, the substrate includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode thereon, the fourth electrode being positioned oppositely from the third electrode, the third electrode being positioned adjacent to the first electrode; the method further includes: removing the first AC voltage; applying a second AC voltage to the third and fourth electrodes, the second AC voltage causing the first and second electrodes to have a floating potential; and providing a second resistance in series with the second AC voltage; wherein when the first AC voltage is applied across the first and second electrodes, the first AC voltage causes the third and fourth electrodes to have a floating potential, and wherein, when the second AC voltage is applied through the second resistance across the third and fourth electrodes, a second carbon nanotube attaches to the third and fourth electrodes.

    摘要翻译: 一种在基板上定位碳纳米管的方法,所述基板包括第一电极和第二电极,所述第二电极与所述第一电极相对设置; 该方法包括:跨第一和第二电极施加第一AC电压; 提供与第一AC电压串联的第一电阻; 并引入包含至少一种碳纳米管的溶液; 其中,当所述第一AC电压通过所述第一和第二电极穿过所述第一电阻施加时,所述至少一个碳纳米管附接到所述第一和第二电极。 本发明的另一方面包括在第一和第二电极之间提供金属区域。 在本发明的另一方面中,所述基板包括第三电极和第四电极,所述第四电极与所述第三电极相对地定位,所述第三电极邻近所述第一电极定位; 该方法还包括:去除第一AC电压; 对第三和第四电极施加第二AC电压,使得第一和第二电极具有浮置电位的第二AC电压; 并提供与所述第二AC电压串联的第二电阻; 其中当第一AC电压跨越第一和第二电极施加时,第一AC电压使得第三和第四电极具有浮置电位,并且其中当第二AC电压通过跨越第三和第四电极的第二电阻施加时 电极,第二碳纳米管附接到第三和第四电极。