Synthetically modifiable ion channels

    公开(公告)号:US11976078B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-07

    申请号:US16081265

    申请日:2017-02-28

    摘要: A new class of ordered functional nanoporous material (OFNMs) with a unique combination of electronic conductivity, gas transport ability, and ion transport properties are provided. The OFNM provided is highly ordered and contains nanometer scale pores lined with nitrogen atoms. The pores have dimensions of from 1.2 nm to 82 nm of longest linear extent across the pore. The functionality within the pore is controlled through selection of groups that extend into the pore. The degree of conjugated aromaticity is readily controlled to adjust the electrical conductivity properties of the resulting structure. By adjusting the groups external to the pore, three-dimensional structures are formed that are organic mimics of zeolites, metal organic frameworks (MOF), or perovskites.

    METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DYNAMIC PORE NETWORK MODELING OF TWO-PHASE FLOW IN MIXED-WET POROUS MEDIA

    公开(公告)号:US20240069577A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US18239493

    申请日:2023-08-29

    IPC分类号: G05D7/06 G01N15/08

    CPC分类号: G05D7/0617 G01N15/08

    摘要: A method and system for predicting dynamic two-phase fluid flow in a mixed-wet porous medium by one or more central processing units (CPUs), comprising determining a set of possible movements of main terminal menisci (MTMs) within a pore network model (PNM) of a porous media sample having a set of pore elements, generating pressure fields for each of the set of movements of MTMs, based on at least an inlet capillary pressure or a set of flow injection boundary conditions, based on the pressure fields, determining a set of local capillary pressures and a set of arc meniscus (AM) locations, generating a set of fluid displacements potentials based on at least the set of local capillary pressures and a set of threshold capillary pressures, and determining a highest positive fluid displacement potential from the set of fluid displacements.

    Methods for microbial gas production and use as isotopic tracer

    公开(公告)号:US11873445B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-16

    申请号:US17695521

    申请日:2022-03-15

    发明人: Michael Urynowicz

    摘要: Methods of natural gas production and carbon sequestration are provided. The method includes delivering a feedstock downhole to a coal reservoir, generating biogas within the coal reservoir, and harvesting the biogas. Another method for tracing the migration of biogas in a coal reservoir includes delivering a feedstock downhole to a coal reservoir, generating biogas that is isotopically differentiable from a background gas within the coal reservoir through microbial action, harvesting the biogas, analyzing the biogas from the coal reservoir at the injection well and at one or more offset wells within the same coal reservoir, detecting the biogas at the offset wells using isotopic differentiation, and mapping the migration of the biogas from the injection well to the offset wells using the biogas as an isotopic tracer.

    Process and apparatus for carbon nanotube formation

    公开(公告)号:US11820662B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17068042

    申请日:2020-10-12

    摘要: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to processes and apparatus for carbon nanotube formation, and more specifically, to processes and apparatus for carbon nanotube alignment. In an embodiment, a process for aligning carbon nanotubes is provided. The process includes introducing an aqueous solution to a pressure-controlled system that includes a silanated glass element, a porous membrane, and a container. The process further includes applying a pressure differential across the porous membrane to draw the aqueous solution from the silanated glass element, through the porous membrane, and to the container at a flow rate to form a filtrate disposed within the container and a retentate disposed above the porous membrane, the retentate comprising carbon nanotubes. The process further includes optically detecting a position of a meniscus of the aqueous solution in the silanated glass element. Apparatus for forming and aligning carbon nanotubes are also disclosed.