Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for compacting particulate material by compression. The invention especially relates to a method for compacting particulate material, including a compression compacting method for preparing units of particulate materials. Said particulate materials to be treated can comprise, but are not limited to, cement, calcium, gypsum, mortar, combinations thereof and the like, in order to improve the packaging, storage, transport, presentation, dosage and preparation thereof, thereby benefiting the manufacturer, the distributor and the consumer. The invention reveals the possibility of applying different pressures for the compression and shaping of the compacted product into different geometrical shapes, for the packaging, storage, transport, presentation, dosage, preparation and use thereof, from the opening of the packaging to the final application.
Abstract:
A formulation and method for obtaining ultra-high performance concretes, which provide a concrete with good mechanical properties of, inter alia, traction, compression, deformation, durability, ductility and toughness, with reduced related costs
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a heat transfer chain comprising circular links made from elliptical cross section solid wire, having a greater radius: lesser radius ratio of 1.5 to 3.0, having the axis formed by the greater radius of the elliptical section lined up with the diametrical direction of the circular link, achieving this way an increase in the chain's durability (less wear in time), and at the same time obtaining greater heat transfer efficiency due to a high surface area to unit of mass (ton) ratio in the installed chain. The present invention may be applied primarily to rotating chain furnaces, wherein these experiment transitory increases and reductions in temperature, for heat transfer between two or more phases, commonly seen in the concrete, paper and fertilizer industries.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a pozzolanic mixture used as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) comprising an activated clay, a limestone and a setting regulator. Moreover, it is also directed to a cementitious composition comprising said pozzolanic mixture, a clinker and a setting regulator. Finally, the invention is also directed to a concrete comprising the cementitious composition described above, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate and water, optionally the concrete may have other additives.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing calcined clays comprising extracting and mixing raw clays; dosing a reducing agent to the mixed raw clays and homogenizing the resulting mixture; reducing the particle size of the mixture to less than 10 mm; heating the mixture in a flash dryer or flash calciner until the mixture has between 0% and 5% moisture; calcining the dried mixture from 600 to 900° C., maintaining an oxygen concentration between 1 and 5%; and cooling the calcined clay from 900° C. to 120° C., and uses of such calcined clay resulting from the claimed method in cement and/or a cementitious material for preparing concrete.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a pozzolanic mixture used as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) comprising an activated clay, a limestone and a setting regulator. Moreover, it is also directed to a cementitious composition comprising said pozzolanic mixture, a clinker and a setting regulator. Finally, the invention is also directed to a concrete comprising the cementitious composition described above, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate and water, optionally the concrete may have other additives.
Abstract:
A formulation and method for obtaining ultra-high performance concretes, which provide a concrete with good mechanical properties of, inter alia, traction, compression, deformation, durability, ductility and toughness, with reduced related costs.
Abstract:
Uses of industrial waste clays for the manufacture of a supplementary cementitious material (SCM), wherein the industrial waste clays are kaolinitic clays selected from reject tails, cyclone tails, overburden/interburden from a refractory, ceramic, paper, oil or kaolin industries are described herein. A supplementary cementitious material (SCM) derived from calcined industrial waste clays wherein the obtained SCM maintain the same performance in comparison with other materials traditionally used and a method for manufacturing said SCM.
Abstract:
This development is related to a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) comprising previously calcined clay that has poor or moderately poor kaolinite content (with contents of kaolinite below 60%) and a chemical activator which, depending on the quality of the clay, is selected from a silicate, a strong base or a mixture of activators comprising a mixture of silicate-strong base.
Abstract:
The present disclosure refers to a process of obtaining a biocrude from biomass, where said process comprises the solvothermal liquefaction of the biomass in the presence of a mixture of solvents, until obtaining a gaseous phase, a solid phase, an aqueous liquid phase and an organic liquid phase comprising the biocrude. Wherein the mixture of solvents comprises between 0.5% w/w to 99.5% w/w of water and at least one solvent; and wherein the solvent is selected from alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, or precursors thereof under the processing conditions. The process described herein allows the use of biomass for the production of renewable fuels, as well as obtaining a biocrude with a yield greater than or equal to 30%, with a calorific value between 20 and 35 MJ/Kg and with a sulfur percentage lower than 1% w/w.