Abstract:
This invention provides a method of precision determination of the hydrocarbon-base polymerisation inhibitor content in a fluorine-containing olefinic monomer, contained in a trace amount such that it cannot be detected even by gas chromatography. The method comprises bringing the fluorine-containing olefinic monomer into contact with concentrated sulfuric acid, measuring then the UV absorption spectrum of concentrated sulfuric acid, and determining a trace polymerisation inhibitor content from its absorbance and a working curve prepared in advance.
Abstract:
An efficient, technically straightforward and inexpensive process for generating conjugates of lipids and biologically active molecules to produce drug delivery vehicles; or lipid conjugates with polyamines to yield cationic lipids is described.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus is provided for determining concentration of components in a liquid hydrocarbon mixture including hydrocarbons and water flowing through an alkylation process. A fluid flow path conveys the liquid continuously from the alkylation process through a first instrument configured for measuring a property of the liquid mixture, and having responsivities to concentration of the components, which are independent of the concentration of the water. A temperature detector generates temperature data for the liquid, and a second instrument measures another property of the liquid mixture. The instruments have mutually distinct responsivities to concentrations of the components. A processor captures data from the temperature detector and instruments, using the data with a model of responsivities of various concentrations of the components at various temperatures, to determine a temperature compensated concentration of the components while the liquid mixture flows continuously through the fluid flow path.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to gas sensors using doped ferroelectric materials. The sensors can be fabricated as an array where different portions of the array can operate at different independently controlled temperatures to detect different gas phase components of a gas sample. Preferred embodiments can be used for the diagnosis of conditions, such as, diabetes.
Abstract:
The invention provides a method for producing a homogenous sample of a pressurized fluid stream flowing in a pipeline, the fluid stream consisting of a majority component of hydrocarbon gas, the remainder consisting of one or more hydrocarbon liquids and water in the form of vapor, aerosols, droplets and/or liquid streams, the method includes the steps of: a. injecting one or more surface active agents into the fluid stream in an injection zone at a rate that is sufficient to form a uniform foam of the gas and the one or more hydrocarbon liquids and water components; b. mixing the one or more surface active agents with the fluid stream in a mixing zone to form a uniform foam composition flowing in the pipeline downstream of the mixing zone; c. withdrawing a portion of the foam composition from the pipeline at a sampling point; d. passing the portion of the foam composition withdrawn through a sampling loop; and e. removing a sample of predetermined volume of the foam composition from the sampling loop for analysis.
Abstract:
A method to quantify the conjugated dienes in a feedstream including the steps of derivatizing the dienes with MTAD by dissolving MTADin the feedstream, and determining the molar concentration of said conjugated dienes and/or the carbon number distribution of said conjugated dienes by GC/MS and GC/NCD analysis, as demonstrated on Figure 1.
Abstract:
A method to quantify the conjugated dienes in a feedstream including the steps of dissolving MTAD in said feedstream, and determining the molar concentration of said conjugated dienes and/or the carbon number distribution of said conjugated dienes.
Abstract:
Oil aging and particulate building in a lubricant other than one exposed to combustion products is monitored by detecting light transmitted through the lubricant at least one, and preferably, two or more preselected wavelengths over a pathlength greater than about 0.5 cm wherein one wavelength is in the near infra-red spectrum and/or one wavelength is in the visible or near infra-red spectrum. The detected light when compared to predetermined values provides an indication of the condition of the lubricant.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for analyzing the aggregate content of asphalt-aggregate compositions. The method includes placing a preheated, preweighed container carrying a sample of an asphalt-aggregate composition into a preheated furnace with the preheated furnace being warmer than the preheated sample, continuing to heat the furnace while drawing air through the furnace at a rate that avoids impeding the heating of the furnace or the sample until the sample in the container reaches its combustion temperature and the combustion of the sample becomes exothermic, initiating a second draw of air around rather than through the furnace to moderate the exterior temperature of the furnace, accelerating the draw through the furnace to increase the rate of combustion of the exothermic reaction, and reweighing the container and sample after combustion is complete. The apparatus includes a furnace, a housing around the furnace, a furnace exhaust in communication with the furnace, a housing exhaust in communication with the housing, means for drawing an airflow through the furnace and into the furnace exhaust, means for drawing a separate airflow through the housing and into the housing exhaust, and a junction between the exhausts that forms a common exhaust from the housing and the furnace.
Abstract:
A method of determining or predicting a value Px of a property of a feed X to a steam cracking process or yield of said process, which method comprises measuring the absorption Dix of said material at more than one wavelength in the region 600-2600 nm, comparing signals indicative of said absorptions or a mathematical function thereof with signals indicative of absorptions Dim or mathematical function thereof at the same wavelength for a number of standards S in a bank for which the said property or yield P is known, and choosing from the bank at least one standard Sm with property Pm said standard having the smallest average value of the absolute difference at each wavelength i between the signal for the material and the signal for the standard Sm to obtain Px, with averaging of said properties or yields Pm when more than one standard Sm is chosen.