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20090176079 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POROUS CARBON MOULDINGS - The present invention relates to a process based on phase separation for the production of porous carbon monoliths, to the monoliths produced in accordance with the invention, and to the use thereof. | 07-09-2009 |
20100101142 | METHOD FOR THE WET-CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION OF BIOMASS BY HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION - A method for converting biomass into higher-energy-density solids, in particular carbon, humus or peat, is described. In the method, organic substances from the biomass are suspended in water to form a suspension and at least a part of the suspension to be converted is heated to a reaction temperature and is converted into higher-energy-density solids by hydrothermal carbonization at elevated pressure. The conversion is carried out in a reaction volume which is located underneath the Earth's surface. Uniformity of the product quality and an increase in the economic efficiency of the process are achieved by the method. | 04-29-2010 |
20100280216 | METHOD OF PREPARING ORGANIC POROUS SOLIDS AND SOLIDS OBTAINABLE BY THIS METHOD - The present invention relates to a method of preparing porous solids, which method comprises polymerizing, in a salt melt or a eutectic mixture of salt melt containing at least one Lewis acidic salt, cyano monomers having at least one or at least two cyano groups in their molecule, wherein the at least one or at least two cyano groups are bonded to a rigid linking group in the cyano monomer, as well as to the porous solids obtainable by that method. Owing to their porosity and the associated extremely high specific surface area, the porous solids are useful as sorbents, filtering and insulating materials, as well as catalyst carriers. | 11-04-2010 |
20110073814 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES - The present invention relates to a process for preparing transparent conductive oxides, comprising the following steps in the sequence of a-b-c:
| 03-31-2011 |
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20090018262 | AQUEOUS POLYURETHANE DISPERSION - The invention relates to aqueous primary dispersions which contain a hydrophobic polyurethane which is produced in a mini-emulsion by reacting with (a) polyisocyanate and (b) compounds containing isocyanate reactive groups. The invention also relates to a method for producing said dispersion and the use thereof for producing coatings and adhesives. | 01-15-2009 |
20090269667 | Porous Electrically Conductive Carbon Material And Uses Thereof - This disclosure relates to a porous electrically conductive carbon material having interconnected pores in first and second size ranges from 10 μm to 100 nm and from less than 100 nm to 3 nm and a graphene structure and to diverse uses of the material such as an electrode in a lithium-ion battery and a catalyst support, e.g. for the oxidation of methanol in a fuel cell. The carbon material has been heat treated to effect conversion to non-graphitic carbon with the required degree of order at a temperature in the range from 600° C. to 1000° C. A lithium-ion battery and an electrode for a lithium-ion battery are also claimed. | 10-29-2009 |
20100008021 | Porous Carbon Electrode With Conductive Polymer Coating - An extremely high-performance polyaniline electrode was prepared by potentiostatic deposition of aniline on hierarchically porous carbon monolith (HPCM), which was carbonized from mesophase pitch. A capacitance value of 2200 F g | 01-14-2010 |
20110056125 | PROCESS FOR CONVERTING BIOMASS TO COAL-LIKE MATERIAL USING HYDROTHERMAL CARBONISATION - The present invention relates to a hydro thermal carbonization process for the preparation of coal-like material using biomass. The process comprises a step (i) of heating a reaction mixture comprising water and biomass to obtain a reaction mixture comprising activated biomass; and a step (ii) of adding a polymerization initiator to the reaction mixture obtained in step (i) to polymerize the activated biomass and to obtain a reaction mixture comprising coal-like material. The process is beneficial in terms of product control, and process engineering. | 03-10-2011 |
20110112246 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF HYDROTHERMAL HYBRID MATERIAL FROM BIOMASS, AND HYDROTHERMAL HYBRID MATERIAL OBTAINABLE BY THE PROCESS - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of hydrothermal hybrid material, in particular coal-like hybrid material from biomass. The process involves the heating of a reaction mixture comprising water, biomass and a copolymerizable compound, wherein the copolymerizable compound is added when preparing the reaction mixture, in a variant of the process, the biomass is converted to activated biomass in a first step, and the copolymerization of the activated biomass and a copolymerizable compound to give the hydrothermal, preferably coal-like, hybrid material is started by adding a polymerization initiator. The invention also relates to the hydrothermal hybrid materials obtainable by the processes as such, e.g. to aqueous dispersions thereof. By incorporating copolymerizable compounds, e.g. petrochemical compounds in the structure of the hydrothermal hybrid materials, the physical properties of the materials and the preparation process thereof can be controlled. | 05-12-2011 |
20120000120 | HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF COAL-LIKE MATERIAL FROM BIOMASS AND EVAPORATION COLUMN - The present Invention relates to a hydrothermal process for the preparation of coal-like material from biomass, in which a reaction mixture comprising biomass is heated by contacting with steam, the steam moving counter-currently relative to the reaction mixture, to obtain a reaction mixture comprising activated biomass, and the activated biomass is subsequently polymerized to give a reaction mixture comprising coal-like material. According to another aspect, the present invention relates to a column, preferably a vertically oriented evaporation column, comprising horizontally oriented mass transfer trays, rotor elements mounted on a rotor shaft that is vertically oriented and passes through a rotor shaft opening in the mass transfer trays, and a housing provided with suitable upper and lower inlets and outlets. The column can be used with benefit in the hydrothermal process of the invention. The process is advantageous in that it allows the quick, energy-efficient and stable production of high-quality coal-like material. | 01-05-2012 |