| Cal Poly Corporation Patent applications |
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| 20120083617 | Process for Extracting Lipids from Microalgae - A process for extracting lipids from microalgae; the process involves pretreating a quantity of non-homogenized microalgae with an aliphatic alcohol for a predetermined period of time. The pretreatment liberates a substantial portion of lipids from the microalgae without requiring energy intensive cell membrane disruptive technologies. The liberated lipids are then treated with a transesterification reagent to form fatty acid methyl esters. The fatty acid methyl esters are separated from the resulting mixture and may be further purified to remove remaining solvents or other impurities. The fatty acid methyl esters produced by the process are suitable as a green energy biodiesel product. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20110300545 | Primers for the rapid and specific detection of propane-oxidizing and butane-oxidizing microorganisms and methods of using same - Nucleic acid sequences are provided which in an embodiment provide a primer pair. The primers are capable of amplifying a nucleic acid molecule that indicates the presence of a propane-oxidizing and/or butane-oxidizing microorganism. A method is provided which employs such primers in a process that indicates the presence of such organisms. The method is useful in detecting the presence of petroleum-like products. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20100137494 | SHEAR-INDUCED ALIGNMENT OF NANOPARTICLES IN COATINGS - Methods and apparatuses for forming linear nanoparticle arrays, and the nanoparticle formulations formed therewith, are described. The nanoparticle arrays may be incorporated into coating materials, and in one example may be provided at or near the surface of two-component polyurethane coatings for use in automotive refinish clear coats. Coatings incorporating such nanoparticles may be applied to a substrate under shear to cause the nanoparticles to arrange linearly. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20090002705 | SYSTEM METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL DIRECTIONAL DETERMINATION - A method for measuring the direction and velocity of a target in a measurement volume in a laser Doppler velocimetry system includes selecting a discrete number of grating positions for an electrically switchable grating, placing the electrically switchable grating in a light path of a laser source. The laser source outputs a laser beam along the light path. The method further includes switching the electrically switchable grating sequentially through the discrete number of grating positions at a grating frequency to generate diffracted light beams from the laser, directing the diffracted light beams through a lens, focusing the diffracted light beams on a measurement volume, passing a target through the measurement volume in a target direction at a target velocity and receiving scattered light in a detector and calculating the power spectrum of light intensity fluctuations. The power spectrum includes a maximum peak. The maximum peak occurs at a frequency shifted from the grating frequency an amount corresponding to the target velocity and in a direction corresponding to the target direction. A laser Doppler velocimetry system for measuring the direction and velocity of a target in a measurement volume is also disclosed. | 01-01-2009 |
