CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150023857 | PIEZOELECTRIC AND ELECTRORESTRICTOR MATERIALS - One embodiment provides a method, comprising: calculating, using at least one computer, a distance to a hull for an alloy X | 01-22-2015 |
20140178275 | Method of Using a Crosslinked Polymer-Carbon Sorbent for the Removal of Heavy Metals, Toxic Materials and Carbon Dioxide - A method for using a polymer-carbon sorbent for removing one or more of carbon dioxide, heavy metals or toxic materials from a flue gas from coal-fired power plants is described. The sorbent comprises a carbonaceous sorbent material and a cured amine-containing polymer, and sulfur. The polymer-carbon sorbents are formed by curing a curable amine-containing polymer in the presence of the carbonaceous sorbent material, sulfur, a cure accelerator and, optionally, a cure activator. A convenient carbonaceous sorbent material is an activated carbon, and a convenient curable amine-containing polymer is an allyl-containing poly(ethyleneimine), having a number average molecular weight between about 1,000 and about 10,000. The polymer-carbon sorbents may contain sulfur in molar excess of an amount needed to cure the curable amine-containing polymer. Such polymer-carbon sorbents are shown to capture more mercury, in both elemental an ionic forms, compared to activated carbon and adsorb carbon dioxide. | 06-26-2014 |
20140097382 | Process for Preparing Crosslinked Polymer-Carbon Sorbent - A polymer-carbon sorbent for removing at least one of carbon dioxide, heavy metals or toxic materials from a flue gas from a combustion process, such as coal-fired power plants, is described. The sorbent comprises a carbonaceous sorbent material and a cured amine-containing polymer, and sulfur. The polymer-carbon sorbents are formed by curing a curable amine-containing polymer in the presence of the carbonaceous sorbent material, sulfur, a cure accelerator and, optionally, a cure activator. A convenient carbonaceous sorbent material is an activated carbon, and a convenient curable amine-containing polymer is an allyl-containing poly(ethyleneimine), having a number average molecular weight between about 1,000 and about 10,000. The polymer-carbon sorbents may contain sulfur in molar excess of an amount needed to cure the curable amine-containing polymer. Such polymer-carbon sorbents are shown to capture more mercury, in both elemental an ionic forms, compared to activated carbon and adsorb carbon dioxide. | 04-10-2014 |
20140091038 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IONIC CONTAMINANT REMOVAL IN LIQUIDS - The present application provides an apparatus for removal of an ionic contaminant from a liquid comprising a branched polymer, a filtration membrane, and a filter casing. The application also provides a method of removing an ionic contaminant from a liquid, the method comprising directing ion-contaminated liquid into and draining treated liquid from an apparatus as described in the instant specification. | 04-03-2014 |
20120308461 | Crosslinked Polymer-Carbon Sorbent for Removal of Heavy Metals, Toxic Materials and Carbon Dioxide - A polymer-carbon sorbent for removing carbon dioxide, heavy metals and toxic materials from a flue gas from a combustion process, such as coal-fired power plants, is described. The sorbent comprises a carbonaceous sorbent material and a cured amine-containing polymer, and sulfur. The polymer-carbon sorbents are formed by curing a curable amine-containing polymer in the presence of the carbonaceous sorbent material, sulfur, a cure accelerator and, optionally, a cure activator. A convenient carbonaceous sorbent material is an activated carbon, and a convenient curable amine-containing polymer is an allyl-containing poly(ethyleneimine), having a number average molecular weight between about 1,000 and about 10,000. The polymer-carbon sorbents may contain sulfur in excess of an amount needed to cure the curable amine-containing polymer. Such polymer-carbon sorbents are shown to capture more mercury, in both elemental an ionic forms, compared to activated carbon and adsorb carbon dioxide. | 12-06-2012 |