System and method for processing guayule rubber

    公开(公告)号:US11767380B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-26

    申请号:US16999302

    申请日:2020-08-21

    CPC classification number: C08F36/08

    Abstract: A guayule rubber processing system and method involves mixing a guayule rubber and at least one solvent blend in an extruder, in order to remove resin found in the guayule miscella and to precipitate the guayule miscella to form a precipitate. The at least one solvent blend has a first solvent configured to precipitate the guayule rubber, and a second solvent configured to swell the resulting precipitate. In particular, a series of the solvent blends may be used at different locations along a length of the extruder and may further include distinct blends of the first solvent and the second solvent, introduced at the different locations, and having different ratios of the first solvent and the second solvent.

    Rubber composition for tires and tire

    公开(公告)号:US11306201B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-19

    申请号:US16881141

    申请日:2020-05-22

    Inventor: Madoka Kimura

    Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition for tires having excellent low fuel consumption and having crack resistance and tear resistance, which contains a rubber component (A) containing a synthetic isoprene having a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 800,000 or more, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 2.5 or less, and a cis-1,4-bond content of 96% or more, a carbon black (B), and a specific carbon black dispersant (C); and a tire using the rubber composition.

    METHOD OF PRODUCING ISOPRENOID COMPOUND

    公开(公告)号:US20210403954A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17328608

    申请日:2021-05-24

    Abstract: Producing an isoprenoid compound by: 1) culturing an isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism in the presence of a growth promoting agent at a sufficient concentration to grow the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism; 2) decreasing a concentration of the growth promoting agent to induce formation of the isoprenoid compound by the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism; and 3) culturing the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism to form the isoprenoid compound, is characterized in that the growth phase of the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism is separated from the formation phase of the isoprenoid compound.

    ELASTIC SULFONATED STYRENE DIENE BLOCK COPOLYMERS

    公开(公告)号:US20210171727A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US16770666

    申请日:2018-12-06

    Inventor: Chulsung BAE

    Abstract: The electrochemical energy conversion system include an anode, a cathode, and a proton exchange membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode. The proton exchange membrane includes a polymer having a hard block polymer, a soft block polymer, and one or more hydrophilic functional groups attached to the soft block polymer. The glass transition temperature of the hard block polymer is higher than a glass transition temperature of the soft block polymer, such that the hard block polymer is non-elastic and the soft block polymer is elastic at a desired operating temperature. The hydrophilic functional groups are attached to the soft block polymer via a thiol-ene reaction to modify double bonds in the soft block polymer. The swellable functional groups are selectively connected to the soft domains of the block copolymers, so that when the membrane swells (under hydration or gas adsorption), the stress is effectively absorbed by the soft domain and the impact on overall mechanical properties is minor, resulting in more durable membranes.

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