By : Targeted News Service
Source : http://www.equities.com
Category : US Trademark Application
The University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Orlando, Fla., and CC Technologies Laboratories, Dublin, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,252,259) developed by five co-inventors for a "surfactant incorporated nanostructure for pressure drop reduction in oil and gas lines." The co-inventors are Sudipta Seal, Oviedo, Fla., William P. Jepson, Orlando, Fla., Sameer Deshpande, Santa Clara, Calif., Suresh C. Kuiry, Campbell, Calif., and Swanand D. Patil, Orlando, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Nano-sized rare earth metal oxide particles are prepared from aqueous reverse micelles. The engineered nanoparticles have large surface area to volume ratios, and uniformly incorporate a surfactant in each particle, so that when applied to the inner surface of a pipeline or sprayed onto a fluid stream in a pipeline, the particles reduce the roughness of the inside surface of pipe being used to transport fluid. The application of a nanolayer of this novel nanoceria mixture causes a significant reduction in pressure drops, friction, and better recovery and yield of fluid flowing through a pipeline." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2008 (12/290,501).
Source : http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-09-03&val=440135&cat=tech
