The Dow Chemical Company

Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Rohm and Haas Company

Cargill Inc.

Valicor, Inc.

William G. Moore

Alan W. Weimer

William Rafaniello

Raymond P. Roach

Raymond P Roach

Alan W Weimer

William G Moore

Sanjib Biswas

Robert Tengler

Sarah M Hoyt

Leonard Edward Bogan, Jr

Timothy Charles Frank

Muhunthan Sathiosatham

Mark A Silvano

John P Henley

Andrew Michael Lemonds

Patrick H Au-Yeung

James Robert Bleyer

Sarah L Hruby

David C Decoster

David DeCoster

Cindy Hoppe

Jennifer L Aurandt

Bradley Harkrader

Pedro R Vargas, Ii

Andrew M Lemonds

Sarah Hoyt

Leonard E Bogan

Lipid compositions and lipid compositions included in cosmetic products, personal care products, skin care products, nutraceuticals, bio fuels, bio-lubricants, oleo chemicals, nutritional products, other bio-products, and animal feed compositions. Concentrations of lipid components. A method of removing and recovering a lipid composition by mixing a lipid feedstock with a solvent, separating the mixture into a raffinate phase and an extract phase containing beneficial non-glyceride compounds, removing solvent from the extract phase and obtaining a concentrate phase, and recovering a lipid composition from the concentrate phase. A method of producing a fatty acid alkyl ester. A method of producing a distiller's product. A method of performing secondary extractions and recovering a lipid composition by performing a first extraction on a lipid feedstock, performing a second extraction on a lipid feedstock, and exploiting differences in solubility limits to create unique product fractions derived from naturally occurring lipids.

Compositions of cosmetic, personal care and skin care products derived from lipid feedstocks and methods to produce the same

Hydroxycarboxylic acids, e.g., 3-hydroxypropionic acid, and/or their ammonium salts are dehydrated to their corresponding unsaturated carboxylic acids, e.g., acrylic acid, by a process that uses a catalyst comprising ammonium bisulfate. The use of ammonium bisulfate reduces or eliminates the problems associated with processes that use sulfuric acid as a dehydrating catalyst, e.g, excess sulfuric acid consumption and/or recovery.

Ammonium bisulfate catalyzed dehydration of beta-hydroxy acids

Methods and systems for producing high purity 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) from an aqueous medium, such as a fermentation broth, are described. Aqueous 3-HP solution can be purified by flash evaporation wherein the 3-HP is vaporized at an elevated temperature without conversion to acrylic acid. This process can be integrated with downstream processes for producing other chemical and consumer products.

3-hydroxypropionic acid compositions

Process for preparing silicon carbide by carbothermal reduction

Uniform, fine ceramic powder is prepared using an apparatus comprising (a) a cooled reactant transport member; (b) a reactor chamber; (c) a heating means; and (d) a cooling chamber. The reactant transport member comprises a wall defining a conduit that communicates with the reactor chamber, with a gas-flow space being defined along the perimeter of the transport member and in communication with the reactor chamber. The reactor chamber comprises a wall defining a reaction zone, and the heating means is associated with the reaction zone, and adapted for heating reactants in the reaction zone. The cooling chamber comprises a wall defining a cooling zone that communicates with the reactor chamber. In one embodiment the communication is by means of a cooling inlet, the diameter of the cooling zone being larger than the diameter of the cooling inlet. The temperatures of the reactant transport member, the reactor chamber, and the cooling chamber are independently controllable. Reactants can be fed through the reactant transport member into the reaction zone and reacted to form products, and the products then fed into the cooling zone to produce uniform, fine ceramic powders.

Method for producing uniform, fine boron-containing ceramic powders

A process for preparing silicon carbide by carbothermal reduction which includes transporting, in a gaseous medium, a particulate reactive mixture of a silica source and a carbon source through a reaction zone. The heating rate of the atmosphere within the reaction zone is such that substantially all of the reactive mixture is heated at a heating rate of at least about 100.degree. C./second until an elevated temperature of at least 1800.degree. C. is reached. Either (1) carbon monoxide is added to the reaction zone or (2) a carbon monoxide level in the reaction is achieved in order to provide at least about 30 mole percent of the gases exiting the reaction zone to achieve a higher yield of silicon carbide.

High yield manufacturing process for silicon carbide

Uniform, fine ceramic powder is prepared using an apparatus comprising (a) a cooled reactant transport member; (b) a reactor chamber; (c) a heating element; and (d) a cooling chamber. The reactant transport member comprises a wall defining a conduit that communicates with the reactor chamber, with a gas-flow space being defined along the perimeter of the transport member and in communication with the reactor chamber. The reactor chamber comprises a wall defining a reaction zone, and the heating element is associated with the reaction zone, and adapted for heating reactants in the reaction zone. The cooling chamber has a wall defining a cooling zone that communicates with the reactor chamber. In one embodiment, the communication is through a cooling inlet, the diameter of the cooling zone being larger than the diameter of the cooling inlet. The temperatures of the reactant transport member, the reactor chamber, and the cooling chamber are independently controllable. Reactants can be fed through the reactant transport member into the reaction zone and reacted to form products, and the products then fed into the cooling zone to produce uniform, fine ceramic powders.

Apparatus for producing uniform, fine ceramic powder

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