Bayer Materialscience, LLC

Bayer Materialscience Ag

Covestro LLC

Rudiger Gorny

James Y J Chung

James P Mason

Xiangyang Li

Peter Schwarz

Glenn Hilton

James YJ Chung

The present invention provides a composition comprising a polycarbonate, an infrared (IR) reflective additive and an epoxy-functional silicone, wherein the composition exhibits a reduced melt flow change over a comparable compound not containing an epoxy-functional silicone.

Compositions containing polycarbonate and infrared reflective additives

The present invention provides a flow-through photobioreactor containing at least one thermoplastic multi-wall sheet having an upper layer and a lower layer having arranged there between at least two sidewalls, at least one inner wall and two or more end caps. Also provided is a process for the production of a biofuel with the inventive photobioreactor. The photobioreactor and process of the present invention have the following advantages: genetically engineered microbes that give higher yields cannot escape into the environment, water in the system does not evaporate, no weeding (presence of unwanted algae), UV light from the sun is filtered out by the reactor walls, temperature control is possible, COfrom power plants, breweries, etc. can be artificially fed to increase yield. The inventive photobioreactor is also less expensive to build than pipe reactors and may have low energy costs to operate, because little or no energy is needed for agitation and pumping in a preferred gravity assisted embodiment.

Photobioreactor for algae growth

A thermoplastic molding composition that releases upon burning a limited amount of smoke is disclosed. The composition includes 95 to 60 percent aromatic (co)polycarbonate, 5 to 40 percent bromine-substituted oligocarbonate, and 0.04 to 0.2 percent alkali or alkaline-earth salt of perfluoroalkane sulfonic acid, the percents all occurrences being relative to the weight of the composition.

Flame resistant polycarbonate composition

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Oakdale, PA, United States of America

Rudiger Gorny