Beads extruded

Let us consider a support composed of grains (beads, extrudates or others) several millimeters in diameter and containing a more or less large amount of zeolite Y (20-70 wt%, for example). After impregnation, question arises as to what is ... 

Various methods are possible to incorporate a catalytically active phase to the monolith [48-59,85-95]. Figure 3 shows the general scheme for preparing a monolithic catalyst structure from a washcoated monolith. In fact, no fundamental differences exist between incorporation of an active phase in a conventional support (beads, extrudates, spheres) and in monoliths. In practice, precautions are needed because, besides concentration profile on a particle scale, such profile over the length of the monolith also can easily arise. 

The adsorbent particles are normally used as beads, extrudates, or granules (-0.1 -0.3 cm equivalent diameters) in conventional H2 PSA processes. The particle diameters can be further reduced to increase the feed gas impurity mass transfer rates into the adsorbent at the cost of increased column pressure drop, which adversely affects the separation performance. The particle diameters, however, cannot be reduced indefinitely and adsorption kinetics can become limiting for very fast cycles48 New adsorbent configurations that offer (i) substantially less resistance to gas flow inside an adsorber and, thus, less pressure drop (ii) exhibit very fast impurity mass transfer coefficients and (iii) minimize channeling are the preferred materials for RPSA systems. At the same time, the working capacity of the material must be high and the void volume must be small in order to minimize the adsorber size and maximize the product recovery. Various materials satisfy many of the requirements fisted above, but not all of them simultaneously. 

One alternative approach to the two-stage steam moulding process is that in which impregnated beads are fed directly to an injection moulding machine or extruder so that expansion and consolidation occur simultaneously. This approach has been used to produce expanded polystyrene sheet and paper by a tubular process reminiscent of that used with polyethylene. Bubble nucleating... 

An alternate form of catalyst is pellets. The pellets are available in various diameters or extruded forms. The pellets can have an aluminum oxide coating with a noble metal deposited as the catalyst. The beads are placed in a tray or bed and have a depth of anywhere from 6 to 10 inches. The larger the bead (1/4 inch versus 1/8 inch) the less the pressure drop through the catalyst bed. However, the larger the bead, the less surface area is present in the same volume which translates to less destruction efficiency. Higher pressure drop translates into higher horsepower required for the oxidation system. The noble metal monoliths have a relatively low pressure drop and are typically more expensive than the pellets for the same application. 

The approximately round shape and small size of the suspension beads is useful for some applications such as expandable polystyrene or as an intermediate for further compounding with pigments, other polystyrene beads, etc. Being round, however, they tend to roll, not only causing a safety hazard when spilled on floors but more importantly causing difficulties in some fabricating extruders and molding machines. Except for expandable polystyrene, beads are seldom sold as such but are extruded into pellets. 

The wire beads used are produced from a combination of multi-strand copper, zinc or brass coated high-tensile steel wires. The required number of wires are formed into the required shape and then passed through a cross-head extruder to be coated with rubber compound. The coated wire layers are then formed into a coiled ring and the free wire ends secured together. For certain heavy duty applications use is made of either a light weight rubberised fabric or a small fibre filled rubber sheet to cover the joint area. In some cases the bead construction is also partially vulcanised. 

Expandable PS beads are a material devised to accommodate the transportation drawbacks of foams. Foams take up a lot of room, but not much weight, so a truck or boxcar cannot be used very efficiently. Expandable PS beads can be readily turned into foam at their destination. The beads are impregnated with a volatile liquid like pentane as they are extruded, chopped, and cooled. Later, on site, the beads are heated in small batches with steam. The vaporization temperature of the pentane is just below the melting point of the PS beads. As the beads soften, the pentane flashes (volatilizes) and causes the PS to foam. The polymer is then ready for molding. Coffee cups, ice chests, life preservers, buoys, and floats are often fabricated this way. 

Zeolite particles are incorporated into a number of different engineered forms, including smaU spherical parhcles for fluidized bed appHcations and smaU granules for powdered detergents. Larger forms include extruded peUets with various cross-sectional shapes and beads made by bead-forming processes. 

The processes used to produce the individual tire components usually involve similar steps. First, the raw stock is heated and subjected to a final mixing stage before going to a roller mill. The material is then peeled off rollers and continuously extruded into the final component shape. Tire beads are directly extruded onto the reinforcing wire used for the seal, and tire belt is produced by calendering rubber sheet onto the belt fabric. 

The isochronous stress-strain curves for the creep of PP bead foams (254) were analysed to determine the effective cell gas pressure po and initial yield stress do as a function of time under load (Figure 11). po falls below atmospheric pressure after 100 second, and majority of the cell air is lost between 100 and 10,000 s. Air loss is more rapid than in extruded PP foams, because of the small bead size and the open channels at the bead boundaries, do reduces rapidly at short yield times <1 second, due to proximity of the glass transition, and continues to fall at long times. 

Harden s (27) market survey of the growth of polyolefin foams production and sales shows that 114 x 10 kg of PE was used to make PE foam in 2001. The growth rate for the next 6 years was predicted as 5-6% per year, due to recovery in the US economy and to penetration of the automotive sector. In North America, 50% of the demand was for uncrosslinked foam, 24% for crosslinked PE foams, 15% for EPP, 6% for PP foams, 3% for EVA foams and 2% for polyethylene bead (EPE) foam. As protective packaging is the largest PE foam use sector, PE foam competes with a number of other packaging materials. Substitution of bead foam products (EPP, EPE, ARCEL copolymer) by extruded non-crosslinked PE foams, produced by the metallocene process was expected on the grounds of reduced costs. Compared with EPS foams the polyolefin foams have a lower yield stress for a given density. Compared with PU foams, the upper use temperature of polyolefin foams tends to be lower. Eor both these reasons, these foams are likely to coexist. 

The product of a successful suspension polymerization is small, uniform polymer spheres. For certain applications, they are used directly, eg, as the precursors for ion-exchange resins or bead foams. For others, they may be extruded and chopped to form larger, more easily handled molding pellets. 

Expanded polystyrene bead molding products account fur the largest portion of the drinking cup market and arc used in fabricating a variety of other products including packaging materials, insulation board, and ice chests. The insulation value, Ihe moisture resistance, and physical properties arc inferior to extruded boardsinck. but Ihe material cost is much less. 

Foamed plastics (qv) were developed in Europe and the United States in the mid-to-late 1930s. In the mid-1940s, extruded foamed polystyrene (XEPS) was produced commercially, followed by polyurethanes and expanded (molded) polystyrene (EPS) which were manufactured from beads (1,2). In response to the requirement for more fire-resistant cellular plastics, polyisocyanurate foams and modified urethanes containing additives were developed in the late 1960s urea—formaldehyde, phenolic, and other foams were also used in Europe at this time. 

While unaffected by water, styrofoam is dissolved by many organic solvents and is unsuitable for high-temperature applications because its heat-distortion temperature is around 77°C. Molded styrofoam objects are produced commercially from expandable polystyrene beads, but this process does not appear attractive for laboratory applications because polyurethane foams are much easier to foam in place. However, extruded polystyrene foam is available in slabs and boards which may be sawed, carved, or sanded into desired shapes and may be cemented. It is generally undesirable to join expanded polystyrene parts with cements that contain solvents which will dissolve the plastic and thus cause collapse of the cellular structure. This excludes from use a large number of cements which contain volatile aromatic hydrocarbons, ketones, or esters. Some suitable cements are room-temperature-vulcanizing silicone rubber (see below) and solvent-free epoxy cements. When a strong bond is not necessary, polyvinyl-acetate emulsion (Elmer s Glue-All) will work. 

Among many other application areas, the US Navy utilized this expl for salvaging ships sunk in harbors. They extruded the material from a caulking gun on the bead of a weld. When detonated, it would break the bead free from the plate, thus allowing salvage of the unscathed plate... 

Position the tip close to the glass slide (approximately 500 pm), extrude 0.7 pL of the bead suspension contained in the micropipette and wait for 30 s. 

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