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US 11,820,744 B2Granted
Generators for 1-methylcyclopropene release from carrier complex
OwnerNazir Mirinventor
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Abstract
Providing a method for generating and releasing 1-MCP gas from a complex carrier through the use of a 1-MCP generator that enables the application of at least one physical, releasing force to a carrier complex and/or mixture comprising water and the carrier complex, or the interaction of steam with a carrier complex and/or mixture comprising water and the carrier complex, over a determined period of time.
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A method of releasing 1-MCP gas comprising:
- establishing a mixture of water and a carrier complex, the carrier complex comprising 1-MCP complexed with at least one carrier, the carrier consisting of at least one of an encapsulant(s) and adsorbent(s), in an interior space of a removable mixing tank;
- wherein the mixture is maintained at a temperature range of 1° C. to 100° C. for at least 0.5 hours in the removable mixing tank by a temperature control system,
- releasing 1-MCP gas from the carrier complex by the application of a releasing force consisting of at least one of a rotational, stirring, spinning, vibrational, shaking, oscillatory, gyratory and steam force, the releasing force provided through operational connection of the removable mixing tank to a force generation mechanism, wherein the applied releasing force promotes 1-MCP dissociation from the carrier and release of 1-MCP gas, the released 1-MCP gas having a compliant impurity profile and a desirable foam by-product profile;
- wherein the compliant impurity profile is at least one of below 0.1% of the total 1-MCP gas released and the levels of chlorinated compounds 1-chloro-2-methylpropene (1-CMP) and 3-chloro-2-methylpropene (3-CMP) below 0.05% of total 1-MCP gas released;
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- wherein the desirable foam by-product profile comprises air trapped in hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups on alpha-cyclodextrin in amounts that avoid spillage from the removable mixing tank.
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A method of releasing 1-MCP gas comprising:
- establishing a mixture of water and a carrier complex, the carrier complex comprising 1-MCP complexed with at least one carrier, the carrier consisting of at least one of an encapsulant(s) and adsorbent(s), that comprises at least one of a α-cyclodextrin, metal organic framework, zeolites, activated carbons, cucurbit[6]uril, and other polymeric and porous materials in an interior space of a removable mixing tank;
- wherein the mixture is maintained in a temperature range of 1° C. to 100° C. for at least 0.5 hours;
- releasing 1-MCP gas from the carrier complex by the application of a releasing force consisting of at least one of a rotational, stirring, spinning, vibrational, shaking, mixing, oscillatory, gyratory and steam, the releasing force provided through operational connection of the removable mixing tank to a force generation mechanism, wherein the applied releasing force promotes 1-MCP dissociation from the carrier and release of 1-MCP gas, the released 1-MCP gas having a compliant impurity profile;
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- wherein the compliant impurity profile is at least one of below 0.1% of the 1-MCP gas released and levels of chlorinated compounds 1-chloro-2-methylpropene (1-CMP) and 3-chloro-2-methylpropene (3-CMP) below 0.05% of 1-MCP gas released.
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