Systems and methods for sovlent-free delivery of volatile compounds
AssigneeAgrofresh Inc.
InventorTirthankar Ghosh
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Abstract
Provided are systems and methods for solvent-free delivery of volatile compounds, where an energy source is used to release the volatile compounds. The systems and methods provided herein have at least one advantage of (1) no solvent (for example water) is required; (2) immediate release of volatile compounds (for example 1-MCP can be released from HAIP within milliseconds or seconds instead of minutes or hours of the existing method using water); and/or (3) instantly starting and stopping the delivery of the volatile compound.
Claims42
A solvent-free system for delivery of a volatile compound, comprising
- (a) a molecular complex of the volatile compound with a molecular encapsulating agent;
- (b) a treatment compartment;
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- (c) means of energy source.
A method for delivery of a volatile compound, comprising:
- (a) providing a molecular complex of the volatile compound with a molecular encapsulating agent;
- (b) placing the molecular complex into a treatment compartment;
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- (c) applying means of energy source to the treatment compartment, thereby releasing the volatile compound from the molecular complex.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.