METHOD FOR THE SELECTION OF AN OPERATIVE COMPONENT FOR AMALGAMATING A MULTIPLE PHASE SYSTEM INTO A SINGLE PHASE SYSTEM, DISPERSION OR EMULSION

• Main Author: LUSTIG STEVEN RAYMOND
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.04.2009
• Subjects: ANALOGUE COMPUTERS; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS

A material useful as an operative component to effect the combination of at least a first and a second immiscible phase into a single phase system, dispersion or emulsion is selected. The operative component is determined by the steps of: selecting a first operative component having a predetermined sigma profile associated therewith; computing the value of the free energy of mixing for the operative component and the components in the first and the second immiscible phases; if the free energy of mixing as computed is greater than zero, mutating the sigma profile of the first candidate operative component to define a hypothetical sigma profile of a candidate substitute operative component; computing the value of the free energy of mixing for the candidate substitute operative component and the components in the first and a second immiscible phases; repeating steps c) and d) either for a predetermined number of repetitions or until the value of the free energy of mixing of a combination of the candidate substitute operative component and the first and a second immiscible phases is less than zero, whichever first occurs; identifying a material that exhibits a sigma profile corresponding to the mutated sigma profile of that candidate substitute operative component that produces a a free energy of salvation less than zero.