Still Absorber Patents (Class 202/184)
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Publication number: 20140326591Abstract: A vapor absorption system adapted to receive a vapor comprising a vacuum pump having an operating liquid wherein the vapor is received by an operating liquid and condensed therein to provide condensed liquid mixed with the operating liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2013Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Abaridy Pty Ltd.Inventors: Jayden David Harman, Bruce Webster, Kasra Farsad
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Patent number: 8715461Abstract: A system and method for preparation of meat flavorants, and flavorants, having increased flavor and aromatic intensity and which more closely resemble the natural flavor and aroma of cooked meat. Preheated edible, food grade oils and fats are exposed to temperatures between 290° C. and 475° C. under vacuum, in the presence of oxygen. The developing flavor vapors are immediately and completely removed from the heated oils and fats. The mixture of air-purge/flavor-vapor is immediately carried away from the heat transfer surface of the edible oil or fat. An evaporator, preferably a spinning disc, spinning band or thin film evaporator, without a condenser is used as process equipment. The air-purged flavor-vapors are diffused and absorbed in an absorption device into suitable food-grade liquids.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Activ International, Inc.Inventors: Jurgen D. Scheide, John M. Stefanicha
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Patent number: 8647420Abstract: [Problem] To provide a system for recovering carbon dioxide from flue gas, in which a reboiler in a regenerator can be compactly installed, and a method therefor, in facilities where CO2 or the like contained in flue gas is recovered. [Solving Means] To include an absorber 1006 that absorbs CO2 contained in flue gas 1002, a regenerator 1008 that strips CO2 from CO2 absorbent (rich solution) 1007 to regenerate absorbent, internal shells 101 provided at a bottom of the regenerator 1008 with a predetermined interval therebetween, into which regenerated CO2 absorbent is introduced by a feeding unit 102 from a bottom side thereof so that the CO2 absorbent overflows from an upper end of the internal shell thereof toward the bottom of the regenerator, and a reboiler that is inserted into the internal shells 101 in a direction orthogonal to a vertical axis and includes a heat-transfer tube 103 that reboils absorbent.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Tsubone, Toyoshi Nakagawa, Takashi Kamijo, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Katsufumi Inoue, Osamu Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20120273337Abstract: An exemplary water purification system has a base and a cover that is coupled (e.g., heat sealed) to the base to form a chamber. Raw water, such as seawater or polluted water, is inserted into the base. The raw water evaporates and condenses on an inner surface of the cover, which is inclined to cause the condensed water to flow to a collection channel so that potable water may be drawn from such channel. The base and cover are formed of a lightweight, flexible material to allow the system to be collapsed for easy transport. In addition, the base and cover are supported by a collapsible frame. Accordingly, the system can be easily packaged and shipped at a relatively low cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventor: Mike Wofsey
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Patent number: 8137504Abstract: A system and method for preparation of meat flavorants, and flavorants, having increased flavor and aromatic intensity and which more closely resemble the natural flavor and aroma of cooked meat. Preheated edible, food grade oils and fats are exposed to temperatures between 290° C. and 475° C. under vacuum, in the presence of oxygen. The developing flavor vapors are immediately and completely removed from the heated oils and fats. The mixture of air-purge/flavor-vapor is immediately carried away from the heat transfer surface of the edible oil or fat. An evaporator, preferably a spinning disc, spinning band or thin film evaporator, without a condenser is used as process equipment. The air-purged flavor-vapors are diffused and absorbed in an absorption device into suitable food-grade liquids.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Flavor & Food Ingredients, Inc.Inventors: Jurgen D. Scheide, John M. Stefanicha
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Publication number: 20110278152Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process and a plant for recovering ammonia from a mixture including ammonia, acid gas containing H2S and/or CO2 and low-boiling water-soluble organic components. To avoid an enrichment of volatile organic compounds in the acid gas absorber, a partial stream of the liquid phase is withdrawn from an acid gas absorber and processed such that gaseous ammonia with a reduced content of volatile organic components is obtained, which is recirculated into the acid gas absorber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2009Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: Lurgi GmbHInventors: Gert Ungar, Matthias Linicus
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Patent number: 8052847Abstract: A system and method for removing water from a liquid desiccant such as a glycol used to dry cooled air in order to restore the desiccant to a purity up to around 97% in a closed continuous flow process. Liquid desiccant can be sprayed into cooled air in a conditioner where it gains moisture. The wet or gained desiccant can be optionally preheated in an economizing heat exchanger and then routed into a concentrator. Desiccant pure to around 97% can be removed from the concentrator, passed through an economizing heat exchanger to provide the preheating and returned to the conditioner holding area. The concentrator can be heated by steam or other means such as natural gas to boil the wet desiccant causing mixed vapor to enter a vertical distillation column where most of the glycol condenses out on the column packing or plates and returns to the concentrator.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Niagara Blower CompanyInventors: Matthew Koban, Phillip Rowland, Michael Harvey, Peter Demakos
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Patent number: 7988819Abstract: A system and method for preparation of meat flavorants, and flavorants, having increased flavor and aromatic intensity and which more closely resemble the natural flavor and aroma of cooked meat. Preheated edible, food grade oils and fats are exposed to temperatures between 290° C. and 475° C. under vacuum, in the presence of oxygen. The developing flavor vapors are immediately and completely removed from the heated oils and fats. The mixture of air-purge/flavor-vapor is immediately carried away from the heat transfer surface of the edible oil or fat. An evaporator, preferably a spinning disc, spinning band or thin film evaporator, without a condenser is used as process equipment. The air-purged flavor-vapors are diffused and absorbed in an absorption device into suitable food-grade liquids.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Flavor & Food Ingredients, Inc.Inventors: Jurgen D. Scheide, John M. Stefanicha
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Publication number: 20100258426Abstract: A water desalination system includes an evaporator for evaporating saline water to produce water vapor and an adsorption means in selective vapor communication with the evaporator for reversibly adsorbing the water vapor from the evaporator. The adsorption means is in selective vapor communication with a condenser, and desorbing means for desorbing the adsorbed water vapor from the adsorption means for collection by the condenser. The condenser is adapted to condense the water vapor to desalinated water.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2006Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicants: National University of Singapore, Kyushu University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyInventors: Kim Choon Ng, Xiao-Lin Wang, Lizhen Gao, Anutosh Chakraborty, Bidyut Baran Saha, Shigeru Koyama, Atsushi Akisawa, Takao Kashiwagi
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Patent number: 7790000Abstract: The present invention relates to an evaporation apparatus capable of supplying active ingredients sufficiently and stably. One embodiment of the invention includes a retention vessel keeping a liquid formulation which contains active ingredients, a liquid absorbing mechanism which absorbs the liquid formulation from said retention vessel, an evaporation mechanism which evaporates active ingredients of said liquid formulation absorbed into said liquid absorbing mechanism and adjusting means which adjusts the evaporation of active ingredients.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Earth Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiko Matsuda, Yasuko Umetani, Ryuji Okano, Nobuya Kubo, Shusaku Tsutsumi, Shoichi Kohmoto
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Patent number: 7608171Abstract: A distillation system for distilling contaminated water includes an evaporation chamber for receiving the contaminated water. The evaporation chamber includes (i) a vessel for absorbing the contaminated water; (ii) a plurality of heat conductive pipes extending through the vessel for delivering the contaminated water to the vessel; and (iii) a heat source for heating the plurality of heat conductive pipes for evaporating the contaminated water absorbed by the vessel and causing the at least one contaminant to be retained by the vessel. A condensation chamber is connected to the evaporation chamber for receiving the evaporated water for condensing and producing purified water in liquid form. A storage device is connected to the condensation chamber for storing the purified liquid water.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2005Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Inventor: Samuel Okwaja Otukol
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Patent number: 7507316Abstract: The solar still has a frame, an evaporator within the frame and a glass sheet supported by the frame and spaced above the evaporator. The evaporator has a peripheral flange in contact with the edge of the glass sheet. The glass sheet and peripheral flange are nested within an inwardly facing channel on the frame, the sealing between the glass and the flange being by surface tension of water between the glass and the flange.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2003Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Inventor: John Ward
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Patent number: 7470349Abstract: A device for delivering purified water from a reservoir of salt water including a vapor tube supported concentrically inside a barrier tube The vapor tube has apertures that provide a passage of purified condensate from interior of the purified waste to the space between the space between the outside of the vapor tube and the inside of the barrier tube. A pump between the reservoir of salt water and the interior of the vapor tube generates a pressure differential that forces water vapor from the surface of salt water to the inside of the vapor tube. Condensate inside the vapor tube flows as fresh water to outside the vapor tube.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Inventor: Joel Miller
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Patent number: 6958111Abstract: In a dividing wall column comprising as segments a) an upper column region (6), b) an inflow section (7), c) an offtake section (8) and d) a lower column region (9), the inflow section b) (7) and the offtake section c) (8) are separated from one another laterally by a dividing wall (10) fixed in the column and the dividing wall (10) is located between the upper column region a) (6) and the lower column region d) (9). The present invention provides for the dividing wall (10) to be constructed at least partly of an elastic material, the dividing wall (10) to have a slightly overdimensional width and the dividing wall (10) to be fixed in the column by the dividing wall exercising an elastic recovery force on the interior wall of the column. The dividing wall can easily be installed in, in particular, relatively small columns.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2001Date of Patent: October 25, 2005Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Harald Rust, Gerd Kaibel
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Publication number: 20030024801Abstract: The present invention is a distillation system with individual fractionator tray temperature control, with the use of either a heating element or a cooling element, and in some preferred embodiments, the use of both a heating element and a cooling element in a plurality of fractionator trays. There is at least, and typically more than one distillation column having a plurality of fractionation trays, and having feed input, liquid removal, and vapor removal with the plurality of trays including at least one of a heating element and a cooling element. Controls are included for separate control of each of the heating element(s) and/or said cooling element(s). These controls may be regulated by a programmable microprocessor, and feedback from temperature sensors may be employed to provide discrete tray-by-tray temperature controls.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2001Publication date: February 6, 2003Inventor: Li Young
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Publication number: 20020066662Abstract: A process for the purification of crude N,N′-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine (DPPD), which comprises extracting crude DPPD with a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixtures thereby forming an extract solution containing DPPD, passing the extract solution over an adsorption layer, and recovering purified DPPD from the solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2000Publication date: June 6, 2002Inventors: Albert-Johannes Frings, Michael Horn, Peter Jenker, Jaroslaw Monkiewicz, Hans-Guenther Srebny, Burkhard Standke, Bertram Trautvetter
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Patent number: 6213197Abstract: A sorption unit for air-conditioning technology apparatus with sheets for heat emission, past which water vapor is passed. The sheets are provided with zeolite, that forms string-shaped profiled bodies which are designed to have surface contact with the sheets. Channels for vapor passage are defined between bodies arranged one beside the other. A buffer section and a condenser/evaporator unit complete the sorption unit to form an air-conditioning system.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 1998Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Electrolux Leisure Appliances AGInventor: Bengt Ebbeson
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Patent number: 5670024Abstract: For thermally treating waste and/or residual materials, in particular fiber glass, glass silk, glass wool and glass mat coated with organic materials, a drum (1) with embedded elements is used to make the materials circulate. In this drum the materials are heated up to a temperature at least equal to the carbonization and/or evaporation temperature of the coatings but lower than the softening temperature of the materials. The waste or residual materials are preferably increasingly disaggregated in the drum and are heated by a stream of hot gas which flows in the drum from the discharge side (11) to the inlet side (4) and has its highest temperature at the discharge side.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1995Date of Patent: September 23, 1997Assignee: WTU Warmetechnik und Umweltschutz GmbHInventors: Franz Baltzer, Horst Juptner
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Method and apparatus for the quantitative enrichment of volatile compounds by capillary distillation
Patent number: 5665208Abstract: A quantitative enrichment of volatile compounds from substances of the macro- to submicro field in a short time is realized by capillary distillation in a system which includes an evaporator vessel, on the bottom of which one or more filter plates are provided and which is connected to a condensing vessel by means of a capillary tube. The presence of filter plate(s) guarantees a uniform and constant boiling which facilitates the quantitative isolation of the volatile compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1995Date of Patent: September 9, 1997Assignee: Eppendorf-Netheler-Hinz GmbHInventor: Gunter Giesselmann -
Patent number: 5565066Abstract: The present invention is a single vessel apparatus for separating at least a first component from a second component of a process stream. The apparatus has a vertically-elongated vessel which contains a plurality of vertically spaced apart distillation contactors for vapor and liquid distillation and an adsorbent-retaining volume defined at least in part by a solids-impermeable member located above the contactors for passing a fluid into the retaining volume. The apparatus also contains a mechanism for adding adsorbent above the solids-impermeable member and a mechanism for withdrawing adsorbent particles from the retaining volume to contact the fluid with adsorbent particles and to provide at least intermittent downward gravity flow of adsorbent particles through the retaining volume and to selectively adsorb a portion of the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1994Date of Patent: October 15, 1996Assignee: UOPInventors: Terry L. Marker, Santi Kulprathipanja, Simon H. Hobbs
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Patent number: 4586981Abstract: A method of treating a liquid containing radioactive contaminants to produce a vapor containing a reduced amount of radioactive contaminant wherein continuous evaporation is effected in a vessel comprising two interconnected sections, one surrounding the other, the degree of evaporation in the inner section being greater than in the outer section thereof resulting in a greater concentration of radioactive material in the inner section.The outer evaporation section acts as a shield to reduce the release of radiation from the concentration of radioactive materials in the inner section.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1983Date of Patent: May 6, 1986Assignee: Vsesojuzny Nauchno-Issledovatelsky Proektno-Konstruktorsky Institut Atomnogo Energeticheskogo MashinostroeniaInventors: Evgeny K. Golubev, Alexandr R. Lensky, Evgeny E. Glazov, Vladimir A. Berseniev, Boris F. Vakulenko, Vasily S. Mikhailov, Anatoly A. Shiryaev
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Patent number: 4402795Abstract: The invention provides a means for reducing the energy consumed by thermally activated separation processes such as fractional distillation. This is done by recovering at least part of the reject heat from such processes and upgrading it for recycle back to input heat. The upgrading is accomplished by another low temperature source of heat which may also be the separation process reject heat. A simple and reliable heat pump using the reverse absorption principle is incorporated in the separation process to accomplish this upgrading.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1980Date of Patent: September 6, 1983Inventor: Donald C. Erickson
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Patent number: 4369097Abstract: A method and apparatus for distilling readily polymerizable liquid such as readily polymerizable monomers without causing the formation of an undesirable polymerization product is disclosed. This distillation is effected by(a) vaporizing the polymerizable liquid from a liquid phase containing the same in an evaporator by externally heating the liquid phase;(b) converting the vapor of the polymerizable liquid to a superheated state by externally heating, and introducing the vapor of the polymerizable liquid to the inlet of a condenser, while the vapor is maintained at the superheated state; and, then,(c) condensing the vapor in the condenser, while a portion of the condensed fraction is circulated to the inlet of the condenser, whereby the condensation surface thereof is wetted.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1981Date of Patent: January 18, 1983Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Nezu, Keijin Goto, Seisuke Yano