Removing A Component From Normally Gaseous Mixture Patents (Class 204/157.3)
  • Patent number: 11292038
    Abstract: A combined remediation method of petroleum-contaminated soil includes: impurity removal pretreatment, photocatalytic pre-oxidation, stepwise thermal desorption of petroleum from soil, and high-temperature oxidation; with iron-titanium composite metal oxide (ITCMO) as a catalyst, conducting oxidation pretreatment under light conditions so that some cross-linked structures in macromolecular petroleum contaminants are broken and degraded; and conducting stepwise pyrolysis to achieve a removal rate of more than 98.00%. The new method adopts a combined remediation technology of photocatalytic pre-oxidation-stepwise pyrolysis, which realizes a relatively-high removal rate of petroleum hydrocarbons and the efficient and harmless remediation of high-concentration petroleum-contaminated soil, and remedied soil can be reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM
    Inventors: Dong Liu, Shuhai Guo, Wei Zhu, Fushan Wen, Nan Shi, Yu Qiu, Xiaoning Feng, Bo Wu, Gang Li, Changlong Yin, Xiujie Yang, Dehui Kong, Hongbo Dai, Mengfei Li, Sa Wang
  • Patent number: 11266949
    Abstract: A device for testing performance of photocatalytic ozonation in degradation of volatile organic compounds. The device includes an air generator, an oxygen cylinder, a volatile organic compound cylinder, a mass flow meter, an ozone generator, a humidifier, a thermohygrometer, a gas mixer, a light source, a plate-type reactor, an ozone analyzer, a gas chromatographic instrument, a first valve, a second valve, a third valve and a tail gas treatment unit; The experimental device of the present invention is suitable for the experiment of photocatalytic degradation of volatile organic gases in mixed gas, and has the advantages of wide experimental conditions, simple structure, convenient use, reliable performance, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: YANCHENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qi Xu, Bailin Wang, Dongbin Chen, Feng Cheng
  • Patent number: 11260344
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a separation membrane includes: a porous support structure, wherein the porous support structure comprises a system of continuous pores connecting an inlet of the separation membrane to an outlet of the separation membrane; and at least one alkali metal hydroxide disposed within pores of the porous support structure. Other aspects and embodiments of the disclosed inventive concepts will become apparent from the detailed description, which, when taken in conjunction with the drawings, illustrate by way of example the principles of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus Worsley, Patrick Campbell, Sangil Kim, Matthew Merrill
  • Patent number: 11248805
    Abstract: The application relates according to one embodiment to an air filter for grease filtering. The filter includes a filter mounting element for installing the filter in connection with an intake opening of an air ventilation duct, at least one mechanical separation element for separating solid impurities from flowing air, and a UV source mounting element capable of being fitted with a UV source for generating UV light. The UV light and a catalyst coating present inside the filter are adapted to transform the physical state of grease flowing into the ventilation duct along with the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: JEVEN OY
    Inventors: Seppo Vartiainen, Jyrki Hamalainen, Karna Dahal
  • Patent number: 11202847
    Abstract: A germicidal panel light includes a housing, a sterilization component, a fan component and a lighting component; the housing provided with a mounting cavity as well as an air inlet and an air outlet connecting to the mounting cavity, inner wall of the mounting cavity forming an air guiding plane corresponding to the air inlet and the air outlet respectively, the appearance of the housing provided with a containing groove whose inner wall is provided as a reflecting surface; the sterilization component is provided in the mounting cavity; the fan component is provided in the mounting cavity and is provided at intervals with the sterilization component; and the lighting component is provided in the containing groove. The germicidal panel light has an air guiding plane in the mounting cavity nearby the air inlet, so air can be guided into the mounting cavity, air flows slowly, and noises are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GUANKE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Qing Lan, Tianlong Dai, Ligen Liu, Shoubao Chen
  • Patent number: 11123689
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of scrubbing of gas by exposure to electrons and apparatuses therefor. Such methods and apparatuses could be used to reduce harmful emissions created by the burning of fossil fuels, e.g. to power ships. According to one aspect there is provided apparatus for electron irradiation scrubbing, said apparatus comprising: an anode; a cathode a nanostructure located between said anode and said cathode, said nanostructure being configured to field-emit electrons in response to the presence of an electric field between the anode and cathode when a potential difference is established therebetween; and a housing coupled to said nanostructure and configured for locating the nanostructure so that it extends into a container containing gas to be scrubbed such that an interior of said container can be exposed to said electrons. According to further aspects there are provided systems comprising such apparatus and methods making use of it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Daphne Technology SA
    Inventor: Juan Mario Michan
  • Patent number: 11007290
    Abstract: A rover device for sanitizing spacecraft that emits germicidal ultraviolet light with means for sensing and directing rover location, orientation, velocity, trajectory and path is disclosed. Rather, the disclosed embodiment is a rover that uses propellers more in the fashion of a thruster on a satellite which uses short bursts to control satellite position in three translational planes and three rotational axes. Unlike a thruster, the propeller can be reversed, allowing motion in either direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: DIMER, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Kreitenberg, Elliot M. Kreitenberg
  • Patent number: 10960099
    Abstract: An air sterilizing apparatus is created which can be set within an environment without adversely affecting people, pets, or plants within the environment such as a room. The apparatus uses a passage through which ambient air passes. The passage has a treatment chamber in which ultraviolet light (ideally UV-C) is used to sterile the ambient air. Each end section of the passage is configured to block light from exiting the passage. In the preferred embodiment, each end section includes a coating of UV adsorbing material to provide further protection to the environment from the UV light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventor: Mark Ellery Ogram
  • Patent number: 10640227
    Abstract: Fuel tank inerting systems and methods for aircraft are provided. The systems include a fuel tank, a first reactant source fluidly connected to the fuel tank, the first source arranged to receive fuel from the fuel tank, a second reactant source, a catalytic reactor arranged to receive a first reactant from the first source and a second reactant from the second source to generate an inert gas that is supplied to the fuel tank to fill a ullage space of the fuel tank, and an inert gas recycling system located downstream of the catalytic reactor and upstream of the fuel tank, wherein the inert gas recycling system is arranged to direct a portion of the inert gas to the catalytic reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lance L. Smith, Eric Surawski
  • Patent number: 10549254
    Abstract: A system includes a first chamber, a second chamber, an ultraviolet light source and a microwave source. The first chamber includes an inlet. The second chamber is adjacent the first chamber and includes an outlet and a waveguide. The ultraviolet light source resides within the waveguide of the second chamber. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Breakthrough Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Kamal Jaffrey
  • Patent number: 10413625
    Abstract: A modular light assembly for an ultraviolet (UV) treatment device includes a UV light reflective surface. First and second sidewalls are coupled to respective sides of the reflective surface. Electrical input contacts are formed on each of the first and second sidewalls for receiving electrical power, and electrical output contacts are formed on each of the first and second sidewalls for delivering electrical power. A plurality of UV lamps are included, each of which have a first end and a second end. The first end of each of the UV lamps is coupled to a respective one of the electrical output contacts on the first sidewall, and the second end is coupled to a respective one of the electrical output contacts on the second sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Vioguard
    Inventors: Roger R. Pangan, Jr., Steven Michael Swedenburg
  • Patent number: 10232064
    Abstract: A method for sterilizing biological materials is disclosed. After dehydrating the biological material, the dehydrated biological material is put into a closed container, and 0.01 g/m3 to 1000 g/m3 or an enough dose of ozone gas is introduced into the container for a period of time until the biological material is completely sterilized. Afterward, the ozone gas is removed from the closed container to finish sterilization of the biological material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventor: Lynn L. H. Huang
  • Patent number: 10166505
    Abstract: Method of treating gas and gas treatment device, the gas treatment device comprising: a first chamber, comprising a first inlet, a first outlet and a first energy supply system, allowing the gas to enter the first chamber through the first inlet; a second chamber comprising a second outlet and a second energy supply system; a third chamber comprising a third inlet in communication with the first outlet and the second outlet; and a fourth chamber comprising a fourth inlet and a scrubbing system containing a solvent comprising water molecules (H2O), wherein the third outlet of the third chamber is in communication with the fourth inlet of the fourth chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: CHING-JING PHOTONERGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ta-Ching Li, Tsui-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 10109467
    Abstract: An apparatus for a semiconductor process includes an exhaust pipe coupled to a reaction chamber and a pump; a pressure control valve that is coupled to the exhaust pipe and configured to control a pressure value in the reaction chamber; a first pipe that is coupled to the exhaust pipe and etching gas source such that the first pipe is configured to provide an etching gas into the exhaust pipe; a second pipe that is coupled to the exhaust pipe and a radical generator such that the second pipe is configured to provide a radical into the exhaust pipe; and a third pipe that is coupled to the exhaust pipe and a diluted gas source such that the third pipe is configured to provide diluted gas into the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Hung, Chia-Chiung Lo, Chien-Feng Lin, Tsung-Hsun Yu
  • Patent number: 10105645
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for treating an exhaust stream comprising NOx, the methods comprising receiving an exhaust stream and combining it with at least one nitrogen-containing reagent to form a combined stream, heating the combined stream to a reaction temperature ranging from about 870° C. to about 1100° C. to react at least a portion of the nitrogen-containing component, cooling the reacted stream in a first cooling step to a first temperature, and optionally further cooling the reacted stream in a second cooling step to a second temperature, wherein the first cooling step comprises heat exchange between at least a portion of the exhaust stream and at least a portion of the reacted stream. Exhaust treatment systems are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Mao Lin Chung, Chun-Ho Li, Matthew James Maslyn, Fang Chih Wu
  • Patent number: 10073126
    Abstract: Proposed are a C-V characteristic measurement system and a method of measuring C-V characteristics that allow for less change in resistivity with time in repeated measurement of a single crystal silicon wafer using a mercury electrode, as compared to those in the related arts. Measurement is conducted with use of a C-V characteristic measurement system including: a mercury probe 30 for putting mercury as an electrode to contact with a single crystal silicon wafer; an LCR meter 40 for forming a depletion layer by supplying a high-frequency wave to the single crystal silicon wafer via the mercury probe 30 to apply a reverse bias voltage to the single crystal silicon wafer while measuring a capacitance of the depletion layer; analysis software for calculating C-V characteristics based on the reverse bias voltage and the capacitance of the depletion layer; and a static electricity removing device 20 for removing static electricity of the single crystal silicon wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kume, Hisatoshi Kashino
  • Patent number: 10011505
    Abstract: An apparatus and method isolating ion generation from target metal precipitation and flocculation rely on an ion generator and a precipitation reactor distinct, separated, optimized, and otherwise independent from each other as to flow regime and contained fluid at all times. No co-habitation of ion generation and precipitation nor their flow regimes is permitted in a single unit. Plug flow at hyper turbulence in the ion generator contrasts with quiescent to laminar flows in the precipitation reactor. Coating sacrificial anodes is avoided by avoiding over driving currents for ionization at the anode. A precipitation reactor is optimized by a dwell time effective to precipitate and flocculate heavy target metal precipitants and sacrificial ions relying on weak forces not tolerated by inertial forces in the ion generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: THOUGHT PRESERVE, LLC
    Inventors: C. Michael Miller, David A. Bell, Mark William Hubbard, Richard Rosier
  • Patent number: 9976095
    Abstract: A device and method for cleaning producer gas includes a filter bed housing and a microwave chamber. The filter bed housing comprises an inlet for carbon-based material and a spent carbon outlet. The microwave chamber comprises a permeable top and wave guides around the perimeter through which microwaves can be introduced into the device using magnetrons. The method comprises using the device by filling the filter bed housing with carbon-based material, introducing microwaves into the microwave chamber using the magnetrons and wave guides, passing the gas through carbon-based material in the filter bed chamber, the microwave chamber, the gas permeable top and the gas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Aries Gasification, LLC
    Inventors: Deon John Potgieter, Mark Oliver Loftin, Tom Stanzione, Jeffrey Scott Brown
  • Patent number: 9976467
    Abstract: An exhaust system includes: an exhaust pipe defining an exhaust path of exhaust gas to atmosphere; a recirculation pipe defining a recirculation path separating a part of exhaust gas passing through the exhaust pipe and allowing the part to flow back to a power unit; a purification unit purifying exhaust gas by catalyst; and a heating device heating exhaust gas before purification to activate the purification ability of the catalyst. The heating device includes: an acoustic-wave generator generating acoustic waves by absorbing heat from exhaust gas passing through the recirculation pipe and by giving the heat to working fluid to cause the working fluid to oscillate, and a heat transfer part transferring heat of exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe passing through a downstream position from the purification unit to exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe passing through an upstream position from the purification unit by using acoustic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kasai, Yukio Miyairi, Shinichi Miwa
  • Patent number: 9897382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating exhaust gases containing nitrogen oxide from technical processes, such as fume gases, for the purpose of removing or precipitationg the nitrogen oxide and/or for the purpose of reducing the nitrogen oxide content, in particular by chemically reducing the nitrogen oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Mehidau & Steinfath Umwelttechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Von Der Heide
  • Patent number: 9884290
    Abstract: A flue-gas purification system includes a flue-gas cycling system, a reactor, and an absorbent adding system having at least a catalytic absorbent, wherein the catalytic absorbent is being gasified for reacting with the flue-gas in the reactor in a homogenous gas-gas phase reacting manner. Therefore, the purification system has fast reaction rate between the pollutants of the flue-gas and the catalytic absorbent, which is preferably ammonia, to efficiently remove pollutants, so as to effectively purify the flue-gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventors: Baoquan Zhang, Xiaoqing Zhang
  • Patent number: 9662626
    Abstract: An air purification system includes a photocatalyst on a support disposed to contact airflow through an airflow channel passing across or through the support; an ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV-LED) disposed to emit ultraviolet light onto the photocatalyst, the UV-LED operated at a less than one hundred percent duty cycle, the duty cycle determined at least in part as a function of a desired minimum volatile organic compound conversion rate of air flowing through the airflow channel and a desired maximum by-product concentration of air flowing through an outlet of the airflow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Yates, Bijan F. Hagh, Mark Poling, Peter M. Michalakos, Russell W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9655449
    Abstract: A wall construction element of a drawer is proposed, wherein the wall construction element has a frame body, having a base part which provides a cavity for receiving a drawer guide system, and having a casing element for casing the base part, wherein in a covering portion of the frame body a material layer of the casing element covers a material layer of the base part. According to the invention, a support part which upwardly projects in the fashion of a column is present on the frame body, wherein for attaching the support part in an end-side end region of the frame body a tongue-like flat portion of the support part is secured between the base part and the casing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Grabher, Juergen Amann, Patrick Pirker
  • Patent number: 9651293
    Abstract: A cooled storing system for photo catalytic decomposition of ethylene is a reefer container or a refrigerator with a cooling unit including an evaporator, the surface of which is at least partly coated in TiO2. A UV-source is arranged so that light emitted therefrom falls on the surface provided with TiO2, whereby an active surface for photo catalysis is provided. When in use, an airflow created inside the system passes over the photocatalytic surface permitting decomposition of organic compounds such as ethylene present therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: KJAERULF PEDERSEN A/S
    Inventor: Kristian Ehrhorn
  • Patent number: 9427702
    Abstract: A selective catalytic reduction system (SCR) or selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) system include a reagent charging apparatus configured to apply one or more electrical charges to a NOx reducing reagent. The electrical charges enhance mixing of the reagent with fluids carrying NOx and/or enhance reactivity of the reagent with NOx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Colannino, David B. Goodson, Igor A. Krichtafovitch, Roberto Ruiz, Christopher A. Wiklof
  • Patent number: 9421539
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a microporous organogel for the capture of fluids by adsorption and/or for the controlled release of fluids after solubilization. The fluids are, in particular, air or water pollutants or volatile substances. The invention also relates to the use of a microporous organogel in a process for analyzing the captured fluids. The invention also relates to any fluid sensor by molding of a microporous organa gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Emile Perez, Sophie Franceschi-Messant, Isabelle Rico-Lattes, Jean-Christophe Garrigues
  • Patent number: 9333460
    Abstract: A plasma abatement device comprises a gas chamber having a gas inlet for receiving a gas to be treated by the device and a gas outlet, at least part of the inner surface of the gas chamber being formed from, or coated with, an electrically conductive material that is resistant to corrosion during treatment of a gas containing a halocompound and water vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventor: Marilena Radoiu
  • Patent number: 9308494
    Abstract: A flue-gas purification system includes a flue-gas cycling system, a reacting means, and an absorbent adding system having at least a catalytic absorbent, wherein the catalytic absorbent is being gasified for reacting with the flue-gas in the reacting means in a homogenous gas-gas phase reacting manner. Therefore, the purification system has fast reaction rate between the pollutants of the flue-gas and the catalytic absorbent, which is preferably ammonia, to efficiently remove pollutants, so as to effectively purify the flue-gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Inventors: Baoquan Zhang, Xiaoqing Zhang
  • Patent number: 9205169
    Abstract: A photocatalytic device includes a housing with inlet and outlet openings. Hydrated multi-metallic catalyst substrate(s) disposed within the housing support a hydroxyl radical reaction with water vapor and ultraviolet light from a source in the housing, resulting in hydro peroxides and hydroxyl ions. At least one ion generator disposed in the housing provides ions. A fan disposed within the housing causes air to enter the inlet opening, circulate through the catalyst substrate(s), and exit the outlet opening, carrying the ions. A power converter disposed in the housing is operatively coupled to a power connector adapted to accept a plurality of plugs or cords. Each plug or cord is configured to plug into a corresponding conventional outlet to supply a corresponding conventional alternating current voltage at conventional cycles to the power converter for powering the ultraviolet light source, ion generator(s) and fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Dust Free, LP
    Inventor: Gregg W. Burnett
  • Patent number: 9199196
    Abstract: A method for removing nitrogen-oxides by microwave assisted catalysis, including: 1) charging a catalyst capable of absorbing and interacting with microwave into a reaction tube of a reactor device, to form a reaction bed; and 2) heating the reaction bed by microwaves; when a temperature of the reaction bed is raised to 100-600° C., passing a gas containing nitrogen-oxides through the reaction bed, and performing a gas-solid reaction between the gas and the catalyst to remove the nitrogen-oxides from the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jicheng Zhou, Zhe Wang, Pengfei Yang, Hongli Wang, Hu Li, Lingfei Gao, Meng Wang
  • Patent number: 9117616
    Abstract: Provided is a dielectric barrier discharge-type electrode structure for generating plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SP TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hee Sik Sohn
  • Patent number: 9108336
    Abstract: Wood is treated with at least one photocatalytically degradable organic substance, organic compound or at least one biocide to reduce the contamination by organic substances, organic compounds and/or biocides from wood or wood-base materials into the immediate surroundings, in particular in closed spaces. The wood treatment agent contains at least one photocatalyst which brings about the degradation of the at least one organic substance, organic compound and/or the at least one biocide. The application/introduction of the at least one photocatalyst to or into the wood can take place together with or after the introduction of the wood preservation agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Kurt Obemeier GMBH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Michael Pallaske, Peter Jüngel, Sascha Hellkamp
  • Patent number: 9023214
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for creating plasma particles and applying the plasma particles to a liquid. Liquid feedstock (e.g., water and/or hydrocarbons mixed with biomass) is pumped through a pipeline; the single-phase stream is then transformed into a biphasic liquid-and-gas stream inside a chamber. The transformation is achieved by transitioning the stream from a high pressure zone to a lower-pressure zone. The pressure drop may occur when the stream further passes through a device for atomizing liquid. Inside the chamber, an electric field is generated with an intensity level that exceeds the threshold of breakdown voltage of the biphasic medium leading to a generation of a plasma state. Furthermore, the invention provides an energy-efficient highly adaptable and versatile method and apparatus for sanitizing water using plasma particles to inactivate biological agents contaminating water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: AIC, LLC
    Inventor: Alfredo Zolezzi-Garreton
  • Patent number: 8961651
    Abstract: Energy consumption of the society is increasing due to expanding economic activity and increasing population. As greater consumption of energy generates more air pollution, there is an ongoing need to find better methods of reducing pollutants in terms of effectiveness and reduced energy consumption. The solution proposed in this disclosure takes advantage of electrical characteristics such as electron affinity and dipole moment. There are many pollutants which exhibit positive electron affinity. Such a pollutant can be easily converted to a negative ion by providing an extra electron. Many of the pollutants have dipolar charge distributions which facilitate electrical interactions with charges. If one of the pollutants becomes charged, it can attract other pollutants which are dipoles to form clusters of pollutants. Furthermore, charged clusters are responsive to electric and magnetic fields. For example, they can be separated from the rest of the flue gas by manipulating with such fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventor: Halit Gokturk
  • Patent number: 8871063
    Abstract: A process for selective removal of a gaseous product (P) from a gaseous system comprising said product and other components (R1, R2), wherein the gaseous system is admitted to a first environment, which is separated from a second environment by a boundary wall, and a permeation membrane (3, 300) forms at least part of said boundary wall; a spatially non-uniform electric field (4) is generated between a first electrode or first plurality of electrodes (1, 301) located in the first environment and a second electrode or second plurality of electrodes (2, 302) located in the second environment, so that field lines of said non-uniform electric field cross said membrane, and a dielectrophoretic force generated on particles of said gaseous component (P) is at least part of a driving force of the permeation through said membrane, an amount of said product (P) being selectively removed from the first environment and collected in the second environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Casale SA
    Inventor: Sergio Panza
  • Patent number: 8865097
    Abstract: A flue-gas purification system includes a flue-gas cycling system, a reactor, and an absorbent adding system having at least a catalytic absorbent, wherein the catalytic absorbent is being gasified for reacting with the flue-gas in the reactor in a homogenous gas-gas phase reacting manner. Therefore, the purification system has fast reaction rate between the pollutants of the flue-gas and the catalytic absorbent, which is preferably ammonia, to efficiently remove pollutants, so as to effectively purify the flue-gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Inventors: Baoquan Zhang, Xiaoqing Zhang
  • Patent number: 8852520
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plasma reactor for abating hazardous materials generated in a low-pressure process during a process of manufacturing a display or a semiconductor. A plasma reactor for abating hazardous materials according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first ground electrode and a second ground electrode disposed at a distance from each other; a dielectric fixed between the first ground electrode and the second ground electrode; and at least one driving electrode disposed on an outer surface of the dielectric, being spaced apart from the first ground electrode and the second ground electrode and connected to an AC power supply unit to receive a driving voltage therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Min Hur, Min-Suk Cha, Young-Hoon Song, Jae-Ok Lee, Dae-Hoon Lee, Kwan-Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20140291139
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating an exhaust gas in a foreline of a substrate processing system are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for treating an exhaust gas in a foreline of a substrate processing system includes a plasma source coupled to a foreline of a process chamber, a reagent source coupled to the foreline upstream of the plasma source, and a foreline gas injection kit coupled to the foreline to controllably deliver a gas to the foreline, wherein the foreline injection kit includes a pressure regulator to set a foreline gas delivery pressure setpoint, and a first pressure gauge coupled to monitor a delivery pressure of the gas upstream of the foreline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: COLIN JOHN DICKINSON, MEHRAN MOALEM, DANIEL O. CLARK
  • Publication number: 20140284203
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, equipment, systems and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, in a vault in which hazardous gases are removed, destroyed and/or converted. The treatments are efficient and can reduce the recalcitrance of the lignocellulosic material so that it is easier to produce an intermediate or product, e.g., sugars, alcohols, sugar alcohols and energy, from the lignocellulosic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Marshall MEDOFF, Thomas Craig MASTERMAN, Robert PARADIS
  • Patent number: 8765072
    Abstract: Superior hydroxyls are provided which have effects on organic and inorganic compounds and/or pollutants over substantial periods of time and/or at substantial distances from where the superior hydroxyls are generated. Also provided is a hydroxyl generator, in which UV-lamps are positioned such that the coronas which they produce when emitting UV-radiation fill substantially all of the interior space of the hydroxyl generator. The coronas overlap each other by a maximum amount of between 5% and 25% of the radius of each corona.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: HGI Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Guy J. E. Morneault
  • Publication number: 20140090972
    Abstract: A photocatalytic process is disclosed for the reduction of carbon dioxide and water. The process comprises reacting carbon dioxide and water in the presence of a photocatalytic composition that is irradiated with electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the range of from 200 to 700 nm. The photocatalytic composition is capable of chemisorbing carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: ANTECY B.V.
    Inventors: Paul O'CONNOR, Avelino CORMA CANOS, Hermenegildo GARCIA GOMEZ
  • Publication number: 20140076404
    Abstract: Photoelectric systems combining a semiconductor and a phosphorescent compound with an emission spectrum of photons with energy levels equal to or greater than the activation energy of the semiconductor, wherein the phosphorescent compound is characterized by the emission spec-tram being produced by excitation of the phosphorescent compound with lower energy photons and the separation distance between the semiconductor and the phosphorescent compound is less than the distance at or above which scattering losses predominate. Methods are that embody technological applications of the photoelectric systems are also disclosed, as well as articles that embody technological applications of the photoelectric systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Mei-Chee Tan, Richard E Riman
  • Publication number: 20140060571
    Abstract: The molecular etcher carbonyl fluoride (COF2) or any of its variants, are provided for, according to the present invention, to increase the efficiency of etching and/or cleaning and/or removal of materials such as the unwanted film and/or deposits on the chamber walls and other components in a process chamber or substrate (collectively referred to herein as “materials”). The methods of the present invention involve igniting and sustaining a plasma, whether it is a remote or in-situ plasma, by stepwise addition of additives, such as but not limited to, a saturated, unsaturated or partially unsaturated perfluorocarbon compound (PFC) having the general formula (CyFz) and/or an oxide of carbon (COx) to a nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) plasma into a chemical deposition chamber (CVD) chamber, thereby generating COF2. The NF3 may be excited in a plasma inside the CVD chamber or in a remote plasma region upstream from the CVD chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Mitchell, Ramkumar Subramanian, Carrie L. Wyse, Robert Torres, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130341178
    Abstract: A highly pure nitrogen fluoride process fluid having an impurity content of 10 ppm or less can be effectively obtained by using radiation to cause the dissociation of chemical bonds in the impurity to form dissociation products and thereby make the removal of the dissociation products from the process fluid easier than the removal of the impurity from the process fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew David Johnson, John Giles Langan
  • Patent number: 8480861
    Abstract: In a method of treating a gas exhausted from a process chamber, the exhaust gas is conveyed to a vacuum pump (20) and a nitrogen purge gas is added to the exhaust gas for pumping with the exhaust gas. Gas exhaust from the pump is conveyed to an abatement device (28) for abating the exhaust gas. The amount of purge gas added to the exhaust gas is adjusted in response to a variation of the composition of the exhaust gas, or the composition of the gas supplied to the process chamber, to optimise the abatement of the exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: James Robert Smith, Marilena Radoiu, Stephen John Coles
  • Publication number: 20130153404
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for removing NOx from exhaust gases produced by combustion-based energy sources. An array of high voltage pulsed electron beams are repetitively generated and transported through a thin foil into the exhaust gas containing NOx. The electron beam deposits its energy into the gas and produces reactive radicals N2+, N+, e, N2 from the NOx in the gas. These radicals recombine through chemical reactions to produce benign by-products nitrogen N2 and oxygen O2 which are output into the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: John D. Sethian, Matthew Myers, Mathew Wolford, Frank Hegeler
  • Patent number: 8431098
    Abstract: Embodiments of the technology disclosed herein include exemplary gas purifiers that use cyclonic separation and photocatalytic purification to oxidize contaminants in unpurified gas. One such gas purifier includes a vessel that defines a tapered cyclonic chamber. Unpurified gas enters the chamber and induces a gas vortex. Photocatalytic particles in the chamber become suspended in the vortex and mix with contaminants in the incoming gas. A light source activates the photocatalytic particles, which oxidize the contaminants to purify the gas. The purified gas exits via the wide of end of the chamber. Cyclonic action forces the photocatalytic particles out of the chamber's narrow end to a recycling conduit, which conveys the photocatalytic particles back into the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventor: Kraig Anderson
  • Publication number: 20130087444
    Abstract: A process for selective removal of a gaseous product (P) from a gaseous system comprising said product and other components (R1, R2), wherein the gaseous system is admitted to a first environment, which is separated from a second environment by a boundary wall, and a permeation membrane (3, 300) forms at least part of said boundary wall; a spatially non-uniform electric field (4) is generated between a first electrode or first plurality of electrodes (1, 301) located in the first environment and a second electrode or second plurality of electrodes (2, 302) located in the second environment, so that field lines of said non-uniform electric field cross said membrane, and a dielectrophoretic force generated on particles of said gaseous component (P) is at least part of a driving force of the permeation through said membrane, an amount of said product (P) being selectively removed from the first environment and collected in the second environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Ammonia Casale SA
    Inventor: Sergio Panza
  • Publication number: 20130058850
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for reducing concentrations of ozone and nitric acid produced in cooling air flowing through a circulating airflow path of a rotary electric machine, the method including: disposing an ozone decomposition unit containing an ozone decomposition catalyst in the circulating airflow path; and allowing the cooling air to pass through the ozone decomposition unit so as to decompose ozone and to suppress production of nitric acid. According to the present invention, the method and device are capable of reducing the concentrations of ozone and nitric acid produced in the cooling air flowing through the circulating airflow path of the rotary electric machine for a long period of time while preventing pressure loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Gaku Oinuma, Noboru Wada, Yasuhiro Tanimura, Takayoshi Shimada, Katsuhiko Kibe
  • Publication number: 20130026027
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photocatalytic reactor and a method for treating gaseous pollutants using the same, which can decompose and remove gaseous pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), odors, etc. as well as liquid pollutants using an environmentally friendly photocatalytic reaction. To this end, the present invention provides a photocatalytic reactor including: a solution tank to which a fluid containing gaseous pollutants to be treated is supplied through an inlet; a solution injector installed at the top of the inlet and injecting a gaseous pollutant solution into the fluid to be treated such that the gaseous pollutants of the fluid are dissolved; and a liquid photocatalytic treatment device receiving the gaseous pollutant solution, in which the gaseous pollutants of the fluid are dissolved and liquefied, from the solution tank and decomposing the liquefied gaseous pollutants of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Shin Tae Bae, Soo Hyun Ha, Won Bae Lee, Dae Young Goh