Controls Heat Transfer Patents (Class 422/109)
  • Publication number: 20120289433
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a surface reservoir to hold a sample for a desirable period of time is described. The apparatus contains a platform, a solid surface disposed onto the platform, and an assembly of a bottomless vessel mounted on the solid surface. Also described is an apparatus that forms an array of surface reservoirs on a solid surface when multiple bottomless vessels are used, which can be used for high throughput applications. The apparatus can be used in applications on a solid surface, such as immunohistochemistry (IHC), oligo synthesis, peptide synthesis, ELISA, DNA array, peptide array, protein array, antibody array, tissue array, cell culturing, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: GENSCRIPT NANJING
    Inventors: Zhuying Wang, Weiming Jiang, Jinyu Yang, Lin Li, Tao Bai
  • Publication number: 20120288411
    Abstract: Provided is a gas sensor that needs no temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of a heater for preventing dew condensation. The gas sensor comprises a hydrogen sensor 1 including: an element housing 13 having a detection chamber 13a to which hydrogen is introduced; a detection element 31 arranged in the detection chamber 13a and detecting hydrogen; a heater 21 for heating the detection chamber 13a by heat generation via passing an electric current through the heater 21, a resistance value of the heater 21 being changed corresponding to a temperature of the detection chamber 13a; and a microcomputer 51 and a heater operation circuit 52 for controlling the heater 21. Herein, the microcomputer 51 controls a temperature of the detection chamber 13a by adjusting the electric current passing through the heater 21 based on the resistance value of the heater 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunji TSUKABAYASHI, Hidetoshi OISHI, Kazuhiro OKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 8309358
    Abstract: An automated analyzer for performing multiple diagnostic assays simultaneously includes multiple stations, or modules, in which discrete aspects of the assay are performed on fluid samples contained in reaction receptacles. The analyzer includes stations for automatically preparing a specimen sample, incubating the sample at prescribed temperatures for prescribed periods, performing an analyte isolation procedure, and ascertaining the presence of a target analyte. An automated receptacle transporting system moves the reaction receptacles from one station to the next.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
    Inventors: Kelly G. Ammann, Robert E. Schneider, Robert J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20120282144
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to polyolefin production and to reducing volatile organic content (VOC) associated with the polyolefin. Techniques include the construction and implementation of a purge column model to calculate or estimate the VOC content in the polyolefin exiting the purge column. The techniques facilitate the design and operation of the polyolefin manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP
    Inventor: Timothy O. Odi
  • Patent number: 8303895
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the temperature of a reaction mixture contained in a chamber of a reaction vessel comprises a thermal surface for contacting a flexible wall of the chamber and an automated machine for increasing the pressure in the chamber. The pressure increase in the chamber is sufficient to force the flexible wall to conform to the thermal surface for good thermal conductance. The apparatus also includes at least one thermal element for heating or cooling the surface to induce a temperature change within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Capheid
    Inventors: Ronald Chang, Douglas B. Dority, Lee A. Christel, Robert Yuan, Kurt E. Petersen
  • Patent number: 8306665
    Abstract: The present invention provides a control system for the conversion of carbonaceous feedstock into a gas. In particular, the control system is designed to be configurable for use in controlling one or more processes implemented in, and/or by, a gasification system for the conversion of such feedstock into a gas, which may be used for one or more downstream applications. Gasification processes controllable by different embodiments of the disclosed control system may include in various combinations, a converter, a residue conditioner, a recuperator and/or heat exchanger system, one or more gas conditioners, a gas homogenization system and one or more downstream applications. The control system operatively controls various local, regional and/or global processes related to the overall gasification process, and thereby adjusts various control parameters thereof adapted to affect these processes for a selected result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Plasco Energy Group Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Tsangaris, Kenneth Craig Campbell, Douglas Michael Feasby, Alisdair Alan McLean
  • Publication number: 20120251394
    Abstract: A chemical heat accumulator includes a receptacle, a first reaction vessel, and a second reaction vessel. The first reaction vessel is hermetically connected to the receptacle and supplied with water from the receptacle. The first reaction vessel contains a chemical compound that causes a hydration reaction with the water from the receptacle to generate water vapor by a heat of reaction, and causes a dehydration reaction by receiving heat. The second reaction vessel is hermetically connected to the first reaction vessel and supplied with the water vapor from the first reaction vessel. The second reaction vessel contains a chemical heat storage material that generates heat by causing a hydration reaction with the water vapor from the first reaction vessel and stores heat through a dehydration reaction caused by receiving heat. The chemical heat storage material is thermally in contact with an object to be heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Komaki, Hiroshi Mieda, Tadahiro Nakagawa, Takashi Shimazu, Tomohisa Wakasugi, Hiroyuki Mitsui, Hideo Sobukawa
  • Publication number: 20120249060
    Abstract: A dual-mode autoclave for sterilizing a battery is disclosed including a controller and an environmental system in operative communication with the controller and configured sterilize a battery contained within the dual-mode autoclave in response to a command from the controller. The environmental system configured to reduce a temperature of the battery to a first, pre-cooled temperature during a first operational phase and configured to increase the temperature of the battery to a second, autoclaving temperature during a second operational phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP
    Inventors: Robert B. Stoddard, James S. Cunningham, William J. Dickhans, Russell D. Hempstead, Eric R. Larson, Duane E. Kerr, William H. Nau, JR., Anthony B. Ross, John J. Kappus
  • Publication number: 20120241677
    Abstract: Heat-transfer-aid particles entrained with 1) biomass particles, 2) reactant gas, or 3) both are fed into the radiant heat chemical reactor. The inner wall of a cavity and the tubes of the chemical reactor act as radiation distributors by either absorbing radiation and re-radiating it to the heat-transfer-aid particles or reflecting the incident radiation to the heat-transfer-aid particles. The radiation is absorbed by the heat-transfer-aid particles, and the heat is then transferred by conduction to the reacting gas at temperatures between 900° C. and 1600° C. The heat-transfer-aid particles mix with the reactant gas in the radiant heat chemical reactor to sustain the reaction temperature and heat transfer rate to stay within a pyrolysis regime. The heat-transfer-aid particles produce a sufficient heat surface-area to mass ratio of these particles when dispersed with the reactant gas to stay within the pyrolysis regime during the chemical reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: SUNDROP FUELS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Perkins, Zoran Jovanovic, Timothy E. Laska
  • Publication number: 20120231504
    Abstract: A septum is positioned within a disposable vessel and defines a lower chamber and an upper chamber. The septum includes a plurality of apertures that provide fluid communication between the upper chamber and lower chamber. Compressed gas is introduced in the lower chamber to produce fine bubbles rising up throughout the vessel to produce a mixing and gasification needed for the growth of a biological culture and manufacture of a biological product in a nutrient medium. Adding a binding resin to the upper chamber allows harvesting, separation and purification of biological products in the reactor as a single unit operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Therapeutic Proteins Inc.
    Inventor: Sarfaraz K. Niazi
  • Publication number: 20120224997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reformed gas production apparatus that includes a reaction chamber containing a reforming catalyst, a supply route to the reaction chamber, a reformed gas conduction route from the reaction chamber, and a reaction chamber temperature control means that controls a temperature of the reaction chamber. The supply route supplies a fluid that includes a fuel containing a hydrocarbon having at least two carbon atoms, at least one of steam and a carbon dioxide-containing gas, and an oxygen-containing gas. The fuel can be a mixed fuel that includes a plurality of types of hydrocarbons that each have at least two carbon atoms. The reaction chamber temperature control means relates to the thermal decomposition index temperature of the fuel, which defines an upper limit temperature of the reforming reaction region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: OSAKA GAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Okada, Kota Yokoyama, Naoki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120220675
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recycling waste plastic can convert the waste plastic into a form of purified crude oil that includes one or more organic molecular species and that is free, or substantially free, of impurities such as acids and metals. In some systems and methods, the plastic is heated under vacuum conditions to effect depolymerization of the plastic, which yields a vapor, and the vapor is then directly contacted with a pH adjusted solution in a vapor treatment system. In some systems and methods, a continuous batch process is employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: AGILYX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kevin Clark DeWhitt
  • Publication number: 20120207662
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique by which heat can be efficiently recovered from a coolant used to cool a reactor, and contamination with dopant impurities from an inner wall of a reactor when polycrystalline silicon is deposited within the reactor can be reduced to produce high-purity polycrystalline silicon. With the use of hot water 15 having a temperature higher than a standard boiling point as a coolant fed to the reactor 10, the temperature of the reactor inner wall is kept at a temperature of not more than 370° C. Additionally, the pressure of the hot water 15 to be recovered is reduced by a pressure control section provided in a coolant tank 20 to generate steam. Thereby, a part of the hot water is taken out as steam to the outside, and reused as a heating source for another application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Netsu, Kyoji Oguro, Takaaki Shimizu, Yasushi Kurosawa, Fumitaka Kume
  • Patent number: 8241598
    Abstract: A system may include a urea injection device, first, second and third conduits and a valve. The first conduit may contain a fluid and may be in heat transfer relation with the urea injection device. The second conduit may be in selective fluid communication with the first conduit. The third conduit may be in selective fluid communication with the first conduit and in heat transfer relation with a heat source. The valve may be connected to the first, second and third conduits and may be movable between first and second positions. The first position may allow fluid communication between the first and third conduits and restrict communication between the first and second conduits. The second position may allow fluid communication between the first and second conduits and restrict fluid communication between the first and third conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Frederiksen
  • Publication number: 20120195825
    Abstract: A hydrogen generator working by hydrolysis of the metal borohydride is described comprising a reaction chamber (7) which in its bottom part has a liquid collecting area (30) and leads by short and non-complex connecting components to a conduit end (38) through which the exhaust products (31) of the reaction are discharged into the environment, generally the atmosphere and thereby saving weight and volume. By using given high pressures and temperatures for the reaction, the danger of crystallization of exhaust products is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Arthur Koschany, Zhijun Gu
  • Publication number: 20120189498
    Abstract: Multiple catalytic processing stations couple with a system which produces volatile gas streams from biomass decomposition at discrete increasing temperatures. These catalytic processing stations can be programmed to maximize conversion of biomass to useful renewable fuel components based on input feedstock and desired outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Cool Planet Biofuels, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Cheiky, Rajashekharam Malyala
  • Patent number: 8221682
    Abstract: An automated analyzer for performing multiple diagnostic assays includes multiple modules in which aspects of the assay are performed on fluid samples contained in reaction receptacles. The analyzer includes stations for automatically preparing a sample, pre-heating the sample, incubating the sample, performing an analyte isolation procedure, and ascertaining the presence of a target analyte. A receptacle transporting system moves reaction receptacles from one station to the next. A method for performing an assay includes an automated process for isolating and amplifying a target analyte. The process is performed by moving each of a plurality of reaction receptacles containing a solid support material and a fluid sample between stations for pre-heating and incubating the contents of the reaction receptacle and for separating the target analyte bound to the solid support from the fluid sample. An amplification reagent is added to the analyte after the separation step and before incubation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
    Inventors: Kelly G. Ammann, Robert E. Schneider, Robert J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20120171076
    Abstract: Methods and systems for temperature-controlled, on-site generation of peracids, namely peroxycarboxylic acids and peroxycarboxylic acid forming compositions are disclosed. In particular, methods for using an adjustable biocide formulator or generator system overcome the limitations of temperature on the kinetics of the peracid generation and/or peracid decomposition inside an adjustable biocide formulator or generator system. The methods include the controlling of the temperature of at least one raw starting material, namely water, to improve upon methods of on-site generation of peracids. The methods allow for the generation of user-selected chemistry without regard to the ambient temperatures of the raw starting materials and/or the biocide formulator or generator system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Brandon Herdt, Richard Staub, Thomas C. Rustad, Junzhong Li, David D. McSherry, Paul R. Kraus, Richard Walsh
  • Publication number: 20120145965
    Abstract: Various processes and apparatus are discussed for an ultra-high heat flux chemical reactor. A thermal receiver and the reactor tubes are aligned to 1) absorb and re-emit radiant energy, 2) highly reflect radiant energy, and 3) any combination of these, to maintain an operational temperature of the enclosed ultra-high heat flux chemical reactor. Particles of biomass are gasified in the presence of a steam carrier gas and methane in a simultaneous steam reformation and steam biomass gasification reaction to produce reaction products that include hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas using the ultra-high heat flux thermal energy radiated from the inner wall and then into the multiple reactor tubes. The multiple reactor tubes and cavity walls of the receiver transfer energy primarily by radiation absorption and re-radiation, rather than by convection or conduction, to the reactants in the chemical reaction to drive the endothermic chemical reaction flowing in the reactor tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SUNDROP FUELS, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne W. Simmons, Christopher Perkins, Zoran Jovanic, Courtland M. Hilton, Peter Pop, Bryan J. Schramm, John T. Turner
  • Publication number: 20120148446
    Abstract: A plasma generation apparatus and method, which achieve both sterilization and deodorization of attached bacteria even under the condition that steam or fine droplets of water are present. A pair of electrodes is prepared, plasma discharge is carried out by applying designated voltage between the pair of electrodes, fluid passage holes are provided at corresponding parts of respective electrodes so as to communicate with each other, and steam or fine droplets of water are applied to the fluid passage holes and plasma generated around the fluid passage holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miyamoto MAKOTO, Nakayama Yoko, Kumagai Yuuki, Takenoshita Kazutoshi
  • Publication number: 20120149125
    Abstract: A method of providing reagent ions to a mass spectrometer comprises delivering a reagent species to a reagent ionization volume via a passageway at a flow rate. Using previously acquired information, an injection time duration is calculated for injecting reagent ions that are formed in the reagent ionization volume into a reaction region of the mass spectrometer. A determination is made as to whether the calculated injection time duration is within a specified range of injection time duration values. When it is determined that the calculated injection time duration falls outside of the specified range of injection time duration values, the flow rate at which the reagent species is delivered to the ionization volume is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Lee EARLEY, Christopher Mullen, Jean-Jacques Dunyach
  • Patent number: 8197760
    Abstract: Provided are a heat medium heating-cooling apparatus and a heat medium temperature control method, which can control the heat medium temperature stably and more efficiently. The heat medium heating-cooling apparatus includes a heat medium heating unit (12) as well as a bypass line (19) thereof with switching valves 20a, 20b switching the direction of a flow of the heat medium to the heat medium heating unit or the bypass line. Decisions are made based on the present temperature (PV) in a reactor (11), a preset target temperature (SV), stable temperature range (?) and control switching temperature (?). According to the resulted four decisions of “stable heating”, “stable cooling”, “inclined heating” and “inclined cooling”, the temperature control according to either of the heating control at a heating control unit or the cooling control at a cooling control unit is conducted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Akai, Masahiro Yonekura, Masahiro Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8192992
    Abstract: An automated analyzer for performing multiple diagnostic assays simultaneously includes multiple stations, or modules, in which discrete aspects of the assay are performed on fluid samples contained in reaction receptacles. The analyzer includes stations for automatically preparing a specimen sample, incubating the sample at prescribed temperatures for prescribed periods, performing an analyte isolation procedure, and ascertaining the presence of a target analyte. An automated receptacle transporting system moves the reaction receptacles from one station to the next.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
    Inventors: Kelly G. Ammann, Robert E. Schneider, Robert J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20120082590
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gas hydrate reactor including a supply line for supplying water and gas, a thermoelectric module assembly, a front panel including an observation window, and a housing to which the thermoelectric module assembly and the front panel are attached and into which water and gas are supplied using the supply line so that a gas hydrate is formed therein. This reactor enables rapid and precise temperature control, thus allowing accurate data about properties to be easily acquired in kinetics, phase equilibrium, morphology and microscopic (Raman, XRD, etc.) research of a gas hydrate, thereby leading to the discovery of a gas hydrate production/decomposition mechanism and ensuring important information necessary for a gas hydrate application process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ju Dong LEE, Young Cheol LEE, Hyung Ho JO, Hu-Kab CHO
  • Publication number: 20120066963
    Abstract: A device for preparing bio-oil, a system for preparing bio-oil and a method for preparing bio-oil using the same are provided. Biomass is supplied to an inclined portion of a reactor, and high-temperature hot sand is supplied to an upper side of the biomass supplied to the inclined portion. Then, a heater heats the inclined portion. Thus, the fast pyrolysis performance of the biomass can be enhanced, thereby increasing the yield of bio-oil. Also, combustion gas produced from the heater is supplied to the interior of the reactor, so that the interior of the reactor can be simply formed under a nonoxidizing atmosphere. Accordingly, the device for preparing bio-oil can be manufactured into a very simple structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Hang-Seok Choi, Yeon-Seok Choi, Seock-Joon Kim, Hun-Che Park, So-Young Han
  • Patent number: 8137628
    Abstract: Multiple catalytic processing stations couple with a system which produces volatile gas streams from biomass decomposition at discrete increasing temperatures. These catalytic processing stations can be programmed to maximize conversion of biomass to useful renewable fuel components based on input feedstock and desired outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Cool Planet Biofuels, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Cheiky, Rajashekharam Malyala
  • Publication number: 20120058013
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling a temperature of an exhaust gas being introduced to a catalyst is provided. Using an adjustable flow controller, an adjustable amount of tempering fluid is provided to the exhaust gas prior to the exhaust gas proceeding to the catalyst. A sensor senses a parameter indicative of a temperature of the exhaust gas being introduced to the catalyst. A computer processor uses a relationship to relate the parameter to an adjustment of the adjustable flow controller that will adjust the amount of tempering fluid provided to the exhaust gas and change the temperature of the exhaust gas being introduced to the catalyst toward a target temperature. Adjustment of the adjustable flow controller is initiated by the computer processor to change the flow of the tempering fluid, and the relationship between the parameter and the adjustment of the adjustable flow controller is updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Larry William Swanson, Douglas Frank Beadie, Neil Colin Widmer, Hua Zhang, Gilbert Otto Kraemer
  • Publication number: 20110318639
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a lithium manganese oxide-carbon nano composite by mixing a lithium ion solution with a manganese ion solution, dispersing a carbon material in the solution in which the lithium ion is mixed with the manganese ion, and forming the lithium manganese oxide on a surface of the carbon material by maintaining the solution in which the carbon material is dispersed at a predetermined temperature. In addition, there is provided the lithium manganese oxide-carbon nano composite formed by coating the carbon material with the lithium manganese oxide at a thickness of several nm. There is provided a manufacturing apparatus capable of coating the carbon material with the lithium manganese oxide at a thickness of several nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY, SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hak Kwan Kim, Hyun Chul Jung, Dong Hyeok Choi, Kwang Bum Kim, Sang Bok Ma, Hye Ryun Choi
  • Publication number: 20110302942
    Abstract: An environment control unit including an environment control system, a reactive oxygen species (ROS) generator, and a controller. The refrigeration system and the ROS generator positioned within a housing of the environment control unit and providing conditioned air to the interior of a cargo space to clean and condition air and surfaces within the cargo space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: THERMO KING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Thomas E. Birchard
  • Publication number: 20110305601
    Abstract: A honeycomb body of a honeycomb structure is made of ceramic, and a plurality of electrodes are provided apart from one another on a surface of the honeycomb body. In the honeycomb body, energization is performed for each of a plurality of current paths Xa to Xc formed by the plurality of electrodes, thereby heating the honeycomb body. A controlling device detects heater current Ia, Ib, and IC that flow when a predetermined voltage is applied for each of the plurality of current paths Xa, Xb, and Xc, and controls an energization timing of each current path Xa to Xc based on the detection results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoo KAWASE, Koji SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20110300023
    Abstract: A batch processing control system for a shell egg pasteurizer controls the time and temperature in which batches of shell eggs are held in a pasteurization bath in accordance with a predetermined pasteurization protocol for designated egg size and start temperature. The predetermined pasteurization protocol is preferably statistically verified to optimize batches of eggs having the designated size and start temperature. The system also includes reporting software that generates daily reports to track each respective batch and verify that the batch has been pasteurized according to the statistically verified protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: NATIONAL PASTEURIZED EGGS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert W. Duffy Cox, Hector Gregorio Apolinar Lara Plascencia
  • Patent number: 8066814
    Abstract: A crystal-growing furnace having a slurry drainage duct structure includes a furnace body, a supporting table, a loading frame, a plurality of eaves elements, and a set of eaves gutters. The supporting table includes a table plate and a plurality of supporting posts. The loading frame includes a lower plate and four side plates, where four elongated eaves boards descend from sides of the lower plate. Four eaves gutters, having V-shaped grooves, are connected with one another and disposed beneath the four eaves elements correspondingly. Any high-temperature silicon slurry leaks from a furnace crucible will be guided by the elongated eaves boards into the V-shaped grooves of the eaves gutters to prevent the silicon slurry from flowing along the periphery of the table plate and down to the supporting posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Green Energy Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Shiow-Jeng Lew, Hur-Lon Lin
  • Patent number: 8057750
    Abstract: A process of producing magnetite with a high purity of greater than 90% magnetite, more typically greater than 98% magnetite, by reducing powdered hematite into magnetite under maximum temperatures of about 700 to 1300° C. against a counter-current of or concurrent with methane or natural gas in a heating device. The amount of methane used to reduce the hematite may be about 0.18 and 1.8 standard cubic feet of methane per pound of hematite. A product of high purity methane produced from the process is also provided, where the magnetite is below 1 ?M in diameter and has a magnetic saturation greater than 90.0 emu/g. Corresponding apparatus using an improved feeder system for powdered hematite is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Pittsburgh Iron Oxide, LLC
    Inventors: Dale L. Nickels, Thomas E. Weyand, Michael E. Sawayda
  • Publication number: 20110269934
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a reasonable polycondensation step by which an appropriate molecular weight can be obtained and material decomposition associated with thermolysis can be suppressed, so as to contribute to production technology for PTT polymers. The production method for polytrimethylene terephthalate comprises an esterification step and a polycondensation step, wherein the polycondensation step is divided into multiple stages, polycondensation is performed using a polymerization vessel having a twin-shaft agitator in the final stage of the polycondensation step, and the polymerization temperature during the subsequent stage of the polycondensation step is less than the polymerization temperature during the former stage of the polycondensation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Toshiaki MATSUO, Kenichiro Oka, Masayuki Kamikawa, Takeyuki Kondo, Hiroyuki Ito, Yasunari Sase, Masashi Tanto
  • Patent number: 8029733
    Abstract: A reaction vessel having a reaction chamber for holding a sample is fabricated by producing a housing having a rigid frame defining the minor walls of the chamber. The housing also defines a port for introducing fluid into the chamber. At least one sheet or film is attached to the rigid frame to form at least one major wall of the chamber. In preferred embodiments, two sheets or films are attached to opposite sides of the rigid frame to form two opposing major walls of the chamber, the major walls being connected to each other by the minor walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Cepheid
    Inventors: Ronald Chang, Lee A. Christel, Gregory T. A. Kovacs, William A. McMillan, M. Allen Northrup, Kurt E. Petersen, Farzad Pourahmadi, Steven J. Young, Robert Yuan, Douglas B. Dority
  • Publication number: 20110227042
    Abstract: There is provided a method of producing a semiconductor wafer by thermally processing a base water having a portion to be thermally processed that is to be thermally processed. The method comprises a step of providing, on the base wafer, a portion to be heated that generates heat through absorption of an electromagnetic wave and selectively heats the portion to be thermally processed, a step of applying an electromagnetic wave to the base wafer, and a step of lowering the lattice defect density of the portion to he thermally processed, by means of the heat generated by the portion to be heated through the absorption of the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takada, Masahiko Hata, Hisashi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110223099
    Abstract: A hydrogen generator of the present invention includes: a reformer (1) including a reforming catalyst (1A) containing nickel and configured to generate a hydrogen-rich fuel gas by using a raw material and steam; a temperature detector (12) configured to detect a temperature of the reforming catalyst (1A); a purge gas supplying device (7) configured to supply a purge gas to the reformer (1); and a controller (13). When the temperature detected by the temperature detector (12) is a first predetermined temperature or higher, the controller (13) purges the reformer (1) with the purge gas supplied from the purge gas supplying device (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akinari Nakamura, Takayuki Urata, Shigeki Yasuda, Akinori Yukimasa
  • Patent number: 8007733
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods are provided for heating and sensing the temperature of a chemical reaction chamber without direct physical contact between a heating device and the reaction chamber, or between a temperature sensor and the reaction chamber. A plurality of chemical reaction chambers can simultaneously or sequentially be heated independently and monitored separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Applied Biosystems, LLC
    Inventors: John Shigeura, Janice G. Shigeura, legal representative
  • Patent number: 8007721
    Abstract: An automated in situ heat induced antigen recovery and staining method and apparatus for treating a plurality of microscope slides. The process of heat induced antigen recovery and the process of staining the biological sample on the microscope slide are conducted in the same apparatus, wherein the microscope slides do not need to be physically removed from one apparatus to another. The reaction conditions for treating a slide can preferably be controlled independently, including the individualized application of reagents to each slide and the individualized treatment of each slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Inventor: Lee Angros
  • Patent number: 8007720
    Abstract: An automated in situ heat induced antigen recovery and staining method and apparatus for treating a plurality of microscope slides. The process of heat induced antigen recovery and the process of staining the biological sample on the microscope slide are conducted in the same apparatus, wherein the microscope slides do not need to be physically removed from one apparatus to another. Each treatment step occurs within the same reaction compartment. The reaction conditions of each reaction compartment for treating a slide can preferably be controlled independently, including the individualized application of reagents to each slide and the individualized treatment of each slide. The reagents are preferably held in a reagent dispensing strip similar to a “blister pack”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Inventor: Lee Angros
  • Publication number: 20110206562
    Abstract: A hydrogen generator is described, which comprises: a material supply device (4); a water supply device (5); an evaporator (10); a reforming catalyst layer (1) for generating reformed gas; a CO removing catalyst layer (2) configured to reduce the amount of carbon monoxide contained in the reformed gas generated by the reforming catalyst layer (1); a combustor (3) for heating the reforming catalyst layer (1) and the CO removing catalyst layer (2); a reforming temperature detector (9) for detecting the temperature of the reforming catalyst layer (1); a heater (7) for heating the CO removing catalyst layer (2); a CO removing temperature detector (8) for detecting the temperature of the CO removing catalyst layer (2); and a controller (16) configured to perform control such that the heater (7) heats the CO removing catalyst layer at the time of start-up and such that if the temperature detected by the CO removing temperature detector (8) becomes greater than or equal to a first specified value, the combustor (3)
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Maenishi, Yukimune Kani, Yuji Mukai
  • Publication number: 20110206555
    Abstract: Device and method for disinfecting, sterilizing, and/or looking after medical, in particular dental, instruments, comprising a rinsing chamber in which there are holders for receiving the instruments, wherein at least parts of the walls of the rinsing chamber or elements located in the rinsing chamber can be cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Wiek, Johann Stempfle, Herbert Lott, Frank Saur
  • Patent number: 7964137
    Abstract: A control system of a surgery autoclave is described, which is capable of establishing a sterilization cycle which includes at least a first evacuation step of a sterilization chamber and of heating of a load and a final drying step. The autoclave includes a device capable of detecting a parameter proportional to the energy used up in a step of the cycle preceding the drying step and the control system establishes at least a reduction of the drying step upon determining that, the parameter of used up energy lies below a preset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: W & H Sterilization S.r.l.
    Inventors: Fabio Ghezzi, Daniele Ongaro, Marco Parolini, Christian Stempf, Walter Crotti
  • Publication number: 20110138581
    Abstract: A crystallization method includes: actually measuring a particle number of the crystals precipitated from the saturated solution and a concentration of the saturated solution, while cooling the solution according to a cooling temperature profile; calculating an absolute particle number of crystals precipitated from the saturated solution according to a mass balance, based on an actual measurement value of the particle number and an actual measurement value of the concentration; heating the saturated solution when the absolute particle number exceeds a threshold to perform heating control so that the absolute particle number becomes a set value; and cooling the saturated solution again according to a preset cooling temperature profile after controlling to dissolve excessive crystals in the solution so that the absolute particle number returns to the set value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Kobari
  • Publication number: 20110143296
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling a temperature within a reactor vessel such as an autoclave operating at elevated temperature and pressure. The apparatus includes a preheating vessel for preheating a feed material such as an aqueous slurry. The preheating vessel forms part of a preheating control system which provides the primary means of temperature control within the reactor vessel, and the reactor temperature is used as the setpoint for the preheating control system. The apparatus also comprises secondary means for heating and cooling the reactor. The feed material temperature is increased or decreased by the preheating control system, based on the reactor temperature. This is sufficient to heat or cool the reactor under most process conditions. Where the preheating control system is at or near its capacity for heating or cooling, the secondary heating or cooling means is activated to bring the reactor temperature within an optimum range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Hatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Fraser, Murray S. Pearson, William E. McCombe
  • Patent number: 7955573
    Abstract: A sample block for use in the polymerase chain reaction, DNA sequencing, and other procedures that involve the performance of simultaneous reactions in multiple samples with temperature control by heating or cooling elements contacting the bottom surface of the block is improved by the inclusion of hollows in the block that are positioned to decrease the mass of the block in the immediate vicinity of the wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Sunand Banerji
  • Publication number: 20110129390
    Abstract: The instant application provides apparatus and methods for the generation of gas, preferably chlorine dioxide. The methods and apparatus of the invention use a removable reaction chamber for the reaction of precursor chemicals, e.g., chlorite salt and an acid. The methods and compositions of the invention provide gas for a number of personal and commercial applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: TBS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Dee, Paul Sabin, Douglas Sabin
  • Publication number: 20110030358
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification apparatus includes an oxidation catalyst, a selective catalytic reduction catalyst, a first urea water supplying device, a second urea water supplying device and a controller. The oxidation catalyst oxidizes nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst is disposed downstream of the oxidation catalyst. The first urea water supplying device is disposed upstream of the oxidation catalyst. The second urea water supplying device is disposed downstream of the oxidation catalyst and upstream of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst. The controller controls the supply of urea water to exhaust gas by the first urea water supplying device and the second urea water supplying device according to temperature of the exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Yoshifumi Kato
  • Publication number: 20110027170
    Abstract: The water gas shift reactor includes a gas reaction tank including a reaction chamber formed in the shape of a hollow body provided with a porous plate installed therein to divide the inside of the reaction chamber into an upper reaction space and a lower collection space and a catalyst stacked on the upper surface of the porous plate to convert carbon monoxide into hydrogen, and an insulating layer provided at the outer surface of the reaction chamber, a syngas storage tank to store the syngas, a syngas supply pipe to supply the syngas to the gas reaction tank, after the syngas is heated by a preheater, a steam supply pipe to supply steam generated from a steam generator to the gas reaction tank such that the steam reacts with the syngas, after the steam is heated by a preheater, and a reaction gas discharge pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: See Hoon Lee, Jae Ho Kim, Jae Goo Lee
  • Publication number: 20110020183
    Abstract: The apparatus for producing synthetic fuel comprises a loading unit (2, 3, 4) suitable to receive solid waste to treat, a tank (6) for loading liquid waste and some dosing containers (7, 8, 9) for loading suitable additives. A recycling calibrator unit (10) is suitable to be fed with the waste materials, with the additives and with a diluent oil having the function of diluting the waste materials, forming a fluid mixture. A reaction turbine (11), connected to the sizing unit (10), is suitable to cause the conversion of the kinetic energy into heat energy, in order to allow the development of the process of depolymerization/molecular rearrangement/breakage and reunion of chemical bonds in catalytic way. A duct (28) outlet connected to the reaction turbine (11), injects the fluid mixture in a cyclone separator (13), suitable to allow the separation through gravity of the liquids and solids from the steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Viliam Storchi, Giuseppe Zanoni, Franco Dalla Vecchia