Organic Component Patents (Class 423/245.1)
  • Patent number: 11717803
    Abstract: Porous materials (such as organic polyamine cage compounds) and methods of stabilising porous materials which are otherwise prone to pore-collapse are described. Such stabilisation is accomplished through the use of molecular ties to create bridges between reactive groups of a (potentially) porous material to thereby strengthen and stabilise the porous structure. The chemistry involved in, and the results of, the stabilisation of porous materials to provide a new sorption composition comprising the very materials which are generally prone to pore-collapse are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Andy Cooper, Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 11707734
    Abstract: An efficient photocatalyst nanocomposite comprising reduced graphene oxide, noble metal, and a metal oxide prepared by a one-step method that utilizes date seed extract as a reducing and nanoparticle determining size agent. The photocatalyst of the invention is a more effective sunlight photocatalyst than that prepared by traditional method in the photo decomposition of organic compounds in contaminated water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventors: Nuhad Abdullah Alomair, Hanan Hussein Amin Mohamed
  • Patent number: 11565246
    Abstract: The devices, systems and techniques disclosed in this patent document include photocatalytic filter devices and can be used to provide a method for manufacturing a photocatalytic filter with improved adhesion. In addition, the present disclosure of this patent document includes technology to provide a method for reactivating a photocatalytic filter. Using the disclosed techniques, even if a photocatalytic filter is contaminated, the contaminated photocatalytic filter is easily reactivated while maintaining improved adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daewoong Suh, Jaeseon Yi, Geundo Cho, Doug Youn Lee, Hye Kyung Ku, Kyung Sik Yoon
  • Patent number: 11219882
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are catalyst devices for removing formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants from an air flow stream, A catalyst device includes a housing, a solid substrate disposed within the housing, and a catalyst layer disposed on the substrate. The catalyst layer includes a base metal catalyst at a first mass percent and a rare earth metal catalyst at a second mass percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wolfgang Ruettinger, Laif Alden, Pascaline Tran, David Weinberger, AnJu Shi, Feng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11199161
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided simplified systems and methods for catalytically deactivating, removing, or reducing the levels of reactive component(s) from the vapor phase of fuel storage tanks. The simple apparatus described herein can be utilized to replace complex OBIGGS systems on the market. Simply stated, in one embodiment of the invention, the vapor phase from the fuel tank is passed over a catalytic bed operated at appropriate temperatures to allow the reaction between free oxygen and the fuel vapor by oxidation of the fuel vapor, thus deactivating reactive component(s) in the gas phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Phyre Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Walker, Santosh Limaye, Wesley Jung, Stuart Robertson
  • Patent number: 11135568
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for regenerating molecular sieves used in an alcohol dehydration process after the molecular sieves have become saturated with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil D. Anderson, James M. Geraets, William Higgins, Spencer Douglas Lyman, Bill Miller, Rodney Duane Pierson, Danika Pollreisz, Brock Weeldreyer
  • Patent number: 10870088
    Abstract: Photocatalytic materials with a composite photocatalyst of a metal oxide impregnated with elemental metal particles, can be embedded into a hydrophilic polymer having pores with diameters of less than 2 nm, to provide a useful water remediation and/or purification product. The metal oxide may be WO3, Ce2, Bi2O3, NiO, TiO2, and/or ZnO, and the elemental metal particles, impregnated or compounded into the metal oxide, may be Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, Ce, Mn, Mo, V, Bi, Sn, W, Nb, Pd, and/or Pt. The photocatalytic materials may be easily removed and/or retrieved after use, and can effectively combat both chemical and biological contamination and/or fouling of water as well as the membranes composed of the photocatalytic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Iqbal M. I. Ismail, Abdul Hameed, Muhammad Aslam, Mohammad H. Albeirutty
  • Patent number: 10800723
    Abstract: A composition comprises a polyol and a polyethylenimine compound. A method for reducing the volatile aldehyde content of a polyol comprises the steps of: (a) providing a polyol, the polyol containing a first amount of volatile aldehyde compounds; (b) providing a polyethylenimine compound; and (c) adding the polyethylenimine compound to the polyol to produce a composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Chunping Xie, Zhaolin Zhou, Xiaodong Zhao, Hong Chen
  • Patent number: 10690354
    Abstract: A restaurant exhaust gas purifying system for filtering an exhaust gas of a cooking process including an exhaust vent and an exhaust gas purifier coupled to the exhaust vent. The exhaust gas purifier includes a housing which has an inlet connected to the exhaust vent and an outlet, a hot box connected to and housed within the housing, a heating device connected to the housing and configured for heating the hot box, and a rotating filter rotatably mounted to and housed within the housing. The rotating filter has a rotational cycle in which at least a portion of the rotating filter passes through the hot box. The exhaust gas purifier also includes a drive connected to the housing and operably coupled to the rotating filter for rotating the rotating filter, and a stationary filter positioned in the hot box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Klein, David Kelly
  • Patent number: 10654026
    Abstract: Polymeric sorbents for aldehydes including formaldehyde are provided. More particularly, the polymeric sorbents are a reaction product of a hydrolyzed divinylbenzene/maleic anhydride polymeric material having carboxylic acid groups with a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two primary amino groups and/or secondary amino groups. The nitrogen-containing compound is ionically attached to the hydrolyzed divinylbenzene/maleic anhydride within the polymeric sorbent and has at least one primary amino and/or secondary amino group available for reacting with an aldehyde. Additionally, methods of making the polymeric sorbents, methods of sorbing aldehydes (i.e., aldehydes that are volatile under use conditions) on the polymeric sorbents, compositions resulting from the sorption of aldehydes on the polymeric sorbents, composite granules containing the polymeric sorbents, methods of making the composite granules, and methods of sorbing aldehydes on the composite granules are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Wendland, Michael W. Kobe
  • Patent number: 10611976
    Abstract: Operation of a thermochemical regenerator at a controlled ratio of recycled flue gas to reforming fuel provides formation of fuel species that permit a higher flame temperature upon combustion of the resulting combustible mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Hisashi Kobayashi, Kuang-Tsai Wu
  • Patent number: 10245553
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for decomposing low-concentration volatile organic compounds, which includes: an adsorption unit configured to adsorb a volatile organic compound; a heated air supply unit configured to supply a heated air to the adsorption unit; an oxidation decomposing catalyst unit configured to decompose a volatile organic compound detached from the adsorption unit; and an ozone supply unit configured to supply an ozone to the oxidation decomposing catalyst unit. The apparatus may maximize an exchange cycle semi-permanently by adsorbing low-concentration VOC under a high-flow condition and then detaching VOC within a short time and also by recycling an adsorption filter. In addition, the apparatus may effectively decompose VOC substances detached by a low flow into carbon dioxide and water under a condition with most excellent oxidation decomposition efficiency by using an oxidation decomposing catalyst filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jongsoo Jurng, Min Su Kim, Eun Seuk Park, Hyoun Duk Jung, Jin Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10227432
    Abstract: A gaseous p-xylylene monomer, formed by reacting xylene with a monatomic oxygen source, is mixed with a functional gaseous monomer. The resulting mixture may be deposited and solidified on a substrate, which may optionally be exposed to a photoinitiating light energy and/or a permittivity enhancing electric or magnetic field. Alternatively, the resulting gaseous mixture may be trapped and condensed in a condenser, which may contain a solvent to facilitate trapping. The condensate may be mixed with a tertiary substance, e.g., another monomer, a reactive substance or an inert material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Carver Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Carver, Robert G. Carver, Bradford Fulfer, Jaime Gibbs
  • Patent number: 10213779
    Abstract: The devices, systems and techniques disclosed in this patent document include photocatalytic filter devices and can be used to provide a method for manufacturing a photocatalytic filter with improved adhesion. In addition, the present disclosure of this patent document includes technology to provide a method for reactivating a photocatalytic filter. Using the disclosed techniques, even if a photocatalytic filter is contaminated, the contaminated photocatalytic filter is easily reactivated while maintaining improved adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daewoong Suh, Jaeseon Yi, Geundo Cho, Doug Youn Lee, Hye Kyung Ku, Kyung Sik Yoon
  • Patent number: 10092873
    Abstract: An air cleaning system and a method of controlling the same, the air cleaning system including a particle separation device for suctioning indoor air to separate microbial particles from air particles, a collection device collecting the microbial particles separated by the particle separation device, a luminescence measurement device for detecting an amount or intensity of light emitted from the microbial particles collected in the collection device, and at least one air cleaning device that selectively operates on the basis of contamination of the microbial particles detected by the luminescence measurement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yeekyeong Jung, Chulwoo Park, Sunghwa Lee
  • Patent number: 10011503
    Abstract: Methods for making activated carbon-supported transition metal-based nanoparticles include (a) impregnated activated carbon with at least one transition metal-containing compound, and (b) heating the impregnated activated carbon at a temperature and for a time sufficient to carbothermally reduce the transition metal-containing compound. Also disclosed are activated carbon-supported transition metal-based nanoparticles produced by such methods. Further disclosed are methods for treating water and waste streams that include contacting the water or waste streams with the activated carbon-supported transition metal-based nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: William Peter Addiego, Benedict Yorke Johnson, Lingyan Wang
  • Patent number: 9654317
    Abstract: A modulating system (14) adapted to generate a multi-level quadrature amplitude modulation, includes: a first number of first optical channels (24_1), each of the first optical channels (24_1) including a modulating device (28), and a second number of first optical channels (24_1) each including a first phase shifting unit capable of introducing a phase shift of ?, and a first number of second optical channels (24_2), each of the second optical channels (24_2) being associated bijectively with one of the first optical channels (24_1), each of the second optical channels (24_2) including the same elements as the first optical channel (24_1) with which the second optical channel (24_2) is associated and a second phase shifting unit able to introduce a phase shift of ?/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Sylvie Menezo, Giovanni Beninca De Farias
  • Patent number: 9653737
    Abstract: A method of depositing a conductive material is described. The method includes: providing a plate selected from anode plates, cathode plates, bipolar plates, or combinations thereof, wherein the plate includes gas flow channels; providing a diffusion media in contact with the gas flow channel side of the plate to form an assembly; introducing a gaseous precursor of the conductive material into the assembly using a chemical vapor infiltration process; infiltrating the gaseous precursor into the diffusion media and gas flow channels of the plates; and depositing a coating of the conductive material on the diffusion media, the gas flow channels of the plate, or both. An assembly having a CVI conductive coating and a fuel cell incorporating the diffusion media having the CVI conductive coating are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Paul D. Nicotera, Chunxin Ji, Thomas A. Trabold
  • Patent number: 9353025
    Abstract: The present discloses a process and catalyst therefor to selectively remove acetylenes from gaseous streams in the vapor phase. The process is particularly suitable for high yield recovery of olefinic hydrocarbons from gaseous streams in refinery processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: TPC GROUP LLC
    Inventors: Joseph G. Duff, Cecil G. McFarland
  • Patent number: 9040008
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for removal of particles and VOC from an airstream, in which particles carried by the airstream are charged by a corona ionizer and then collected by an electrically enhanced filter downstream of the ionizer. A catalytic filter downstream of the electrically enhanced filter removes VOC as well as ozone generated by the ionizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: EFB, Inc.
    Inventor: Karim Zahedi
  • Patent number: 9040007
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a catalyst for ozone oxidation of pollutant components dispersed in a gas is provided. The ozone oxidation catalyst has a porous body formed from a metal body, a ceramic, or polymeric fibers coated with metal. A catalytic noble metal composition is deposited on the surface of the porous body. The catalytic noble metal composition is formed from particles of a noble metal supported by a mesoporous molecular sieve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Kwan San Hui, Kwok Leung Tsui, Man On Fu
  • Publication number: 20150118137
    Abstract: Adsorbent materials are disclosed, along with filter elements containing the adsorbent materials methods of using adsorbents to remove siloxane contaminants from a gas stream. The method includes providing an adsorbent material that has been washed with an acid and passing a gas through the adsorbent material so as to reduce siloxane levels in the gas. A filter element for reducing siloxane levels in a gas includes a first adsorbent material, the first adsorbent material comprising an acid-washed adsorbent; and a second adsorbent material, the second adsorbent material comprising an acid-impregnated adsorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Brian N. Hoang, Gerald Weineck, Karthik Viswanathan, Andrew J. Dallas
  • Patent number: 8999278
    Abstract: The invention provides various methods for removing gas phase pollutants by calcining limestone or dolomite using flash calcination to produce a high surface area lime or hydrated lime and directly adding the lime or hydrated lime to a gas stream containing gas phase pollutants. In other methods, the production of an activated sorbent, such as activated carbon, is combined with the production of the high surface area lime or hydrated lime and directly added to a gas stream containing gas phase pollutants. The combination of lime or hydrated lime and an activated sorbent enhances the removal of gas phase pollutants such as those from a coal-fired boiler flue gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Ramsay Chang, Yongqi Lu, Massoud Rostam-Abadi
  • Patent number: 8945424
    Abstract: A catalyst comprising of NiO; Al2O3; and ZnO. The catalyst is capable of greater than 5% sulfur removal from a synthesis gas at a temperature range from 300° C. to 600° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Sourabh S. Pansare, Joe D. Allison, Steven E. Lusk, Albert C. Tsang
  • Patent number: 8945497
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the oxidation of organic compounds contained in a gas stream and comprises the step of introducing the gas stream containing the organic compounds together with sufficient oxygen to effect the desired amount of oxidation into an oxidation reactor containing an oxidation catalyst and maintaining the temperature of said gas stream at a temperature sufficient to effect oxidation, characterised in that the oxidation catalyst contains at least 0.01% by weight of ruthenium, cobalt or manganese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Gareth Headdock, Kenneth George Griffin, Peter Johnston, Martin John Hayes
  • Publication number: 20150000244
    Abstract: A system for reducing emissions includes a gas production source that produces nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, hydrogen sulfide, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, formaldehyde, benzene, metal oxides, or volatile organic compound emissions. An exhaust plenum is downstream from the gas production source, and structure for dispersing a solvent is in the exhaust plenum. A collection tank is in fluid communication with the exhaust plenum to receive the solvent from the exhaust plenum, and a heat source is in the exhaust plenum downstream from the structure for dispersing the solvent. A method for reducing emissions from a gas production source includes flowing exhaust gases through an exhaust plenum, dispersing a solvent through a nozzle in the exhaust plenum, collecting the dispersed solvent in a collection tank, and heating the exhaust gases flowing through the exhaust plenum downstream from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Thatcher, Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Andrew Mitchell Rodwell, Brett Matthew Thompson
  • Publication number: 20140326919
    Abstract: The invention relates to granulated zeolites with high adsorption capacity for organic molecules and the use of the zeolites for adsorbing organic molecules from liquids or gas streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Ulrich Sohling, Michael Zavrel, Michael Kraus, Sandra Hofmann, Sandra Vogel
  • Publication number: 20140301931
    Abstract: Disclosed here are material formulations of use in the conversion of exhaust gases, where the formulations may include Iron (Fe), Cobalt (Co), Manganese (Mn), Cerium (Ce), Lanthanum and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: CDTi
    Inventor: Zahra Nazarpoor
  • Patent number: 8852541
    Abstract: Systems and methods for removing impurities from a feed fluid in a single vessel. A method generally includes, in single vessel, contacting a feed fluid passing through the vessel with a copper-based material for removing oxygen from the feed fluid; and contacting the feed fluid passing through the vessel with an adsorbent for removing at least one of water, carbon dioxide, and oxygenated hydrocarbons from the feed fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald S. Eisinger, David M. Gaines
  • Publication number: 20140291250
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a nano-structured composite material based on compositions of manganese and cerium, composed of aggregated composite nanospheres, ranging in size from 1 to 40 nm, of ultrafine crystalline nanoparticles of one or more compounds of cerium, dispersed in a metastable solid mixture of one or more sub-stoichiometric oxides of manganese, said sub-stoichiometric oxides of manganese comprising MeMnOz manganates, wherein 1?z?4, Me being constituted of one or more elements selected amongst alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals and rare earths, and in particular being constituted of one or more elements selected amongst Ce, V, Ti, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, Sn, Ga, Gd, Y, Zr, Al, Si, La, K, Li, Pb, Cs, or mixtures thereof; which can be used in the industry as redox catalyst and/or adsorbing filter of heavy metals, cyanides, sulfur compounds, pigments, dyes, polymers (PEG), phenols, alcohols, aldehydes and ketones, ethers, esters and carboxylic acids which are present both in contamin
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Francesco Arena, Lorenzo Spadaro
  • Publication number: 20140255283
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a device for reducing a volatile organic compound (VOC) content of a gas comprising a manganese oxide (MnOx) catalyst. The manganese oxide (MnOx) catalyst is capable of catalyzing formaldehyde at room temperature, with complete conversion, to CO2 and water vapor. The manganese oxide (MnOx) catalyst itself is not consumed by the reaction of formaldehyde into CO2 and water vapor. The present invention also provides for a device for reducing or removing a particle, a VOC and/or ozone from a gas comprising an activated carbon filter (ACF) on a media that is capable of being periodically regenerated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Meera A. Sidheswaran, Hugo Destaillats, William J. Fisk
  • Patent number: 8821822
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Lurgi GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Ungar, Matthias Linicus
  • Publication number: 20140242680
    Abstract: Methods and systems for removing volatile organic compounds from spent air are provided. The method can include oxidizing cumene in the presence of an oxidant to produce an oxidized product containing methanol and a spent air, separating the spent air from the oxidized product, contacting the spent air with an absorbent, an adsorbent, or a mixture thereof to remove at least a portion of any impurities in the spent air to produce a first purified air, and contacting the first purified air with a biological material to produce a treated air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LLC
    Inventor: Eric Wing-Tak WONG
  • Publication number: 20140199225
    Abstract: Methane gas in a ruminant exhalation may be oxidized to reduce the amount of methane gas output by the ruminant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Caldeira, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, John Latham, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Stephen H. Salter, Clarence T. Tegreene, David B. Tuckerman, Thomas Allan Weaver, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood
  • Publication number: 20140186251
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a macroporous noble metal-containing zeolite material and a porous SiO2-containing binder, wherein the catalyst has a proportion of micropores of more than 70%, based on the total pore volume of the catalyst. The invention is additionally directed to a process for preparing the catalyst and to the use of the catalyst as an oxidation catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Arno Tissler, Frank Klose, Roderik Althoff, Mika Endler, Patrick Mueller, Grigory Reznikov, Margit Schuschke
  • Patent number: 8765951
    Abstract: This invention provides novel compositions comprising substituted polyamines as acid gas scrubbing solutions and methods of using the compositions in an industrial system. The invention relates to the use of such polyamine compounds in industrial processes to remove acidic contaminants from natural and industrial fluid streams, such as natural gas, combustion gas, natural gas, synthesis gas, biogas, and other industrial fluid streams. The compositions and methods of the invention are useful for removal, absorption, or sequestration of acidic contaminants and sulfide contaminants including CO2, H2S, RSH, CS2, COS, and SO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventors: Alan M. Blair, Keith N. Garside, William J. Andrews, Kailas B. Sawant
  • Publication number: 20140170046
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for the reduction of organic compounds and other emissions from an industrial plant utilizing a cement or minerals kiln that has a high level of organic compound emissions. The invention consists of a filter for the control of particulate emissions which has been treated with a catalyst to provide catalytic destruction of gaseous emissions as process gases are passed through the porous medium of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Iver Schmidt, Jørn Møller Rasmussen, Peter T. Paone, III, John S. Salmento
  • Publication number: 20140157789
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process and installation for plasma heat treatment of a gas mixture for its use in thermal and electric power generation plants. According to the invention, the procedure consists in the feeding of a cylindrical reaction room with a gas mixture divided into at least two different flows, tangentially to the direction of a jet of plasma, so as to create a vortex around the jet of plasma, followed by the decrease of the primary gas speed by its expansion in a chamber with increased volume and area; cooling of the primary gas to a temperature of 800 . . . 1000° C. due to endothermic reactions, solidification and gravity separation from the cooled primary gas of vitrified inorganic particles; the cooling of the primary gas up to 60° C. followed by its barbotage into a NaOH solution to remove unwanted chemical elements, resulting in a final gas mixture, and the transport of the final gas mixture thus obtained, to end user to produce heat energy and electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventor: Costin-Marian Francu
  • Publication number: 20140147360
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, materials, apparatus and systems for removing or suppressing ambient levels of reactive gas contaminants, particularly acidic gases, using particles of zeolite, sepiolite or other suitable carrier material impregnated with at least one treatment compound selected to react with the acidic gas(es). The methods involve contacting a contaminated gas stream with the impregnated carrier materials whereby at least a portion of the reactive gases contacts the treatment compound and reacts, thereby consuming the reactive gas molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: John Richardson, Kevin Gottschalk
  • Patent number: 8728426
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid reverse flow catalytic apparatus having two reaction zones: a homogeneous reaction zone in porous ceramic and a heterogeneous reaction zone with catalyst, arranged in two different catalyst beds. A first catalytic bed located in a central region of the reactor is provided with a low activity catalyst and a second catalyst bed located in a peripheral region of the reactor is provided with a high activity catalyst. The provision of two catalyst beds containing different catalysts reduces the effect of radial temperature gradients in the reactor and improves the overall efficiency of the reactor. The invention also relates to method of performing catalytic and thermochemical reactions in said apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources
    Inventor: Hristo Sapoundjiev
  • Publication number: 20140135409
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of synthesis gas by the use of autothermal reforming in which tail gas from downstream Fischer-Tropsh synthesis is hydrogenated and then added to the autothermal reforming stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Haldor Topsøe A/S
    Inventors: Kim Aasberg-Petersen, Peter Seier Cristensen, Thomas Sandahl Christensen
  • Publication number: 20140127108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cleaning the process gas in soldering installation and solder suction systems, in particular for reducing the abietic acid in the process gas, wherein the process gas to be cleaned is conducted through a cleaning system which contains one or more of the following compounds (cleaning compounds): a) carboxylic acids with reducing properties, namely oxalic acid, formic acid, citric acid and/or ascorbic acid: b) metal compounds of higher oxidation states, namely manganates, permanganates, chromates and/or dichromates; c) alcohols which can be convened into the carboxylic acids mentioned in a) by means of oxidation; d) basic lime compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: ERSA GMBH
    Inventor: Viktoria Rawinski
  • Publication number: 20140120018
    Abstract: A process and apparatus to remove and breakdown volatile organic compounds from drinking water, groundwater, wastewater, frack water and air exhaust. The process entails filling a tank, chamber, pipe, or column with ozone-containing gas, introducing into this ozone-containing gas-filled tank, chamber, pipe or column, very small droplets of water, contaminated with volatile organic compounds which then volatilize out from the water and break down in the ozone gas thereby improving the water quality and associated air quality. The current invention has been shown to achieve more than 99% combined removal efficiency. The process can also be used to treat air streams containing volatile organic compounds. To increase efficiency, ozone is introduced where the atomized particles are smallest. Three configurations utilizing said process include upward and downward spray of contaminated water into ozone and pumping through openings in an enclosure to a reaction chamber filled with ozone-containing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Marcia Jada Berger, Isaac Wayne Anderson
  • Patent number: 8686213
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for decontaminating disposable protective products prepared from polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), used in a nuclear power plant, to less than minimum detectable activity (MDA) are disclosed. In the disclosed methods and apparatus, solid protective products made of PVA, generated from a nuclear power plant, are dissolved into a liquid, and then are decontaminated to less than MDA. The PVA solution decontaminated in this way is concentrated to an appropriate concentration or dried, and finally is subjected to self-disposal. This can fundamentally block the generation amount of combustible waste amounting to 50% or more of low and intermediate level waste of nuclear power plants, thereby considerably contributing to a reduction of the operating expenses of the nuclear power plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Hana Inspection & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Kil Kim, Eui-Dong Lee, Hyun-Ki Kim, Seong-Jun Hong
  • Patent number: 8685352
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to catalyst systems for nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon, and sulfur reactions that are free or substantially free of platinum group metals. The catalyst system of the present invention comprise a substrate and a washcoat, wherein the washcoat comprises at least one oxide solid, wherein the oxide solid comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a carrier material oxide, a catalyst, and mixtures thereof. The catalyst system may optionally have an overcoat, wherein the overcoat comprises at least one oxide solid, wherein the oxide solid comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a carrier material oxide, a catalyst, and mixtures thereof. The catalyst comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a ZPGM transition metal catalyst, a mixed metal oxide catalyst, a zeolite catalysts, or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: ECS Holdings, Inc., Catalytic Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Golden, Randal Hatfield, Jason Pless, Johnny Ngo, Mann Sakbodin
  • Publication number: 20140079617
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a gas stream comprises a nonthermal plasma reactor, for example a dielectric barrier discharge plasma reactor, containing a silicon-containing solid for reacting with a halogen-containing component of the gas stream to form a gaseous silicon halide. A sorbent bed of material chosen to react with the silicon halide to form inorganic halides is located downstream from the plasma reactor. A similar bed of material is located upstream from the plasma reactor to remove silicon halide and other acid gas components from the gas stream before it enters the plasma reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Edwards Limited
    Inventor: Robert Bruce Grant
  • Publication number: 20140072495
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid reverse flow catalytic apparatus having two reaction zones: a homogeneous reaction zone in porous ceramic and a heterogeneous reaction zone with catalyst, arranged in two different catalyst beds. A first catalytic bed located in a central region of the reactor is provided with a low activity catalyst and a second catalyst bed located in a peripheral region of the reactor is provided with a high activity catalyst. The provision of two catalyst beds containing different catalysts reduces the effect of radial temperature gradients in the reactor and improves the overall efficiency of the reactor. The invention also relates to method of performing catalytic and thermochemical reactions in said apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of Canada As Represented By The Minister Of Natural Resources
    Inventor: Hristo Sapoundjiev
  • Publication number: 20140061540
    Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks of the family M2 (2,5-dioxido-1,4-benzenedicarboxylate) wherein M=Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Ni or Zn are a group of porous crystalline materials formed of metal cations or clusters joined by multitopic organic linkers that can be used to isolate individual gases from a stream of combined gases. This group of adsorbant materials incorporates a high density of coordinatively-unsaturated MII centers lining the pore surfaces. These adsorbents are particularly suited for selective carbon dioxide/monoxide adsorption via pressure swing adsorption near temperatures of 313 K since they selectively adsorb carbon dioxide at high pressures in the presence of hydrogen, and desorb carbon dioxide upon a pressure decrease. The redox-active FeII centers in Fe2(dobdc) can be used for the separation of O2 from N2 and other separations based on selective, reversible electron transfer reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Long, Zoey R. Herm, Joseph A. Swisher, Berend Smit, Rajamani Krishna, Eric Bloch, Leslie Murray
  • Patent number: 8658118
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide more inexpensive high purity crystalline silicon which can satisfy not only a quality required to a raw material of silicon for a solar cell but also a part of a quality required to silicon for an up-to-date semiconductor and a production process for the same and provide high purity silicon tetrachloride used for production of high purity crystalline silicon and a production process for the same. The high purity crystalline silicon of the present invention has a boron content of 0.015 ppmw or less and a zinc content of 50 to 1000 ppbw. The production process for high purity crystalline silicon according to the present invention is characterized by that a silicon tetrachloride gas and a zinc gas are supplied to a vertical reactor to react them at 800 to 1200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignees: JNC Corporation, JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation, Toho Titanium Co., ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hayashida, Wataru Kato
  • Patent number: 8640440
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalytically active particulate filter, an exhaust gas cleaning system and a process for cleaning the exhaust gases of predominantly stoichiometrically operated internal combustion engines, which are suitable, as well as the gaseous CO, HC and NOx pollutants, also for removing particulates from the exhaust gas. The particulate filter comprises a filter body and a catalytically active coating consisting of two layers. The first layer is in contact with the incoming exhaust gas, the second layer with the outgoing exhaust gas. Both layers contain alumina. The first layer contains palladium. The second layer contains, in addition to rhodium, an oxygen-storing cerium/zirconium mixed oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Raoul Klingmann, Martin Roesch, Dieter Lindner