Patents Examined by Anita Nassiri Motlagh
  • Patent number: 11369921
    Abstract: A contaminated gas stream can be passed through an in-line mixing device, positioned in a duct containing the contaminated gas stream, to form a turbulent contaminated gas stream. One or more of the following is true: (a) a width of the in-line mixing device is no more than about 75% of a width of the duct at the position of the in-line mixing device; (b) a height of the in-line mixing device is no more than about 75% of a height of the duct at the position of the in-line mixing device; and (c) a cross-sectional area of the mixing device normal to a direction of gas flow is no more than about 75% of a cross-sectional area of the duct at the position of the in-line mixing device. An additive can be introduced into the contaminated gas stream to cause the removal of the contaminant by a particulate control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ADA-ES, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Hanson
  • Patent number: 11358097
    Abstract: A honeycomb rotor recovery and concentration device recovers carbon dioxide gas from flue gas and the like. A carbon dioxide sorption honeycomb rotor is rotated in a casing that is separately sealed at least into a sorption zone and a desorption zone, and the honeycomb in the sorption zone is brought into contact with a raw material gas containing carbon dioxide in a wet state to sorb carbon dioxide gas. A desorption circulation circuit circulates from an outlet to an inlet of the desorption zone. Water supplied to a heater in the circuit is evaporated to form saturated steam, which is supplied to the desorption zone. In the desorption zone, carbon dioxide gas is desorbed by contact with the saturated steam. The design may make it possible to use low-temperature exhaust heat, and this may achieve reduction in size, high performance and high efficiency at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SEIBU GIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Okano
  • Patent number: 11325102
    Abstract: A particulate material for removing an acid gas and/or mercury contaminant from a hydrocarbon gas is disclosed. The particulate material comprises a superabsorbent hydrogel comprising a cross-linked hydrophilic polymer network having from 0.1 mol % to 50 mol % cross-linking agent. The superabsorbent hydrogel has one or more compounds capable of binding the acid gas and/or mercury contaminant incorporated into the hydrophilic polymer network by absorbing said one or more compounds as a liquid phase or an aqueous solution. Methods for preparing the particulate material and using the particulate material to remove one or more acid gas and/or mercury contaminants from a hydrocarbon gas, dehydrating the hydrocarbon gas, and mitigating corrosion in gas flowlines are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventor: Colin Wood
  • Patent number: 11318441
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new hydrogen chloride removing agent that exhibits a good hydrogen chloride removal effect at a relatively low temperature. The present invention preferably provides a new hydrogen chloride removing agent for removing hydrogen chloride contained in a hydrogen-chloride-containing gas, such as a pyrolysis gas, a combustion exhaust gas, a dry distillation gas, etc., especially hydrogen chloride contained in a biomass pyrolysis gas. The present invention relates to a hydrogen chloride removing agent characterized by containing a mixture of a calcium carbonate and an imogolite and/or a synthetic imogolite, and relates to a method for removing, by using said hydrogen chloride removing agent, hydrogen chloride contained in a hydrogen-chloride-containing gas, especially hydrogen chloride contained in a biomass pyrolysis gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: JAPAN BLUE ENERGY CO., LTD., TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Naoki Dowaki, Mitsuo Kameyama, Kiyoshi Dowaki
  • Patent number: 11311840
    Abstract: The removal of carbon dioxide using sequestration materials that include salts in molten form, and related systems and methods, are generally described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Trevor Alan Hatton, Takuya Harada, Aqil Jamal, Cameron G. Halliday
  • Patent number: 11311835
    Abstract: A method for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from an effluent gas using a rice-derived product can include providing a rice-derived product, adjusting a pH of the rice-derived product; and contacting the effluent gas with the rice-derived product to capture the carbon dioxide from the effluent gas mixture in the rice-derived product. In an embodiment, the rice-derived product includes puffed rice grains. In an embodiment, the rice-derived product includes a rice cake. In an embodiment, the rice-derived product is loaded into a gas contact device prior to contacting withe the effluent gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ameera Fares Rasheed Mohammad, Abeer Fuad Othman Dar Saleh, Maatouk Khoukhi, Ali H. Al-Marzouqi
  • Patent number: 11311855
    Abstract: An example method of removing hydrogen sulfide from an input gas includes exposing an adsorbent material to an input gas to obtain an output gas. A concentration of hydrogen sulfide of the output gas is less than a concentration of hydrogen sulfide of the input gas. The adsorbent material includes copper oxide, magnesium oxide, and aluminum oxide. An atomic ratio of copper to magnesium to aluminum of the adsorbent material is X:Y:Z, where X is greater than or equal to 0.6 and less than or equal to 0.9, where Y is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.2, where Z is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.2, and where X+Y+Z is equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: Regents of the University of Minnesota, Khalifa University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Michael Tsapatsis, Veerappan Vaithilingam Balasubramanian, Yasser Al Wahedi, Saleh Al Hashimi
  • Patent number: 11305229
    Abstract: The present development is a method for capturing and purifying CO2 from a flue gas stream using a metal aluminate nanowire absorbent and then regenerating the absorbent. After the CO2 is adsorbed into the absorbent, the adsorbent is regenerated by subjecting the CO2 saturated adsorbent to a dielectric barrier discharge plasma or to a microwave plasma or to a radio frequency (RF) plasma while ensuring that the external temperature does not exceed 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Juan He, Tu Nguyen, Mahendra Sunkara
  • Patent number: 11305262
    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: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventors: Nuhad Abdullah Alomair, Hanan Hussein Amin Mohamed
  • Patent number: 11305230
    Abstract: A system for large scale capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide while exposed to air and weather in an outdoor environment, includes a large flat slab with a perimeter wall projecting above its surface; one or more rotary fans, providing uniform, high volume, low velocity, turbulent air flow over the entire slab surface; a transport system transferring powder—a particulate material mixed with air—to and from all locations on the slab or on an overlying mesh screen, a kiln, closed to outside air, and a compressor. The transport system includes either a vacuum/deposition system or a conveyor system with one or more conveyors. The kiln heats the particulate material, delivered by the transport system from the slab, to output released carbon dioxide, previously absorbed by the particulate material in the powder, to the compressor for compression, and either the heated particulate material, or a processed version of it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Marvin S Keshner, Erik Garth Vaaler
  • Patent number: 11298681
    Abstract: A sorbent suitable for sorbing aldehydes includes acidified zeolite impregnated with a urea-based compound, the acidified zeolite having a pore opening of 5 ? or greater and a molar ratio of silicate to aluminate of at least 1.1:1. The sorbent may be prepared by impregnating acidified zeolite with a solution of a urea-based compound, where the acidified zeolite includes proton counterions. The sorbent may be supported on a filter support to provide an air filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Himanshu Jasuja, Michael S. Wendland, Michael W. Kobe
  • Patent number: 11285432
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of treating flue gas that has one or more components. The method comprises passing a solution through both a magnetic field and an electric field to form an activated solution. The method also comprises contacting the activated solution with the flue gas so that the one or more components of the flue gas are at least partially absorbed by the activated solution to form a residue solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Paul Steding
  • Patent number: 11279617
    Abstract: The present invention provides a safe, disposable and biodegradable chlorine dioxide micro generator that uses water soluble paper and hydrogel or compressed cellulose encased in filter paper pouch. The chemicals are kept in a stabilize form until activated by the addition of water. Multiple levels of protection against early exposure to water such as a foil pouch and an impermeable outer container allow for the safe transportation and storage in small, ready for deployment amounts of the chemicals. Water permeated the chemical pack housing and dissolves the paper walls of the chemical pouch housing and then the water facilitates the reaction between the acid and the sodium chlorite to form chlorine dioxide gas as will be described further hereunder. Absorbent and permeable materials packaged around the chemicals provide for the safe containment of the chlorine dioxide solution, and the expeditious aeration and release of the chlorine dioxide gas, once the chemical reaction has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Baselli, Spencer Blua
  • 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: 11260343
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for separating acidic gases from a gas mixture includes exposing the gas mixture to a separation membrane at an elevated temperature, where the separation membrane includes a porous support and at least one molten alkali metal hydroxide disposed within pores of the porous support.
    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: 11254439
    Abstract: Fuel tank inerting systems for aircraft are provided. The systems include a fuel tank, a catalytic reactor arranged to receive a first reactant from a first reactant source and a second reactant from a second reactant source to generate an inert gas that is supplied to the fuel tank to fill an ullage space of the fuel tank, a heat exchanger arranged between the catalytic reactor and the fuel tank and configured to at least one of cool and condense an output from the catalytic reactor to separate out the inert gas, and a controller configured to perform a light-off operation of the catalytic reactor by controlling at least one light-off parameter and, after light-off occurs, adjusting the at least one light-off parameter to an operating level, wherein the at least one light-off parameter comprises a temperature of the catalytic reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean C. Emerson, Peter A T Cocks, Lance L. Smith, Eric Surawski
  • Patent number: 11242248
    Abstract: Methods, kits, cartridges, and compounds related to generating chlorine dioxide by exposing ClO2? to at least one of an iron porphyrin catalyst or an iron porphyrazine catalyst are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: John T. Groves, Roy Xiao
  • Patent number: 11235277
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide capture system according to an embodiment includes a carbon dioxide capturer, a first washer, and a second washer. The first washer includes a spray configured to spray first cleaning liquid supplied under first pressure. The second washer includes a cleaning liquid diffuser configured to diffuse and drop second cleaning liquid supplied under second pressure lower than the first pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshito Fujita, Hideo Kitamura, Daigo Muraoka, Mitsuru Udatsu, Yusuke Handa, Tetsuya Kaseda, Yasuhiro Kato
  • 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: 11207635
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for dehumidifying a moist gas mixture are provided. The apparatus for dehumidifying a moist gas mixture can be used and in the process. The absorption medium used in the process and the apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Xinming Wang, Caixuan Xu, Rolf Schneider, Matthias Bahlmann, Thomas Kerl