Patents Examined by Cabrena Holecek
  • Patent number: 10279308
    Abstract: A process for treating effluent gas containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons includes a step of spray scrubbing with a mineral oil in order to trap the hydrocarbons, wherein the mineral oil includes a mixture of aromatic mineral oil and naphthenic mineral oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Jean-François Potin, Bernard Delperier
  • Patent number: 10252216
    Abstract: The present invention includes a system and process to reduce amine mist emissions (or MEA) from carbon capture systems using colloidal gas aphrons (CGA), and includes a method for separating and recovering an amine solvent (e.g., in the form of entrained droplets/mist and/or fine aerosol particles) from a carbon dioxide scrubbed flue gas stream exiting a carbon capture system (e.g., oil-fired power plants, coal-fired power plants, and/or natural gas combined cycle plants).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Xiaobing Li, Jesse G. Thompson, Kunlei Liu
  • Patent number: 10252786
    Abstract: An exhaust gas processing apparatus that processes exhaust gas, including a reaction tower that includes an internal space extending in a height direction; a trunk tube that extends in the height direction in the internal space of the reaction tower and transports a liquid; and a plurality of branch tubes that are provided extending from an outer side surface of the trunk tube toward an inner side surface of the reaction tower, each include an ejecting section that ejects the liquid supplied from the trunk tube, and are provided at positions at different heights. Ejection regions of the liquid where the liquid is ejected from the respective ejecting sections of branch tubes that are adjacent in the height direction include a region in which the ejection regions partially overlap in an overhead view as seen from the height direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nanae Matsumoto, Yoshiaki Enami, Kuniyuki Takahashi, Takashi Inui
  • Patent number: 10246394
    Abstract: A method for the processing, by separation technology, of a product stream (g), containing at least dimethyl ether, methanol, water, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen, from a reactor (4) used for the synthesis of dimethyl ether (z) from synthesis gas (e), is proposed. The product stream (g) is fed, in at least partially gaseous form, into an absorption column (6) operated with a liquid reflux, a gaseous top stream (m) being removed from the absorption column (6) at the top and a liquid sump stream (p) being removed at the bottom. The sump stream (p) is at least partially fed into a first distillation column (5), a gaseous transfer stream (q) containing dimethyl ether and a stream (r) predominantly containing methanol and/or water being removed from the first distillation column (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Helmut Fritz, Andreas Peschel
  • Patent number: 10245546
    Abstract: A method and system for reduction of particulate and gaseous contaminants from exhaust gas including multiple gas handling systems, a mixing tank, and a mixing system that mixes unprocessed exhaust gas and system fluid, while agitating the system fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: H & H INVENTIONS & ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Heskett, William O. Hunter, Vladimir Zhirov
  • Patent number: 10245550
    Abstract: A separation method including: an absorption process absorbing a desired component in a starting material gas into an absorption liquid by bringing the starting material gas and the absorption liquid into contact with each other inside an absorption unit; a regeneration process releasing the desired component from the absorption liquid and regenerating the absorption liquid by heating the absorption liquid, which absorbed the desired component in the absorption process, in a regeneration unit; a post-regeneration separation process separating the mixed fluid, which is the gas of the desired component released in the regeneration process and the regenerated absorption liquid, into the desired component gas and the absorption liquid; and a compression process compressing the starting material gas prior to the absorption process and the regeneration process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Matsuoka, Akitoshi Fujisawa, Koji Noishiki
  • Patent number: 10220333
    Abstract: A method for separating at least one of components with different vapor pressures from a solution that includes the components by atomizing the solution. The method includes an atomization step, and a separation step. A solution L is atomized into mist in air whereby producing mist-mixed air in the atomization step. Droplets of the mist included in the mist-mixed air are classified according to their particle diameter sizes, and exhaust air that contains air as carrier gas is exhausted in the separation step. In the atomizing separation method, the heat energy of both of the latent heat and sensible heat that are included in the exhaust air exhausted in the separation step are collected, and one or both of the solution L to be atomized in the atomization step and air to be blown toward the solution L are heated by the collected heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: NANOMIST TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuo Matsuura
  • Patent number: 10213726
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery unit includes a CO2 absorber in which a gas containing CO2 contacts a CO2-absorbing solution that absorbs the CO2 in the gas; a CO2-absorbing solution regenerator that heats the CO2-absorbing solution that has absorbed the CO2, releases the CO2 from the CO2-absorbing solution, and regenerates the CO2-absorbing solution; and at least one of a CO2 recovery rate controller that controls a difference between an actual measured value and a target value of a recovery rate of the CO2 to be within a predetermined range; and a CO2 recovery amount controller that controls a difference between an actual measured value and a target value of a recovery amount of CO2 to be within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakagawa, Daisuke Shimada, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi
  • Patent number: 10213727
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery device includes: a CO2 absorption tower in which CO2 included in an exhaust gas is absorbed by a CO2 absorption liquid; and a CO2 absorption liquid regeneration tower that heats and regenerates the CO2 absorption liquid that has absorbed CO2. The CO2 absorption liquid regeneration tower includes: a main body part in which the CO2 absorption liquid is temporarily stored; a boot part provided downward from a tank end of the main body part, having a relatively smaller capacity than the main body part; a flowmeter provided to the boot part, and measuring the liquid surface level of the CO2 absorption liquid that changes between the main body part and the boot part; and a control device controlling the liquid surface level of the CO2 absorption liquid between the main body part and the boot part on the basis of the measurement result of the flowmeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Miyamoto, Takashi Kamijo, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Shimpei Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 10213729
    Abstract: Method of decarbonating a hydrocarbon gas, a natural gas for example, by washing with a solvent. Said gas is contacted with an absorbent solution so as to obtain a CO2-depleted gas and a CO2-laden absorbent solution. The CO2-laden absorbent solution is then heated and expanded at a predetermined pressure and temperature so as to release a hydrocarbon-containing gaseous fraction and to obtain a hydrocarbon-depleted absorbent solution, said pressure and temperature being so selected that said gaseous fraction comprises at least 50% of the hydrocarbons contained in said CO2-laden absorbent solution and at most 35% of the CO2 contained in said CO2-laden absorbent solution. Finally, the hydrocarbon-depleted absorbent solution is thermally regenerated so as to release a CO2-rich gaseous effluent and to obtain a regenerated absorbent solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Sebastien Gonnard, Nicolas Laloue, Agnes Leroy, Gauthier Perdu
  • Patent number: 10207216
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the removal of urea dust from the off-gas of a finishing section (1) of a urea production plant, the method comprises subjecting the off-gas to quenching with water (06) so as to produce quenched off-gas, and subjecting the quenched off-gas to scrubbing using at least one venturi scrubber (11). As a result, a lower pressure drop over the scrubber is attained, and a more efficient growth of urea particles, facilitating the removal thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Stamicarbon B.V.
    Inventors: Petrus Catharina Gerlach Soons, Wilfried Marc Renaat Dirkx
  • Patent number: 10201783
    Abstract: A desulfurization absorption tower, a method for setting up the same and a method for operating the same. The tower may include an internal anti-corrosion layer that may be used for contacting the flue gas and the desulfurization absorption liquid, may define the tower chamber, and may include stainless steel plate whose thickness is 1.0 mm to 6.0 mm. The tower body may include an external supporting layer that may be used for supporting the anti-corrosion layer and may include carbon steel. The supporting layer and the anti-corrosion layer may be designed to jointly bear a load, wherein the supporting layer may be designed to bear a large part of the load, and the anti-corrosion layer may be designed to bear a small part of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Jiangnan Environmental Protection Group Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Luo, Congzhi Zhang, Yongying Luo
  • Patent number: 10201781
    Abstract: An absorption column is equipped with: a CO2 absorption section absorbing CO2 from CO2-containing exhaust gas using a lean solution; a main rinse section recovering an entrained CO2 absorbent using rinse water; a rinse water circulation line circulating a rinse water containing the CO2 absorbent recovered in a liquid storage section of the main rinse section; a pre-rinse section provided between the CO2 absorption section and the main rinse section; a rinse section extraction liquid supply line extracting a portion of the rinse water containing the CO2 absorbent from the rinse water circulation line, and introducing the same into a reflux section of an absorption liquid regeneration tower; and a refluxed water supply line extracting a portion of refluxed water, introducing the same as pre-rinse water for the pre-rinse section, and connected on the pre-rinse section side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Takuya Hirata, Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Takahiko Endo, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi
  • Patent number: 10197747
    Abstract: Methods of sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) are provided. Aspects of the methods include contacting a CO2 containing gaseous stream with an aqueous medium under conditions sufficient to produce a bicarbonate rich product. The resultant bicarbonate rich product (or a component thereof) is then combined with a cation source under conditions sufficient to produce a solid carbonate composition and product CO2 gas, followed by injection of the product CO2 gas into a subsurface geological location to sequester CO2. Also provided are systems configured for carrying out the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: BLUE PLANET, LTD.
    Inventors: Brent R. Constantz, Mark A. Bewernitz
  • Patent number: 10173145
    Abstract: A treatment tower of a carbon dioxide separation system includes a treatment container of a tower shape, having inner space which is virtually dividable into a regeneration treatment chamber, drying treatment chamber, and adsorption treatment chamber arranged in this order from the top to the bottom, by two hindrances which are upper and lower hindrances and hinder the downward movement of the adsorbent while maintaining the bedded (layered) flow of the adsorbent, a first passage member formed with ejection holes which eject a gas used in a treatment in each of the treatment chambers to a lower portion of each of the treatment chambers, and a second passage member formed with a gas discharge hole which discharges the gas having contacted the adsorbent from an upper portion of each of the treatment chambers. In the two treatment chambers on the lower side, gas discharge holes are formed below the hindrances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Nishibe, Yoshiharu Nonaka, Tomoyuki Ogino, Takeshi Okumura, Takatoshi Shoji
  • Patent number: 10173956
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for continuous recovery of (meth)acrylic acid and an apparatus used for the recovery method. The method of continuous recovery of (meth)acrylic acid according to the present invention may minimize loss of (meth)acrylic acid particularly in the distillation process, and yet enables stable operation of the distillation process and energy reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hun Song, Se Won Baek, Sul Hee Yoo, Yoon Jae Min
  • Patent number: 10166502
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a single compression system and a process for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from a flue gas stream containing CO2. The disclosure also provides a process for regeneration of the carbon dioxide capture media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Vinay Amte, Asit Kumar Das, Surajit Sengupta, Manoj Yadav, Sukumar Mandal, Alok Pal, Ajay Gupta, Ramesh Bhujade, Satyanarayana Reddy Akuri, Rajeshwer Dongara
  • Patent number: 10160701
    Abstract: Processes for the recovery of aromatic hydrocarbons from one or more vent gas streams associated with an aromatic complex. The vapor streams are passed to an absorption zone in which an aromatic-selective solvent absorbs the aromatics. The aromatic-selective solvent can be processed along with other solvent extraction streams within the aromatic complex. The absorption zone may be a portion of an existing vessel or column, such as an extractive distillation column or a stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Ian G. Horn, Jason T. Corradi, Lawrence E. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10159929
    Abstract: Ammonia-adding apparatus and methods for ammonia-based desulfurization use multi-stage control, calculate a theoretical amount of ammonia based on gas amounts provided by an inlet continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) and an outlet CEMS of the ammonia-based desulfurization device or associated gas amounts, a SO2 concentration provided by the inlet CEMS, and a predetermined SO2 concentration of the outlet CEMS. The apparatus and methods calculate a corrected theoretical amount of ammonia using half of the ratio of the actual amount of added ammonia to the actual amount of removed sulfur dioxide as a correction coefficient for the theoretical amount of ammonia; add an ammonia absorbent equivalent to the corrected theoretical amount of ammonia to the ammonia-based desulfurization device through an ammonia metering means and an ammonia control valve, and automatically control the actual ammonia flow rate based on the actual SO2 concentration and a change trend provided by the outlet CEMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Jiangnan Environmental Protection Group Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Luo, Jingyong Wang, Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10155194
    Abstract: An apparatus for collecting carbon dioxide from flue gas of a power plant. The apparatus includes an absorption tower, a sedimentation pool including slanting boards, a regeneration tower, a gas-liquid separator, a desiccator, a compressor, and a condenser. A rich solution is adapted to flow from a bottom of the absorption tower into the sedimentation pool for stratification. A gas outlet of the gas-liquid separator is in series connection with the desiccator, the compressor, the condenser, and a liquid carbon dioxide storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: WUHAN KAIDI GENERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhilong Wang, Yanfeng Zhang