Patents Examined by Cabrena Holecek
  • Patent number: 10617987
    Abstract: An oil separator provided with a housing with an inlet for an oil-gas mixture and which defines a space that is closed off by means of a lid, whereby a screen is provided in the aforementioned space in which a filter element is affixed and a pipe or collector that connects the interior of the filter element to an outlet in the housing for purified gas, whereby the oil separator is provided with a drainage line for the removal of the oil that has been filtered out, wherein the drainage line ensures the removal of the oil that has been filtered out from the underside of the filter element directly to an outlet for oil in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventor: Guy L. A. Snels
  • Patent number: 10617970
    Abstract: An evaporating system for separating at least two liquids mixed with one another includes a reactor vessel for receiving the mixture from an inlet, the mixture having a mixture level in the reactor vessel, a blowing-in device for blowing a gaseous aerating agent into the mixture and absorbing the first liquid, a heating device for heating the mixture, an outlet for discharging the aerating agent and the absorbed first liquid, and an inlet for introducing a gaseous fluid above the mixture level to generate a gaseous transport stream to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SKF Marine GmbH
    Inventors: Mathias Rusch, Wolfgang Brandt, Nils Boettcher, Carlos Fangauf, Detlef Hammerschmidt, Andreas Konieczny, Christian Preissler, Marko Wrage, Lars Ziemen
  • Patent number: 10617972
    Abstract: The present invention consists of a device for extracting water from the environment, comprising a means for capturing water from the environment by means of a liquid desiccant, an evaporation chamber, an evaporation mechanism, a duct through which liquid desiccant with water flows from the capture means to the evaporation chamber, a duct through which liquid desiccant flows from the evaporation chamber to the capture means, a reservoir for depositing water extracted from the liquid desiccant in the evaporation chamber, a duct through which water flows from the cylinder of the evaporation mechanism to the reservoir, and a control device that controls the compressor. The evaporation mechanism comprises a cylinder located inside the evaporation chamber, a membrane located inside the cylinder, and a compressor operationally connected to the membrane to inflate and deflate the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Panacea Quantum Leap Technology LLC
    Inventor: Francisco Javier Velasco Valcke
  • Patent number: 10618001
    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: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Jiangnan Environmental Protection Group Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Luo, Congzhi Zhang, Yongying Luo
  • Patent number: 10610820
    Abstract: Provided are: a wet desulfurization apparatus 13 which removes sulfur oxides in flue gas 12A from a boiler 11; a mist collection/agglomeration apparatus 14 which is provided on a downstream side of the desulfurization apparatus 13 and forms agglomerated SO3 mist by causing particles of SO3 mist contained in flue gas 12B from the wet desulfurization apparatus 13 to be bonded together and have bloated particle sizes; a CO2 recovery apparatus 18 constituted by a CO2 absorption tower 16 having a CO2 absorption unit 16A which removes CO2 contained in flue gas 12D by being brought into contact with a CO2 absorbent and an absorbent regeneration tower 17 which recovers CO2 by releasing CO2 from the CO2 absorbent having absorbed CO2 and regenerates the CO2 absorbent; and a mist collection unit 16C which collects CO2 absorbent bloated mist bloated by the CO2 absorbent being absorbed by the agglomerated SO3 mist in the CO2 absorption unit 16A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD., MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hirata, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Yasutoshi Ueda, Tomoki Noborisato, Takao Tanaka, Masaya Kato
  • Patent number: 10603625
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for capturing CO2 in a form that can be stored, processed, and/or converted to usable products is desirable. Systems capture CO2 using small scale, individual devices at a vast number of locations which, in the aggregate, are capable of significantly decreasing CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere on a global scale. When such small devices are placed in areas already occupied with a structure, i.e., office buildings, apartments, homes, automobiles and the like, though the amount of CO2 removal by each individual device may be relatively small, in the aggregate, significant amounts of CO2 may be removed at a more macro or even global scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Global C2 Cooling, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Canino
  • Patent number: 10596516
    Abstract: A system for use in recovering carbon dioxide from a stream of gas includes an absorption unit configured to receive the stream of gas and a stream of liquid absorbent. The gas includes carbon dioxide and vaporized water, and the liquid absorbent is chemically reactive with the carbon dioxide to form a solidified carbon dioxide-rich absorbent material. The gas and the liquid absorbent are mixed in the absorption unit such that a slurry that includes the solidified carbon dioxide-rich absorbent material and condensed water is formed therein. The system also includes a transport mechanism coupled in communication with the absorption unit, wherein the transport mechanism is configured to channel the slurry downstream from the absorption unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Tiffany Elizabeth Pinard Westendorf, Paul Russell Wilson, Rachel Lizabeth Farnum
  • Patent number: 10596502
    Abstract: A filter element for a dirt suction device is provided, with a filter frame, on which a filter medium is attached, wherein on the filter frame, a continuous seal is arranged, the inner circumferential surface of which is arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the filter frame and has a section that radially protrudes over the filter frame, wherein a groove is arranged on a front side of the protruding section of the seal, and that a sealing surface is arranged on the opposite front side of the protruding section of the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: NILFISK A/S
    Inventor: Anders Foenss
  • Patent number: 10596506
    Abstract: An oil separator providing a housing with an inlet for an oil-gas mixture and which defines a space that is closed off my means of a lid, whereby a screen is provided in the aforementioned space in which a filter element is provided and a pipe or collector that connects the interior of the filter element to an outlet in the housing for purified gas, whereby this filter element has a lid and a bottom for collecting oil that has been filtered out, whereby a drainage line is provided for the removal of the oil that has been filtered out, wherein the pipe or collector runs to the lid of the filter element and is connected thereto by means of an electrically conductive connecting element, whereby the sidewall of the pipe or collector is provided with at least one opening for the removal of purified gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventor: Guy L. A. Snels
  • Patent number: 10589213
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for processing a feed gas and acid gas removal. A method may comprise receiving a feed gas to an absorber; contacting the feed gas counter-currently with a lean solvent stream to remove acid gas from the feed gas; producing a treated feed gas stream from the absorber; producing a rich solvent stream from the absorber comprising H2S and CO2 removed from the feed gas; receiving a side stream from the absorber to a side cooler; removing at least a portion of the heat of absorption from the side stream by the side cooler; producing a first output stream from the side cooler that is routed back into the absorber at a point below a draw point for the side stream; and producing a second output stream from the side cooler that is routed back into the absorber at a point below the first output stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Fluor Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Steven van Wagensveld, Dave Schulte, Bryant Lynch
  • Patent number: 10589212
    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 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Jiangnan Environmental Protection Group Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Luo, Jinyong Wang, Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10583386
    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: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Jiangnan Environmental Protection Group Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Luo, Jinyong Wang, Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10577552
    Abstract: An in-line L-Grade recovery system having a first in-line separator in communication with a natural gas stream and configured to separate the natural gas stream into a gas stream and a liquid stream, a second in-line separator in communication with the first in-line separator and configured to separate the liquid stream into L-Grade and water, and a storage tank in communication with the second in-line separator and configured to store the L-Grade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: John A. Babcock, Charles P. Siess, III
  • Patent number: 10578522
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ventilation system for improving air quality of an indoor space. The system includes sensors for measuring PM2.5 particle level P, CO2 level C, and TVOC level T in the indoor space. A control circuit is configured to receive P, C and T values and generate an output signal Vout according to a specific algorithm, which in turn controls speed-variable EC motors that drive ventilating fans. The invention exhibits numerous technical merits such as lower energy consumption, programmable operation, high efficiency, and lower noise, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Hangzhou Long Beach Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Zhaofeng Chen
  • Patent number: 10569216
    Abstract: A device for separating carbon dioxide from a gas stream, in particular from a flue gas stream, includes an absorber for separating the carbon dioxide from the gas stream by means of a washing medium, a desorber which is fludically connected to the absorber to release the absorbed carbon dioxide from the washing medium, a gas cooler which is fludically connected upstream of the absorber to cool the gas stream, and a processing unit which is connected downstream of the gas cooler and which is equipped and designed to clean water from the gas cooler. A method separates carbon dioxide from a gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Benjamin Häfner, Albert Reichl, Tim Rogalinski, Henning Schramm, Jörg Weber
  • Patent number: 10561984
    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: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Jiangnan Environmental Protection Group Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Luo, Congzhi Zhang, Yongying Luo
  • Patent number: 10561976
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide capturing apparatus and process uses a self-generating power means that uses carbon dioxide in combustion exhaust gas through the convergence of a carbon dioxide absorption tower. The capturing apparatus and process also relies on ionic generator associated technology using a concentration difference between seawater and freshwater. The capturing apparatus and process result in increased production efficiency for electric energy and reduced costs for a carbon dioxide capturing process by increasing a concentration difference using an absorbent liquid for absorbing carbon dioxide and, at the same time, electricity is obtained through carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Yeo Il Yoon, Han Ki Kim, Sung Chan Nam, Chan Soo Kim, Sung Yeoul Park, Nam Jo Jeong, Young Eun Kim
  • Patent number: 10561966
    Abstract: A device for treating fluid mixtures, which contain gases, such as hydrogen (H2), air, nitrogen (N2), or natural gases, and liquids, such as ionic liquids, hydraulic fluid, or process liquids, has a first separation stage (29) for separating the fluid mixture into a liquid fraction and a gas fraction contaminated with a remaining liquid fraction. From the gas fraction, the remaining liquid fraction is removed in at least one further separation stage (67).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Bernard Schlichter, Stefan Schlachter, Sergej Zeller, Michael Welker
  • Patent number: 10556203
    Abstract: A method and device for the desulphurisation of a hydrogen sulphide-containing gas flow, in particular for combustion in a gas turbine, wherein the gas flow is brought into contact with a washing agent containing a catalytically active component for the absorption of the hydrogen sulphide and forming elementary sulphur, wherein the catalytically active component is reduced in the formation of the elementary sulphur, wherein the washing medium containing the reduced catalytically active component is supplied to a regeneration stage, in which the reduced catalytically active component is converted back via oxidation with an oxygen-containing gas supplied to the regeneration stage, and wherein the oxygen-containing gas is supplied to the regeneration stage from a compressor of a gas turbine. Air from the compressor of a gas turbine is used for purifying a washing medium used for the desulphurisation of a gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralph Joh, Rüdiger Schneider, Nicolas Vortmeyer, Gerhard Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 10556205
    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: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Jiangnan Environmental Protection Group Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Luo, Congzhi Zhang, Yongying Luo