Patents Examined by Jonathan Miller
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Patent number: 11129914Abstract: An ethylene oxide adsorption recovery system includes a tower body defining a gas channel extending longitudinally therein. A sidewall of the tower body further comprises a plurality of mounting holes disposed longitudinally along the side wall and in communication with the gas channel. A bottom portion of the tower body includes a first pipe in communication with the gas channel, and a top portion of the tower body includes a second pipe in communication with the gas channel. A plurality of adsorption panels is coupled to the tower body through corresponding respective mounting holes of the plurality of mounting holes, each of the plurality of adsorption panels extends into the gas channel. A sealing door is movably coupled to the sidewall of the tower body and configured to selectively fix each of the plurality of adsorption panels to a respective mounting hole of the plurality of mounting hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignees: Chio Kang Medical, Inc., Qiaokang Biotech (Guangdong) Co., LTD.Inventors: Dongxin Hou, Jianlong Xue, Shengwei Hu, Weiguo Wang, Yecheng He, Qinghua Xiao, Ziping Zhu, Lixiong Feng
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Patent number: 11123680Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a device, system, and method for treating an ethylene oxide waste gas. The system includes a first pressure swing adsorption tower, a first thermostatic assembly, a gas storage tank, a first branch pipe, and a second branch pipe. The first pressure swing adsorption tower comprises a first accommodating chamber which accommodates an adsorption material. A first vent port and a first exhaust port are in communication with the first accommodating chamber. The first pressure swing adsorption tower is partially disposed in the first thermostatic assembly. The gas storage tank comprises a gas inlet/outlet port. The first branch pipe and the second branch pipe are in communication with the first vent port. The first branch pipe couples the first vent port with the gas inlet/outlet port and the second branch pipe introduces an ethylene oxide waste gas into the first pressure swing adsorption tower.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: Chio Kang Medical, Inc., Qiaokang Biotech (Guangdong) Co., LTD.Inventors: Yecheng He, Dongxin Hou, Jianlong Xue, Guqun Ren, Xiuling Zhong, Xin Yin, Xuzhong Liao, Ziping Zhu, Qinghua Xiao, Yuhua Zou, Lixiong Feng
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Patent number: 11124887Abstract: A system and method for removing impurities to reconstitute a NaCl stream to a saturated solution salt solution and remove any impurities such as sodium bisulfite (NaHSO3), sodium chlorate (NaClO3) and sodium iodide (NaI) to improve brine quality from an electrolytic cell is disclosed, including an evaporation system connected to the electrolytic cell, a brine treatment system connected to the evaporation system and the electrolytic cell. A waste treatment system is connected to the evaporation system. The evaporation system includes a set of evaporators that concentrates the brine. Sodium chloride is precipitated from the set of evaporators to the brine treatment system. Impurities are precipitated from the set of evaporators. The brine treatment system includes a hydrocyclone and a centrifuge that separates sodium chloride from water. The sodium chloride is mixed with water to create a concentrated and purified brine.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Westlake Vinyl CorporationInventor: Anthony B. Davis
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Patent number: 11123688Abstract: The present invention relates to a dehydration composition and method of use thereof for drying gas streams, in particular natural gas streams, wherein the dehydration composition comprises (i) a glycol, (ii) an imidazole compound, and optionally (iii) one or more of an alkali metal carboxylate, an additional glycol different than (i), an alkanolamine, a phosphate acid, a salt of a phosphate acid, a borate acid, a salt of a borate acid, a sweetening agent, a low temperature viscosity improver, a corrosion inhibitor, an antifoaming agent, or mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Christophe R. Laroche, Eric J. Klinker, Sara B. Klamo, Angela I. Padilla-Acevedo, Ashwin R. Bharadwaj, Stephen W. King, Edward D. Daugs, Brian A. Jazdzewski
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Patent number: 11123682Abstract: A liquid desiccant system including a high desorber, a low desorber, and an absorber that are in fluid communication with a working solution, where the high desorber provides rejected water vapor from the working fluid for condensation in a condenser of the low desorber that provides heat for rejection of additional water from the working solution in the low desorber effectively multiplying the heat provided for desorption. The low desorber provided the concentrated working solution to the absorber where water from ambient air is condensed into the concentrated working solution to provide a dilute working solution within a working solution conduit of the absorber that is thermally coupled to an internal cooler of the absorber. In some embodiments, the working solution can be an aqueous solution of at least one ionic liquid.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATEDInventor: Saeed Moghaddam
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Patent number: 11123654Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments of the invention are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: David F. Bednarek, Robert A. Charles, Andrew S. Coll, Jason A. Demers, Timothy P. Duggan, Gustav Heinzmann, Joseph A. Hoell, Jr., James L. Jackson, Scott A. Leonard, David W. McGill, Kingston Owens
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Patent number: 11117088Abstract: An adsorptive gas separation process and system is provided for separating at least a first component from a multi-component fluid mixture, or specifically for separating at least a first component from a post-combustion gas stream produced by a fuel combustor. The adsorptive gas separation process and system employs a steam stream during at least one regenerating step at sub-ambient pressure.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Svante Inc.Inventors: Andre Boulet, Soheil Khiavi
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Patent number: 11118131Abstract: A cannabis oil extraction apparatus may include an extraction unit, condenser, winterization unit, micron filter, preheater, short-path distillation unit, and condenser. The extraction unit may utilize cellular disruption in a food grade solvent to extract cannabis oil from plant material. The short-path distillation unit may utilize molecular distillation. The short-path distillation unit may include a recirculation loop for multiple passes through the short-path distillation unit to separate extract components by weight. In one example, multiple short-path distillation units may be aligned is series to incrementally separate extract components by weight.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Evello International, LLCInventor: Bruce Vanaman
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Patent number: 11117073Abstract: An example device includes a defrothing portion to separate froth into a coalesced fluid and air, an air vent to vent the air from the defrothing portion, and a membrane on an outer surface of the defrothing portion, the membrane sealing the air vent. The membrane is formed of a material to prevent fluid from passing therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Anthony Studer, Robert Wickwire
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Patent number: 11117814Abstract: A water purifying and desalination system includes solar concentrators that receive a sunlight and direct the sunlight toward many locations. Heat collection elements positioned at the of locations absorb and convert a solar radiation into thermal energy. Some of heat collection elements include perforations to facilitate a state change in a heat-transfer fluid having a high salinity. A condenser condenses a portion of the heat-transfer fluid using a portion of the heat-transfer fluid as its coolant.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Inventor: Satish Mahna
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Patent number: 11110390Abstract: A system for treating ethylene oxide-containing sterilization exhaust gas comprises a reaction column further comprising a column body, and an inner cavity configured to contain a liquid substrate for catalyzing ethylene oxide in ethylene oxide-containing sterilization exhaust gas; wherein the column body comprises a bottom portion having a gas inlet pipe and a liquid outlet pipe, the gas inlet pipe configured to inject the ethylene oxide-containing sterilization exhaust gas into the inner cavity and the liquid outlet pipe configured to discharge the liquid substrate from the inner cavity; and wherein, the column body comprises a top portion comprising a gas outlet pipe having a gas inlet above a liquid level of the liquid substrate; and at least one gas distributor configured to disperse the ethylene oxide-containing sterilization exhaust gas injected from the gas inlet pipe into the inner cavity.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignees: Chio Kang Medical, Inc., Qiaokang Biotech (Guangdong) Co., LTD.Inventors: Dongxin Hou, Jianlong Xue, Xiuling Zhong, Guqun Ren, Hao Chen, Yecheng He, Liqing Zhu, Qinghua Xiao, Lixiong Feng
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Patent number: 11110370Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure can include a system for harvesting salt and generating distilled water from at least one of a produced water and salt water, comprising. A direct steam generator (DSG) can be configured to generate saturated steam and combustion exhaust constituents from the at least one of the produced water and salt water. A separation system can be configured to separate the salt from at least one of the saturated steam and combustion exhaust constituents in brine form or solid form. An expansion turbine can be configured to recover energy from the steam and combustion exhaust constituents.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: XDI Holdings, LLCInventors: James Charles Juranitch, Alan C. Reynolds, Raymond C. Skinner, Thomas Raymond Juranitch
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Patent number: 11111211Abstract: A method of distilling a liquid containing dimethyl sulfoxide using a distillation system, including mixing sodium carbonate with a liquid containing dimethyl sulfoxide at a bottom of the distillation system such that sodium carbonate accounts for 0.005% to 25% by weight relative to 100% by weight of the liquid containing dimethyl sulfoxide and sodium carbonate in total at the bottom of the distillation system and heating the bottom; and obtaining a distillate containing dimethyl sulfoxide at a position lower than a position at which the liquid containing dimethyl sulfoxide is introduced and higher than a position of the heating portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Toray Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoji Ichioka, Haruo Murano
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Patent number: 11103803Abstract: A distillation device including: a first distillation column having first top, bottom and upper outlets and first upper and lower inlets; a second distillation column equipped with a top condenser and a bottom reboiler, and having second top, bottom and upper outlets and second upper and lower inlets; a vapor recompressor; a heat exchanger; a first supply line supplying a feedstock to the first lower inlet; a first connection line transferring a first bottom flow to the second lower inlet via the heat exchanger; and a second connection line transferring a second top flow to the top condenser via the heat exchanger after passing through the vapor recompressor. The first bottom flow flowing through the first connection line and the second top flow flowing through the second connection line are heat-exchanged in the heat exchanger. A distillation method of a feedstock using the distillation device.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Tae Woo Kim, Sung Kyu Lee, Joon Ho Shin, Yeon Uk Choo
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Patent number: 11097248Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of devolatilization, and discloses a polylactic acid devolatilization evaporator, which comprises: a container comprising a cylinder; an agitating shaft coaxial with the cylinder; an agitating belt connected to the agitating shaft and arranged in a spiral shape around the central axis of the cylinder, comprising an outer belt surface facing the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder and spaced apart from the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder. With the above technical scheme, the agitating belt makes the materials distributed more uniformly on the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder and form a thin layer in uniform thickness, thereby avoids agglomeration of the materials, facilitates uniform heating of the materials, avoids deterioration (e.g., darkened color) of the materials owing to non-uniform heating of the materials and excessive retention time in a high-temperature environment, and improves product quality.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignees: COFCO (jilin) Bio-Chemical Technology Co., Ltd, Nutrition & Health Research Institute, COFCO Corporation, Jilin COFCO Biomaterial Co., Ltd, COFCO Biotechnology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yi Tong, Yi Li, Kejia Xu, Bo Chen, Tai An, Fang Tian, Zhaoning Cui, Lida Wu
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Patent number: 11097203Abstract: A system to treat and desalinate wastewater using a low energy ejector desalination system (LEEDS), which employs a static liquid-gas ejector and maximum heat integration in the water treatment system.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: BECHTEL HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Jorge T. Aguinaldo, Joseph P. Kanzleiter, Saurabh Tonapi, Mukesh K. Shah
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Patent number: 11090605Abstract: A liquid desiccant system including a high desorber, a low desorber, and an absorber that are in fluid communication with a working solution, where the high desorber provides rejected water vapor from the working fluid for condensation in a condenser of the low desorber that provides heat for rejection of additional water from the working solution in the low desorber effectively multiplying the heat provided for desorption. The low desorber provided the concentrated working solution to the absorber where water from ambient air is condensed into the concentrated working solution to provide a dilute working solution within a working solution conduit of the absorber that is thermally coupled to an internal cooler of the absorber. In some embodiments, the working solution can be an aqueous solution of at least one ionic liquid.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATEDInventor: Saeed Moghaddam
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Patent number: 11084748Abstract: A dual-airflow cyclone flash drying device includes a feeding device, a fluidizing cyclone generator and a drying cylinder. The fluidizing cyclone generator is connected with the drying cylinder through a central connecting pipe. The tail end of the feeding device is provided with a porous plate doser that is connected with the central connecting pipe. The fluidizing cyclone generator adopts lateral air supply, air forms a cyclone along the circular outer wall to enter the central connecting pipe. A drying cyclone generator is arranged at the lower portion of the drying cylinder. The drying cyclone generator adopts lateral air supply, and after forming a cyclone, air spirally rises to make contact with fluidized granular sludge to evaporate sludge moisture into water vapor. A particle size selector is arranged at the upper portion of the drying cylinder, and an outlet flue is arranged above the particle size selector.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: HUBEI GREEN DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Pengfei Yuan, Weiquan Wu, Caifeng Ma, Taohong Zhou
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Patent number: 11078092Abstract: A pumping apparatus for a water treatment plant, the pumping apparatus comprising a gas supply, at least one gas turbine 11 connected to the gas supply, the at least one gas turbine connected to drive at least one primary pump 12 through a reduction gear train 13 and clutch 14, a waste heat boiler 26 having a feed water input, the waste heat boiler having an exhaust gas input 26a to receive exhaust gas from the at least one gas turbine 11 and generate steam from the feed water, the waste heat boiler having an steam output 18, the apparatus further comprising at least one steam turbine 20, the at least one steam turbine connected to drive at least one secondary pump 21, the at least one steam turbine being connected to the steam output 18 of the waste heat boiler, the at least one steam turbine 20 further having an exhaust steam output 27, the apparatus further comprising a condensing apparatus 28 to receive steam from the exhaust steam output and generate a feed water stream at a feed water output, the feed wType: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Inventors: Boris Liberman, Herman Weiss, Tomer Efrat
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Patent number: 11078846Abstract: A fuel delivery system includes a turbine, a pump, and an oxygen removal unit. The turbine is adapted to receive and expel fuel at different pressures. The pump is in fluid communication with, and mechanically coupled to, the turbine, and is configured to expel and receive the fuel at about the respective different pressures. The turbine is configured to convert pressure energy of the fuel to kinetic energy to drive the pump. The oxygen removal unit is in fluid communication with at least one of the turbine and the pump, and is configured to remove oxygen from the fuel.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Morgan O'Rorke, Erick Ramos