Patents Examined by Syed T Iqbal
  • Patent number: 10676365
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a hydrogenated silane composition containing cyclohexasilane of a cyclic hydrogenated silane having high storage stability. The at least one embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a hydrogenated silane composition, wherein a content ratio of normal hexasilane and silylcyclopentasilane to cyclohexasilane is 0.0020 or less on a mass basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Abe, Tatsuhiko Akiyama
  • Patent number: 10676366
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a hydrogenated silane composition containing a cyclic hydrogenated silane having high storage stability. The at least one embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a hydrogenated silane composition, wherein a content ratio of a linear hydrogenated silane having Si atoms of 5 or less to a cyclic hydrogenated silane having Si atoms of 5 to 7 is 0.009 or less, wherein the cyclic hydrogenated silane comprises at least cyclohexasilane, and further comprises at least one cyclic hydrogenated silane having a branched silyl group selected from silylcyclopentasilane and silylcyclohexasilane, and wherein a content ratio of a total of the silylcyclopentasilane and the silylcyclohexasilane to the cyclic hydrogenated silane having Si atoms of 5 to 7 is 10 ppb or more on a mass basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Abe, Chiho Mizushima, Tatsuhiko Akiyama, Takuya Kamiyama
  • Patent number: 10654719
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the concurrent production of hydrogen and sulphur from a H2S-containing gas stream, with zero emissions. The method comprises the thermal oxidative cracking of H2S so as to form H2 and S2. Preferably, the oxidation is conducted using oxygen-enriched air, preferably pure oxygen. The ratio H2S/O2 in the feedstock is higher than 2:1, preferably in the range of 3:1-5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: STAMICARBON B.V. ACTING UNDER THE NAME OF MT INNOVATION CENTER
    Inventors: Lucio Molinari, Fabio Angelini, Lucia Barbato
  • Patent number: 10632452
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of cleaning the environment, and more particularly to a sorbent material for collecting petroleum and petroleum products, and to a method of producing the same. The method includes saturating a basalt fiber canvas with a hydrophobizing liquid and subsequently drying the same, wherein the basalt fibers of the canvas have a diameter of 0.2-2 microns and a density not exceeding 20-25 kg/m3; prior to saturation, the canvas is first fluffed using compressed air until a density of 12-15 kg/m3 is reached; the saturation using a hydrophobizing liquid is performed by introducing the hydrophobizing liquid into the pre-fluffed basalt fibers of the canvas in the form of aerosol particles via compressed air; and the subsequent drying of the saturated canvas is performed using compressed air, preferably at a temperature of 65° C.-75° C. The technical effect of invention is a simplified method with a broader field of application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: GREEN OCEAN MALTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Shai Granovsky, Leonid Urievich Tsybulya, Vadim Urievich Manov
  • Patent number: 10618808
    Abstract: A catalyst support may be provided that comprises: an inner core, which includes at least one phase change material; a coating layer around the inner core, which includes at least one metal oxide; a catalytically active layer, which is positioned in interstices of the coating layer and/or lying on the coating layer, wherein at least one catalytically active substance is included in the catalytically active layer; and a supporting layer which is positioned under the coating layer. A recycle reactor may be provided comprising a reservoir for accommodating a chemical hydrogen storage substance; the catalyst support; a screw conveyor for input and transport of the catalyst support; and a heating device with which the catalyst support can be heated. A method for releasing hydrogen from a chemical hydrogen storage substance may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Hornung, Samir Binder
  • Patent number: 10618817
    Abstract: A method and device for producing ammonia from a syngas in a heterogeneous gas catalysis process in at least two reaction devices connected in series. Each reaction device includes at least two catalyst beds through which the syngas is conducted and in which an at least partial conversion of the syngas into the product gas is carried out. At least one first heat exchanger is provided in the first reaction device, and the fresh syngas is pre-heated in the first heat exchanger. The syngas exiting the first catalyst bed and which includes the product and non-converted reactants is cooled before entering the second catalyst bed. According to an embodiment of the invention, the pre-heating process is carried out in a first heat exchanger arranged between the first and the second catalyst bed. Thus, synthesis conversion can be increased without substantially increasing the process gas quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Christoph Meissner, Andreas Kinner, Klaus Nölker, Reinhard Heun
  • Patent number: 10618043
    Abstract: A method for preparing a catalyst, including: 1) uniformly mixing attapulgite, lithium-manganese spinel (Li—Mn spinel), manganese dioxide powders to form mixed raw material; adding water to the mixed raw material; stirring and mixing the mixed raw material and the water for between 5 and 15 min to yield a reaction mixture; 2) feeding the reaction mixture in 1) to a pelletizer to prepare spherical particles or hollow cylindrical particles; drying the spherical particles or the hollow cylindrical particles to yield a precursor; 3) heating the precursor in a muffle furnace, and calcining the precursor to yield a crude catalyst; 4) mixing the crude catalyst with an acid solution; alternating between ultrasound and microwave to wash the crude catalyst; and 5) washing the crude catalyst in 4) with water; and drying the catalyst for 12 hrs in air at 105° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ke Xu, Shuhan Wen, Hongqiang Ren, Jinju Geng
  • Patent number: 10586702
    Abstract: Using processes disclosed herein, materials and structures are created and used. For example, processes can include melting boron nitride or amorphous carbon into an undercooled state followed by quenching. Exemplary new materials disclosed herein can be ferromagnetic and/or harder than diamond. Materials disclosed herein may include dopants in concentrations exceeding thermodynamic solubility limits. A novel phase of solid carbon has structure different than diamond and graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Jagdish Narayan
  • Patent number: 10570012
    Abstract: A method for making a metal-hydride slurry includes adding metal to a liquid carrier to create a metal slurry and hydriding the metal in the metal slurry to create a metal-hydride slurry. In some embodiments, a metal hydride is added to the liquid carrier of the metal slurry prior to hydriding the metal. The metal can be magnesium and the metal hydride can be magnesium hydride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Safe Hydrogen, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Brown, Jr., David D. G. Bowen, Andrew W. McClaine
  • Patent number: 10562767
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method of storing hydrogen (H2) and releasing it on demand, comprising and making use of diaminoalkanes and alcohols, or aminoalcohols as liquid-organic hydrogen carrier systems (LOHC). 2-amino-ethanol (AE) or its N-methyl derivative 2-(methylamino)ethanol undergo catalytic dehydrogenation to form a cyclic dipeptide (glycine anhydride—GA) or its N,N-dimethyl derivative (N,N-dimethyl GA) with release of hydrogen. Similarly, ethylenediamine (ED) and ethanol undergo catalytic dehydrogenation to form N,N?-diacetylethylenediamine (DAE) with release of hydrogen. Glycine anhydride (GA) or N,N-dimethyl-GA may be hydrogenated back to 2-aminoethanol (AE) or 2-(methylamino)ethanol, respectively, each of which functions as a hydrogen storage system. N,N?-diacetylethylenediamine (DAE) may be hydrogenated back to ED and ethanol, which functions as a hydrogen storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
    Inventors: David Milstein, Peng Hu, Eran Fogler
  • Patent number: 10556844
    Abstract: Pyrazole derivatives as nitrification inhibitors are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Barbara Nave, Joachim Dickhaut, Peter Nesvadba, Mihiret Tekeste Sisay, Alexander Wissemeier, Wolfram Zerulla, Gregor Pasda, Olof Wallquist, Allan F Cunningham
  • Patent number: 10557095
    Abstract: A process for the gasification of a solid carbonaceous feed, the process comprising the steps of: introducing a batch of the solid carbonaceous feed into a sluice vessel, while an internal pressure in the sluice vessel is at a first pressure; introducing at least recycled CO2 into the sluice vessel via one or more gas inlets covered by the solid carbonaceous feed, to pressurize the sluice vessel from the first pressure to a second pressure exceeding the first pressure, during a predetermined time period; closing the one or more gas inlets; opening a feed outlet of the sluice vessel to supply the batch of the solid carbonaceous feed to a feed vessel for feeding the solid carbonaceous feed to a gasification reactor; closing the feed outlet; venting the sluice vessel to reduce the internal pressure to the first pressure; and repeating the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiang Xu, Robert Erwin Van Den Berg
  • Patent number: 10549264
    Abstract: A used denitration catalyst is regenerated by means of a method comprising bringing the used denitration catalyst comprising titanium oxide as an essential ingredient into contact with a suspension of particles comprising manganese oxide, subjecting the resulting product to a liquid draining, and subjecting the liquid-drained product to a drying process, additionally, further comprising impregnating a solution comprising a compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium, molybdenum and tungsten into the denitration catalyst after the drying process, and subjecting the impregnated product to a drying treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Kai, Yasuyoshi Kato, Naomi Imada
  • Patent number: 10539043
    Abstract: A method of generating syngas as a primary product from renewable feedstock, fossil fuels, or hazardous waste with the use of a cupola. The cupola operates on inductive heat alone, chemically assisted heat, or plasma assisted heat. Cupola operation is augmented by employing carbon or graphite rods to carry electrical current into the metal bath that is influenced by the inductive element. The method includes the steps of providing a cupola for containing a metal bath; and operating an inductive element to react with the metal bath. A combination of fossil fuel, a hazardous waste, and a hazardous material is supplied to the cupola. A plasma torch operates on the metal bath directly, indirectly, or in a downdraft arrangement. Steam, air, oxygen enriched air, or oxygen are supplied to the metal bath. A pregassifier increases efficiency and a duct fired burner is added to a simple cycle turbine with fossil fuel augmentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Plasma Tech Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: James Charles Juranitch
  • Patent number: 10526202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of high quality synthesis gas rich in hydrogen during the process of upgrading the residual hydrocarbon oil feedstock by rejuvenating the spent upgrading material in Reformer in absence of air/oxygen without supplying external heat source other than the heat generated inside the process during combustion of residual coke deposited on the upgrading material. The present invention further relates to the apparatus used for preparation of syngas wherein said syngas thus produced is used for production of hydrogen gas. Furthermore, the present invention also provides system and method for preparing pure hydrogen from syngas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Sadhullah Mukthiyar, Sayapaneni Gopinath Bhanuprasad, Gadari Saidulu, Eswar Prasad Dalai, Sanjeev Singh, Satheesh Vetterkunnel Kumaran, Debasis Bhattacharyya, Brijesh Kumar, Biswapriya Das
  • Patent number: 10518237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas distribution unit for a fluidized bed reactor system, a fluidized bed reactor system having the gas distribution unit, and a method for preparing granular polysilicon using the fluidized bed reactor system. The gas distribution unit for a fluidized bed reactor system according to the present invention enables gas flow rate control and gas composition control for each zone within the plenum chamber. In addition, a fluidized bed reactor system having the gas distribution unit enables shape control of a fluidized bed (in particular, transition between a bubbling fluidized bed and a spout fluidized bed). The method for preparing granular polysilicon using the fluidized bed reactor system not only simultaneously improves process stability and productivity, but also enables more flexible handling in the event of an abnormal situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gui Ryong Ahn, Sang ah Kim, Ji Ho Kim, Joo Hee Han, Gil Ho Kim, Won Ik Lee
  • Patent number: 10512897
    Abstract: The present invention involves micron-scale cerium oxide particles having a multi-cores single-shell structure, comprising: a cerium oxide shell, the shell being composed of crystalline and/or amorphous nano-scale cerium oxide particles; and a plurality of nano-scale cerium oxide grain cores aggregates located in the interior of the shell. Also involved is a preparation method for the micron-scale cerium oxide particle having a multi-cores single-shell structure. A supported catalyst with the micron-scale cerium oxide particles according to the invention as the support have good hydrothermal stability and good sulfur resistance, and the active components of the supported catalyst are not easily embedded, and the supported catalyst has a great application prospect in the field of catalytic oxidation of exhaust emissions such as CO, NO or volatile organic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Meiqing Shen, Jun Wang, Jianqiang Wang, Guangxi Wei
  • Patent number: 10513437
    Abstract: A technique may be employed to facilitate manufacturing/processing of generator tubes for use in a variety of logging applications. A getter-based gas storage chamber is provided with a getter able to adsorb a desired gas such as a deuterium and/or tritium gas. The getter-based gas storage chamber may be connected with a neutron tube via a gas flow network and a releasable coupling. The gas, e.g. deuterium and/or tritium gas, is released by heating the getter. The gas is allowed to flow through the gas flow network and into the neutron tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan McCaffrey, Aaron Stover, Fadi Abu Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 10513435
    Abstract: This is a system for generating hydrogen on-board the vehicle from compressed natural gas (CNG) in select ratios to create hydrogen-enriched CNG (HCNG) fuel for use in internal combustion engines. The on-board generation of hydrogen is comprised of a reforming system of CNG fuel with direct contact with exhaust gases. The reforming system controls for production of HCNG fuel mixtures is based on specific engine operating conditions. The vehicle's engine controls and operating parameters are modified for combustion of selective ratios of HCNG fuel mixtures throughout engine operating cycle. The reforming system controls and engine controls modifications are also used to minimize combustion emissions and optimize engine performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: NKE H2 Engines LLC
    Inventor: Nick K. Edalati
  • Patent number: 10513436
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus relate to producing synthesis gas or carbon and hydrogen utilizing a reduced catalyst CuO—Fe2O3. The method comprises introducing CH4; reducing the CuO—Fe2O3 with the introduced CH4, yielding at least a reduced metal catalyst; oxidizing the reduced metal with O2 yielding CuO—Fe2O3; and generating heat that would be used for the hydrogen and carbon or syngas production with the reduced catalyst CuO—Fe2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Ranjani Siriwardane, Hanjing Tian