Patents Examined by Timothy Vanoy
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Patent number: 9751080Abstract: Provided are catalysts comprising a small pore molecular sieve embedded with PGM and methods for treating lean burn exhaust gas using the same.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Joseph Michael Fedeyko, Hai-Ying Chen, Paul Joseph Andersen
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Patent number: 9732016Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods which provide a process stream comprising a gaseous component, capture the gaseous component from the process stream by an ionic liquid solvent of a separator, and recover a captured gaseous component from the ionic liquid solvent in a regenerator. A second gaseous component from the process stream may be captured by the ionic liquid solvent of the separator, and the second gaseous component may be recovered from the ionic liquid solvent in the regenerator. Alternatively, the second gaseous component from the process stream may be uncaptured by the ionic liquid solvent, and the uncaptured second gaseous component may be recovered from a membrane unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignees: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Lei Ji, Ai-Fu Chang, Michael S. Driver, Hye Kyung Timken
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Patent number: 9731974Abstract: The invention concerns a method for treating a hydrocarbon feed gas stream containing at least CO2 and H2S to recover a high quality purified CO2 gas stream, comprising a. Separating said hydrocarbon feed gas stream into a sweetened hydrocarbon gas stream, and an acid gas stream; b. Introducing said gas stream into a Claus unit, c. Introducing the tail gas into a hydrogenation reactor and then into a quench contactor of the Tail Gas Treatment Unit (TGTU); d. Contacting said tail gas stream with a non-selective amine-based solvent into a non-selective acid gas absorption unit of the TGTU; e. Sending the off gas to an incinerator; f. Contacting said enriched gas stream (vii) with a selective H2S-absorption solvent into a selective H2S-absorption unit thereby recovering a highly purified CO2 gas stream and a H2S-enriched gas stream, as well as the device for carrying said method.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: TOTAL SAInventors: Claire Weiss, Kamlesh Ghodasara, Bassame Derriche
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Patent number: 9725320Abstract: A device D accommodated in a reactor R and containing a gas- and/or liquid-permeable bottom B, in the peripheral region of which is arranged a lateral boundary W which completely surrounds the bottom B and forms a volume V which is partially or completely filled with catalytic and/or non-catalytic moldings, there optionally being located on the side facing the bottom B in the upstream direction at least one noble metal and/or non-noble metal fabric, wherein a thermal insulation layer S is located on at least part of the surface of the inner side of the lateral boundary W of the device D, the material for the thermal insulation layer S being selected from the group consisting of ceramic material, microporous material and silicate fibers.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Gerhard Olbert, Holger Friedrich, Andreas Wölfert, Robert Kuhn, Tobias Lenke, Wolfgang Gmeiner
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Patent number: 9724638Abstract: An apparatus for evaporating waste water and reducing flue gas acid gas emissions includes an evaporator device configured to receive a portion of flue gas emitted from a combustion unit and waste water for direct contact of the flue gas with the waste water to cool and humidify the flue gas, and to evaporate the waste water. An alkaline reagent as well as activated carbon may be mixed with the waste water prior to waste water contact with the flue gas. Solid particulates that are dried and entrained within the cooled and humidified flue gas can be separated from the flue gas via a particulate collector.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbHInventors: Raymond Raulfs Gansley, Jurgen Dopatka, Sanjay Kumar Dube, Philip C. Rader
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Patent number: 9718025Abstract: The description relates to reducing hydrochloric acid in cement kilns. In one aspect, an aqueous copper-based chloride remediator is introduced into contact with combustion gases from a cement kiln. Injection is made into a defined introduction zone under conditions effective for HCl emissions control wherein the temperature is within the range of from 300° F. to 800° F., preferably from 550° F. to 750° F. The resulting gases are discharged from the defined zone following sufficient reaction time to reduce the HCl concentration in the gases.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: FUEL TECH, INC.Inventors: Christopher R. Smyrniotis, Kent W. Schulz, Emelito P. Rivera, Ian Saratovsky, Vasudeo S. Gavaskar
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Patent number: 9707514Abstract: The nitric oxide reducing catalyst contains a negatively charged copper cluster.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOAHS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, GENESIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Shinichi Hirabayashi, Masahiko Ichihashi
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Patent number: 9702291Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system may include a reductant tank, a reactor system, a storage tank, a first conduit and a second conduit. The reactor system may receive reductant from the reductant tank and may output a gas comprising ammonia. The storage tank may receive gas comprising ammonia from the reactor system and may store a volume of gas comprising ammonia. The first conduit may communicate gas comprising ammonia from the reactor system to a stream of exhaust gas. The first conduit may bypass the storage tank. The second conduit may communicate gas comprising ammonia from the storage tank to the stream of exhaust gas.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.Inventors: Padmanabha R. Ettireddy, Bradley Fingland, Adam J. Kotrba, John W. Degeorge, Michael C. Bradford
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Patent number: 9702554Abstract: Sorbent compositions containing iodine are added to coal to mitigate the release of mercury and/or other harmful elements into the environment during combustion of coal containing natural levels of mercury.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: NOx II, Ltd.Inventor: Douglas C. Comrie
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Patent number: 9702286Abstract: Provided is a system where a composite catalyst into which an LNT catalyst and an oxidation catalyst are combined, a catalyzed particulate filter, an injector configured to inject a urea water solution into an exhaust gas passage, and an SCR catalyst are arranged in this order in an upstream-to-downstream direction of the flow of the exhaust gas.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Nagoshi, Masayuki Tetsuno, Yoshio Mizuta, Kohei Fujii, Hiroshi Yamada, Koichiro Harada, Yoshiyuki Sato, Akihide Takami
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Patent number: 9701537Abstract: A method to recover sulfur comprising the steps of feeding an acid gas stream to a combustion furnace, condensing the cooled furnace stream to produce a first gas stream, feeding the first gas stream to a first adsorber comprises a molecular sieve, feeding the first hot dry gas stream to a first catalytic reactor, cooling the first catalytic outlet stream in a first condenser, feeding the second gas stream to a second adsorber, feeding the second hot dry gas stream to a second catalytic reactor, cooling the second catalytic outlet stream in a second condenser, introducing the third gas stream to a third adsorber, feeding the third hot dry gas stream to a third catalytic reactor to produce a third catalytic outlet stream, and cooling the third catalytic outlet stream in a third condenser to produce a third sulfur stream and a tail gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Cemal Ercan, Rashid M. Othman, Yuguo Wang
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Patent number: 9700839Abstract: Provided is an air pollution control system including: a denitration apparatus; an air heater; a precipitator; a desulfurization apparatus; a dehydrator; a spray drying apparatus provided with a spray unit that is configured to spray dehydrated filtrate as desulfurization wastewater supplied from the dehydrator; a flue gas introduction line through which a branch gas branched from the flue gas is introduced to the spray drying apparatus; a flue gas supply line through which flue gas returns to a main flue gas duct, the flue gas being obtained after the dehydrated filtrate is dried by the spray drying apparatus; and a powder supply apparatus that is configured to supply a powder to the flue gas introduction line.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro Fukuda, Seiji Kagawa, Jun Satou, Susumu Okino
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Patent number: 9694321Abstract: In one aspect, an exhaust treatment system includes a first particulate filter that has an oxidation catalyst and receives an exhaust stream from an engine. The first particulate filter has a first filter body that defines a plurality of flow-through channels, each open on the inlet and outlet sides of the first filter body. The first filter body also defines a plurality of wall-flow channels, each open on one of the inlet and outlet sides and closed on the other of the inlet and outlet sides. The system also has a second particulate filter that receives the exhaust stream from the first particulate filter. The second particulate filter has a second filter body that defines a plurality of wall-flow channels, each open on one of the inlet and outlet sides of the second particulate filter and closed on the other of the inlet and outlet sides of the second particulate filter.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Anthony Rodman, Ronald Silver, Sylvain Charbonnel
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Patent number: 9695727Abstract: System and method of treating exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine using selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and adaptive control of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) injection. Adaptive control of DEF injection includes intentionally underdosing the injected DEF based on an amount of DEF determined by an electronic control unit as an amount needed to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) to a compliance threshold. Since underdosing prevents ammonia (NH3) slip from occurring due to low levels of DEF, a sensor accurately senses NOx present in the exhaust gas at an output of an SCR chamber. An electronic control unit increases the amount of injected DEF based on the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Taner Tuken, Robert J. Iverson
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Patent number: 9694320Abstract: The invention relates to the possibility of improving selective catalytic reduction (SCR), which is the selective reaction of nitrogen oxides with ammonia in the exhaust gas of combustion processes on an exhaust-gas catalytic converter suitable therefor—the SCR catalytic converter. For this purpose, materials used in the catalytic converter for storing ammonia are distributed on the catalyst carrier in such a way that, viewed in the flow direction, a region having low ammonia storage capacity is followed by a region of higher ammonia storage capacity.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Christoph Reith, Michael Seyler
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Patent number: 9694322Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of mitigating noxious exhaust pollutants in a system comprising an oxidation catalyst monolith in front of a NOx depletion device. In particular, the method of the invention proposes to use hexagonal cell geometry of the oxidation catalyst monolith in order to increase its oxidative power.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Olivier Teysset, Philippe Servais, Julie Baron
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Patent number: 9695050Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for processing metal sulfate compounds and sequestering CO2. These systems and processes involve one or more electrochemical cells for producing an alkali-containing catholyte and involve a CO2 absorption reactor operatively connected to the electrochemical cell and to a CO2 source. The CO2 absorption reactor receives the alkali-containing catholyte and CO2 gas for forming an alkaline carbonate solution. The alkaline carbonate solution is directed to a vessel where it reacts with an acidic sulfate solution comprising metal ions resulting in precipitation of solid metal carbonate compounds. The acidic sulfate solution may comprise sulfide leachates from acid mine drainage, sulfide mine tailings and/or reacted pyrite concentrate. The acidic sulfate solution may be circulated through an optional SO2 reduction reactor prior to reaction in the vessel. The SO2 reduction reactor reduces trivalent metal compounds present in the acidic sulfate solution to divalent metal compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Terra CO2 Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Donald Lake, Lee Groat, Andrew Carne, William Douglas Eaton
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Patent number: 9687780Abstract: A process for removing sulphur dioxide from the gaseous effluent of a smelter furnace comprising the steps of: providing the gaseous effluent from a smelter; separating the sulphur dioxide from the gaseous effluent to provide concentrated sulphur dioxide and effluent for discharge into the atmosphere; mixing the concentrated sulphur dioxide with a fuel gas; heating the mixture such that the concentrated sulphur dioxide and fuel gas react to form a gaseous product mixture comprising sulphur and hydrogen sulphide; and removing the majority of preferably substantially all of the sulphur and hydrogen sulphide from the gaseous product mixture; wherein the remaining gaseous product mixture is incinerated before being vented into the atmosphere or is recycled into the smelter furnace.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Le Gaz Integral SASInventor: Peter Frank Cross
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Patent number: 9687781Abstract: This desulfurization device is for desulfurizing a discharge gas which contains sulfur oxides and which was discharged from a device for sulfuric acid production that includes a concentrated-sulfuric-acid production step in which sulfur trioxide gas obtained by oxidizing sulfur dioxide gas is absorbed in an aqueous sulfuric acid solution while supplying water thereto to thereby produce sulfuric acid having a concentration as high as 90 wt % or more but less than 99 wt %, the desulfurization device comprising: a desulfurization tower in which the sulfur oxides are removed from the discharge gas and, simultaneously therewith, dilute sulfuric acid is formed from the sulfur oxides; and a dilute sulfuric acid mixer which, in the concentrated-sulfuric-acid production step, mixes the dilute sulfuric acid with the aqueous sulfuric acid solution.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Chiyoda CorporationInventors: Kazushige Kawamura, Dai Takeda, Eiji Awai, Noboru Takei, Masataka Uemura
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Patent number: 9687779Abstract: Sodium borohydride (NaBH4) may be used to removing carbonyl sulfide (COS) from a process stream containing it. The method involves contacting the process stream with an amount of effective of NaBH4 to react with the COS to form reaction products that may be removed by a process of washing away the reaction product by an aqueous basic compound and/or the reaction product having a higher boiling point than carbonyl sulfide which permits trapping the reaction product, such as in a caustic tower.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Hua Mo, Roger D. Metzler