Patents Examined by Tram A. Nguyen
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Patent number: 10639605Abstract: A carbon nanotube assembly manufacturing apparatus includes a synthesis furnace having a carbon nanotube synthesis space inside, and a gas supply unit that is disposed at a lower portion of the synthesis furnace and ejects an inert gas through a plurality of nozzles to converge carbon nanotubes discharged from the synthesis furnace. The plurality of nozzles are arranged along an arc of the gas supply unit so as to surround the carbon nanotubes discharged from the synthesis furnace and are individually adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: FOUNDATION OF SOONGSIL UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATIONInventors: Young Jin Jeong, Hyeon Jun Song
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Patent number: 10639586Abstract: A method and an integrated system for reducing CO2 emissions in industrial processes. The method and integrated system (100) capture carbon dioxide (CO2) gas from a first gas stream (104) with a chemical absorbent to produce a second gas stream (106) having a higher concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) gas and a lower concentration of CO2 gas as compared to first gas stream. The CO gas in the second gas stream is used to produce C5 to C20 hydrocarbons in an exothermic reaction (108) with hydrogen (H2) gas (138). At least a portion of the heat generated in the exothermic reaction is used to regenerate the chemical absorbent with the liberation of the CO2 gas (128) captured from the first gas stream. Heat captured during the exothermic reaction can, optionally, first be used to generate electricity, wherein the heat remaining after generating electricity is used to thermally regenerate the chemical absorbent.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Thomas Davidian, Steven Corthals, Cornelis Biesheuvel, Matthijs Ruitenbeek, Andrzej Malek, Peter E. Groenendijk, Garmt R. Meima
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Patent number: 10633594Abstract: A syngas generator is disclosed as an exothermic gas generator that is configured to accommodate high combustion temperatures of a natural gas/oxygen flame. The generator consists of four sections: a heavily insulated combustion chamber, a catalyst chamber, a spray chamber, and a heat exchanger. In an example embodiment, these four sections are arranged in series and are tightly bolted together to form a gas tight system. Natural gas, oxygen and steam are supplied to a burner at the inlet end of the combustion chamber. This mixture is ignited and the resulting hot process gas is then fed into a catalyst bed where it reacts with the steam and is converted to carbon monoxide and hydrogen (syngas). The syngas is fed to a Fischer-Tropsch unit to create liquid fuel.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Greenway Innovative Energy, Inc.Inventor: Raymond Wright
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Patent number: 10631545Abstract: A mixing system includes a mixing machine and a device for collecting material of the mixture that remains adherent to the implement of the machine, at the end of a mixing step. The collecting device has a collecting surface that is associated to movement means designed to guide the surface in a first direction and a second direction, so that this can pass, as a result of the movement in both directions, from a first condition, where the surface extends at least prevalently in the first direction, to a second condition, where the surface extends at least prevalently in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: SANCASSIANO S.P.A.Inventor: Davide Drocco
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Patent number: 10633249Abstract: A method for simultaneously producing carbon nanotubes and hydrogen according to the present invention is a method for simultaneously producing carbon nanotubes and hydrogen, in which using a carbon source containing carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms and being decomposed in a heated state, and a catalyst for producing carbon nanotubes and H2 from the carbon source, the above carbon nanotubes are synthesized on a support in a heated state, placed in a reactor, and simultaneously, the above H2 is synthesized from the above carbon source, the method comprising a synthesis step of flowing a source gas comprising the above carbon source over the above support, on which the above catalyst is supported, to synthesize the above carbon nanotubes on the above support and simultaneously synthesize the above H2 in a gas flow.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Suguru Noda, Dong Young Kim, Toshio Osawa, Hisashi Sugime, Kei Hasegawa, Eisuke Haba
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Patent number: 10624500Abstract: A blender includes: a base unit, the base unit including a vent in fluid communication with external air; a motor mounted within the base unit and configured to drive blender blades; a cooling fan mounted in the base unit to draw air though the vent and past the motor into a reservoir; and a conduit formed within the base unit that provides an exit path for air drawn past an exit port at the rear of the base unit. A central baffle is located within the reservoir that divides the exit path into two lateral substreams that flow past opposite side edges of the central baffle, and two lateral baffles are located within the reservoir downstream of the central baffle. Each lateral baffle directs a respective substream inwardly such that the sub streams combine into a single stream that exits the exit port.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.Inventors: Paul Diaz, Koen Aidan Ambrose
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Patent number: 10618025Abstract: This disclosure relates to a processing that includes a first shell and a second shell disposed within the first shell. The second shell includes a first end, a second end, and a wall extending between the first end and the second end. The second shell also defines a cavity and a longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end. A cross section of the second shell transverse to the longitudinal axis includes a first arcuate inner wall portion having a first radius of curvature and a second arcuate inner wall portion having a second radius of curvature. The first radius of curvature is larger than the second radius of curvature.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Ecogensus LLCInventors: Bjornulf Ostvik, Michael D. Lukas
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Patent number: 10618022Abstract: The present invention describes a type of inclined bed reactor which permits a small quantity of catalyst to be employed. Application of the reactor to a regenerative reforming process.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Joana Fernandes, Julien Gornay, Alexandre Pagot, Fabian Lambert, Pierre-Yves Martin, Christophe Pierre, Francois Sala
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Patent number: 10603649Abstract: A reactor includes: a main reactor core including main reaction flow channels through which the raw material fluid flows, and main temperature control flow channels through which the heat medium flows along a flow direction of the raw material fluid flowing in the main reaction flow channel; and a pre-reactor core including pre-reaction flow channels of which an outlet side connects with an inlet side of the main reaction flow channels and through which the raw material fluid flows, and pre-temperature control flow channels of which an inlet side connects with an outlet side of the main reaction flow channels and through which the product serving as the heat medium flows along a flow direction of the raw material fluid flowing in the pre-reaction flow channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Akihisa Yano, Tatsuya Oka, Hiroyuki Kamata, Shigeki Sakakura, Nobuyuki Honma, Yusuke Takeuchi
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Patent number: 10604706Abstract: A reactor containing one or more spiral paths adapted to facilitate the reaction of feed stock, syn-gas with a catalyst or catalysts, for the purpose of synthesizing multiple longer chains of hydrocarbons where there the reactor is further adapted to manage the inflow of syn-gas feed stock, the outflow of hydrocarbon products the recycling of catalysts to ensure minimal maintenance interruptions, where the solid catalyst nodules are of a geometry and size contusive to fluid like movement through the reactor and through a regenerative catalysts management operation. The unit operates with minimal support infrastructure.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: PORTABLE GTL SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Roy A. Bynum, Kevin M. Henson
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Patent number: 10596529Abstract: A rotary emulsification device structure includes a housing, a emulsification element and a rotary disk. The housing includes a chamber with a first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet. The emulsification element is disposed in the chamber and divides the chamber into a first space and a second space. The first inlet is disposed to communicate with the first space, and the second inlet and the outlet are disposed to communicate with the second space. The emulsification element includes a plurality of pores communicating with the first space and the second space. The rotary disk is disposed in the second space and rotates in the second space when being driven. The rotary disk includes a plurality of through holes.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: TAMKANG UNVERSITYInventors: Tung-Wen Cheng, Su-En Wu
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Patent number: 10596544Abstract: A chemical reaction system comprises: a supply source to generate a first carbon compound including at least one of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide; an electrochemical reaction device to generate a second carbon compound including carbon monoxide by a reduction reaction of carbon dioxide; a reactor to generate a product including a third carbon compound by a chemical reaction of a reactant including hydrogen and at least one of the first and second carbon compounds; and a flow path through which the second carbon compound is supplied from the electrochemical reaction device to at least one of the supply source and the reactor.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Asahi Motoshige, Akihiko Ono, Yoshitsune Sugano, Satoshi Mikoshiba
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Patent number: 10589242Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a fluid catalytic reactor may include a riser, a lower reactor portion, a transition portion, and a flow director. The riser may include a cross-sectional area, and the lower reactor portion may include a cross-sectional area. The transition portion may attach the riser to the lower reactor portion. The cross-sectional area of the riser may be less than the cross-sectional area of the lower reactor portion such that the transition portion is tapered inward from the lower reactor portion to the riser. The flow director may be positioned at least within an interior region of the transition portion. The flow director may include a body which affects the velocity profile of fluids moving from the lower reactor portion to the riser.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Matthew T. Pretz, Mark W. Stewart, Ben J. Freireich, Madhusudhan Kodam, Brien A. Stears
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Patent number: 10589240Abstract: A blender for blending viscous material and additive material by vortex action includes an upper section and a lower section. The upper section has a receiving portion, a viscous material inlet that is in fluid communication with the receiving portion, and an additive inlet that is in fluid communication with the receiving portion. The lower section is attached to and disposed below the upper section, said includes a blending portion that is in fluid communication with the receiving portion of the upper section. The blending portion is shaped so as to facilitate the blending of the additive material entering the receiving portion through the additive inlet with the viscous material entering the receiving portion through the viscous material inlet. The blender includes an outlet for blended material that is in fluid communication with the blending portion of the lower section.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Heatec, Inc.Inventors: Greg Jones, Andrew Bryson
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Patent number: 10583413Abstract: A reactor includes a reaction unit, a first pipe, a second pipe, a composition analysis unit connected to the first pipe, a regulating unit connected to the second pipe so as to regulate a flow rate or the like of a second fluid, a control unit causing the regulating unit to regulate the flow rate or the like of the second fluid in accordance with a composition of a product analyzed by the composition analysis unit so that a temperature of a third fluid is controlled to lead the composition of the product to keep a predetermined reaction rate or yield, and a first temperature measurement unit connected to the first pipe so as to measure the temperature of the third fluid. The control unit acquires the information on the temperature of the third fluid from the first temperature measurement unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Taiga Yamamoto, Shigeki Sakakura, Akihisa Yano, Takahito Akita, Shunji Miyajima, Tatsuya Oka, Hideshi Shibuya, Yusuke Takeuchi
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Patent number: 10576439Abstract: The invention involves a scale collection device that is located within downflow reactor head for removing solids from feed streams to increase reactor operating cycle time without impact on effective reactor space for catalyst loading. More particularly, a filtering zone is located in an upper portion of a reactor vessel above a rough liquid distribution tray and a distribution tray.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: UOP LLCInventor: Zhanping Xu
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Patent number: 10576442Abstract: A chemical looping reactor is provided. The reactor comprises a first reduction reactor, a second reduction reactor and a shared oxidation reactor. The shared oxidation reactor is set between the first and second reduction reactors. Therein, the present invention applies interconnected fluidized beds in chemical looping combustion. Single redox is processed with oxygen carrier (oxide of metal like nickel or copper). The first and second reduction reactors individually handle their own reactions and reactants. Thus, in a chemical looping reactor, two different source materials can be handled at the same time. The oxygen carrier can be cycled separately as well for fully releasing oxygen contained within. High-purity carbon dioxide is further obtained. The application can be extended to hydrogen generation. Hence, the present invention simplifies the reaction mechanism, enhances the yield, improves the operation efficiency and reduces the cost.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCILInventors: Yau-Pin Chyou, Po-Chuang Chen, Keng-Tung Wu, Rei-Yu Chein
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Patent number: 10570082Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic acid production equipment which includes a raw material gasification apparatus for converting liquefied propylene into a propylene gas; an oxidation reaction apparatus for converting the propylene gas into crude acrylic acid; and a purification apparatus for converting the crude acrylic acid into acrylic acid, wherein the raw material gasification apparatus includes a heating apparatus in the inside thereof and also includes a heating apparatus in the periphery including at least a bottom of the raw material gasification apparatus, by which not only energy can be effectively utilized, but also it is possible to achieve a stopping operation efficiently and within a short time.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventor: Yasushi Ogawa
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Patent number: 10556214Abstract: This present disclosure relates to apparatuses for methylation of aromatics in an aromatics complex for producing a xylene isomer product. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to apparatuses for producing para-xylene by the selective methylation of toluene and/or benzene in an aromatics complex using processed toluene instead of crude toluene.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Richard A. Johnson, II, Joseph A. Montalbano, John J. Senetar
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Patent number: 10557090Abstract: A process for producing transport fuel blendstocks comprises providing a first feedstock comprising butane and propane and a second feedstock comprising benzene and dehydrogenating the first feedstock in a first reactor to produce a C4 product comprising butane and butene and a C3 product comprising propane and propylene. The process also comprises oligomerizing the C4 product in a second reactor to produce a first transport fuel blendstock and alkylating the C3 product with the second feedstock in a third reactor to produce a second transport fuel blendstock.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Inventor: Patrick James Cadenhouse-Beaty