Abstract: Passive coustic method for monitoring and controlling flow state of two phase fluids through feed nozzles and thereby improving operating stability and high product value yields in major refinery processes or any other process where a finely atomized liquid stream exiting the nozzle is important.

Abstract: A method for the non-intrusive determination of the bed level in two phase fluid bed reactor using wall vibrations of the reactor.

Abstract: Passive acoustic method for monitoring and controlling flow state of two phase fluids through feed nozzles and thereby improving operating stability and high product value yields in major refinery processes or any other process where a finely atomized liquid stream exiting the nozzle is important.

Abstract: A fluid coking process is provided in which the fluidizing and stripping gas is introduced as a plurality of streams in the proximity of flow deflecting means positioned in the stripping portion of the coking reactor such as to provide a specified superficial gas velocity in the stripping portion.

Abstract: An electrically resistive flocculating agent is added to electrically conductive solid fines recovered from an electrofiltration zone. The dry flocculated solid fines including the flocculating agent are recycled to the electrofiltration zone in which a gaseous mixture containing fines is contacted with an electrically enhanced mass of solid contact particles.

Abstract: A self-contained emergency escape device includes a first larger jaw, a second smaller jaw, a bolt mounting the jaws for relative movement, a yoke defined at the upper end of the first jaw, and a take-up spool secured within said yoke. Several brake plugs are secured to the interior edges of the jaws, and complementary cut-outs are defined in the opposing edges of the jaws. A sturdy cable is an integral part of the escape device, and extends through the device in a tortuous path extending over the brake plugs and subsequently being stored, when not in use, on the spool. A sling is secured to the jaws so that the user can not be separated from, or fall away from, the emergency escape device. Also, a fail-safe mechanism prevents the jaws from being forced too far apart. One uses the device by applying manual pressure to the jaws to increase the frictional resistance on the cable and thus controlling the rate of descent.

Abstract: Existing single channel radio teletype circuits employing single frequency shift, i.e. mark/space, are prone to interference from static, impulse type noise, and selective fading. The present invention provides time diversity which improves the error rates of such circuits. A stream of binary coded data is divided into first and second identical data streams. The data in the second stream is delayed by a predetermined number of frames. Subsequently, a comparison of the data in the two streams is made and one-of-four digital signals are produced dependent on the results of the comparison. The one-of-four signals are used to produce corresponding audio tones which are transmitted. At the receiving end, the audio tones are used to produce one-of-four voltages which are processed to produce third and fourth data streams corresponding to the first data stream and the delayed second stream.