Patents by Inventor Maikui Zhang

Maikui Zhang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9902680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing acetic acid solvent in an oxidizing unit of a PTA industrial apparatus; said method uses a pressure filter machine to filter crude terephthalic acid slurry, and then, using a multi-stage counter-current method, uses washing water to wash the acetic acid solvent, and, by means of setting up a bias-current and drainage, prevents residual liquid in the filtrate pipe from entering the next area following the rotation of the pressure filter machine, improving washing efficiency and reducing the amount of washing water; the present invention integrates the processes of filtering and washing crude terephthalic acid into a single pressure filter machine, such that the process is shorter, the occupied floor space is reduced, and energy consumption is lower. A method feeding nitrogen gas into the mother liquor tank and washing liquid tank is used to regulate the pressure balance of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: TIANHUA INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL MACHINERY AND AUTOMATION CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xu Zhao, Wanyao Zhang, Zhongxin Sun, Maikui Zhang, Yongpeng Tan, Xiangnan Zhai, Tianbao Wang, Tao Shen, Rui Wang, Yuanyue Liang, Xiaopeng Feng, Guohai Zhang
  • Patent number: 9850142
    Abstract: A method and device are provided for purifying and recycling water vapor from a coal drying process. Included are a temperature-lowering and dehumidifying process, a flash distillation stripping process, and a vacuum condensing process. A condensing tower receives a temperature-lowered exhaust gas with high humidity from a cooling tube and a condensed water of 5˜60° C. from a flash distillation tank, allowing the exhaust gas and the condensed water to contact each other in a vapor-liquid reverse manner, to lower the temperature and dehumidify the exhaust gas. The flash distillation tank performs a vacuum flash distillation to the condensing water pumped therein from the condensing tower. Water vapor of 5˜60° C. evaporated through flash distillation in the flash distillation tank enters into the demisting washer to be dehumidified and then is condensed. The condensed water in the vapor condenser is transferred into a recycled water tank. Non-condensable gas is discharged out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: Tianhua Institute of Chemical Machinery and Automation Co., Ltd., National Engineering Research Center of Drying Technology and Equipment
    Inventors: Xu Zhao, Maikui Zhang, Tao Shen, Zhongfu Zhan, Yongpeng Tan, Min Jia, Tianbao Wang, Xiaoling Xie
  • Publication number: 20170081269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing acetic acid solvent in an oxidising unit of a PTA industrial apparatus; said method uses a pressure filter machine to filter crude terephthalic acid slurry, and then, using a multi-stage counter-current method, uses washing water to wash the acetic acid solvent, and, by means of setting up a bias-current and drainage, prevents residual liquid in the filtrate pipe from entering the next area following the rotation of the pressure filter machine, improving washing efficiency and reducing the amount of washing water; the present invention integrates the processes of filtering and washing crude terephthalic acid into a single pressure filter machine, such that the process is shorter, the occupied floor space is reduced, and energy consumption is lower. A method feeding nitrogen gas into the mother liquor tank and washing liquid tank is used to regulate the pressure balance of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Xu ZHAO, Wanyao ZHANG, Zhongxin SUN, Maikui ZHANG, Yongpeng TAN, Xiangnan ZHAI, Tianbao WANG, Tao SHEN, Rui WANG, Yuanyue LIANG, Xiaopeng FENG, Guohai ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20140262738
    Abstract: A method and device are provided for purifying and recycling water vapor from a coal drying process. Included are a temperature-lowering and dehumidifying process, a flash distillation stripping process, and a vacuum condensing process. A condensing tower receives a temperature-lowered exhaust gas with high humidity from a cooling tube and a condensed water of 5˜60° C. from a flash distillation tank, allowing the exhaust gas and the condensed water to contact each other in a vapor-liquid reverse manner, to lower the temperature and dehumidify the exhaust gas. The flash distillation tank performs a vacuum flash distillation to the condensing water pumped therein from the condensing tower. Water vapor of 5˜60° C. evaporated through flash distillation in the flash distillation tank enters into the demisting washer to be dehumidified and then is condensed. The condensed water in the vapor condenser is transferred into a recycled water tank. Non-condensable gas is discharged out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: National Engineering Research Center of Drying Technology and Equipment, TIANHUA INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL MACHINERY AND AUTOMATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xu Zhao, Maikui Zhang, Tao Shen, Zhongfu Zhan, Yongpeng Tan, Min Jia, Tianbao Wang, Xiaoling Xie
  • Patent number: 8661821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing coal consumption in coal fired plant with fluidized-bed drying, namely a fluidized-bed drying system is provided between a coal powder bunker as well as a weighing belt and a coal grinding mill of the prior coal fired boiler generating set, and superheated steam which has done partial work is extracted from an steam turbine and used as a drying medium, moisture contained in the coal powder is evaporated with sensible heat and latent heat of the superheated steam, water resulted from the condensation of the superheated steam is fed into a deaerator of the steam turbine via a condensate pump for recirculation. The present invention has advantages of reducing coal consumption and saving coal, recovering residual heat, reducing emission of carbon dioxide and adopting to the national industrial policy on energy saving and emission reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Tianhua Institute of Chemical Machinery and Automation, National Engineering Technology Research Center of Drying Technology & Equipment, Lanzhou Ruide Drying Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xu Zhao, Maikui Zhang, Yan Dou, Yongzhong Jiang, Jinwen Shi
  • Publication number: 20110220744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing coal consumption in coal fired plant with fluidized-bed drying, namely a fluidized-bed drying system is provided between a coal powder bunker as well as a weighing belt and a coal grinding mill of the prior coal fired boiler generating set, and superheated steam which has done partial work is extracted from an steam turbine and used as a drying medium, moisture contained in the coal powder is evaporated with sensible heat and latent heat of the superheated steam, water resulted from the condensation of the superheated steam is fed into a deaerator of the steam turbine via a condensate pump for recirculation. The present invention has advantages of reducing coal consumption and saving coal, recovering residual heat, reducing emission of carbon dioxide and adopting to the national industrial policy on energy saving and emission reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Xu Zhao, Maikui Zhang, Yan Dou, Yongzhong Jiang, Jinwen Shi
  • Publication number: 20110214427
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing coal consumption in coal fired power plant with steam-piping drying, namely a steam-piping drying system is provided between a coal grinding mill and a coal powder bunker as well as a weighing belt of the prior coal fired boiler generating set, and superheated steam which have done partial work is extracted from an steam turbine and used as a drying medium, moisture contained in the coal powder is evaporated with sensible heat and latent heat of the superheated steam, water resulted from the condensation of the superheated steam is fed into a deaerator of the steam turbine via a condensate pump for recirculation. The present invention has advantages of reducing coal consumption and saving coal, recovering residual heat, reducing emission of carbon dioxide and adopting to the national industrial policy on energy saving and emission reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Xu Zhao, Maikui Zhang, Yan Dou, Yongzhong Jiang, Jinwen Shi