Patents Issued in January 9, 2018
  • Patent number: 9861920
    Abstract: Three dimensional nanoparticle filters are provided herein. In one embodiment a filter device includes a base material, alternating layers of sacrificial material between layers of structural material being deposited onto the base material to create a layered base material, and filter sidewalls etched into the deposited alternating layers of the layered base material to remove the layers of sacrificial material between the layers of structural material to form filter slots in the filter sidewalls as well as create channels between the filter sidewalls, where a size of the filter slots is selectable based on a thickness of the layers of sacrificial material utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: IMAGINE TF, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Edward Richardson
  • Patent number: 9861921
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing particulates from a multiple-phase fluid stream is disclosed. The apparatus has a vessel enclosed by walls, and the vessel has a fluid inlet for receiving the multiple-phase fluid stream, a fluid outlet spacing from the fluid inlet for discharging gas phase matter, and a passage, such as a spiral path, in the vessel extending from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. The length of the passage is longer than the distance between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Specialized Desanders Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hemstock, Warren Kmicik
  • Patent number: 9861922
    Abstract: Mating interfaces between an air intake housing and an air filter are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an air filter assembly having a mating interface for coupling an air intake housing to the air filter may include an air filter having an exterior, an interior, and outlet; and a mating interface coupled to a circumference of the outlet of the air filter. The mating interface may include an opening for receiving an end of an air tube that is in communication with the interior of the air filter; and a groove in a surface of the mating interface for press-fit receiving a first opening an air filter housing that surrounds the air filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Holley Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Ethan C. Townsend
  • Patent number: 9861923
    Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a plurality of cells and porous cell walls. The plurality of cells defines exhaust gas passages. The plurality of cells includes exhaust gas introduction cells and exhaust gas emission cells. Each of the exhaust gas emission cells is adjacently surrounded fully by the exhaust gas introduction cells across the porous cell walls. The exhaust gas introduction cells include first exhaust gas introduction cells and second exhaust gas introduction cells. A cross-sectional area of each of the exhaust gas emission cells in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells is equal to or larger than a cross-sectional area of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells in the cross section. The exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells have one of a first structure and a second structure in the cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Shibata, Yuki Miwa
  • Patent number: 9861924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter element (10) that includes a filter body (12) that has a longitudinal axis (L) and that is arranged between a clean side (50) and a raw side (52) of the filter element, and at least a first end disk (16) arranged on an end face (15) of the filter body (12). The end disk (16) has a sealing arrangement (22) for sealing between the clean side (50) and the raw side (52). The sealing arrangement (22) furthermore has a radially sealing sealing area (23) and a separate retaining area (20) that acts as a movable bearing. The invention further relates to a filter system (100) for exchangably installing such a filter element (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: André Roesgen, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger, Leos Burda, Michal Tuma, Vit Wognar
  • Patent number: 9861925
    Abstract: A air cleaner includes a main body, a sensor, a clean module and a fan. The main body further has at least one main body air inlet and at least one main body air outlet. The sensor located inside the main body for detecting air quality of a first air entering the main body further includes at least one sensor's air-inlet and at least one sensor's air-outlet. The clean module located inside the main body is to purify the first air. The fan located inside the main body is to draw the first air into the main body via the main body air inlet. After the first air passes the clean module to form a second air, the purified second air is then sent out of the main body via the main body air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: TRANS-IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tai-Chang Chen, Chih-Lung Yeh, Kung-Liang Lin
  • Patent number: 9861926
    Abstract: A canister including a canister body containing a bottom wall and at least one sidewall with inner and outer sidewall surfaces and an upper rim, and a closing element containing a top wall with an outer surface and an inner surface, and a fixing portion surrounding the top wall. The top wall or the bottom wall or at least one sidewall include a membrane region with a predetermined permeability. The fixing portion includes an elevated or recessed snap portion around its outer periphery shaped to correspond to the inner sidewall surface of the sidewall of the cylindrical canister body and form a snap connection with the canister body. The closing element is fixed to the canister body such that the outer surface of the top wall does not extend beyond the upper rim of the sidewall of the canister body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: CLARIANT HEALTHCARE PACKAGING (FRANCE) S.A.S.
    Inventors: Jacquy Lebon, Valere Logel
  • Patent number: 9861927
    Abstract: Improvements introduced in adsorption filter for inhaled halogenated anesthetics for cardiopulmonary bypass. It relates to an adsorption filter (10) of the type pertaining to the field of medical devices, more specifically, used to adsorb inhaled halogenated anesthetics that are eliminated through the output of the membrane oxygenators (20) of the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit (CPB); said filter (10) contains a hollow reservoir (11) for preservation of adsorber elements (ED) of the activated charcoal type (30), said reservoir (11) being of tubular cylindrical form, and it receives on one of the free extremities (11a) a cover (12) whose internal diameter (d1) is greater than the external diameter (d2) of the cylindrical reservoir (11), so as to produce an access chamber (C1) for the input of the inhaled anesthetic (AI) that, in turn, penetrates through a tubular member (12a) in the central portion of the cover (12), where a tube (Tb1) for connection with the oxygenator device (20) is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Copeen Treinamento e Consultoria em Anestesia Eireli
    Inventor: Caetano N. Neto
  • Patent number: 9861928
    Abstract: A method for controlling two contaminants in a gas stream, comprising a system with two adsorption vessels, and analyzers for determining the concentration of the two contaminants is provided. The method includes purifying a gas stream with a first vessel placed in an adsorption mode and placing a second vessel in a standby mode. Then opening a second purge valve on the second vessel if the concentration of either contaminant is equal to or greater than predetermined threshold levels, thereby allowing a first portion of the purified gas exiting the first vessel to flow through the second vessel and exiting through the second purge valve. Then closing the second purge valve after a predetermined period of time when the concentration of both contaminants are less than or equal to a predetermined threshold level. Then switching the vessels and repeating the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: VitalAire Canada Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Edwards
  • Patent number: 9861929
    Abstract: Provided are apparatus and systems for performing a swing adsorption process. This swing adsorption process may involve passing fluids through an adsorbent bed unit having a contactor disposed within to separate contaminates from other target components. The process includes a purge stream that introduced into the contactor at a location between a first portion and a second portion of the contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Robert F. Tammera, Jeffrey W. Frederick
  • Patent number: 9861930
    Abstract: An apparatus for evaporating waste water and reducing gas emissions includes an evaporator device configured to receiving a portion of flue gas emitted from a boiler unit and waste water to directly contact the flue gas with the waste water to cool and humidify the flue gas and to dry solid particulates within the waste water. In some embodiments, the waste water may be a component of a mixture formed by a mixer device prior to being contacted with the flue gas to humidify and cool the flue gas and dry solids within the waste water. An alkaline reagent as well as activated carbon can be mixed with the waste water prior to the waste water contacting the flue gas. Solid particulates that are dried within the cooled and humidified flue gas can be separated from the flue gas via a particulate collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Raymond Raulfs Gansley, Philip C. Rader
  • Patent number: 9861931
    Abstract: A method for recovering carbon dioxide from gas, which method includes the steps of: pressurizing gas, feeding pressurized gas and water used as a solvent to an absorption column to 3 to 10 bar absolute pressure, feeding water received from the absorption column and carbon dioxide absorbed therein to a desorption column for recovering carbon dioxide from the water, recirculating water exiting the desorption column to the absorption column, recovering carbon dioxide exiting the desorption column, feeding at least part of the gas to an auxiliary desorption column prior to pressurizing the gas, and sending water exiting the desorption column back to the auxiliary desorption column. The method also applies to a corresponding system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: KAAKKOIS-SUOMEN AMMATTUKORKEAKOULU OY
    Inventors: Hannu Kuopanportti, Teijo Linnanen
  • Patent number: 9861932
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is polymer membrane for gas separation or concentration which contains a hybrid nanoporous material, an application thereof, and a manufacturing method thereof. Especially, the hybrid nanoporous material has a window size of 4 ? to 15 ? or has gas adsorption characteristics for a gas to be separated, which is different from those for other gases, and thus the present invention may provide the polymer membrane having improved gas permeation selectivity, an application thereof, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: U-Hwang Lee, Jong San Chang, Young Kyu Hwang, You In Park, Hye Rim Song, Seung Eun Nam, Do Young Hong, Sue Kyung Lee, Kyung Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 9861933
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for extracting CO2 from air comprising an anion exchange material formed in a matrix exposed to a flow of the air, and for delivering that extracted CO2 to controlled environments. The present invention contemplates the extraction of CO2 from air using conventional extraction methods or by using one of the extraction methods disclosed; e.g., humidity swing or electro dialysis. The present invention also provides delivery of the CO2 to greenhouses where increased levels of CO2 will improve conditions for growth. Alternatively, the CO2 is fed to an algae culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: CARBON SINK, INC.
    Inventors: Allen B. Wright, Klaus S. Lackner, Ursula Ginster
  • Patent number: 9861934
    Abstract: A system for vaporizing and optionally decomposing a reagent, such as aqueous ammonia or urea, which is useful for NOx reduction, includes a cyclonic decomposition duct, wherein the duct at its inlet end is connected to an air inlet port and a reagent injection lance. The air inlet port is in a tangential orientation to the central axis of the duct. The system further includes a metering valve for controlling the reagent injection rate. A method for vaporizing and optionally decomposing a reagent includes providing a cyclonic decomposition duct which is connected to an air inlet port and an injection lance, introducing hot gas through the air inlet port in a tangential orientation to the central axis of the duct, injecting the reagent axially through the injection lance into the duct; and adjusting the reagent injection rate through a metering valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: PEERLESS MFG.CO
    Inventors: James M. Valentine, Jeffrey Michael Broderick, Thomas V. Eldredge, Saiprasad Jangiti, Eric Lindemann
  • Patent number: 9861935
    Abstract: The invention relates to a membrane distillation device, comprising at least one condensation/evaporation stage, which comprises at least one condensation unit and at least one evaporation unit and to which vapor is fed and through which a liquid to be concentrated flows, wherein each condensation unit comprises a first vapor chamber that is bounded at least partially by a condensation wall and to which the fed vapor is supplied and each evaporation unit comprises a second vapor chamber that is bounded at least partially by a vapor-permeable, liquid-tight membrane wall, and in each condensation/evaporation stage at least one flow channel is provided, which is formed between such a condensation unit and such an evaporator unit adjacent to said condensation unit and which conducts the liquid to be concentrated, and thus the liquid to be concentrated is heated by means of the condensation wall, and vapor arising from the liquid to be concentrated enters the second vapor chamber through the membrane wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Major Bravo Limited
    Inventor: Wolfgang Heinzl
  • Patent number: 9861936
    Abstract: Device for producing pure water, where the water to be purified is caused to be membrane distilled using one or more units (1), wherein each of the units comprises a space which on its one side comprises a first disc-shaped wall (4,4?) and on its other side a membrane (3,3?) through which gaseous water can pass but not liquid water, and a second disc-shaped wall (5,10), which walls are disposed on different sides of and at a distance from the membrane, wherein water is led in between the first wall (4,4?) and the membrane (3,3?), and wherein the second wall (5,10) is caused to be colder than the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: AB SCARAB DEVELOPMENT
    Inventor: Aapo Sääsk
  • Patent number: 9861937
    Abstract: An example water purification system includes a forward osmosis module, a reverse osmosis module, a pump powered by an electric motor, and a pressure sensor. The forward osmosis module may receive a feed stream and a draw stream, and may produce an intermediate product stream. The intermediate product stream may be pressurized by a pump and provided to the reverse osmosis module. The reverse osmosis module may generate a product stream and return the draw stream to the forward osmosis module. The pressure sensor may monitor the pressure of the intermediate product stream, and the pressure may be used to determine the speed of the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Porifera, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Benton, Christopher Keith, Carl Lundin
  • Patent number: 9861938
    Abstract: A spiral-wound forward osmosis membrane element (2) includes: a membrane leaf (23) in which an internal flow path extending from a first opening (26A) to a second opening (26B) is formed; and a central tube (31) around which the membrane leaf (23) is wound and which has a feed hole (31A) communicating with the first opening (26A) and a collection hole (31B) communicating with the second opening (26B). The central tube (31) has an interior partitioned to include an inflow region (3A) communicating with the feed hole (31A) and an outflow region (3B) communicating with the collection hole (31B) so that the inflow region (3A) and the outflow region (3B) each form a flow path extending continuously in an axial direction of the central tube (31) from one end to the other end of the central tube (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Uda, Makoto Kobuke
  • Patent number: 9861939
    Abstract: Methods and systems for filtering of biological particles are disclosed. Filtering membranes separate adjacent chambers. Through osmotic or electrokinetic processes, flow of particles is carried out through the filtering membranes. Cells, viruses and cell waste can be filtered depending on the size of the pores of the membrane. A polymer brush can be applied to a surface of the membrane to enhance filtering and prevent fouling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Sangil Kim, Pejman Naraghi-Arani, Megan Liou
  • Patent number: 9861940
    Abstract: Provided is an interfacial polymerization process for preparation of a thin film composite membrane, which can be used for nanofiltration, forward osmosis, or reverse osmosis, particularly for use with brackish water or seawater. The process includes contacting a porous support membrane with an aqueous phase containing a polyamine to form a coated support membrane, and applying an organic phase containing a polyfunctional acyl halide to the coated support membrane to interfacially polymerize the polyamine and the polyfunctional acyl halide to form a discrimination layer of a thin film composite membrane, where during formation of the membrane, the polyfunctional acyl halide is purified in situ by removal of hydrolyzed acyl halide through addition of a salt rejection-enhancing additive that includes a biguanide compound, dicarbonate compound, pentathiodicarbonate compound, or salt thereof. Also provided are the membranes prepared by the methods and reverse osmosis modules containing the membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG BABOH2O, INC.
    Inventors: Jeff Koehler, Alexis Foster, Keunwon Song, Youngju Lee, Chongkyu Shin
  • Patent number: 9861941
    Abstract: Described herein are modified sulfonated block copolymers which comprise at least two polymer end blocks A and at least one polymer interior block B, wherein each A block contains essentially no sulfonic acid or sulfonate functional groups and each B block comprises sulfonation susceptible monomer units and, based on the number of the sulfonation susceptible monomer units, from about 10 to about 100 mol % of a functional group of formula (I) —SO2—NR1R2??(I) or of a salt thereof, methods of making them as well as methods of using them, e.g., as membrane materials for electrically or osmotically driven applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Kraton Polymers U.S. LLC
    Inventor: Carl L. Willis
  • Patent number: 9861942
    Abstract: A controlled, high throughput custom foam generator is disclosed which has the ability to generate foam with varying cell characteristics. The generated foam can be two or three dimensional with controlled gas volume ratio, void sizes, placement and distribution in a matrix. Additionally the device can create individual bubbles or bubble strings. The device streams two or more fluids creating one or more virtual orifices that generate uni modal bubbles displaying crystalline behavior. Unlike known prior art, the device embodies simple controls to easily alter and scale the nature of generated foam. The generator can be single, or be part of an array of generators. The ability to easily alter the resulting bubble and cell composition allows the creation of engineered foams of any structure and packing with controlled foam features such as weight, strength, opacity and persistence; thus making it suitable for a wide variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Rarelyte Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin J Paul, Elizabeth P Lofton, Cyrus Vatan
  • Patent number: 9861943
    Abstract: Vacuum mixing systems and methods mix of polymethylmethacrylate bone cement, the systems and methods comprise at least one cartridge having an evacuable internal space, a pump with a plunger that can be moved by hand to generate a low pressure, and a connecting conduit connecting the internal space of the at least one cartridge to the pump. The pump comprises an operating element that can be operated from outside and is connected appropriately to the plunger such that it is suitable for moving the plunger in the pump by hand such that a low pressure can be generated such that the low pressure of the pump can be used to evacuate gas from the internal space of the at least one cartridge through the connecting conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Heraeus Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Thomas Kluge
  • Patent number: 9861944
    Abstract: To suppress the thermal expansion of a slide bar and to prevent occurrence of failures such as galling or malfunctioning to the slide bar, a resin discharge mechanism, provided in mixing equipment that includes a barrel having a hollow interior and a pair of mixing rotors accommodated in the barrel and that mixes a resin material by causing the paired mixing rotors to rotate within the barrel, for discharging a part of the resin material mixed by the mixing rotors to an outside of the barrel, the resin discharge mechanism including: a resin discharge passage provided in the barrel, and communicating an inside of the barrel with the outside of the barrel; a slide bar closing or opening the resin discharge passage by moving across the resin discharge passage; and a cooling device provided within the slide bar, and cooling the slide bar using a cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Koji Yamane
  • Patent number: 9861945
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to ultrahigh efficiency spray drying systems and processes, utilizing induction of localized turbulence in a drying fluid flow stream to produce spray dried product, having particular utility for low temperature spray drying operations. In a specific implementation, a method of processing a spray dryable liquid composition to form a spray dried product includes the steps of: generating a spray of the spray dryable liquid composition; contacting the spray of spray dryable liquid composition in a spray drying contact zone with a stream of primary drying fluid; injecting pressurized secondary drying fluid into the stream of primary drying fluid in the spray drying contact zone at multiple loci thereof to provide localized turbulence at said multiple loci; and recovering the spray dried product from the spray drying contact zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: ZoomEssence, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Pershing Beetz, Jason Andrew Beetz
  • Patent number: 9861946
    Abstract: The invention relates to distributing reactants more evenly across the interior space of a reactor vessel utilizing a distributor at the inlet end that initially directs the flow of reactants through a flange plate and a series of ring plates. The ring plates are physical spaced such that vapor along the wall of the inlet is mildly obstructed by the flange plate and the ring plates cause the vapor to alter course temper down any diverse velocities that may create hot spots within the catalyst bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventor: Brad P. Palmer
  • Patent number: 9861947
    Abstract: The invention relates to distributing feed vapor more evenly across the interior space of a reactor vessel utilizing a distributor pipe at the inlet end that initially directs the flow of reactants through a flange plate and a series of ring plates. The ring plates are physical spaced such that vapor along the wall of the inlet is mildly obstructed by the flange plate and the ring plates cause the vapor to alter course temper down any diverse velocities that may create hot spots within the catalyst bed. At the end of the distributor pipe is a deflector which directs the feed vapor upwardly and outwardly in the head space of the reactor vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventors: Brad P. Palmer, Olanrewaju M. Oshinowo
  • Patent number: 9861948
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a single shell open interstage reactor (“SSOI”). The SSOI comprises a first reaction stage, an interstage heat exchanger, an open interstage region, and a second reaction stage. The SSOI may be configured for upflow or downflow operation. Further, the open interstage region of the SSOI may comprise a supplemental oxidant feed. When the open interstage region comprises a supplemental oxidant feed, the SSOI may further comprise a supplemental oxidant mixing assembly. Processes for producing acrylic acid through the oxidation of propylene are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Decourcy, John L. Steinbach, Nicolas Dupont, Roger L. Roundy
  • Patent number: 9861949
    Abstract: A process for producing an anti-erosion coating on an inner or outer metal wall of a chamber of a fluid catalytic cracking unit, comprising: (i) the shaping of a honeycomb metal anchoring structure, said anchoring structure being formed from a plurality of strips connected in pairs by joining assembly portions of these strips so as to form a plurality of cells between two adjacent strips, (ii) the fastening of said anchoring structure by welding to said metal wall, so that each cell of the anchoring structure is welded to the wall of the chamber at least at the junctions between the contiguous assembly portions of two adjacent strips, and (iii) the insertion of a composite material into the cells from the metal wall and at least up to the upper longitudinal edge of each strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE
    Inventors: Hubert Simon, Marc Bories
  • Patent number: 9861950
    Abstract: The activation of the C—H bond using low temperature plasma with an inlet liquid stream such that value added products are formed effectively. An organic liquid (e.g., hexane which is immiscible with liquid water) is injected into a flowing gas (argon) stream followed by mixing with a liquid water stream. Thereafter, the mixture contacts a plasma region formed by a pulsed electric discharge. The plasma formed with the flowing liquid and gas between the two electrodes causes chemical reactions that generate various compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce R. Locke, Igor Alabugin, Robert Wandell, Kevin Hsieh, Stefan Bresch
  • Patent number: 9861951
    Abstract: A dynamic thermochemical module is disclosed which includes an array of reactors, a network of interconnecting pipes and valves connected to each reactor in the array so that every reactor within the array can communicate to one another and other reactors in a different module having the same structure, a plurality of storage tanks connected to each reactor and interconnecting tubes and valves so that an output from each reactor is stored therein and distributed to each reactor in the array, a plurality of sub-functional modules connected to the array of reactors via the network of interconnecting tubes and valves, a plurality of condensers connected to the array of reactors, and a plurality of gas conditioning and storage and distribution sub-modules connected to the outputs of the condensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventor: Long D Vu
  • Patent number: 9861952
    Abstract: A method of forming a conformal filter includes a snowstorm filling technique with a reduced sized filling tube and/or the application of ultrasonics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Scott Health & Safety LTD
    Inventor: Christopher John Littleton
  • Patent number: 9861953
    Abstract: Functionalized metal-organic framework adsorbents with ligands containing basic nitrogen groups such as alkylamines and alkyldiamines appended to the metal centers and method of isolating carbon dioxide from a stream of combined gases and carbon dioxide partial pressures below approximately 1 and 1000 mbar. The adsorption material has an isosteric heat of carbon dioxide adsorption of greater than ?60 kJ/mol at zero coverage using a dual-site Langmuir model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Long, Thomas M. McDonald, Deanna M. D'Alessandro
  • Patent number: 9861954
    Abstract: Interpenetrated polyolefin network for use in recovering or containing hydrocarbons such as hydrocarbons contained in oil, are disclosed. Advantageously, the interpenetrated polyolefin networks absorb the hydrocarbon, including viscous hydrocarbons and crude oils, to form a gel that can be collected and processed by heat to release the collected hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tze Chiang Chung, Changwoo Nam, Gang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9861955
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a method of regenerating a desiccant in an off-line treater of a polyolefin production process. The method may include a heating phase followed by a cooling phase. The heating phase may involve use of a regenerating gas made from heating a treated a recycle stream of the polyolefin production process to regenerate desiccant in an off-line treater. The cooling phase may involve thermosyphoning the regenerating gas, nitrogen, an olefin-free diluent, or combinations thereof in a closed-convection loop of the off-line treater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP
    Inventors: Ralph W. Romig, Timothy O. Odi, Jennifer F. Drew
  • Patent number: 9861956
    Abstract: Provided by the present invention is a photocatalytic coating composition which can express excellent visibility during application work and further can, owing to its excellent physical properties, form a homogeneous photocatalyst coated film having uniform thickness on a surface of a substrate. The photocatalytic coating composition which is basic and comprises photocatalyst particles, a basic dye, a layered silicate, and a dispersion medium. The basic dye enhances visibility of the part where the photocatalytic coating composition is applied so that the applied part can be easily distinguished from the unapplied part by the difference in appearance. After application work, color of the basic dye disappears by photolysis with a solar light or by decomposition with a photocatalyst. The layered silicate suppresses color change of the basic dye over time and stably keep color tone of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Fukushima, Hiroaki Shimomura, Susumu Adachi, Takeshi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9861957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: a catalyst for glycerin dehydration; a preparation method therefor; and an acrolein preparation method using the catalyst. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the catalyst is used in glycerin dehydration so as to exhibit high catalytic activity, a high yield and high acrolein selectivity, and has a characteristic in which carbon is not readily deposited, thereby having a long lifetime compared with that of a conventional catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Yeon Kim, Jun Seon Choi, Joo Young Cheon, Wang Rae Joe, Hye Jeong Ok, Kyung Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 9861958
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a cerium-containing nano-coating composition, the composition including an amorphous matrix including one or more of cerium oxide, cerium hydroxide, and cerium phosphate; and crystalline regions including one or more of crystalline cerium oxide, crystalline cerium hydroxide, and crystalline cerium phosphate. The diameter of each crystalline region is less than about 50 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: The Curators of The University of Missouri
    Inventors: Matthew J. O'Keefe, Carlos E. Castano Londono, William G. Fahrenholtz
  • Patent number: 9861959
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst of the present invention includes: a first metal oxide selected from the group of praseodymium oxide, terbium oxide, and a combination thereof; a second metal oxide that is neodymium oxide; a third metal oxide that is zirconia or a combination of zirconia and ceria; and a fourth metal oxide selected from the group of lanthanum oxide, yttrium oxide, barium oxide, calcium oxide, strontium oxide, silicon oxide and a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIICHI KIGENSO KAGAKU KOGYO CO., LTD.A
    Inventors: Kenji Sakurai, Shigeki Nakayama, Hiromasa Nishioka, Hiroyuki Hayashida, Yoshikazu Hirose
  • Patent number: 9861960
    Abstract: A method of preparing a hydrogenation catalyst, for example, a phthalate hydrogenation catalyst, comprising nebulizing a liquid containing a noble metal and a chelating agent comprising at least one nitrogen-containing functional group to form a nebulized liquid, and contacting the nebulized liquid with silica particles; a hydrogenation catalyst prepared by that method; and a method of hydrogenating unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as phthalates, in which an unsaturated hydrocarbon is contacted with hydrogen gas in the presence of the hydrogenation catalyst of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Chuansheng Bai, Jean W. Beeckman, Adrienne J Thornburg, Natalie A. Fassbender, Theodore E. Datz
  • Patent number: 9861961
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification method by which carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC), and nitrogen oxide (NOx), particularly NOx, which are hazardous components contained in an exhaust gas can be removed efficiently. The disclosure relates to a catalyst for exhaust gas purification including: a three-dimensional structure; and a catalyst component layer composed of one or more constituting layers on the three-dimensional structure, wherein the catalyst component layer contains (a) a noble metal-unsupported alumina having mesopores, (b) NOx storage material-supported cerium, (c) a refractory inorganic oxide, and (d) a noble metal, and the constituting layer of the uppermost surface among the one or more constituting layers contains (a) the noble metal-unsupported alumina and (b) the NOx storage material-supported cerium, a method for producing the same, and an exhaust gas purification method using the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Umeno, Masaya Hanzawa, Yoshiyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9861962
    Abstract: A method for preparing a catalyst having catalytically active materials selectively impregnated or supported only in the surface region of the catalyst particle using the mutual repulsive force of a hydrophobic solution and a hydrophilic solution and the solubility difference to a metal salt precursor between the hydrophobic and hydrophilic solutions. The hydrophobic solvent is a C2-C6 alcohol. The hydrophobic solvent is introduced into the catalyst support and then removed of a part of the pores connected to the outer part of the catalyst particle by drying under appropriate conditions. Then, a hydrophilic solution containing a metal salt is introduced to occupy the void spaces removed of the hydrophobic solvent, and the catalyst particle is dried at a low rate to selectively support or impregnate the catalytically active material or the precursor of the catalytically active material only in the outer part of the catalyst particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Ko, Gyeong Ju Seo, Min Su Jang, Seong Mi Ahn
  • Patent number: 9861963
    Abstract: A process for preparing a hydrocarbon conversion catalyst that comprises a specially made silica-alumina composition and a metal or metal compound selected from Group VIB and Group VIII metals. The silica-alumina composition is made by preparing an aqueous mixture containing aluminum sulfate followed by adding alkali metal aluminate to the mixture to inhance the pH to within specified range and then adding aluminum sulfate to the mixture to lower the pH. Then alkali metal silicate is added followed by several other pH swings to provide a mixture containing silica-alumina. The resulting mixture is treated with an alkaline solution to provide a precipitate solid that is recovered to obtain a silica-alumina composition containing of from 30 to 70% wt silica and of from 70 to 30% wt of alumina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventors: David Allen Cooper, Sjoerd Alkema, Lay Hwa Ong, Bart Pelgrim, Laszlo Domokos, Ferry Winter
  • Patent number: 9861964
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to zero-PGM (ZPGM) catalysts including variations of Nickel-doped Copper-Manganese spinel for improved catalyst performance at the stoichiometric condition for use within three-way catalyst (TWC) applications. The ZPGM catalyst material compositions within the aforementioned ZPGM catalysts are expressed with general formulas of Cu1-XNiXMn2O4 (A-site substitution) and Cu1Mn2-XNiXO4 (B-site substitution). The ZPGM catalysts are subjected to a TWC isothermal steady-state sweep test to assess the catalytic performance (e.g., NO conversion). Test results indicate the ZPGM catalysts exhibit higher NO conversions, at stoichiometric condition and lean conditions, when Ni substituted the B-site cation of the Cu—Mn spinel as compared to Ni substituted the A-site cation of the Cu—Mn spinel. Additionally, NO conversions of the ZPGM catalysts are significantly affected, at the stoichiometric condition, by the molar ratio of the Ni dopant within the A or B-site cation of the Cu—Mn spinel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zahra Nazarpoor, Stephen J. Golden
  • Patent number: 9861965
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst composition comprising a mixed oxide of vanadium, titanium, and phosphorus modified with alkali metal. The titanium component is derived from a water-soluble, redox-active organo-titanium compound. The catalyst composition is highly effective at facilitating the vapor-phase condensation of formaldehyde with acetic acid to generate acrylic acid, particularly using an industrially relevant aqueous liquid feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: David William Norman, Greg Alan King
  • Patent number: 9861966
    Abstract: A catalytic cracking catalyst is provided which has high cracking activity and with which the production of FCC gasoline having a high octane number can efficiently proceed without lowering a gasoline yield. Also provided are a process for producing the catalyst and a method of the catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon oil with the catalyst. The catalyst for catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon oil comprises a crystalline aluminosilicate, a binder, and a clay mineral in a certain proportion, wherein the content of sodium and potassium therein is 0.5% by mass or lower in terms of oxide (Na2O and K2O) amount, the content of at least one rare earth metal therein is 3.0% by mass or lower in terms of oxide (RE2O3, wherein RE is a rare earth element) amount, the [RE2O3+Na2O+K2O]/[crystalline aluminosilicate] ratio by mass is 0.1 or lower, and the catalyst has a xenon adsorption amount, as measured at an adsorption temperature of 25° C. and a partial xenon pressure of 650 torr, of 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: COSMO OIL CO., LTD., PETROLEUM ENERGY CENTER
    Inventor: Katsuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9861967
    Abstract: A catalyst for the dehydroaromatization of lower alkanes comprising boron in an amount of less than 1 wt % is supported on an inorganic support. The catalyst is useful in the production of aromatics from lower alkanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventors: Ajay Madhav Madgavkar, Ann Marie Lauritzen
  • Patent number: 9861968
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to new crystalline microporous solids (including silicate- and aluminosilicate-based solids), the compositions comprising 8 and 10 membered inorganic rings, particularly those having HEU topologies having a range of Si:Al ratios, methods of preparing these and known crystalline microporous solids using certain quaternized imidazolium cation structuring agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Joel E. Schmidt, Mark E. Davis
  • Patent number: 9861969
    Abstract: The present invention relate to a binderless molecular sieve catalyst and a process for preparing the same, which are mainly useful for solving the problems of the current catalysts, such as lower activity, less pore volume and worse diffusivity. The present invention relates to a novel binderless molecular sieve catalyst, comprising, based on the weight of the catalyst, 90-100 wt. % of a molecular sieve, 0-10 wt. % of a binder, and 0-10 wt. % of an anti-wear agent, wherein said catalyst has a pore volume of 0.1-0.5 ml/g, an average pore diameter of 50-100 nm, and a porosity of 20-40%; the anti-wear agent is selected from the rod or needle-like inorganic materials having a length/diameter ratio of 2-20. Said catalyst has the advantages of higher activity, greater pore volume, larger average pore diameter and porosity, and better diffusivity, and well solves said problems and can be used for the industrial preparation of binderless molecular sieve catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SHANGHAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Guangwei Ma, Huiming Zhang, Jingxian Xiao, Liang Chen, Xiqiang Chen