Patents Issued in July 16, 2019
  • Patent number: 10350535
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spray arrangement having at least one return flow nozzle for injecting liquid into a process environment, having a storage tank for the liquid to be injected, at least one return flow nozzle, at least one feed line from the storage tank to the at least one return flow nozzle, at least one pump in the feed line, at least one return line from the return flow nozzle to the storage tank and at least one regulating valve for regulating a liquid quantity injected by the at least one return flow nozzle, wherein at least one further nozzle is provided, which is connected to the feed line by means of a controllable valve for enabling and shutting off a liquid feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: LECHLER GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Zeeb
  • Patent number: 10350536
    Abstract: A reverse flow dehumidifier system for dehumidifying a conditioned space is provided. The system includes a housing having: a static desiccant block fixedly coupled to the housing and comprising a desiccant media; a fan configured to direct outside air across the desiccant media during a first operating phase and a second operating phase and configured to direct conditioned air across the desiccant media during a third operating phase. The system further includes a control system operatively coupled to at least one of the fan, and which includes a plurality of sensors selectively positioned inside the housing and inside the conditioned space, the plurality of sensors are configured to measure at least one air parameter of the outside air during the first operating phase and configured to measure the at least one air parameter of the conditioned air during the third operating phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CLIMATE BY DESIGN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas R. Peterson
  • Patent number: 10350537
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the production of nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide from an exhaust gas. Exhaust gas from combustion in a fuel rich (or reducing) atmosphere is primarily composed of CO2, CO, N2, H2O, and H2. CO may be converted to CO2 and H2 via the water gas shift reaction. Carbon dioxide may then be effectively separated from nitrogen and hydrogen to produce a carbon dioxide stream and a nitrogen/hydrogen stream. The nitrogen/hydrogen stream may then be effectively separated to produce a high purity nitrogen stream and a high purity hydrogen stream. The process may be done in any order, such as separating the nitrogen first or the carbon dioxide first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Narasimhan Sundaram, Hans Thomann
  • Patent number: 10350538
    Abstract: In various aspects, methods are provided for hydrogen production while reducing and/or mitigating emissions during various refinery processes that produce syngas, such as power generation. Syngas can be effectively separated to generate high purity carbon dioxide and hydrogen streams, while reducing and/or minimizing the energy required for the separation, and without needing to reduce the temperature of the flue gas. In various aspects, the operating conditions, such as high temperature, mixed metal oxide adsorbents, and cycle variations, for a pressure swing adsorption reactor can be selected to minimize energy penalties while still effectively capturing the CO2 present in syngas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Narasimhan Sundaram, Hans Thomann, David C. Calabro, Frank Mittricker
  • Patent number: 10350539
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of recovering (meth)acrylic acid and an apparatus used for the recovery method. The recovery method according to the present invention discharges each (meth)acrylic acid aqueous solution of different concentrations at a (meth)acrylic acid absorption tower, and uses an extraction solvent of a specific ratio in the step of extracting (meth)acrylic acid, thus enabling the operation of a continuous process of recovering (meth)acrylic acid that can secure a high (meth)acrylic acid recovery rate, and can simultaneously significantly reduce purification energy cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hun Song, Se Won Baek, Yoon Jae Min, Jae Yul Kim
  • Patent number: 10350540
    Abstract: The currently-described technology relates to a method of constructing an adsorbent assembly. An adsorbent material is enclosed within a housing. The adsorbent material that is enclosed in the housing is dried by allowing moisture to escape the housing through an injection opening defined by the housing. Water is injected into the housing through the injection opening. After injecting water into the housing, the injection opening of the housing is sealed with a substantially vapor-impermeable material. Adsorbent assemblies are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Andre D. Leier
  • Patent number: 10350541
    Abstract: Ionization systems configured with a catalyst-bearing sleeve provide improved filtration while filtering ozone. Modular configurations provide for serviceability and replaceability. System controls may be used to monitor particulates, temperature, humidity, and other relevant factors and adjust an ionization level accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: IONaer International Arizona, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Mark Bender, Perry Pauley, Brian Keith Roper, Todd Kenneth Roper
  • Patent number: 10350542
    Abstract: A system and a method for industrial plant or utility plant flue gas desulfurization, with zero waste water liquid discharge from a wet flue gas desulfurization system utilized therein, are disclosed herein. The wet flue gas desulfurization system is supplied an absorption liquid for contact with a flue gas to absorb flue gas acid gases. Waste water from the wet flue gas desulfurization system is heated under pressure in a heat exchanger to produce heated waste water, which is supplied to a flash vessel to produce steam. The produced steam is supplied to the flue gas upstream of a particulate collection system and the wet flue gas desulfurization system, supplied to the flue gas upstream of the wet flue gas desulfurization system, or supplied to absorption liquid circulated to the wet flue gas desulfurization system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Sanjay Kumar Dube
  • Patent number: 10350543
    Abstract: A process for cleaning process gas removes sulfur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and particulate matter (PM) to produce a tail gas substantially free of these pollutants. The process oxidizes and absorbs SOx and NOx for storage as liquid acids. In some embodiments a PM removal stage and/or a SOx removal stage are provided in a close-coupled higher-pressure environment upstream from a turbocharger turbine. The process has example application in cleaning exhaust gases from industrial processes and large diesel engines such as ship engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NORAM Engineering and Constructors Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrés Mahecha-Botero, Xuantian Li
  • Patent number: 10350544
    Abstract: Systems comprising a composition where an imidazole is tethered to an amine and a solvent are described herein. Methods of their preparation and use are also described herein. The methods of using the systems include the reduction of volatile compounds from gas streams and liquid stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
    Inventor: Jason Edward Bara
  • Patent number: 10350545
    Abstract: A contaminated gas stream can be passed through an in-line mixing device, positioned in a duct containing the contaminated gas stream, to form a turbulent contaminated gas stream. One or more of the following is true: (a) a width of the in-line mixing device is no more than about 75% of a width of the duct at the position of the in-line mixing device; (b) a height of the in-line mixing device is no more than about 75% of a height of the duct at the position of the in-line mixing device; and (c) a cross-sectional area of the mixing device normal to a direction of gas flow is no more than about 75% of a cross-sectional area of the duct at the position of the in-line mixing device. An additive can be introduced into the contaminated gas stream to cause the removal of the contaminant by a particulate control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: ADA-ES, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Hanson
  • Patent number: 10350546
    Abstract: A method for preparing a fungi-bacteria composite microecologics, including: cultivating and conducting high-density fermentations of Zoogloea sp. HJ1 which has been deposited in China Center for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC) with an accession number: CCTCC NO. M2012235, Pandoraea sp. FLX-1 which has been deposited in CCTCC with an accession number: CCTCC NO. M2011242, and Ophiostoma sp. LLC which has been deposited in CCTCC with an accession number CCTCC NO. M2014531 to obtain mixed strains; cultivating, fermenting, and vacuum drying the mixed strains to yield a resulting product which is ground into a powder; cultivating and conducting high-density fermentation of Aspergillus sp. HD-2 which has been deposited in CCTCC with an accession number: CCTCC NO. M2014175 and Trichoderma sp. LW-1 which has been deposited in CCTCC with an accession number: CCTCC NO. M2014176 to yield spores; and mixing the powder and the spores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventors: Jianmeng Chen, Jiade Wang, Zhuowei Cheng, Jianming Yu
  • Patent number: 10350547
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for reversibly absorbing carbon dioxide to an alkali metal or earth alkaline absorbent. For absorption the absorbent is contacted with a first gas composition. For desorption the absorbent is contacted with a second gas composition. The moisture contents of the first and second gas compositions are controlled so that during the absorption step the absorbent is converted to a bicarbonate, and during the desorption step the absorbent is converted to a carbonate hydrate. Compared to prior art processes the process of the invention requires less energy input. The process of the invention is particularly suitable for producing a carbon dioxide enriched gas for accelerating plant growth in a greenhouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: ANTECY B.V.
    Inventors: Antonie Bijl, Timo Roestenberg, Rafael Rodriquez Mosqueda, Gerrit Brem, Paul O'Connor
  • Patent number: 10350548
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) or other materials are processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, systems and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, in a vault in which the walls and optionally the ceiling include discrete units. Such vaults are re-configurable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Xyleco, Inc.
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman, Robert Paradis
  • Patent number: 10350549
    Abstract: A hollow-fiber membrane module of the invention includes: a cylindrical case having a first end and a second end in a height direction thereof; a hollow-fiber membrane bundle being housed in the cylindrical case and having a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes each closed at an end part on the first end side and opened at an end part on the second end side; a first binding part binding the end parts on the first end side of the hollow-fiber membranes; a first flow channel guiding fluid to pass through the first binding part from the first end side to the second end side of the first binding part; and a channel material directing, at a terminal on the second end side of the first flow channel, a flow of at least a part of the fluid flowing out from the terminal on the second end side of the first flow channel toward a direction intersecting the height direction of the cylindrical case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shun Shimura, Atsushi Kobayashi, Norihiro Takeuchi, Yoshiki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10350550
    Abstract: Fluid treatment assemblies comprising a plurality of adjustable tensioning rod assemblies comprising tensioning rods having a tensioning nut and a locking nut threadably attached to the tensioning rods, and methods of adjusting the tension on the assemblies, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Pall Corporation
    Inventors: Sylvia Messier, Thomas W. Leach
  • Patent number: 10350551
    Abstract: A method for carrying out an integrity test on a filter element includes filling a fluid into at least one vessel (1), in which a filter element (F) to be tested is arranged. The method proceeds by setting the pressure of the fluid in the vessel (1) to a predetermined test pressure, and maintaining the test pressure in the vessel (1) with controlled replenishment of fluid into the vessel (1) and/or a controlled change in internal volume of the vessel (1). The method continues by determining an integrity characteristic variable for the filter element (F) in a manner dependent on the controlled replenishment of fluid into the vessel (1) and/or dependent on the controlled change in internal volume of the vessel (1) before attaining a substantially continuous volume flow of fluid for maintaining the specific test pressure in the vessel (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Satorius Stedim Biotech Gmbh
    Inventors: Dieter Armgart, Dirk Leiser, Vanessa Rakebrandt, Juergen Van Den Boogaard
  • Patent number: 10350552
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter element (1) comprising a drainage element (2) which is arranged between two filter membranes (3). According to the invention, said drainage element (2) is made of a non-woven filtering material which is arranged in a laminated manner between the filter membranes (3) respectively by means of an adhesive non-woven material (4). The invention also relates to a method for producing a filter element (1), a drainage element (2) made from a non-woven filtering material being laminated between two filter membranes (3). An adhesive non-woven material (4) is arranged between the drainage element (2) and each filter membrane (3), then lamination takes place due to the thermal effect under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: WTA VOGTLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Voigt, Volker Albrecht, Hardy Mueller, Kurt Bock, Eberhard Semmler
  • Patent number: 10350553
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite separation membrane with improved separation performance, particularly with an increased permeation flux. The composite separation membrane of the present invention includes a porous support (2) and a separation functional layer (1) formed on this support (2). The separation functional layer (1) is a polyamide membrane having a “double-folded structure” including a first layer portion (11) with a plurality of projections (15a, (15b . . . ) and a second layer portion (12) that covers at least one or some (15c and 15d) of these projections. Some projections (15a and 15b) of the first layer portion (11) extend upward and branch to form the second layer portion (12). There is a vacant space (13) between the first layer portion (11) and the second layer portion (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kamada, Takuji Shintani, Toshinori Tsuru, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Chunlong Kong
  • Patent number: 10350554
    Abstract: A container assembly includes a flexible bag having an interior surface bounding a chamber and an opposing exterior surface, the bag having a bottom end wall being comprised of a first sheet overlying a second sheet, the first sheet and the second sheet of the bottom end wall being welded together so as to form a first sparging area and a separated second sparging area that are both bounded between the first sheet and the second sheet, at least a portion of the first sheet overlying the first and second sparging areas being gas permeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Goodwin, Nephi D. Jones, Derik R. West
  • Patent number: 10350555
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for diluting an adhesive, the system includes a dilution tank of known capacity, the dilution tank located upon a scale, the scale being capable of generating a series of signals related to the weight of the dilution tank when empty and at various levels of fill; a spray nozzle configured to feed water into the dilution tank from a source of water; a mixing assembly, the mixing assembly including a manifold arrangement having a first inlet configured to receive an adhesive from a source of adhesive and a second inlet configured to receive a mixture of the water and the adhesive received from a lower portion of the dilution tank; a static mixer; and an eductor; and a system controller for generating a target concentration of a diluted adhesive; and controlling the input of water and adhesive into the mixing assembly and dilution tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FORCE FLOW
    Inventors: Mark Nelson, Michael Donn, Randall Mann
  • Patent number: 10350556
    Abstract: A compact interaction chamber is used to cause high shear, impact forces, and cavitation to reduce particle size and mix fluids while reducing waste and holdup volume. A first housing made of stainless steel holds an inlet mixing chamber element and an outlet mixing chamber element in a female bore using thermal expansion. The inlet and outlet mixing chamber elements are manufactured so that the diameter of the cooled female bore is slightly smaller than the diameter of the mixing chamber elements. The first housing is heated, expanding the diameter of the female bore enough to allow the inlet and outlet mixing chamber elements to be inserted. After the mixing chamber elements are inserted and aligned within the female bore, the first housing is allowed to cool. Once cooled, the female bore contracts and applies sufficient hoop stress to securely hold the mixing chamber elements during high shear force mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: MICROFLUIDICS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Renqiang Xiong, John Michael Bernard
  • Patent number: 10350557
    Abstract: A mixing device includes a base, shaft, impeller sleeve, and impeller blades. The base can be constructed for releasable attachment to an opening of a container, such as a 55-gallon drum. The shaft extends from the base and is coupled thereto such that rotation can be transmitted to the shaft by way of or through the base. The impeller sleeve is mounted on the shaft and supports the impeller blades. Each impeller blade includes an attachment leg and a stirring leg extending from the attachment leg. The impeller blades are supported so as to transition from a collapsed position with the stirring leg proximal to a central axis of the shaft to an extended position with the stirring leg distal from the central axis when the shaft is rotated. Each impeller blade can be formed of a plastic, such as a glass-filled polypropylene or glass-filled nylon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP
    Inventors: Douglas J. Mattson, John F. Gee, Jeffrey R. Susalla, Ryan K. Bergman, Ronald R. Renkel, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10350558
    Abstract: The enclosed offset pail mixer is an invention which allows for safe, efficient and clean mixing of liquid solutions and liquid mechanical mixtures. The mixer includes a moveable head assembly that is constrained to two positions. In the operating position, the mixer geometry substantially encloses the moving parts of the mixer, preventing personnel from coming in contact with moving parts. The geometry also acts to contain dusts and vapors. A safety control circuit ensures that the impeller motor will not operate unless the vessel and the shroud are both in their respective operating position. In the operating position, the impeller shaft axis is strategically offset from the vessel axis to reduce large vortices and associated aeration. When the movable head is in the retracted position, the impeller is positioned over a removable drip cup to prevent residue from dripping on the floor or machine frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan William Smith, Matthew William Smith, Hugh Hunter Chant
  • Patent number: 10350559
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for treating fluids with ultrasound are provided. In order to achieve a desired effect of the treatment as efficiently as possible, the apparatus has a plurality of inlet openings for the fluids and the fluids to be brought into contact with one another while being exposed to ultrasound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Dr. Hielscher GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hielscher, Harald Hielscher, Holger Hielscher
  • Patent number: 10350560
    Abstract: The invention relates to decanters technology field, more particularly relates to a separated decanter. A separated decanter includes a bottle body, a base and a motor sub-assembly; the bottom of the bottle body protrudes an annular wall, a spacer is provided in the annular wall, the spacer is provided with through holes to connect the lumen of the bottle body; the base includes a base surface, an outer ring and an inner ring; the outer ring is set at the outside peripheral of the base surface, the inner ring lies in the outer ring on the base surface; the annular wall connects with the inner ring, both of them and combine with the spacer to form a cavity; the cavity contains a magnet; the motor sub-assembly is set under the base; the motor sub-assembly drives the magnet to turn, thereby stirring the liquid in the bottle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Dongguan Kinyet Metal Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yungchang Lu
  • Patent number: 10350561
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically aerating drinking products, particularly wine, suitable home, business and/or industrial use is described herein. The system of the present invention is specifically designed for aerating wine for human consumption and includes a multipurpose stirring, storing and serving vessel having a removable magnetic stirring impeller coupled thereto and a programmable magnetic stir plate adapted for use therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventors: Boris Dushine, Annya Dushine
  • Patent number: 10350562
    Abstract: A mixing system includes a tank assembly and a container positioned within the tank assembly, the container bounding a compartment. A mixer is disposed within the compartment of the container. A shaft has a first end secured to the mixer and an opposing second end disposed outside of the container. An actuation mechanism is coupled with the second end of the shaft outside of the container and reciprocally moves the shaft and the mixer a stroke length, the stroke length being adjusted based on a pre-programmed protocol or signals from a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Advanced Scientifics, Inc.
    Inventor: Rudolf Pavlik
  • Patent number: 10350563
    Abstract: Methods for forming cutting elements comprising polycrystalline materials, methods for forming polycrystalline compacts for cutting elements of a drilling tool, methods for forming polycrystalline diamond compacts, and resulting polycrystalline compacts and cutting elements are disclosed. Grains of a hard material are introduced to a press and subjected to a high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) process to sinter the grains. The system conditions (i.e., temperature and pressure) are then adjusted past a phase or state change point, after which, at least one of the system conditions is held during an anneal stage before the system conditions are adjusted to final levels. The resulting compacts and cutting elements may therefore include inter-granularly bonded hard material grains with a more stable microstructure (e.g., less stressed microstructure) than a polycrystalline compact and cutting element formed without an anneal stage during the HPHT process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony A. DiGiovanni, Danny E. Scott
  • Patent number: 10350564
    Abstract: An apparatus for calcination of gypsum includes a gypsum calciner having an interior wall surface with a circular or annular configuration as seen in its plan view, and a tubular combustor positioned at a center part of a body of the calciner. Raw gypsum is calcined or dehydrated by a high temperature gas spouting flow (Hg) ejected from a lower portion of the combustor. The calciner has a stationary-vane-type or movable-vane-type auxiliary device, which circumferentially energizes the raw gypsum in the vicinity of the interior wall surface toward a circumferential direction of the calciner. The auxiliary device has a plurality of stationary vanes circumferentially arranged in an outer peripheral zone of a lower portion of the combustor and spaced apart from each other at an angular interval, or an agitator extending through a conical or inner circumferential surface defined by the interior wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: YOSHINO GYPSUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Niimi, Kazumi Endo, Takeshi Takenaka, Kouji Nitoh
  • Patent number: 10350565
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalyst dumping spool assembly for unloading used catalyst from an inside of a reactor, comprising: a reactor, and a catalyst dumping spool comprising a first end operatively connected to the reactor, the first end having a catalyst inlet through which the used catalyst is introduced into, a second end having a catalyst discharge outlet whereby the used catalyst exits the catalyst dumping spool, wherein a first device for controlling used catalyst transfer into the catalyst inlet is positioned proximate the first end, and a second device for controlling the used catalyst transfer from inside the catalyst inlet through the catalyst discharge outlet is positioned proximate the second end, and further wherein the catalyst dumping spool further comprise a gas fluidization inlet and a water fluidization inlet located between the first and second devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff William Johns, Douglas Gayle McDaniel, Anthony Terrell Tanner, Edward Earl Eden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10350566
    Abstract: A reactor apparatus for dehydrogenating a carrier medium includes a reactor housing, an interior space which is enclosed by the reactor housing and includes a preliminary space, which has an inflow opening for inflow of loaded carrier medium into the preliminary space and at least one first connecting opening for outflow of the carrier medium from the preliminary space, and includes a reaction space connected via the at least one first connecting opening to the preliminary space. The reactor apparatus additionally has a heat transfer space which is arranged between the reactor housing and the reaction space and contains a heat transfer medium for transfer of heat from the heat transfer medium to the carrier medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: HYDROGENIOUS TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Jonas Rathke, Matthias Kusche, Federico Westerath, Berthold Melcher, Cornelius Randig
  • Patent number: 10350567
    Abstract: Each capsule comprises a liquid core (14) and a gelled shell (16) comprising a gelled polyelectrolyte completely encapsulating the liquid core (14) at the periphery thereof. The gelled shell (16) is suitable for retaining the liquid core (14) when the capsule (12) is immersed in a gas. The liquid core (14) comprises an intermediate drop (18) of an intermediate phase, the intermediate phase being placed in contact with the gelled shell (16), and at least one internal drop (20) of an internal phase placed in the intermediate drop (18). The ratio of the volume of the core (14) to the volume of the gelled shell (16) is greater than 2, advantageously is greater than 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CAPSUM
    Inventors: Enric Santanach Carreras, Yan Pafumi
  • Patent number: 10350568
    Abstract: A membrane-forming composition, soft and hard capsules prepared based on the composition and the preparation methods are described. The membrane-forming composition includes pullulan polysaccharide, gellan gum, amino acid moisturizing agent, anti-hygroscopic agent and so on. It is suitable for the fabrication of hard or soft capsules. The membrane-forming composition can gelate without alkali metal ions. It has a high moisture retention rate which makes it not easy to take up moisture and turn soft in high humid environment, and it will not turn yellow during long time storage. Furthermore, the membrane-forming composition is made up of pure natural materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: JIANGSU LEFAN CAPSULE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peiyong Liu, Peng Lei, Li Wang, Xiao Dou, Xudong Zhu, Yichi Zhang
  • Patent number: 10350569
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for producing a microcapsule containing a pesticidal compound in a fatty acid ester such as methyl O-acetylricinoleate, which delays the release timing of the pesticidal compound as compared to a conventional microcapsule. Provided is a method for producing a microcapsule, which comprises: (1) keeping a mixture of a pesticidal compound, a compound represented by formula (I): wherein X represents —CH2—CH2— or —CH?CH—, R1 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group, and R2 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group, and a polyisocyanate at 20 to 60° C. for 3 hours or more; (2) adding the mixture to water containing a polyol or a polyamine to prepare liquid droplets in the water; and (3) forming a film of polyurethane or polyurea around the droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Seiji Iuchi, Rie Takabe
  • Patent number: 10350570
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for placing single target molecules on a patterned substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Gunderson, Jingwei Bai, Boyan Boyanov
  • Patent number: 10350571
    Abstract: A glass lined reaction tank for chemical and pharmaceutical industries and a manufacturing method thereof. One-step molding technical standards for manufacturing iron blanks of the glass lined reaction tanks are deeply developed, an overall structure of a flanged big flange of a tank body and a tank cover matching with the tank body are innovated, and nominal pressure of the big flange and the sealing performance of a tank mouth are perfectly improved. By using a new structurally-combined precise controlled internal heating type electric furnace and an intelligent temperature program control/adjustment/recording instrument, heating temperature of an overall glass lining layer on an inner wall of the tank body is more accurately controlled to be the same, and a synchronous, integral and controlled sintering core technique is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventor: Wenhua Zhu
  • Patent number: 10350572
    Abstract: A reactor system that includes a single reactor or a plurality of parallel reactors. A method that includes injecting a mixture including liquid water and a gas, into at least one electrically-conductive inlet capillary tube of a continuously-flowing plasma reactor to generate a flowing liquid film region on one or more internal walls of the continuously-flowing plasma reactor with a gas stream flowing through the flowing liquid film region; propagating a plasma discharge along the flowing liquid film region from at least one electrically-conductive inlet capillary to an electrically-conductive outlet capillary tube at an opposing end of the continuously-flowing plasma reactor; dissociating the liquid water in the plasma discharge to form a plurality of dissociation products; producing hydrogen peroxide and nitrogen oxides from the plurality of dissociation products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce R. Locke, Robert Wandell
  • Patent number: 10350573
    Abstract: A radiation curable system to form a radiation curable article includes a container including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the container including an ultraviolet curable silicone composition including an unsaturated, carbon functional group-containing siloxane component, a hydride-containing siloxane component, and a photoactive catalyst; a second portion of the container including a cure inhibitor; and a source of radiation. Further included is a method of forming a radiation curable article includes providing an ultraviolet curable silicone composition in a first portion of a container, wherein the ultraviolet curable silicone composition includes an unsaturated, carbon functional group-containing siloxane component, a hydride-containing siloxane component, and a photoactive catalyst; providing a cure inhibitor in a second portion of the container; and irradiating the silicone composition with a radiation source to form the radiation curable article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xipeng Liu, Michael J. Tzivanis, Jian L. Ding
  • Patent number: 10350574
    Abstract: A liquid fuel product system is configured to produce liquid fuels from carbonaceous materials. The liquid fuel product system includes a plurality of feedstock delivery systems, a plurality of first stage product gas generation systems, a plurality of second stage product gas generation systems, a plurality of third stage product gas generation systems, a primary gas clean-up system, a compression system, a secondary gas clean-up system, and a synthesis system that includes one or more from the group consisting of ethanol, mixed alcohols, methanol, dimethyl ether, and Fischer-Tropsch products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: ThermoChem Recovery International, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Chandran, Dave G. Newport, Daniel A. Burciaga, Daniel Michael Leo, Justin Kevin Miller, Kaitlin Emily Harrington, Brian Christopher Attwood
  • Patent number: 10350575
    Abstract: A reactor has a heat exchanging body including therein a heat medium flow channel in which heat medium flows, and a reaction flow channel in which a reaction fluid flows, to exchange heat between the heat medium and the reaction fluid. A heat transfer promoter is provided in the heat medium flow channel and comes in close contact with the heat exchanging body to promote heat transfer between the heat medium and the heat exchanging body. The heat transfer promoter is an assembly of partial heat transfer promoters of a plurality of types. Replacing the partial heat transfer promoter with another type one, temperature distribution in the heat exchanging body is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihisa Yano, Tatsuya Oka, Takahito Akita, Taiga Yamamoto, Hideshi Shibuya, Yushi Kameoka, Yusuke Takeuchi, Koki Yasui, Takuya Yoshinoya
  • Patent number: 10350576
    Abstract: Highly porous, lightweight, and sustainable organosilane-coated organic aerogels with ultra-low densities and excellent material properties and methods for preparing them are provided. The aerogels are modified to have a superhydrophobic and superoleophilic surface, thus leading to an extremely high affinity for oils and/or organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMEREICA AS REPRESENTD BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
    Inventors: Shaoqin Gong, Zhiyong Cai, Qifeng Zheng
  • Patent number: 10350577
    Abstract: A catalyst includes a mixed metal oxide; an alumina; silica, and calcium, where the mixed metal oxide includes Cu and at least one of Mn, Zn, Ni, or Co. Such catalysts exhibit enhanced tolerance sulfur-containing compounds and free fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Deepak S. Thakur, William O. Tuttle, Arunabha Kundu, Keenan Lee Deutsch, Jeffrey Baciak
  • Patent number: 10350578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing zirconium, cerium and yttrium oxides with a cerium oxide proportion of between 3% and 15%, and yttrium oxide proportions corresponding to the following conditions: 6% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is between 12% excluded and 15% included; 10% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is between 7% excluded and 12% included; 30% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is between 3% and 7% included; the balance consisting of zirconium oxide. The composition may optionally include an oxide of a rare earth selected from lanthanum, neodymium and praseodymium. The composition can be used for processing the exhaust gases of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Olivier Larcher, Emmanuel Rohart, Simon Ifrah
  • Patent number: 10350579
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst is described for treating an exhaust gas produced by a diesel engine comprising a catalytic region and a substrate, wherein the catalytic region comprises a catalytic material comprising: iron (Fe) or an oxide thereof; a platinum group metal (PGM) selected from the group consisting of (i) platinum (Pt), (ii) palladium (Pd) and (iii) platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd); and a support material, which is a refractory oxide comprising alumina; wherein the platinum group metal (PGM) and the iron (Fe) or an oxide thereof is each supported on the support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Mark Robert Feaviour
  • Patent number: 10350580
    Abstract: A catalyst comprising a calcined oxide matrix which is mainly alumina and an active phase comprising nickel, said active phase being at least partially co-mixed within said calcined oxide matrix which is mainly alumina, the nickel content being in the range 5% to 65% by weight of said element with respect to the total mass of catalyst, said active phase not comprising any metal from group VIB, the nickel particles having a diameter of less than 15 nm, said catalyst having a median mesopore diameter in the range 12 nm to 25 nm, a median macropore diameter in the range 50 to 300 nm, a mesopore volume, measured by mercury porosimetry, of 0.40 mL/g or more and a total pore volume, measured by mercury porosimetry, of 0.45 mL/g or more. The process for the preparation of said catalyst, and its use in a hydrogenation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Malika Boualleg, Anne-Claire Dubreuil, Emily Maille, Cecile Thomazeau
  • Patent number: 10350581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst composition using other metals different from precious metals as a catalytically active component and is to propose a novel catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification which has excellent catalytic activity, in particular, excellent treatment activity of HC even after a thermal durability treatment. The invention is to propose a catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification comprising catalyst particles having a constitution in which Cu and a transition metal A including at least one of Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Zr, and Ag are supported on ceria (CeO2) particles and a catalyst using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Michitaka Yamaguchi, Yunosuke Nakahara, Masato Machida
  • Patent number: 10350582
    Abstract: Oxidative dehydrogenation catalysts comprising MoVNbTeO having improved consistency of composition and a 25% conversion of ethylene at less than 420° C. and a selectivity to ethylene above 95% are prepared by treating the catalyst precursor with H2O2 in an amount equivalent to 0.30-2.8 mL H2O2 of a 30% solution per gram of catalyst precursor prior to calcining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Vasily Simanzhenkov, Xiaoliang Gao, David Jeffrey Sullivan, Hanna Drag, Leonid Modestovich Kustov, Aleksey Victorovich Kucherov, Elena Dmitrievna Finashina
  • Patent number: 10350583
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes heating a mixture that includes a metal phenylphosphine-containing precursor that includes at least one of Mo(PPh3)2(CO)4, Pd(PPh3)4, Ru(PPh3)3Cl2, Ru(PPh3)2(CO)2Cl2, Co(PPh3)(CO)2(NO), and/or Rh(PPh3)2(CO)Cl, a surfactant, and a solvent. The heating is to a target temperature to form a heated mixture containing a metal phosphide nanoparticle that includes at least one of MoP, Ru2P, Co2P, Rh2P, and/or Pd3P, and the metal phosphide nanoparticle is not hollow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Susan Ellen Habas, Jun Wang, Daniel A. Ruddy, Frederick Raymond Gabriel Baddour, Joshua Schaidle
  • Patent number: 10350584
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kenny Randolph Parker, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin