Patents Issued in September 17, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200290868
    Abstract: A system for production of a synthesis gas, including: a synthesis gas generation reactor arranged for producing a first synthesis gas from a hydrocarbon feed stream; a post converter including a catalyst active for catalyzing steam methane reforming, methanation and reverse water gas shift reactions; the post converter including a conduit for supplying a CO2 rich gas stream into a mixing zone of the post converter, where the CO2 rich gas stream in the conduit upstream the mixing zone is in heat exchange relationship with gas flowing over the catalyst downstream the mixing zone; a pipe combining the at least part of the first synthesis gas and the CO2 rich gas stream to a mixed gas, in a mixing zone being upstream the catalyst; wherein the post converter further includes an outlet for outletting a product synthesis gas from the post converter. Also, a corresponding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: HALDOR TOPSØE A/S
    Inventors: Peter Mølgaard MORTENSEN, Kim AASBERG-PETERSEN
  • Publication number: 20200290869
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a hydrogen-containing synthesis gas from a natural gas feedstock, comprising the conversion of said natural gas into a raw product gas and purification of said product gas, the process having a heat input provided by combustion of a fuel; said process comprises a step of conversion of a carbonaceous feedstock, and at least a portion of said fuel is a gaseous fuel obtained by said step of conversion of said carbonaceous feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Casale SA
    Inventors: Raffaele OSTUNI, Geoffrey Frederick SKINNER, Ermanno FILIPPI
  • Publication number: 20200290870
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a hydrogen-containing synthesis gas from a natural gas feedstock, comprising the conversion of said natural gas into a raw product gas and purification of said product gas, the process having a heat input provided by combustion of a fuel; said process comprises a step of conversion of a carbonaceous feedstock, and at least a portion of said fuel is a gaseous fuel obtained by said step of conversion of said carbonaceous feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Casale SA
    Inventors: Raffaele OSTUNI, Geoffrey Frederick SKINNER, Ermanno FILIPPI
  • Publication number: 20200290871
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, processes, and systems for safely and reliably purifying hydrogen from a gas mixture containing hydrogen and oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Nasser Ali Aldalaan, Abdulaziz M. Al-Jodai, Mubarik Ali Bashir, Ashwin Ravi Sankar
  • Publication number: 20200290872
    Abstract: Provided is a method capable of separating and purifying astatine-211 in a high yield and dissolving same in a solution. A method for producing astatine-211, including a step of irradiating ? ray to bismuth to produce astatine-211 in the bismuth, and a step of distilling the bismuth that received ? ray irradiation with a carrier gas containing an inert gas, O2 and H2O to separate and purify astatine-211, and dissolving the astatine-211 in a solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Atsushi SHINOHARA, Atsushi TOYOSHIMA, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Akimitsu KANDA
  • Publication number: 20200290873
    Abstract: A purification method for an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution includes subjecting the aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution to a reverse osmosis membrane separation treatment with a high-pressure reverse osmosis membrane separation device. The high-pressure reverse osmosis membrane has a denser skin layer on the membrane surface and is therefore lower in an amount of membrane permeate water per unit operating pressure but higher in the rejection rate of TOC and boron, as compared with a low-pressure or ultralow-pressure reverse osmosis membrane. The high-pressure reverse osmosis membrane permeate water is preferably further subjected to an ion exchange treatment with an ion exchange device including two or more columns packed with gel-type strong ion exchange resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Ikunori YOKOI, Yoshiaki IDE
  • Publication number: 20200290874
    Abstract: A method and system for liquid sulfur degassing is disclosed. The method and system generally involve degassing liquid sulfur in a degassing vessel, and the level of the liquid sulfur in the degassing vessel is controlled in the degassing vessel by determining the level of liquid sulfur in the degassing vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: FLUOR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen N. FENDERSON, Thomas K.T. CHOW
  • Publication number: 20200290875
    Abstract: A reactor having a shell comprising one or more reactor tubes located within the shell, said reactor tube or tubes comprising a plurality of catalyst receptacles containing catalyst; means for providing a heat transfer fluid to the reactor shell such that the heat transfer fluid contacts the tube or tubes; an inlet for providing reactants to the reactor tubes; and an outlet for recovering products from the reactor tubes; wherein the plurality of catalyst receptacles containing catalyst within a tube comprises catalyst receptacles containing catalyst of at least two configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Julian Stuart Gray
  • Publication number: 20200290876
    Abstract: A process for preparing sulfuric acid may involve oxidizing sulfur to sulfur dioxide by way of dried air in a first oxidation stage. The sulfur dioxide may then be oxidized to sulfur trioxide in a second oxidation stage. The sulfur trioxide may be absorbed by sulfuric acid in at least one absorption stage. Further, heated sulfuric acid may be drawn off from the absorption stage and used for generating steam. Process gas from an intermediate absorption stage may be recycled to the second oxidation stage and, in some cases, a final absorption stage after the process gas flows through the second oxidation stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Holger THIELERT, Zion GUETTA
  • Publication number: 20200290877
    Abstract: A carbon nanostructure producing method includes a growth step in which a plurality of catalyst particles in close contact with each other are separated in a flow of a carbon-containing gas so as to grow carbon nanotubes between the plurality of catalyst particles, and an elongation step in which the carbon nanotube is elongated by a wind pressure of the carbon-containing gas with at least one of the catalyst particles being retained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
    Inventors: Takeshi HIKATA, Soichiro OKUBO, Ryusuke NAKAI, Jun-ichi FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20200290878
    Abstract: The present invention provides graphene in which a polymer having a functional group capable of improving the dispersibility of graphene is bonded to the surface of the graphene. The present invention also provides a method for preparing the graphene described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Jong Kwon, Yong-O Im, Mi Jin Lee, Gwang Hoon Jun
  • Publication number: 20200290879
    Abstract: Synthesizing Janus material including forming a lamellar phase having water layers and organic layers, incorporating nanosheets and a functional agent into the lamellar phase, and attaching the functional agent to the nanosheets in the lamellar phase to form Janus nanosheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Sehoon Chang, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20200290880
    Abstract: A process for concentrating graphite particles comprising a) providing a feedstock which contains the graphite particles and an undesired material, b) adding hydrophobic magnetic particles to the feedstock which results in a loaded feedstock containing agglomerates of the magnetic particles and the graphite particles, and c) separating the agglomerates from the loaded feedstock by a magnetic field which results in isolated agglomerates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfgang ROHDE, Andreas LUZ, Michael MENTGES, Oliver KUHN, Rodrigo Enrique MUNIZAGA
  • Publication number: 20200290881
    Abstract: A diamond polycrystal is a diamond polycrystal basically composed of a diamond single phase, wherein the diamond polycrystal is composed of a plurality of diamond grains having an average grain size of less than or equal to 30 nm, and the diamond polycrystal has a carbon dangling bond density of more than or equal to 10 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi SUMIYA, Yuh ISHIDA, Kensei HAMAKI, Katsuko YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200290882
    Abstract: The present application is generally directed to hydrated carbon material powder comprising carbon material and water and devices containing the same. The hydrated carbon material powder finds utility in any number of devices, for example, in electric double layer capacitance devices and batteries. Methods for making and use of the hydrated carbon material powder are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah Fredrick, Virginia Katherine Alspaugh, Farshid Afkhami, Chad Goodwin, Adam Strong, Aaron M. Feaver, Philip Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20200290883
    Abstract: A method of preparing an atomically-dimensioned elemental boron allotrope includes providing a substrate at a temperature greater than about 200° C.; generating elemental boron vapor from a solid elemental boron source; and contacting said substrate with said boron vapor for at least one of a rate and at a pressure sufficient to deposit on said substrate a boron allotrope comprising an elemental boron layer comprising a boron atomic thickness dimension, said method under negative pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Mark C. Hersam, Joshua D. Wood, Andrew J. Mannix, Brian T. Kiraly, Brandon L. Fisher, Nathan P. Guisinger
  • Publication number: 20200290884
    Abstract: A process for the calcination of a zeolitic material, wherein the process contains the steps of (i) providing a zeolitic material containing YO2 and optionally further containing X2O3 in its framework structure in the form of a powder and/or of a suspension of the zeolitic material in a liquid, wherein Y stands for a tetravalent element and X stands for a trivalent element; (ii) atomization of the powder and/or of the suspension of the zeolitic material provided in (i) in a gas stream for obtaining an aerosol; and (iii) calcination of the aerosol obtained in (ii) for obtaining a calcined powder, a zeolitic material obtained by the above process, and its use as a molecular sieve, as an adsorbent for ion-exchange, as a catalyst, and/or as a catalyst support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Benedikt KALO, Thomas GEIGER, Rene KOENIG, Ulrich MUELLER, Stefan MAURER
  • Publication number: 20200290885
    Abstract: Process for the synthesis of ammonia comprising the steps of reforming of a hydrocarbon feedstock into a raw product gas, purification of said raw product gas obtaining a make-up synthesis gas, conversion of said synthesis gas into ammonia; said purification includes shift conversion of carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and the reforming process requires a heat input which is at least partially recovered from at least one of said step of shift conversion, which is carried out with a peak temperature of at least 450° C., and said step of conversion into ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Casale SA
    Inventors: Raffaele Ostuni, Ermanno Filippi, Umberto Rossi
  • Publication number: 20200290886
    Abstract: A method of producing potassium sulfate by employing sodium sulfate and potassium chloride sources is disclosed. The method includes a crystallization process that yields a mother liquor containing sulfate, sodium and chloride. The mother liquor is directed to an anion segregation unit that produces a reject or retentate rich in sulfate which is recycled and employed in the production of the potassium sulfate. Further, the anion segregation unit produces a permeate that is depleted in sulfate but includes sodium and chloride and is directed to a sodium chloride crystallizer for producing sodium chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Veolia Water Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastien Bessenet, Jinhai Feng, James F. Rieke, Timothy F. Rittoff
  • Publication number: 20200290887
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for synthesizing copper sulfide nano powder using plasma synthesis. The method comprises providing a copper compound to a plasma apparatus, adding a sulfur, and performing a plasma process with respect to the copper compound and the sulfur for synthesizing a nano copper sulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Soo-Heon KIM, Jong-Hyun HWANG, Shin-Hyuck KANG
  • Publication number: 20200290888
    Abstract: Photocatalytic roofing granules include a binder and inert mineral particles, with photocatalytic particles dispersed in the binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Keith C. Hong, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20200290889
    Abstract: A method for producing a vanadate extracts a vanadium component included in combustion fly ash or clinker. In the method, a vanadium component is recovered as a vanadate from combustion fly ash or clinker, the method including the following steps 1 to 5: (1) a step of adding an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution to combustion fly ash or clinker so that the water content is 5 to 35% by mass (step 1); (2) a step of mixing or kneading (step 2); (3) a step of heating the mixed or kneaded mixture (step 3); (4) a step of adding water to the mixture that has undergone the heating step in the step 3 to form a slurry (step 4); and (5) a step of recovering a vanadate in the aqueous phase after the solid-liquid separation of the slurry (step 5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Junichi AKIYAMA, Keiichi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200290890
    Abstract: The invention relates to a single-use capsule (100) for water treatment. The single-use capsule comprises a capsule body (101) defining an inlet side (102) and an outlet side (103), a first cavity (104) located within the capsule body, and optionally, a flat sheet membrane filter (105) arranged within the capsule body. Furthermore, the first cavity comprises an ion exchange element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Josef Schucker, Monique Bissen
  • Publication number: 20200290891
    Abstract: A modular underdrain system is disclosed. The modular underdrain system may comprise an intermediate modular component having a first peripheral side including a first mating portion and a second peripheral side including a second mating portion. The second mating portion may be sized and shaped to engage with a first mating portion of an adjacent modular component. A modular component chamber may be bounded by an underdrain floor side and an internal side. The underdrain floor side may comprise a plurality of slots. The metering pipe is sized to be positioned within a metering pipe opening in the internal side with a distributor head positioned within the modular component chamber. The metering pipe may comprise a set of one or more remote orifices and a set of one or more proximate orifices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Rand S Faaborg, Clifford Dale Barber, Darrell Wayne Christianson, Brian Leo Brink, Scott Allen Pallwitz, Chad Allen Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20200290892
    Abstract: Methods for treating water comprising dissolved solids in a wellbore include injecting water into a wellbore, where the wellbore has a depth that is sufficient for introducing a hydrostatic pressure that imparts supercritical pressure to water present at a water depth greater than or equal to the minimum depth needed to impart water supercritical pressure. A heating element is inserted into the wellbore to a heating element depth that is greater than or equal to the required depth. Power is transmitted to the heating element causing the heating element to heat water to a temperature sufficient to form supercritical water that causes the dissolved solids to precipitate out of the water as precipitated solids. Water and the precipitated solids are separated and extracted. The heating element includes a microwave antenna and a shell encapsulating the microwave antenna formed from a material that is capable of heating upon exposure to microwave radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Al-Mulhem
  • Publication number: 20200290893
    Abstract: A water dispensing unit adapted for communication with a water supply includes a spout configured to receive water from the water supply and dispense the water to a receptacle for consumption. The water supply includes water received from a municipal water supply and contained within a space directly upstream of a base of the spout. A flow of water from the water supply and into the spout via the base is a downstream water flow. A disinfecting mechanism operable to disinfect water in at least one of the spout or a space immediately upstream of the spout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth J. SIETH, Chen LI
  • Publication number: 20200290894
    Abstract: A water purifier that includes: a water storage tank that includes an interior area and a first opening to the interior area; a cover unit that is configured to cover the first opening and that includes: a frame body that includes a second opening, and a water storage tank cover that is coupled to the frame body and that is configured to rotate about an axis such that the water storage tank cover opens or closes the second opening; a sterilizer that is configured to sterilize water in the water storage tank; a switching module that is configured to control electric power supply to the sterilizer; and an operation member that is configured to control the switching module based on the water storage tank cover being opened or closed is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Myounggon KIM, Youngjin KIM, Kowoon BAEK, Changgeun LEE, Jongho PARK
  • Publication number: 20200290895
    Abstract: A method for regeneration of an ion exchange material employed in a water softening or conditioning system that includes the step of contacting the ion exchange material with an aqueous process fluid to yield a regenerated ion exchange material, wherein the ion exchange material has at least one target material associated therewith. The target material includes at least one of the following: metal ions such as those that have been extracted from a source of hard water, ionically soluble organic compounds, active water borne pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Tygrus, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Mosher, Lawrence Carlson, Andrew M. Yaksic
  • Publication number: 20200290896
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved catalytic fast pyrolysis process for increased yield of useful and desirable products. In particular, the process comprises an improved catalytic fast pyrolysis process for producing aromatic compounds, such as, for example, benzene, toluene and xylenes, from biomass feedstock containing impurities, such as, for example alkali and alkaline earth metal, sulfur and nitrogen components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Jian Shi, Charles Sorensen, Terry Mazanec, Ruozhi Song, Sandeep Goud, Scott Han, Yu-Ting Cheng, Victoria L. Frank, William F. Igoe, JR., Marc Schneidkraut
  • Publication number: 20200290897
    Abstract: A reverse osmosis system includes a wheel formed of a hollow central hub, radial tubes fluidly connected to the central hub, semi-permeable membranes provided in each radial tube, a permeate outlet tube, and a concentrate outlet tube; a permeate collection tank; a concentrate collection tank; and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism rotationally drives the wheel while the source liquid is supplied to the central hub of the wheel, the rotation causing the source liquid to enter the radial tubes in radially outward directions and cause pressure increase on the source liquid in the radial tubes. The pressure increase forces the source liquid through the semi-permeable membranes to separate into permeate and concentrate, the permeate being directed to the permeate collection tank through the permeate outlet tube and the concentrate being directed to the concentrate collection tank through the concentrate outlet tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: John M. Tikalsky
  • Publication number: 20200290898
    Abstract: A method, in particular for producing a cleaning fluid, comprising conveying an aqueous solution through a treatment device, in particular an electrochemical treatment device, which comprises an electrode pair through which the aqueous solution flows, in particular for the activation thereof. In order to provide a simplified water treatment method, in particular for producing a cleaning fluid, the region between the electrodes of the electrode pair is configured such that it is open to intermixing, and in particular is free from a membrane or diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Nazmi FETAJ
  • Publication number: 20200290899
    Abstract: A scale-free boiler of the present disclosure includes a boiler case, a main flow path disposed inside the boiler case and in communication with a heating flow path disposed outside the boiler case to provide heating, a heat source for heating water flowing along the main flow path, and a filter for removing, based on an electrical force, an ionic material contained in the water flowing along the main flow path or water to be supplied to the main flow path to prevent occurrence of scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: KYUNGDONG NAVIEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Young Lee, Jun Kyu Park, Gu Min Lim
  • Publication number: 20200290900
    Abstract: Copper-boron-ferrite (Cu—B—Fe) composites may be prepared and immobilized on graphite electrodes in a silica-based sol-gel, e.g., from rice husks. Different bimetallic loading ratios can produce fast in-situ electrogeneration of reactive oxygen species, H2O2 and .OH, e.g., via droplet flow-assisted heterogeneous electro-Fenton reactor system. Loading ratios of, e.g., 10 to 30 wt. % Fe3+ and 5 to 15% wt. Cu2+, can improve the catalytic activities towards pharmaceutical beta blockers (atenolol and propranolol) degradation in water. Degradation efficiencies of at least 99.9% for both propranolol and atenolol in hospital wastewater were demonstrated. Radicals of .OH in degradation indicate a surface mechanism at inventive cathodes with correlated contributions of iron and copper. Copper and iron can be embedded in porous graphite electrode surface and catalyze the conversion of H2O2 to .OH to enhance the degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Chanbasha BASHEER, Hakimu NSUBUGA
  • Publication number: 20200290901
    Abstract: An antimicrobial supply system employs a process water supply and incorporates a metallic ion supply connected to the process water supply to provide a high ion concentrate to an output. A dilution reservoir is connected to the metallic ion supply output and has an input from the process water supply. A pump is connected to an output of the reservoir. A manifold connected to the pump provides a dilute concentrate to at least one washing system and a recirculation loop to the dilution reservoir for enhanced mixing of the dilute concentrate. An electronics control module is connected to a first flow controller between the process water supply and the metallic ion supply and a second flow controller between the metallic ion supply and the reservoir for dilution control establishing a desired metallic ion concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: David E. Brown, Sean Morham
  • Publication number: 20200290902
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising copper and zinc adhered to reticulated foam is useful for repelling or preventing mollusk infestation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: 060Bio, LLC
    Inventors: John E. Sawyer, Paul Gregory Coxe
  • Publication number: 20200290903
    Abstract: An auto jartest analyzer includes a plurality of water sample reaction equipment, coagulant providing/controlling equipment and a coagulant concentration analysis device. The coagulant providing/controlling equipment provides coagulant of different concentration to the plurality of water sample reaction equipment to allow contaminants in a water sample of the water sample reaction equipment to precipitate. The coagulant concentration analysis device analyzes turbidity measurements for the plurality of water sample reaction equipment and determines if they meet predetermined analysis criteria, so as to figure out an optimal concentration of coagulant currently required to be added to the water sample. This thus achieves automatic analysis of an addition concentration of coagulant to be added to the water sample, which not only improves operational efficiency but also makes the analysis result more accurate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Ming Chen, Hsiu-Chih Ku, Jau-Shiu Chen
  • Publication number: 20200290904
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for treating blackwater are disclosed. A storage tank and a tumbling kiln charged with a solid media are provided. Blackwater is passed into the storage tank. The blackwater contains a liquid component and a solid component. The solid media and the tumbling kiln are heated. The blackwater is passed from the storage tank to the tumbling kiln. A portion of the liquid component is vaporized as vapor. A portion of the solid component is combusted to produce combustion gases. Fresh air is circulated into the tumbling kiln. The vapor and the combustion gases are removed from the tumbling kiln.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Hall Labs LLC
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Michael Hall, Thomas Corie, Cody Rees
  • Publication number: 20200290905
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a compound that has a side opening for side loading the compound. The side opening is defined by alignment of a first opening and a second opening of respective first and second members of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Ross David DETTORRE
  • Publication number: 20200290906
    Abstract: A water purification member includes a porous body; and photocatalyst particles loaded on the porous body and including titanium-based compound particles that have, via an oxygen atom, a surface-bonded metallic compound having a metal atom and a hydrocarbon group, that exhibit absorption at a wavelength of 500 nm in a visible absorption spectrum, and that have an absorption peak in a range of 2700 cm?1 to 3000 cm?1 in an infrared absorption spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi OKUNO, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Takeshi IWANAGA, Sakae TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200290907
    Abstract: A subsurface flow constructed wetland (SFCW) includes a sand layer having a ventilation property of 90 mL/(cm·s) and a permeation rate of less than 0.3 kg/m2/h under a two-meter-high pressure head, a filter layer disposed on the sand layer, and a gabion module disposed on the filter layer. The filter layer includes fine sand with a particle size of 0.25-0.35 cm. The gabion module includes a gabion box including a plant layer and a filler layer, and the filler layer is disposed on the plant layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yuming JING, Jinyong ZHANG, Moxi XUE, Jielin LI, Zhenyang SONG
  • Publication number: 20200290908
    Abstract: An aerobic bio-restoration aqueous system is contained in an artificial ecosystem that treats contaminated water to yield a natural balance or state wherein indigenous flora, fauna, insects and animal life thrive. The system contains a reactor that has exterior walls for enclosing contaminated water. The walls can be solid, but generally contain one or more perforated areas. An important advantage of the present invention is that the perforated areas such as openings, holes, etc., allow the aqueous matter to flow into as well as out of the artificial ecosystem. The ecosystem reactor can be located in a lake, a pond, or other aqueous environments. Water can flow into the artificial ecosystem and be bio-remediated, by utilizing natural flow and/or currents of the aqueous ecosystem. Various types of one or more inert media substrates containing pores that generally contain one or more microorganisms therein serve to bio-remediate various matter contained in the aqueous system such as contaminated water, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Mehmet A. GENCER, Kaan GENCER, Clark B. LANGMACK, Richard A. SCHWARZ, Paul M. ZAKRISKI
  • Publication number: 20200290909
    Abstract: As pellets grow from seed/sand in a fluidized bed pellent reactor, the weight of the reactor is measured and the density of the contents of the reactor is calculated, and the input flow of untreated water, water treatement chemical, and seed/sand are adjusted to provide improved removal of water hardness while reducing fine particulates in the outflow of softened water from the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Richard W. Christy
  • Publication number: 20200290910
    Abstract: The instant application is directed towards methods for removing sulfide from a wastewater stream. The pH of the wastewater stream is adjusted to between 7.0 and 8.0. A first oxidizing agent is mixed with the wastewater stream, oxidizing the sulfide to elemental sulfur. The wastewater stream is then softened by mixing lime with the wastewater stream. The addition of lime further raises the pH of the wastewater stream to 10.0 or higher, and converts the elemental sulfur to soluble sulfide (S2-) and/or thio-sulfate. Calcium carbonate is precipitated and sulfide (S2-) and/or thio-sulfate is adsorbed thereon. Thereafter, the wastewater stream is directed to a solids-liquid separation process, which separates the calcium carbonate and adsorbed sulfide (S2-) and/or thio-sulfate from the wastewater stream. The solids-liquid separator produces an effluent that includes residual elemental sulfur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support
    Inventors: Kashi Banerjee, Srikanth Muddasani, David E. Parker, Bernard Roy Mack
  • Publication number: 20200290911
    Abstract: Sludge dewatering process assisted by flocculating reactant, said process comprising an injection of flocculating reactant into the sludge and a step of dewatering said sludge, characterized in that it comprises a preliminary step that consists in mixing said sludge in a mixer (4) comprising a cylindrical chamber (4a) equipped with blades (4c) rotatably mounted on a shaft (4b) rotating at a speed of rotation of between 500 rpm and 4000 rpm, so as to destructure the sludge and reduce the viscosity thereof, and in discharging the sludge from said mixer (4) via a network (11) to said dewatering step, and in that it comprises a step of depressurizing said mixer (4) and said network giving rise to the lysis, by cavitation, of said sludge, said depressurizing step being carried out over a period of at least 0.1 second. Corresponding plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support
    Inventors: Cédric Crampon, Malik Djafer, Éric Buibelin
  • Publication number: 20200290912
    Abstract: A batch charger includes a barrel defining a direction X of charging a glass forming batch into the furnace, and a mechanical assembly provided with a member for conveying the batch to the furnace in the charging direction X, this conveying member being at least partially arranged in the barrel, and a motorized unit for driving the conveying member. The batch charger includes a mechanical assembly translatably mobile relative to the barrel, in the charging direction X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Antoine GUILLET, Frédéric LOPEPE, Sébastien CHESNEL, Andrea RANZANI DA COSTA
  • Publication number: 20200290913
    Abstract: A method for removing bubbles from molten glass is provided and involves subjecting the surface of the molten glass to at least one fining sequence wherein the fining sequence comprises subjecting the surface of the molten glass to a sub-atmospheric pressure (relative vacuum less one atmosphere of pressure) for a time followed by subjecting the surface of the molten glass to super-atmospheric gas pressure (greater than one atmosphere of pressure) for additional time. The fining sequence can be repeated as needed to produce a high quality optically clear glass that is substantially free of bubbles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Steve w. Martin, Ryan s. Gebhardt, Steven Kmiec, Jose Ezequiel De Sousa, Seila Rojas De Sousa
  • Publication number: 20200290914
    Abstract: A burner for a facility for melting vitrifiable materials, includes an injector block including a combustion gas distribution network and at least one injector, and a plate in glass and/or flame contact which overlaps the injector block and includes at least one injection hole in fluid communication with the injector, wherein the plate is removably attached to the injector block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Antoine GUILLET, Frédéric LOPEPE
  • Publication number: 20200290915
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing glass ribbon can comprise feeding molten material through a minimum width of a first gap defined between a first roller and a second roller of a first pair of rollers. A first pool of molten material can be formed upstream from the minimum width of the first gap. A ribbon of molten material can exit the first gap. The methods can further include passing the ribbon of molten material through a minimum width of a second gap defined between a first roller and a second roller of a second pair of rollers. The minimum width of the first gap can be greater than the minimum width of the second gap. A second pool of molten material can be formed upstream from the minimum width of the second gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson, Daniel Rousseau
  • Publication number: 20200290916
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods for processing a glass ribbon (22). A glass ribbon is supplied to an upstream side of a conveying apparatus (32). A pulling force is applied on the glass ribbon (22) at a downstream side of the conveying apparatus (32). The glass ribbon (22) is supported at first and second support devices along a travel path of the conveying apparatus (32). Each of the first and second support devices (72) establishes a non-rolling, line-type interface with the glass ribbon (22). Further, the first support device (72a) is spaced from the second support device (72c) along the travel path. In some embodiments, the line-type interface comprises a sliding interface or a gas bearing interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson
  • Publication number: 20200290917
    Abstract: A 3D cover glass, having a polygonal shape in a plan view which corner part may comprise a rounded portion, and containing a central part being flat plane, and curved parts each with a three-dimensional curved surface having a curvature radius of 100 mm or less on peripheries of at least two of the sides of the polygonal shape, wherein the 3D cover glass shows the maximum value of retardation per 1 mm thickness being 16 nm/mm or less when measured by irradiating a light having a wavelength of 543 nm onto the central part orthogonally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi KANASUGI, Takanori FUKUSHI, Shunji WACHI