Patents Issued in November 24, 2020
  • Patent number: 10843121
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for producing helium, neon, or argon product gas using an adsorption separation unit having minimal dead end volumes. A purification unit receives a stream enriched in helium, neon, or argon, and a stream is recycled from the purification unit back to the adsorption separation unit in a controlled manner to maintain the concentration of the helium, neon, or argon in the feed to the separation unit within a targeted range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory E. Sanderson, Jason Michael Ploeger, Jin Cao, Roger Dean Whitley, Shubhra Jyoti Bhadra
  • Patent number: 10843122
    Abstract: Systems and methods for removing hydrogen sulfide from an ammonia stream in the NH3 purification and liquefaction stage of a conventional two-column sour water stripping system using an adsorbent bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BECHTEL HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Martin Taylor
  • Patent number: 10843123
    Abstract: A method for recovering ammoniacal nitrogen, in the form of ammonium carbonate and/or ammonium bicarbonate, from an ammoniacal nitrogen-containing vapor that comprises introducing said vapor into at least one pressurizable ammonia scrubbing vessel containing water, simultaneously introducing a carbon dioxide-containing vapor into at least one pressurizable carbon dioxide scrubbing vessel containing water, and simultaneously pumping the solutions created in said scrubbers via hydrologic connections between said scrubbers to mix the solution to create an ammonium carbonate and/or ammonium bicarbonate containing mixture, all while maintaining independent and unmixed vapor streams throughout the entire process. The method further involves recovering ammonium carbonate and/or ammonium bicarbonate from the mixture for further use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: University of Maryland, College Park, Planet Found Energy Development, LLC
    Inventors: Freddy Witarsa, Robert Lupitskyy, Stephanie Lansing, Andrew Moss
  • Patent number: 10843124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and contactor vessel in which gas and liquid contact occurs to facilitate mass transfer therebetween. In one embodiment, the process includes a fluidised bed including mobile inert primary objects and secondary particles that facilitate turbulent mixing and enhanced gas/liquid surface area in the contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: REDEEM CCS PTY LTD
    Inventor: Barry Hooper
  • Patent number: 10843125
    Abstract: With the invention a washing apparatus and a process for the efficient separation and recovery of methanol from waste gases loaded with methanol is proposed, wherein the invention also can be used in an integrated flow chart for the production and processing of methanol. The methanol fractions separated from the waste gases are recovered within the already existing, distillative processing of the crude methanol to pure methanol, so that no separate apparatuses are required for the recovery of the methanol from the loaded scrubber waste waters. The valuable substance methanol is recovered and the impact on the environment is reduced. By particular aspects of the invention the total degree of methanol separation can be adapted according to the locally applicable emission limit values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Martin Raventos, Jorg Ott, Tobias Oelmann, Benjamin Nuri
  • Patent number: 10843126
    Abstract: A separation membrane structure comprises a porous support body, a zeolite membrane formed on the porous support body and comprising pores having a major diameter and a minor diameter. The ratio of a major diameter to a minor diameter is greater than 1.0. The minor diameter is greater than or equal to 0.30 nm and less than or equal to 0.35 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Noda
  • Patent number: 10843127
    Abstract: A device for separating a gas, such as air, into components, includes a plurality of modules, each module having one or more polymeric membranes capable of gas separation. A set of valves, pipes, and manifolds together arrange the modules in one of two possible configurations. In a first configuration, the modules are arranged in parallel. In a second configuration, the modules are divided into two groups which are arranged in series. The device can be switched from parallel to series, or from series to parallel, simply by changing the positions of a small number of valves, typically three valves. The device can therefore produce gas either of higher purity, or moderate purity, depending on the settings of the valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Generon IGS, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Reese, Marc Straub, John A. Jensvold
  • Patent number: 10843128
    Abstract: A membrane contactor for separating components from a feed gas stream comprises a housing, a feed gas inlet for receiving the feed gas stream at a first pressure, and a liquid inlet or receiving a stream of liquid at a second pressure, the liquid containing an absorbent for reacting components of the gas stream and a slip gas outlet. The contactor also includes a plurality of fibers with pore channels in contact with the feed gas incoming from the gas inlet on a first side, and in contact with liquid incoming from the liquid inlet on a second side, producing a gas-liquid interface at the pore channels. Liquid is prevented from wetting the pore channels by maintaining the first pressure of the gas stream higher than the liquid stream, and a portion of the gas stream bubbles through as slip gas into the liquid stream due to the elevated pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Seung-Hak Choi, Sarah N. Almahfoodh, Sebastien A. Duval, Abdulaziz Y. Ammar
  • Patent number: 10843129
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for processing gas produced from oil and gas reservoirs while removing mercaptans from the gas. Mercaptan-selective membranes are used to debottleneck known systems and methods by removing mercaptans from bottlenecked plant process steps including LPG fractionation and mercaptan sweetening. Hydrogen sulfide can be simultaneously removed by the membranes. Production of on specification LPG and sales gases can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Nitesh Bhuwania, Shabbir Husain, Daniel Chinn, Ronald P. MacDonald, Tapan K. Das
  • Patent number: 10843130
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to the use of elemental or speciated iodine and bromine to control total mercury emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ADA-ES, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon Sjostrom, Connie Senior, Jon Lagarenne, Kenneth E. Baldrey, Ramon Bisque, Michael D. Durham, Nina Bergan French
  • Patent number: 10843131
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for desulfurization and denitrification integrated treatment and recycling of flue gas by using red mud, and belongs to the recycling and environmental protection technology field. The system includes a desulfurization spray tower, an ozone generator, a denitration spray tower, a slurry mixing tank, a slurry storage tank, a vacuum filter, an ammonia water neutralization tank, an aluminum hydroxide precipitation tank, an ammonia water tank, an aluminum hydroxide storage tank, a filter press, an ammonia distillation tower, a dephlegmator, a cooler, a concentrated ammonia water storage tank, a gypsum precipitation tank, and an anaerobic biochemical pool. In the present invention, red mud slurry is used for desulfurization and denitrification treatment of flue gas to remove SO2 and NO in the flue gas, so that SO2 and NO in the flue gas reach an emission standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: Kunming University of Science and Technology, Pingxiang Huaxing Environmental Protection Engineering Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping Ning, Liangtao Yin, Qiulin Zhang, Lijuan Jia, Zaifei Yin, Bo Li, Shaoming Li, Bin Li
  • Patent number: 10843132
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of reducing the amount of nitrogen oxide components in a process gas stream comprising: a) contacting a deNOX catalyst with the process gas in the presence of ammonia which results in the conversion of nitrogen oxide components as well as a decline in the NOX conversion over the deNOX catalyst; and b) regenerating the deNOX catalyst to improve the NOX conversion by contacting the deNOX catalyst at a temperature in the range of from 250 to 390° C. with a flow of ammonia that is reduced relative to the flow of ammonia in step a) and process gas, air or a mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Wenzhong Zhang, Geert Marten Bakker
  • Patent number: 10843133
    Abstract: Reverse osmosis (RO) separation of organic solvent mixtures where solvent molecular weights <100 Da is challenging especially for powerful solvents that swell most uncrosslinked polymers. To avoid polymer swelling by solvents, a particular perfluoropolymer, perfluoro-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxole copolymerized with tetrafluoroethylene, (PDD-TFE), designated CMS-7, was studied. This amorphous glassy extremely hydrophobic copolymer has a very high free volume (FV) fraction. The maximum radial dimension of FV regions is less than ˜0.65 nm allowing only single solvent molecule permeation. Further, interactions between polarity, dimensions and shapes of solvent molecules with those of polymer FV elements can lead to extraordinarily selective permeation. Permeation behaviors of other solvent mixtures, toluene-n-heptane, NMP-tetrahydrofuran, methanol-water, ethanol-water as well as individual phases of the immiscible mixture of NMP and the nonpolar solvent n-heptane were also studied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kamalesh Sirkar, Prithish Basak, John Chau
  • Patent number: 10843134
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for distilling a fluid by exposing the fluid to a porous membrane that includes a surface capable of generating heat. In some embodiments, the heat generated at the surface propagates the distilling of the fluid by converting the fluid to a vapor that flows through the porous membrane and condenses to a distillate. In some embodiments, the surface capable of generating heat is associated with a photo-thermal composition that generates the heat at the surface by converting light energy from a light source to thermal energy. In some embodiments, the photo-thermal composition includes, without limitation, noble metals, semiconducting materials, dielectric materials, carbon-based materials, composite materials, nanocomposite materials, nanoparticles, hydrophilic materials, polymers, fibers, meshes, fiber meshes, hydrogels, hydrogel meshes, nanomaterials, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Qilin Li, Jinjian Wu, Nancy J. Halas, Katherine R. Zodrow, Haoli Guo, Jiarui Xu, Cong Yu
  • Patent number: 10843135
    Abstract: A hollow fiber (HF) membrane incorporating molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) nanoparticles. The membrane may be composed of PPSU hollow fibers that are coated or encrusted with MoO3 nanoparticles and can be made by dry-wet spinning. The hollow fiber membranes containing MoO3 nanoparticles remove lead, cadmium or other heave metals from waste water and are resistant to attachment of bacteria and fouling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Amir Al-Ahmed, Arun M. Isloor
  • Patent number: 10843136
    Abstract: A selectively permeable membrane device for separating a first fluid from a second fluid in a flow can include a membrane conduit configured to receive the flow and to allow permeation of the first fluid therethrough, and configured to not allow permeation of the second fluid. The device can include a residence time enhancing structure disposed within the membrane conduit and configured to increase residence time of the flow within the membrane conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Haralambos Cordatos, Sergei F. Burlatsky, Zissis A. Dardas
  • Patent number: 10843137
    Abstract: A method for producing a protective-layer-covered gas separation membrane includes forming a gas separation membrane having a resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond and satisfying a particular condition by surface oxidation treatment of a resin layer precursor containing a siloxane bond; and providing a protective layer on the resin layer before winding. A protective-layer-covered gas separation membrane is produced by the method for producing a protective-layer-covered gas separation membrane. A gas separation membrane module and a gas separation apparatus are produced by the method for producing a protective-layer-covered gas separation membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Mochizuki, Satoshi Yoneyama, Makoto Sawada
  • Patent number: 10843138
    Abstract: Photocatalytic materials with a composite photocatalyst of a metal oxide impregnated with elemental metal particles, can be embedded into a hydrophilic polymer having pores with diameters of less than 2 nm, to provide a useful water remediation and/or purification product. The metal oxide may be WO3, CeO2, Bi2O3, NiO, TiO2, and/or ZnO, and the elemental metal particles, impregnated or compounded into the metal oxide, may be Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, Ce, Mn, Mo, V, Bi, Sn, W, Nb, Pd, and/or Pt. The photocatalytic materials may be easily removed and/or retrieved after use, and can effectively combat both chemical and biological contamination and/or fouling of water as well as the membranes composed of the photocatalytic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Iqbal M. I. Ismail, Abdul Hameed, Muhammad Aslam, Mohammad H. Albeirutty
  • Patent number: 10843139
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising anisotropic chain-like silica nanoparticles functionalized with hydrophilic groups. The anisotropic chain-like silica nanoparticles comprise linked arrays of charged silica nanoparticles, each linked array have at least one linear dimension of from about 100 nm to about 1200 nm and the anisotropic chain-like silica nanoparticles each in have a diameter of from about 10 nm to about 500 nm. These compositions are superoleophobic in the presence of water, e.g., when submerged in water. Also provided are layered coatings comprising these compositions, substrates comprising the layered coatings, articles comprising the layered coatings, methods of filtering a mixture of water and an oil using the compositions described herein, and methods of preparing a superoleophobic coating on a substrate using the compositions described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Shu Yang, Daeyeon Lee, Zhiwei Liao, Gaoxiang Wu
  • Patent number: 10843140
    Abstract: A water aeration system powers an air pump held in an encasement with a solar panel mounted directly or indirectly to the encasement or to the mounting pole supporting the encasement above a ground surface. An air conduit directs pumped air to one or more disc diffusers submerged in the body of water to be aerated. The disc diffuser(s) are supported by a floating platform that is suspended from a buoy or float so that the disc diffuser(s) are held at a desired depth below the water surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Linne Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Burton, Sandra Burton
  • Patent number: 10843141
    Abstract: A container assembly includes a flexible bag having an interior surface bounding a chamber and an opposing exterior surface. The bag has a bottom end wall that includes a first sparger and a second sparger. The first sparger and the second sparger each have a flexible first sheet overlying a flexible second sheet, the first sheet and the second sheet being secured together so as to form a sparging area bounded between the first sheet and the second sheet, at least a portion of the first sheet overlying the sparging area being gas permeable so that gas can pass from the sparging area, through the first sheet, and into the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Goodwin, Nephi D. Jones, Derik R. West
  • Patent number: 10843142
    Abstract: A modular flow monitoring package (MFMP) is provided for use in an additive delivery system. The MFMP may be manufactured as an add-on to be added to an existing additive delivery system, or may be incorporated into a cartridge or container structure. The MFMP includes a flow sensor for sensing flow of a base fluid and user actuator position sensors for sensing the position of one or more user actuated additive flow adjustment levers. A visual display, which may comprise an array of multi-color LED's may convey information to a user that is relevant to a user's use of the additive delivery system or the user's nutritional needs. Such information may include a current dosage of additive, being delivered, whether a recommended dosage of additive has been consumed, remaining life of a cartridge or supply of additive, and other data relative to health or performance monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Garrett S. Waggoner, Andrew Gay, David W Baarman
  • Patent number: 10843143
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dispensing system comprising a self-gassing liquid to be dispensed and a dispenser for dispensing the self-gassing liquid, the dispenser including: a valve housing having an inlet for receiving the liquid and an outlet through which the liquid is to be dispensed; a valve chamber and/or passage extending between the inlet and the outlet, and a valve arranged to open and close the valve chamber and/or passage; pressure maintaining means arranged to maintain the pressure of liquid at the inlet to the valve housing at a constant pressure during successive dispensing operations; and control means for controlling the opening and closing of the valve, the control means being arranged to open and close the valve to commence and terminate each successive dispensing operation, wherein the period for which the valve is open determines the quantity of liquid dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: PACKAGING INNOVATION LTD.
    Inventor: Michael Gerard O'Brien
  • Patent number: 10843144
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of an elastomer agglomerate composition, comprising: forcing a slurry through an aperture in a valve assembly (1) to obtain the elastomer agglomerate composition; wherein the valve assembly (1) comprises the valve (2) and a seat (3) that are arranged opposite each other to provide a flow channel for the slurry to be homogenized with an emulsifying channel section (5) that is provided with the aperture; wherein the emulsifying flow channel section is arranged at an angle (a) with respect to an axial center line of the valve in a cross sectional view of the valve assembly; and wherein the slurry comprises elastomeric particles in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Dejin Li, Mark Erik Nelson, Dane Ferraris, Vern Lowry
  • Patent number: 10843145
    Abstract: A method and a device for the production of graphene or graphene-like material are provided. The method can comprise the following steps: providing particles of a crystalline graphitic material; dispersing the particles in a solvent or surfactant mixture; submitting the mixture to a cavitation force such that cavitation bubbles are present; and submitting the mixture to high shear agitation. The cavitation and high shear agitation steps can be simultaneous, in particular in the same enclosed vessel. The device for the production of graphene or graphene-like material can comprise a reactor having an enclosed vessel for receiving a solvent or surfactant mixture with dispersed particles of a crystalline graphitic material. The reactor can be arranged for: submitting the mixture in the enclosed vessel to a cavitation force such that cavitation bubbles are present and, simultaneously in the same enclosed vessel, submitting the mixture to high shear agitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: GRAPHENEST, S.A.
    Inventors: Vitor Emanuel Marques Abrantes, Bruno Reis Figueiredo, Rui Pedro Fonseca Ferreira Da Silva
  • Patent number: 10843146
    Abstract: A laboratory device, in particular for shaking and/or mixing substances, comprises a base unit, that comprises a drive apparatus, and a pivot unit, that is pivotably connected to the base unit by means of a bearing element about axes oriented perpendicular to a central axis of the base unit. The drive apparatus comprises an arrangement of magnetic elements at an inner side of a roll-off surface of the base unit and a control apparatus that is configured to control the arrangement of magnetic elements for generating a peripheral magnetic field along a closed path at an outer side of the roll-off surface to drive the roll-off section of the pivot unit by means of magnetic attraction and/or repulsion to make a rolling-off along said path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hans Heidolph GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Seifferth
  • Patent number: 10843147
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for mixing highly viscous fluids to form a mixture. The mixture is created rapidly and has a high level of uniformity. The mixture is created by utilizing induced viscous fluid folding under the influence of an electric field. The electric field is introduced by connecting a nozzle dispensing the fluids in parallel to a voltage supply and grounding a collection plate located below the nozzle. When a certain voltage is applied the co-flow viscous fluids start to fold because the electric field exerts stress on the surface of the fluids, which results in changes of the geometry and dynamics of the viscous fluids. Control of the electric field provides great control over the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: VERSITECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Tiantian Kong, Zhou Liu, Ho Cheung Shum, Liqiu Wang
  • Patent number: 10843148
    Abstract: A new simple transfection method using an integrated electrowetting nano-injector (“INENI”) with controlled dosage delivery and high transfection efficiency is disclosed. The volume of delivery can be controlled via voltage application to an inner and outer electrode integrated into a nano-pipette. With higher voltages, more liquid enters the INENI and with lower voltages liquid is expelled. This method can be used to deliver plasmid DNA directly into the nuclei of cells. The INENI requires only the use of a single probe since both electrodes are integrated into the same nano-pipette. Hence, more space is available, and ergo the INENI offers a simplistic means for direct injection of metered amounts of exogenous material into the confines of a cell cytoplasm and/or nucleus while retaining full cell viability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Hemantha K. Wickramasinghe, Elaheh Shekaramiz
  • Patent number: 10843149
    Abstract: A moving system moves containers between stations of a production plant to produce fluids, such as paints. The system includes at least one input/output station, in which the container is introduced into/removed from the moving system. At least one gripping device grips the container arranged in a station. At least one first moving device moves the container between at least two stations. The first gripping device includes forks for engaging with the container. The first moving device includes at least one first actuator, for moving the forks at least along a longitudinal axis of the forks. The input/output station includes a second gripping device, for gripping the container arranged in the station, and a second moving device, for moving the second gripping device at least along a vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Luca Drocco, Mario Drocco
  • Patent number: 10843150
    Abstract: Method, system, and apparatus to facilitate mixing of at least one colour to achieve a desired colour consistency to perform one or more activities. Particularly, the present system includes multiple user devices, a cloud server, and a colour mixing dispensing apparatus. In operation, multiple user devices are accessible to a user via a user interface to input data by the user to select at least one colour coding parameter. The cloud server includes at least one memory adapted to store data for the at least one colour coding parameter in a colour database and at least one processor that is adapted to execute processor-executable code. In practice, the colour mixing dispensing apparatus is configured to provide instant colour mixing to the user by receiving a set of instructions from the cloud server via a communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Yin Nie Ong
  • Patent number: 10843151
    Abstract: A mixing and dispensing apparatus to facilitate automatic mixing and dispensing of a semi-liquid form of a powder material when mixed with a fluid. The apparatus comprises a mechanism to hold and rotate a cartridge, an actuation device, and an injection unit. The cartridge consists of the powder material to be mixed with the fluid. The mechanism rotates the cartridge about a primary axis of rotation and a secondary axis of rotation to uniformly mix the powder material with the fluid. The actuation device performs a piercing stroke to pierce one end of the cartridge, and a dispensing stroke to dispense the semi-liquid form of the powder material through an opposing end of the cartridge. Further, the injection unit is disposed within the actuation device to inject a pre-determined quantity of fluid into the cartridge following piercing stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Algimate Dental Systems Private Limited
    Inventor: Binnoy Kurian
  • Patent number: 10843152
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software program products for detecting an out-of-product condition in a chemical dispensing system. An optical sensor includes a photodetector and a light source configured to generate a beam of light. The light source is positioned such that the beam of light is incident on a supply line at an oblique angle. The supply line displaces the beam of light in dependence on the refractive index of a medium in the supply line. The photodetector is positioned so that it is in the optical path of the displaced beam of light when the refractive index of the of the medium in the supply line is indicative of one of a wet state or a dry state. A detection module receives an electrical signal from the photodetector and determines if the out-of-product conditions exists base thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Tincher
  • Patent number: 10843153
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a two-dimensional nanomaterial dispersant, a preparation method of a two-dimensional nanomaterial by liquid phase exfoliation, and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Liping Wang, Jia Chen, Mingjun Cui, Cheng Chen, Shihui Qiu, Haichao Zhao
  • Patent number: 10843154
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to highly concentrated foam formulations for blast suppression and dispersion mitigation. for use in responding to a terrorism incident involving a blast dispersion device. The foam formulation is more concentrated and more stable than current blast suppression foams, which reduces the logistics burden on the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick D. Burton, Mark D. Tucker, Keith E. Frakes
  • Patent number: 10843155
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus includes a granulation machine. The granulation machine forms granules by performing extrusion granulation on a granulation material. The granulation machine includes a die. In the die, a die hole that allows the granulation material to pass therethrough is formed. An outlet opening surface of the die hole has a polygonal shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junji Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 10843156
    Abstract: A reactor tank is provided having an enzyme inlet, a heating jacket positioned around the exterior center of the tank, a gas outlet for communicating with a vacuum apparatus to create a vacuum within the reactor tank and for communicating with a condensing unit, a first gas inlet for receiving gas from a feed tank and a first liquid outlet for recirculating the liquid from the first liquid outlet back to the feed tank. The reactor tank further includes a sparged unit and a screen positioned within the tank between the sparged unit and the first liquid outlet, where the sparged unit is connected to the first gas inlet for receiving gas from the feed tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Rachel Burton
  • Patent number: 10843157
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of chemical looping using non-stoichiometric materials with a variable degree of non-stoichiometry. One application of these methods is in the water gas shift reaction for H2 production. The methods of the invention can overcome limitations, e.g. those associated with chemical equilibria, which prevent chemical processes from proceeding with complete conversion of starting materials to products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
    Inventor: Ian Metcalfe
  • Patent number: 10843158
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for filtration and distribution of a gaseous phase and a liquid phase, which can be disposed upstream of a fixed catalytic bed of a reactor operating with a descending co-current of gas and liquid, comprising: a solid plate on which substantially vertical risers are fixed, said risers are open at their upper and lower ends and have openings over at least a fraction of their height; a plurality of removable baskets capable of retaining at least one filtration medium, each removable basket being defined by an ellipsoidal vertical wall or by at least three vertical lateral walls and a bottom, the vertical walls and/or the bottom being permeable to a gas and to liquid. Each basket is provided support means cooperating with a riser of the plate in order to support the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Cecile Plais, Frederic Bazer-Bachi, Yacine Haroun, Jauffray Salvatore Delteil, Wilfried Weiss, Younes Aiddouch, Jerome Bonnardot
  • Patent number: 10843159
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for a mass production of microspheres and a multichannel forming device incorporatable therein. The apparatus comprises a multi-channel microsphere forming unit, a first source material reservoir containing the first source material and in fluid communication with the plurality of first microchannels, a second source material reservoir containing the second source material and in fluid communication with the plurality of second microchannels, a flow control unit configured to supply a first gas to the first source material reservoir at a first source material flow rate and to supply a second gas to a second source material reservoir at a second source material flow rate and a product reservoir for accommodating the microspheres formed from the multi-channel forming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: INVENTAGE LAB, INC.
    Inventor: Ju Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 10843160
    Abstract: Systems and processes for rapidly depressurizing a reactor system are disclosed. The systems and processes are particularly useful in the high pressure polymerization of ethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Philip H. Cornelissen, Paul J. Clymans, Henri A. Lammens
  • Patent number: 10843161
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of making laminated devices (especially microchannel devices) in which plates are assembled and welded together. Unlike conventional microchannel devices, the inventive laminated devices can be made without brazing or diffusion bonding; thus providing significant advantages for manufacturing. Features such as expansion joints and external welded supports are also described. Laminated devices and methods of conducting unit operations in laminated devices are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Lee Tonkovich, Thomas Yuschak, Paul W. Neagle, Jennifer L. Marco, Jeffrey D. Marco, Michael A. Marchiando, Lane W. Keyes, Soumitra Deshmukh, Robert J. Luzenski
  • Patent number: 10843162
    Abstract: Various embodiments that pertain to oxygen enrichment are described. Oxygen enrichment is shown to allow for independent control of both reformer residence time and the oxygen-to-carbon ratio during reforming. This allows for much better control over the reformer and for significant gains in reformer through-put without negative impacts to reformer performance. Additionally, the use of oxygen enriched reforming is shown to result in enhanced reformer performance, reduced degradation from catalyst poisons (carbon formation and sulfur) and enhanced fuel cell stack performance due to greatly increased hydrogen concentration in the reformate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Terry DuBois
  • Patent number: 10843163
    Abstract: An equilibrium approach reactor with the ability to receive a highly variable gas and normalise it to a useful quality, and further to utilise the energy from the gas itself to robustly elevate the operating temperature, to ensure good mixing and high conversion while having the ability to handle solids in multiple states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KEW TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Kamaldeep Kalsi
  • Patent number: 10843164
    Abstract: A tower packing element (100), a tower packing (300), a packing tower, and a mixer including the tower packing element (100) are provided. The tower packing element (100) is manufactured by a deformed plate and includes a plurality of strip assemblies (10) arranged along a longitudinal direction of the tower packing element (100) and a connecting plate portion (20) connected between adjacent strip assemblies (10). Each of the strip assemblies (10) defines a central passage (30) therein, and the central passage (30) is extended in a lateral direction of the tower packing element (100). The connecting plate portion (20) is extended along the lateral direction of the tower packing element (100). The adjacent strip assemblies (10) and the connecting plate portion (20) connected therebetween define a side passage (40) parallel to the central passage (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING ZEHUA CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Runxing Xie, Hongping Tang, Jiazhuo Lv, Changzhi Wang
  • Patent number: 10843165
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, devices and kits having a novel chromatographic material are provided herein for separating and identifying organic molecules and compounds, for example molecules and compounds containing electron rich functional groups such as carbon-carbon double bonds. The methods, compositions, and kits include a metal-thiolate chromatographic medium (MTCM) with a sulfur-containing functional group or a metal-selenolate chromatographic medium (MSCM) comprising a selenium-containing functional group covalently attached to a support medium, such that the sulfur-containing functional group or selenium-containing functional group is bound to at least one metal atom. The MTCM and/or MSCM has affinity and specificity to compounds having one or more carbon-carbon double bonds, and performs a highly efficient and rapid separation of samples yielding non-overlapping peaks of purified materials compared to traditional media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Brown University
    Inventors: Yongsong Huang, Jose C. Aponte, Rafael Tarozo, James Dillon
  • Patent number: 10843166
    Abstract: Adsorbent particle includes iron oxyhydroxide as a main component, wherein 90% or more of volume of particle is constituted of a granular crystal having a crystal grain size of 20 nm or less or a columnar crystal having a width of 10 nm or less and length of 30 nm or less and particle has BET specific surface area of 250 m2/g or more. Above adsorbent particle is produced by a method including a step of generating iron oxyhydroxide by adding base represented by YOH (wherein Y represents a monovalent atom or atomic group) to solution including at least one selected from trivalent iron compounds represented by FeX3 (wherein X represents a monovalent atom or atomic group other than OH) while adjusting pH to pH 3 to 6, wherein solution has total concentration of FeX3, YOH and other electrolytes of 10% by mass or more at completion of the step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: TAKAHASHI METAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Hirokawa, Tsuyoshi Noishiki, Nobuo Kimura, Masato Amaike, Yukiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10843167
    Abstract: A moisture and hydrogen adsorption getter is provided. The moisture and hydrogen adsorption getter includes a silicon substrate including a concave portion and a convex portion, a silicon oxide layer conformally provided along a surface of the concave portion and a surface of the convex portion and configured to adsorb moisture, and a hydrogen adsorption pattern disposed on the silicon oxide layer. A portion of the silicon oxide layer is exposed between portions of the hydrogen adsorption pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
    Inventors: Yongho Choa, Nusia Eom, Hyoryoung Lim
  • Patent number: 10843168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an activated carbon for organic compound removal in which the average pore diameter obtained from the following formula by using a BET specific surface area calculated by the nitrogen adsorption method and a pore volume calculated by the HK method is from 1.615 to 1.625 nm: D=4000×V/S (wherein, D represents an average pore diameter (nm), V represents a pore volume (mL/g), and S represents a specific surface area (m2/g)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Hanamoto, Mitsunori Hitomi, Yoshinari Kobashi
  • Patent number: 10843169
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a super absorbent polymer, including: a base resin powder comprising a first cross-linked polymer of a water soluble ethylene-based unsaturated monomer containing acidic groups which are at least partially neutralized; and a surface cross-linked layer comprising a second cross-linked polymer further cross-linked from the first cross-linked polymer and formed on the base resin powder, wherein the first cross-linked polymer is bound to a porous zeolite in which a mesopore having a BET surface area of at least 100 m2/g and a porosity of at least 0.2 cm3/g is formed, and a preparation method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Ki Youl Yoon, Hyo Sook Joo, Gi Cheul Kim, Hyeon Choi, Ju Eun Kim
  • Patent number: 10843170
    Abstract: A superabsorbent polymer having high centrifuge retention capacity and absorption rate prepared by using a particular foam stabilizer and a polymerization initiator. The foam stabilizer includes a sucrose ester and a polyalkylene oxide, and polymerization initiator includes a photoinitiator and a cationic azo-based initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeon Woo Hong, Seong Beom Heo, Hyung Ki Yoon, Dae Woo Nam, Tae Hwan Jang, Jun Kyu Kim, Bo Hyun Seong, Su Jin Kim, Seon Jung Jung, Ji Yoon Jeong