Patents Issued in December 15, 2020
  • Patent number: 10864462
    Abstract: An underwater facility (18) for the gas/liquid separation of a multiphase hydrocarbon mixture includes an underwater supply conduit (16) and a longitudinal separation chamber (26) intended to be installed substantially vertically, the separation chamber (26) having a lower end (30) and an opposing upper end (28), and an intermediate separation area (32), the separation chamber (26) further comprising an injection conduit (34) connected to the supply conduit (16), the injection conduit extending longitudinally into the intermediate area (32), the injection conduit having a tubular wall and a free opening that opens towards the upper end (28). The tubular wall is continuous to be impervious to the multiphase hydrocarbon mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Thibault De Sorbier
  • Patent number: 10864463
    Abstract: A deep cone thickener with an underflow concentration rapid auto-adjustment pertains to the technical field of mining tailing disposal. The thickener includes a shell body, a dilution flocculation system, a shearing dewatering system, an underflow circulatory system, and an auto-control system. The shell body includes a thickener pool wall, a cone body, and a collection cylinder. The dilution flocculation system includes a feed pipe, a flocculant charging pipe, and a central feed well. The shearing dewatering system includes a drive motor, a drive shaft, and a rake. The underflow circulatory system includes discharging valves, underflow pumps, circulatory pipes, and a concentration meter. The auto-control system includes a PLC control system. During the underground paste filling, the dilution flocculation system and shearing dewatering system can form a paste slurry. When there is no need for underground backfill, the underflow circulatory system is used to lower the underflow concentration rapidly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING
    Inventors: Aixiang Wu, Shaoyong Wang, Zhuen Ruan, Shenghua Yin, Hongjiang Wang, Yiming Wang, Jiandong Wang
  • Patent number: 10864464
    Abstract: A method for recovering fine tailings from a tailings pond includes selecting a desired density of fine tailings to be removed from the tailings pond. Positioning a hollow shell having a closed bottom and holes formed through a sidewall of the shell within the tailings pond such that the holes are located at a depth of a layer of the fine tailings of the desired density and such that a top of the shell is disposed above a free water surface of the pond. Causing a flow of the fine tailings of the desired density through the holes into into the shell and removing the fine tailings of the desired density from within the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Aly Gomaa
  • Patent number: 10864465
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides improved methods for conducting a wash cycle in a filtration unit. The methods may be used alone or in combination with one another to achieve the improvements described herein. Filtration units adapted for carrying out the novel methods are also provided. Through the use of the methods and filtration units described, significant economic benefits are obtained without a significant increase in the costs of the filtration unit or in the costs of operation of the filtration unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SCHREIBER, LLC
    Inventors: Howard Carmichael Boyd, William Frederick Foreman, III
  • Patent number: 10864466
    Abstract: A protected drain assembly comprising a drain which is at least partially bordered by a hard surface, and which is protected by a drain cover assembly which comprises (A) a laminar sheet which (i) is on top of the drain and (ii) comprises a central portion which, when a sediment-containing liquid is placed on top of it, allows the liquid to pass through it, and (B) gaskets which (i) are attached to edges of the laminar sheet and (ii) secure the edges of the laminar sheet to the hard surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ertec Environmental Systems LLC
    Inventor: Vincent P. Morris
  • Patent number: 10864467
    Abstract: A health meter with decontamination device for contaminated fluid with a metal casing body with sealable metal lid, inlet port and outlet port, a removable open bucket having a docking lid and a plurality of openings, a hollow tube with an opening connected to an outlet port, a convex reinforcing spacer in the removable open bucket, a compressible decontamination media and a reinforcing seat in the removable open bucket. Contaminated fluid flows into the metal casing body between the removable open bucket and metal casing body through openings in the docking lid into the compressible decontamination media sequentially into the hollow tube and out the outlet port while an inlet and outlet electrode and two sensors in the media communicate with a controller via a network to a plurality of client devices for automatic remote monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MICRON EAGLE HYDRAULICS, INC.
    Inventors: Henry Nagel, Andreas Nagel, Paul Whiting
  • Patent number: 10864468
    Abstract: A water purifier that includes: a filter unit that is configured to purify water; a cooling unit that is configured to cool water purified by the filter unit using cooling water; a water discharge unit that is configured to discharge water cooled by the cooling unit; a cold water flow path that couples the cooling unit to the water discharge unit and through which water cooled by the cooling unit passes; a cold water discharge valve that is coupled to a first side of the cooling unit and that is configured to control water flow inside the cold water flow path; and a check fitting unit that is coupled to a first side of the water discharge unit and that is configured to block pressure change inside the cold water flow path is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jewook Jeon, Kobong Choi, Yonghyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10864469
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly is disclosed. In one aspect, the air cleaner assembly includes a housing defining an inlet and an outlet, and including an access opening between the inlet and outlet. The air cleaner also includes a filter cartridge received within the housing and covering the access opening. The air cleaner also includes a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism is movable between an unlocked position in which the filter cartridge can be installed and removed from the housing and a locked position in which the filter cartridge is secured within the housing. The filter cartridge and lock mechanism include interacting features allowing the lock mechanism to be moved from the unlocked position to the locked position only when the filter cartridge is installed within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven K. Campbell, David J. Burton, Benny Nelson, Timothy J. Wessels, Daniel Eric Adamek, Robert Dean Johnston
  • Patent number: 10864470
    Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a cartridge provided to an air inlet so as to be freely mountable and dismountable. The cartridge accommodates a filter so as to be freely movable in a right-and-left direction and has an opening port formed in one end portion in the right-and-left direction. A dust box is provided on a side of the end portion of the cartridge. The dust box includes a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the filter and a dust collecting portion configured to collect dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Oishi, Shuhei Yokota
  • Patent number: 10864471
    Abstract: The present invention provides a smart air filter blockage detection and alert communication system for use with filters in air circulation systems such as HVAC, vehicles, server systems, and dryers. The system attached to the frame of a filter comprises a light source, a light sensor, two actuators and a control unit. The control unit based on a stored program or an external command activates the actuators to place the source and the sensor devices attached to the two arms of the actuators on the two sides of the filter membrane. The sensor measures the light intensity transmitted through the filter. The control unit upon receiving the intensity data determines the filter blockage level and communicates alert to the user when the blockage exceeds a predetermined value. The system uses a 4G or a 5G IoT network capability for data collection and communication with servers and user devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Sid Chaudhuri
  • Patent number: 10864473
    Abstract: An air-filtering protection device includes a filtering mask and an actuating and sensing device. The filtering mask is adhered to a user's nose for filter air and includes a first coupling element. The actuating and sensing device includes a second coupling element. The second coupling element is engaged with the first coupling element of the filtering mask for allowing the actuating and sensing device to be detachably mounted on the filtering mask. The actuating and sensing device includes at least one senor, at least one actuating device, a microprocessor, a power controller and a data transceiver. The at least one actuating device is disposed on one side of the at least one sensor and includes at least one guiding channel. The actuating device is enabled to transport an air to flow toward the sensor through the guiding channel so as to make the air sensed by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Chi-Feng Huang, Yung-Lung Han, Chang-Yen Tsai, Wei-Ming Lee, Hsuan-Kai Chen
  • Patent number: 10864474
    Abstract: An illustrative aspect of the invention provides a filtration apparatus comprising a filtration element having a plurality of filtration media sheets and at least one reinforcement element positioned intermediate adjacent filtration media sheets. The reinforcement element has a body that is formed from a planar member having a plurality of apertures to allow passage of fluid therethrough. At least a portion of a surface of the reinforcement element is in contact with one of the filtration media sheets. At least a portion of another surface of the reinforcement element is in contact with the other filtration media sheet. Each of these surface portions defines a plane that is parallel to the filtration media sheet with which the surface portion is in contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Porvair Filtration Group Limited
    Inventors: Chris Amey, Eric Duvekot, Paul Wilkinson, Alun Williams
  • Patent number: 10864475
    Abstract: An air cleaner arrangement is shown. The air cleaner arrangement includes a serviceable filter cartridge. A preferred filter cartridge positionable within an air cleaner arrangement, is depicted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Reichter, Wayne R. W. Bishop, Benny K. Nelson, Darrel Wegner, Bruce Crenshaw, Vladimir Kladnitsky, Donald Raymond Mork, Kevin Schrage, Richard J. Osendorf, Bradley A. Kuempel, Thomas J. Lundgren, Jordan S. Flagstad
  • Patent number: 10864476
    Abstract: The invention is a process and apparatus for separating the components of a multi-component gas stream comprising light and heavier volatility components with a variable composition. The process includes contacting the multi-component gas stream with a lean solvent in an absorber to produce a light component overhead stream and a rich solvent bottoms stream, flashing the rich solvent bottoms stream in at least a first, second and third reduced constant pressure of sequentially lower pressure wherein the released gas is compressed and a part is routed back to the absorber bottoms as stripping gas and a part is routed as a part of the heavier product stream. In this invention compressed vapor from the first or second reduced constant pressure rich solvent flash vessel is split by flow control between recycle routing to the absorber bottom stage as stripping gas and to the heavier product hydrocarbon stream, depending on the feed gas concentration of light component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: BRECOR HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas K. Gaskin, Earle R. Mowrey
  • Patent number: 10864477
    Abstract: A process for removing C5-C8-hydrocarbons and acid gases from a fluid stream is described, where a) the fluid stream is brought into contact with an absorption medium comprising at least one amine in an absorption zone to obtain a deacidified fluid stream and an acid-gases-laden absorption medium, b) the laden absorption medium is heated in a first heat exchanger and decompressed into a decompression zone to a pressure of from 5 to 10 bar to obtain a C5-C8-hydrocarbons-comprising gas phase and a hydrocarbon-depleted laden absorption medium, c) the hydrocarbon-depleted laden absorption medium is heated in an optional second heat exchanger and passed into a stripper in which at a pressure of 1 to 2.5 bar the acid gases are at least partially liberated by supplying heat to obtain a regenerated absorption medium and an acid-gas-comprising stream, and d) the regenerated absorption medium is recycled into the absorption zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Torsten Katz, Ralf Notz, Andreas Kern
  • Patent number: 10864478
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide capture system includes a first capture system and a second capture system. The first capture system including a first absorber that causes carbon dioxide contained in a combustion exhaust gas to be absorbed in a first absorbing liquid. The second capture system causes carbon dioxide contained in a combustion exhaust gas to be absorbed in a second absorbing liquid. The second rich liquid releases carbon dioxide at a lower temperature than the first rich liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Koshito Fujita, Mitsuru Udatsu
  • Patent number: 10864479
    Abstract: Metal organic framework membranes can be used in gas separation applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mohamed Eddaoudi, Bassem A. Almaythalony, Osama Shekhah, Youssef Belmabkhout
  • Patent number: 10864480
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a portable carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption device that may remove excess CO2 from a closed environment are disclosed herein. The absorption device is reusable and configured for many environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Allied Healthcare Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew D. Riley
  • Patent number: 10864481
    Abstract: A novel multi-stage reverse osmosis system is proposed that allows for following benefits —a) reduction in pressure-loss while achieving optimum cross-flow velocities and therefore reducing energy consumption of 4-10%; —b) increased flux balance between stages resulting in reduced fouling of the first stage; —c) disruption of scale forming conditions resulting in reduced scaling of the last stage; —d) reduction in scale potential of the concentrate valve; —e) reduction in downtime for CIP by proactively disrupting scaling or fouling through several innovative methods; —f) ease-of and effectiveness-of CIP with reduced number of valves and —g) to keep system operational via isolation of the last stage for maintenance while the keeping remaining system in production mode. All the above improvements are achieved with process-flow and operational characteristics defined in the Specifications and Claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Dileep Kumar Agnihotri, John Joseph Barelli
  • Patent number: 10864482
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method to purify produced water from a wellbore using energy. The apparatus comprises a wellbore with a wellhead attached to the wellbore; at least one energy recapture device connected to the wellhead of the wellbore with produced water, wherein the at least one energy recapture device captures fluid pressure of the production fluids including produced water; and at least one reverse osmosis membrane connected to the pressure recapture device wherein the at least one reverse osmosis membrane uses at least a portion of the fluid pressure from the energy recapture device to move a volume of the produced water through the reverse osmosis membrane to remove contaminates from the produced water to create purified water. The method comprises steps to use the apparatus and the system comprises a control panel that operates the at least one energy recapture device and the at least one reverse osmosis membrane in a coordinated manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Katz Water Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Gary P Katz
  • Patent number: 10864483
    Abstract: A molecular filtration device and method of use capable of filtering and purifying molecules of a particular characteristic, wherein the amount of molecule to be filtered may be in the nanogram range and may be dispersed in a relatively large volume of solution. The resultant elution may include a substantially pure solution comprising the desired molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: INTEGRATED PROTEIN TECHNOLOGIES, SNC.
    Inventors: Philip D. Compton, Jared Drader
  • Patent number: 10864484
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro-porous filtration membrane with performance enhancing projections as well as a method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
    Inventors: Ashok Mundrigi, Jahnavi Gowda, Ramesh Mundlamuri, Thomas Loewe, Holger Linne, Sebastian Handt
  • Patent number: 10864485
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are porous asymmetric silicon membranes. The membranes are characterized by high structural stability, and as such are useful as anode components in lithium ion batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Georgia Southern Research and Service Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ji Wu, Hao Chen, Ian Byrd
  • Patent number: 10864486
    Abstract: A rotary gas bubble ejector has a fluid reservoir chamber having at a bottom end a fluid discharge opening and a shaft extending through fluid reservoir chamber in connection with a rotor plate. The rotor plate has an outer dimension greater than the outer dimension of fluid discharge opening and is positioned proximate bottom end of fluid reservoir chamber such that a fluid acceleration gap is formed. Rotation of the shaft and rotor plate initiates a fluid flow thereby generating a low-pressure zone within the fluid acceleration gap, wherein gas is discharged from the fluid reservoir chamber into the fluid acceleration gap. As the gas is expelled from the fluid acceleration gap, fluids, gas and liquid, are brought into contact producing micro-sized gas bubbles that are ejected into the body of liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Richard Ladouceur
  • Patent number: 10864487
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel sand mixing device, including an electric motor and a hydraulic system, wherein the electric motor is used as the power source of the hydraulic system, and the hydraulic system drives all the actuating elements in the sand mixing device. Beneficial effects: in the present invention, the traditional diesel engine drive mode is changed into a motor drive mode and a hydraulic system is maintained, and the power is all in the form of an electro-hydraulic system, realizing the advantages of environmental protection and energy saving with the electric motors as the power source, also taking into account the advantages of small size and flexible layout of the drive parts of the hydraulic system. Therefore, the issues of not environmental-friendly, large size, inconvenient transportation, well site layout, and maintenance in the application of traditional sand mixing device can be addressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: American Jereh International Corporation
    Inventors: Maomao Han, Shuwei Li, Weiwei Liu, Mingsheng Li, Xiangxiang Ren, Changli Li, Binggang Yang
  • Patent number: 10864488
    Abstract: An anti-segregation mixer for a bed of material, the anti-segregation mixer comprising: an elongate and substantially cylindrical shell having an inner surface; and a plurality of independent lifting means provided within the shell, wherein the plurality of lifting means each comprise a vane with a leading end and a trailing end, and are arranged with respect to the cylindrical shell such that the vane is spaced apart from the inner surface and the entire lifting means may pass through the bed of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: HATCH PTY LTD
    Inventors: Wesley Adam Taylor, Ross Jeffrey Haywood
  • Patent number: 10864489
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for providing asymmetric oscillations to a container. The container may include a fluid, a particle, and/or a gas. A vibration driver attached to the container provides asymmetric oscillations. A controller connected to the vibration driver controls an amplitude, frequency, and shape of the asymmetric oscillations. An amplifier amplifies the asymmetric oscillations in response to the controller. A sensor disposed on the vibration driver provides feedback to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew E. Bloch
  • Patent number: 10864490
    Abstract: An improved drinking vessel is a drinking cup or glass having a mixing blade located on the interior bottom having a shaft passing through the bottom of the glass to a rotationally separate portion of the glass that can be spun by hand. A screen sets inside the glass just above the mixing blade to prevent ice or other large solids in the glass from contacting the mixing blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Fabian Zolorzano
  • Patent number: 10864491
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant (2) for producing a composition (9), in particular a cosmetic composition, comprising drops (8) of at least one first fluid dispersed in a second fluid substantially immiscible with the first fluid, each drop (8) comprising a core formed of the first fluid, and optionally a shell suitable for retaining the core, the plant (2) comprising: a device (16) for producing the composition (9), a storage module (10) comprising: at least one tank (36) for storing at least one first stock solution (A), and at least one tank (38) for storing at least one first solution of active agent(s), at least one tank (40) for storing at least one second stock solution (B), and a preparation module (12), connected to the storage module (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: CAPSUM
    Inventors: Sébastien Bardon, Mathieu Goutayer, Yan Eric Pafumi
  • Patent number: 10864492
    Abstract: A method for producing biochar aggregate particles that comprising the steps of (i) collecting or producing treated biochar fines less than 1 mm, (ii) adding a binding agent to the fines, (iii) forming the fines and binding agent into solid aggregate particles. The steps may further include, for example, adding additives to the fines, drying the solid aggregate particles, activing the binder after forming the solid aggregate particles with heat or cold temperatures and/or treating the biochar fines prior to forming the aggregate particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Carbon Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Rajashekharam Malyala, Vern Traxler, Matthew William Smith, Han Suk Kim, Ranko Panayotov Bontchev, Richard Wilson Belcher
  • Patent number: 10864493
    Abstract: A chemical phosphoric acid production unit, comprising a reactor for the production of phosphoric acid; a receiving device for receiving phosphogypsum obtained after filtration of phosphoric acid produced in the reactor; and a discharge system for discharging phosphogypsum from the receiving device. The discharge system comprises a chute of which the inlet is located inside the receiving device and arranged communicate with the receiving device, and a flap moveable around an axis of rotation and configured to open according to a predetermined angle corresponding to a predetermined section for the passage of a fraction of phosphogypsum through the inlet of the chute, and to close in order to prevent the passage of phosphogypsum into the chute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Abdelaziz El Hachmi
  • Patent number: 10864494
    Abstract: A rotary feeder comprising a stationary, cylindrical housing having disposed therein a number of injection nozzles, and within which rotate a plurality of vanes about a central axis, wherein the housing extends a width along the central axis, wherein each of the vanes has a length along the central axis, and wherein the injection nozzles are positioned across the width of the housing, such that a spray pattern of a gas injected via the number of injection nozzles spans substantially the entire length of the vanes. A system comprising and a method utilizing such a rotary feeder are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Andrea L. Hoener, Elena Mathopoullos, Jorge Garza
  • Patent number: 10864495
    Abstract: A cavitation apparatus capable of performing multiple, different-type cavitation processes taking place simultaneously in the same geometric space, thereby obtaining an effective cavitation process that is significantly faster than those provided by conventional cavitation apparatus. The cavitation apparatus can include consecutive and/or simultaneous cavitation units which are configured to carry out consecutive and/or simultaneous cavitation processes on a material flowing through the apparatus, such that effects of one or more prior cavitation processes are present in the material while the material is subjected to one or more further cavitation processes within the apparatus, enhancing the cavitation effects in a reduced amount of time and increasing productivity of the apparatus. In some embodiments, the apparatus can perform seven cavitation processes, of four different types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Tullia Zucca, Bruno Vaccari
  • Patent number: 10864496
    Abstract: System for processing material to generate syngas in a modular architecture may include a plurality of primary reactor chambers and a shared secondary reactor chamber. Each primary reactor chamber includes electrodes protruding into the chamber, the electrodes operable to generate an arc capable to generate first-stage gas from breakdown of the material when electricity is applied to the electrodes. The secondary reactor chamber is operable to receive the first-stage gas generated by the plurality of primary reactor chambers and to receive water vapour. The gas generated within the plurality of primary reactor chambers combine and interact with the water vapour to form second-stage gas. Turbulence can be generated within the secondary reactor chamber to improve mixing of the first-stage gas with the water vapour. Powering of each of the primary reactor chambers can be done with a different phase of power from a multi-phase input to ensure balanced power utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: RESPONSIBLE ENERGY INC.
    Inventors: Gordon Gerald Donald Fraser, Graham Campbell Houze, Robert Christian Jensen
  • Patent number: 10864497
    Abstract: A filter aid composition may include a first acid-treated silica-based filter aid having a first particle size distribution and a second acid-treated silica-based filter aid having a second particle size distribution. A method of making a filter aid composition may include providing a first silica-based filter aid having a first particle size distribution, providing a second silica-based filter aid having a second particle size distribution, and blending the first silica-based filter aid with the second silica-based filter aid to form the filter aid composition. A method of filtering a fluid may include providing a filter aid composition including a first acid-treated silica-based filter aid and a second acid-treated silica-based filter aid and filtering the fluid through the filter aid composition. The filter aid composition may have a multimodal particle size distribution such that the first particle size distribution has a d50 greater than the second particle size distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Imerys USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Taniguchi, Larisa Tihomirov
  • Patent number: 10864498
    Abstract: The present invention provides composite material having a porous graphene-based foam matrix and comprising porous inorganic micro-particles and metal oxide nano-particles distributed throughout the foam matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Dusan Losic, Diana Tran, Shervin Kabiri
  • Patent number: 10864499
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to an oxide composition basically composed of cerium and zirconium that has exceptional and stable porosity, surface area and lattice oxygen mobility. The oxide composition can contain one or more other rare earth oxides other than cerium oxide. For example, some compositions can contain one or more of lanthanum oxide, yttrium oxide and neodymium oxide. The oxide composition can be useful as a catalyst, catalyst support, sensor applications and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: NEO PERFORMANCE MATERIALS (SINGAPORE), PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Dmitrios Psaras, Szu Hwee Ng, Happy, Shaun Pei Xiong Tio
  • Patent number: 10864500
    Abstract: A catalyst includes a support, where the support includes an external surface, about 60 wt % to about 99 wt % silica, and about 1.0 wt % to about 5.0 wt % alumina. A catalytic layer is disposed within the support adjacent to the external surface, where the catalytic layer further includes Pd, Au, and potassium acetate (KOAc). In the catalyst, (a) the KOAc is from about 60 kg/m3 to about 150 kg/m3 of the catalyst; or (b) the catalytic layer has an average thickness from about 50 ?m to about 150 ?m; or (c) both (a) and (b). The catalyst also possesses a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of about 130 m2/g to about 300 m2/g and a geometric surface area per packed bed volume from about 550 m2/m3 to about 1500 m2/m3. The catalyst is highly active for the synthesis of vinyl acetate monomer and exhibits a high selectivity for vinyl acetate monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dieter G. Von Deak
  • Patent number: 10864501
    Abstract: The invention provides a use of metal ferrite oxygen carrier for converting carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide or synthesis gas via three processes: catalytic dry reforming of methane, chemical looping dry reforming of fuel and promoting coal gasification with CO2. The metal ferrite oxygen carrier comprises MzFexOy, where MzFexOy is a chemical composition with 0<x?4, z>0 and 0<y?6 and M is one of Ca, Ba, and/or combinations thereof. For example, MzFexOy may be one of CaFe2O4, BaFe2O4, MgFe2O4, SrFe2O4 and/or combinations thereof. In catalytic dry reforming, methane and carbon dioxide react in the presence of metal ferrites generating a product stream comprising at least 50 vol. % CO and H2. In another embodiment, chemical looping dry reforming process where metal ferrite is reduced with a fuel and then oxidized with carbon dioxide is used for production of CO from carbon dioxide. In another embodiment, the metal ferrite is used as a promoter to produce CO continuously from coal gasification with CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventor: Ranjani V. Siriwardane
  • Patent number: 10864502
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst composite, methods, and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from a diesel engine are described. More particularly, an oxidation catalyst composite including a first washcoat comprising a zeolite, Pt, and first refractory metal oxide support containing manganese, a second washcoat comprising a second refractory metal oxide support, a Pt component and a Pd component, and a third washcoat comprising palladium and a rare earth oxide component is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Shiang Sung, Stanley A. Roth, Karifala Dumbuya, Susanne Stiebels, Claudia Zabel, Olga Gerlach, Andreas Sundermann
  • Patent number: 10864503
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the preparation of a hydrocracking catalyst and its use. A zeolite Y having specifically defined properties is mixed with an alumina binder component and a first metals-containing solution that is extruded to form an extruded mixture. The extruded mixture is dried and calcined. The dried and calcined mixture is then impregnated with a second metals-containing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Hermanus Jongkind, Wiebe Sjoerd Kijlstra, Bart Pelgrim, Marcello Stefano Rigutto, Ferry Winter
  • Patent number: 10864504
    Abstract: Process for preparing a hydrocracking catalyst carrier which process comprises subjecting a carrier comprising an amorphous binder and zeolite Y having a silica to alumina molar ratio of at least 10 to calcination at a temperature of from 700 to 900° C., hydrocracking catalyst carrier comprising amorphous binder and zeolite Y having a silica to alumina molar ratio of at least 10, the infrared spectrum of which catalyst has a peak at 3690 cm?1, substantially reduced peaks at 3630 cm?1 and 3565 cm?1 and no peak at 3600 cm?1, hydrocracking catalyst carrier comprising an amorphous binder and zeolite Y having a silica to alumina molar ratio of at least 10, which catalyst has an acidity as measured by exchange with perdeuterated benzene of at most 20 micromole/gram, hydrocracking catalyst derived from such carrier and hydrocracking process with the help of such catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: László Domokos, Cornelis Ouwehand
  • Patent number: 10864505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a hydrocracking catalyst, comprising (i) contacting a shaped body comprising a zeolite and a binder with an aqueous solution of a hydrogenation metal compound which is a complex or a salt of a hydrogenation metal to deposit the hydrogenation metal onto the shaped body, wherein the aqueous solution comprises an ammonium salt and (ii) calcining the shaped body obtained by step (i).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Alla Khanmamedova, Ashim Kumar Ghosh, Scott Stevenson, David Sullivan, Pooja Bajaj
  • Patent number: 10864506
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon conversion catalyst composition which comprises ZSM-48 and/or EU-2 zeolite particles and refractory oxide binder essentially free of alumina in which the average aluminium concentration of the ZSM-48 and/or EU-2 zeolite particles is at least 1.3 times the aluminium concentration at the surface of the particles, processes for preparing such catalyst compositions and processes for converting hydrocarbon feedstock with the help of such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: László Domokos, Laurent Georges Huve, Hermanus Jongkind, Aan Hendrik Klazinga, Marcello Stefano Rigutto
  • Patent number: 10864507
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a zeolite by hydrothermal heating of silica precursor and alumina precursor along with a combination of two structure-directing organic templates, N,N-dimethyl formamide and 1,6-diaminohexane in the presence of an alkali. The use of two structure-directing organic templates, not only reduces the crystallization time but also enables the preparation of more catalytically active ZSM-22 of submicron crystallite size. The present invention also provides a process of preparing a noble metal containing zeolite catalyst for hydroisomerization of long chain n-paraffins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Ananth Kishore Kumar Sontyana, Kuppusamy Munusamy, Sayanti Ghosh, Shivanand Mukund Pai, Lalit Kumar, Mahesh Wamanrao Kasture, Bharat Lakshman Newalkar
  • Patent number: 10864508
    Abstract: Described are catalytic articles comprising a substrate having a washcoat on the substrate, the washcoat containing a catalytic component having a first average (D50) particle size and a functional binder component having a second average (D50) particle size in the range of about 10 nm to about 1000 nm, wherein the ratio of the first average (D50) particle size to the second average (D50) particle size is greater than about 10:1. The catalytic articles are useful in methods and systems to purify exhaust gas streams from an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Gary A. Gramiccioni, Jaya L. Mohanan, John K. Hochmuth, Kenneth R. Brown, Brian Todd Jones
  • Patent number: 10864509
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of cooling a regenerated catalyst and a device thereof, which employs low-line-speed operation, wherein a range of the superficial gas velocity is 0.005-0.7 m/s, wherein at least one fluidization wind distributor is provided, wherein the main fluidization wind enters the dense bed layer of the catalyst cooler from the distributor, and the heat removal load of the catalyst cooler and/or the temperature of the cold catalyst is controlled by adjusting the fluidization wind quantity. The method and a device thereof of the present invention has an extensive application range, and can be extensively used for various fluid catalytic cracking processes, including heavy oil catalytic cracking, wax oil catalytic cracking, light hydrocarbon catalytic conversion and the like, or used for other gas-solid fluidization reaction charring processes, including residual oil pretreating, methanol to olefin, methanol to aromatics, fluid coking, flexicoking and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Qunzhu Li
  • Patent number: 10864510
    Abstract: Disclosed are composite materials and methods of making them. The composite materials comprise a support member and a cross-linked gel, wherein the cross-linked gel is a polymer synthesized by thiol-ene or thiol-yne polymerization and cross-linking. The cross-linked gel may be functionalized by a thiol-ene or thiol-yne grafting reaction, either simultaneously with the polymerization or as the second step in a two-step procedure. The composite materials are useful as chromatographic separation media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Millipore Ltd.
    Inventors: Amro Ragheb, Gary Skarja
  • Patent number: 10864511
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of synthesizing slurries comprising ferrihydrite nanoparticles, and systems and methods employing the same. The method may include the steps of preparing an aqueous solution having ferric iron cations, halide anions, and a two-line iron promoter, and precipitating the ferrihydrite nanoparticles in the aqueous solution, thereby producing a ferrihydrite slurry. The ferrihydrite slurries may be useful in treating a polluted fluid having sulfur contaminants therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Charles Deane Little, Megan Catherine Cousins, Margarite Patricia Parker, Tara S. Gedvilas, Jason Aaron Barton, Philip Henry Michael, Joe Kosmoski
  • Patent number: 10864512
    Abstract: The invention discloses a separation matrix for purification of biomacromolecules, comprising a plurality of particles (1) having a core region (2) and a shell region (3), wherein: a) said shell region is accessible to a target biomacromolecule; b) said core region is less accessible to the target biomacromolecule than the shell region; and c) the core region comprises a grafted polymer comprising residues of at least one polymerizable monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Cytiva BioProcess R&D AB
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Maloisel, Tobias Söderman, Ola Lind, Ida Eklind