By Passing Through Suspended Bed Patents (Class 210/661)
  • Patent number: 11740557
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a chemical liquid having excellent developability and excellent defect inhibition performance. Another object of the present invention is to provide a chemical liquid storage body, a chemical liquid filling method, and a chemical liquid storage method. The chemical liquid according to an embodiment of the present invention is a chemical liquid containing an organic solvent, a metal impurity, and an organic impurity, in which the metal impurity contains metal atoms, a total content of the metal atoms in the chemical liquid with respect to a total mass of the chemical liquid is equal to or smaller than 50 mass ppt, a total content of the organic impurity in the chemical liquid with respect to the total mass of the chemical liquid is 0.1 to 10,000 mass ppm, the organic impurity contains an alcohol impurity, and a mass ratio of a content of the alcohol impurity to the total content of the organic impurity is 0.0001 to 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kamimura, Satomi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11360389
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a chemical liquid having excellent developability and excellent defect inhibition performance. Another object of the present invention is to provide a chemical liquid storage body, a chemical liquid filling method, and a chemical liquid storage method. The chemical liquid according to an embodiment of the present invention is a chemical liquid containing an organic solvent, a metal impurity, and an organic impurity, in which the metal impurity contains metal atoms, a total content of the metal atoms in the chemical liquid with respect to a total mass of the chemical liquid is equal to or smaller than 50 mass ppt, a total content of the organic impurity in the chemical liquid with respect to the total mass of the chemical liquid is 0.1 to 10,000 mass ppm, the organic impurity contains an alcohol impurity, and a mass ratio of a content of the alcohol impurity to the total content of the organic impurity is 0.0001 to 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kamimura, Satomi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11161107
    Abstract: The present invention provides a disposable pipette tip for dispersive solid phase extraction (SPE) that allows for rapid, automatable purification of large biomolecules, such as nucleic acids, proteins and polypeptides without the need for additional tools such as centrifuges, magnetic plates or vacuum manifolds. The pipette tip is designed for optimal biomolecule isolation while maintaining sample integrity. Optimized methods of using the dispersive pipette extraction system for isolation of large biomolecules are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: INTEGRATED MICRO-CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Todd Mullis, Gary Horvath, Lim Andrew Lee, Sunil Hwang, William Edward Brewer
  • Patent number: 11065606
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a metal-substituted beta zeolite that exhibits a more excellent catalytic performance than conventional one, and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides a metal-substituted beta zeolite by subjecting an alkali metal-form beta zeolite produced without using an organic structure-directing agent to ion exchange with ammonium ion and then, using a filter cake procedure, to ion exchange with copper ion or iron(II) ion. The present invention also provides a metal-substituted beta zeolite which has been ion exchanged with copper ion or iron(II) ion and in which the amount of Lewis acid sites is greater than the amount of Bronsted acid sites when the amount of Bronsted acid sites and the amount of Lewis acid sites are measured by ammonia infrared-mass spectroscopy temperature-programmed desorption on the as-produced state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kubota, Satoshi Inagaki, Naonobu Katada, Satoshi Suganuma, Yasuo Yamazaki, Takahiro Kogawa
  • Patent number: 10442713
    Abstract: A process for the treatment of water contaminated by polar and/or apolar organic compounds, and/or by heavy metal salts, and/or by oil dispersed or in emulsion, comprises sending said contaminated water to a system comprising: at least one adsorption (3) unit including at least one microporous or mesoporous alumina-silicate; at least one nanofiltration unit (7) including at least one hydrophilic nanofiltration membrane; wherein said hydrophilic nanofiltration membrane has a contact angle with water lower than or equal to 45°, preferably ranging from 25° to 40°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Bagatin, Rodolfo Vignola, Raffaello Sisto, Marco Petrangeli Papini, Riccardo Tuffi, Alessandra De Folley D'Auris
  • Patent number: 9339787
    Abstract: The invention concerns a capture mass for capturing heavy metals in a liquid or gaseous effluent, comprising a porous solid support, copper sulphide and at least one second metal sulphide the metal of which is selected from the group constituted by chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt and nickel, and in which the ratio of the percentage by weight of the metal or metals other than copper to the percentage by weight of copper is in the range 0.01 to 2. The invention also concerns a process for preparing said capture mass and a process for capturing heavy metals in a gaseous or liquid effluent, in which said effluent is brought into contact with said capture mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Fabien Porcheron, Arnaud Baudot, Karin Barthelet
  • Patent number: 9216915
    Abstract: A method for removing a contaminant from a fluid system comprises contacting the fluid system with an inversely fluidized material, for example a particulate aerogel, thereby removing at least a portion of the contaminant from the fluid system. The method can be used to remove oil or other organic materials from wastewater streams. It can be conducted in a fluidized bed, which includes nanoporous particles and a fluidizing medium, wherein the nanoporous particles have a density lower than that of the fluidizing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Robert Pfeffer, Jose Quevedo
  • Patent number: 8961997
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a method for purifying the rabies virus, comprising a single ion-exchange chromatography step, said step being cation exchange chromatography according to which: a) the supernatant of a culture of cells infected with this virus is brought into contact with a cation exchange chromatography support comprising a polymethacrylate matrix onto which sulfoisobutyl groups have been grafted such that the rabies virus binds to this support, and; b) the virus is eluted from its support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sanofi Pasteur SA
    Inventors: Virginie Fabre, Céline Rocca, Pierre Riffard, Eric Calvosa
  • Patent number: 8936726
    Abstract: Contaminants are removed from a quantity of contaminated liquid in a treatment reservoir (2,28) containing a carbon based adsorbent material capable of electrochemical regeneration. The adsorbent material is in the form of a bed supported on a plate (6) at the base of the reservoir. The bed is agitated for a period to distribute the adsorbent material in the liquid and adsorb contaminant therefrom. At the end of the period the agitation ceases, and the bed of adsorbent material is allowed to settle. The adsorbent is then regenerated, during or after settlement, by passing an electric current through the bed to release from the adsorbent gaseous products derived from the contaminant, in bubbles rising through the decontaminated liquid in the reservoir. Various methods of regenerating the adsorbent material are disclosed, as are apparatus in which the method can be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Arvia Technology Limited
    Inventors: Nigel Willis Brown, Edward P. L. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20150001153
    Abstract: The invention provides methods that use particles comprising a polymer to absorb and recover oil. The methods can be used for oil spill cleanup, oil recovery, extraction of oil from an oil-water emulsion, etc. In some embodiments, the particles are distributed to an oil spill site or another environment where oil needs to be separated. The particles may be retrieved after they have absorbed oil from the oil spill site. The oil may then be retrieved from the particles by compressing the particles or via other suitable oil removal methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Brian Richmond Solomon, Kripa K. Varanasi, Md Nasim Hyder
  • Patent number: 8920573
    Abstract: The present invention increases a number of target reaction containers from one into many. Coordinated with increased reaction times, total reaction volume is increased. By modifying an affinitive column of an automatic synthesis system, a production in a single batch is increased. The products obtained can be conformed to quality check specifications with cost saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council
    Inventors: Chia-Jung Chang, Mei-Hsiu Liao, Lie-Hang Shen
  • Patent number: 8894860
    Abstract: A Gallium-68 (Ga-68) radioisotope generator includes a generating column and a citrate eluent. The generating column is at least partially filled with an ion-exchange resin with glucamine groups to absorb germanium-68 (Ge-68) and Ga-68 radioisotopes. The citrate eluent is added into the generating column to desorb the Ga-68 radioisotope and form an eluent containing the Ga-68 radioisotope in the form of Ga-68 citrate. A method for generating Ga-68 radioisotope is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
    Inventors: Ming-Hsin Li, Jin-Jenn Lin, Ther-Jen Ting, I-Lea Dai
  • Patent number: 8864998
    Abstract: Reactive beads interact with a fluid to be treated in a treatment chamber that retains the beads in the chamber and provides a geometry which promotes the fluid flow agitation of the beads to enhance the treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Inventor: Al Siamon
  • Publication number: 20140291247
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for removing contaminants from liquid using a continuously circulating stream of purifying media are disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes mixing a regenerated purifying media with a contaminated liquid containing diverse contaminants; co-currently transporting the purifying media and the contaminated liquid in a mixed state; removing, using the purifying media, while co-currently transporting the purifying media and the contaminated liquid, contaminants from the contaminated liquid so as to produce a mixture of a decontaminated liquid and a contaminated purifying media; and separating contaminated purifying media from the decontaminated liquid. In addition, the contaminated purifying media is contacted in counter current fashion with a regenerant solution so as to produce a regenerated purifying media and the regenerated purifying media is returned to the mixing step, whereby the continuously circulating purifying media selectively removes contaminants from the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Ronald N. Drake
  • Publication number: 20140263069
    Abstract: A fluid treatment device includes a tank containing a fluid treatment media and a fluid. A distributor plate is received in the tank and separates the bed from a lower end of the tank. The lower end of the tank is filled with an inert media. The inert media may be granular and in the form of gravel or polypropylene or polyethylene beads. The inert media is configured to force a rising fluid delivered to the lower end of the tank upwardly to the distributor plate at an increased velocity to thereby improve the rinsing performance of the rinsing fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Clack Corporation
    Inventor: Don Vaughan
  • Publication number: 20140255409
    Abstract: A method for extracorporeal elimination of one or more components from blood where whole blood or blood plasma is added to a blood treatment device containing an adsorbent which binds the one or more components is disclosed. The adsorbent comprises at least one matrix to which at least one ligand having specific binding affinity to said one or more component is covalently bound. The ligand comprises a glycosidically bound aglycon and at least one saccharide, preferably blood group determinant A, blood group determinant B, blood group H determinant, a P antigen, or a Pk antigen; or said ligand is an amino acid, a peptide or an antibody. Methods for treatment of transplant recipients, and to use a blood treatment device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Kurt Nilsson
  • Patent number: 8802913
    Abstract: A process for separating a product from a multicomponent feedstream to an adsorption apparatus or system is described. The apparatus or system may comprise a moving-bed or a simulated moving-bed adsorption means. The product comprises at least one organic compound, such as an aryl compound with alkyl substitutes. In embodiments the conduits used to supply the feedstream to the apparatus or system are flushed with media of multiple grades. The improvement is a more efficient use of the desorbent. In embodiments the process achieves improvements in one or more of efficiency of adsorption separation, capacity of adsorption apparatus systems, and purity of product attainable by adsorption process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Porter
  • Patent number: 8784661
    Abstract: Techniques, systems, apparatus, and materials are disclosed for generating multi-purpose liquid fuel for isolating contaminants and storing energy. In one aspect, a method of producing a liquid fuel includes forming a gaseous fuel (e.g., by dissociating biomass waste using waste heat recovered from an external heat source). Carbon dioxide emitted from an industrial process can be harvested and reacted with the gaseous fuel to generate the liquid fuel. A hazardous contaminant can be dissolved in the liquid fuel, with the liquid fuel operating as a solvent or continuous phase for a solution or colloid that isolates the hazardous contaminant from the environment. The hazardous contaminant can include at least one of a carbon donor and a hydrogen donor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: McAllister Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Roy Edward McAlister
  • Patent number: 8721895
    Abstract: A process for separating an aqueous emulsion including an aqueous phase and an non-aqueous phase into separated aqueous and non-aqueous phases, to provide a recovered non-aqueous phase, and to provide a recovered aqueous phase containing an acceptable level of the non-aqueous phase. In the process, at least one body, and preferably two or more bodies, of polymeric material with a high surface area, typically a foam material or polymer chips, is used in a horizontal flow treatment system to break the emulsion and thus provide both the aqueous and non-aqueous phases as two separate flows. A wide range of polymers can be used in the system as the polymeric material including polyurethane, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyester, and polyethylene. If a very low level of non-aqueous phase in the effluent is required, for example to meet potable water standards, then a Kozlowski polyurethane, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,239,040, is preferred as the last Polymeric material body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventors: Amine Benachenou, Jean-Pierre Parent
  • Patent number: 8721894
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for removing contaminants from liquid using a continuously circulating stream of purifying media are disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes mixing a regenerated purifying media with a contaminated liquid containing diverse contaminants; co-currently transporting the purifying media and the contaminated liquid in a mixed state; removing, using the purifying media, while co-currently transporting the purifying media and the contaminated liquid, contaminants from the contaminated liquid so as to produce a mixture of a decontaminated liquid and a contaminated purifying media; and separating contaminated purifying media from the decontaminated liquid. In addition, the contaminated purifying media is contacted in counter current fashion with a regenerant solution so as to produce a regenerated purifying media and the regenerated purifying media is returned to the mixing step, whereby the continuously circulating purifying media selectively removes contaminants from the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Drake Water Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald N. Drake
  • Patent number: 8715490
    Abstract: Low metal biomass-derived pyrolysis oils and processes for producing the same are provided. Low metal biomass-derived pyrolysis oil is produced by a process of contacting metal-containing biomass-derived pyrolysis oil with an acidic ion-exchange resin having sulfonic acid groups. Low metal biomass-derived pyrolysis oil is removed from spent acidic ion-exchange resin after ion-exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventor: Timothy A. Brandvold
  • Publication number: 20140102980
    Abstract: A process and apparatus treat brackish or non-brackish waters containing an oxidant such as perchlorate. The feed water is converted into a treated water stream and a concentrate stream in an ED, EDR, NF or RO unit. The concentrate passes through an IX resin. The IX resin removes oxidant from the concentrate stream to produce a second treated water stream. The IX resin is periodically regenerated, for example biologically in a fluidised bed reactor in regeneration system. Concentrate that has passed through the IX resin has a reduced concentration of oxidant, preferably a concentration safe for discharge or use. In the case of a brackish feed water, the second treated water stream may be desalted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Neil Edwin Moe, Mohamadali Sharbatmaleki
  • Patent number: 8652334
    Abstract: Polydisperse and charged polysaccharides are fractionated into low polydispersity fractions (preferably having pd<1.1), each containing species within a narrow range of molecular weights. An aqueous solution of the polydisperse polysaccharides is contacted with an ion exchange resin in a column and the polysaccharides are subjected to selective elution by aqueous elution buffer. The selective elution consists of at least 3 sequential elution buffers having different and constant ionic strength and/or pH and in which the subsequent buffers have ionic strength and/or pH than those of the preceding step. The new preparations are particularly suitable for the production of PSA-derivatised therapeutic agents intended for use in humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Lipoxen Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Sanjay Jain, Ioannis Papaioannou, Peter Laing
  • Patent number: 8641905
    Abstract: A process for treatment of water. Hardness and non-hydroxide alkalinity are removed from feedwaters to an extent sufficient to avoid scaling when concentrated. Sparingly ionizable components in the feedwater are urged toward increased ionization by increasing the pH of the feedwater. In this manner, species such as silica become highly ionized, and (a) their rejection by membranes used in the process is significantly increased, and (b) their solubility in the reject stream from the membrane process is significantly increased. Sparingly ionized species such as boron, silica, and TOC are highly rejected. Recovery ratios of ninety percent (90%) or higher are achievable with many feedwaters, while simultaneously achieving a substantial reduction in cleaning frequency of membranes used in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Inventor: Debasish Mukhopadhyay
  • Publication number: 20140031601
    Abstract: A process for separating a product from a multicomponent feedstream to an adsorption apparatus or system is described. The apparatus or system may comprise a moving-bed or a simulated moving-bed adsorption means. The product comprises at least one organic compound, such as an aryl compound with alkyl substitutes. In embodiments the conduits used to supply the feedstream to the apparatus or system are flushed with media of multiple grades. The improvement is a more efficient use of the desorbent. In embodiments the process achieves improvements in one or more of efficiency of adsorption separation, capacity of adsorption apparatus systems, and purity of product attainable by adsorption process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: John R. Porter
  • Patent number: 8629291
    Abstract: Process and steps for the production of biodiesel and/or glycerin from feedstock are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Menlo Energy Management, LLC
    Inventors: Gaurav Shah, Sunil Suri
  • Patent number: 8617398
    Abstract: A process for treatment of water. Hardness and non-hydroxide alkalinity are removed from feedwaters to an extent sufficient to avoid scaling when concentrated. Sparingly ionizable components in the feedwater are urged toward increased ionization by increasing the pH of the feedwater. In this manner, species such as silica become highly ionized, and (a) their rejection by membranes used in the process is significantly increased, and (b) their solubility in the reject stream from the membrane process is significantly increased. Sparingly ionized species such as boron, silica, and TOC are highly rejected. Recovery ratios of ninety percent (90%) or higher are achievable with many feedwaters, while simultaneously achieving a substantial reduction in cleaning frequency of membranes used in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventor: Debasish Mukhopadhyay
  • Publication number: 20130341278
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a reactive filtration method includes continuously regenerating a reactive filter media while simultaneously filtering contaminants from fluid flowing through the filter media. In one embodiment, regenerating the reactive filter media comprises mixing metal granules with the filter media and agitating the mixture. In another embodiment, regenerating the reactive filter media comprises introducing a metal in the fluid flowing through the filter media and agitating the filter media. In one embodiment, a method for removing phosphorus, arsenic or a heavy metal from water includes introducing a metal salt reagent into the water at a molar ratio of 5:1 to 200:1 to the phosphorous or the arsenic in the water and passing the water through a bed of moving sand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
    Inventors: Greg Moller, Kevin Brackney, Roger Korus, Gary Keller, Brian Hart, Remembrance Newcombe
  • Patent number: 8603395
    Abstract: A self-propelled apparatus for analyzing a component contained in a fluid medium. The self-propelled apparatus uses kinetic energy of the apparatus to drive a fluid under analysis through the apparatus. This is accomplished by use of a conveyance system that is attached to the analytical system of the apparatus. A sensor system is used to analyze the component collected within the confines of an analysis chamber, a part of the analysis system. The invention also includes a method of using the analytical apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: David P Fries, Michelle L Janowiak, George Steimle, Heather A Broadbent
  • Patent number: 8585905
    Abstract: Embodiment of the present invention features a device, method and kit for performing one or more processing steps on a sample. The device includes a housing and a processing component. The housing has a first vessel connector for receiving a first vessel and a second vessel connector for receiving a second vessel, and a passage, to provide fluid communication between the first and second vessels. The processing component is in fluid communication with the passage and for effecting a change in a fluid moving from the first vessel to the second vessel through the passage via centrifugal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Claude R. Mallet
  • Patent number: 8580935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chromatographic method of separating biological material comprising, providing chromatographic media comprising inorganic oxide particles having an average diameter of about 2 microns or less and an average pore diameter of 300 ? or more; applying a solvent comprising said biological material to said media, wherein said biological material is reversibly bonded to said media; and eluting said biological material from said media with a solvent in less than about 2 minutes for biological material having a molecular weight of less than about 100,000 Daltons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Alltech Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Reno T. Nguyen, Scott Anderson, Ian Chappell
  • Patent number: 8562910
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus by which PCBs in insulating oil can be analyzed with high accuracy in a convenient, inexpensive, and rapid manner. The method for analyzing polychlorobiphenyls by measuring the concentration of polychlorobiphenyls in insulating oil comprises a step of, as pretreatment, bringing particles of a copolymer that contains divinylbenzene and a methacrylate organic monomer as monomer components into contact with insulating oil containing polychlorobiphenyls, so as to separate polychlorobiphenyls in insulating oil from oil content that is an impurity. The methacrylate organic monomer preferably has a diol type hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Masako Kawarai, Junkichi Miura, Tami Hiruta, Yoshinori Inoue
  • Patent number: 8557183
    Abstract: A submersible, self-propelled apparatus for analyzing a component contained in a liquid medium. The submersible, self-propelled apparatus uses kinetic energy of the apparatus to drive a liquid under analysis through the apparatus. This is accomplished by use of a conveyance system that is attached to the analytical system of the apparatus. A sensor system is used to analyze the component collected within the confines of an analysis chamber, a part of the analysis system. The invention also includes a method of using the analytical apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: David P Fries, Michelle L Janowiak, George Steimle, Heather A Broadbent
  • Publication number: 20130228521
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a separation medium comprising rotary dried or spray dried precipitated silica. The silica has a pore surface area P wherein log10 P>2.2, and the ratio of BET to CTAB is at least 1.0 measured prior to any surface modification of the silica. The present invention is further directed to a method of separating suspended or dissolved materials from a fluid stream, comprising contacting the stream with the separation medium described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
    Inventors: Qunhui Guo, Carol L. Knox, Raphael O. Kollah, Justin J. Martin, Shantilal M. Mohnot, Timothy A. OKel, Daniel E. Rardon
  • Patent number: 8524087
    Abstract: Low metal, low water biomass-derived pyrolysis oils and methods for producing the same are provided. Metal- and water-containing biomass-derived pyrolysis oil is contacted with an acidic ion-exchange resin having sulfonic acid groups to produce a low metal, water-containing biomass-derived pyrolysis oil. The low metal, water-containing biomass-derived pyrolysis oil is removed from the spent ion-exchange resin after ion-exchange. The low metal, water-containing biomass-derived pyrolysis oil is distilled to produce a low metal, low water biomass-derived pyrolysis oil and a distillation product. The distillation product comprises one or both of an alcohol ion-exchange regenerant and an acidic ion-exchange regenerant which may be used to regenerate the spent ion-exchange resin. The regenerated acidic ion-exchange resin may be recycled. The spent alcohol and acid ion-exchange regenerants may be recovered and recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Stanley J. Frey, Richard Marinangeli, Timothy A. Brandvold, Mark Koch, Vasken Abrahamian, Jeffrey A. Noga, Thomas Traynor
  • Patent number: 8512570
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment method in an embodiment includes: mixing primary aggregates made of magnetic substances and a dispersion medium to make a suspension; and passing the suspension through a filter to allow the primary aggregates to remain on the filter and to form a secondary aggregate made of an aggregate of the primary aggregates. Further, the wastewater treatment method in the embodiment includes; passing wastewater through the secondary aggregate to remove suspended solids and oil in the wastewater; dispersing the secondary aggregate in a dispersion medium to decompose the secondary aggregate into the primary aggregates and to wash the primary aggregates; and collecting the primary aggregates with magnetic separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Taro Fukaya, Shinji Murai, Shinetsu Fujieda, Hideyuki Tsuji, Akiko Suzuki, Tatsuoki Kohno
  • Patent number: 8414706
    Abstract: The process according to the invention, for producing sugar products from fruits, comprising the steps of: i) demineralizing and decolorizing a fruit juice so as to bring its solid content to comprise from 99% wt to 99.99% wt of a mixture of saccharides, alcohols and flavonoids; iii) separating by chromatography the demineralized and decolorized fruit juice so as to obtain a glucose-enriched fraction or a fructose-enriched fraction from the fruit juice. The solid content of the glucose-enriched fraction comprises at least from 70% wt to 99.99% wt of glucose; the solid content of the fructose-enriched fraction comprises from 70% wt to 99.99% wt of fructose. The low content of anions and cations of the fruit juice to be is treated by chromatography greatly increase the yield of the chromatographic treatment and the purity of the glucose- and fructose-enriched fractions obtained through it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Cantine Foraci S.R.L.
    Inventors: Fabio Foraci, Pietro Foraci, Alessandro Foraci
  • Publication number: 20130001166
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a fluid distributor in a multistage column, each plate P of the column being divided into a certain number of panels Pa, and each panel Pa being equipped with a distributor of the invention, said distributor comprising: a) a solid jet breaker located substantially in the axis of the outlet opening of the collecting baffle of the panel Pa; b) an intermediate perforated plate extending laterally beyond the jet breaker, with a degree of opening in the range 10% to 40%; c) a distribution plate extending over the entire panel Pa, and with a degree of opening in the range 5% to 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: IFP
    Inventors: Frederic AUGIER, Denis DARMANCIER
  • Publication number: 20120318742
    Abstract: Water purification media contain an activated carbon having at least one of specific a particle size, surface area, and porosity; and a microcrystalline and/or amorphous titanosilicate at least partially coating the activated carbon. Methods of making the media of microcrystalline and/or amorphous titanosilicate coated activated carbon involve contacting activated carbon with titanosilicate precursors. Methods of purifying water involve contacting water containing both heavy metals and volatile byproducts with the media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: BASF CATALYSTS LLC
    Inventors: Colin Beswick, Thomas Shaniuk
  • Publication number: 20120247972
    Abstract: Reducing the concentration of kinetic hydrate inhibitors in produced water may be accomplished by treating the produced water using a method selected from the group consisting of chemical adsorption, solvent extraction, chemical coagulation, electrochemical coagulation and combinations thereof. Such reductions may in some instances allow for the reuse of produced water for irrigation or recycle in oil and gas production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Howard J. Spencer, Marc N. Lehmann, Tudor C. Ionescu, Timothy Z. Garza, Steven J. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20120234762
    Abstract: A cartridge having at least one layer containing sodium zirconium phosphate and at least one layer containing a combination of acid zirconium phosphate and alkaline hydrous zirconium oxide is described. Methods of using the cartridge for water purification are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Raymond Wong
  • Patent number: 8252185
    Abstract: A water treatment apparatus includes a housing comprising multiple housing portions and a plurality of treatment sections disposed within the housing, each treatment section comprising at least one distinct particulate layer. The apparatus is designed so that no water pressure need be applied to force the water through the apparatus, as gravity pulls the water down through the filtering layers. Water may also be force fed through the treatment apparatus; when the water is force fed, the housing portions need not be vertically stacked, but may be configured in any suitable arrangement. The treatment sections are distributed through the various housing portions in logical groups to perform various kinds of filtering. The housing portions are detachable and sealably stackable in multiple configurations, thus passing water through more or fewer treatment layers, depending on the quality of the incoming water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Zero Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajan G. Rajan, Mathu G. Rajan
  • Publication number: 20120118829
    Abstract: Contaminants are removed from a quantity of contaminated liquid in a treatment reservoir (2,28) containing a carbon based adsorbent material capable of electrochemical regeneration. The adsorbent material is in the form of a bed supported on a plate (6) at the base of the reservoir. The bed is agitated for a period to distribute the adsorbent material in the liquid and adsorb contaminant therefrom. At the end of the period the agitation ceases, and the bed of adsorbent material is allowed to settle. The adsorbent is then regenerated, during or after settlement, by passing an electric current through the bed to release from the adsorbent gaseous products derived from the contaminant, in bubbles rising through the decontaminated liquid in the reservoir. Various methods of regenerating the adsorbent material are disclosed, as are apparatus in which the method can be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Nigel Willis Brown, Edward P.L. Roberts
  • Patent number: 8088949
    Abstract: L-cysteine-is separated from an L-cysteine-containing fermenter broth containing an oxidizing agent which is capable of oxidizing L-cysteine at pH<5, by contacting the L-cysteine-containing fermenter broth with an ion exchanger at a pH from 5 to 9, the pH in the fermenter broth becoming <5, and preferably <2. The L-cysteine binds to the ion exchanger and the bound L-cysteine is then removed from the ion exchanger by means of an eluant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventor: Andreas Boehm
  • Patent number: 8088283
    Abstract: A fluid treatment device, system, and process are described that provide a filtered, metal-depleted (treated) fluid. The system includes two pairs of tanks that are piped and valved to allow one pair to fill/react while the other pair decants/discharges, which provides a continuous flow of metal-depleted (treated) fluid. Power requirements are minimal since fluid is pumped at a low head pressure. The design has applications in the potable water, industrial, mining, chemical and environmental sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventor: Henry O. Pate
  • Publication number: 20110290732
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for decontamination of a liquid effluent including one or more radioactive chemical elements to be eliminated including the following steps: a step of bringing into contact in a stirred fluidised bed, in a first zone of a reactor, of the said liquid effluent with solid particles able, by coprecipitation and/or adsorption and/or ion exchange, to capture and retain the said radioactive chemical element or elements, as a result of which a suspension of solid particles is obtained containing the said radioactive chemical element or elements; a step of settling, of the said suspension, in a second zone of the same reactor, where this second zone is separate from the first abovementioned zone, as a result of which a solid phase is obtained including the solid particles containing the said radioactive chemical element or elements to be eliminated, and a liquid phase with a reduced or zero content of the said radioactive chemical element or elements to be eliminated; and a step of
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Vincent Pacary, Yves Barre, Edouard Plasari, Olivier Cohin, Hervé Muhr, Claire Jaubert Cere
  • Patent number: 8043510
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relate to treatment of fluids to remove mercury contaminants in the fluid. Contact of the fluid with active outer surfaces of particles magnetically separable from the fluid loads the particles with the mercury contaminants. Magnetic separation then removes from the fluid the particles loaded with the mercury contaminants such that a treated product remains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Erin Elizabeth Tullos, John Michael Hays, Roland Schmidt, Joe B. Cross
  • Patent number: 8043509
    Abstract: Devices and methods for water purification are provided. An improved demister (70) for removing liquid or other particles from steam is disclosed. The demister can have adjustable outlets. In other embodiments, a demister apparatus is placed, at least partially, inside a boiler apparatus (310). Additionally, a filter flow indicator (401) that provides an optical indication of the efficiency of a water filter is also provided. The filter flow indicator has a viewable side passage that connects the input and output sides of a filter unit. A weighted object, such as a ball (440), can move up and down the side passage in response to the pressure differential in the filter system. The user can determine the status of the filter by viewing the location of the weighted object in the side passage. Additionally, a device and method of adding various minerals back to purified water in order to improve the flavor of the water is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sylvan Source, Inc.
    Inventor: Eugene Thiers
  • Patent number: 8039658
    Abstract: A method of removing trace levels of arsenic-containing impurities from raw triethylphosphate (TEPO) is disclosed. The method uses adsorption, or adsorption followed by a flash distillation. The method comprises contacting raw triethylphosphate (TEPO) with an adsorbent which selectively adsorbs the arsenic-containing impurities in the raw triethylphosphate (TEPO). The adsorbent is a base promoted alumina containing adsorbent represented by a formula: ZxWy; where x is the weight percentage of Z in the adsorbent ranging from 30% to 99.999%; y is the weight percentage of W in the adsorbent, and x+y=100%; Z is selected from the group consisting of alumina (Al2O3), magnesium-alumina based layered double hydroxide (MgO—Al2O3), alumina-zeolite, and mixtures thereof; and W is selected from the group consisting of at least one basic metal oxide, at least one basic metal carbonate, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Gerard Mayorga, Heather Regina Bowen, Kelly Ann Chandler
  • Publication number: 20110168634
    Abstract: The present patent refers to a new procedure for the preparation of constant height calcite beds through the continuous dosing of calcite by gravity under water, along with the control of whatever turbid waters might be generated during use of the procedure. The procedure is characterized by the use of a structure of dosing cones that allows for the continuous dosing of calcite by gravity under water and directly onto the surface of the bed. It also incorporates a grid for supporting the dosing cones, a silo with a floor made up of these dosing cones, an inner perimetric spillway below the cone support structure, a filtering floor for the uniform distribution of water or air below the calcite bed and, finally, a turbid water collection and recirculation circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: FUNDACION CANARIA CENTRO CANARIO DE AGUA
    Inventor: Manuel Hernandez Suarez