Gaseous Compositions Patents (Class 252/372)
  • Patent number: 12130270
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to detect ammonia with high sensitivity and high selectivity using a nanomechanical sensor with a structure that is as simple as possible. A method for detecting ammonia according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises supplying a sample gas possibly containing ammonia to a nanomechanical sensor that detects a stress or a displacement using poly(methyl vinyl ether-alt-maleic anhydride) as a material of a receptor layer, and detecting presence or absence of ammonia or a content of ammonia in the sample gas based on an output signal from the nanomechanical sensor, in which the sample gas is a humidified sample gas with controlled relative humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Gaku Imamura, Kosuke Minami, Kota Shiba, Genki Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 12098331
    Abstract: A process for capturing carbon dioxide includes the steps of mixing a hydrogen stream and a feedstock stream to produce a mixed stream, wherein the feedstock stream includes hydrocarbons, reacting the hydrocarbons and the hydrogen in the primary reactor of the hydroprocessing unit to produce a hydroprocessing product stream and a carbon dioxide stream, wherein the hydroprocessing product stream includes light products, wherein the hydroprocessing unit is further configured to produce ammonium bisulfide, collecting the ammonium bisulfide in the water to produce a sour water, processing the sour water in the waste water unit to produce an ammonia stream, a hydrogen sulfide stream, and a stripped water stream, introducing the ammonia stream to a carbon dioxide recovery system, and separating carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide stream using the ammonia in the ammonia stream to produce a carbon dioxide product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Omer Refa Koseoglu
  • Patent number: 11675376
    Abstract: A temperature-controlled pressure regulator assembly includes a regulator having a regulator body, a valve seat, an inlet, an outlet, and defines a flow passage connecting the inlet and the outlet. A control element controls the device, a portion of the flow passage extends through a heat chamber, and a heater is positioned to heat the chamber thereby conveying heat to a fluid in the flow passage. A controller is electrically coupled to the heater and is coupled to a power source. A thermal cut-off fuse is coupled to a control circuit, with the thermal cut-off fuse arranged to electrically decouple the heater from the control circuit in response to a temperature exceeding a threshold, thereby deactivating the heater. The thermal cut-off fuse is disposed in a circular fuse holder and positioned adjacent the heater and adjacent a longitudinal center of the heat chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TESCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric J. Burgett, Jacob T. R. Renollett
  • Patent number: 11530048
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing inerting gas to a protected space, and also providing electrical power. The system includes an electrochemical cell comprising a cathode and an anode separated by a separator comprising a proton transfer medium. Inerting gas is produced at the cathode. A fuel source comprising methanol or formaldehyde or ethanol and a water source are each in controllable operative fluid communication with the anode. A controller is configured to alternatively operate the system in a first mode of operation where water is directed to the anode fluid flow path inlet and electric power is directed from a power source to the electrochemical cell, and in a second mode of operation in which the fuel is directed from the fuel source to the anode fluid flow path inlet and electric power is directed from the electrochemical cell to the power sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert Mason Darling
  • Patent number: 11529535
    Abstract: Fuel tank inerting systems are described. The systems include a fuel tank, a catalytic reactor arranged to receive a reactant mixture comprising a first reactant and a second reactant to generate an inert gas to be supplied to the fuel tank to fill an ullage space of the fuel tank, a condenser heat exchanger arranged between the catalytic reactor and the fuel tank and configured to cool an output from the catalytic reactor, and a fan assembly arranged within an inerting system flow path upstream of the catalytic reactor, wherein the fan assembly is arranged within a gas flow having a temperature of at least 185° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohong Liao, Beakal T. Woldemariam, Brian R. Shea, Earl Jean LaVallee, Eric Surawski
  • Patent number: 11518676
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of producing a gas at a variable rate, the methods comprising dynamically mixing dry particles comprising a precursor and dry particles comprising a proton-generating species to produce a gas and wherein the gas is produced at a rate that is varied by varying the amount of time the dry particles comprising the precursor and the dry particles comprising the proton-generating species are dynamically mixed, the rate at which the dry particles comprising the precursor and the dry particles comprising the proton-generating species are dynamically mixed, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ICA TriNova LLC
    Inventors: William Ernst, Thomas Isaac
  • Patent number: 11339056
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and compact apparatus for controlled, on-demand ammonia generation from urea. The process gasifies an aqueous urea solution in a chamber utilizing hot gas while controlling the flows of aqueous urea solution and hot gas to achieve complete gasification of the aqueous urea solution and form a gas mixture comprising ammonia, isocyanic acid, carbon dioxide and water vapor, which is passed through a catalyst bed containing particulate transition metal oxide to convert substantially all of the isocyanic acid to ammonia. A catalyst support and the catalyst bed are aligned with the gasification chamber at the lower end of said chamber to provide a degree of back pressure on the gases in the gasification chamber to isolate the gasification chamber from turbulent exit effects caused by equipment downstream of the thermal reactor. A sample of the product stream is treated to remove water and ammonia, and analyze for carbon dioxide content to control the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Fuel Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Sun, Ronald A. Lau, John M. Boyle, Scott M. Mayhew, David M. Kieffer
  • Patent number: 11264228
    Abstract: A method for modifying a carbon thermal ionization filament is disclosed. In particular, the method requires a step of reacting a fluorine-containing compound with the carbon thermal ionization filament to provide a fluorinated carbon thermal ionization filament. Such method can result in a fluorinated carbon thermal ionization filament that can be employed in a system, such as a thermal ionization mass spectrometer, for ionizing a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Mannion, Randall M. Achey
  • Patent number: 11202990
    Abstract: A fume decontamination system connected to any combustion system which comprises seven devices interconnected sequentially in the following manner: an extraction device is first connected to the combustion system and then connected by the other end to a guiding device which, in turn, is connected to a cooling device. Once cooled, the combustion gases are channeled to a suction device in which the gases are driven under pressure to an induction device which, in turn, concentrates the gases and directs same to the injection plenum, the concentrated, cooled gases being distributed at constant volumes to the entire biological plant filtering device and its decontamination procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Hidrosym S.A.
    Inventors: Anibal Montalva Rodríguez, Miguel Angel Fernández Donoso
  • Patent number: 11091432
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a fluorinated organic compound with a high yield without using carbon tetrachloride in view of the fact that the production of a fluorinated organic compound with a sufficient yield was impossible for a hitherto-known method that uses a fluorinating agent that contains IF5-pyridine-HF alone. Another object of the present invention is to provide a fluorinating reagent that is capable of achieving this object. The present invention provides a composition comprising (1) IF5 and (2) an aprotic solvent (with the proviso that carbon tetrachloride is excluded), wherein the aprotic solvent is contained in an amount within a range of 50 mass ppm to 20 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masahiro Higashi, Yosuke Kishikawa, Shoji Hara
  • Patent number: 11063268
    Abstract: The application relates to a novel module for electrolysis or co-electrolysis of water or of SOFC fuel cell, within which the forces necessary to compress the seals are decoupled from those necessary for the electrical contact elements that ensure the passage of current in the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Michel Planque, Charlotte Bernard, Guilhem Roux
  • Patent number: 10933396
    Abstract: Provided is a fluidized bed reactor (1) that makes it possible to stably measure a temperature distribution in the fluidized bed reactor (1) while no damage is caused to a temperature measuring section. Provided is a fluidized bed reactor (1) configured to generate trichlorosilane by reacting metallurgical grade silicon powder and hydrogen chloride gas, the fluidized bed reactor (1) including: a reaction vessel (10); and a plurality of temperature measuring sections (50), provided on an outer surface of the reaction vessel (10), each for measuring a temperature inside the reaction vessel (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Hirota, Katsuya Ogihara
  • Patent number: 10858119
    Abstract: A fuel tank inerting system includes a primary catalytic reactor comprising an inlet, an outlet, a reactive flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and a catalyst on the reactive flow path. The catalytic reactor is arranged to receive fuel from the fuel tank and air from an air source that are mixed to form a combined flow, and to react the combined flow along the reactive flow path to generate an inert gas. The system also includes an input sensor that measures a property of the combined flow before it enters the primary catalytic reactor and an output sensor that measures the property of the combined flow after it exits the primary catalytic reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean C. Emerson, Zissis A. Dardas, Randolph Carlton McGee, Eric Surawski
  • Patent number: 10787959
    Abstract: A process of operating a spark-ignited internal combustion engine (SI-ICE) with improved fuel efficiency and reduced emissions including under steady state and under lean-operating conditions at high overall air to fuel (AFR) ratios. A first supply of high octane hydrocarbon fuel, such as gasoline or natural gas, and a first supply of oxidant are fed to a fuel reformer to produce a gaseous reformate with a reforming efficiency of greater than 75 percent relative to equilibrium. The gaseous reformate is mixed with a second supply of oxidant, after which the resulting reformate blended oxidant is fed with a second supply of high octane hydrocarbon fuel to the SI-ICE for combustion. Steady state fuel efficiency is improved by more than 3 percent, when the reformate comprises from greater than about 1 to less than about 18 percent of the total volume of reformate blended oxidant fed to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.
    Inventors: Subir Roychoudhury, Richard Mastanduno, Eric Edward Allocco, Saurabh Vilekar
  • Patent number: 10719634
    Abstract: A method for optimizing a cracking efficiency with which a pyrolysis tube of a deposition apparatus cracks a precursor material into reactive species is disclosed, including measuring an input pressure at an entrance to the pyrolysis tube, outside of the pyrolysis tube; measuring an output pressure at an exit from the pyrolysis tube, outside of the pyrolysis tube; measuring a pyrolysis temperature within the pyrolysis tube; calculating a cracking efficiency based on the input pressure, the output pressure and the pyrolysis temperature; and determining an adjustment to be made to at least one of the input pressure, the output pressure and the pyrolysis temperature to increase the cracking efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventors: Tining Su, Yang Yun
  • Patent number: 10556803
    Abstract: The invention relates to a metallic membrane for nitrogen separation, the method of making the membrane and methods of using the membrane. The invention also relates to a metallic membrane for disassociation of nitrogen and subsequent reaction with hydrogen to produce ammonia at moderate conditions compared to a conventional Haber-Bosch process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Colorado School of Mines
    Inventors: Jennifer Wilcox, Simona Liguori
  • Patent number: 10208261
    Abstract: A process for upgrading vacuum residuum and vacuum gas oil hydrocarbons is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a heavy distillate hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a zeolite selective hydrocracking catalyst in a first ebullated bed hydrocracking reaction zone to convert at least a portion of the vacuum gas oil to lighter hydrocarbons. Contacting a residuum hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a non-zeolite base metal hydroconversion catalyst in a second ebullated bed hydroconversion reaction zone may produce a vapor stream containing unconverted hydrogen, acid gases and volatilized hydrocarbons which may be fed along with the vacuum gas oil in the first ebullated bed hydrocracking zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Arun Arora, Marvin I. Greene
  • Patent number: 9994457
    Abstract: A system for ammonia distillation may include a condenser to condense ammonia vapor into liquid anhydrous ammonia, a flush tank to receive a flushed portion of the liquid anhydrous ammonia, a collection tank to receive a collected portion of the liquid anhydrous ammonia, and a corrosion inhibitor dispenser to transfer a corrosion inhibitor to the collected portion of the liquid anhydrous ammonia to form corrosion-inhibiting liquid anhydrous ammonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jason M. Siegel, Wen-teh Chen, Steven J. Adam
  • Patent number: 9802875
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for preparation of acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen is proposed, comprising a reactor (12). The reactor (12) has a burner block (14) with a firing space for acetylene preparation, a secondary space (18) formed within the burner block (14), and an annular space (20) surrounding the secondary space (18). The burner block (14) has holes (22) for supply of a stream of a mixture of hydrocarbons and oxygen to the firing space and holes (24) for supply of a stream of auxiliary oxygen to the firing space. The holes (24) for supply of a stream of auxiliary oxygen to the firing space are connected to the secondary space (18). The secondary space (18) is connected to the annular space (20). There is a further proposal of a process for preparing acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Kern, Michael Russ, Peter Renze, Maximilian Vicari
  • Patent number: 9764985
    Abstract: A manganese oxide contains M1, optionally M2, Mn and O. M1 is selected from the group consisting of In, Sc, Y, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu. M2 is different from M1, and M2 is selected from the group consisting of Bi, In, Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu. These ceramic materials are hexagonal in structure, and provide superior materials for gas separation and oxygen storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University
    Inventors: Bogdan Dabrowski, Steven Remsen
  • Patent number: 9764300
    Abstract: A plant for refining raw materials containing organic constituents includes a reactor configured to receive raw materials; a furnace configured to receive solids and fuel from the reactor; a return conduit configured to recirculate hot solids generated in the furnace to the reactor; and a sealing device configured to separate an oxidizing atmosphere of the furnace from an atmosphere of the reactor. The sealing device includes: a downpipe disposed between the furnace and the reactor, the downpipe being configured to withdraw a stream of solids from the furnace; a rising pipe disposed near a bottom of the downpipe and branching off there from to a top, the rising pipe being configured to transport a fluidized stream of solids to the reactor; and a conveying gas supply disposed below the rising pipe, the conveying gas supply being configured to fluidize a stream of solids withdrawn from the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: OUTOTEC OYJ
    Inventors: Nikola Anastasijevic, Michael Missalla, Guenter Schneider, Andreas Orth
  • Patent number: 9758440
    Abstract: The method for catalytic methanation of synthesis gas includes the following steps: 1) feeding the synthesis gas into the bottom of a reactor of an upward concurrent flow transporting bed so as to adequately mix and preheat with methanation catalyst entering the bottom of the reactor until the activation temperature of the catalyst is reached and then the methanation reaction begins; and 2) after the methanation reaction, immediately passing the product gas and the catalyst grains outputted from the transporting bed into a gas-solid separator to perform a rapid separation so as to obtain the product gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignees: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, China Kingsun Material Technology Co., LTD
    Inventors: Guangwen Xu, Jiao Liu, Dianmiao Cui, Jian Yu
  • Patent number: 9680175
    Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises at least one fuel cell stack, a CPOX reactor, and a conduit for providing a fuel stream to the at least one fuel cell stack through the CPOX reactor during both a start up and a steady state modes of operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Swaminathan Venkataraman, David Weingaertner, Vlad Kalika
  • Patent number: 9324562
    Abstract: Methods of treating nanocrystal and/or quantum dot devices are described. The methods include contacting the nanocrystals and/or quantum dots with a solution including metal ions and halogen ions, such that the solution displaces native ligands present on the surface of the nanocrystals and/or quantum dots via ligand exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Luther, Ryan Crisp, Matthew C. Beard
  • Patent number: 9291610
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment can be an apparatus for real-time, in situ measurement of gas compositions and heating values. The apparatus includes a near infrared sensor for measuring concentrations of hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide, a mid infrared sensor for measuring concentrations of carbon monoxide and a semiconductor based sensor for measuring concentrations of hydrogen gas. A data processor having a computer program for reducing the effects of cross-sensitivities of the sensors to components other than target components of the sensors is also included. Also provided are corresponding or associated methods for real-time, in situ determination of a composition and heating value of a fuel gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Gas Technology Institute, North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Serguei Zelepouga, John M. Pratapas, Alexei V. Saveliev, Vilas V. Jangale
  • Patent number: 9240604
    Abstract: A hydrogen generation apparatus 200 includes: an evaporating part 7; a reforming reaction part 9A connected to the downstream side of the evaporating part; a carbon monoxide reducing part 20 provided downstream from the reforming reaction part; and a gas guiding part 21 disposed between the reforming reaction part and the carbon monoxide reducing part and configured to guide a gas that has passed through the reforming reaction part to the carbon monoxide reducing part. The evaporating part and the carbon monoxide reducing part are arranged to be adjacent to each other such that, at least, a part of the evaporating part and a part of the carbon monoxide reducing part are heat exchangeable with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Maenishi, Yuji Mukai, Youji Kawaguchi, Masataka Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20150144840
    Abstract: A process for removing sulfur-containing contaminants from a gas stream comprising: providing a gas stream to a first absorption unit; providing a hydrogen sulfide lean gas stream to a second absorption unit; providing a first regenerator with a hydrogen sulfide rich absorbent from the first absorption unit; providing the hydrogen sulfide rich gas to a Claus unit to convert the hydrogen sulfide to obtain sulfur and a Claus tail gas; providing a second regenerator with an absorbent rich in organic sulfur compounds and in carbon dioxide; fully oxidizing all sulfur species of a gas stream rich in organic sulfur compounds and in carbon dioxide; cooling a sulfur dioxide rich stream; providing a third absorption unit with the sulfur dioxide rich gas stream; and providing a third regenerator with a sulfur dioxide rich absorbent from the third absorption unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Diego Patricio Valenzuela
  • Publication number: 20150123038
    Abstract: A process that includes: (a) introducing a vent gas comprising hydrochloric acid, silicon tetrachloride, trichlorosilane, and dichlorosilane to an HCl converter reactor comprising a metal catalyst, to provide a product gas comprising less hydrochloric acid than was present in the vent gas; (b) refining the product gas to provide a hydrogen enriched stream and a chlorosilane(s) enriched stream, and (c) introducing the chlorosilane(s) enriched stream into a TCS/STC distillation unit, to generate a fraction enriched in silicon tetrachloride and another fraction enriched in trichlorosilane and dichlorosilane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Mark William Dassel
  • Publication number: 20150096223
    Abstract: A primary fuel catalyst used to combust a secondary fuel, the primary fuel comprising the gases produced by water electrolysis. When secondary fuels are combusted by the primary fuel, the by-products include heat, water and other more stable by-product materials, When the secondary fuel is a hazardous waste or a radioactive material and either is bound to thermite before combustion, the by-products are no longer hazardous or have significantly reduced radiation levels after one or more passes. Embodiments of the present invention relate to the method for accelerating the decay of hazardous and/or radioactive waste products, and more particularly they relate to the nuclear transmutation of heavy radioactive elements into lighter ones with shorter half-lives and then finally to stable daughter products. Therefore, the invented process relates to reducing the long-term toxicity of hazardous and/or radioactive waste and to, an economic and effective process facility for doing so.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Geoffrey Courtright
  • Publication number: 20150090937
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photocatalyst, and methods for its use, that includes a photoactive material comprising a photonic band gap and an electronic band gap, wherein the photonic band gap at least partially overlaps with the electronic band gap, and an electrically conductive material deposited on the photoactive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Hicham IDRISS, Ahmed Khaja WAHAB, Maher AL-OUFI, Geoff WATERHOUSE
  • Patent number: 8986998
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for identifying the compounds contributing to a pungent odor from an air conditioner, a method for artificially reproducing the pungent odor, and preparing a corresponding pungent odor composition. Through the analysis method of the present invention, the compounds contributing to the pungent odor from an air conditioner may be identified and quantified. The pungent odor may be reproduced from a combination of the compounds identified by the analysis method of the present invention. The reproduced pungent odor may provide significant data required for development of an apparatus and a method for removing specific odors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Hee Lee, Ji Wan Kim
  • Publication number: 20150075412
    Abstract: This invention describes a process for a complete sequestration of carbon (CO2) from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to energy plants which produce Refuse Derived Fuel and the associated exhaust gases. The described process results in production of energy from the waste and disposal of the MSW with zero carbon emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Surendra Saxena
  • Publication number: 20150076409
    Abstract: A respiratory metabolic simulator is disclosed. The respiratory metabolic simulator includes a catalytic carbon dioxide generator having a first inlet adapted for receiving a fuel and a second inlet adapted for receiving a gas; a breathing simulator; and a controller; wherein an exhaust of the catalytic carbon dioxide generator combines with an exhaust of the breathing simulator; and wherein the controller is configured to vary at least one of the fuel and the gas provided to the catalytic carbon dioxide generator such that the combined exhausts emulate human exhalation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Stefan Frembgen
  • Patent number: 8969084
    Abstract: A method that identifies the compounds contributing to a sweet odor from an air conditioner, reproduces the sweet odor, and prepares a corresponding sweet odor composition. Through the analysis method of the present invention, the compounds contributing to the sweet odor from an air conditioner are identified and quantified. The sweet odor is reproduced from a combination of the compounds identified by the analysis method of the present invention. The reproduced sweet odor provides significant data required for development of an apparatus and a method for removing specific odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Hee Lee, Ji Wan Kim, Seok Man Kim, Sang Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 8969083
    Abstract: A method that identifies the compounds contributing to a fish-like odor from an air conditioner and artificially reproduces the fish-like odor, and prepares a corresponding fish-like odor composition. Through the analysis method of the present invention, the compounds contributing to the fish-like odor from an air conditioner are identified and quantified. The fish-like odor is reproduced from a combination of the compounds identified by the analysis method of the present invention. The reproduced fish-like odor provides significant data required for development of an apparatus and a method for removing specific odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Hee Lee, Ji Wan Kim, Sang Jun Lee, Seok Man Kim
  • Patent number: 8962334
    Abstract: A method is provided that identifies the compounds contributing to a malodor from an air conditioner, reproduces the malodor, and prepares a corresponding malodor composition. Through the analysis method of the present invention, the compounds contributing to the malodor from an air conditioner are identified and quantified. The malodor is reproduced from a combination of the compounds identified by the analysis method of the present invention. The reproduced malodor provides significant data required for development of an apparatus and a method for removing specific odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Hee Lee, Chi Won Jeong, Ji Wan Kim, Sun Dong Kim, Sang Jun Lee, Seok Man Kim
  • Publication number: 20150041716
    Abstract: A solids handling equipment rotary plough (200) includes an elongate metal body (201) with a leading face (210) and a trailing face (212). The body (201) is configured to be mounted to a rotary component for rotation about an axis of rotation at least in one direction which is an operative forward direction such that the leading face (210) leads the trailing face (212). At least the leading face (210) has at least two major operatively upwardly and outwardly extending surfaces (202.1, 204.1) which are not coplanar. A first major surface (202.1) is angled operatively rearwardly and upwardly relative to the forward direction of rotation at an angle of at least 1° to the vertical. A second major surface (204.1) is angled operatively forwardly and outwardly at an angle of at least 1° relative to a radius of a circle described in use by the rotary plough (200) when rotating in the operative forward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: SASOL TECHNOLOGY (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
    Inventor: Jacobus Andreas Stadler
  • Publication number: 20150041717
    Abstract: A process for treating steam-saturated crude gases from an entrained flow gasification of fuels before entry into heat exchangers sited upstream of a crude gas converting operation. To avoid solid deposits in an entrance region of the heat exchangers, the crude gas is converted from a saturated into a superheated state by supply of a hot gas to the crude gas. Hot gas contemplated is superheated high pressure steam or recycled superheated converted crude gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Norbert FISCHER, Manfred JÄNIG, Doris KLOSTERMANN, Andreas MEIßNER, Manfred SCHINGNITZ, Guido SCHULD
  • Publication number: 20150021522
    Abstract: The invention relates to inert gas production processes and can be used for producing a krypton/xenon mixture from a stream of oxygen recovered from air separation plants and containing 0.05-0.5% krypton and xenon. The method for producing a krypton/xenon mixture involves purifying a stream of gaseous primary concentrate by the catalytic combustion thereof and subsequently cooling same, purifying the primary concentrate of catalytic combustion products, carrying out cooling upon completion of purification, fractionating the primary concentrate in a rectification column to form a stream of krypton/xenon mixture and a stream of stripped oxygen and removing the stream of krypton/xenon mixture from the rectification column in the form of a target product, as well as purifying the krypton/xenon mixture of radon. The invention makes it possible to extend the scope of use of the krypton/xenon mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Vitaly Leonidovich Bondarenko, Nikolay Petrovich Losyakov, Valeriy Borisovich Vorotyntsev, Aleksandr Petrovich Grafov
  • Patent number: 8936734
    Abstract: A system and method for splitting water to produce hydrogen and oxygen employing focused polarized sunlight energy is disclosed. Hydrogen and oxygen may then be stored for later use as fuels. The system and method use inorganic capping agents that cap the surface of semiconductor nanocrystals to form photocatalytic capped colloidal nanocrystals, which may be deposited and oriented on a substrate to form an oriented photoactive material. The oriented photoactive material may be employed in the system to harvest sunlight and produce energy necessary for water splitting. The system may also include a light polarization system and elements necessary to collect, transfer, and store hydrogen and oxygen, for subsequent transformation into electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Sunpower Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Landry, Travis Jennings
  • Publication number: 20150014590
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-treatment of acid gas are presented in which ammonium is removed from the acid gas in an absorber that is operated at significantly elevated temperature using dilute phosphoric acid. While seemingly incompatible, absorbing ammonia at high heat in the absorber will allow for production of a diammonium phosphate product that is ultra-low in residual sulfurous compounds and prevent crystallization of phosphate salts due to the increased solubility of the salts in the hot diluted solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Ravi Ravikumar, Paul M. Mathias, Paul E. Koppel, Sanjiv Dabee
  • Patent number: 8932406
    Abstract: The molecular etcher carbonyl fluoride (COF2) or any of its variants, are provided for, according to the present invention, to increase the efficiency of etching and/or cleaning and/or removal of materials such as the unwanted film and/or deposits on the chamber walls and other components in a process chamber or substrate (collectively referred to herein as “materials”). The methods of the present invention involve igniting and sustaining a plasma, whether it is a remote or in-situ plasma, by stepwise addition of additives, such as but not limited to, a saturated, unsaturated or partially unsaturated perfluorocarbon compound (PFC) having the general formula (CyFz) and/or an oxide of carbon (COx) to a nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) plasma into a chemical deposition chamber (CVD) chamber, thereby generating COF2. The NF3 may be excited in a plasma inside the CVD chamber or in a remote plasma region upstream from the CVD chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Mitchell, Ramkumar Subramanian, Carrie L. Wyse, Robert Torres, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8926931
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a catalytic gasification of coal. Catalytic gasification of a Wyodak low-sulfur sub-bituminous coal from the Powder River Basin of Wyoming was investigated using an inexpensive sodium carbonate catalyst applied via incipient wetness impregnation. Experiments in an atmospheric pressure fixed-bed laboratory gasifier were performed to evaluate the effects of reaction temperature, feed gas steam content, and Na2CO3 loading on the catalytic gasification of the Wyodak coal. The temperature range investigated (700-900° C.) was selected with consideration of the Na2CO3 melting point (850° C.) to reduce the loss by volatilization of sodium. Sodium was found to be active during both pyrolysis and gasification steps. The catalyst was most cost-effective at addition levels of approximately 3 wt %. The random pore model provided a good fit to the conversion versus time data collected under both the catalytic and the uncatalytic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventors: Maohong Fan, Morris Argyle, Tiberiu Popa
  • Patent number: 8920714
    Abstract: A corrosion prevention and control composition and method comprises combining primarily two-component polyurethane foam formed by reacting polyols with an isocyanate compound, and a 2 to 10 percent by weight of either an organic or inorganic gas-phase corrosion inhibitor. The closed cell foam provides a barrier protection for the underlying corrodible surface, while the inhibitor protects the metal from the absorbed moisture vapor, thereby preventing corrosion from occurring at the foam/metal interface. The resulting foam and inhibitor composition maintains better adhesion to the underlying corrodible structure in corrosive environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: John V. Kelley, II
  • Publication number: 20140374659
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the concurrent production of hydrogen and sulphur from a H2S-containing gas stream, with zero emissions. The method comprises the thermal oxidative cracking of H2S so as to form H2 and S2. Preferably, the oxidation is conducted using oxygen-enriched air, preferably pure oxygen. The ratio H2S/O2 in the feedstock is higher than 2:1, preferably in the range of 3:1-5:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Lucio Molinari, Fabio Angelini, Lucia Barbato
  • Publication number: 20140366724
    Abstract: The invention is a process involving membrane-based gas separation for separating and recovering carbon dioxide emissions from combustion processes in partially concentrated form, and then transporting the carbon dioxide and using or storing it in a confined manner without concentrating it to high purity. The process of the invention involves building up the concentration of carbon dioxide in a gas flow loop between the combustion step and a membrane separation step. A portion of the carbon dioxide-enriched gas can then be withdrawn from this loop and transported, without the need to liquefy the gas or otherwise create a high-purity stream, to a destination where it is used or confined, preferably in an environmentally benign manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Johannes G. Wijmans, Richard W. Baker, Timothy C. Merkel
  • Patent number: 8900334
    Abstract: The goal of the invention consists in making available a method for supplying fuel to a pressurized gasification system, which ensures, in economically efficient manner, that the emission of pollutants from the coal transfer and the transport is minimized or completely avoided. This is achieved in that a gas that contains at least 10 ppm vol. CO is used for transfer and/or conveying, whereby a gas that contains oxygen is mixed into this gas, and that this gas mixture is heated to a temperature that oxidizes at least 10% of the pollutants contained in the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp UHDE GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Kowoll, Stefan Hamel, Michael Rieger
  • Publication number: 20140311217
    Abstract: A method is provided that identifies the compounds contributing to fishy water odor from an air conditioner, reproduces the fishy water odor, and prepares a corresponding fishy water odor composition. Through the analysis method of the present invention, the compounds contributing to the fishy water odor from an air conditioner are identified and quantified. The fishy water odor is reproduced from a combination of the compounds identified by the analysis method of the present invention. The reproduced fishy water odor provides significant data required for development of an apparatus and a method for removing specific odor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Hee Lee, Ji Wan Kim, Seok Man Kim
  • Patent number: 8852945
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for identifying compounds contributing to a sour odor emitting from an air conditioner, a method for artificially reproducing the detected sour odor and preparing a corresponding sour odor composition. Through the analysis method of the present invention, the compounds contributing to the sour odor emitted from an air conditioner may be identified and quantified. The detected sour odor may be reproduced from a combination of the compounds identified by the analysis method of the present invention. The reproduced sour odor may provide meaningful data required for development of an apparatus and a method for removing specific odors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Hee Lee, Ji Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 8852946
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for identifying the compounds contributing to urine odor emitting from an air conditioner, a method for artificially reproducing the detected urine odor, and preparing a corresponding urine odor composition. Through the analysis method of the present invention, the compounds contributing to the urine odor emitted from an air conditioner may be identified and quantified. The detected urine odor may be reproduced from a combination of the compounds identified by the analysis method of the present invention. The reproduced urine odor may provide meaningful data required for development of an apparatus and a method for removing specific odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Hee Lee, Ji Wan Kim, Seok Man Kim