Solid, Extended Surface, Fluid Contact Type Patents (Class 422/171)
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Patent number: 12128627Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the post-treatment of particles carried along in a process gas of a device for the generative manufacturing of three-dimensional objects, wherein the particles are conducted to a filter chamber. An oxidant is added to the particles and that an oxidation reaction of the particles with the oxidant is initiated.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: EOS GmbH Electro Optical SystemsInventors: Ulrich Kleinhans, Philip Stroebel, Sven Pawliczek, Johannes Rumpel
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Patent number: 12104513Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment system comprising a first and a second structure being in fluid communication and defining a flow path of the exhaust gases, the second structure being supported by the first structure, the first structure comprising a first catalytic converter downstream a mixing chamber, the first catalytic converter having a fluid connection to an outlet of exhaust gases, the second structure including a filter unit housing removably connected to the first structure and to an inlet module by a filter unit housing fixing, the second structure defining a longitudinal axis, the filter unit housing including a filter unit, and the inlet module including a second catalytic converter and having a fluid connection to an inlet of exhaust gases, the filter unit housing and/or the inlet module being configured to allow its removal from the exhaust gas treatment system.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: DINEX A/SInventor: Alexandru Serban
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Patent number: 12104514Abstract: Subject of the invention is an exhaust gas purification system for a gasoline engine, comprising in consecutive order the following devices: a first three-way-catalyst (TWC1), a gasoline particulate filter (GPF) and a second three-way-catalyst (TWC2), wherein the wash coat load (WCL) of the GPF is greater than the WCL of the TWC2, wherein the WCL is determined in g/l of the volume of the device. The invention also relates to methods in which the system is used and uses of the system.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Jan Schoenhaber, Joerg-Michael Richter, Carolin Braun
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Patent number: 12087220Abstract: An exhaust gas system includes an engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit, a turbocharger, a turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit, an injection housing, a dosing module, and a bypass system. The engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit is configured to receive exhaust gas. The turbocharger includes a turbine. The turbine is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit. The turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit is coupled to the turbine. The injection housing is coupled to the turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit and centered on an injection housing axis. The dosing module is coupled to the injection housing and includes an injector. The injector is configured to dose reductant into the injection housing. The injector is centered on an injector axis. The bypass system includes a bypass inlet conduit, a bypass valve, and a bypass outlet conduit. The bypass inlet conduit is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.Inventors: Colin L. Norris, Matthew Henry, Stephen W. Caddy, Randolph G. Zoran, Stephen M. Holl, Matthew Robert Brookes, Jamie Archer, John M. Clark
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Patent number: 11951465Abstract: Catalyst systems that are resistant to high-temperature sintering and methods for preparing such catalyst systems that are resistant to sintering at high temperatures are provided. Methods of forming such catalyst systems include contacting a support having a surface including a catalyst particle with a solution comprising a metal salt and having an acidic pH. The metal salt is precipitated onto the surface of the support. Next, the metal salt is calcined to selectively generate a porous coating of metal oxide on the surface of the support distributed around the catalyst particle.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Xingcheng Xiao, Gongshin Qi, Ryan J. Day, Ming Yang
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Patent number: 11857923Abstract: The invention present provides a method (and suitable apparatus) to convert biomass to ethanol, comprising gasifying the biomass to produce raw syngas; feeding the raw syngas to an acid-gas removal unit to remove at least some CO2 and produce a conditioned syngas stream; feeding the conditioned syngas stream to a fermentor to biologically convert the syngas to ethanol; capturing a tail gas from an exit of the fermentor, wherein the tail gas comprises at least CO2 and unconverted CO or H2; and recycling a first portion of the tail gas to the fermentor and/or a second portion of the tail gas to the acid-gas removal unit. This invention allows for increased syngas conversion to ethanol, improved process efficiency, and better overall biorefinery economics for conversion of biomass to ethanol.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: LanzaTech, Inc.Inventors: John D. Winter, Jerrod Hohman
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Patent number: 11808192Abstract: An exhaust gas system includes an engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit, a turbocharger, a turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit, an injection housing, a dosing module, and a bypass system. The engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit is configured to receive exhaust gas. The turbocharger includes a turbine. The turbine is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit. The turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit is coupled to the turbine. The injection housing is coupled to the turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit and centered on an injection housing axis. The dosing module is coupled to the injection housing and includes an injector. The injector is configured to dose reductant into the injection housing. The injector is centered on an injector axis. The bypass system includes a bypass inlet conduit, a bypass valve, and a bypass outlet conduit. The bypass inlet conduit is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Colin L. Norris, Matthew Henry, Stephen W. Caddy, Randolph G. Zoran, Stephen M. Holl, Matthew Robert Brookes, Jamie Archer, John M. Clark
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Patent number: 11759770Abstract: A passive NOx absorber for treating an exhaust gas from a diesel engine is described. The passive NOx absorber comprises a first washcoat region comprising a zeolite catalyst, the zeolite catalyst comprising a noble metal and a zeolite having a SAR of 2-15.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Inventors: Jillian Collier, Francois Moreau, Matthew O'Brien, Paul Richard Phillips, Sanyuan Yang
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Patent number: 11752492Abstract: Proposed inventions are a recipe of denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst containing an SCR catalyst and an oxidation catalyst to simultaneously remove nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and ammonia, a manufacturing method thereof, an exhaust gas treatment method using the denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst, and an SCR denitrification system including the denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst. The denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst simultaneously removes nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and ammonia and exhibits an increased catalytic effect compared to the cases where the denitrification catalyst used alone and the denitrification and the oxidation catalyst ratios are and not properly balanced. When the denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst is applied to an SCR denitrification system, the structure is simplified, space is saved, cost is reduced, and catalyst maintenance is easy.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: NANO CO., LTDInventors: Paul Worn Park, Dong-Woo Shin, Bekelcha Tesfaye
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Patent number: 11725563Abstract: A mixer, an exhaust aftertreatment component, an exhaust aftertreatment system and a vehicle in which the mixer comprises: an inlet cover, providing an inlet space; an outlet cover, providing an outlet space; and a connecting pipe part, comprising a gas inlet inside the inlet space, a gas outlet inside the outlet space, and an injection inlet; wherein the connecting pipe part comprises a conical section and a pipe section connected downstream to the conical section, the conical section is located inside the inlet space, a side wall of the conical section comprises a plurality of openings distributed along a circumferential direction, the gas inlet comprises the plurality of openings, and a swirling structure is provided on the plurality of openings.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Faurecia Emission Control Technologies (Shanghai) Co., LtdInventors: Ludovic Geant, Pierre-Yves Hallier, Thibault Fouquet, Jian Gao
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Patent number: 11713705Abstract: A nitrous oxide (N2O) removal catalyst composite is provided, comprising a N2O removal catalytic material on a substrate, the catalytic material comprising a rhodium (Rh) component supported on a ceria-based support, wherein the catalyst composite has a H2-consumption peak of about 100° C. or less as measured by hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction (H2-TPR). Methods of making and using the same are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: BASF CORPORATIONInventors: Yuejin Li, Xiaolai Zheng, Stanley Roth, Olga Gerlach, Andreas Sundermann
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Patent number: 11708776Abstract: In an exhaust gas processing device, an air-fuel ratio sensor is provided such that a measuring portion is located in a region surrounded by a downstream-side end surface of a TWC, an upstream-side end surface of a GPF, and an inner wall surface of a case against which the exhaust gas G that has passed through the TWC flows, that is the region a region on the GPF side of the center of the TWC.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Marelli CorporationInventors: Daisuke Sugaya, Shunichi Mitsuishi, Takaharu Yamamoto, Satoru Yokoshima, Tooru Hisanaga, Daisuke Shimamura
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Patent number: 11701613Abstract: A method and a plant for capturing CO2 from an incoming flue gas. The flue gas can be exhaust gas from coal and gas fired power plants, cement factories or refineries. The incoming exhaust gas is cooled, mixed with air and compressed, and thereafter introduced into a combustion chamber together with gas and/or liquid fuel. Part of the combustion is achieved by separate burners with cooling/combustion air feed with a volume equal to the volume of CO2 captured. Said burners will elevate the temperature in the combustion chamber allowing combustion of exhaust gas with low oxygen content. CO2 is captured at high partial pressure before expansion by the gas turbine to produce power and generate steam in the heat recovery unit. The gas turbine will operate with high efficiency close to design parameters with respect to inlet temperature, pressure and flow.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: KARBON CCS LTDInventors: Knut Børseth, Henrik Fleischer
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Patent number: 11686236Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying system for an engine includes a three-way catalyst, a particulate filter, an ammonia sorbent unit, an exhaust gas purifying catalyst unit, and a gas injection component including an oxygen-containing gas, all coupled to an exhaust line. Methods for purifying exhaust gas from an engine include exposing the exhaust gas to a three-way catalyst and a particulate filter, thus generating ammonia. The ammonia may be stored in an ammonia sorbent unit during a cold start condition. An oxygen-containing gas may be injected into the exhaust line. Once the ammonia sorbent has reached a desorption temperature, the ammonia may be released into the exhaust line and exposed to an exhaust gas purifying catalyst unit. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst partially oxidizes the ammonia to nitrous oxides (NOx) and subsequently catalyzes a reaction between the remaining ammonia and the nitrous oxides to give nitrogen gas and water.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Emmanuel Laigle, Christophe Chaillou, Caroline Norsic, André Nicolle
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Patent number: 11673132Abstract: A ceramic honeycomb body, suitable for use in exhaust gas processing, includes a honeycomb structure having a plurality of through-channels, a first portion of the plurality of through-channels have a first hydraulic diameter dh1, a second portion of the plurality of through-channels have a second hydraulic diameter that is smaller than the first hydraulic diameter dh1, the first hydraulic diameter dh1 is equal to or greater than 1.1 mm, and the first and second portions of through-channels, taken together, have a geometric surface area GSA greater than 2.9 mm?1. Diesel oxidation catalysts and methods of soot removal are also provided, as are other aspects.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Douglas Munroe Beall, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Achim Karl-Erich Heibel, Pushkar Tandon
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Patent number: 11660586Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst comprising a zeolitic material comprising copper, the process comprising (i) preparing an aqueous mixture comprising water, a zeolitic material comprising copper, a source of copper other than the zeolitic material comprising copper, and a non-zeolitic oxidic material selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, titania, zirconia, ceria, a mixed oxide comprising one or more of Al, Si, Ti, Zr, and Ce and a mixture of two or more thereof; (ii) disposing the mixture obtained in (i) on the surface of the internal walls of a substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the substrate extending therethrough; and optionally drying the substrate comprising the mixture disposed thereon; (iii) calcining the substrate obtained in (ii).Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Matthias Peter, Karifala Dumbuya, Miriam Schubert, Ahmad Moini, Yu Dai, Stefan Maurer, Haiyang Zhu, Yi Liu, Wen-Mei Xue, Ming-Ming Wei, Maria Heenemann
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Patent number: 11643962Abstract: In one aspect, a system is provided and includes an engine including an exhaust valve, an exhaust manifold downstream of the exhaust valve and a muffler downstream of the exhaust manifold. The system also includes a catalyst positioned downstream of the exhaust valve.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Inventors: Eric Pekrul, Martin L. Radue
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Patent number: 11590485Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a process for modifying catalysts comprising introducing a precursor agent and hydrogen gas to a conversion reactor; contacting the precursor agent with a conversion catalyst in the conversion reactor, thereby producing an active agent; introducing the active agent to a production reactor; and contacting the active agent with a hydroprocessing catalyst in the production reactor, thereby producing a modified hydroprocessing catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventor: Omer Refa Koseoglu
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Patent number: 11549090Abstract: An inverted conical bioreactor is provided for growing cells or microorganisms. The bioreactor has an internal space and a perforated barrier within the vessel, through which a liquid may flow, where cells or microorganisms cannot pass through the perforated barrier. The perforated barrier divides the internal space of the bioreactor into a first chamber and a second chamber. Cells are grown within the second chamber and can be perfused by re-circulating the liquid, for example a growth medium, through the bioreactor. Various inlet ports and outlet ports allow controlling the parameters of flow of the growth medium.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: ADVA BIOTECHNOLOGY LTD.Inventor: Ohad Karnieli
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Patent number: 11517831Abstract: An abatement system for pyrophoric chemicals where the materials are captured or controlled by a hazard volume and fed to a vaporizer in an oxygen deprived environment. Materials are heated until vaporized while mixed with nitrogen. The mixture exits the system through a reaction column. The system is monitored by oxygen sensors, smoke detectors and temperature sensors.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventors: George Andrew Rabroker, Michael Carleton Murphey
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Patent number: 11453588Abstract: An elemental sulfur recovery unit comprising a thermal unit configured to combust an acid gas feed comprising hydrogen sulfide, an oxygen source, and a fuel gas to create a reaction furnace outlet stream, comprising elemental sulfur, a waste heat boiler configured to capture heat from the reaction furnace outlet stream to create a waste heat boiler effluent, a condenser configured to condense the waste heat boiler effluent to produce a non-condensed gases stream and a condensed stream comprising elemental sulfur, a process gas reheater configured to generate a hot gases stream, a hydrogenation reactor configured to convert the hot gases stream to create a hydrogenation effluent comprising hydrogen sulfide, a process desuperheater configured to cool the hydrogenation effluent to generate a cooled effluent, and an absorber unit configured to absorb the hydrogen sulfide from the cooled effluent to produce a hydrogen sulfide recycle stream and a waste gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventor: John P. O'Connell
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Patent number: 11378278Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for the removal of volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides from off-gas, which systems comprise a source of ammonia, means for introducing ammonia into a catalytic article having an SCR functionality; a catalytic article having both an oxidation and an SCR functionality, the catalytic article comprising a catalyst substrate and a catalyst composition comprising at least one platinum group metal and/or at least one platinum group metal oxide, at least one oxide of titanium and at least one oxide of vanadium, wherein the washcoat is located in and/or on the walls of the catalyst substrate: means for measuring the amount of NOx and/or the ammonia slip between the outlet end of the catalytic article and the stack or at the stack, at least one carbon monoxide source, and means for introducing carbon monoxide into the catalytic article.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KGInventors: Kim Hougaard Pedersen, Wayne S. Jones, David Taylor
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Patent number: 11339337Abstract: An apparatus and methods to eliminate PFAS from wastewater biosolids through fluidized bed gasification. The gasifier decomposes the PFAS in the biosolids at temperatures of 900-1800° F. Synthesis gas (syngas) exits the gasifier which is coupled to a thermal oxidizer and is combusted at temperatures of 1600-2600° F. This decomposes PFAS in the syngas and creates flue gas. Heat can be recovered from the flue gas by cooling the flue gas to temperatures of 400-1200° F. in a heat exchanger that is coupled with the thermal oxidizer. Cooled flue gas is mixed with hydrated lime, enhancing PFAS decomposition, with the spent lime filtered from the cooled flue gas using a filter system that may incorporate catalyst impregnated filter elements. The apparatus and methods thereby eliminate PFAS from wastewater biosolids and control emissions in the resulting flue gas.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: ARIES CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Matthew Newman, Joel Thornton, Brandon Davis, Renus Kelfkens, Ron Hudson, Mark Robertson
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Patent number: 11291102Abstract: A corona plasma cell includes a polarized electrode and a ground electrode, including a cylinder and a porous film, with the cylinder having a low profile and the polarized electrode not entering the cylinder; a corona plasma dual element including a first cell, a second cell having such a structure, which first and second cell are symmetrically arranged; and finally a plasma reactor including a plurality of cells or dual elements.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: AIRINSPACE S.E.Inventors: Pierre De Linage, Stephen Lunel, Stéphane Châtenet
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Patent number: 11236655Abstract: An exhaust passage includes a main passage and bypass passage, a catalyst, an exhaust control valve, and an HC adsorbent in the bypass passage. The exhaust control valve is controlled so that, when a temperature of the catalyst is higher than a predetermined sintering occurrence temperature, the quality of HC desorbed from the HC adsorbent is greater when the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing through the upstream exhaust passage portion is a lean air-fuel ratio compared to when it is a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio or rich air-fuel ratio, or the quality of HC desorbed from the HC adsorbent is greater when the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing through the upstream exhaust passage portion is a larger lean air-fuel ratio compared to when it is a smaller lean air-fuel ratio.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomihisa Oda
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Patent number: 11202989Abstract: The invention present provides a method (and suitable apparatus) to convert biomass to ethanol, comprising gasifying the biomass to produce raw syngas; feeding the raw syngas to an acid-gas removal unit to remove at least some CO2 and produce a conditioned syngas stream; feeding the conditioned syngas stream to a fermentor to biologically convert the syngas to ethanol; capturing a tail gas from an exit of the fermentor, wherein the tail gas comprises at least CO2 and unconverted CO or H2; and recycling a first portion of the tail gas to the fermentor and/or a second portion of the tail gas to the acid-gas removal unit. This invention allows for increased syngas conversion to ethanol, improved process efficiency, and better overall biorefinery economics for conversion of biomass to ethanol.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: LanzaTech, Inc.Inventors: John D Winter, Jerrod Hohman
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Patent number: 11198094Abstract: An ammonia slip catalyst having an SCR catalyst and an oxidation catalyst comprising at least two metals, each of which is selected from a specific group, and a substrate upon which at least oxidation catalyst is located is described. The ammonia slip catalyst can have dual layers, with one of the layers containing an SCR catalyst, a second layer containing the oxidation catalyst with comprises at least two metals, each of which is selected from a specific group, and the ammonia slip catalyst does not contain a platinum group metal. Methods of making and using the ammonia slip catalyst to reduce ammonia slip are described.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Paul Joseph Andersen, Kevin Doura
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Patent number: 11168600Abstract: A method for operating an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in which exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine flows through a first SCR catalytic converter, which is followed by an ammonia barrier catalytic converter, and flows through a second SCR catalytic converter which is disposed downstream of the ammonia barrier catalyst, includes introducing a reducing agent introduced into the exhaust gas by a first metering device upstream of the first SCR catalytic converter and by a second metering device upstream of the second SCR catalytic converter. When a predetermined threshold value of a temperature of a region of the exhaust system is exceeded, a quantity of reducing agent introduced into the exhaust gas by the first metering device is increased.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Berthold Keppeler, Thorsten Woog
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Patent number: 11106177Abstract: A particle collecting device includes: an air pipe having a flow space in which air including particles flows; and a collecting unit that is disposed in such a way as to block the flow space of the air pipe and that collects the particles included in the air. The collecting unit is a plate-shaped air-permeable member having a honeycomb structure such that a number of cells per square inch is 600 or larger and 1400 or smaller.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yuka Nomura, Tetsuya Kawatani, Yutaka Nakayama
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Patent number: 11105251Abstract: A catalytic converter for a vehicle includes: an inlet cone portion connected to an exhaust side of a turbocharger; a converter housing connected to the inlet cone portion and forming an exhaust gas flow passage; at least one catalyst element installed in the exhaust gas flow passage of the converter housing; and a pin member installed inside the inlet cone portion corresponding to the front end surface of the catalyst element.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors CorporationInventor: Hee Chan Chung
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Patent number: 11107663Abstract: A plasma processing system includes a chamber, a gas supply unit, a gas exhaust unit, a separating unit, a boost unit and an accumulation unit. The chamber is configured to process a target substrate by plasma of a gaseous mixture of a rare gas and a processing gas. The gas supply unit is configured to supply the rare gas and the processing gas into the chamber. The gas exhaust unit is configured to exhaust a gas containing the rare gas from the chamber. The separating unit is configured to separate the rare gas from the gas exhausted by the gas exhaust unit. The boost unit is configured to boost the rare gas separated by the separating unit. The accumulation unit is configured to accumulate the rare gas boosted by the boost unit and supply the accumulated first rare gas to the gas supply unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Kazuki Moyama, Kazuya Nagaseki
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Patent number: 11046153Abstract: An air purification system for use with rail car HVAC system to remove or destroy harmful pathogens in the air. The air purification system has a housing with an inlet, an outlet, and a passageway extending between the inlet and the outlet. An intense field generator and filter is used to charge any particles in the air and remove them from the air flow. An ultraviolet radiation source is positioned to direct ultraviolet illumination into the passageway. Finally, a dielectric barrier discharge unit having a high voltage electrode coupled to a dielectric barrier and a ground electrode spaced apart from the high voltage electrode is used to form a low temperature plasma chamber is in communication with the passageway so that the ions created in the plasma chamber will attach to and destroy any remaining particles in the air flow.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Knorr Brake Company, LLCInventors: Richard Stelmach, Justin Jones, Tyler Bowie
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Patent number: 11015802Abstract: A burner using a high-temperature combustion catalyst is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SungGwang E&Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung Woo Lee, You Shick Jung
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Patent number: 11000798Abstract: A dynamically adjustable rate sulfur recovery process continuously calculates and adjusts sour gas stream operating pressure and/or flow rate to maximize sweet gas output, thereby improving efficiency. A corresponding desulfurization system may include a fixed-sized pressure vessel, a flow control valve that controls the rate of flow of a sour gas stream into the pressure vessel, a sensor that measures sulfur concentration in the sour gas stream, a reagent tank, an oxidizer tank, and a phase separator that separates sweet gas as a gaseous phase after hydrogen sulfide in the sour gas stream in the pressure vessel is converted to elemental sulfur, sulfur species, or both by contact with reagent from the reagent tank and oxidizer from the oxidizer tank. A PLC (programmable logic controller) continuously calculates updated flow rates based on sulfur concentration measurements from the sensor to achieve maximum sweet gas production.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: STREAMLINE INNOVATIONS, INC.Inventors: Billy G Clark, John C Bourdon, Peter J Photos, Franklin Hailey Brown, II, David Sisk
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Patent number: 10975745Abstract: A NOx absorber catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a diesel engine. The NOx absorber catalyst comprises a first NOx absorber material comprising a molecular sieve catalyst, wherein the molecular sieve catalyst comprises a noble metal and a molecular sieve, and wherein the molecular sieve contains the noble metal; a second NOx absorber material comprising palladium (Pd) supported on an oxide of cerium; and a substrate having an inlet end and an outlet end.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Andrew Francis Chiffey, Jack Corps, Laura Mitchell-Downie, Francois Moreau, Matthew O'Brien
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Patent number: 10974196Abstract: A flue gas denitration system includes a catalytic reactor accommodating a plurality of catalytic modules, into which a flue gas flows, and a flue gas heater provided on an upstream side of the catalytic reactor in a flow direction of the flue gas. In the flue gas denitration system, switched are a first denitration state in which the flue gas is denitrated by using the plurality of catalytic modules in the catalytic reactor and a second denitration state in which the flue gas is denitrated by using a catalytic module(s) less than those used in the first denitration state while a temperature of the flue gas flowing into the catalytic reactor is made higher than that in the first denitration state by using the flue gas heater. Thus, by making the temperature of the flue gas flowing into the catalytic reactor higher, it is possible to suppress deterioration in denitration performance in the case of using part of the plurality of catalytic modules for denitration.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Hitachi Zosen CorporationInventors: Toru Tanaka, Shohei Kubo
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Patent number: 10968802Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing an SCR catalyst from being contaminated with platinum group metal in an emission control system comprising, upstream of the SCR catalyst, a catalyst that contains platinum group metal, characterized in that a material zone containing a mixture of aluminum oxide and cerium oxide is located upstream of the SCR catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Christoph Hengst, Marco Lopez
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Patent number: 10940435Abstract: Implementations described herein relate to features for an integrated aftertreatment system. In one implementation, an integrated aftertreatment system comprises a casing that includes a mating flange having a first constant diameter and a catalyst component configured to mate to the mating flange of the casing. The catalyst component includes a canned body including a first portion sized to a second constant diameter to mate with the first constant diameter of the mating flange. In another implementation, an integrated aftertreatment system comprises a casing, a catalyst component positioned within the casing, a particulate filter having an outer casing with an outlet, and a particulate filter joint coupled to the outer casing of the particulate filter at the outlet. An end of the particulate filter joint is aligned with an end of the particulate filter.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Juan Manuel Valencia Arcila, Shane O'Connor, Michael T. Lynch, Ryan M. Johnson, Randolph G. Zoran, Alex A. Bethke, Victor C. Chew, Andrew Komisarek, Michael Bates, Jack Erickson, Daniel Edward Novreske, Ryan Robert Welch, Chad Carius, Oscar Chavira, Brandon Leedy, Eric R. Butler, William J. Runde, Bucky Woods
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Patent number: 10926240Abstract: A hydrocarbon trap is provided for reducing cold-start hydrocarbon emissions. The trap comprises a monolithic flow-through substrate having a porosity of at least 60% and including a zeolite loading of at least 4 g/in3 in or on its walls. A separate coating of a three-way catalyst is provided over the zeolite coating. The trap may further include an oxygen storage material. The hydrocarbon trap may be positioned in the exhaust gas system of a vehicle such that unburnt hydrocarbons are adsorbed on the trap and stored until the monolith reaches a sufficient temperature for catalyst activation.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Giovanni Cavataio, Jason Aaron Lupescu, Manish Sharma
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Patent number: 10920646Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system for an engine includes an exhaust passage extending from the combustion chambers of the engine, and an exhaust purifying unit disposed in the exhaust passage and configured to purify exhaust gas in the exhaust passage. The exhaust purifying unit includes a carrier disposed in the exhaust passage, a first purifier having at least a function of oxidizing components in the exhaust gas. The first purifier covers, as an underlayer, an outer surface of the carrier, and a second purifier having a function of purifying the exhaust gas by reducing, using occluded ammonia, the components in the exhaust gas that have been oxidized in the first purifier. The second purifier includes a superposed portion covering, as an upper layer, an outer surface of the first purifier.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryosuke Sato, Kinichi Iwachido
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Patent number: 10906032Abstract: Described are catalysts effective to abate NOx, hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide from a gasoline engine exhaust gas. Such catalysts include a substrate having a first and second material disposed thereon, the first material effective to catalyze selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in the presence of ammonia and the second material effective to abate hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, the first material comprising a molecular sieve promoted with copper and/or iron in a low loading, the second material comprising at least one oxide of Ni, Fe, Mn, Co, and Cu on a support selected from oxides of Ce, Ce—Zr, Zr, Mn, Pr and combinations thereof. Also described are gasoline engine exhaust gas treatment systems and methods of treating exhaust gas from a gasoline engine.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignees: BASF Corporation, N.E. Chemcat CorporationInventors: Xiaolai Zheng, Michel Deeba, Xiaofan Yang, Qi Fu, Knut Wassermann, Makoto Nagata, Yasuharu Kanno, Hiroki Nakayama
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Patent number: 10895183Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides low-temperature nitrogen oxides (NOx) adsorbers used in the treatment of a NOx-containing exhaust gas stream and to methods of preparing and using the same. In particular, the NOx adsorber composition includes an active metal and a metal oxide support, wherein the metal oxide support includes greater than 50% by weight ceria based on the total weight of the NOx adsorber composition, and wherein the active metal includes about 0.01% to about 5% by weight ruthenium based on the total weight of the NOx adsorber composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Olga Gerlach, Xinyi Wei, Andreas Sundermann, Emily Schulman, Stanley A. Roth
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Patent number: 10875062Abstract: Methods of treating porous media, including methods of nondestructive removal of PFAS contaminants from soil, and apparatus for carrying out thermal decontamination of porous substrates. The thermal decontamination apparatus sinters and shapes the media to be remediated, and then provides sequential sectionalized treatment using treatment gases that are drawn through the sintered media, extracted, and then treated to remove contaminants extracted from the treated media.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: EZRATERRA, LLCInventor: Patrick Richard Brady
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Patent number: 10835893Abstract: Provided is a catalyst carrier module for a large-capacity catalyst reactor, which can be assembled in a large-capacity structure by laminating a flat plate and a wave plate to be fixed in a can without brazing the flat plate and the wave plate constituting a cell forming body, for use in a catalytic reactor requiring a large-capacity exhaust gas treatment. The catalyst carrier module (or block) includes: a can of a rectangular tube shape having an inlet and an outlet; at least one cell forming body in which a plurality of hollow cells are formed by alternately laminating a wave plate and a flat plate which are coated with a catalyst on a surface thereof and inserted into the can; and a fixing unit installed at the inlet and the outlet of the can to prevent the at least one cell forming body from detaching from the can.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Myoung Soo Kim, Tong Bok Kim
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Patent number: 10814274Abstract: A catalytic reactor including: a first opening located in a side surface of a catalytic reactor; a plurality of catalytic cassettes charged into the catalytic reactor through the first opening toward a side surface opposed to the first opening so that the plurality of catalytic cassettes is arranged adjacent to each other; and a fixing member configured to be urged by a first lid member closing the first opening and to press upper surfaces of the plurality of catalytic cassettes. The fixing member is disposed to extend along a direction from the first opening to the side surface opposed to the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Arata Hayata, Tsuyoshi Inoue
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Patent number: 10814271Abstract: The invention provides a device and system for decomposing and oxidizing of gaseous pollutants. A novel reaction portion reduces particle formation in fluids during treatment, thereby improving the defect of particle accumulation in a reaction portion. Also, the system includes the device, wherein a modular design enables the system to have the advantage of easy repair and maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: SIW Engineering Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Chee-Wei Chan
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Patent number: 10753204Abstract: An emissions monitoring and management system includes a containment assembly that defines an enclosed volume, wherein the enclosed volume of the containment assembly is configured to receive an industrial component, a fluid conduit coupled to the containment assembly and in fluid communication with the enclosed volume, an emissions conditioner coupled to the fluid conduit, wherein the emissions conditioner is configured to reduce a concentration of a predetermined gas of interest in the fluid conduit, a first emissions detector coupled to the containment assembly and in fluid communication with the enclosed volume, wherein the first emissions detector is configured to determine a concentration of the predetermined gas of interest in the enclosed volume, and a transmitter in signal communication with the first emissions detector, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit signals corresponding to a first predetermined concentration of the predetermined gas of interest in the enclosed volume.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Inventor: Steve Smith
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Patent number: 10634078Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an aftertreatment system arranged in a vehicle underbody downstream of close-coupled aftertreatment devices, the aftertreatment system including a first aftertreatment device and a second aftertreatment device adjacent one another. In one example, the first aftertreatment device is a hydrocarbon trap and the second aftertreatment device is a three-way catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jason Lupescu, Steven Schwochert, Carolyn Hubbard, Melissa Zamora
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Patent number: 10619542Abstract: There is provided an exhaust device. An exhaust pipe is connected to an engine for a vehicle. A chamber is connected to a downstream side of the exhaust pipe. At least two catalysts arranged in a vehicle front-rear direction in the chamber. A connection pipe connects the two catalysts with each other. The connection pipe is provided with punching holes.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Takayoshi Muramatsu, Tetsuji Takeda
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Patent number: 10603632Abstract: The invention present provides a method (and suitable apparatus) to convert biomass to ethanol, comprising gasifying the biomass to produce raw syngas; feeding the raw syngas to an acid-gas removal unit to remove at least some CO2 and produce a conditioned syngas stream; feeding the conditioned syngas stream to a fermentor to biologically convert the syngas to ethanol; capturing a tail gas from an exit of the fermentor, wherein the tail gas comprises at least CO2 and unconverted CO or H2; and recycling a first portion of the tail gas to the fermentor and/or a second portion of the tail gas to the acid-gas removal unit. This invention allows for increased syngas conversion to ethanol, improved process efficiency, and better overall biorefinery economics for conversion of biomass to ethanol.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Inventor: David C. Aldous