By Oxidizing Or Burning Component Patents (Class 423/224)
  • Patent number: 11712654
    Abstract: Methods of sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) are provided. Aspects of the methods include contacting an aqueous capture liquid, such as an aqueous capture ammonia, with a direct air capture (DAC) generated gaseous source of CO2 under conditions sufficient to produce an aqueous carbonate liquid, such as an aqueous ammonium carbonate. The aqueous carbonate liquid is then combined with a cation source under conditions sufficient to produce a solid CO2 sequestering carbonate. Also provided are systems configured for carrying out the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Blue Planet Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Brent R. Constantz, Jacob Schneider, Christopher L. Camire, Seung-Hee Kang, Ken Hines
  • Patent number: 11649030
    Abstract: A method and modular desulfurization-decarbonization apparatus for removing contaminants from exhaust gas is described. The apparatus comprises discrete modular units with distinct functions. The modular units may be housed in standard shipping containers and installed on cargo ships. The modules can be removed and replaced while docking with minimal disruption to ship and port operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Uday Singh
  • Patent number: 11446606
    Abstract: Methods of sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) are provided. Aspects of the methods include contacting an aqueous capture ammonia with a gaseous source of CO2 under conditions sufficient to produce an aqueous ammonium carbonate. The aqueous ammonium carbonate is then combined with a cation source under conditions sufficient to produce a solid CO2 sequestering carbonate and an aqueous ammonium salt. The aqueous capture ammonia is then regenerated from the from the aqueous ammonium salt. Also provided are systems configured for carrying out the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Blue Planet Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Brent R. Constantz, Jacob Schneider, Mark Bewernitz
  • Patent number: 10569219
    Abstract: Systems and methods for separating hydrogen sulfide from carbon dioxide in a high-pressure mixed stream are disclosed herein. The methods include receiving the high-pressure mixed stream in an oxidation reactor and at an inlet pressure of at least 0.3 megapascals. The high-pressure mixed stream includes 0.01 to 5 mole percent hydrogen sulfide and at least 90 mole percent carbon dioxide. The methods further include oxidizing the high-pressure mixed stream with an oxidant to generate a high-pressure oxidized stream, includes oxidized hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, at an oxidation pressure of at least 0.3 megapascals. The methods also include separating the high-pressure oxidized stream into an oxidized hydrogen sulfide product and a carbon dioxide product and generating the carbon dioxide product at a pressure of at least 0.3 megapascals. The systems include the high-pressure mixed stream, an oxidation reactor, and a separation assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventor: P. Scott Northrop
  • Patent number: 10232311
    Abstract: Disclosed are processes for removing H2S from gas streams containing H2S, the processes comprise contacting gas streams with a mixed metal oxy-hydroxide media comprising two or more metals selected from the group consisting of magnesium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, zinc and copper. Also disclosed are processes for removing H2S from gas streams containing H2S, the processes comprise contacting the gas streams with a mixed metal oxy-hydroxide media comprising one or more metals selected from the group listed above plus one or more metals selected from the group consisting of aluminum, silicon, titanium and zirconium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: GUILD ASSOCIATES INC.
    Inventor: Joe Rossin
  • Patent number: 10150719
    Abstract: Processes are disclosed for the conversion of adipic acid to 1,6-hexanediol employing a chemocatalytic reaction in which an adipic acid substrate is reacted with hydrogen in the presence of particular heterogeneous catalysts including a first metal and a second metal on a support. The adipic acid substrate includes adipic acid, mono-esters of adipic acid, di-esters of adipic acid, and salts thereof. The first metal is selected form the group of Pt, Rh and mixtures thereof and the second metal is selected from the group of Mo, W, Re and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
    Inventors: Vincent J. Murphy, Eric L. Dias, James A. W. Shoemaker
  • Patent number: 10131558
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, and/or composition of matter configured for, adapted for, and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, causing reactions, between sulfides in contaminated water with a ferric chelate and between sulfides in the contaminated water with an oxidizing agent, to form substantially sulfide-free water, the substantially sulfide-free water comprising the ferric chelate and the oxidizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: BioSystems Consulting, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr., Jefferson W. Cox
  • Patent number: 10022665
    Abstract: The present embodiments provide an acidic gas recovery apparatus or method capable of efficiently reducing emission of amine to the environment. In the embodiment, an acidic gas recovery apparatus 10A comprises: an acidic gas-absorber 11a; a regeneration tower 12; a gas-cleaner 11b; a cleaning liquid drawing-out line L23; an absorbing liquid drawing-out line L21; and an acidic component-remover 13A. The cleaning water 27c from the cleaning liquid drawing-out line L23 and a purified lean solution 23C from the absorbing liquid drawing-out line L21 are supplied to the acidic component-remover 13A. The acidic component-remover 13A comprises a cathode 53, an anode 54, an absorbing liquid-purification compartment 57 for removing acidic components from the objective lean solution 23B, and cleaning liquid compartments 58-1 and 58-2. The cleaning water 27 is supplied to the cleaning liquid compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kato, Masatoshi Hodotsuka, Tetsuya Kaseda
  • Patent number: 9586177
    Abstract: A process for removing sulfur from a gas containing sulfur compounds as H2S, SO2, COS, CS2 . . . , in a quantity of up to 15% wt; particularly gases emanating from the Claus process: A first hydrogenation of the sulfur compounds into H2S, the hydrogenation gas being used to regenerate a deactivated bed of oxidation catalyst, both being carried out at 200-500° C. After sulfur removal, the resulting gas undergoes a second hydrogenation step and then a direct oxidation step, said step being operated under the dew point of sulfur to trap the formed sulfur in the catalyst. In the further cycle, the gas streams are switched so as to regenerate the catalyst in run which is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: PROSERNAT
    Inventor: Benoit Mares
  • Patent number: 9446329
    Abstract: A method of determining the relative component proportions of at least one each of: a buffer; an acid or a base; a solvent; and optionally a salt, for providing a liquid mixture of pre-defined pH and ionic strength, wherein the relative component proportions are determined using the equation of Debye-Hückel, wherein the ion size parameter a in the Debye-Hückel equation is determined as the weighted mean ion size of all species contributing to the ionic strength of the liquid mixture, and wherein the ionic strength of each species is used as weighting parameter. The present method is also applicable in a method of providing a liquid mixture. Further there is provided a buffer preparation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB
    Inventors: Lennart Bjorkesten, Enrique Carredano, Gunnar Malmquist, Gustav Rodrigo, Nils Stafstrom
  • Patent number: 9327212
    Abstract: A method for preparing a liquid flow having pre-defined characteristics by mixing liquid flows of at least two different component stock solutions with each other comprises the steps of determining a selected property value for one or more of the stock solutions by sensing, in a flow of each stock solution separately, at least one characteristic related to the property value for the stock solution, and based on the determined property value or values, mixing the stock solution flows in mixing ratios giving the desired mixed liquid flow. A system for carrying out the method comprises sensor means and a control unit, wherein the control unit is arranged to evaluate the characteristics sensed by the sensor means and provide relative ratios of stock solutions required to obtain a mixed liquid flow having the pre-defined characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB
    Inventors: Torbjorn Blank, Enrique Carredano, Karl Ekstrom, Jan-Erik Lynga, Roger Nordberg, Mike Peters, Gustav Rodrigo, Henrik Sandegren, Lisa Stack
  • Patent number: 9273607
    Abstract: A system may include a compressor, a heat exchanger and an ITM. The compressor is configured to receive an air stream and compress the air stream to generate a pressurized stream. The heat exchanger is configured to receive the pressured stream and indirectly heat the pressurized stream using heat from an oxygen stream from an Ion Transport Membrane (ITM). The ITM is configured to receive the heated pressurized stream and generate an oxygen stream and the non-permeate stream, wherein the non-permeate stream is passed to a gas turbine burner and the oxygen stream is passed to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: GTLpetrol LLC
    Inventor: Rodney J. Allam
  • Patent number: 9073004
    Abstract: There is provided a moving bed type CO2 separation apparatus that is capable of achieving steady recovery of CO2, and that is energy-efficient. An adsorbent hopper that supplies a CO2 adsorbent of a moving bed to an adsorption tower that adsorbs CO2 from a treatment-target gas is provided. Below the adsorption tower, a moving bed-type regeneration tower for regenerating the CO2 adsorbent having adsorbed CO and a moving bed-type drying tower that dries the regenerated CO2 adsorbent are provided. Desorption-purpose steam generated from the drying tower is supplied to the regeneration tower. By allowing the desorption-purpose steam to be condensed on the CO2 adsorbent, CO2 is desorbed from the CO2 adsorbent. Thus, CO2 adsorbent forming a moving bed is used in a circulating manner through the CO2 separation apparatus, and the energy used for drying the condensed water contained in the CO2 adsorbent is used for desorbing CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ogino, Yoshiharu Nonaka, Masatoshi Hirokawa, Takeshi Okumura, Takatoshi Shoji
  • Publication number: 20150139876
    Abstract: A method for depositing carbon dioxide from a flue gas (RG) of a combustion system is provided. A scrubbing solution (A) with an amine-containing absorption agent is mixed together with ozone and/or hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizing agent for nitrite. The flue gas (RG) is brought into contact with the scrubbing solution (A) prepared in this manner, whereby carbon dioxide contained in the flue gas is absorbed, and the scrubbing solution (A) is then thermally treated, whereby the carbon dioxide is desorbed. A corresponding scrubbing solution (A) with an amine-containing absorption agent and with ozone and/or hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizing agent for nitrite is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Björn Fischer, Stefan Hauke, Ralph Joh, Markus Kinzl, Diego Andres Kuettel, Ansgar Kursawe, Rüdiger Schneider
  • Patent number: 9004911
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an apparatus and method utilizing fuel reactor comprised of a fuel section, an oxygen carrier section, and a porous divider separating the fuel section and the oxygen carrier section. The porous divider allows fluid communication between the fuel section and the oxygen carrier section while preventing the migration of solids of a particular size. Maintaining particle segregation between the oxygen carrier section and the fuel section during solid fuel gasification and combustion processes allows gases generated in either section to participate in necessary reactions while greatly mitigating issues associated with mixture of the oxygen carrier with char or ash products. The apparatus and method may be utilized with an oxygen uncoupling oxygen carrier such as CuO, Mn3O4, or Co3O4, or utilized with a CO/H2 reducing oxygen carrier such as Fe2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Ranjani V. Siriwardane, Justin M. Weber
  • Patent number: 8974757
    Abstract: Methods and systems for sequestering carbon dioxide and generating hydrogen are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include the following: dissolving an iron based material that includes a carbonate-forming element into a solution including the carbonate-forming element and iron; increasing a pH of the solution to cause precipitation of iron oxide from the solution thereby generating a first source of Fe2O3; reacting the carbonate-forming element in the solution with a first source of carbon dioxide to produce a carbonate thereby sequestering the carbon dioxide; oxidizing the first source of Fe2O3 with a carbonaceous fuel thereby generating a second source of carbon dioxide and iron; and oxidizing the iron with steam thereby generating hydrogen and an iron oxide. Some embodiments include producing iron-based catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Ah-Hyung Alissa Park, Liang-Shih Fan, Hyung Ray Kim
  • Publication number: 20140348735
    Abstract: Process for treating a medium by the removal or destruction of one or more undesired substances present in said medium, comprising combining hydrogen peroxide and alkali hydroxide in an aqueous solution to form superoxide, and bringing the resultant superoxide-containing solution into contact with said medium. The process is useful for the destruction of halogenated organic pollutants and also for carbon dioxide removal from flue gases. The process can also be applied for soil remediation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Yoel Sasson, Uri Stoin, Zach Barnea
  • Publication number: 20140328739
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for treating an exhaust or waste gas stream using Silic Pollution Reduction System (SPRS) is provided to remove at least one unwanted material to clean the exhaust or waste gas stream by gas stabilisation to allow the cleaned gas stream to be discharged directly to atmosphere. The apparatus includes at least three treatment stations for treating the exhaust or waste gas stream in sequence, in which at least one treatment station is a wet reactor containing a nucleating or precipitating liquid for removing the unwanted material as a solid and for oxygenating the remaining gas stream from which the unwanted material has been removed, and at least one treatment station is or has a gas compressing stage or component for compressing the gas stream being treated. The advantage of the method and apparatus is that the treated gas stream can be discharged directly to atmosphere with reduced amounts of pollutants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Emission Logistics PTY LTD
    Inventors: Florijan Silic, Gabriel Silic, Ivan Silic, Mark Silic
  • Publication number: 20140248492
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an adsorbent comprising: a) 20-30% porous carbon with incorporated organic nitrogen species; and b) 70-80% inorganic matter. The invention is directed to a method of making an adsorbent which comprises: a) thermally drying dewatered sewage sludge to form granulated organic fertilizer; and b) pyrolyzing said the organic fertilizer at temperatures between 600 and 1000° C. The invention is additionally directed to the process of removing acidic gases from wet air streams comprising putting an adsorbent in contact with the wet air stream and allowing the adsorbent to adsorb the acidic gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Teresa J. Bandosz, Andriy Bahryeyev, David C. Locke
  • Patent number: 8808654
    Abstract: Organic sulfur compounds contained in refinery off gas streams having either high ort low concentrations of olefins are converted to hydrogen sulfides which can be then be removed using conventional amine treating systems. The process uses a catalytic reactor with or without a hydrotreater depending on the olefin concentration of the off gas stream. The catalytic reactor operates in a hydrogenation mode or an oxidation mode to convert a majority of organic sulfur compounds into hydrogen sulfides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Minish Mahendra Shah, Raymond Francis Drnevich, Vasilis Papavassiliou
  • Publication number: 20140178277
    Abstract: The invention relates to a CO2 y SO2 capture method comprising the following steps consisting in: a) introducing an aqueous stream of a hydroxide of an alkali or alkaline-earth metal and another gas stream of CO2 into a bubble column purifier/reactor, in order to form a carbonate of the alkali or alkaline-earth metal; b) introducing the carbonate of the alkali or alkaline-earth metal into a bubble column purifier/reactor, into which a stream of a gas mixture of CO2 and SO2 is introduced in order to form sulphite of an alkali or alkaline-earth metal and carbon dioxide; c) transforming the sulphite from step (b) into sulphate of said metal by means of oxidation with air; and d) re-circulating the unreacted CO2 produced during step (b) by reacting the slurry with the SO2, in the reactor from step (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Cristian Cardenas Escudero, Luis Maria Esquivias Fedriani, Victor Morales Florez, Alberto Santos Sanchez
  • Patent number: 8741239
    Abstract: A power generating apparatus including a gas turbine engine combusting a fuel in air to produce shaft power and producing a flow of exhaust gases including oxides of nitrogen (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HC). An emissions treatment apparatus includes in the exhaust gas flowpath a CO oxidation catalyst disposed at a location with an exhaust gas temperature for which the CO oxidation catalyst advantageously limits NO2 production. The emissions treatment apparatus further includes an ammonia injection apparatus, a mixing section, and a selective catalytic reduction element disposed downsteam of the ammonia injection apparatus and adapted for reduction of NOx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Gilbert O. Kraemer
  • Patent number: 8728424
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for sequestering carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide and a reductant are fed into a combustion chamber and burned. The reductant forms an oxide with oxygen from the carbon dioxide, generating an oxidized reductant and carbon which are exhausted from the combustion chamber and separated. The oxidize reductant is then itself reduced to form reclaimed reductant, which is used to provide the reductant for reducing the carbon dioxide. The oxidized reductant is reduced by disposing the oxidized reductant in an inert environment and exposing the oxidized reductant to electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength for freeing oxygen from the oxidized reductant. The electromagnetic radiation is preferably provided by light having a wavelength which is readily absorbed by oxygen, such as light emitted by a YAG laser. Preferably the reductant is provided by a metal, such as magnesium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Lynn L. Northrup, Jr., Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert P. Northrup, Dwight Hunter Washburne, Lynn L. Northrup, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8709366
    Abstract: Sulfur oxides are removed from an oxygen-containing acid gas in configurations and methods in which oxygen is catalytically removed using hydrogen sulfide, and in which the sulfur oxides react with the hydrogen sulfide to form elemental sulfur. A first portion of the remaining sulfurous compounds is reduced to form the hydrogen sulfide for oxygen removal, while a second portion of the sulfurous compounds is further converted to elemental sulfur using a Claus reaction or catalytic direct reduction reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fluor Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas King Chow, Vincent Wai Wong, John Gebur, Theresa Flood
  • Patent number: 8691175
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and compositions are provided related to utilizing gypsum for CO2 sequestration to form solid products containing calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Calera Corporation
    Inventors: Teavor Kendall, William Bourcier, Peng Lu, Geoffrey Garrison
  • Patent number: 8658116
    Abstract: A method of producing sulfur dioxide is provided. A feed gas stream comprising at least 5% by volume hydrogen sulfide is provided. The feed gas stream is separated into a hydrogen sulfide stream and a hydrocarbon gas stream. An oxidant stream is provided and is combusted with the hydrogen sulfide stream to produce thermal power and a combustion stream containing sulfur dioxide and steam. Sulfur dioxide is separated from the combustion stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Stanley Nemec Milam, Ann Marie Lauritzen, Michael Anthony Reynolds, Eswarachandra Kumar Paruchuri, Scott Lee Wellington
  • Patent number: 8652428
    Abstract: A system and method for removing contaminants from a gas stream is provided. The method can include the steps of reacting the gas stream with ozone to form solid contaminant particles and separating the solid contaminant particles from the gas stream. The solid contaminant particles can he separated from the gas stream using an adsorption material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Calpine Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Benn, Allen Sonneville, John Farison, John Avery, Tom Bahning, Bruce Carlsen
  • Publication number: 20140023577
    Abstract: A method for treating a carbon dioxide-containing waste gas from an eletrofusion process, in which a hydrocarbon-containing gas is fed to a waste gas and the carbon dioxide in the waste gas is converted at least partially into carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a reaction and the carbon monoxide-hydrogen mixture is stored for an additional combustion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Manfred Baldauf, Thomas Matschullat
  • Patent number: 8617499
    Abstract: The disclosure utilizes a hydroxide sorbent for humidification and CO2 removal from a gaseous stream comprised of CO and CO2 prior to entry into a water-gas-shift reactor, in order to decrease CO2 concentration and increase H2O concentration and shift the water-gas shift reaction toward the forward reaction products CO2 and H2. The hydroxide sorbent may be utilized for absorption of CO2 exiting the water-gas shift reactor, producing an enriched H2 stream. The disclosure further provides for regeneration of the hydroxide sorbent at temperature approximating water-gas shift conditions, and for utilizing H2O product liberated as a result of the CO2 absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Ranjani V. Siriwardane, James C. Fisher, II
  • Patent number: 8574522
    Abstract: A process for selective oxidative dehydrogenation of a hydrogen-containing CO mixed gas, comprising contacting a hydrogen-containing CO mixed gas raw material with at least one catalyst entity having an increased activity gradient disposed in a reactor under at least one reaction condition chosen from a reaction temperature ranging from 100 to 300° C., a volume space velocity ranging from 100 to 10000 h?1, and a reaction pressure ranging from ?0.08 to 5.0 MPa, wherein the molar ratio of oxygen to hydrogen in the raw material ranges from 0.5:1 to 5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignees: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology Sinopec
    Inventors: Juntao Liu, Siqin Li, Linna Zhang, Lei Li, Jun Kuai
  • Patent number: 8574521
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing contaminants from a gas stream is provided which includes (a) introducing the gas stream into a reaction chamber of a scrubber; (b) oxidizing first contaminants in a liquid phase with a reactive species in a sump of the scrubber for providing an oxidizing solution; (c) oxidizing second contaminants in a gas phase of the gas stream above the sump with excess reactive species disengaging from the oxidizing solution in the sump; (d) oxidizing and scrubbing third contaminants in a gas-liquid contact assembly disposed above the gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Naresh J. Suchak, Steven Finley
  • Publication number: 20130272938
    Abstract: A method for performing an energy efficient desulphurization and decarbonisation of a flue gas comprising sulphur oxides and carbon dioxide includes (a) starting a reaction between an electropositive metal and the sulphur oxides and the carbon dioxide of said flue gas; (b) reducing the sulphur oxides and the carbon dioxide of said flue gas simultaneously in an exothermic reaction with an electropositive metal and thereby generating reduced gaseous carbon products and solid reaction products while cooling; (c) extracting the solid reaction products of the reducing step (a) in a solvent to generate a first suspension comprising suspended carbon containing reaction products and sulphur containing reaction products; (d) oxidizing the first suspension obtained in step (b) to generate a second suspension comprising suspended carbon containing reaction products and oxidized sulphur containing reaction products; and (e) separating the oxidized sulphur containing reaction products from the suspended carbon containing
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Günter Schmid, Dan Taroata, Manfred Baldauf, Elena Arvanitis, Frank Walachowicz
  • Patent number: 8557206
    Abstract: Methods and configurations are drawn to a plant in which an effluent gas (102) comprising oxygen and sulfur dioxide is catalytically reacted with hydrogen sulfiden (148) and hydrogen and/or carbon monoxide (114) to form a treated gas that is substantially oxygen free and in which sulfur dioxide is converted to hydrogen sulfide. In most preferred aspects, the hydrogen sulfide is provided to the process via a recycle loop (134B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Fluor Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas King Chow, Vincent Wai Wong
  • Patent number: 8529856
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods to sequester oxides of carbon to prevent them from entering the atmosphere as gases. More specifically, this invention is directed to methods of chemical reactions and process to decompose carbon oxides by combustion of a metal fuel with carbon oxides using a regeneration process to recover the metal fuel. The process can optionally and beneficially be coupled to other useful chemical processes for the industrial purpose of sequestering carbon oxides into useful commercial chemicals and elements like carbon, chlorine, and sodium bicarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventor: David R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20130216460
    Abstract: A method of reducing sulfur compounds from an incoming gas stream, comprising flowing the gas stream over a hydrolysis catalyst to convert COS and CS2 to H2S and reduce SO2 to elemental sulfur to form an effluent stream; providing an acidic gas removal unit comprising an absorbent; flowing said effluent stream over said absorbent to produce a stream free of acidic gases; applying an acidic-gas desorption mode to said acidic-gas rich absorbent to produce an acidic gas stream; introducing oxygen to said acidic gas-rich stream; providing a direct oxidation vessel containing catalyst suitable for catalyzing the oxidation of the H2S to sulfur wherein the temperature of the vessel is at or above the sulfur dew point at the reaction pressure; and flowing said acidic gas-rich stream over said catalyst to produce a processed stream having a reduced level of sulfur compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: ARCHON TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Alan AYASSE, Ahmed M. SHAHIN, Conrad AYASSE
  • Publication number: 20130164202
    Abstract: A recirculated-suspension pre-calciner system is disclosed, comprising: a vortex cyclone dust collecting equipment including a plurality of devices, wherein a top device of the vortex cyclone dust collecting equipment is used as a feed system; a vertical combustion kiln; a blower; and a powder purge system, wherein powders in the feed system fall into the vortex cyclone dust collecting equipment and pass through a plurality of the devices to mix and exchange heat with flue gas comprising CO2, generating calcination reaction and releasing CO2 into the flue gas. and the steam is separated and transported to the feed system by the blower and acts as a carrier gas of powders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wei-Cheng CHEN, Wan-Hsia LIU, Chin-Ming HUANG, Shoung OUYANG, Heng-Wen HSU
  • Publication number: 20130129589
    Abstract: The application relates to a process for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream by catalytic direct oxidation without employing the combustion step of a Claus process. The process is particularly suitable for desulfurization of gas streams that contain hydrogen and allows sulfur recovery efficiency of better than 99%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: ITS REAKTORTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: ITS Reaktortechnik GmbH
  • Patent number: 8425666
    Abstract: Production brines are used to scrub a horizontal stack receiving exhaust from an energy source, controlling, reducing, or both noxious chemicals. Mutual remediation of flows from petroleous production cool and scrub exhausts from flares burning waste hydrocarbons, heaters lowering viscosity of crude oil, engines driving oil pumps or natural gas compressors, and the like. Resulting evaporation of production brines results in distilled water, more concentrated brines to reduce hauling, or, optionally, dehydrated dry waste minerals from the brines. Year-round operation of brine evaporation ponds is facilitated, and may be another source of process pre-heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Purestream Technology, LLC
    Inventors: J. Clair Batty, Craig E. Cox, David A. Bell
  • Patent number: 8420045
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a novel type of active mass in looping redox processes. Said mass contains a spinel of formula Cu1?xFe1+xAlO4 with 0?x?0.1. The active mass according to the invention has a high oxygen transfer capacity and improved oxidation and reduction rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: IFP
    Inventor: Arnold Lambert
  • Publication number: 20130071308
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recovering sulphur from a sour gas containing hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide, comprising: oxidation of the sour gas, wherein a part of the hydrogen sulphide is oxidized to sulphur dioxide and water, reaction of the resulting sulphur dioxide with the residual hydrogen sulphide to elementary sulphur, and removal of elementary sulphur. According to the invention carbon dioxide and/or carbon dioxide generated by oxidation of the sour gas is compressed, and at least a part of the carbon dioxide is injected into an oil well. Furthermore, the invention relates to a plant suitable for performing the above method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
  • Publication number: 20130052112
    Abstract: Preferred embodiments of the invention relate to systems for removing dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or related compounds, or odors associated with same. The systems include adsorbents, odor adsorbing fabrics, masks, clean air members and clean air supply assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Abela Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Abela Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8366932
    Abstract: A novel method for treating sulfide-containing wastewater is described which involves treating sulfide-laden biogas produced in a bioreactor in a sulfide oxidizing unit (SOU). Oxidation in the SOU is monitored by an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) probe which minimizes the input of air/oxygen to produce elemental sulfur without significant production of sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Shihwu Sung, Samir Kumar Khanal, Thanapong Duangmanee
  • Patent number: 8361421
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating a raw syngas stream and an apparatus therefor. In the method a raw syngas stream is passed to a hydrolysis unit to provide a hydrolysed syngas stream and a condensed water stream. The hydrolysed syngas stream is passed to an acid gas removal unit to separate H2S and a part of the CO2 from the hydrolysed syngas stream to provide a treated syngas stream and an acid off-gas stream. The acid off-gas stream and a sulphur dioxide-comprising stream are passed to a catalytic zone to react H2S in the acid off-gas stream with SO2 in the sulphur dioxide-comprising stream to provide an elemental sulphur stream and a catalytic zone off-gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Sandra Schreuder
  • Publication number: 20120213683
    Abstract: Provided is a method capable of removing a low concentration of amines contained in an exhaust gas that is discharged from a CO2 recovery process, at low temperature with high efficiency. A method of treating an exhaust gas containing carbon dioxide, the method including absorbing and removing CO2 by bringing an exhaust gas containing carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxides, into contact with a CO2 absorbent liquid containing amines, subsequently bringing the resultant into contact with a catalyst comprising titanium oxide and an oxide of vanadium (V), or from titanium oxide, an oxide of vanadium (V) and an oxide of molybdenum (Mo) or tungsten (W), at a temperature of 130° C. to 250° C., and thereby oxidizing and removing the amines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Kato, Masatoshi Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 8226912
    Abstract: A gaseous mixture, comprising CO2, H2, H2S and optionally CO, is separated into an H2 or H2 and CO product stream (H2/CO product stream), and a CO2 enriched stream containing at least one combustible component selected from H2S, H2, CO and any additional combustible components present in the gaseous mixture. A support fuel stream, comprising one or more combustible components, is combusted to form a stable flame, and the CO2 enriched stream and flame are contacted in the presence of sufficient O2 to combust all or substantially all of the combustible component(s) present in said CO2 enriched stream. A CO2 product stream is formed from said combustion effluent. The support fuel stream may be generated from the process of generating or separating the gaseous mixture or from the H2/CO product stream. Where the CO2 enriched stream contains H2S, the support fuel stream may also be a stream obtained off-site that comprises H2S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey William Kloosterman, Kevin Boyle Fogash, Andrew David Wright
  • Publication number: 20120183461
    Abstract: A system and method for removing contaminants from a gas stream is provided. The method can include the steps of reacting the gas stream with ozone to form solid contaminant particles and separating the solid contaminant particles from the gas stream. The solid contaminant particles can be separated from the gas stream using an adsorption material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: CALPINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Benn, Allen Sonneville, John Farison, John Avery, Tom Bahning, Bruce Carlsen
  • Publication number: 20120148465
    Abstract: A system for hydrogen sulfide removal from a sour gas mixture including hydrogen sulfide. The sour gas mixture is reacted with a transition metal compound in a scrubber. Sulfide from the hydrogen sulfide is oxidized to form elemental sulfur and the transition metal is reduced to form a reduced state transition metal compound. An electrochemical redox reaction is performed including the reduced state transition metal compound to regenerate the transition metal compound in an electrolyzer including a power source. During the electrochemical redox reaction a voltage from the power source applied to the electrolyzer is controlled to regenerate the transition metal compound at a rate sufficient to match a flow rate of hydrogen sulfide into the scrubber or maintain a predetermined maximum hydrogen sulfide level out from the scrubber. The transition metal compound regenerated is returned to the scrubber for the reacting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC.
    Inventors: CUNPING HUANG, FRANKLYN SMITH, CLOVIS A. LINKOUS, KARTHIKEYAN RAMASAMY, ALI T. RAISSI, NAZIM MURADOV
  • Publication number: 20120107205
    Abstract: An improved process for reduction-oxidation desulphurization uses an oxidizer operating at a pressure greater than the absorber where a liquid reduction-oxidation catalyst solution contacts a sulfur-containing gas feed stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: MERICHEM COMPANY
    Inventor: Gary J. Nagl
  • Publication number: 20120107206
    Abstract: A system and a method are provided for removing greenhouse gases, particulates and pollutants from the atmosphere utilizing a greenhouse gas collection apparatus. An atmospheric mixture is collected and progressively treated in first, second and third tube furnaces and a scrubber to produce an effluent for treatment in a chemical processing plant. The first tube furnace oxidizes hydrocarbons, the second tube furnace oxidizes any remaining nitrous and nitric oxides, and the third tube furnace oxidizes sulfur dioxide. The scrubber precipitates carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate. A vacuum pump draws the atmospheric mixture through tube furnaces and the scrubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventor: Ernest John SHEARING
  • Publication number: 20120039780
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating headspace gas has a production water tank, a shource of at least one of oxygen and ozone, a diffuser, and a reaction tank. The production water tank contains a headspace gas and a headspace gas outlet. At least a portion of the headspace gas is a sulfide gas. The diffuser diffuses a mixture of the at least one of oxygen and ozone and headspace gas from the production water tank via the headspace gas outlet into a liquid solvent. The at least one of oxygen and ozone oxidizes at least a portion of the sulfide gas as they pass through the diffuser. The reaction tank for receives the liquid solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: SEAIR INC.
    Inventors: Harold Kinasewich, Kyle Greene, Todd J. Webb