Carbon Dioxide Sorbed Patents (Class 95/139)
  • Patent number: 11944931
    Abstract: Separation station (1) with a plurality of separation units (34) for separating carbon dioxide and/or water vapour from ambient air, wherein each separation unit (34) comprises at least one contiguous and sealing circumferential wall circumferentially enclosing at least one cavity (24), said at least one contiguous and sealing circumferential wall defining an upstream opening (35) and an opposed downstream opening (36), said cavity (24) containing at least one gas adsorption structure (25) for adsorbing said at least one gaseous component, preferably under ambient pressure and/or temperature conditions, wherein said plurality of separation units (34) is arranged in at least one essentially vertical collector wall structure (2), laterally enclosing one single common separation station cavity (21), and wherein to the upper side, said separation station cavity (21) is covered and closed by at least one cover unit (1) with at least one air propelling device (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CLIMEWORKS AG
    Inventor: Andri Janett
  • Patent number: 11857916
    Abstract: In a device for separating methane from a gas mixture containing methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, comprising a gas compressor, two or three membrane separation stages downstream of the compressor and a hydrogen sulfide adsorber, comprising a bed of activated carbon having catalytic activity for oxidizing hydrogen sulfide with oxygen, arranged upstream of the membrane separation stages, oxygen content and relative humidity can be adjusted for optimum adsorption capacity of the hydrogen sulfide adsorber by recycling permeate from the second membrane separation stage, which receives the retentate of the first membrane separation stage, to a point upstream of the hydrogen sulfide adsorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Winkler
  • Patent number: 11806659
    Abstract: The self-regenerated and eco-friendly air purification device uses an adsorption material retained in a housing, the adsorption material capable of adsorption of carbon dioxide. A fan causes air to flow over the adsorption material, thereby extracting excess carbon dioxide from room air at room temperature. A heater is provided, and activation of the heater causes discharge of the adsorbed carbon dioxide from the adsorption material, thereby regenerating the adsorption material to adsorb more carbon dioxide. In one configuration, the adsorption material includes activated carbon (or any other CO2 adsorbent) and is capable of adsorption of carbon dioxide (CO2), and activation of the heater causes discharge of the CO2 adsorbed by the adsorption material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Enshirah Da'na, Sukenah Abdullah Alsawad, Haifa Mohammed Aldossary, Wedyan Mohanna Aldossary, Fatimah Yousef Alkhamees, Budur Ibrahim Alkhars, Madinah Mohammed Albladi, Budoor Mohammed Allwime
  • Patent number: 11701637
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a metal-organic framework (MOF) composition comprising a plurality of metal clusters, wherein the metal is chromium; and one or more tetratopic ligands; wherein the metal clusters and ligands associate to form a MOF with soc topology. A method of making a MOF comprising contacting a template MOF of formula Fe-soc-MOF and a reactant including chromium in a presence of dimethylformamide sufficient to replace Fe with Cr and form an exchanged MOF of formula Cr-soc-MOF. A method of sorbing water vapor comprising exposing a Cr-soc-MOF to an environment; and sorbing water vapor using the Cr-soc-MOF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: King Abdullah University of Science And Technology
    Inventors: Sk Md Towsif Abtab, Youssef Belmabkhout, Prashant Bhatt, Mohamed Eddaoudi
  • Patent number: 11642651
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cucurbituril-polyethylenimine-silica complex, a method for preparing the same and a carbon dioxide absorbent containing the same. According to the present disclosure, a cucurbituril-polyethylenimine-silica complex may be prepared by forming a complex wherein a cucurbituril is bound to polyethylenimine and including the same inside silica, and it may be used as a carbon dioxide absorbent with superior thermal stability and prevented formation of urea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Hyun-uk Kim, Young Cheol Park, Jong-ho Moon, Hoon Beom Park, Muhammad Sohail
  • Patent number: 11529608
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide adsorbent including silica gel and an amine compound carried by the silica gel. The silica gel has a spherical shape, a particle size ranging from 1 mm to 5 mm inclusive, an average pore diameter ranging from 10 nm to 100 nm inclusive, a pore volume ranging from 0.1 cm3/g to 1.3 cm3/g inclusive, and a waterproof property N that is defined by an expression (1) and that is not lower than 45%, N=(W/W0)×100??(1) where N is the waterproof property in percentage (%) of the silica gel, W0 is a total number of particles of the silica gel immersed in water, W is a number of particles of the silica gel not subjected to breakage out of W0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Okumura, Masahiro Negami, Katsuhiro Yoshizawa, Akihito Kawano, Yoshimichi Nomura, Hidekazu Iwasaki, Shohei Nishibe
  • Patent number: 11458431
    Abstract: An adsorption material is disclosed that comprises a metal-organic framework and a plurality of ligands. The metal-organic framework comprising a plurality of metal ions. Each respective ligand in the plurality of ligands is amine appended to a respective metal ion in the plurality of metal ions of the metal-organic framework. Each respective ligand in the plurality of ligands comprises a substituted 1,3-propanediamine. The adsorbent has a CO2 adsorption capacity of greater than 2.50 mmol/g at 150 mbar CO2 at 40° C. Moreover, the adsorbent is configured to regenerate at less than 120° C. An example ligand is diamine 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediamine. An example of the metal-organic framework is Mg2(dobpdc), where dobpdc4? is 4,4?-dioxidobiphenyl-3,3?-dicarboxylate. Example applications for the adsorption material are removal of carbon dioxide from flue gas and biogasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Long, Phillip J. Milner, Rebecca L. Siegelman
  • Patent number: 11365165
    Abstract: An organic base modified composite catalyst for producing ethylene by hydrogenation of carbon monoxide is a composite catalyst and formed by compounding component I and component II in a mechanical mixing mode. The active ingredient of the component I is a metal oxide; the component II is an organic base modified zeolite of MOR topology; and a weight ratio of the active ingredients in the component I to the component II is 0.1-20, and preferably 0.3-8. The reaction process has an extremely high product yield and selectivity. The selectivity of C2-C3 olefins is as high as 78-87%; the selectivity of hydrocarbon products with more than 4 C atoms is less than 10%; the selectivity of a methane side product is extremely low (<9%); and meanwhile, the selectivity of the ethylene is 75-82%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Xiulian Pan, Feng Jiao, Xinhe Bao
  • Patent number: 11235278
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sequestering emissions from marine vessels are provided. Emissions (either flue gas from exhaust or CO2 carried on the ship under pressure in gas cylinders or CO2 obtained during the ships travel via capture) are mixed in a reactor with sea water (e.g., via gas exchange through head-space equilibration or bubbling through a diffuser) until a pH of 5.5 to 6.5 is obtained. Systems and reactors pump seawater through a reactor vessel containing a reaction medium (e.g., carbonates and silicates). The reactor produces an effluent that can be expelled into the ocean. The effluent produced from the result of a reaction according to embodiments has approximately twice the concentration of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Alkalinity (Alk) as the incoming sea water and has an increased Ca+2 concentration above sea water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, University of Southern California
    Inventors: Jess Firey Adkins, William Max Berelson, David B. Rogers
  • Patent number: 10727466
    Abstract: In a secondary battery including a separator, the improvement includes a coating layer that is disposed on the separator and that comprises a polyethyleneimine-attached carbonaceous material The secondary battery may include an adhesive buffer layer provided between the separator and the coating layer which imparts adhesion force between the separator and the coating layer. The carbonaceous material adsorbs lithium polysulfides (LiPS) in use to inhibit a shuttling reaction between the anode and the cathode, caused by the dissolution of lithium polysulfides in the electrolyte, and increases recyclability of the lithium polysulfides, resulting in improvement of life characteristics and rate characteristics of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Won Il Cho, Mun Sek Kim, In Wook Nah, Young Rok Lim, Sun Min Park, In Hwan Oh
  • Patent number: 10710879
    Abstract: The process can be used in any hydrocarbon process in which it is desirable to recover hydrogen. The process can include catalytically reforming a hydrocarbon feed, a paraffin dehydrogenation to produce light olefins or a synthesis gas generating process. There is an effluent stream having hydrogen and hydrocarbons that is first sent to an adsorption zone to produce a pure hydrogen stream and a tail gas stream. The tail gas stream is then sent across a feed side of a membrane having the feed side and a permeate side. The membrane that is selected is selective for hydrogen over one or more C1-C6 hydrocarbons and light ends including CO, CO2, N2 and O2, and withdrawing from the permeate side a permeate stream enriched in hydrogen compared with a residue stream withdrawn from the feed side. The permeate stream is then recycled to be sent through the adsorption zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventor: Eleftherios Adamopoulos
  • Patent number: 10603654
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a pelletized sorbent comprising a first component comprising Basic Immobilized Amine Sorbent, a second component comprising inorganic strength additive, and a third component comprising polymer binder, where the Basic Immobilized Amine Sorbent and solid inorganic strength additive are interconnected by the polymer binder. The pelletized sorbent is useful for removing CO2 from a gaseous mixture such as a post combustion gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Walter C. Wilfong, McMahan L. Gray, Yee Soong, Brian W. Kail
  • Patent number: 10512893
    Abstract: Structured adsorbent beds comprising a high cell density substrate, such as greater than about 1040 cpsi, and a coating comprising adsorbent particles, such as DDR and a binder, such as SiO2 are provided herein. Methods of preparing the structured adsorbent bed and gas separation processes using the structured adsorbent bed are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: John F. Brody, Daniel P. Leta, Tracy Alan Fowler, Stephanie A. Freeman, Joshua I. Cutler
  • Patent number: 10507453
    Abstract: A nanoclay based solid sorbent is provided having a nanoclay with at least one surface, and at least one amine containing compound wherein the amine containing compound is attached to the surface, as well as a method of making it. A method of capturing carbon dioxide gas is disclosed includes passing a gas from an effluent process stream containing carbon dioxide through the nanoclay based solid sorbent and capturing the carbon dioxide gas on the surface and within the nanoclay based solid sorbent. The nanoclay based solid sorbent having the captured carbon dioxide gas is regenerated by undergoing one or more cycles of desorption of the captured carbon dioxide gas from the nanoclay. The regenerated nanoclay based solid sorbent may then be reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: West Virginia University
    Inventors: Rakesh K. Gupta, Sushant Agarwal, Elliot Roth
  • Patent number: 10456731
    Abstract: Disclosed is a CO2 concentration reducing device for separating and removing CO2 from a gas containing CO2 with a CO2 adsorbent, the CO2 concentration reducing device including: an adsorbent container which contains the CO2 adsorbent; and a heating unit which heats the CO2 adsorbent by an induction heating or a dielectric heating. Thus, a ventilation quantity can be reduced when CO2 accumulated in a room is removed, and an electric power required for the ventilation and the electric power required for air conditioning can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Yoshikawa, Masato Kaneeda, Hidehiro Nakamura, Toshiaki Shirasaka
  • Patent number: 10434457
    Abstract: A CO2 adsorbent that includes MIL-100(Fe) and various amounts of carbon nanotubes that are dispersed therein, and a method of capturing CO2 with a CO2 adsorbent that includes an adsorbent matrix of a zeolite and/or a metal organic framework and carbon nanotubes that are dispersed within the adsorbent matrix. Various embodiments of the CO2 adsorbent and the method of capturing CO2 are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Rached Ben Mansour, Naef Qasem
  • Patent number: 10428300
    Abstract: Maintaining pressure inside a culturing vessel is difficult when minimizing the size of a liquid supply path that supplies liquid and gas to a cell culturing vessel that performs two-level culturing (co-culturing). This cell culturing device includes: culturing vessels; a flow path having at least first supply ports capable of supplying liquid or gas to the culturing vessels and first discharge ports that discharge the gas from the culturing vessels, said flow path discharging gas from the first discharge ports to the atmosphere; and a filter in the flow path. A trap bottle is provided between the first discharge ports and the filter upon the flow path to collect moisture from the discharged gas. Thus, a liquid phase and a gas phase are separated in the trap bottle; moisture is prevented from reaching the filter; filter clogging is prevented; and the internal pressure of the culturing vessels can be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu Kiyama, Guangbin Zhou, Takayuki Nozaki
  • Patent number: 10233145
    Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and method of using the MOFs to catalyze reactions involving epoxide ring-opening mechanisms are provided. The structure of the MOFs can be represented by the formula: M6(?3-ligand)8(OHx)8(TBAPy)2, where M is Zr or Hf, the ligands are selected from hydroxo-, oxo- and aquo-ligands, and x is independently selected from 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Omar K. Farha, Joseph T. Hupp, M. Hassan Beyzavi, Casey J. Stephenson, Yangyang Liu
  • Patent number: 10183251
    Abstract: A permeable microcapsule embedded fabric acts as a sorbent that creates mold-able, variable geometry fabrics for static or dynamic use. The fabric is composed of micro encapsulated solvent spheres held together by structural members. The fabric provides an excellent means to absorb and separate gases and/or liquids, particularly to separate carbon dioxide from flue gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Roger D. Aines, William L. Bourcier, Eric B. Duoss, Joshuah K. Stolaroff, John J. Vericella
  • Patent number: 10137438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst precursor composition comprising a first component having active sites, said first component being at least one of the surface modified clay and/or pore modified zeolite; and a second component being metal species comprising of at least one metal selected from Group VI B and at least one metal selected from VIII B and the second component is in intimate contact with the active sites of the first component. The present invention also provides a process for preparing the catalyst precursor composition. The present invention also relates to a catalyst composition and process of preparation thereof by using the catalyst precursor. More particularly, the present invention provides a catalyst composition suitable for converting hydrocarbon feeds to diesel range product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Mohan Prabhu Kuvettu, Kanthasamy Ramasubramanian, Alex Cheru Pulikottil, Kochappilly Ouseph Xavier, Mani Karthikeyan, Vinay Kumar Chaudhury, Brijesh Kumar, Santanam Rajagopal, Ravinder Kumar Malhotra
  • Patent number: 10065174
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a pelletized sorbent comprising a first component comprising Basic Immobilized Amine Sorbent, a second component comprising inorganic strength additive, and a third component comprising polymer binder, where the Basic Immobilized Amine Sorbent and solid inorganic strength additive are interconnected by the polymer binder. The pelletized sorbent is useful for removing CO2 from a gaseous mixture such as a post combustion gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Walter C. Wifong, McMahan L. Gray, Yee Soong, Brian W. Kail
  • Patent number: 9919257
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for regenerating a sorbent material of a scrubber, configured for scrubbing a contaminant from indoor air from an enclosed space. Some embodiments include a sorbent material portion (SMP) including a sorbent material, which may be configured to be cycled between an adsorption phase for adsorbing a contaminant from indoor air, and a regeneration phase configured for releasing at least a portion of the contaminant adsorbed by the sorbent material during the adsorption phase thereof, via temperature swing adsorption, into a purging airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Enverid Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Udi Meirav, Israel Biran
  • Patent number: 9878286
    Abstract: A method for removing carbon dioxide directly from ambient air, using a sorbent under ambient conditions, to obtain relatively pure CO2. The CO2 is removed from the sorbent using process heat, preferably in the form of steam, at a temperature in the range of not greater than about 130° C., to capture the relatively pure CO2 and to regenerate the sorbent for repeated use. Increased efficiency can be achieved by admixing with the ambient air, prior to contacting the sorbent, a minor amount of a preferably pretreated effluent gas containing a higher concentration of carbon dioxide. The captured carbon dioxide can be stored for further use, or sequestered permanently. The above method provides purified carbon dioxide for further use in agriculture and chemical processes, or for permanent sequestration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Inventor: Peter Eisenberger
  • Patent number: 9839900
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide adsorbent includes a porous metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1, the porous metal oxide having a specific surface area of greater than or equal to about 30 m2/g, and an average pore size of greater than or equal to about 2 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon Chul Kwon, Hyuk Jae Kwon, Hyun Chul Lee, Jun Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9758959
    Abstract: A method for providing a drainage from a space between a lined concrete wall and a lining for protecting the lined concrete wall, wherein the method comprises the steps of arranging one or more draining member(s) each comprising a draining pipe having a blind flange arranged at both ends and having a length including the blind flanges that is substantially equal to the wall thickness in a casting frame so that the blind flanges are resting at the casting frame at the inside of the wall and the outside of the wall, respectively; filling concrete filled into the casting frame to cover the draining member(s) and allowing the concrete is allowed to cure; removing the casting frame from at least one of the sides of the concrete wall and; drilling through the blind flanges to open the draining member(s). A drained concrete wall and a concrete vessel are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Aker Engineering & Technology AS
    Inventors: Kjell Tørres, Keith N. Charles
  • Patent number: 9744521
    Abstract: Structured adsorbent beds comprising a high cell density substrate, such as greater than about 1040 cpsi, and a coating comprising adsorbent particles, such as DDR and a binder, such as SiO2 are provided herein. Methods of preparing the structured adsorbent bed and gas separation processes using the structured adsorbent bed are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: John F. Brody, Daniel P. Leta, Tracy Alan Fowler, Stephanie A. Freeman, Joshua I. Cutler
  • Patent number: 9732297
    Abstract: The rate of recovery of a purification target gas from a gas purification apparatus that uses a PSA device is improved, and both a high purity and a high recovery rate are achieved with good power efficiency. The present invention is directed to a gas purification method using the PSA method, in which a carbon molecular sieve having a pore volume, at a pore diameter of 0.38 nm or more, of not exceeding 0.05 cm3/g and a pore volume, at a pore diameter of 0.34 nm, of 0.15 cm3/g or more, in a pore diameter distribution measured by the MP method is used as an adsorbent, and, in an adsorption step, a miscellaneous gas is adsorbed from a source gas by bringing the source gas into contact with the adsorbent for 10 seconds or more and 6000 seconds or less so as to obtain a concentrated methane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahisa Utaki, Shota Kawashima, Kenji Seki, Yuhei Morita
  • Patent number: 9675923
    Abstract: Fe2(dobdc) has a metal-organic framework with a high density of coordinatively-unsaturated FeII centers lining the pore surface. It can be effectively used to separate O2 from N2 and in a number of additional separation applications based on selective, reversible electron transfer reactions. In addition to being an effective O2 separation material, it can be used for many other processes, including paraffin/olefin separation, nitric oxide/nitrous oxide separation, acetylene storage, and as an oxidation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Long, Eric D. Bloch, Leslie Murray
  • Patent number: 9597643
    Abstract: Mixed Matrix Membrane (MMM) are composite membranes for gas separation and comprising a quantity of inorganic filler particles, in particular metal organic framework (MOF), dispersed throughout a polymer matrix comprising one or more polymers. This disclosure is directed to MOF functionalized through addition of a pendant functional group to the MOF, in order to improve interaction with a surrounding polymer matrix in a MMM. The improved interaction aids in avoiding defects in the MMM due to incompatible interfaces between the polymer matrix and the MOF particle, in turn increasing the mechanical and gas separation properties of the MMM. The disclosure is also directed to a MMM incorporating the surface functionalized MOF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Erik Albenze, Michael Lartey, Tao Li, David R. Luebke, Hunaid B. Nulwala, Nathaniel L. Rosi, Surendar R. Venna
  • Patent number: 9539541
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixed salt composition which is useful as a CO2 sorbent. The mixed salt composition comprises a Mg salt, and at least one Group IA element salt, where the Mg and Group IA element are present at a molar ratio of from 3:1 to 8:1. The resulting composition can adsorb about 20% or more of CO2 in a gas. Via varying the molar ratios of the components, and the Group IA element, one can develop compositions which show optional functionality at different conditions. The composition is especially useful in the adsorptive capture of CO2 on mobile sources, such as transportation vehicles, where it can be recovered during regeneration of the adsorbent composition and the CO2 used as a coolant gas, as a reactant in manufacture of fuel, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Esam Zaki Hamad, Wajdi Issam Al-Sadat, Luke Coleman, J. P. Shen, Raghubir Gupta
  • Patent number: 9504955
    Abstract: A process for separating a carbon dioxide from a gas stream is disclosed. The process can include passing the gas stream over a sorbent that adsorbs the carbon dioxide by concentration swing adsorption and adsorptive displacement. The sorbent can be regenerated and the carbon dioxide recaptured by desorbing the carbon dioxide from the sorbent using concentration swing adsorption and desorptive displacement. A carbon dioxide separation system is also disclosed. Neither the system nor the process rely on temperature swing or pressure swing adsorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, TDA RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Jeannine Elizabeth Elliott, Robert James Copeland, Daniel P. Leta, Patrick P. McCall, Chuansheng Bai, Bruce A. DeRites
  • Patent number: 9457340
    Abstract: Methods of applying a sorbent coating on a substrate, a support, and/or a substrate coated with a support are described. One of the methods comprises: (i) optionally, preparing the substrate coated with the support by pre-treating the substrate with a slurry, wherein the slurry comprises: a. solvent, b. a binder, c. the support, and d. optional dispersant; and (ii) treating the substrate, the support, and/or the substrate coated with the support, with a sorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Buelow, Michael Durilla, John Kauffman, Pascaline Harrison Tran
  • Patent number: 9399607
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for reforming of hydrocarbons including recovery of products are provided. In one example, a method comprises separating a reforming-zone effluent into a net gas phase stream and a liquid phase hydrocarbon stream. The net gas phase stream is separated for forming an H2-rich stream and a first intermediate liquid phase hydrocarbon stream. The H2-rich stream is contacted with an adsorbent to form an H2-ultra rich stream and a PSA tail gas stream. The PSA tail gas stream is contacted with an H2/hydrocarbon separation membrane to separate the PSA tail gas stream and form an H2-ultra rich permeate stream and a PSA tail gas hydrocarbon-containing non-permeate residue stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Robert Edison Tsai, Xin X. Zhu, Bryan K. Glover, Eleftherios Adamopoulos, William Yanez
  • Patent number: 9248395
    Abstract: An adsorbent for carbon dioxide may include a structure that includes composite metal oxide including a first metal (M1) and a second metal (M2) linked through oxygen (O). The first metal (M1) may be selected from an alkali metal, an alkaline-earth metal, and a combination thereof. The second metal (M2) may have a trivalent oxidation number or greater. The composite metal oxide may include mesopores inside or in the surface thereof. The adsorbent may be included in a capture module for carbon dioxide. A method of reducing emissions may include adsorbing carbon dioxide using the adsorbent for carbon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Chul Lee, Jeong Gil Seo, Soon Chul Kwon, Hyuk Jae Kwon
  • Patent number: 9205404
    Abstract: An adsorbent for carbon dioxide may include a mesoporous inorganic oxide having a crystalline halide of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal supported thereto and a chemical species containing phosphorous (P), sulfur(S), or boron (B) supported thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Chul Kwon, Hyuk Jae Kwon, Hyun Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 9155996
    Abstract: Provided herein are sorbents for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, such as from natural gas and coal-fired power plant flue gases, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Jennifer Wilcox, T. Daniel P. Stack, Zhenan Bao, Brannon Gary, Jiajun He, John To
  • Patent number: 9146035
    Abstract: An integrated fuel combustion system with adsorptive gas separation separates a portion of carbon dioxide from a combustion gas mixture and provides for recycle of separated carbon dioxide to the intake of the fuel combustor for combustion. A process for carbon dioxide separation and recycle includes: admitting combustion gas to an adsorptive gas separation system contactor containing adsorbent material; adsorbing a portion of carbon dioxide; recovering a first product gas depleted in carbon dioxide for release or use; desorbing carbon dioxide from the adsorbent material and recovering a desorbed second product gas enriched in carbon dioxide for sequestration or use; admitting a conditioning fluid into the contactor and desorbing a second portion of carbon dioxide to recover a carbon dioxide enriched conditioning stream; and recycling a portion of the carbon dioxide enriched conditioning stream to an inlet of fuel combustor to pass through the fuel combustor for combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: INVENTYS THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Andre Boulet
  • Patent number: 9126685
    Abstract: A regulating system for the regulation of the cabin pressure PC of an aircraft, includes at least one cabin pressure regulator unit, which is so configured that, by controlling at least one air outflow or air inflow device of the aircraft, it can set the cabin pressure Pc within the aircraft fuselage with the latter supplied with fresh air and subjected to pressure at a pressure level or a cabin height defined by the cabin regulator unit. If there are changes to be made to the pressure level or the cabin height, for example while the aircraft is climbing or descending, the cabin regulator unit maintains the quotient of the time-related change of the cabin pressure Pc in the aircraft cabin and the cabin pressure Pc constant. The result is that the gas expansion rate, or the gas compression rate in a passenger's middle ear, remains constant, so that during the entire climbing or descending stage no varying or increasing discomfort is experienced by the passengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Petrac, Ugur Akin
  • Patent number: 9115260
    Abstract: An adsorption-desorption material, in particular, crosslinked organo-amine polymeric materials having an Mw from about 500 to about 1×106, a total pore volume from about 0.2 cc/g to about 2.0 cc/g, and an adsorption capacity of at least about 0.2 millimoles adsorbed CO2 per gram of adsorption-desorption material, and linear organo-amine polymeric materials having an Mw from about 160 to about 1×106, a total pore volume from about 0.2 cc/g to about 2.0 cc/g, and an adsorption capacity of at least about 0.2 millimoles adsorbed CO2 per gram of adsorption-desorption material. This disclosure also relates to processes for preparing the crosslinked and linear organo-amine materials, as well as to selective removal of CO2 and/or other acid gases from a gaseous stream using the adsorption-desorption materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Dennis G. Peiffer, David C. Calabro, Quanchang Li, Mobae Afeworki, Stephen M. Cundy
  • Patent number: 9099606
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing Cu(InxGa1-x)S2 and Cu(InxGa1-x)Se2 nanopowders using flame spray pyrolysis to form solar cell absorber materials. The flame spray product is the oxide nanoparticles of the absorber materials (copper indium gallium oxide). The oxide nanoparticles may be deposited directly onto glass substrates. The oxide nanoparticles are then sulfurdized or selenized with a post deposition anneal directly on the substrate to form the absorber layer for a solar cell device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Colin C. Baker, Woohong Kim, Shyam S. Bayya, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Ishwar D. Aggarwal
  • Patent number: 9034080
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for producing a fluid enriched in carbon dioxide starting from a waste gas from a ferrous metallurgy unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Alain Briglia, Christophe Szamleski, Olivier De Cayeux, Richard Dubettier-Grenier, Alain Guillard, Xavier Traversac
  • Patent number: 9034085
    Abstract: A composition of matter, and method to make same, for a nano-based material including a nanocarbon support to which is attached an aliphatic amine. In particular, the composition of matter is an aliphatic amine-nanocarbon material that includes a nanocarbon (NC) support, such as C60, nano-graphite, graphene, nanocarbon ribbons, graphite intercalation compounds, graphite oxide, nano-coal, nanohorns, and combinations thereof, and further includes an aliphatic amine, such as polyethyleneimine (PEI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Andrew R. Barron, Eoghan Dillon
  • Patent number: 9034079
    Abstract: A pressure swing adsorption process for removal of CO2 from natural gas streams through a combination of a selective adsorbent material containing an effective amount of a non-adsorbent filler, adsorbent contactor design, and adsorption cycle design. The removal of contaminants from gas streams, preferably natural gas streams, using rapid-cycle swing adsorption processes, such as rapid-cycle pressure swing adsorption (RC-PSA). Separations at high pressure with high product recovery and/or high product purity are provided through a combination of judicious choices of adsorbent material, gas-solid contactor, system configuration, and cycle designs. For example, cycle designs that include steps of purge and staged blow-down as well as the inclusion of a mesopore filler in the adsorbent material significantly improves product (e.g., methane) recovery. An RC-PSA product with less than 10 ppm H2S can be produced from a natural gas feed stream that contains less than 1 mole percent H2S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Harry W. Deckman, Robert A. Johnson, Bruce T. Kelley, Peter I. Ravikovitch, Thomas N. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9028592
    Abstract: A system and method of reducing the net carbon dioxide footprint of an industrial process that generates power from the combustion of hydrocarbon fuels in which ambient air is admixed with up to 50% by volume of an effluent gas from the power generator of the industrial process, in order to substantially increase the CO2 concentration in the air prior to treatment. The treatment comprises adsorbing CO2 from the admixed ambient air utilizing a cooled, porous substrate-supported amine adsorbent, wherein the porous substrate initially contacts the mixed ambient air containing condensed water in its pores, which act as an intrinsic coolant with respect to the exothermic heat generated by the adsorption process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Inventor: Peter Eisenberger
  • Publication number: 20150122124
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide adsorbent may include a chabazite zeolite containing an alkali metal ion or alkaline earth metal ion. The chabazite zeolite may have a Si/Al mole ratio of about 1 to about 9.9 and mesopores. The carbon dioxide adsorbent may be included in a carbon dioxide capture module. The carbon dioxide adsorbent may also be used in a method of separating carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: INHA-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyuk Jae KWON, Soon Chul KWON, Hyun Chul LEE, Wha Seung AHN, Seung Hwan HONG
  • Patent number: 9023134
    Abstract: A novel crystalline hybrid solid with a mixed organic-inorganic matrix is described which has a three-dimensional structure containing an inorganic framework with metallic centers based on zinc connected together via deprotonated organic ligands constituted by the entity —O2C—C6H2—(O)2—CO2. This novel solid is termed IM-21 and has an X-ray diffraction diagram as given below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: David Peralta, Karin Barthelet, Gerhard Pirngruber, Gerald Chaplais, Angelique Simon-Masseron, Joel Patarin
  • Patent number: 9017453
    Abstract: A particulate form carbon pyrolyzate adsorbent, having the following characteristics: (a) CO2 capacity greater than 105 cc/gram at one bar pressure and temperature of 273° Kelvin; (b) CO2 Working Capacity greater than 7.0 weight percent; (c) CO2 heats of adsorption and desorption each of which is in a range of from 10 to 50 kJ/mole; and (d) a CO2/N2 Henry's Law Separation Factor greater than 5. The carbon pyrolyzate material can be formed from a polyvinylidene chloride-based polymer or copolymer, or other suitable resin material, to provide an adsorbent that is useful for carbon dioxide capture applications, e.g., in treatment of flue gases from coal-fired power generation plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: Melissa A. Petruska, J. Donald Carruthers, Edward A. Sturm, Shaun M. Wilson, Joshua B. Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20150111018
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods of capturing a gas from an environment by associating the environment with a porous carbon material that includes, without limitation, protein-derived porous carbon materials, carbohydrate-derived porous carbon materials, cotton-derived porous carbon materials, fat-derived porous carbon materials, waste-derived porous carbon materials, asphalt-derived porous carbon materials, coal-derived porous carbon materials, coke-derived porous carbon materials, asphaltene-derived porous carbon materials, oil product-derived porous carbon materials, bitumen-derived porous carbon materials, tar-derived porous carbon materials, pitch-derived porous carbon materials, anthracite-derived porous carbon materials, melamine-derived porous carbon materials, and combinations thereof. In some embodiments, the associating results in sorption of gas components (e.g., CO2, H2S, and combinations thereof) to the porous carbon material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Desmond E. Schipper, Chih-Chau Hwang, Josiah Tour, Almaz S. Jalilov, Gedeng Ruan
  • Patent number: 9011583
    Abstract: An article comprising a plurality of intersecting walls having outer surfaces that define a plurality of cells extending from one end to a second end, wherein the walls forming each cell in a first subset of cells are covered by a barrier layer to form a plurality of heat exchange flow channels, and wherein the walls forming each cell in a second subset of cells different from the first subset of cells, comprise a CO2 sorbent and form reaction flow channels. Heat exchange flow channels allow quick and uniform heating and cooling of the sorbent body. The article may be useful, for example, for removing CO2 from a gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Amit Halder, Dayue David Jiang, Weiguo Miao, Steven Bolaji Ogunwumi, Zhen Song
  • Patent number: 8974576
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a continuous or semi-continuous, cyclic, countercurrent sorption-desorption method for enhanced control, separation, and/or purification of CO2 gas from one or more sources of a mixture of gases through integrated use of solid monolithic sorbents having a sorption selectivity for the CO2 gas, wherein liquid phase water is added to increase the heat capacity of the mixed gas source(s) in order to achieve a thermal wave moving through the thickness of the sorbent material faster than the CO2 sorption wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Ramesh Gupta, Hans Thomann, Richard D. Lenz, Simon C. Weston