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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7581648 | Potato sorting apparatus A sorter for sorting pieces of various diameters and lengths made up of a pair of shafts spatially disposed in parallel within a horizontal plane, each of these shafts having a tapered core to which is connected to a pair of flights. When the shafts are rotated, ite... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7498001 | Catalyst, method of making, and reactions using the catalyst The present invention includes a catalyst having a layered structure with, (1) a porous support, (2) a buffer layer, (3) an interfacial layer, and optionally (4) a catalyst layer. The invention also provides a process in which a reactant is converted to a product by... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7470648 | Reforming catalysts The present invention provides catalysts, reactors, and methods of steam reforming alcohols over a catalyst. Surprisingly superior results and properties obtained in methods and catalysts of the present invention are also described. ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7425657 | Palladium catalyzed hydrogenation of bio-oils and organic compounds The invention provides palladium-catalyzed hydrogenations of bio-oils and certain organic compounds. Experimental results have shown unexpected and superior results for palladium-catalyzed hydrogenations of organic compounds typically found in bio-oils. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7344576 | Conditions for fluid separations in microchannels, capillary-driven fluid separations, and laminated devices capable of separating fluids Methods of separating fluids using capillary forces and/or improved conditions for are disclosed. The improved methods may include control of the ratio of gas and liquid Reynolds numbers relative to the Suratman number. Also disclosed are wick-containing, laminated ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7304198 | Staged alkylation in microchannels The invention provides methods and systems for alkylating a paraffinic feed stream in a microchannel utilizing the staged addition of olefin. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7288576 | Carbon nanotube-containing catalysts, methods of making, and reactions catalyzed over nanotube catalysts Methods have been developed to form catalysts having active metals disposed on a carbon nanotube coated porous substrate. Catalysts and reactions over nanotube-containing catalysts are also disclosed. Results are presented showing enhanced performance resulting from... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288231 | Chemical reactor and method for gas phase reactant catalytic reactions The present invention provides chemical reactors and reaction chambers and methods for conducting catalytic chemical reactions having gas phase reactants. In preferred embodiments, these reaction chambers and methods include at least one porous catalyst material tha... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7272941 | Methods for fluid separations, and devices capable of separating fluids Wick-Containing apparatus capable of separating fluids and methods of separating fluids using wicks are disclosed. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270905 | Microsystem process networks Various aspects and applications of microsystem process networks are described. The design of many types of Microsystems can be improved by ortho-cascading mass, heat, or other unit process operations. Microsystems having energetically efficient microchannel heat ex... | 09/18/2007 |
