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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5411662 | Fluid separation assembly having an purge control valve The invention relates to a hollow fiber membrane fluid separation assembly having an integral purge control valve or a purge fluid reflux system, which provides a sweep fluid port internal to the assembly. This assembly is useful for, among other things, ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5401866 | Method of recovering waste heat from edible oil deodorizer and improving product stability The invention relates to a process for recovering heat from deodorized edible oils and stabilizing the same comprising: introducing or injecting non-condensible inert gas into hot deodorized edible oil as the hot deodorized edible oil is cooled by indirec... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5391358 | Gas purification system Processes and systems for purifying high purity helium group gas which may have been contaminated with water, oxygen and/or hydrogen during its transmission to customers' sites.... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5383956 | Start-up and shut down processes for membrane systems and membrane systems useful for the same The present invention relates to processes and apparatuses for starting up and shutting down membrane gas separation systems comprising at least one gas separation membrane module and at least one membrane dryer module.... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5377491 | Coolant recovery process A system and process for recovering high purity coolant gas from at least one fiber optic heat exchanger, characterized by controlling a flow of coolant gas into and out of the heat exchanger using a pressure, impurity and/or flow rate monitoring or trans... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5374751 | Deodorizing edible oil and/or with non-condensible inert gas and recovering a high quality fatty acid distillate The invention relates to a process for deodorizing edible oils and/or fats comprising: heating edible oil and/or fat to an elevated temperature; introducing or injecting non-condensible inert gas into said edible oil and/or fat to strip or remove substanc... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5364454 | Fluid separation composite membranes prepared from sulfonated aromatic polymers in lithium salt form The present invention relates to fluid separation composite membranes prepared from sulfonated aromatic polymers in lithium salt form with sulfonic acid groups attached to aromatic rings that are incorporated into the main polymeric backbone.... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363782 | Apparatus and process for combusting fluid fuel containing solid particles Apparatus and process for improving atomization and combustion of fuel containing solid particles, wherein the fuel containing solid particles is ejected from an outlet port having a conical or trumpet end-like internal wall surface and a fuel atomizing f... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363779 | Systems and processes for pyrolyzing contaminants on foundry sand and combusting the resulting gas The invention relates to combusting contaminants on foundry sand in a container (13) rotating about an axis (A) at a particular angle with a particularly placed oxygen-fuel burner (32). As the container (13) rotates about the axis (A), the oxygen-fuel bur... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5360603 | Packed bed arrangement useful for mixing and/or oxidation The present invention relates to processes and apparatus for mixing oxidizable reactants with oxidant and/or oxidizing oxidizable reactants. Through using particular mixing and/or oxidizing arrangements, the risk of flammable or explosive reactions can be... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5348569 | Modified poly(phenylene oxide) based membranes for enhanced fluid separation The present invention relates to composite membranes and membranes which are formed from modified poly(phenylene oxide) polymers having improved film forming properties and separation characteristics. The present invention further relates to poly(phenylen... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5328336 | Getter capsule A getter capsule comprising at least one particular container (1 or 10) containing getter particles (9) is useful for removing reactive gases in at least one vacuum space(21d or 22d). The particular container (1 or 10) may be made of a material containing... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5315020 | Method of recovering waste heat from edible oil deodorizer and improving product stability The invention relates to a process for recovering heat from deodorized edible oils and stabilizing the same comprising: introducing or injecting non-condensible inert gas into hot deodorized edible oil as the hot deodorized edible oil is cooled by indirec... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5308382 | Container inerting A process for inerting an interior of a container, the process comprising: (a) introducing an inert fluid rich stream into the interior of the container, the concentration of inert fluid in the inert fluid rich stream inert fluid being greater than the inert f... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5298226 | Perforated plate fluid distributor and its associated fixed bed vessel The present invention relates, in general, to apparatus for providing uniform fluid flow in vessels having packing materials or particulates and, in particular, to apparatus for providing uniform gas flow in pressure swing adsorbent vessels.... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5281253 | Multistage membrane control system and process The invention relates to the control of multistage fluid separation processes and systems. The processes and systems employ at least one recycle compressor or pump in conjunction with their associated controlling system to separate a fluid mixture in an e... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5266291 | Packed bed arrangement for oxidation reaction system The present invention relates to processes and apparatus for mixing oxidizable reactants with oxidant and oxidizing oxidizable reactants. When ammonia is used as the reactant, nitric acid can be obtained. Through using particular mixing and oxidizing arra... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5257732 | Laminar barrier inert fluid shield apparatus The present invention relates to processes and apparatus for welding or joining metal parts which comprise moving a welding torch in a direction along a joint between said parts, causing a molten pool of metal with said welding torch along the joint and d... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5241092 | Deodorizing edible oil and/or fat with non-condensible inert gas and recovering a high quality fatty acid distillate The invention relates to a process for deodorizing edible oils and/or fats comprising: heating edible oil and/or fat to an elevated temperature; introducing or injecting non-condensible inert gas into said edible oil and/or fat to strip or remove substanc... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5222875 | Variable speed hydraulic pump system for liquid trailer The present invention relates to a hydraulic pump system comprising: (a) a variable displacement pump; (b) an engine used to drive the variable displacement pump; (c) a power takeoff unit for engaging or disengaging the engine from the variable displacement pump; (... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5205842 | Two stage membrane dryer This invention uses a first or roughing stage to remove the bulk of moisture and a second or polishing stage to complete the drying. The first stage can use a relatively small membrane area and a relatively low quality purge gas whereas the second stage c... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5188042 | Fluid waste burner system A process for incinerating fluid waste, which comprises introducing a high heating value fluid waste and an oxidant having at least about 28% oxygen concentration into an oxygen/fuel burner to engender a flame and providing additional oxidant annularly ar... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5186841 | Cooling water ozonation system The invention relates to injecting ozone through at least one injecting means operating with a pressure drop of at least about 35 psi into a pressurized stream of aqueous solution, allowing the ozone injected stream to travel or flow at a velocity of at l... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5152453 | Laminar barrier inerting for leading and/or trailing shield in welding application The present invention relates to processes and apparatus for welding or joining metal parts which comprise moving a welding torch in a direction along a joint between said parts, causing a molten pool of metal with said welding torch along the joint and d... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5147438 | Auxiliary oxygen burners technique in glass melting cross-fired regenerative furnaces The invention relates to the employment of at least one oxygen-fuel burner in a particular manner in glass melting cross-fired regenerative furnaces. By operating oxygen-fuel burners positioned in particular places in a cross-fired regenerative furnace in... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5139558 | Roof-mounted auxiliary oxygen-fired burner in glass melting furnace The invention relates to a process for melting solid glass forming ingredients in a regenerative of recuperative furnace having an upstream melting zone and a downstream fining zone comprising: a) introducing said solid glass forming ingredients into said upst... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5129335 | Fluid waste burner system A process for controlling the temperature and flame front in a liquid waste incinerator comprising: dispersing fluid wastes into the flame of at least one oxygen/fuel burner to incinerate the waste in and around the flame, wherein flame energy is regulate... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5116399 | Glass melter with front-wall oxygen-fired burner process The invention relates to a process for melting glass forming ingredients in a glass melting furnace adapted therefore, said furnace having an upstream melting zone and a downstream fining zone, wherein the glass forming ingredients introduced to the upstr... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5097774 | Method for burning halogenated hydrocarbon containing waste The invention relates to a process for obtaining a substantially homogenous temperature profile along the length of an incinerator during the incineration of halogenated waste containing materials comprising: (a) providing a mixture containing an aqueous solut... | 03/24/1992 |
