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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110311399 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING OBJECTS An apparatus for sterilizing objects, comprising: a sterile conduit (2) having an inlet for introducing non sterile objects and an outlet for extracting sterilized objects; spraying means for introducing a sterilization fluid heated and vaporized inside the condu... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110293502 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF AMMONIA Described herein is an apparatus for the synthesis of ammonia from a synthesis gas containing N2 and H2, comprising at least one first reactor. The apparatus comprises a first non-cooled catalyst bed unit, at least one heat exchanger apparatus, and... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293482 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPERCRITICAL WATER REFORMATION OF FUELS AND GENERATION OF HYDROGEN USING SUPERCRITICAL WATER A system for reforming diesel fuel into hydrogen including feeds for water and diesel fuel, a supercritical water (SCW) reactor in fluid communication with the water feed and the diesel fuel, at least one pre-heater in thermal communication with the water feed, the dies... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110262329 | SCR CATALYST AMMONIA SURFACE COVERAGE ESTIMATION AND CONTROL Described herein are various embodiments of an apparatus, a system, and a methods for reducing NOx emissions using ammonia storage on an SCR catalyst. For example, according to one embodiment, an apparatus for controlling an SCR system of an internal combusti... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110223099 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME A hydrogen generator of the present invention includes: a reformer (1) including a reforming catalyst (1A) containing nickel and configured to generate a hydrogen-rich fuel gas by using a raw material and steam; a temperature detector (12) configure... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110206601 | System and Method for Sulfur Recovery A sulfur recovery system for recovering sulfur from a sulfur plant feed stream including a first sulfur removal system and a second sulfur removal system. The system includes a sulfur plant feed inlet to the first sulfur removal system, the sulfur plant feed inlet being... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110201768 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CATALYST ACTIVATION A system and method for activating chromium catalyst, including: increasing temperature of a chromium catalyst at a first rate for a first period of time to a first temperature; and increasing temperature of the chromium catalyst at a second rate for a second period of ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110129388 | Chlorine Dioxide Generation Systems and Methods Chlorine dioxide generation systems and methods are disclosed. One or more reactants, such as sodium hypochlorite, may be electrolytically generated on-site for delivery to a reaction column. Low concentration reactants may be used to generate chlorine dioxide as part o... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110124826 | METHOD OF USING AN UPPER DISCHARGE IN A FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR AND SYSTEM THEREOF A method according to one embodiment includes operating a reactor or providing a reactor after operation, wherein the reactor includes a bottom section, a bed section above the bottom section, a distributor plate between the bottom section and the bed section, an expand... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110073525 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OR ADDING MATERIAL TO ONE OR MORE UNITS Material delivery systems and methods are disclosed. Material delivery system includes delivery vessel, metering device, dispense mechanism, and mixer. The delivery vessel is configured to dispense material to a unit and metering device provides a metric indicative of t... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20100316533 | FORMULATING CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS BASED ON VOLUMETRIC AND WEIGHT BASED CONTROL MEASUREMENTS A system and/or method formulates a chemical solution using both volumetric and weight based measurements of components of the chemical solution. The components of the chemical solution include water and at least one other component, which may take any form, such as, wi... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100311155 | METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF ORGANIC MATERIAL The present invention relates to a disintegrating system for treatment of organic material comprising: multiple disintegrating units (31, 32; 41, 42; 51, 52, 53) each having an inlet (33, 34; 43, 44; 55, 56, 57) for receiving material A, B, C, and an outle... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100242354 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REACTOR CHEMISTRY AND CONTROL A method, apparatus, and system for a solar-driven chemical plant that manages variations in solar energy are disclosed. Some embodiments include a solar thermal receiver to absorb concentrated solar energy, a solar driven chemical reactor contained within the solar the... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100247387 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMASS GASIFIER REACTOR AND RECEIVER CONFIGURATION A method, apparatus, and system for solar-driven chemical plant may include a solar thermal receiver to absorb concentrated solar energy from an array of heliostats. Additionally, some embodiments may include a solar driven chemical reactor that has multiple reactor tub... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100243961 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUENCHING, GAS CLEAN UP, AND ASH REMOVAL A method, apparatus, and system for a solar-driven chemical plant are disclosed. An embodiment may include a solar thermal receiver aligned to absorb concentrated solar energy from one or more solar energy concentrating fields. A solar driven chemical reactor may includ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100196241 | Methods and Systems for Reducing Particulate Matter in a Gaseous Stream Methods and systems for reducing emissions of particulate matter from a gaseous stream are provided. The subject systems include a catalyst that reduces the amount of particulate matter emissions in the gaseous stream. Embodiments of the subject systems may also reduce ... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100189618 | DYNAMIC CONTROL OF SELECTIVE NON-CATALYTIC REDUCTION SYSTEM FOR SEMI-BATCH-FED STOKER-BASED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COMBUSTION The present invention controls reagent flow levels in a selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) system by more accurately predicting Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) production with a municipal waste combustor. In one embodiment, the reagent levels correspond with measured furnac... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100183928 | HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEM, FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEM A hydrogen generating apparatus is provided that further suppresses deterioration in capability of a converting catalyst in raw material purge in a shutdown operation. The hydrogen generating apparatus contains a raw material supplying devi... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100147699 | CONCURRENT O2 GENERATION AND CO2 CONTROL FOR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT A device for the concurrent oxygen generation and control of carbon dioxide for life support system involves two stages, where a first stage removes CO2 from an exhalent side of a ventilation loop and a second stage employs Ceramic Oxygen Generators (COGs) to... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100092344 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECYCLING STERILANT GAS A system for recovery and reutilization of sterilant gas mixture from a sterilizer chamber includes a storage tank in gaseous communication with a sterilizer chamber via a gas recovery assembly, wherein after sterilization the gas recovery assembly evacuates the sterila... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100040915 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR, FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND THEIR OPERATING METHODS A hydrogen generator (4) includes: a reformer (5) which is supplied with a raw material to generate a hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction; a first gas supplying unit (1) which supplies a gas containing a nitrogen-containing compound... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090196799 | CATALYST WITHDRAWAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGULATING CATALYST INVENTORY IN A UNIT Catalyst withdrawal apparatuses and methods for regulating catalyst inventory in one or more units are provided. In one embodiment, a catalyst withdrawal apparatus for removing catalyst from a FCC unit includes a vessel coupled to a flow control circuit. Another embodim... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090118478 | Manufacturing Process A process for the preparation of a desired chemical compound in a continuous reactor in which a part of the product stream exits the reactor and part of the product stream is recycled around the reactor in order to reduce the amount of buffer that would otherwise be req... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090110608 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM, MATERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND METHODS FOR SUCH DELIVERY AND CALIBRATION Material delivery systems, methods of delivering material and methods of calibrating such systems and methods are disclosed. The material delivery system includes a delivery vessel, a load cell, and automated weight calibration device. The delivery vessel has at least a... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090104084 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FLOW RATE OF OFFGAS IN THE SYSTEM A hydrogen manufacturing system for performing offgas flow control includes: a vaporizer (1) for heating a material mixture containing a hydrocarbon material; a reforming reactor (2) for generating hydrogen-containing reformed gas by reforming reactions of... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20080305020 | Device to promote hand sanitization Embodiments of the present invention relate to a device to promote hand sanitization. In one embodiment of the present invention, the device comprises an assembly used to move a door coupled to a sanitizing agent dispenser such that the dispenser, releases sanitizing ag... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080292507 | Apparatus for the generation of gases The instant application provides apparatus and methods for the generation of gas, preferably chlorine dioxide. The methods and apparatus of the invention use a removable reaction chamber for the reaction of precursor chemicals, e.g., chlorite salt and an acid. The metho... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080286174 | Methods for chemical reactions in a parallel batch reactor In one embodiment, a parallel batch reactor generally includes a plurality of reactor vessels and a plurality of valves configured to allow flow into the reactor vessels when a gas is supplied to the reactor at a pressure higher than a pressure within the reactor vessel... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080275132 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING A PEROXYCARBOXYLIC ACID The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for making a peroxycarboxylic acid. The apparatus includes a reaction catalyst and a guard column for pretreating one or more reagents, which can increase the life, activity, and/or safety of the reaction catalyst. ... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080159927 | System And Method For Performing A Chemical Experiment The invention relates to a system for performing parallel chemical experiments. The system comprises an array of parallel flow through reactors each comprising a reaction chamber, a reactor inlet and a reactor outlet connected to the reactor chamber. Downstream of each ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20070217945 | Fan-Driven Air Freshener An air freshener that has a source of air freshening chemical with a fan that is controlled either by an optical device that senses light or a motion detector is disclosed. When a light is turned on or motion is detected, the fan will be activated for a predetermined ti... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070189935 | System and process for injecting catalyst and/or additives into a fluidized catalytic cracking unit A preferred embodiment of a system for loading catalyst and/or additives into a fluidized catalytic cracking unit includes a bin for storing at least one of the catalyst and/or additives, and a loading unit in fluid communication with the storage bin and the fluidized c... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070183939 | Fuel supply device for internal combustion engine and control method therefor A reforming catalyst (6) induces an isomerization reforming reaction and a decomposition reforming reaction of a gasoline fuel. Injectors (27, 33, 35, 36) supply an isomerized fuel generated by the isomerization reforming reaction and a decomposed fuel gen... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070148062 | Device and method for pressure and flow control in parallel reactors The present invention relates to a method and a device for the parallel study of chemical reactions in at least two spatially separated reaction spaces. In particular, the invention is suitable for reactions which are not constant volume reactions and/or for reactions i... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070122316 | Controllable Space Velocity Reactor and Process Disclosed is an apparatus and process for controlling space velocity in a fluidized catalytic conversion reactor. The catalyst flux rate can be adjusted during the process of the reaction to adjust the space velocity and maintain a fast fluidized flow regime therein. Th... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070110636 | Device supplying process gas and related method A reaction gas supplying comprising an MFC and adapted to sense when there is an error in the MFC, and a related method are disclosed. The reaction gas supplying device comprises a gas supply line disposed between a process chamber and a gas supplying element, a mass fl... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070059226 | Control system for a boiler A closed loop control apparatus for reducing nitrous oxide levels in combustion products created by a combustion process comprising: a reagent injection system; a controller for controlling an amount of reagent to be injected by the reagent injection system; and a first... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070003450 | Systems and methods for monitoring solids using mechanical resonator Particle and multi-phase system monitoring methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed. Preferred embodiments comprise one or more mechanical resonator sensing elements. In preferred embodiments a sensor or a sensor subassembly is ported to a fluidized bed vessel such ... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060251545 | Process and system for purifying gases A process and system for purifying an impure gas to produce a purified gas in a gas purification system and protecting the system from damage by a) passing a portion of a first gas stream into a reactor vessel, which exits as a second purified gas stream; b) combining a... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060204404 | Continuous flow chemical metering apparatus A continuous flow chemical metering apparatus includes a measuring vessel adapted to hold a column of fluid, a sensor for determining head pressure and a processor to establish calibration data regarding the relationship between head pressure and a height of the column ... | 09/14/2006 |
