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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120046165 | COMPOSITE FILTER AIDS HAVING NOVEL PORE SIZE CHARACTERISTICS Filter-aid materials are disclosed herein, as well as processes, systems, and methods using such filter-aid materials for filtering and removing particles and/or constituents from a fluid. Further disclosed herein are filter-aid materials and processes, systems, and met... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120006753 | FUNCTIONALIZED FLY ASH AND OIL SCAVENGING USING THE SAME A method of scavenging oil from an oil-water mixture includes providing a plurality of functionalized fly ash particles having functionalized surfaces including reactive groups or reactive materials having hydrophobic groups covalently bound to the reactive groups or re... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110269217 | HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE ADSORBING TABLET A hazardous substance adsorbing tablet prepared by direct compression of a dry powder mixture which includes a porous particulate adsorbent having an average particle diameter of 100 μm or less and containing 200 mesh pass particles in an amount of more than 80% by wei... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110257008 | METHOD FOR MAKING HIGHLY POROUS, STABLE METAL OXIDES WITH A CONTROLLED PORE STRUCTURE Methods for making high-surface area, high-porosity, stable metal oxides, such as, but not limited to materials used as adsorbents and catalyst supports include (i) forming a solvent deficient precursor mixture from a metal salt and a base and reacting the metal ions an... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110212830 | REMOVING OIL FROM SURFACE USING DRY AMORPHOUS SILICA PRODUCT WITH INERT CARRIER A dry product that permanently removes oil and oil stains from liquid or dry surfaces and is environmentally safe. The dry product is formed by mixing efficacious proportions of untreated amorphous silica with a dry, inert organic, inorganic or synthetic carrier, or com... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110197763 | Material for eliminating oxides of nitrogen with lamellar structure The invention concerns materials for eliminating oxides of nitrogen NO and NO2 present in exhaust gases, in particular from the internal combustion engines of automotive vehicles operating in a medium which is super-stoichiometric in oxidising agents, which c... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110183835 | ADSORBER ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ADSORBER ELEMENT The invention relates to an adsorber element and to a method for the production thereof, comprising a carrier material (1) on which adsorbent particles (3) are arranged as the adsorber layer using a binding agent (2). According to the invention, the... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110160042 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING FRACTAL NETWORK STRUCTURE IN HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIAL The present invention provides a method for constructing a fractal network structure in hydrogen storage material to improve the hydrogen uptake at room temperature, the method including the following steps: providing a hydrogen storage material comprising a source and ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110152065 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OIL BINDING AGENT A method for producing an oil binding agent, using highly porous natural siliceous material and organic-containing remaining material, wherein the highly porous natural siliceous material having an initial grain size of between 4 and 10 mm is mixed with the organic-cont... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110142752 | Hydrogen Storage Materials In one embodiment, a hydrogen storage system includes a core of hydrogen sorbent material and a shell of crystalline metal hydride material enclosing at least a portion of the core of hydrogen sorbent material. In another embodiment, the hydrogen storage system further ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110130274 | Method for preparing radioactive-substance adsorbent depositing on a carriable structure A method for preparing radioactive-substance adsorbent depositing on a carriable structure is revealed. The method uses a supercritical fluid to mix a first solution with a carrier. The first solution includes an extractant dissolved in a first solvent. By low surface t... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110111955 | HYDROTHERMALLY STABLE ALUMINA The hydrothermal stability of transition aluminas used as adsorbents and catalyst carriers is improved through their treatment with a soluble silicon inorganic compound such as sodium silicate wherein the silicon compound is mixed with the alumina powder at the producti... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110053766 | NANOSTRUCTURED SORBENT MATERIALS FOR CAPTURING ENVIRONMENTAL MERCURY VAPOR The present invention is a method and material for using a sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury. The method for using sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury contains the following steps. First, the sorbent material is provided. The sorbent materi... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110031179 | Superficially Porous Particles and Methods of Making and Using Same Disclosed are porous-shell particles, methods of making the particles, and uses thereof. In one aspect, the porous-shell particles are superficially porous particles.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110024680 | METAL CONTAMINANT REMOVAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME Metal sorbent compositions for removing a metal contaminant from a fluid, such as removal of mercury from a coal-fired flue gas stream, and methods for making and using the same are provided. The subject metal sorbent compositions comprise an effective amount of an aque... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110015064 | LOW-IMPACT DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR IN SITU TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT An agglomerate for use in economical bulk treatment of contaminated sediments with minimal environmental impact is formed from a sorbent, bentonite clay and sand. The agglomerate has sufficient density so as to sink through a water column into sediment below the water c... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110000370 | AGGLOMERATES OF PRECIPITATED SILICA, METHOD FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR USE AS FILTER MEDIUM FOR GAS FILTRATION A micro-porous material having agglomerates of precipitated silica, according to the formula MeOx.HiSiO2, The agglomerates are composed of porous particles, and the agglomerates exhibit a size in the range 0.5-500 μm. A gas filter having the micro... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000855 | Media for Removal of Contaminants from Fluid Streams and Method of Making and Using Same Sorption media for removal of contaminants from fluid streams are provided. The sorption media comprise an active compound bound or linked to a support substrate or matrix. Support substrates can include iron- and alumina-based materials. A method for making sorption me... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100331177 | AMORPHOUS SILICA PARTICLES HAVING HIGH ABSORBING CAPABILITIES AND HIGH STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS The present invention provides amorphous silica particles having high oil absorbency and high structural characteristics, wherein the oil absorbency is hardly decreased even when a high load is applied to the amorphous silica particles. In particular, amorphous silica p... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100320153 | ABSORBENTS An absorbent composition suitable for removing mercury, arsenic or antimony from fluid streams includes 5-50% by weight of a particulate sulphided copper compound, 30-90% by weight of a particulate support material, and the remainder one or more binders, wherein the met... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100314321 | Spill control material A spill control material has a combination of a pre-defined blended granule size mixture of amorphous alumina silicate in an aggregate blend of a plurality of predefined sieve grades where the combination has enhanced encapsulation properties greater than a single granu... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100313468 | TREATMENT OF BIOFUELS A process, adsorbent and apparatus for treating biofuel is disclosed.... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100291688 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION OF LIPIDS A composition, method and device for the preparation of biological samples for subsequent instrumental analyses, such as GC, GC-MS, LC and LC-MS analysis, using a solid phase extraction (SPE) process is described. Through SPE process alone or an integrated combination o... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100285189 | Filtering and/or Flocculating Aids for the Purification of Liquid Foods The present invention relates to new filtering and/or flocculating aids for the purification of liquid foods comprising an adsorbing agent and a spacer, wherein the spacer particles are intrinsically hydrophobic or hydrophobised, and the adsorbing agent particles are in... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100266489 | REMOVAL OF FOREIGN METALS FROM INORGANIC SILANES The invention relates to a method for the treatment of a composition containing inorganic silanes and at least one foreign metal and/or a compound containing a foreign metal, wherein the composition is brought in contact with at least one adsorption agent, and for obtai... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100236989 | SURFACE MODIFIED SORBENT Disclosed herein is a sorbent composition including an adsorbent support; and a metal component comprising a transition metal, wherein the metal component is impregnated on a surface of the adsorbent support; and wherein the metal component effects the removal of sulfur... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100204043 | ADSORBENT FOR SELECTIVE ADSORPTION OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF The present invention relates to an adsorbent for separating carbon monoxide from a gas mixture including hydrogen gas and a method of preparing the same. The adsorbent for selectively separating monoxide includes a solid material, which is a solid support impregnated a... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100202946 | Pollutant Emission Control Sorbents and Methods of Manufacture and Use Sorbents for removal of mercury and other pollutants from gas streams, such as a flue gas stream from coal-fired utility plants, and methods for their manufacture and use are disclosed. Embodiments include brominated sorbent substrate particles having a carbon content o... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100180771 | FLUIDIZED BED SYSTEM FOR REMOVING MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS FROM A FUEL GAS STREAM A system includes an adsorber having a fluidized bed of a plurality of adsorption materials. The adsorber is configured to receive the gaseous fuel stream including the plurality of pollutants and adsorb the said plurality of pollutants in a single unit from the gaseous... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100170394 | SILICATE-RESISTANT DESULFURIZATION SORBENT A silicate-resistant sorbent composition, as well as a method of making and using the same, is provided. The sorbent composition generally comprises a support component comprising one or more silicate-resistant silica-containing components that have been treated one or ... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100152042 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING METAL-MODIFIED SILICA NANOPARTICLES A composition comprising particles with a transition metal imbedded therein is disclosed. Specifically, the ratio of particles to the transition metal is from about 25:1 to about 50:1. The composition is prepared in the presence of ultrasonic energy. The particles are s... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100133161 | Metal-Coated Superficially Porous Supports as a Medium for HPLC of Phosphorus-Containing Materials Methods for the separation of biological materials from a sample mixture using a superficially porous particle coated (or clad) with a metal are provided herein. Methods using the support as a chromatographic column are also provided.... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100113265 | Carbon Dioxide Adsorbent capable of Adsorption and Desorption in dependence on Pressure of Atmospheric Pressure or Higher Provided is an adsorbent adapted to adsorb carbon dioxide by increasing the pressure, and to carry out 10% or more adsorption and adsorption of the adsorbed carbon dioxide by lowering the pressure at atmospheric pressure or higher in a range of 100 to 900 kPa without va... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100083645 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A POROUS STRUCTURE BASED ON SILICON CARBIDE The invention relates to a process for obtaining a structure made from a porous ceramic material comprising at least 95% of silicon carbide SiC, said process being characterized in that said structure is obtained from a mixture of SiC grains comprising at least: 04/08/2010 | |
| 20100075846 | HYDROTHERMALLY STABLE ALUMINA The hydrothermal stability of transition aluminas used as adsorbents and catalyst carriers is improved through their treatment with a soluble silicon inorganic compound such as sodium silicate wherein the silicon compound is mixed with the alumina powder at the producti... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100076243 | BINDERLESS ADSORBENTS WITH IMPROVED MASS TRANSFER PROPERTIES AND THEIR USE IN THE ADSORPTIVE SEPARATION OF PARA-XYLENE Adsorbents and methods for the adsorptive separation of para-xylene from a mixture containing at least one other C8 aromatic hydrocarbon (e.g., a mixture of ortho-xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene, and ethylbenzene) are described. Suitable adsorbents comprise ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100075845 | Method and Apparatus for an Extruded Ceramic Biosoluble Fiber Substrate A porous ceramic substrate is disclosed that is fabricated from biosoluble ceramic fibers. Porosity and permeability of the substrate is provided by intertangled biosoluble fibers, that can be formed into a honeycomb form substrate through an extrusion process. The fibr... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100051554 | MOLECULAR BASKET COATED MICRO PARTICLES Micro particulate compositions include molecular baskets deposited on the surface and impregnated within pores of micro particles. They may be used to detect and/or separate a target material in a sample. Molecular baskets include a molecular framework defining an exter... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090326308 | BINDERLESS ADSORBENTS COMPRISING NANO-SIZE ZEOLITE X AND THEIR USE IN THE ADSORPTIVE SEPARATION OF PARA-XYLENE Adsorbents and methods for the adsorptive separation of para-xylene from a mixture containing at least one other C8 aromatic hydrocarbon (e.g., a mixture of ortho-xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene, and ethylbenzene) are described. Suitable adsorbents comprise ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090318287 | Metal Ion Modified High Surface Area Materials for Odor Removal and Control This invention relates to high surface area materials, such as nanoparticles, that are coated with metal ions. These modified nanoparticles have active sites that bind various gases and/or odorous compounds, thereby removing these compounds from a medium such as air or ... | 12/24/2009 |
