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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120017762 | CO2 ABSORPTION FROM GAS MIXTURES USING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF 4-AMINO-2,2,6,6-TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDINE CO2 is absorbed from a gas mixture by bringing the gas mixture into contact with an absorbent that comprises water and at least one amine of the formula (I), wherein R1 and R2, independently of each other, are hydrogen or an alkyl group.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110308390 | CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME In accordance with one aspect, the present invention provides a composition which contains the amino-siloxane structures I, or III, as described herein. The composition is useful for the capture of carbon dioxide from process streams. In addition, the present invention ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110296994 | REACTOR, PLANT AND PROCESS The present invention relates to reactor vessels such as absorbing or stripping columns that are suitable for capturing carbon dioxide from flue gas streams of fossil fuel fired powered stations such as coal fired power stations generating 100 to 500 MW. The side walls ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110296993 | CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL AND IONIC LIQUID COMPOUNDS USEFUL THEREIN This invention relates to compounds useful as ionic liquids that are based on an N-substituted pyrrolidinone and incorporate a pendant ammonium cation that is spaced from the pyrrolidone ring by a variable length linker; and to methods of carbon dioxide removal in which... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110247494 | LIQUID SORBANT, METHOD OF USING A LIQUID SORBANT, AND DEVICE FOR SORBING A GAS A method for sorbing a gas using an ionic liquid to sorb a vapor having an electric multi-pole moment. The ionic liquid comprises an anion and a cation. The electric multi-pole moment may be an electric dipole moment and/or an electric quadru-pole moment. The sorption m... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110203174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AIR A method and apparatus for extracting CO2 from air, and for delivering that extracted CO2 to controlled environments, such as a greenhouse, or to open-air agricultural fields. The present disclosure allows the delivery of CO2 to be made ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110159574 | SEPARATION AND SCRUBBING SYSTEM FOR EXHAUST GASES A separation and scrubbing system for exhaust gases includes a plurality of industrial discharge outlets, a separation unit, pipelines to direct exhaust gases from the industrial discharge outlets to the separation unit and pipelines to return treated exhaust gases to s... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110100218 | Method for combining desalination and osmotic power with carbon dioxide capture Carbon Dioxide capture processes utilizing ammonia, or ammonia in water as the capture fluid for carbon dioxide generate concentrated solutions of ammonium carbonate species in water, which are subsequently decomposed to capture the carbon dioxide and recycle the ammoni... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110094381 | ABSORPTION MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING SOUR GASES FROM FLUID STREAMS, IN PARTICULAR FROM FLUE GASES Absorption medium for acid gases comprising an oligoamine (A) of the general formula (I) and a piperazine derivative (B) of the general formula (II) 04/28/2011 | |
| 20110084020 | NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING GASEOUS BYPRODUCTS OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT INTO ENERGY A method for removing methane from biogas is described. The method includes: (i) receiving biogas including methane and other components into a first tank; (ii) receiving water into the first tank; (iii) contacting the biogas with the water inside the first tank; (iv) d... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20100326277 | PIPERAZINIUM TRIFLUOROACETATE COMPOUND AND CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT USING THE SAME The present invention provides a novel piperazinium trifluoroacetate compound prepared by reacting piperazine with trifluoroacetic acid and a carbon dioxide absorbent prepared by dissolving the compound in an ionic liquid or organic solvent. According to the present inv... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100326924 | CO-DISPOSAL AND CO-STORAGE OF DESALINATION CONCENTRATED BRINE WASTE PRODUCT AND CARBON DIOXIDE WASTE PRODUCT A method for disposal of desalination concentrated brine waste product from a desalination process provides that the desalination concentrated brine waste product is injected, along with a carbon dioxide waste product, typically into an imperviously capped porous rock f... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100319537 | System and Method for Removing Carbon Dioxide from an Atmosphere and Global Thermostat Using the Same A system for removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere to reduce global warming including an air extraction system that collects carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a medium and removes carbon dioxide from the medium; a sequestration system that isolates the rem... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100256347 | Agents for carbon dioxide capture, agents for amine stabilization and methods of making agents for carbon dioxide capture and amine stabilization Amine stabilizing agents containing an azeotrope comprising water, an alcohol, and sodium hydride. Amine stabilizing agents containing water and a liquid silica hydroxide compound. Methods of making of amine stabilizing agents where solid silicon rock and sodium hydroxi... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100224063 | AMIDIUM-BASED IONIC LIQUIDS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORPTION The present invention relates to a carbon dioxide absorbent, an ionic liquid obtained by reacting amide and an organic acid and a method of using the same. The amidium-based ionic liquid of the present invention has excellent CO2 absorption capability, which ... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100222440 | Process for the Treatment of a Product Stream The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of a product stream, more specifically of a product stream from an autothermal cracking process, said product stream comprising one or more olefins, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and one or more ox... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100192770 | CYCLIC-AMINE-COMPRISING ABSORPTION MEDIUM FOR REMOVING ACID GASES An absorption medium for removing acid gases from a fluid stream comprises an aqueous solution of A) at least one cyclic amine compound having solely tertiary amine groups and/or sterically hindered secondary amine groups and B) at least one cyclic amine compound having... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100180766 | PACKING STRUCTURE FOR FLUID CONTAINING COLUMN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD A packing structure according to the invention for a fluid contacting column forms a volume comprising an ordered arrangement of bundles of tubes of diameter ranging between 5 and 50 mm. The walls of the tubes comprise orifices which promote circulation and mixes fluids... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100170397 | REMOVAL OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM FLUE GAS WITH AMMONIA COMPRISING MEDIUM A process of removal of CO2 from a flue gas (2). The process comprises the steps of: a) providing a flue gas comprising CO2 (2), b) contacting the flue gas of step (a) with an ammonia-comprising medium (9), to absorb CO2 <... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100154431 | LIQUID CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME A carbon dioxide absorbent comprising a liquid, nonaqueous oligomeric material, functionalized with one or more groups that either reversibly react with CO2 or have a high-affinity for CO2 is provided. The absorbent may be utilized in methods to re... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100154639 | LIQUID CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME A carbon dioxide absorbent comprising (i) a liquid, nonaqueous silicon-based material, functionalized with one or more groups that either reversibly react with CO2 or have a high-affinity for CO2 is provided and (ii) a hydroxy-containing solvent. T... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100154637 | PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF GASEOUS MIXTURES CONTAINING MERCAPTANS AND OTHER ACID GASES The invention relates to a process for the purification of a gaseous mixture containing mercaptans and other acid gases comprising a stage of bringing said gaseous mixture into contact with an absorbent solution comprising an alkanolamine, a C2-C4 ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100132556 | METHODS OF SEQUESTERING CO2 Methods of sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) are provided. Aspects of the methods include precipitating a storage stable carbon dioxide sequestering product from an alkaline-earth-metal-containing water and then disposing of the product, e.g., by placing the ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100089232 | Liquid contactor and method thereof The invention relates to a gas liquid contactor and effluent cleaning system and method and more particularly to individually fed nozzle banks including an array of nozzles configured to produce uniformly spaced flat liquid jets shaped to minimize disruption from a gas.... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100077922 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SUBSTANCES CONTAINING CARBON Methods of characterizing and producing compositions with negative δ13C values are provided. Aspects of the invention include characterizing source materials and process products. Aspects of the invention also include compositions that contain carbon with ne... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100024686 | ROCKS AND AGGREGATE, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Compositions comprising synthetic rock, e.g., aggregate, and methods of producing and using them are provided. The rock, e.g., aggregate, contains CO2 and/or other components of an industrial waste stream. The CO2 may be in the form of divalent cat... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100005967 | METHOD TO SCRUB GREENHOUSE GASES FROM THE ATMOSPHERE Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and three groups of fluorinated gases have been referred to as greenhouse gases and the most offensive gases in contributing to Global Warming This invention comprises the use of Titration and other chemical oxidation—reduction r... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100000405 | METHOD OF TREATING COMBUSTION GASES A method of treating exhaust gases is described comprising the introduction of a treatment composition including or comprising a micelle encapsulating compound. A preferred embodiment the treatment comprises by volume; from about 4 to about 40 parts of an alkoxylated C<... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090320682 | REMOVAL OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM COMBUSTION EXHAUST GASES The invention relates to an absorbent, comprising an aqueous solution (A) of at least one amino acid salt of the formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 independently from each other represent alkyl or hydroxyalkyl, R is hydrogen, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl, or ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090308248 | Absorbent composition containing molecules with a hindered amine and a metal sulfonate, phosphonate or carboxylate structure for acid gas scrubbing process An acid gas absorbent comprising a metal sulfonate, phosphonate or carboxylate of a hindered amine and a process for the selective removal Of H2S as well as other acidic components such as carbon disulfide, carbonyl sulfide and oxygen and sulfur derivatives of C1 to C4 ... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090291874 | IONIC LIQUIDS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME The present application discloses compositions comprising ionic liquids and an amine compound, and methods for using and producing the same. In some embodiments, the compositions disclosed herein are useful in reducing the amount of impurities in a fluid medium or a sol... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090211446 | Acidic Gas Capture by Diamines Compositions and methods related to the removal of acidic gas. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a composition and method for the removal of acidic gas from a gas mixture using a solvent comprising a diamine (e.g., piperazine) and carbon dioxide. One exam... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090205496 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING AMINE DEGRADATION DURING C02 CAPTURE FROM A GAS STREAM The present application includes a method for inhibiting amine degradation during CO2 capture from flue gas streams. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method of inhibiting O2- and/or SO2-induced degradation of amines usin... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090199711 | REMOVAL OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM FLUE GASES A description is given of a process for removing carbon dioxide from gas streams in which the partial pressure of the carbon dioxide is less than 200 mbar, in particular flue gases, the gas stream being contacted with a liquid absorption medium which comprises an aqueou... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199713 | CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT REQUIRING LESS REGENERATION ENERGY A description is given of an absorption medium for removing carbon dioxide from a gas stream, which comprises an aqueous solution of at least one amine and at least one aminocarboxylic acid and/or aminosulfonic acid. The concomitant use of an aminocarboxylic acid or ami... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090095155 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE Methods and systems for handling sour carbon dioxide (CO2) streams are provided. In one aspect, a method for sequestering an emissions-heavy gas includes removing at least a portion of an acid gas from a rich solvent in an acid gas stripper to create the emis... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20080289495 | System and Method for Removing Carbon Dioxide From an Atmosphere and Global Thermostat Using the Same A system for removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere to reduce global warming including an air extraction system that collects carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a medium and removes carbon dioxide from the medium; a sequestration system that isolates the rem... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080276803 | Methods and systems for reducing carbon dioxide in combustion flue gases A method for processing flue-gas, in an exemplary embodiment, includes providing an absorber unit having a membrane contactor, channeling a combustion flue gas along a first surface of the membrane contactor, and channeling an ammonia-based liquid reagent along a second... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080148939 | Co2 Absorption Solution Disclosed is a formulation for the absorption of CO2, which comprises water, at least one CO2 absorption compound and a carbonic anhydrase as an activator to enhance the absorption capacity of the CO2 absorption compound. The invention a... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080098892 | Method for the Removal of Carbon Dioxide From Flue Gases The invention relates to a method for the removal of carbon dioxide from a gas flow, in which the partial pressure of the carbon dioxide in the gas flow is less than 200 mbar, whereby the gas flow is brought into contact with a liquid absorption agent, comprising an aqu... | 05/01/2008 |
