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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033532 | Humidifier A humidifier 10 has a water circuit 20 that switches the flow of water between a first flow state, in which hot water introduced from a first inlet 21 flows through a first heat exchanger 32 and flows to a first outlet 22 and in wh... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7942391 | Evaporative cooling tower and method A cooling tower for evaporating water from a brine solution is provided and may include an air inlet, a brine inlet for receiving the brine solution, and a heat-exchange assembly receiving the brine solution from the brine inlet and receiving air from the air inlet.... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7600743 | Convector for cooling of a fluid circulating in a pipe The convector includes at least one finned tube bundle (7) in the tubes of which a fluid to be cooled is made to circulate and at least one fan (11) producing an air flow that strikes the outside of said finned tubes. The convector includes an adiabati... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7571900 | Method and device for cooling circulating air Circulating air is cooled by heat exchange with adiabatically cooled process air. To this end, a first heat exchanging device is fed with circulating air and the process air. The heat exchanging device contains a humidifying device used to spray water into the proce... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7448604 | Heat treatment apparatus Provided is a heat treatment apparatus. The heat treatment apparatus includes a heating plate including a heater; a chamber case including a cooling chamber, and coupled to a lower portion of the heating plate; and at least one atomizing unit installed on the chambe... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7393436 | Thermal separating process for removing at least one stream containing enriched (meth) acrylic monomers A thermal separating process for removing a stream containing enriched (meth)acrylic monomers from a mixture containing (meth)acrylic monomers, in which the liquid phases retained in the separating space at high temperature and high (meth)acrylic monomer content are... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7370490 | Air-conditioning system with full heat recovery The present invention relates to an air-conditioning system with full heat recovery comprising a condenser, an evaporator, a compressor and an expansion valve; one side of the condenser is disposed in a position corresponding to an indoor air outlet and an outdoor a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364141 | Fluid cooler with evaporative heat exchanger A cooling tower and/or a fan drive system are provided which enhance cooling performance, are able to reduce lateral temperature gradients at least to some degree, provide for easy removable of debris and/or provide for easy fan adjustment. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7338980 | Method and apparatus for mixing a high-viscosity material into a gas A piston pump has a piston and cylinder. A gas is supplied into the cylinder during and/or after a suction stroke of the piston pump, and a high-viscosity material is supplied into the cylinder after the suction stroke. A discharge stroke of the piston pump is effec... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328886 | Air-to-air atmospheric heat exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent A sheet for use in a heat exchange apparatus. The sheet includes a first vertical rib that extends in a first direction generally parallel to the vertical axis of the heat exchange apparatus, wherein said first vertical rib protrudes in a second direction out of the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7275737 | Device for simultaneously cooling and removing liquid from a gas from a compressor Device for simultaneously cooling and removing liquid from compressed gas of a compressor element (1) or of several compressor elements (1) which are connected either or not in parallel or in series, which device includes a pressure vessel (2) w... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266970 | Water cooling system with full heat recovery The present invention relates to a water cooling system with full heat recovery comprising a condenser, an evaporator, a compressor and an expansion valve; the evaporator connects with a cooling water recycling circuit; one side of the condenser is disposed in a pos... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7237401 | Low profile evaporative cooler A low profile side inlet evaporative cooler including a housing having a housing length width at least twice the housing width. A centrifugal blower draws air through two side inlets through and through a rigid evaporative cooling media. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232116 | Fluid cooler with evaporative heat exchanger and intermediate distribution A cooling tower and/or a fan drive system are provided which enhance cooling performance, are able to reduce lateral temperature gradients at least to some degree, provide for easy removable of debris and/or provide for easy fan adjustment. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207182 | Swamp cooler cooling system A swamp cooler cooling system for cooling down a swamp cooler includes a first conduit that has an inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet. The inlet is fluidly coupled to a water supply. A second conduit has a first end and a second end. The first end is fluidly ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7128310 | Air-to-air atmospheric heat exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent A cooling tower having a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes at least one heat exchanger pack having a generally diamond shape. The heat exchanger pack includes a first set of passageways for receiving a stream of warm, water laden air and a second set of pa... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114669 | Methods of operating a liquid vaporizer The present invention is generally directed to a vaporizer with positive liquid shut-off. In one illustrative embodiment, the vaporizer is comprised of a body, a liquid inlet and a carrier gas inlet coupled to the body, a nozzle positioned within the body, the nozzl... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6946022 | Scrubber and exhaust gas treatment apparatus A scrubber removes dust from an exhaust gas. The scrubber includes a casing having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet, an impeller housed in the casing and supported by a shaft, and a cleaning liquid supply tube for ejecting a cleaning liquid by which th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6892523 | Cooling-air cooler for a gas-turbine plant and use of such a cooling-air cooler In a cooling-air cooler for a gas-turbine plant of a power plant, in which cooling-air cooler first means for spraying water into the cooling-air flow and second means for generating steam are arranged in a pressure vessel, through which the cooling air flows, betwe... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6883788 | Shielding of heat exchangers in columns Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for exchanging heat in a column by passing a first vapor phase through a heat exchanger in the column to exchange heat with a first stream and produce a second vapor phase in the column. The second vapor phase is passed through... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6852147 | Apparatus and method for reduction of gases emitted from a cooling tower A gas reduction apparatus 12 is provided for reducing the amount of gas 15 emitted from a cooling tower 10 into the atmosphere. The apparatus 12 in accordance with the principles of this invention includes a first air conduit 13 wh... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6800118 | Gas/liquid separation devices A gas/liquid separation element is provided comprising: a frame having an opening therein; waterproof/moisture permeable sheets affixed to both sides thereof so as to cover the opening, whereby the frame and waterproof/moisture permeable sheets define a liquid flow ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6729609 | Carburetor arrangement An improved carburetor arrangement includes a low-capacity fuel/air regulator for efficiently vaporizing rich mixtures of fuel and delivering them to a heat exchange vaporizer for heating and completely vaporizing the rich mixture prior to delivery to an engine inta... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6715743 | Gas humidifier A gas humidifier provides a continuous flow of gas through two stages of bubbling with an intermediate heating stage. Gas is introduced into an enclosure containing a quantity of bulk water by pumping the gas into a gas entry pipe or tube. The gas exits the gas entr... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6663694 | Air-to-air atmospheric exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent Heat exchanger packs having a first set of passageways for receiving a stream of ambient air and a second set of passageways for receiving a stream of warm water laden air is disclosed. The first set of passageways and second set of passageways being sepa... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6663087 | Air-to-air atmospheric exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent Heat exchanger packs having a first set of passageways for receiving a stream of ambient air and a second set of passageways for receiving a stream of warm water laden air is disclosed. The first set of passageways and second set of passageways being sepa... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6598862 | Evaporative cooler An evaporative cooler and method of operation is provided in which the cooler includes a liquid distributor, a body having a surface for receiving liquid from the distributor, an air moving device for generating a flow of air over the surface of the body,... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6578831 | Carburetor arrangement The invention is directed to a carburetor arrangement in a housing (1) and especially in the housing of a work apparatus such as a motor-driven chain saw or like portable handheld work apparatus. An engine (2) is mounted in the housing (1) and has an inle... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6564864 | Method of operating low profile heat exchange method with reduced water consumption A method of exchanging heat is disclosed. Process fluid is passed through a dry indirect contact heat exchange section while a main air stream is also passed through that section. The process fluid is passed through a second indirect contact heat exchange... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6540840 | Vaporizer for MOCVD and method of vaporizing raw material solutions for MOCVD Disclosed is a vaporizer constituted of a dispersing section 8 and a vaporizing section 22. The dispersing section 8 comprises a gas introduction port 4 for introducing a carrier gas 3 under pressure into a gas passage, means for feeding raw material solu... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6533255 | Liquid metal-heating apparatus for biological/chemical sample An apparatus for temperature control of biological/chemical samples employing liquid metal is described. A gallium-indium alloy may be used to provide excellent temperature control. Methods of using liquid metal to provide temperature control for biologic... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6488272 | Liquid delivery system emulsifier A precursor delivery system emulsifier is provided for delivery a mixture of liquid and gas precursors. Since the liquid precursor is mixed with a gas, the flow pattern of the emulsified precursor can be controlled and modified and the relatively large fl... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6383671 | Gas humidification device for operation testing and evaluation of fuel cells The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the humidification of gas streams, such as reactant gas streams for fuel cells, wherein the specific water evaporation rate, gas delivery temperature, and degree of gas humidity may be adjusted and... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6362367 | Preparation of organic acids This invention relates to a process for producing one or more organic acids in high purity which process comprises (i) oxidizing in a liquid oxidation reactor one or more organic liquids with essentially pure oxygen or oxygen-enriched air containing at le... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6279650 | Temperature-Humidity controller for semiconductor equipment and controlling method thereof A temperature-humidity controller for a semiconductor equipment comprises a housing; an inlet pipe for introducing processing air, which has a discharging portion for flowing the air into an inner portion of the housing; a water supplying means for supply... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6247682 | Plume abated cooling tower The plume abated cooling tower having a heat exchanger in which an aqueous fluid is cooled by an air flow. The heat exchanger has first channels in which air and fluid counterflow, second channels in which air flows, and a means for avoiding the passage o... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6213200 | Low profile heat exchange system and method with reduced water consumption A system and method of exchanging heat are disclosed. Three heat exchange sections are used: a dry indirect contact heat exchange section, a second indirect contact heat exchange section that is operable in either a wet or dry mode, and a direct contact h... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6178875 | Carbon dioxide precooling system for a carbonator A carbon dioxide precooling system, linked with a carbon dioxide source and with a carbonator, for aiding in carbonated water formation includes a carbon dioxide line linked with the carbon dioxide source at an inlet and with the carbonator at an outlet. ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6142219 | Closed circuit heat exchange system and method with reduced water consumption A system and methods of extracting heat are disclosed. The system may be arranged as a fluid cooler or as a fluid condenser. Three heat exchange sections are provided: a dry indirect contact heat exchange section; a second indirect contact heat exchange s... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5816318 | Combination direct and indirect closed circuit evaporative heat exchanger A heat exchange apparatus is provided with an indirect evaporative heat exchange section and a direct evaporative heat exchange section. A uniform temperature evaporative liquid is downwardly sprayed into the indirect section to indirectly exchange sensib... | 10/06/1998 |
