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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7513063 | Substrate processing apparatus A heat exchanger efficiently and uniformly cools or heats portions to be controlled to a prescribed temperature, and then provides a surface processing apparatus which makes it possible to continuously carry out stable processing. The heat exchanger is constructed b... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7235260 | Pharmaceutical compositions of a sparingly soluble glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor Pharmaceutical compositions of a particularly effective sparingly soluble glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor are disclosed, as well as methods of making such compositions and dosage forms from such compositions. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7200954 | Method for drying and storing activated aluminum fine particles The object is to provide a method for drying and storing activated aluminum fine particles which can be a hydrogen source for fuel cells for a long term without being deactivated. A thermal shock treatment as an activation of the aluminum fine particles, which repea... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7045111 | High yield co-production of anhydrous hydrogen bromide and sodium bisulfate A process for co-producing anhydrous hydrogen bromide and a purified bisulfate salt by (a) reacting a bromide salt with sulfuric acid to produce crude hydrogen bromide and crude bisulfate salt; (b) purifying the crude hydrogen bromide to produce anhydrous hydrogen b... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7007402 | System and method for drying particulate materials using heated gas A system and method for drying particulate material in a dual flow hopper employs multiple flow paths by which heated gas is inserted into the hopper at different levels. Gas is extracted from the hopper and is divided for flow along two flow paths, one of the flow ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6470592 | Method and apparatus for freeze-drying of foods, medicaments, etc. A process is provided for freeze-drying medicaments and foodstuffs comprising dissolving the foodstuffs or medicaments in a solvent, introducing the solution formed into a shell comprising a desiccating chamber of a shell-tube freeze-drying device to caus... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6415528 | Drying device for drying bulk material A drying device for drying bulk material has one or more storage containers for the bulk material and a heating device for heating the drying air for drying the bulk material. A drying air conduit is connected to the heating device and the storage contain... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6412190 | Infrared and hot air dryer combination A combined infrared and hot air dryer includes a pressurized hood which is fed with combustion air through an air delivery duct. Each cross-direction zone of the hood includes a mixer. The air enters the mixer without any direct connection between the del... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6223455 | Spray drying apparatus and methods of use Improved spray drying apparati, and methods of use thereof, have been developed. The spray drying equipment includes a primary drying chamber and a secondary drying apparatus which includes tubing having a length sufficient to increase the contact time be... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6173508 | Sewage organic waste compaction and incineration system integrated optionally with a gas turbine power driver exhaust and/or other separate heat source This Document is a Continuation in Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/093,029 filed on Jun. 8, 1998, said invention comprising an apparatus for evaporating water in a mixture of water and solids derived from the organic output of a waste water tr... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5966839 | Grate assembly for a fluidized bed boiler A grate assembly for a fluidized bed boiler is provided. A number of parallel sparge pipes extending substantially in the horizontal direction and are provided with devices for supplying fluidizing air from within sparge pipes into a combustion chamber lo... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5940987 | Heat exchanger with concentric tubes A heat exchanger particularly for use in fluidized-bed driers, includes at least one supply pipe and one discharge pipe for the heat transfer fluid, and at least one heat exchange tube carrying the heat transfer fluid. In order to make the heat exchanger ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5867921 | Fluidized bed apparatus for drying or cooling of powder and a process for drying or cooling powder with the same A fluidized bed apparatus and process for using the same for drying or cooling powder. The apparatus includes a structure defining first and second fluidizing chambers separated by an air dispersing floor plate having a plurality of openings formed theret... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5869810 | Impedance-heated furnace There is disclosed an impedance-heated furnace for processing a nonflowable but conveyable material at the processing temperature comprising a nonrotating shell having electrical-conducting properties, and heated to a processing temperature using electric... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5611935 | Method and device for treating sludge A method for treating sludge by dewatering to form thick sludge and drying to form dry sludge includes the steps of mechanically predewatering thick sludge to produce predewatered thick sludge and mixing the predewatered thick sludge with non-cooled dry s... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5476639 | Fluidized bed reactor system and a method of manufacturing the same A fluidized bed reactor system, including a reactor chamber defined by a wall structure formed by a plurality of tubes through which a heat transfer medium circulates, is constructed so as to provide numerous advantages over conventional constructions. A ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5425331 | Circulating fluidized bed reactor for low grade fuels A fluidized bed reactor in which a plurality of air bars are supported by a plurality of tubes in an upright enclosure. The air bars support a bed of particulate material and discharge air into the bed to fluidize the material. A cooling fluid is passed t... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5387402 | Contact reactor for a quasi-isothermal catalytic oxidation of SO2 to SO3 and method of operating same To effect a quasi-isothermal catalytic reaction of SO2 to SO3, a plurality of consecutive rows of banks of cooling tubes, are provided in the bed of shaped catalyst bodies in a contact reactor in such a manner that the banks of succe... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5373648 | Process and device for drying solid materials in an indirectly heated fluidized bed A process and apparatus are disclosed for drying solid materials, which allows the thermal energy used for drying to be recovered and the emissions produced during degassing and gasification to be reduced. A solid material which contains an evaporable mat... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5361513 | Method and apparatus for drying and briquetting coal The subject invention is an integrated process for economically drying and briquetting coal to produce strong briquettes. The subject invention utilizes a conditioner to output dried coal having a selected moisture content and temperature and mean particl... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5332553 | Method for circulating solid material in a fluidized bed reactor In a fluidized bed reactor particles are internally circulated, moving down the walls forming the reactor chamber. A particle chamber having a particle gathering top wall with a horizontal projection area A is disposed in the downward flow of particles. O... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5302352 | Protected coils for a steam generator In a steam generator for recovering heat in a hot fluidized bed of solid particles, wherein generally horizontally oriented coils of the steam generator make a 180° U-bend, the U-bend portion of the coils are protected from overheating by installing an o... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5297622 | Method for cooling of dust separated from the flue gases from a PFBC plant A method is provided for cooling of particulate material from a combustion plant, especially intended for cooling of fine-grained dust which has been separated from the flue gases from a PFBC power plant, and in which the material is transported pneumatic... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5277245 | Heat transfer in fluidized bed of cohesive powder In method for enhancing heat transfer in a bed of powder comprising cohesive Geldart type C particles confined by a wall of a vertically oriented container and being fluidized by the upward flow of fluidizing gas through the bed of powder, heat is transfe... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5168819 | Apparatus for cooling a middle region of the wall of a hearth in a fluidized bed boiler Apparatus for cooling the wall of a fluidized bed hearth in a middle join region of generally upsidedown V-shaped vertical right cross-section between the upsidedown truncated pyramid-shaped bottom portions of the furnace above two parallel floors and a t... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5141047 | Fluidized bed heat exchanger A vertical tube heat exchanger for use with fluidized solid particulates as a heat transfer medium includes a plurality of vertically extending spaced apart tubes for containing an internal fluid flowing in heat transfer relationship with the walls of the... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5111596 | Drying process and tower for products in grain form The application describes a drying process and a fully electric drying device consuming from 80 to 140 KWH of electricity per ton of water evaporated. One and the same drying fluid (air, gas or steam) saturated with steam at a temperature of .THETA.0 rise... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5108712 | Fluidized bed heat exchanger A fluidized bed heat exchanger and a method of controlling same in which a first chamber and plurality of additional chambers are formed in a housing. A particulate material is supported in all of the additional chambers and air is introduced to each of t... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5034197 | Reactor chamber in a fluidized bed reactor The present invention relates to the refractory lining covering the lower part of a tube wall in the reactor chamber of a fluidized bed reactor. The upper surface or edge of the refractory lining is provided with a plurality of radial grooves to guide the... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4881592 | Heat exchanger with backmix and flow through particle cooling A method and apparatus for cooling hot particulate material uses a heat exchanger zone having an upper portion that operates in a flow through mode and a lower part that operates in a back mix mode. Particulate material descends from a collection zone int... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4796691 | Fluidized bed heat exchange apparatus A heat exchanger comprises two fluidization chambers separately supplied with fluidization gas. A heat transfer medium in the form of particulate material is supplied to the first chamber which is in communication with the second chamber. The second chamb... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4619315 | Fluidized bed boiler in-bed tube support bracket A hot support bracket for supporting an in-bed heat exchanger of a fluidized bed furnace is comprised of a plurality of plates having openings or cut-outs along and intersecting at least one edge at each tube support location. Adjacent plates may be inter... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4615382 | Apparatus for carrying out physical and/or chemical processes, more specifically a heat exchanger of the continuous type This invention relates to apparatus for carrying out physical and/or chemical processes, more specifically a heat exchanger (10) of the continuous type, comprising a large number of vertical heat exchanger tubes (18) mounted between a lower chamber (17) a... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4608766 | Horizontal fluidized-bed dryer with heat transfer tubes In a horizontal fluidized-bed dryer, at least one rotatable hollow axle extends horizontally through a drying chamber over a porous supporting shelf and has a heat transfer tube assembly mounted on and around the hollow axle for fluid communication therew... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4593478 | Pressure-reducing valve A pressure-reducing valve for a dust-entraining gaseous or liquid fluent flow comprises a vertical tube containing a bed of particles which are fluidized by the flow. The particles have considerably greater specific weight than the dust in the flow, so th... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4585051 | Heat exchange between solids A method of the exchange of heat between solids where the heated solids are passed through heat conducting tubes defining a first flow path or zone in the heat exchanger and the solids to be heated are passed through the interstitial space around the tube... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4582120 | Apparatus for cooling fluid solid particles in a regeneration system The present invention is concerned with the cooling of the fluidizable particulate solids, either catalytic or inert, in the regenerator section of an FCC process, an RCC process or a metals removal systems or "ART" type process. It is directed to the use... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4567940 | Apparatus for carrying out physical and/or chemical processes, more specifically a heat exchanger of the continuous type This invention relates to apparatus for carrying out physical and/or chemical processes, more specifically a heat exchanger (10) of the continuous type, comprising a large number of vertical heat exchanger tubes (18) mounted between a lower chamber (17) a... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4439533 | Fluid particle backmixed cooling process A process and associated apparatus for the cooling of hot fluidized solid particles. The particles flow from a first dense phase fluidized bed into the shell side of a vertically oriented shell and tube heat exchanger where cooling occurs via indirect hea... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4418650 | Fluidized bed heat exchanger having an insulated fluid cooled air distributor plate assembly A fluidized bed heat exchanger in which an air distributor plate assembly is disposed within an enclosure for supporting a bed of particulate material. The plate assembly includes a plurality of horizontal, spaced tubes through which water is passed to co... | 12/06/1983 |
