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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7618597 | Nozzle reactor and method of use Embodiments of a nozzle reactor of the type useable to inject a first material feed stock and a second material feed stock to cause interaction between the first material feed stock and second material feed stock are described herein. According to one embodiment, th... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7582269 | Thermally autogenous subsurface chemical reactor and method A subsurface thermally autogenous reactor and method has downgoing and upgoing flow passages connected at the bottom to form a U-tube and in heat exchange relation to each other. The downgoing and upgoing flow passages each have an upper heat exchange section and a ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7547422 | Catalytic reactor A catalytic reactor having a mixing section connected to a downstream reaction section containing a catalyst to promote a reaction of oxygen and a hydrocarbon fed to the catalytic reactor. The mixing section is provided with a flame arrestor to prevent a stable flam... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7473405 | Fluid distribution apparatus for downflow multibed poly-phase catalytic reactor The invention in one embodiment is a nozzle device for coupling with a fluid distribution conduit for improving the distribution of an upward or downwardly flowing poly-phase mixture including at least one gas phase and at least one liquid phase, above at least one ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7422728 | Partial oxidation reactor A reactor intended to carry out partial oxidation reactions starting from liquid feedstocks that can go from GPL to gas oil for the purpose of producing synthesis gas is characterized by finely controlled hydrodynamics and a high degree of thermal integration, and c... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7381230 | Reactor and process for making synthesis gas The invention relates to reactor systems and processes for producing synthesis gas. In one embodiment, a reactor comprises a first reaction zone comprising a combustion catalyst, wherein the first reaction zone is operated at conditions sufficient to produce a combu... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7361199 | Combined water gas shift reactor/carbon dioxide adsorber for use in a fuel cell system An apparatus removes CO from a hydrogen-rich gas stream in a hydrogen fuel cell system. CO fouls costly catalytic particles in the membrane electrode assemblies. Both a catalyst adapted to perform a water gas shift reaction, and a carbon dioxide adsorbent are dispos... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7332138 | Jet mixing of process fluids in fixed bed reactor A fixed bed catalytic reactor for converting process fluids having an upper catalyst bed and a lower catalyst bed below the upper catalyst bed for converting process fluids flowing through the upper and lower beds. A mixing zone is located between the upper bed and ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314602 | Contact, mixing, and quenching box for fluids, comprising at least one annular peripheral outlet and reaction cell with an elongated shape along an axis including said box Contact, mixing, and often quenching box (8), with main dimension (D) and height (H7), comprising at least one duct section (B1) located on the upper part of said box (8) for entry of fluids in which said box (8) comprises, downstr... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7281702 | Methods and apparatus for mixing and distributing fluids A flow distribution device (100) has a vane distributor (111) at least partially disposed within a cartridge (102) and is operationally coupled to a second distributing device (112) that receives output from the vane distributor (111 | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276215 | Mixing device for two-phase concurrent vessels In a vertical reactor vessel through which vapor and liquid flow concurrently, the fluids pass vertically through a horizontal mixing box having internal flow baffles that form at least one mixing orifice through which the process stream flows at high velocity. In t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276095 | Fuel processor module for hydrogen production for a fuel cell engine using pressure swing adsorption A stand-alone fuel processor (10) for producing hydrogen from a hydrocarbon fuel for a fuel cell engine in a vehicle. The fuel processor (10) includes a primary reactor (14) that dissociates hydrogen and other by-products from the hydrocarbon fu... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270689 | Reformer A reformer for reacting a raw material gas to be reformed, with an oxidizing agent gas and a reforming agent gas in the presence of an oxidation catalyst and a reforming catalyst to obtain a hydrogen-containing gas, including: a set of catalyst layers consisting of ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261751 | Synthesis gas process comprising partial oxidation using controlled and optimized temperature profile This invention relates to methods for reacting a hydrocarbon, molecular oxygen, and optionally water and/or carbon dioxide, to form synthesis gas. The preferred embodiments are characterized by delivering a substochiometric amount of oxygen to each of a multitude of... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252206 | Door mechanism A door mechanism for a transportation container having a material receiving opening extending through a surface of the transportation container is disclosed. The door mechanism includes at least one substantially rigid door element to removably cover at least a port... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250142 | Device for mixing and distributing a dense fluid and a light fluid, placed upstream from a granular bed, and its use in descending flow Device for mixing and distributing a dense, generally liquid, fluid and a light, generally gaseous, fluid, placed in a reaction chamber upstream from a granular bed (70) or between two successive granular beds, the said device being characterized by a tubular... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238329 | Device for injecting a fluid located between two successive beds to simultaneously produce and distribute a polyphase mixture A device located between two successive granular beds (203) and (205) for injecting a secondary fluid can produce and distribute a polyphase mixture between said secondary fluid and a fluid or mixture of fluids originating from the upper granular bed a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232848 | Gas agitated multiphase reactor with stationary catalyst solid phase An apparatus for converting a gaseous and/or liquid feed fluid to gaseous and/or liquid products using a solid catalyst comprises a reactor, a liquid phase disposed within the reactor volume, a fixed catalyst at least partially disposed in the liquid phase, a coolin... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225763 | Fumigation system for a diesel engine A system and method is provided to reduce particulate and NOx emissions from diesel engines through the use of a duel-fuel fumigation system. The system injects a gaseous-fuel flow into the air intake stream of a diesel engine. This results in more comple... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217304 | Electric power generation with heat exchanged membrane reactor This invention is directed to a heat exchanged membrane reactor for electric power generation. More specifically, the invention comprises a membrane reactor system that employs catalytic or thermal steam reforming and a water gas shift reaction on one side of the me... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7211194 | Gravity pressure vessel and related apparatus and methods A gravity pressure vessel (GPV) for processing a fluid stream containing organic materials provides several improvements to the art. In one embodiment, a GPV of the present invention sustains the heat energy requirements of a hydrolysis GPV by including therein, a f... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7192460 | Reformate cooling system and method for use in a fuel processing subsystem A cooling system (10) is provided for use with a fuel processing subsystem (12) for reducing a level of carbon monoxide in a reformate flow (14) for a proton exchange membrane fuel cell system (16). The fuel processing subsystem (12 | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182922 | Device for mixing and distributing a gas phase and a liquid phase supplied to a granular bed For mixing and distributing a gas phase and a liquid phase over a granular bed, employing an annular peripheral zone inside a reactor via which liquid is introduced and which acts as a buffer zone against fluctuations in the flow of the liquid phase. The device is a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174722 | Stirling cycle beverage cooler The invention provides a heat exchanger operable, for example, with Stirling cooling system. The heat exchanger includes a first member having an inner surface defining a flow path for a working fluid. The first member also includes an outer surface spaced from the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172737 | Fuel conversion reactor A conversion reactor (10) including an outer shell (12) having first (14) and second (16) ends and an inner surface (16) a primary inner shell (30) extending into the outer shell (12), the primary inner shell (30 | 02/06/2007 |
| 7138101 | Two-stage catalytic process for recovering sulfur from an HS-containing gas stream Apparatus and process for recovering elemental sulfur from a H2S-containing waste gas stream are disclosed. The apparatus preferably comprises a first reaction zone for carrying out the catalytic partial oxidation of H2S, a second reaction zone... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7125006 | Methods and apparatus for mixing fluids A bubble cap (100) has a riser (120) and a cap (130), separated by a divider (140) that extends to a length at least 50% of a distance measured between the top of the riser (122) and the bottom of the cap (134). In another a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122162 | Reaction chamber that is elongated along an axis that contains at least one solid catalyst bed and at least one box for contact, mixing and quenching A reaction chamber (4) elongated along an essentially vertical axis in which at least one reaction fluid is circulated from top to bottom of said chamber (4) through at least one catalyst bed (5), whereby downstream from catalyst bed (5) ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7112312 | Quench box for a multi-bed, mixed-phase cocurrent downflow fixed-bed reactor A compact quench box design for a multi-bed, mixed-phase cocurrent downflow fixed-bed reactor has a quench pipe manifold and nozzle assembly, a collection tray, a mixing chamber, and a single final distributor tray. The quench pipe manifold and nozzle assembly is an... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108842 | Process for the catalytic partial oxidation of HS using staged addition of oxygen A multistage oxygen-added catalytic partial oxidation process and apparatus for converting H2S in an acid gas stream to elemental sulfur and water are disclosed. Each staged addition of oxygen or air at the top of the catalyst bed and at points along the ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090807 | Device for selective catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide An apparatus for the selective catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide contained in a hydrogen-rich mixed gas flow, includes a reaction chamber filled with a catalyst and a cooling chamber through which a coolant flows formed between successive plates. The plates hav... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7078002 | Mixing device comprising a swirl chamber for mixing liquid The invention relates to a mixing device for mixing fluids in a multiple bed downflow reactor comprising: (i) a substantially horizontal collection tray; (ii) a swirl chamber for mixing liquid arranged below the collection tray, having an u... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074371 | Multiphase mixing device with improved quench injection A mixing system is disclosed which provides improved multiphase mixing through the use of a novel quench injection means. The mixing system comprises a horizontal collection tray, a mixing chamber positioned below the collection tray, and at least one passageway ext... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074372 | Multiphase mixing device with improved quench injection for inducing rotational flow A mixing system is disclosed which provides improved multiphase mixing through the use of a novel quench injection means. The mixing system comprises a horizontal collection tray, a mixing chamber positioned below the collection tray, and at least one passageway ext... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070745 | Multiple bed downflow reactor The invention relates to a multiple bed downflow reactor comprising vertically spaced apart reaction beds, preferably beds of catalyst particles, and, between adjacent beds, a mixing device for mixing fluids, the mixing device comprising: ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060866 | High pressure separation of dimethyl ether from an olefin stream Disclosed is a method of removing dimethyl ether from an ethylene and/or propylene containing stream. Dimethyl ether is removed at a high pressure, preferably in a distillation column. The high pressure separation has the benefit of providing a relatively low bottom... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052654 | Multiphase mixing device with staged gas introduction The present invention comprises a mixing system that provides improved mixing of quench gas and process fluids in a height constrained interbed space while not increasing pressure drop. In particular, the device improves the effectiveness of an existing mixing volum... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045103 | Multiphase mixing device with baffles The present invention provides a novel means to provide more effective mixing of quench gas and process fluids in a height constrained interbed space of a catalytic reactor without increasing pressure drop. In particular, the device improves the effectiveness of an ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044159 | Methods and apparatus for mixing fluids A bubble cap has a riser and a cap, separated by a divider that extends to a length at least 50% of a distance measured between the top of the riser and the bottom of the cap. In another aspect, the riser and cap cooperate to provide a skirt height of no less than 1... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041273 | Apparatus and method of generating a carburizing atmosphere An apparatus and method of generating a carburizing atmosphere stably generate a reformed gas containing carbon monoxide of high concentration that is suitably used as a carburizing atmosphere. A first reforming furnace and a second reforming furnace are connected i... | 05/09/2006 |
