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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7338644 | Fuel processor A compact fuel processor for converting a hydro-carbonaceous fuel into hydrogen and carbon dioxide having in series a hydrocarbon conversion zone for converting the hydro-carbonaceous fuel into a product gas of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, a water-gas shift reactio... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329395 | Treatment apparatus and treatment method for organic waste A treatment apparatus for organic waste including a reaction vessel for introducing and decomposing organic waste and pulling out decomposed organic waste as a treated fluid. The reaction vessel includes an internal vessel made of corrosion-resistant material, an ex... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7273593 | Reactor having a heat exchange medium circulation A reactor including a bundle of catalyst tubes through which a reaction mixture is passed, and wherein a heat exchange medium is passed through a space surrounding the catalyst tubes and including ring lines at both reactor ends with jacket orifices for feeding in a... | 09/25/2007 |
| RE39675 | Reforming apparatus for making a co-reduced reformed gas This reforming apparatus is provided with a raw material reforming unit including a heat source for generating heat when a fuel gas is burnt and adapted to reaction heat directly from the heat source, steam-reform a material, and produce a reformed gas containing hy... | 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 |
| 7166139 | Compact steam reformer A reformer which enables rapid load changes of up to 100% within a few seconds and is intended to produce hydrogen from hydrocarbons by steam reformation, comprises an evaporator cooler for cooling the reformate and for generating steam. The evaporator cooler is dis... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7135154 | Reactor module for use in a compact fuel processor A reactor module for use in a compact fuel processor having a module inlet for receiving a feed stream, a module outlet for producing an effluent stream, a reactor having a reactor inlet, a reactor outlet, and catalyst, an inlet spiral passage in fluid communication... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7067088 | Stratified flow chemical reactor A polymerization reactor for exothermic liquid phase reactions comprises a reaction zone which is divided into a plurality of channels by thermally conductive heat transfer fins which are conductively mounted on one or more heat pipes for the removal of heat of reac... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063821 | Apparatus for production of molybdenum carbide Apparatus for producing molybdenum carbide from a precursor material includes a supply of process gas and a furnace defining at least a first heating zone and a second heating zone. The furnace heats the first heating zone to a first temperature and the second heati... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7037473 | Device for gasifying combustible materials, residues and waste materials containing carbon An appliance for the gasification of carbon- and ash-containing fuel, residual and waste materials using an oxygen-containing oxidizing agent at temperatures above the melting point of the inorganic fractions, in a reaction chamber which is designed as an entrained-... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7018606 | Method and apparatus for producing inorganic fullerene-like nanoparticles A process and apparatus are presented for obtaining inorganic fullerene-like nanostructures. A metal oxide is evaporated at predetermined temperature conditions, and is swept towards a reacting zone, to which first and second gas phase reacting agents are concurrent... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7008460 | Process for the production thermally converted light products and electricity Process for the production of thermally converted light products from residual feedstock and electricity from syngas obtained from thermal conversion residue as feedstock, in which process flue gas exiting from the electricity producing unit is fed through a heat re... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6986797 | Auxiliary reactor for a hydrocarbon reforming system An auxiliary reactor for use with a reformer reactor having at least one reaction zone, and including a burner for burning fuel and creating a heated auxiliary reactor gas stream, and heat exchanger for transferring heat from auxiliary reactor gas stream and heat tr... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6955793 | Temperature controlled reaction vessel A reaction vessel which includes internally placed temperature controlling mixing baffles in which liquid is boiled, resulting in an isothermal heat sink. The energy of vaporization is supplied by the reaction vessel contents. The vapor produced by the boiling is di... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6939521 | Fluoropolymer reactor with heat exchange jacket A reactor for fluorinating an organic compound comprising (a) an outer vessel; (b) a reactor vessel being disposed within said outer vessel to define an annular space, said reactor vessel at least partially comprising a fluoropolymer, said annular space being adapte... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6911185 | Fluidized-bed reactor for the oxychlorination of ethyene, oxygen and HCl A fluidized-bed reactor for the oxychlorination of ethylene, oxygen and HCL, comprises a heat exchanger, having tube packets in the fluidized-bed for releasing the heat evolved from exothermic reaction to a heat-transfer medium in the tube packets, in particular to ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6830596 | Electric power generation with heat exchanged membrane reactor (law 917) 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... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6793698 | Fuel processor reactor with integrated pre-reforming zone This invention relates to a compact apparatus for generating hydrogen. More particularly, this invention relates to a compact hydrogen generating apparatus suitable for use in conjunction with a fuel cell. The compact hydrogen generating apparatus comprises a fuel p... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6680407 | Installation and process for the preparation of urea The invention relates to an installation for the preparation of urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide, the installation comprising two reactor sections in a vertically placed combined reactor and a high-pressure condenser section. The installation may comp... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6653516 | Production method for hydrate and device for proceeding the same A method for producing hydrate includes supplying hydrate producing substance in a gas state into an aqueous phase in a hydrate producing vessel, thereby providing the hydrate producing vessel having a gaseous phase including the hydrate producing substan... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6596039 | Compact fuel gas reformer assemblage with burner wall temperature control A fuel gas reformer assemblage for use in a fuel cell power plant is formed from a composite plate assembly which includes spaced-apart divider plates with interposed columns of individual gas passages. The reformer assemblage is constructed from a series... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6495110 | Supercritical reaction apparatus and method A method and apparatus for processing substances by coexisting an object matter with water held at temperature above 200° C. to carry out chemical reactions such as severing of molecular chains, recombination and decoupling occluded molecules, oxidation ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6448448 | Process for the non-oxidative preparation of formaldehyde from methanol The invention relates to a method for producing formaldehyde from methanol by non-oxidative dehydrogenation, in a reactor, in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature between 300 and 1000° C. Said method is characterized in that the generation of the ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6426054 | Reforming apparatus A reforming apparatus of the type including an indirect heat exchange zone for the reforming reaction of a gaseous flow comprising methane and steam into CO, CO2 and H2, is provided with a plurality of floating-head tubes containing ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6395251 | Steam-hydrocarbon reformer and process A steam-hydrocarbon reformer in which a portion of a reaction tube containing a center return tube extends within a furnace enclosure. The reaction tube receives fluid at a lower end portion disposed externally of the furnace enclosure and discharges flui... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6203587 | Compact fuel gas reformer assemblage A fuel gas reformer assemblage for use in a fuel cell power plant is formed from a composite plate assembly which includes spaced-apart divider plates with interposed monolithic open cell sponge-like members which form gas passages. The monolithic members... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6149881 | Pyrolysis method for increasing limonene production and novel oven to facilitate such method The amount of limonene produced during pyrolysis of scrap tire carcass or polyisoprene rubber can be increased by decreasing residence time of the isoprene gas produced during the thermal degradation of polyisoprene rubber in the high temperature reactor ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6132687 | Horizontal ammonia converter adapted for high activity catalyst A method for modifying a standard two-bed horizontal ammonia converter to provide increased conversion and/or production capacity by placing the first secondary catalyst bed of the existing converter in parallel flow with the existing primary catalyst bed... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6066263 | Apparatus for converting waste plastic into oil A safe and efficient hydrothermal reaction apparatus for converting waste plastic into oil is described herein. The apparatus comprises a receiver tank for containing therein a mixture of plastic and water; a high-pressure injection pump in communication ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5972300 | Method and means for recovering heat in the pyrolysis of 1,2-dichloroethane A process for the pyrolysis of 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) in a pyrolysis furnace (1) involves feeding liquid EDC into a convection heat transfer tube (2) for preheating, channeling an intermediate flow of preheated EDC into a radiation heat transfer tube (3... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5932182 | Reactor for high temperature, elevated pressure, corrosive reactions Reactor for containing high pressure, high temperature, corrosive reactions, especially supercritical water reactions. The reactor comprises an inner reactor vessel which houses the corrosive reaction, an outer containment vessel which contains a substant... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5917102 | Device for depolymerizing used and waste plastics The invention relates to a device for depolymerizing used and waste plastics, comprising a closed reactor and a circulation system the mildly heating of the reactor contents connected to the reactor, as well as to a process for depolymerizing used and was... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5882604 | Shrouded reaction vessel process A reactor system that can safely use general purpose electrical devices and unregulated surface temperature heat sources even though a flammable and/or combustible substance is being processed in the reactor or is within the processing area. The reactor s... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5866083 | Heat exchanger adapted for the production of carbon black Carbon black is produced by burning a mixture of air and oil to produce hot gases and then conducting the hot gases through tubes extending through a chamber of a heat exchanger. Heat exchange air is conducted through the chamber in a direction opposite t... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5843386 | Hydrothermal reaction apparatus A safe and efficient hydrothermal reaction apparatus is described herein. Decomposition or synthesis of object material is performed by the continuous passing of the material through a flow passage of multi-staged reactor units under turbulent flow condit... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5779977 | Nucleic acid amplification reaction apparatus and method Apparatus and method for performing a nucleic acid amplification reaction and preferably a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in a reaction mixture in at least one capillary tube. Several different embodiments are disclosed. One embodiment cycles a sample th... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5779988 | Heterogeneous synthesis method and apparatus including wall temperature protection Method for the protection of the internal walls of the shell of Braun type converters, transformed into axial-radial reactors with insertion of a cartridge and a cylindrical perforated wall, characterized by the fact that cooling gas is circulated (FLU) a... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5762879 | Reaction heat control mechanism of heat exchange area regulation type in a chemical reaction apparatus The present invention relates to a reaction heat control mechanism of heat exchange area regulation type in a chemical reaction apparatus comprising: a reaction vessel for receiving a liquid agent to be reacted therein; a heater; a cooling jacket acting a... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5733347 | Compact fuel gas reformer assemblage A fuel gas reformer assemblage for use in a fuel cell power plant is formed from a composite plate assembly which includes spaced-apart divider plates with interposed columns of individual gas passages. The reformer assemblage is constructed from a series... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5728368 | Chemical heat pump reactor with improved power A reactor for a chemical heat pump including a sealed container provided with a heating and cooling system and having an inside wall, and a solid reagent having an outer surface and disposed in the container, which solid reagent reacts reversibly with a r... | 03/17/1998 |
