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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7780926 | Heat exchange process and reactor Process for carrying out heat exchange reactions comprising introducing a reactant stream into a bed of catalytic material placed outside at least one double walled heat transfer tube in a heat exchange reactor contacting the reactant stream with the catalytic mater... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7501102 | Reactor having improved heat transfer A catalytic reactor or heat exchanger includes a monolith defining a plurality of leaves, the monolith having a generally annular cross-section. The monolith is disposed within a generally cylindrical outer tube, and around a corrugated inner tube. The reactor inclu... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7399408 | Device for supercritical water oxidation of materials A method and device for oxidization of materials in supercritical water. The method involves a) introducing a fluid containing water and an oxidizing agent in a ring-shaped area and through a first end of a substantially tube-shaped reactor comprising an external wa... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7380976 | Device and method with cooling jackets A device comprising a flow channel having an inlet for introducing a flow of a first material, an outlet for exiting a flow of a second material; a plunger disposed and slidably movable coaxially within the flow channel; a first cooling device disposed adjacent to a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377307 | Vertical heat exchanger A vertical heat exchanger is described, which allows efficient elimination of the gas generated therein and efficient removal of the sludge accumulated therein. The vertical heat exchanger has at least part of one end of a vent pipe formed of an upper tube sheet par... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367996 | Heat transfer optimization in multi shelled reformers A hydrocarbon fuel processing reactor for generating a hydrogen-enriched reformate from hydrocarbons is disclosed. A plurality of shells are arranged coaxially having a gap defined between each of the successive shells, thereby forming a plurality of coaxial zones. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7338643 | Integrated membrane shift methanation reactor for carbon monoxide clean-up A reformate clean-up reactor. The reactor takes a reformate stream and passes it through multiple subreactors that are integrated into a common reactor housing to reduce reformate stream by-product concentration prior to use of the reformate in a fuel cell. The reac... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7303730 | Waste gas treating device having flow regulator An apparatus having a baffle device and used for treating an exhaust gas, the apparatus comprising: (a) an inlet duct through which the exhaust gas is flowed in, (b) a bend portion, and (c) a catal... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293909 | Apparatus and method for mixing by agitation in a multichambered mixing apparatus including a pre-agitation mixing chamber An apparatus for agitation mixing comprises a casing including a flow channel through which fluid passes, an agitation body consisting of a shaft installed in the casing and connected to a motor and an agitation blade mounted on the perimeter of the shaft, a powder ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7279138 | Horizontal chemical reactor, in particular for methanol synthesis A horizontal chemical reactor comprises at least one catalytic bed (5a-5d) arranged horizontally in the reactor and comprising a lower gas-permeable wall (6) for gas outlet, and a holding element (2) of the at least one cata... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7261866 | CO remover that is simple in structure and performs a selective reaction of CO at a high CO selectivity The CO remover of this invention includes an air mixer for mixing air with hydrogen-rich gas including carbon monoxide and a selective oxidative catalytic device in which a selective oxidative catalyst bed is formed by filling selective oxidative catalyst into a gas... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252858 | System and method for abating the simultaneous flow of silane and arsine A system and method for abating a simultaneous flow of silane and arsine contained in an exhaust gas of DRAM processing chamber (12). The system includes a CVD abatement apparatus (20) and a resin-type absorber (22). The CVD abatement apparatus ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7220392 | Fuel conversion reactor A fuel conversion reactor includes a shell-and-tube heat exchanger for controlling the temperature of a hot gaseous mixture produced by catalytic or non-catalytic reaction of a fuel with a gaseous fluid, and for controlling the temperature of the gaseous fluid and/o... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7179433 | Production process and production apparatus for polybutylene terephthalate An apparatus for continuously producing polybutylene terephthalate, which comprises a first reactor for reacting an aromatic dicarboxylic acid with a glycol, thereby producing an oligomer, a second reactor for polycondensating the oligomer, thereby preparing a low p... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169960 | Dehydrogenation process A process for the dehydrogenation of a C2 or C3 alkyl aromatic compound to a corresponding vinyl aromatic compound in a tubular reactor incorporating a spiral flow path. Preferred embodiments of the invention provide processes for the productio... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7132085 | Method for the catalytic oxidation of a gas, recombination device for carrying out the method, and system which includes the recombination device In a method for catalytic oxidation of a gas, the outlay required is kept at a low level for reliably treating even relatively large quantities of gas and/or high concentrations of the gas fraction that needs to be treated. For this purpose, a gas stream including t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7029635 | System for treating material containing noxious components A system for treating a treatable material containing a noxious component, which comprises a mixer for mixing a treatment agent containing alkali material with the treatable material to form a mixture, at least one first heat treating furnace for producing a low oxy... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022884 | Preparation of polyetherpolyols in the presence of a multimetal cyanide complex catalyst Polyetherpolyols are prepared by reacting diols or polyols with ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide or a mixture thereof in the presence of a multimetal cyanide complex catalyst by a process which is carried out in a vertical, highly cylindrical reactor ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994833 | Reactor for catalytic gas phase oxidation In a shell-and-tube type reactor, the leakage between the upper and lower chambers is substantially decreased by tightly fitting the reaction tubes to the shield. The present invention provides a reactor for use in catalytic gas phase oxidation characterized by expa... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6932950 | Tubular reactor for catalytic gas phase reactions A tubular reactor (2) for catalytic reactions with a heat carrier that inside a reactor jacket (10) circulates around a contact tube bundle (8), which extends between a tube plate (4; 6; 80; 82) at the reaction gas inlet side and one at t... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6878290 | Method for oxidizing materials in supercritical water A method and device for oxidization of materials in supercritical water. The method involves a) introducing a fluid containing water and an oxidizing agent in a ring-shaped area and through a first end of a substantially tube-shaped reactor comprising an external wa... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6866831 | Reaction and stirring apparatus, reaction and separating filtration apparatus and separating method, generation method, and filtration method In an apparatus 10, a space is formed by a pair of impermeable supports 16 and a pair of spacer members 12 for providing a predetermined distance between the impermeable supports 16. A permeable membrane is provided within the space and o... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6855272 | Low pressure drop reforming exchanger Syngas production process and reforming exchanger. The process involves passing a first portion of hydrocarbon feed mixed with steam and oxidant through an autothermal catalytic steam reforming zone to form a first reformed gas of reduced hydrocarbon content, passin... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6827912 | Gasification reactor vessel The invention relates to a reactor vessel and method for the gasification of carbon-containing fuel, residual and waste materials using an oxygen-containing oxidizing agent and in a reaction chamber which is designed as an entrained-bed reactor, at pressures between... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6808689 | Reactor for catalytic gas phase oxidation The temperature distribution of a heating medium in the reactor is allayed and the occurrence of hot spots is repressed. In a shell-and-tube type reactor provided with donut type and disc type baffle plates, reaction tubes are disposed even in the holes formed in th... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6756023 | Reactor comprising a contact tube bundle The invention proposes a reactor (1) having a contact tube bundle (2) through whose space surrounding the contact tubes a heat-exchange medium circuit is passed, with ring lines (3, 4) at both ends of the reactor with jacket apertures (5, 6 | 06/29/2004 |
| 6719953 | Process for the manufacture of olefins by a pyrolysis furnace with an internally finned U shaped radiant coil The present invention is directed towards a fired heater for heating a process fluid that uses U tubes provided with increased internal heat transfer surface to reduce tube metal temperatures and coking. and at the same time is not prone to plugging from coke. The f... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6703430 | Slurry catalyst rejuvenation in-situ in slurry reactor A process for rejuvenating reversibly deactivated catalyst particles in a three-phase slurry body of gas bubbles and catalyst particles in a slurry liquid, includes passing slurry from the top down to the bottom of the body through a slurry catalyst rejuv... | 03/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6652817 | Apparatus for processing organohalogen compounds An apparatus for processing an organohalogen compounds includes a catalyst container containing a catalyst layer, a supplying path for supplying a carrier gas containing organohalogen compounds and steam through the catalyst container, a cooling chamber a... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6627174 | Axial conveyor and loop reactor containing said axial conveyor An axial conveyor is described, in particular for conveying gas/liquid dispersions, wherein the conveying elements comprise a wall-sweeping edge pointing in the direction of the pressure side of the conveying elements. The axial conveyor is particularly s... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6627162 | Apparatus for treating waste gas from semiconductor manufacturing process An apparatus for treating waste gas from semiconductor manufacturing process includes a decomposition chamber having an inner wall and having a heater therein, a cleansing chamber and a waste water treating device; the inner wall of the decomposition cham... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6617469 | Process for preparing malonic diesters in a reactor with internal heat exchangers A process for preparing malonic diesters by carbonylation of haloacetic esters and reaction with monohydric alcohols and a base in the presence of a transition metal catalyst, preferably a catalytic cobalt carbonyl complex, using a stirred reactor with on... | 09/09/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6582667 | Shell-and-tube reactor A shell-and-tube reactor has a plurality of reaction tubes incorporated therein, a circulation path for the heating medium formed outside the reaction tubes, a heating medium introducing section provided on the upper part of the shell in the reactor and a... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6562303 | Method and apparatus for treating flue gas A method and an apparatus for treating flue gas by injection of an aqueous liquid in the form of droplets and subsequent separation thereof are described. In the treatment, the flue gas and droplets are conducted towards a baffle means, on which droplets ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6464949 | Steam cracking installation with means for protection against erosion A steam-cracking unit comprises at least one multitube quenching exchanger, equipped with a non-obstructive impact separator for preventing the erosion of the tubular input plate. The impact separator is at least 50% opaque when viewed from transfer pipe.... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6419885 | Pyrolysis furnace with an internally finned U shaped radiant coil The present invention is directed towards a fired heater for heating a process fluid that uses U tubes provided with increased internal heat transfer surface to reduce tube metal temperatures and coking and at the same time is not prone to plugging from c... | 07/16/2002 |
