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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7951339 | Closed Brayton cycle direct contact reactor/storage tank with Oafterburner A closed cycle Brayton direct contact reactor/storage tank uses an afterburner to assist in removing metal vapors from the working fluid. The direct contact reactor/storage tank operates by bubbling an inert gas through liquid metal fuel. The inert gas picks up meta... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7402188 | Method and apparatus for coal gasifier A method and apparatus for efficiently forming a gaseous material from a solid starting material. The produced gaseous material includes a CGE HHV having a high percentage of an original HHV of the starting material. The gaseous product may be used to form a plurali... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7381384 | Insulating inserts for elevated temperature process vessels Insulating members are provided for use in nozzles of elevated temperature process vessels employing a structural metal shell (24), an insulating refractory lining (14) and a corrosion-resistant membrane (18) lining between the structural shell ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7341610 | Fuel cell system having two reformation reactors and method for operating same A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell unit and a gas-generating system containing at least one reforming unit for obtaining a hydrogen-rich reformate from a fuel. It is possible to supply the reformate at least partly to the anode side of the fuel cell unit. The s... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7264234 | Gas humidifier In a gas humidifier used for humidifying fuel in a molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC), a small-size gas humidifier is achieved by carrying out a steam-generating process and a gas humidifying process by the use of the steam by using a single unit. In order to achieve... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7217302 | Process for cooling solid and gaseous material during gasification of spent liquor Process for the recovery of chemicals and energy from spent liquor obtained in the chemical pulping process, in which the spent liquor is gasified under sub-stoichiometric conditions to produce partly one phase of solid and/or fused material, together with partly on... | 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 |
| 7141085 | Refractory protected replaceable insert The refractory protected, replaceable insert for a gasifier includes a replaceable floor edge insert that is formed with a predetermined mating profile that is complementary to a finished mating profile of the gasifier floor. The geometry of the mating profiles of t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7033552 | Upgrading Fischer-Tropsch and petroleum-derived naphthas and distillates A process for upgrading at least one of a Fischer-Tropsch naphtha and a Fischer-Tropsch distillate to produce at least one of a gasoline component, a distillate fuel or a lube base feedstock component. The process includes reforming a Fischer-Tropsch naphtha to prod... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6852215 | Heavy oil upgrade method and apparatus A method for upgrading a hydrocarbon in which an oxygen source and a hydrogen source are ignited and the resulting synthetic gas is used to initiate a predominantly gas phase heavy oil upgrade reaction. The upgrade reaction is quenched with an additional source of u... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6821411 | Steam injection system on the TLE cones of a hydrocarbon cracking furnace A method is provided to inject steam into a hydrocarbon effluent passing through a transfer line exchanger (TLE) of a hydrocarbon cracking furnace to reduce the formation of a coke material on the TLE tubesheet. The apparatus that injects the steam is also provided ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6821500 | Thermal synthesis apparatus and process An apparatus for thermal conversion of one or more reactants to desired end products includes an insulated reactor chamber having a high temperature heater such as a plasma torch at its inlet end and, optionally, a restrictive convergent-divergent nozzle at its outl... | 11/23/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6613127 | Quench apparatus and method for the reformation of organic materials Methods and apparatus for processing and cooling a hot gaseous stream exiting a gasification reactor vessel at temperatures in excess of 1300° C. where the gas will come into contact with a corrosive aqueous liquid, including methods and apparatus for co... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6486371 | Multistage reaction system with interstage sparger systems Vapor phase alkylation of an aromatic substrate in a multi-stage alkylation reaction zone having a plurality of series-connected catalyst beds providing mixing zones between adjacent catalyst beds. An aromatic substrate and a C2 -C4 ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6455015 | Fluid-solid contacting chambers having multi-conduit, multi-nozzle fluid distribution An apparatus and method for contacting fluids in a fluid-solids contacting chamber is disclosed. The fluid-solid contacting chamber has a plurality of beds, and the chamber comprises a plurality of conduits and outlet ports that are capable of providing i... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6333010 | Effluent gas stream treatment system having utility for oxidation treatment of semiconductor manufacturing effluent gases An effluent gas stream treatment system for treatment of gaseous effluents such as waste gases from semiconductor manufacturing operations. The effluent gas stream treatment system comprises a pre-oxidation treatment unit, which may for example comprise a... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6165353 | Distribution apparatus and method for patterned feed injection An arrangement for the controlled production of an essentially linear array of hydrocarbon feed injection jets maintains stable and reliable jets by passing individual piping for each jet through a support shroud that is located in a contacting vessel. Co... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6160192 | Steam cracking installation and method with single controlled injection of solid particles in a quenching exchanger A steam-cracking unit and a steam-cracking process with controlled injection of solid particles in a quenching exchanger (3) is described. The particles are injected through a single axial injection pipe that is arranged on the axis of input cone (2) of t... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6110429 | Transformation of halogenated refrigerant gases The high temperature combustion of hydrogen and oxygen is used to transform halogenated refrigerant gases (HRGs) and halons to produce calcium fluoride salts. Calcium carbonate is also produced by a series of chemical processes. Calcium chloride is partia... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6098965 | Reactor distribution apparatus and quench zone mixing apparatus A quench zone mixing apparatus that occupies a low vertical height and has an improved mixing efficiency and fluid distribution across the catalyst surface includes a swirl chamber, a rough distribution network, and a distribution apparatus. In the swirl ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6062547 | Quench vessel for recovering chemicals and energy from spent liquors Provided is a quench vessel containing at least two separate internal vessels. A receiving liquor is contained in the first internal vessel and a washing liquid bath is contained in a second internal vessel.... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6059961 | Method to alleviate thermal cycles in moving bed radial flow reactor A process and arrangement for contacting a moving bed of compact particulate material, usually catalyst, with a radial flow of fluid maintains an unconfined surface of catalyst particles in place by passing fluid axially into the upper surface of the bed ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6054057 | Downflow hydrothermal treatment A system and method for treatment of a feed material includes a reactor chamber in a reactor vessel. The reactor vessel has a longitudinal axis which is vertically oriented so that gravitational forces act generally in a direction along the axis between a... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6027609 | Pulp-mill recovery installation for recovering chemicals and energy from cellulose spent liquor using multiple gasifiers A Pulp Mill Recovery installation for producing liquors containing different concentrations of recovered process chemicals or combustion gasses containing different concentrations of process chemicals from a spent liquor obtained from the production of pu... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6017497 | Atomizing roasting furnace for producing ferrite raw material powder An atomization roasting furnace for producing ferrite raw material powder includes an elongated roasting furnace body with a center burner located at the top end thereof. At least three liquid spray nozzles are located in an expansion slope portion below ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5976319 | Disrupting the flow from the smelt spout of a recovery boiler The intensity of explosions as a result of hot (750-820 degrees C.) smelt from a pulp mill recovery boiler impacting cool (70-100 degrees C.) liquid in a dissolving tank is minimized by more effectively disrupting the flow of smelt from a spout free end t... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5976203 | Synthesis gas generator with combustion and quench chambers A synthesis gas generator with a combustion chamber and quench chamber for generating, cooling and cleaning gases, which are generated by partial oxidation in the combustion chamber of the synthesis gas generator. The combustion chamber (3) and the quench... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5972206 | Flexible steam cracking process and corresponding steam cracking facility A flexible steam cracking process for hydrocarbon feeds comprises injection of particles with an average size of between 0.02 mm and 4 mm, at a circulation rate in indirect transfer line exchangers (4) of 20 to 180 m/s, and in a sufficient quantity to lim... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5965013 | Steam cracking method and plant using controlled injection of solid particles into a quenching exchanger A facility and a process for steam cracking include controlled injection of solid particles into a transfer line exchanger (3). The particles are injected via injection lines, numbering between 1 and 8, just upstream of an impact-diffuser (6) comprising s... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5899241 | Linked multilayer fabric for structural composite materials A linked multilayer woven fabric for use in the production of structural composite materials has a base weave comprising twenty-eight weft yarns which are distributed in eight columns containing alternately four superimposed yarns and three superimposed y... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5851497 | Gasifier throat A gasifier (10) for partially combusting a carbonaceous fuel mixture in the combustion chamber (13) of the gasifier (10). The latter includes a water bath (26) into which the hot effluent or the products of combustion are immersed, including a synthetic g... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5824121 | Apparatus for the pressure gasification of finely divided fuels A gasification reactor has a mixing tube above it in a common pressure vessel and the mixing tube is provided with a gas cooling heat exchanger. A driving gas feeder draws a portion of the mixture of quenching gas and raw gas from the mixing tube, passes ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5763544 | Cryogenic cooling of exothermic reactor Method and apparatus for effectively and safely using cryogenic liquid to cool a reactor vessel housing an exothermic reaction wherein the cryogenic liquid is subcooled, valved into the reactor in a downward direction, and shielded by annular coaxial shie... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5749937 | Fast quench reactor and method A fast quench reaction includes a reactor chamber having a high temperature heating means such as a plasma torch at its inlet and a restrictive convergent-divergent nozzle at its outlet end. Reactants are injected into the reactor chamber. The resulting h... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5648051 | Apparatus and method for quenching in hydroprocessing of a hydrocarbon feed stream An apparatus for quenching in hydroprocessing of a hydrocarbon feed stream, which provides a substantially continuous flow of uniformly distributed hydrogen and hydrocarbon liquid across a densely packed catalyst bed which substantially fills the entire v... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5589144 | Thermal barrier for an exhaust system The present invention relates to a thermal barrier coating applied to the inside surface of a catalytic converter and intake pipe between the manifold of an internal combustion engine and the catalytic converter. The catalytic converter and intake pipes a... | 12/31/1996 |
