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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182758 | Apparatus and method for loading particulate material into vertical tubes An apparatus and method for loading particulate material in a vertical tube comprising at least one impact-absorbing module, a central axis and a sustaining wire to position the apparatus suspended in the interior of the tube in such a way as to allow loading and un... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8092756 | Catalyst withdrawal apparatus and method for regulating catalyst inventory in a unit Catalyst withdrawal apparatuses and methods for regulating catalyst inventory in one or more units are provided. In one embodiment, a catalyst withdrawal apparatus for removing catalyst from a FCC unit includes a vessel coupled to a flow control circuit. Another emb... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8043579 | Gas hydrate production apparatus and dewatering unit A gas hydrate production apparatus capable of reacting a raw gas with a raw water to thereby form a slurry gas hydrate and capable of removing water from the slurry gas hydrate by means of a gravitational dewatering unit. This gravitational dewatering unit is one in... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8007736 | Particulate material processing apparatus and particulate material processing system A particulate material processing apparatus has a vessel, a processing tank, and a dispersing member. The vessel has a charging port for charging a particulate material into the vessel. The processing tank receives the particulate material charged from the charging ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7842261 | Process for preparing resorbable polyesters by bulk polymerization The invention pertains to a process for preparing resorbable polyesters by bulk polymerization, wherein the reaction components are melted and homogenized in a reactor, the reaction mixture is then transferred into a polymerization reactor having a lumen defined by ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7815876 | Reactor pump for catalyzed hydrolytic splitting of cellulose The reactor pump for hydrolytic splitting of cellulose is configured to pump cellulose, under high pressure, with low availability of sugar into a reactor. The reactor has an upstream transition segment connected to a downstream reaction chamber. The transition segm... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7704466 | Self-propagating combustion cyclone reactor A self-propagating combustion cyclone reactor includes a reaction chamber delimited by a circumferential wall in which at least one reductant inlet and a plurality of oxidizer inlets are formed in a tangential manner. Reductant and oxidizer are fed, together with in... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7641872 | Apparatus for producing trichlorosilane In the apparatus for producing trichlorosilane in which metal silicon powder supplied into the reactor is reacted with hydrogen chloride gas while being fluidized by the gas, thereby taking out trichlorosilane generated by the reaction from the upper part of the rea... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7615198 | Apparatus for continuously feeding and pressurizing a solid material into a high pressure system A system for substantially continuously providing a solid material, for example pulverized coal, to a pressurized container. The system provides the solid material to a first container of a first pressure elevated above an initial pressure of the solid material. Gen... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7431899 | Apparatus for the continuous production of silicon oxide powder A silicon oxide powder can be continuously prepared by feeding a raw material powder mixture containing silicon dioxide powder into a reaction chamber (2) at a temperature of 1,100-1,600° C., to produce a silicon oxide gas, transferring the silicon oxide gas... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429361 | Method and apparatus for providing precursor gas to a processing chamber In one embodiment, an apparatus for generating a gaseous chemical precursor used in a vapor deposition processing system is provided which includes a canister comprising a sidewall, a top, and a bottom encompassing an interior volume therein, an inlet port and an ou... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7419643 | Methods and apparatus for recovering gypsum and magnesium hydroxide products The present invention provides methods and apparatus for treating flue gas containing sulfur dioxide using a scrubber, and more particularly relates to recovering gypsum and magnesium hydroxide products from the scrubber blowdown. The gypsum and magnesium hydroxide ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7361780 | Apparatus for producing hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylate and process for producing the same The present invention provides an apparatus for producing hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylate and method for producing hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylate, which can maintain high sealing performance even if the maintenance frequency of the blowdown valve is reduced. The apparatus fo... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341646 | Low energy method of pyrolysis of hydrocarbon materials such as rubber A low energy method of pyrolysis of rubber or other hydrocarbon material is provided. The hydrocarbon material is heated while maintaining a vacuum, using a clay catalyst. In an additional embodiment, also under a vacuum and optionally with or without the catalyst, ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7326263 | Method and apparatus for hydrogenating hydrocarbon fuels In the present invention, there is provided a process and an apparatus for hydrogenating hydrocarbon fuels. A receptacle is partly filled an aqueous solution containing sodium hydroxide. A hydrocarbon fuel is then introduced inside the receptacle atop the aqueous so... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322301 | System and method for processing sewage sludge and other wet organic based feedstocks to generate useful end products A system and method are disclosed for processing sewerage sludge and other organic based feedstocks, in an energy efficient manner that minimizes or eliminates unwanted byproducts, including pathogens, and generates useful environmentally safe products. The sewage s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309540 | Electrical power source designs and components Provided, among other things, is ion-conductive membrane assembly comprising: a porous core; and sandwiching the porous core therebetween, two ion-conductive membranes; wherein the porous core is adapted to retain a ion-conductive liquid. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7294313 | Device and method for producing ammonia from solid urea pellets A device for producing ammonia from urea pellets includes a pellet dispensing device, a pellet accelerator, a pellet shooting channel, and an ammonia reactor having a chamber or zone for shooting in urea pellets and a pellet deflector arranged on an end of the shoot... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285251 | Tool for loading reactor tubes The present invention provides a tool that can be used to load catalyst into a chemical reactor. In a preferred embodiment, the tool may also be used to measure the outage in the reactor tube. Also in a preferred embodiment, the tool provides a way to prevent dust f... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282073 | Method and system for generating hydrogen by dispensing solid and liquid fuel components Hydrogen is generated through the use of a fuel solution that is prepared using solid fuel component, e.g., a metal borohydride, and a liquid fuel component, e.g. water. Both of these components are dispensed in response to control signals. The solid fuel component ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279139 | Agitation type powder dissolving apparatus for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel An agitation type powder dissolving apparatus comprises a dissolving tank into which powder of spent nuclear fuel is to be supplied, an agitating member rotatably disposed in the dissolving tank, and rise inhibiting structure, disposed in the dissolving tank above t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276224 | Synthesis of nanoporous particles Methods of producing nanoporous particles by spray pyrolysis of a precursor composition including a reactive precursor salt and a nonreactive matrix salt are provided, wherein the matrix salt is used as a templating medium. Nanoporous aluminum oxide particles produc... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267803 | Degassing apparatus A degassing apparatus for use with a polymerisation reactor is disclosed. Slurry from the reactor is discharged into a flask tank (3) in which monomers or dilluent vaporise to form a gas. Filler units (9, 10) are provided at the upper part of the flash... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241323 | Pyrolysis process for producing fuel gas Solid waste resource recovery in space is effected by pyrolysis processing, to produce light gases as the main products (CH4, H2, CO2, CO, H2O, NH3) and a reactive carbon-rich char as the main byproduct. Signifi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226566 | Method of producing charcoal, conditioned fuel gas and potassium from biomass The invention provides a process for the production of charcoal, fuel gas, and potassium from a biomass gassifier. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217399 | Method and reaction apparatus for treating object with gas There are disclosed a method and a reaction apparatus which can safely and continuously treat/discharge especially a short object to be treated without any direct contact with a gas atmosphere, and which surely/efficiently treats the object with a gas without any un... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214352 | Increased capacity reactor and its use A cylindrical reactor containing a radial particle bed suitable for hydrocarbon reforming comprises: a reactor inlet (1) having a means of feeding a charge, numerous perforated, internal conduits (5) arranged around the periphery of the reactor and par... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214252 | Method and device for pyrolyzing and gasifying organic substances or substance mixtures An apparatus for pyrolysis and gasification of organic substances and mixtures thereof is provided with a pyrolysis reactor (1), a fluidized-bed firing (3) for pyrolysis residue, a reaction zone (2) for the pyrolysis gases (13) and circul... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211765 | Shielding gas and arc-welding method The invention relates to a shielding gas for use in the arc welding of metallic work pieces. The invention further relates to a process for the arc welding of metallic work pieces using consumable electrodes, whereby a shielding gas stream is supplied to the work pi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194962 | Versatile rapid thermal process oven A versatile oven for converting carbon based natural resources and waste material to hydrocarbon vapor and carbon char utilizing rapid thermal processing and having the capability of utilizing a portion of the relatively inexpensive carbon based material being proce... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182028 | System and method for the pyrolization of waste A system for the pyrolization of waste has a combustion chamber with a fuel inlet and a hot gas outlet, a pyrolization chamber separated from the combustion chamber, and a conveyor means positioned within the pyrolization chamber for moving waste from the waste inle... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182861 | System for separating electrophotographic carrier compositions and recycling the compositions A method for use in two-components electrostatic image developers is disclosed, in which secure separation of a carrier coating resinous materials from a core magnetic material is achieved without affecting the properties of the core materials through process steps ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179443 | Powder metal hydride hydrogen generator A system for generating hydrogen gas for use in a fuel cell includes a powder metal hydride source, a water source, a mixing device and a catalytic hydrogen generating chamber. A method of generating hydrogen for use in a fuel cell includes the steps of: providing a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169197 | Pyrolysis processing for solid waste resource recovery Solid waste resource recovery in space is effected by pyrolysis processing, to produce light gases as the main products (CH4, H2, CO2, CO, H2O, NH3) and a reactive carbon-rich char as the main byproduct. Signifi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7135151 | Apparatus for feed contacting with immediate catalyst separation A particular arrangement of an FCC unit creates an immediate and sustained gravity separation of catalyst and hydrocarbon vapors in short contact time cracking operation. A transverse feed contactor ejects the mixture of catalyst and hydrocarbon vapors transversely ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7105146 | Method and apparatus for hydration of calcium oxide An improved system for slaking of lime which does not rely on the weighing of materials delivered to the vessel where the mixing takes place. A control system is utilized to control the volume of lime and water delivered to insure that a preselected temperature is o... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7067107 | Furnace and steam reforming process A steam reforming furnace has a plurality of substantially vertical reformer tubes. Each reformer tube has a feed inlet at its lower end, an outlet at its upper end, and a catalyst containment zone disposed intermediate its upper and lower ends and contains a charge... | 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 |