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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182776 | Process for operating a fossil fuel fired power plant An integrated process for operating a fossil fuel fired power plant including: producing hydrogen gas and an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide via a process including: dissociating hydrogen gas and oxygen gas from water; pressurizing the hydrogen gas and the oxy... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182775 | Dry-scrubbing media compositions and methods of production and use Dry-scrubbing media compositions, methods of preparing same, and methods of use are provided. The compositions contain activated alumina and potassium carbonate. Optionally, activated carbon and other impregnates, such as sulfates of group 1A metals, are included in... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8168148 | Flue-gas purification and reclamation system and method thereof A flue-gas purification system includes a flue-gas cycling system, a reactor, an absorbent adding system having at least a catalytic absorbent, wherein the catalytic absorbent is being gasified for reacting with the flue-gas in the reactor in a homogenous gas-gas ph... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168147 | Sorbents for the oxidation and removal of mercury A promoted activated carbon sorbent is described that is highly effective for the removal of mercury from flue gas streams. The sorbent comprises a new modified carbon form containing reactive forms of halogen and halides. Optional components may be added to increas... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8153090 | Cold selective catalytic reduction A system to control the emissions of a fluid stream in a cyclical fashion utilizing an up-flow cycle and a down-flow cycle. The system may include a first inlet and a first outlet at a first end of the system and a second inlet and a second outlet at a second end of... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153089 | Exhaust filter system for non-road engine An exhaust filter system, adapted for removing substances entrained in an exhaust gas from a nonroad engine, includes a casing having a filter cavity for communicating with an exhaust outlet of the generator and a filter core which includes a plurality of filtering ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142744 | Integrated boiler and air pollution control systems An air pollution control system includes an emission treatment system configured to receive flue gas, to reduce at least one pollutant therefrom, and to output emission treated flue gas. A first air heater in fluid communication with the emission treatment system in... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137649 | Systems and methods for removing gaseous pollutants from a gas stream Horizontal gas-liquid scrubbing systems and associated gas scrubbing methodologies are provided. In one embodiment, a horizontal duct scrubbing system includes a horizontally disposed housing having a waste gas inlet and a treated gas outlet, a liquid inlet manifold... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137648 | Diesel engine exhaust treatment system and method including a platinum group metal trapping device A diesel engine exhaust treatment system and method is provided which includes a platinum group metal trapping device (16) comprising cerium oxide or a perovskite material positioned between a diesel oxidation catalyst and an SCR catalyst. The platinum group ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8119087 | Method of stablizing and solidifying elemental mercury using sulfur and paraffin Provided is a method of stabilizing and solidifying elemental mercury using sulfur and paraffin. The method includes reacting elemental mercury with sulfur to prepare a mercury sulfide compound, adding a mixture of the mercury sulfide compound and the remaining sulf... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119088 | SCR on low thermal mass filter substrates Provided are selective catalytic reduction (SCR) filters that effectively provide simultaneous treatment of particulate matter and NOx. Provided also are methods for reducing NOx concentration and particulate matter in a diesel engine exhaust b... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114368 | Sorbents for coal combustion Sorbent compositions containing halogen and calcium are added to coal to mitigate the release of sulfur and/or other harmful elements, including mercury, into the environment during combustion of coal containing natural levels of mercury. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114367 | Systems and methods for carbon capture and sequestration and compositions derived therefrom A method of sequestering a greenhouse gas is described, which comprises: (i) providing a solution carrying a first reagent that is capable of reacting with a greenhouse gas; (ii) contacting the solution with a greenhouse gas under conditions that promote a reaction ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110164 | Flue-Gas purification and reclamation system and method thereof A flue-gas purification system includes a flue-gas cycling system, a reactor, an absorbent adding system having at least a catalytic absorbent, wherein the catalytic absorbent is being gasified for reacting with the flue-gas in the reactor in a homogenous gas-gas ph... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110163 | Complexation and removal of heavy metals from flue gas desulfurization systems A method for the reduction of the emission of mercury into the environment from the burning of fossil fuels with the use of polydithiocarbamic compounds. The polydithiocarbamic compounds are used for the capture of mercury from the resulting flue gases using a flue ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105558 | Carbon dioxide sequestration materials and processes The disclosure provides methods and systems for sequestering and/or reducing carbon dioxide present in an industrial effluent fluid stream containing carbon dioxide. A scrubbing material comprising a first component, a second component (distinct from the first compo... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101144 | Scrubber for removing heavy metals from gases A wet scrubber for absorbing elemental heavy metal from a gas stream, a liquor for a wet scrubber, and a power-plant comprising a wet scrubber are described. The wet scrubber includes a vessel having a gas inlet and outlet. In the vessel is a liquor including a oxid... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092766 | Redox method for capture of total gaseous mercury by wet FGD A method for capturing gaseous elemental mercury in a flue gas wherein a soluble mercury oxidizer is utilized to oxidize gaseous elemental mercury at a gas-liquid interface of a wet scrubber, and oxidized mercury product is removed prior to re-emission. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088348 | Air pollution control system and method for coal combustion boiler An air pollution control system for a coal combustion boiler includes: a NOx removing apparatus that reduces nitrogen oxide contained in flue gas emitted from this coal combustion boiler, an air pre-heater that recovers heat in the gas, a precipitator 15 that... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8075858 | Trumpet shaped element and process for minimizing solid and gaseous pollutants from waste off-gasses and liquid streams An injector element that can be used to inject pollution reacting chemicals or other reactants into a container of waste gas or aqueous streams so as to improve the function of the process by removing any pollutants contained therein. This injector element has an ex... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071060 | Flue gas control system of coal combustion boiler and operating method thereof A flue gas control system of a coal combustion boiler comprises an HCl atomizer that sprays hydrogen chloride to flue gas from a coal combustion boiler that uses coal as a fuel; NOx removing apparatus that removes nitrogen oxides by ammonia denitration by... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8048391 | Purifier comprising a photocatalytic filter The present invention relates to a gas purifier containing a filtering media having a photocatalytic action, a system for illuminating said media with UV radiation, a time-delay means or a volatile organic compound analyzer, and a means for automatically adjusting t... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048392 | Method for the cleaning of off-gas The present invention relates to a method for cleaning off-gas comprising the following steps: 1. Sulphur dioxide is separated from the off-gas by way of at least one first scrubber stage (c) by means of ammonia or ammonium compoun... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043587 | Reverse flow reactor A reactor cools humidifies gases produced by combustion or the like. The reactor has a chamber with an inlet at a lower end to receive a flow of gas, and an outlet at a upper end. The gas flows in a generally upward direction through the reactor. The horizontal cros... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043586 | Methods of using adsorption media for separating or removing constituents Methods of using an adsorption medium to remove at least one constituent from a feed stream. The method comprises contacting an adsorption medium with a feed stream comprising at least one constituent and removing the at least one constituent from the feed stream. T... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8034309 | Photocatalytic process using hydrophilifiable material In a formulation comprising titanium dioxide as a photocatalyst and an amphoteric metal oxide (alumina or the like) or a basic metal oxide (barium oxide, strontium oxide or the like) as a material having a base point, when a nitrogen oxide (nitrogen monoxide) comes ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034310 | High-efficiency catalytic converters for treating exhaust gases Several embodiments of high-efficiency catalytic converters and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a catalytic converter for treating a flow of exhaust gas comprising a reaction chamber, a heating enclosure enclosing at least a portion ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025860 | Removal of acid mists Acid mist may be removed efficiently from a gas stream using at least one fiber bed mist eliminator operating at elevated pressure of typically at least 2 bar (0.2 MPa), e.g. at about 4 bar (0.4 MPa) to about 50 bar (5 MPa). The invention has particular application ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8017096 | Method of removing mercury from exhaust gas using chlorine compound There is provided an effective method for removing mercury comprising injecting NaClO2 into an emission gas containing elemental mercury and NOx; converting the elemental mercury to oxidized mercury by using oxidizing agents produced by the NaC... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012438 | Wet scrubber additive for simultaneous removal of oxides and metals from a gas A method for controlling multipollutant (e.g., SO2, NOx, Hg0 and Hg2+) emissions from a gas stream of a stationary combustion source, an apparatus for controlling multipollutant emissions, and a wet scrubber additive compo... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007748 | Method of treating fluid containing vapor phase metals, vapor phase metal compounds, or both Perlite, particularly, perlite in powdered form, is employed to adsorb metals and metal compounds from fluids, in particular gases at elevated temperature. Treatment of perlite by boiling with sulfuric acid or suspending in a suspension of sulfur in carbon disulfide... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007749 | Method for scavenging mercury Disclosed herein is a method for removing mercury from a gas stream comprising contacting the gas stream with a getter composition comprising bromine, bromochloride, sulphur bromide, sulphur dichloride or sulphur monochloride and mixtures thereof. In one preferred e... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003067 | Apparatus and methods for ambient air abatement of electronic manufacturing effluent An abatement system is provided which includes 1) an abatement unit adapted to abate effluent; and 2) an ambient air supply system. The ambient air supply system includes an air moving device, wherein the ambient air supply system is adapted to supply ambient air to... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8003068 | Hydrogen chloride supply system, air pollution control system, and hydrogen chloride supply control system An air pollution control system comprises: a carry-in tank truck that carries in a feedstock, i.e., concentrated hydrochloric acid (35% hydrochloric acid); a hydrogen chloride vaporizer that vaporizes the concentrated hydrochloric acid to obtain hydrogen chloride; a... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7993615 | Integrated flue gas dehumidification and wet cooling tower system A method and system for dehumidifying flue gas from a flue gas generating. Water is supplied from a cooling tower to a heat exchanger in the liquid in the lower end of a wet flue gas processor for cooling the liquid in the lower end of the wet flue gas processor to ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988939 | Sorbents for coal combustion Sorbent compositions containing halogen and calcium are added to coal to mitigate the release of sulfur and/or other harmful elements, including mercury, into the environment during combustion of coal containing natural levels of mercury. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7976800 | Integrated exhaust gas cooling system and method An integrated exhaust gas cooling system and method, including an expansion joint linking the system to an upstream source of exhaust gas and a pre-oxidation section through which exhaust gas travels. A hot temperature zone in which the exhaust gas is maintained at ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7964166 | Process for removing contaminants from gas streams The present invention provides for process for inhibiting the levels of nitrogen oxides in process gas streams from sulfuric acid regeneration and production plants. The process gas stream from the waste heat boiler and the candle mist eliminator is contacted with o... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7955577 | Reducing mercury emissions from the burning of coal Sorbent components containing calcium, alumina, and silica are used in combination during coal combustion to produce environmental benefits. Sorbents are added to the coal ahead of combustion and/or are added into the flame or downstream of the flame, preferably at ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955576 | Process for the removal of heavy metals from gases A composition, containing vanadium and a support, wherein at least a portion of the vanadium has crystallite sizes of less than about 100 Å as determined by an analytical method such as X-Ray Diffraction, is disclosed. A method of preparing such composition is als... | 06/07/2011 |
