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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8071062 | High temperature catalytic process to reduce emissions of carbon monoxide A method for oxidizing an amount of CO in a CO-containing gas stream, e.g., a combustion stream from fuel combustion, is provided. The method comprises exposing the CO-containing gas stream to a catalytic coating at reaction conditions, including at least 8 vol. % O... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7850937 | Catalytic system for removing carbon monoxide, and processor and fuel cell system using the same A catalytic system for CO removal includes a gold (Au) catalyst and a co-catalyst in contact with an aqueous phase, and a fuel cell system using the same. The catalytic system is relatively very simple compared to a common CO removal system, and can highly efficient... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7740819 | Process for purification of exhaust gases and catalyst used for purification of exhaust gases in this process The present invention has an object to more enhance the efficiency of the purification of the CO-containing exhaust gases with a catalytic-component-supporting type catalyst, particularly, to enable both achievement of high purification efficiency and long-term stab... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7736609 | Hydrogen purification system The present invention provides a system to purify hydrogen involving the use of a hydride compressor and catalytic converters combined with a process controller. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7687049 | Apparatus and process for removal of carbon monoxide One exemplary embodiment can be a process for lowering an amount of carbon monoxide in a stream rich in hydrogen. The process can include passing the stream rich in hydrogen through a carbon monoxide removal zone to produce a product stream having no more than about... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7674445 | Method for purifying hydrogen in a reformed gas A hydrogen purifying apparatus and method are provided for oxidizing and removing carbon monoxide (CO) in a modified gas containing CO in addition to a main component hydrogen gas. The apparatus and method use comprises a catalyst reaction segment having a catalyst ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7666377 | Method for the removal of carbon monoxide from a gas mixture The present invention discloses a method for removing carbon monoxide (CO) from a gas mixture containing CO including contacting the gas mixture with a nano-gold catalyst to reduce the CO content in the gas mixture by CO selective adsorption/oxidation, water gas shi... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7544341 | Method of removing carbon monoxide A carbon monoxide removing catalyst such as a ruthenium supporting catalyst is provided for removing, through oxidation thereof, carbon monoxide from an alcohol reformed gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide to be supplied to a fuel cell. For its activation, t... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7514057 | Process for selective oxidation of carbon monoxide in a hydrogen containing stream A method of making a composition, said method comprising, spraying a substance comprising platinum and iron into or onto an alumina-containing compound is disclosed. The resulting composition can then be used in a process for oxidizing carbon monoxide with free oxyg... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7399326 | Carbon monoxide clean-up in a PEM fuel cell system A fuel processor system is provided including an autothermal reactor (ATR), a pressure swing adsorber (PSA) located downstream of the ATR, and a methanation reactor located downstream of the PSA. A method of operating of proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack invo... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399458 | Fired equipment with catalytic converter and method of operating same A fired equipment system and process for operating same is provided that combines stationary industrial burner technology and a catalyst bed that converts pollutants formed during combustion of fuel and air in the burner to yield stack gases that need no further tre... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396516 | Manganese containing oxygen storage component comprising three-way catalyst composition A three-way catalyst (TWC) composition comprises a manganese-containing oxygen storage component (OSC) and at least one optionally doped alumina wherein where the at least one alumina is gamma-alumina it is doped with at least one of a rare earth metal, silicon, ger... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390768 | Stabilized tin-oxide-based oxidation/reduction catalysts The invention described herein involves a novel approach to the production of oxidation/reduction catalytic systems. The present invention serves to stabilize the tin oxide reducible metal-oxide coating by co-incorporating at least another metal-oxide species, such ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390347 | Zeolite membranes for selective oxidation of carbon monoxide in mixed hydrogen gas source Methods and apparatus are taught for selectively oxidizing carbon monoxide in a source of gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. A gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen is fed into a membrane reactor (10, 50, 60) capable of selectively absorbing t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390471 | Apparatus and method for catalytic treatment of exhaust gases An exhaust gas treatment apparatus (20) for reducing the concentration of NOx, HC and CO in an exhaust gas stream (18) such as produced by a gas turbine engine (12) of a power generating station (10). The treatment apparatus in... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384986 | Process for the selective methanation of carbonmonoxide (CO) contained in a hydrogen-rich reformate gas The present invention provides a methanation catalyst prepared by depositing Pt and Ru on a metal oxide carrier by incipient wetness impregnation or precipitation deposition, drying and calcining the deposited carrier to obtain a Pt—Ru/metal oxide catalyst. This c... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7361319 | Mixed metal oxide sorbents The present invention is directed to methods for reducing SOx, NOx, and CO emissions from a fluid stream comprising contacting said fluid stream with a compound comprising magnesium and aluminum and having an X-ray diffraction pattern displaying at least a reflectio... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357902 | Process for the removal of oxygen from olefin-containing process streams Process for the removal of oxygen from a gas mixture comprising oxygen, at least one olefin, hydrogen, carbon monoxide and optionally at least one alkyne, the ratio of oxygen:hydrogen in the gas mixture being 1 part by volume of oxygen to at least 5 parts by volume ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354562 | Simultaneous shift-reactive and adsorptive process to produce hydrogen A process for producing a high temperature COx-lean product gas from a high temperature COx-containing feed gas, includes: providing a sorption enhanced reactor containing a first adsorbent, a shift catalyst and a second adsorbent; feeding into... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338552 | Process and device for separating oil and volatile organic components from pressurized gases of a compression system A process and device for separating oil and volatile organic components from pressurized gases of a compression system in which, before oxidation-catalytic separation, a physical separation is performed to protect the oxidation-catalytic separator against a large am... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329627 | Ce/Cu/Mn-catalysts Disclosed is a mixed oxide catalyst, preferably for selective oxidation of CO in hydrogen rich gas mixtures, or in oxygen containing gas mixtures in the presence of water and carbon dioxide, comprising about 15 to 30 at.-% Cu, about 55 to 77 at.-% Mn and about 7.5 t... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325931 | Projection type video display An ion wind generator is provided at the back of a light source. The ion wind generator negatively ionizes air by corona discharges using negative-side needle electrodes and draws the negatively-ionized air to a ground-side mesh electrode to allow an airflow to be o... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326394 | Catalysts, methods of making catalysts, and methods of combustion Catalysts are described in which an active catalyst is disposed on a low surface area, oxide support. Methods of forming catalysts are described in which a Cr-containing metal is oxidized to form a chromium oxide layer and an active catalyst is applied directly on t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7309376 | Method and installation for producing breathable air The invention relates to a process for producing respirable air comprising the following stages: treatment of compressed air comprising an air-drying operation; and rehumidification of the treated dry air. According to the invention, the rehumidification stage of th... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7285258 | Conversion of CO to CO Gold oxide is precipitated together with iron oxide from a solution containing a gold source and an iron source; the gel formed thereby is washed, dried, ground to a size range of 0.85 mm to 4.25 mm, calcined and activated by passing a hydrogen and oxygen containing... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276095 | Fuel processor module for hydrogen production for a fuel cell engine using pressure swing adsorption A stand-alone fuel processor (10) for producing hydrogen from a hydrocarbon fuel for a fuel cell engine in a vehicle. The fuel processor (10) includes a primary reactor (14) that dissociates hydrogen and other by-products from the hydrocarbon fu... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270689 | Reformer A reformer for reacting a raw material gas to be reformed, with an oxidizing agent gas and a reforming agent gas in the presence of an oxidation catalyst and a reforming catalyst to obtain a hydrogen-containing gas, including: a set of catalyst layers consisting of ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267811 | Fuel reformer catalyst and absorbent materials Materials that are useful for absorption enhanced reforming (AER) of a fuel, including absorbent materials and catalyst materials, and methods for using such materials for the conversion of carbon-based fuels to a H2-rich product gas. The materials can be... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264788 | Fuel reformer catalyst and absorbent materials Materials that are useful for absorption enhanced reforming (AER) of a fuel, including absorbent materials and catalyst materials and methods for using the materials. The materials can be fabricated by spray processing. The use of the materials in AER can produce a ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261870 | Process for the reduction of carbon monoxide and carbonyl sulfide emissions Carbon monoxide and carbonyl sulfide emissions are reduced in manufacturing processes, including titanium tetrachloride production processes. Gas is contacted with CO, COS, and an oxygen-containing gas with a suitable catalyst. The catalyst may be a metal oxide cata... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256154 | Structured catalyst for POX reforming of gasoline for fuel-cell powered vehicles applications and a method of preparing the same The present invention relates to a structured catalyst for reforming of gasoline and a method of preparing the same, more particularly to a structured catalyst for reforming of gasoline for fuel-cell powered vehicles prepared by wash-coating the transition metal bas... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247599 | Preferential oxidation catalyst and process for preparing the same Disclosed is a process for preparing a stable PROX reaction catalyst, comprising the steps of (a) preparing a catalyst platinum supported on alumina; (b) calcinating the catalyst from step (a) at 300˜600° C. for 2˜4 hours; (c) contacting the catalyst obtained fro... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247592 | Method of activating catalyst for carbon monoxide removal A carbon monoxide removing catalyst such as a ruthenium supporting catalyst is provided for removing, through oxidation thereof, carbon monoxide from an alcohol reformed gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide to be supplied to a fuel cell. For its activation, t... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247188 | Particle producing method and particle producing apparatus A particle producing apparatus includes a reaction container, an introduction portion for introducing a source gas and a reaction inhibitor generating gas into the reaction container, an inert gas introduction portion for introducing a carrier gas into the reaction ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238333 | High activity water gas shift catalysts with no methane formation A method of reducing an amount of carbon monoxide in process fuel gas in a water gas shift converter with no methane formation. The method includes placing a high activity water gas shift catalyst system into a water gas shift converter; and passing the process fuel... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235223 | Method for operating a flue gas purification plant In a method for operating a flue gas purification plant (10) including a plurality of parallel of absorber chambers (11), in which in each absorber chamber (11), CO and NO are simultaneously oxidized by a catalyst in a first absorber (15)... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7211232 | Refractory exhaust filtering method and apparatus A method for catalytically cleaning an exhaust gas, including receiving the exhaust gas in an inlet channel, blocking the exhaust gas in the inlet channel, diffusing the exhaust gas through a porous substantially fibrous nonwoven wall of the inlet channel, reacting ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208128 | Manganese-based oxidation catalyst A catalyst for the oxidation of volatile organic compounds and carbon monoxide comprising manganese and alumina, such catalyst having been impregnated with a phosphorus compound. The presence of the phosphorus compound results in a significant oxidative conversion o... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195742 | Preferential oxidation reactor and process An apparatus for preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in a reformate flow includes a reactor defining a flow path for a reformate flow; at least one catalyst bed disposed along the flow path; and a distributor for distributing oxygen from an oxygen source to th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7189373 | Carbon monoxide removal from reformate gas Carbon monoxide contained in reformate gas is removed by a preferential oxidation reaction in a catalyst, two preferential oxidation reactors (20A, 20B) being disposed in series. Valves (7, 8) supply air containing oxygen as an oxidizing agent i... | 03/13/2007 |
