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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8133464 | Hydrogen production from formic acid The present invention relates to a method of producing hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide in a catalytic reaction from formic acid, said reaction being conducted in an aqueous solution over a wide temperature range and already at room temperature (25° C.). The reactio... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8012446 | Recycle TSA regen gas to boiler for oxyfuel operations NO2 may be removed from a carbon dioxide feed gas comprising NOx and at least one “non-condensable” gas as contaminants by passing the feed gas at a first elevated pressure through a first adsorption system that selectively adsorbs at least... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007753 | Catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbon gas A process for the catalytic oxidation of a hydrocarbon gas comprising the steps of releasing pulses of a compressed hydrocarbon gas into an expansion chamber (8) and passing the expanded hydrocarbon gas over a catalytic converter (11) to oxidize the hy... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7927573 | Multi-stage process for purifying carbon dioxide and producing acid Carbon dioxide is purified by processes employing NOx-rich sulfuric acid that can be formed by removal of SO2 from the carbon dioxide. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927572 | Purifying carbon dioxide and producing acid Carbon dioxide is purified by processes employing NOx-rich sulfuric acid that can be formed by removal of SO2 from the carbon dioxide. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7883682 | Carbon dioxide rich off-gas from a two stage gasification process A process for gasification is provided for a non-catalytic, two-stage gasification process for gasification of a carbonaceous material. The reactor system generally comprises combustion in a first reaction zone and combustion in a second reaction zone. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7846413 | Systems and processes for producing hydrogen and carbon dioxide A process and a system are provided for producing and separating hydrogen and carbon dioxide from a hydrocarbon and steam. A hydrocarbon and steam are steam reformed and the reformed gas is shift reacted to produce a shift gas. Hydrogen is removed from the shift gas... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7427368 | Synthesis gas and carbon dioxide generation method A method of generating a synthesis gas product stream and carbon dioxide in which a fuel is combusted in an oxygen transport membrane combustor to produce a flue gas stream containing the carbon dioxide and water. Reforming duty is divided between a combined reformi... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7419648 | Process for the production of hydrogen and carbon dioxide The present invention pertains to a process for the production of hydrogen and carbon dioxide from hydrocarbons involving: a) supplying a gaseous stream of hydrocarbons and a molecular-oxygen containing gas to a first reaction zone having a fluidized be... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416716 | Purification of carbon dioxide SO2 and/or NOx are removed from gaseous CO2 at elevated pressure(s) in the presence of molecular oxygen and water and, when SO2 is to be removed, NOx, to convert SO2 to sulfuric acid and/or NOx | 08/26/2008 |
| 7404942 | Process for the production of hydrogen and the co-production of carbon dioxide Process for the production of hydrogen and the co-production of carbon dioxide in separate streams comprising the following operations: feeding of a solid to a first reaction zone (R1) in which a liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon, preferably natural gas or methan... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7374737 | Use of a tiOcomposition as catalyst for hydrolyzing COS and/or HCN The invention concerns the use of a composition based on TiO2 as a catalyst for hydrolyzing COS and/or HCN in a gas mixture, said composition comprising at least 1% by weight of at least one sulphate of an alkaline-earth metal selected from calcium, bariu... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371362 | Catalytic wet oxidation of lactose A process for converting lactose into carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide using catalytic wet oxidation. Oxygen gas and an aqueous solution of lactose are fed to a reactor comprising a Pt/Al2O3 catalyst, a Mn/Ce catalyst or a Pt/Mn—Ce catal... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363764 | Gas turbine power plant and method of operating the same A method of operating a gas turbine power plant and gas turbine power plant are disclosed wherein hydrogen for the combusting process is produced by feeding natural gas mixed with steam through a membrane/partial oxidation reactor and converting the natural gas at l... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351393 | Star shaped alumina extrudates and catalyst based thereon This invention is directed to star shaped alumina extrudates with a pore volume in the pores of a diameter over 1000 nm, as determined by mercury porosity, of at least 0.05 ml/g and a total pore volume between 0.5-0.75 ml/g. The extrudates have a length of between 2... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348295 | Gas separation using molecular sieve SSZ-74 The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-74 prepared using a hexamethylene-1,6-bis-(N-methyl-N-pyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in gas separations. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7338563 | Process for cleaning hydrocarbons from soils A combination of parallel processes is disclosed to provide optimal re-mediation operations for contaminated soil. Soils with high levels of heavy petroleum hydrocarbons are directed to a thermal process for destruction in a combustion process. Carbon dioxide genera... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332147 | Process for reforming hydrocarbons with carbon dioxide by the use of a selectively permeable membrane reactor A process is provided for reforming a hydrocarbon with carbon dioxide using a selectively permeable membrane reactor including a catalyst for accelerating a chemical reaction and a selectively permeable membrane exhibiting selective permeability, wherein a carbon di... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332146 | Method for zero emission liquid hydrogen production from methane and landfill gas Processes, methods, systems and devices for zero emission liquid hydrogen production directly from a variety of methane sources, such as natural gas and landfill gas, are disclosed. Five embodiments of plant designs for liquid hydrogen production are presented. The ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329359 | Application of catalysts for destruction of organic compounds in liquid media A method of destroying an organic compound in liquid media comprising: contacting said liquid media with a catalyst of formula: nN/Ce1−xZrcBbB′b′B″b″O2−δ wherein n is a percentage from 0 ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7285259 | Sintering resistant catalyst material and a method for the preparation thereof Preparation of sintering resistant hexaaluminates, AAl11O18, wherein A is an alka-line earth or rare earth metal, and more particularly lanthanum, by a combination of sol-gel and microemulsion techniques using a water soluble salt of A, and a method of forming spher... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282189 | Production of hydrogen and removal and sequestration of carbon dioxide from coal-fired furnaces and boilers Methods for reducing and eliminating carbon dioxide from the emissions of solid fuel fired power plants, particularly coal fired power plants, and to sequester the carbon dioxide, typically by using existing equipment. In some embodiments, the methods involve pyroly... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276221 | Carbonated water produced by diamond vaporization A method of producing carbonated water comprises the steps of adding liquid oxygen to a vessel, heating a diamond or quantity of diamonds, and adding the heated diamond(s) to the liquid oxygen to produce carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is next infused into water ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270798 | Noble metal-free nickel catalyst formulations for hydrogen generation The invention relates to methods of using noble metal-free nickel catalysts to generate a hydrogen-rich gas from gas mixtures containing carbon monoxide and water, such as water-containing syngas mixtures, where the nickel may exist in either a supported or a bulk s... | 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 |
| 7250151 | Methods of conducting simultaneous endothermic and exothermic reactions Integrated Combustion Reactors (ICRS) and methods of making ICRs are described in which combustion chambers (or channels) are in direct thermal contact to reaction chambers for an endothermic reaction. Particular reactor designs are also described. Processes of cond... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250150 | Chemical reactor with pressure swing adsorption A chemical reaction is performed with separation of the product(s) and reactant(s) by pressure swing adsorption (PSA), using an apparatus having a plurality of adsorbers cooperating with first and second valve assemblies in a PSA module. The PSA cycle is characteriz... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7217398 | Deposition reactor with precursor recycle A reactor vessel is provided with a solvent in a supercritical PVT state for use in depositing films on a deposition substrate. A metal organic precursor is dissolved in the supercritical solvent, as is a reaction agent. A chemical reaction deposits a film, such as ... | 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 |
| 7183329 | Process for the activation of a catalyst comprising a cobalt compound and a support A process for the preparation of a catalyst which comprises activating a catalyst precursor comprising a cobalt compound and a support with a gas comprising at least 5 mol % of a hydrocarbon. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174744 | Method of improving the biocidal efficacy of dry ice A manufactured dry ice product containing ozone entrapped or absorbed on said dry ice. The dry ice product can be used to chill and preserve food products and provides the added benefit of ozonation of the food product to kill bacteria. Novel processes for ozonating... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163648 | Method for manufacturing a hydrogen and nitrogen containing gas mixture The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a hydrogen- and nitrogen containing gas mixture, where a mixture of steam and a carbon containing gas is fed to the retentate side of at least one hydrogen transport membrane syngas and sweep gas generator ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7148178 | Combination of a guard bed and a copper-containing catalyst bed A catalyst bed combination comprising a bed of a particulate copper-containing catalyst and, upstream of the catalyst bed, a guard bed in the form of shaped units formed from lead oxide particles and a particulate support material. The guard bed extends the life of ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7119237 | Process and catalyst for preparing alcohols Alcohols prepared by reacting carboxylic acids and/or carboxylic esters with hydrogen in the presence of a special catalyst. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7076969 | System for supply and delivery of high purity and ultrahigh purity carbon dioxide A system for the supply and delivery of a high or a ultrahigh purity (UHP) carbon dioxide product stream to at least one process tool within a manufacturing facility and method comprising same is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system is comprised of the fo... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076970 | System for supply and delivery of carbon dioxide with different purity requirements A system for the bulk supply and delivery of a carbon dioxide product stream to at least one process tool in a plurality of applications at varying pressure, purity or other process parameter within a manufacturing facility and method comprising same is disclosed he... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
