Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163066 | Carbon dioxide capture/regeneration structures and techniques New and useful system and method concepts are provided, for removing carbon dioxide from a flow of carbon dioxide laden air. More specifically, a sorbent structure is used in new and useful structures and techniques to bind carbon dioxide in a carbon dioxide laden a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8147590 | Fluid filter separator and method A filter separator and method, including an annular microfilter and a separation chamber within the microfilter including a plurality of mixing blades circulating fluid upwardly and downward within the chamber. When the apparatus is used to purify syngas, adherent m... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142548 | Method and apparatus for enhanced mercury removal A method and apparatus for treating a coal combustion flue gas. In one embodiment, the method includes injecting a halogen into a flue gas, and injecting partially combusted, carbon enriched alkaline coal ash solid particles into the flue gas ahead of a particulate ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133303 | Apparatus and method for controlling mercury pollution from a cement plant A method and apparatus for reducing discharges into the atmosphere of mercury pollutants associated with dry process, precalciner cement manufacturing is shown. Raw feed meal used in cement production is heated in a special heating chamber to drive off volatile merc... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8088199 | Method for kraft waste reclamation A method for obtaining particulate calcium carbonate having an average particle size less than about 12 microns is provided. The method includes the steps of (1) withdrawing from a pulp mill a mixture containing calcium carbonate; (2) treating the mixture to remove ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8080088 | Flue gas mercury control An adsorbent composition for removing mercury from a flue gas stream, and a method of its use. The composition is a powdered activated carbon having at least one of a halogen-containing component and an alkaline component dispersed thereon. A flow agent can be compo... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8034163 | Apparatus and process for preparing sorbents for mercury control at the point of use A system for treating a contaminated gas stream is provided that includes a comminution device 204 operable to effect size reduction of a plurality of sorbent particles and form a plurality of comminuted particles, a plurality of nozzles 224 distribute... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8003266 | Fuel cell and method of operating same A fuel cell is provided which can supply the stable power and has higher reliability and a longer period of life without the influence of the circumstances and the operation conditions. An absorbent disposed near an oxidant electrode of a fuel cell including a fuel ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7959712 | Continuous concentration system and method for volatile organic compounds using moving-bed reactor A continuous concentration system for volatile organic compounds for concentrating volatile organic compounds that undergo an absorption process and a removal process includes: a moving-bed chamber in which modules for absorbing volatile organic compounds are absorb... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7896951 | Reducing carbon dioxide (CO) emissions from the burning of a fossil fuel A system for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from gasses generated in burning fossil fuel, includes a vessel, separator and reheater. The upper portion of the vessel receives downward flowing, first type solid particles capable of absorbing heat from upward flowin... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7875102 | Method for managing the use of flow-through monolithic sorbents for the sorption of a trace contaminant from a fluid stream A method for managing the use of flow-through monolithic sorbents for the sorption of a trace contaminant from a fluid stream, which comprises: providing two or more flow-through monolithic sorbents having a trace contaminant sorbed thereon, wherein the flow-through... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7854789 | System and process for controlling pollutant emissions in a cement production facility A system and method for controlling pollutant emissions in a cement manufacturing facility. The system comprises first and second particulate control devices in series and a sorbent supply provided downstream of the first particulate control device. Exhaust process ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7833315 | Method and system for reducing mercury emissions in flue gas Method and a system for capturing mercury in a flue gas are provided. The method includes partially oxidizing a carbonaceous solid fuel in a gasifier such that a thermally activated carbon-containing solid sorbent and gaseous gasification products are generated wher... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7794524 | Method and apparatus for removing contaminants from industrial processing plants A method and apparatus for removing purifying vaporizable contaminants such as mercury from a particulate material. Particulate material is first contacted with heated gases to vaporize the contaminants and entrain the material in the gases. The gases are directed t... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7780763 | Method of desorbing a volatile component from a spent adsorbent with rotating packed bed and method of recovering 2,2,3,3-tetrafluro-1-propanol from a gas stream by adsorption A method of desorbing a volatile component from a spent adsorbent is disclosed, which includes flowing a stream of supercritical carbon dioxide through a rotating packed bed of the spent adsorbent; and collecting an effluent from the rotating packed bed, which conta... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7766997 | Method of reducing an amount of mercury in a flue gas The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a method of reducing an amount of mercury discharged to an environment in a flue gas (12) generated by combustion of a fuel source. The method includes contacting the flue gas with a moist pulverous material upst... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7753992 | Methods of manufacturing mercury sorbents and removing mercury from a gas stream Sorbents for removal of mercury and other pollutants from gas streams, such as a flue gas stream from coal-fired utility plants, and methods for their manufacture and use are disclosed. The methods include injecting fluid cracking catalyst particles into a flue gas ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7731780 | Apparatus and process for preparing sorbents for mercury control at the point of use A system for treating a contaminated gas stream is provided that includes a comminution device 204 operable to effect size reduction of a plurality of sorbent particles and form a plurality of comminuted particles, a plurality of nozzles 224 distribute... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7615101 | High energy dissociation for mercury control systems An apparatus and method for controlling mercury emissions in the gas stream from a fuel fired system includes a chamber for creating dissociated halogen to be supplied to the gas stream, with or without carbonaceous material. ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7594956 | Temperature swing adsorption system A method for removing one or more strongly adsorbed components (SAC) from a process gas stream having SAC and other gaseous components adjusts the temperature of the SAC-laden process gas stream to be between about 80° and about 500° C. The temperature-adjusted pr... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7569095 | Method for drying a gas and device applied thereby Method for drying a gas from a compressor (1) by means of a drier (2) of the type which consists of a pressure tank (3) with a drying zone (4) and a regeneration zone (5), with a rotor (6) which is composed of a drying eleme... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7361209 | Apparatus and process for preparing sorbents for mercury control at the point of use A system for treating a contaminated gas stream is provided that includes a comminution device 204 operable to effect size reduction of a plurality of sorbent particles and form a plurality of comminuted particles, a plurality of nozzles 224 distribute... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7326275 | Method and apparatus for inferring hydrocarbon level in a scrubber A flow-through carbon adsorption device is provided with leads for imposing an electric current and with a temperature sensor at the desorption flow exit. The temperature sensor and electric current source are controlled by a controller. In adsorption mode, no curre... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326346 | High capacity regenerable sorbent for removal of arsenic and other toxic ions from drinking water The present invention is directed to a sorbent comprising a disordered polyvalent metal oxide on the surface of an inert substrate. The substrate can be a layered silicate, such as vermiculite, an aluminosilicate such as montmorillonite, or a nonlayered silicate suc... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7244288 | Pulsed vapor desorber Vapor concentrators are used to provide a higher concentration of trace target vapor than would normally be available in the environment. This is accomplished by allowing the trace target vapor to adsorb onto a concentrating surface and subsequently releasing the tr... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238223 | Acoustical stimulation of vapor diffusion system and method An apparatus for removing constituents from a fluid stream is provided. The apparatus includes a duct, a collection device, a sorbent injector, and an acoustic generator. The duct has a fluid passageway to receive a fluid stream having constituents. The collection d... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7214254 | Method of removing mercury from mercury contaminated materials A method of reducing mercury levels in a mercury contaminated material using microwave energy. The method comprises the steps of (a) placing the mercury contaminated material in a microwave reactor; (b) providing a stream of gas in the microwave reactor, the stream ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7183235 | High capacity regenerable sorbent for removing arsenic and other toxic ions from drinking water The present invention is directed to a sorbent comprising a disordered polyvalent metal oxide on the surface of an inert substrate. The substrate can be a layered silicate, such as vermiculite, an aluminosilicate such as montmorillonite, or a nonlayered silicate suc... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7166149 | Adsorption process for continuous purification of high value gas feeds Using a high pressure rotary adsorbent wheel, a high value compressed gas feed can be purified by concentrating the impurity such as water, condensing it out, before final purification. Instead of exhausting gas from the system, the effluent can be put back into the... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150779 | Modulated acoustic agglomeration system and method An acoustic agglomerator for agglomerating constituents in a fluid is provided. The acoustic agglomerator includes an area containing a fluid having constituents and an acoustic generator operable to generate a modulated acoustic field to enhance agglomeration of th... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7141091 | Method and apparatus for removing particulate and vapor phase contaminants from a gas stream The present invention provides methods for removing particulate and a vapor phase contaminant from a gas stream including, in one embodiment, directing a gas stream comprising fly ash and a vapor phase contaminant into a particulate collection device, wherein the pa... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141093 | Hydrated lime kiln dust recirculation method for gas scrubbing A method of scrubbing a gas stream with re-circulated kiln dust when the kiln dust is hydrated to form a sorbent. The sorbent is re-circulated with un-reacted flue gas stream for scrubbing. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7101414 | Rotary bed sorption system including at least one recycled isolation loop, and methods of designing and operating such a system A method of reducing the sorbate concentration of a process fluid stream using a sorption bed system includes the following steps. A mass of a sorbent material is rotated so that, in a cycle of operation, a given volume of the sorbent mass sequentially passes throug... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7048781 | Chemically-impregnated silicate agents for mercury control The present invention is directed to a contaminant removal agent comprising a polyvalent metal sulfide on the surface of an inert substrate. The substrate can be a layered silicate, such as vermiculite, an aluminosilicate such as montmorillonite, or a nonlayered sil... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048779 | Method of removing mercury from exhaust gases of coal fired power plants and associated apparatus A method of removing mercury from a coal fired power plant exhaust gas includes passing the exhaust gas through a bulk particle filter to remove coarse particles, introducing powdered activated carbon into the exhaust gas downstream of the bulk particle filter, intr... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6942719 | Methods and systems for pressure swing regeneration for hydrogen generation Methods and systems for pressure swing absorption for hydrogen generation are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes absorbing at least one oxide of carbon with a pressure swing absorber from a steam reformation of methane. The steam reformation may occur a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942840 | Method for removal and stabilization of mercury in mercury-containing gas streams The present invention is directed to a process and apparatus for removing and stabilizing mercury from mercury-containing gas streams. A gas stream containing vapor phase elemental and/or speciated mercury is contacted with reagent, such as an oxygen-containing oxid... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939395 | ADSORBER FOR CLEANING RAW GASES, FILTER MODULE COMPRISING SUCH AN ADSORBER, FILTER UNIT COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO SUCH FILTER MODULES, AND DEVICE FOR CONDITIONING OUTER AIR OR FOR TREATMENT OF ESCAPING AIR WITH SUCH FILTER MODULES An adsorber for cleaning raw gas has at least one filter element wherein the at least one filter element is made of electrically conducting adsorber material. A filter module has a module housing in which such an adsorber is arranged. The housing has at least one in... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6911570 | Method for fixating sludges and soils contaminated with mercury and other heavy metals The invention relates to a method, composition and apparatus for stabilizing mercury and other heavy metals present in a particulate material such that the metals will not leach from the particulate material. The method generally involves the application of a metal ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905534 | Method and apparatus for removing vapor phase contaminants from a flue gas stream The present invention provides a method and apparatus for removing trace contaminants from a gas stream or flue gas. In one embodiment, the present invention an apparatus for removing a trace contaminant from a gas stream, comprising a gas duct configured to receive... | 06/14/2005 |
