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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167977 | Purification of an H/CO mixture with lead control of the regeneration heater A method of purifying a gaseous mixture rich in hydrogen and in carbon monoxide, commonly termed an H2/CO mixture or syngas, by adsorption prior to treating it cryogenically with a view to producing a CO-rich fraction, and/or one or more H2/CO ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8128735 | Process for COcapture using zeolites from high pressure and moderate temperature gas streams A method for separating CO2 from a gas stream comprised of CO2 and other gaseous constituents using a zeolite sorbent in a swing-adsorption process, producing a high temperature CO2 stream at a higher CO2 pressure than the... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7938886 | Process for removing a target gas from a mixture of gases by thermal swing adsorption The separation of a target gas from a mixture of gases using a thermal swing adsorption process wherein a thermal wave is used, primarily in the desorption step. The process of this invention enables one to separately remove multiple contaminants from a treated gase... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7854790 | Method of processing volatile organic compound, adsorption and desorption apparatus, and system for processing volatile organic compound A method of processing a volatile organic compound is provided, wherein a volatile organic compound contained in gas to be treated is adsorbed in an adsorbent; the thus-adsorbed volatile organic compound is desorbed with the aid of steam and mixed in the steam; and ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7819949 | Process for extracting (chlorinated) hydrocarbon-free hydrogen chloride and phosgene-free (chlorinated) hydrocarbons from a hydrogen chloride stream containing (chlorinated) hydrocarbons and phosgene (Chloro)hydrocarbon-free hydrogen chloride and phosgene-free (chloro)hydrocarbons are recovered from a hydrogen chloride stream having (chloro)hydrocarbons and phosgene. The recovery involves connecting a first adsorber and a second adsorber in series and passing th... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7806964 | System and method extracting compression heat in bio-gas treatment plant The system and method for recycling the compress heat generated at a bio-gas treatment plant that includes the assembly of a heat exchanger at each stage of compression designed to utilizing all of the gas flow and to harvest the heat in gas delivered to the air exc... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7674320 | Preparing hydrogen for cryo-adsorber storage Hydrogen gas at a hydrogen refueling site is cooled below liquid nitrogen temperature (e.g., about 80K) for more efficient adsorption of hydrogen on hydrogen adsorbent particles in the fuel storage of a hydrogen powered vehicle. When compressed hydrogen gas is avail... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7368000 | Treatment of effluent gases A method is described for recovering a noble gas, such as xenon or krypton, from a first gas mixture comprising a plurality of components, one of which is the noble gas and the others are typically helium and/or nitrogen, argon, and relatively light fluorocarbons. T... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363803 | Failure diagnostic system for fuel vapor processing apparatus In a failure diagnostic system for a fuel vapor processing apparatus, a processing flow path comprising a vapor line, a canister and a purge line is closed with a vapor control valve and a purge control valve. The interior of the processing flow path is reduced in p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364912 | Controlling the flow of hydrogen and ammonia from a hydrogen generator during a breakthrough with hydrated copper (II) chloride trap Gas flow is controlled to a feed gas consuming device depending on whether a contaminant gas is present. In one embodiment, hydrogen gas flow from a hydrogen gas generator to a hydrogen consuming device, such as a fuel cell, gas chromatograph or a flame ionization d... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361214 | Disposable cartridge for air/gas dryer A disposable dryer cartridge for an air/gas dryer apparatus for installation in an air/gas line delivering compressed air or gas to an air/gas-driven tool. The cartridge includes a flexible elongated casing having a drying composition therein. The casing has an air/... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357001 | System to produce drinking water A system for producing drinking water includes an air-condensing device for generating water by condensing moisture contained in air, the air condensing device being disposed in a first case, a purifying part for filtering off impurities contained in the water gener... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7332017 | Method and apparatus for separation of moisture from fluids Apparatus and methods useful for removal or reduction of moisture from fluids are described. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises a moisture separation unit comprising a thermally regenerable moisture adsorption material having feed and waste sides, and means f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332013 | Compressed air/gas-driven tool with integrated dryness indicator An air/gas-driven tool with an integrated air/gas dryness indicator. The tool includes a housing that defines a cavity. An air/gas dryness detector is disposed in the cavity. An air/gas flow passage is situated to provide a stream of compressed air/gas to the drynes... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326821 | Removal of oxygenate from an olefin stream This invention is to a process for removing dimethyl ether from an olefin stream. The process includes contacting the olefin stream with a molecular sieve that has improved capacity to adsorb the dimethyl ether from the olefin stream. The molecular sieve used to rem... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326278 | Advanced contaminate treatment system Decontamination systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system comprises a first adsorption/desorption subsystem that is configured to receive a contaminated gaseous solution and remove substantially all of the contaminants from the contaminated gase... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320725 | Disposable cartridge air/gas dryer A disposable cartridge air/gas dryer apparatus for installation in an air/gas line delivering compressed air or gas to an air/gas-driven tool. The dryer includes a pressure vessel having first and second ends, an inlet port, and an outlet port. A disposable dryer ca... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314506 | Fluid purification system with low temperature purifier A system and method for processing a matrix fluid to remove one or more impurities (such as moisture from a process gas). The purifier includes a pre-cooler that receives the matrix fluid and cools the matrix fluid to a second, lower temperature. A container is prov... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315561 | Laser generator Flow laminators are attached to gas introducing parts installed in a laser generator preventing impurities from attaching to surfaces of a translucent mirror and a condensing lens. The flow laminators prevent airflow from producing a turbulent flow and air on the su... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300498 | Regeneration of adsorption beds using heated nitrogen A system and method for removal of solvents, or other materials, from an exhaust stream, uses an active adsorption bed and a bed that is periodically regenerated. Electrically heated nitrogen may be used to regenerate the beds. A portion of the exhaust stream to be ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7272942 | Method and system for purifying exhaust gas The invention relates to a method and system for purifying exhaust gas, especially a solvent-containing exhaust gas from refrigerator recycling, wherein the dried, pressurized exhaust gas is cryogenically condensed, the condensed components are separated from the re... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7234322 | LNG system with warm nitrogen rejection Natural gas liquefaction system employing an enhanced nitrogen removal system capable of removing nitrogen from a relatively warm natural gas stream. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231784 | Method for producing liquefied natural gas A method for producing liquefied natural gas employing two separate adsorption steps for removing water and carbon dioxide from natural gas and employing a subambient expansion to produce regeneration gas for the regeneration of the dehydration adsorption step in ad... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7217313 | Dehumidification system and dehumidification method A dehumidifying system supplies a gas free of organic substances. The dehumidifying system includes a holding case, and a rotor rotatably held in the holding case and bearing an adsorbent. The interior of the holding case is divided into an adsorbing zone and a rege... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214258 | Evaporated fuel processing device An evaporated fuel processing device (10), in particular for an internal combustion engine of an automotive vehicle, comprises a tank port (12) and an atmospheric port (22); a first adsorbent chamber (14) between the tank port (12)... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7185447 | Drying device for drying a gas A drying device for drying a gas comprises parallel cooling branches, at least one of which is in its active state at any given time. A gas-coolant heat exchanger arranged in each of the cooling branches has a first channel through which the gas to be dried flows in... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7153344 | Process for the preparation and recovery of carbon dioxide from waste gas or fumes produced by combustible oxidation A process for the separation and recovery of carbon dioxide from waste gases produced by combustible oxidation is described comprising the steps of feeding a flow of waste gas to a gas semipermeable material, separating a gaseous flow comprising high concentrated ca... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147695 | Microfabricated microconcentrator for sensors and gas chromatography Devices for enhancing the sensitivity of a microsensor or any other micro device by providing on-line preconcentration. Microconcentrators that can be integrated with a sensor or a micromachined GC to enhance the signal to noise ratio can include a miniaturized sorb... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128776 | Periodic high temperature regeneration of thermal swing adsorption systems An improved thermal swing adsorption process is set forth which addresses the problem of water ingress into the adsorbent by periodically heating the adsorbent to a temperature greater than the temperature used in the normal regeneration cycle. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121101 | Multipurpose adiabatic potable water production apparatus and method Apparatus and methods for transforming water vapor into potable water by using a vapor compression refrigeration system which includes first and second cooling elements disposed in a closed loop air passage duct that provides a continuous air circulation pattern dri... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7115152 | Four bed regenerable filter system A regenerable filter system includes a flow path along which a stream of fluid flows between an inlet and an outlet. A first filtering unit is located in the flow path. The first filter unit includes first and second regenerable filter beds, wherein each bed has a f... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7101415 | Methods for regenerating process gas purifier materials A continuous method of producing a process fluid gas from a feed stream that includes the process fluid and impurities. The method includes: (a) providing a first and second vessel, each vessel containing one or more regenerable purifier materials for removing at le... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090787 | Drying getters A zeolite and an organic binder are mixed with a solvent to form a paste (302). The paste is then cast or molded (304) into the desired shape. A portion of the solvent is allowed to evaporate from the paste, hardening the getter (306). Getters a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7066986 | Apparatus for use in regenerating adsorbent An adsorber vessel for use in the adsorption of a component from a gas and subsequent regeneration by thermally induced desorption of the component comprises an inlet for regeneration gas having an inlet nozzle containing at least one heater element, and an outlet f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051717 | Evaporative emissions canister having an internal insert An emissions control canister including an insert having an elongate well and flange. The insert extends into a chamber such that a carbon adsorption column is a hollow cylinder around the insert. After vapors flow through the column of adsorbent, flow is directed t... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047952 | Canister A canister comprises a tank port communicated with an upper air chamber in a closed fuel tank, a purge port communicated with an intake passage of an engine, an atmospheric port opened to the atmosphere, and a main adsorbent chamber containing activated carbon, and ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7033419 | Method for high temperature mercury capture from gas streams A process to facilitate mercury extraction from high temperature flue/fuel gas via the use of metal sorbents which capture mercury at ambient and high temperatures. The spent sorbents can be regenerated after exposure to mercury. The metal sorbents can be used as pu... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7014683 | Method for the regeneration of humidity-laden process air and arrangement for carrying out said method A method for the regeneration of humidity-laden drying cartridges includes heating to 220 to 300° C. and introducing it into a drying cartridge for regeneration. Subsequent cooling of the drying cartridge is achieved by a partial stream of air diverted from the dri... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6984258 | Method and apparatus for treating a gas by adsorption in particular for purifying atmospheric air Method and apparatus for treating a gas by adsorption. A gas is compressed and then treated by being circulated in an adsorber. A regenerating fluid is indirectly heated by the gas coming from the compressor. In a second regeneration phase, the regenerating fluid is... | 01/10/2006 |
