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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8133300 | Systems and methods for oil/gas separation In some embodiments, a chamber may be configured to separate oil and gas. For example, the oil and gas may be separated as they exit a compressor, an oil storage tank, etc. In some embodiments, the gas may be a heavy gas and the oil may be compressor oil. One or mor... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8118909 | Multistage variable impactor An inertial gas-liquid separator and method is provided, including variable orifice jet nozzle structure having a variable orifice area dependent upon axial movement of a plunger relative to a housing sleeve, and in another embodiment having first and second flow br... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8075668 | Drainage system for compressor separators A drainage system is for a compressor assembly that includes at least one separator with a chamber. The system includes a drain valve fluidly coupled with the separator chamber and adjustable between open and closed states. An actuator is operatively coupled with an... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8007568 | Filter with memory, communication and pressure sensor The present invention describes a system and method for accurately measuring the pressure within a filter housing. A pressure sensor and a communications device are coupled so as to be able to measure and transmit the pressure within the filter housing while in use.... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7896946 | Multistage multicontroller variable impactor An inertial gas-liquid impactor separator and method is provided, including multiple stages and multiple variable flow controllers. ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892320 | Automatically replaceable apparatus for collecting byproducts and the controlling method thereof in equipment producing semiconductor Disclosed herein are an automatically replaceable apparatus for collecting byproducts in semiconductor producing equipment and a control method thereof. The apparatus includes several trap units mounted to a vertical shaft at regular angular intervals and rotating i... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7794522 | Portable oxygen concentrator A portable oxygen concentrator includes a pair of sieve beds, a compressor for delivering air to the sieve beds, a reservoir receiving oxygen-enriched gas from the sieve beds, and an air manifold attached to the first ends of the sieve beds. A set of valves operate ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7708802 | Gas fractionalization apparatus with built-in administrative and self-diagnostic functions A portable gas fractionalization system with built-in administrative and self-diagnostic functions is provided. The system includes a multiple mode programmable controller which has a operations mode and a diagnostic mode that can be activated by a triggering event.... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7674319 | PSA pressure measurement and control system A pressure swing adsorption system including a plurality of vessels having one or more layers of adsorbent material therein, a feed gas channel, a waste channel, and a product channel. The system also includes at least one parallel channel connected to each of the v... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7585351 | Systems and methods of monitoring and controlling the performance of a gas fractionalization apparatus A gas fractionalization apparatus and methods for providing oxygen rich air to patients are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a variable output compressor, a PSA unit, a control system, and one or more pressure sensing devices. Pressure of the oxygen rich gas is ma... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7556670 | Method and system of coordinating an intensifier and sieve beds A method and system of coordinating an intensifier and sieve beds. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising coordinating control of an intensifier with cycles of a sieve bed fluidly coupled to the intensifier such that there is at least o... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7442348 | Sulfur-bearing residue treatment system A sulfur-bearing residue treatment system is provided for the recovery of valuable organic components and the reduction of capital costs and operating costs. The treatment system involves the use of a stripping vessel in conjunction with a heating apparatus. All ele... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7419532 | Deposition system and method According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of loading a filtering device includes measuring a metric indicative of an initial loading of the filtering device and desirably positioning a quantity of matter proximate the filtering device.... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7402193 | Portable oxygen concentrator A portable oxygen concentrator includes a pair of sieve beds having first and second ends, a compressor for delivering air to the first ends of the sieve beds, a reservoir communicating with the second ends of the sieve beds, and an air manifold attached to the firs... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396389 | Abnormality detection apparatus for exhaust gas purification apparatus for internal combustion engine Unless an abnormality exists in piping introducing a pressure from front and rear of DPF 22 into a differential pressure sensor 45, pulsations of pressure propagation through an exhaust passage 21 is offset in a detection value of a pressure dif... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387659 | Pneumatically operated automatic shutoff circuit for controlling the generation of gas An automatic shut off circuit for controlling the flow of a gas through a gas separation system is disclosed. The gas separation system includes a gas separation module for separating nitrogen from air, and a non-electric automatic shut off circuit for controlling t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384451 | Gas-liquid separation method and unit When a reaction liquid is passed through a gas-liquid separation pipe having a larger volume per unit length than the volume per unit length of a pipe, a headspace part into which gas can be released is formed above the gas-liquid separation pipe, and the byproduct ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374600 | System and method for excluding false back pressure faults after installation of a particulate trap filter A method and system for preventing or minimizing false back pressure faults caused by a new particulate filter in an engine exhaust system. When a new particulate filter is placed in an engine exhaust system, the normal back pressure threshold for the fault detectio... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357822 | Filter control apparatus In order to calculate an estimation of the quantity of accumulated particulates in a filter (32), a first estimation calculation unit (100) that outputs first estimation data (XA) calculated from the filter before and after differential pressure, and a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351273 | Apparatus and method for separating dust constituents out of an explosive dust-air mixture A method and an apparatus (10) for separating dust constituents out of an explosive dust-air mixture which is passed through a filter housing (26) with filter elements having filter surfaces use a dust container (64), which can be connected in a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347945 | Method and an installation for separating out multiphase effluents The invention relates to a method and to an installation for separating out an effluent made up of a multi-phase fluid mixture. According to the invention, said installation includes gravity separator means whose geometrical separation characteristics can be adjuste... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334847 | Single line remote purge air dryer An air supply system for a vehicle air braking system includes an air dryer and a reservoir assembly including a downstream section and a purge reservoir. The downstream section may be a supply or service reservoir or a multi circuit pressure protection valve. A pas... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332015 | Automatic dehydrating breather apparatus and method A dehydrator breather is provided that includes automatic purging of accumulated moisture by detecting absorbed moisture in the breather, and closing an intake air channel, while opening an exit moisture channel. Adjustment of a default time-based purging cycle is a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332010 | High pressure filter/separator and locking mechanism Disclosed is a two or three phase separator including a centrifugal separator, a demister (if a three phase separator), and a filter contained within a housing. The filter uses an outside-in flow principle. The filter includes an inner layer or a center core that de... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326276 | Method of shutting off fuel gas manufacturing apparatus When a shutoff signal is entered to shut off a fuel gas manufacturing apparatus, it is determined whether a PSA mechanism is in a prescribed shutoff state or not. If the PSA mechanism is judged as not being in the prescribed shutoff state, the fuel gas manufacturing... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314508 | Desiccant cartridge with seal A desiccant cartridge (10) having a seal (12) therearound for forming a proper seal between cartridge (10) and canister (14) of a receiver/dryer or accumulator assembly includes a cup (16) extending along an axis (18) having... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314509 | Gas liquid phase separator with improved pressure control A gas/liquid phase separator includes a fluid inlet, a vapor outlet, a liquid outlet, and first and second valves disposed in fluid communication with the liquid outlet. Both valves are controllable in response to a fluid level in the gas/liquid phase separator. Bot... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311755 | Control of differential strain during heating and cooling of mixed conducting metal oxide membranes Method of operating an oxygen-permeable mixed conducting membrane having an oxidant feed side and a permeate side, which method comprises controlling the differential strain between the oxidant feed side and the permeate side by varying either or both of the oxygen ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7296399 | Method to generate inert gas from exhaust gas on-site Methods for extracting and compressing an inert gas from an exhaust gas of an engine relate to providing an inert gas processing system including a multi-stage gas compressor to receive the exhaust gas from an exhaust gas processing system, a cooling and extraction ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294169 | Electrical enhancement of fabric filter performance A method for operating a filter assembly having a filter medium includes applying a constant or nearly constant static DC potential to dust entering the filter assembly and the filter medium, passing dust-laden gas through the filter medium in a first direction thro... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288137 | Particulate trap A particulate trap has a plurality of filters and an air distributor. The air distributor has a first flow member and a second flow member. Each of the first and second flow members have a plurality of openings to allow exhaust flow through the plurality of filters.... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277836 | Computer system and method having a facility network architecture The invention relates to a computer system and method for simulating transport phenomena in a complex system. The computer system comprises memory means, storage means, and an object-oriented software product. The software product comprises an object-oriented extens... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276107 | Indexing rotary dual valve for pressure swing adsorption systems The present invention relates to a PSA system using an indexing rotary dual valve regulating a stepping mode of operation that controls a variable bed inlet feed flow rate, controllable pressure between feed lines in different beds of the PSA system and varied outpu... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264644 | Methods and apparatuses for mounting a filtration housing for solid filtration media Methods and apparatuses for mounting a filtration housing for solid filtration media. One aspect of the invention includes a method for mounting an air circulation component to an air circulation system, wherein the air circulation component includes a center of gra... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261762 | Technique for detecting and predicting air filter condition A method and system for detecting and predicting air filter condition for an air handling system operates by determining a system resistance to air flow. The system resistance is utilized to determine a detection statistic indicative of current filter condition and ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258132 | Electronically controlled back pressure regulator An electronically controlled back pressure regulator comprises an analysis device having a vent coupled to the analysis device through a vent path, a pressure sensor coupled to the vent path, a proportional valve coupled to the vent path, the proportional valve conf... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255728 | Apparatus and method for degassing liquids Apparatus and method for degassing liquids particularly cationic monomers. Fluid comprising liquid to be degassed together with sweep gas is admitted tangentially into a column (10) and forced down the column by a tubular baffle (16) which defines, wit... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7239967 | Method, computer program product and use of a computer program for stabilizing a multiphase flow A method for stabilizing a multiphase flow in a flow line, where instability of the multiphase flow is caused by at least one slug. At least one pressure variable is continuously measured at a flow line inlet upstream of the point where the main part of the slug is ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222517 | Method for determining the characteristic properties of soot particles A method for determining the characteristic properties of soot particles originating from combustion processes utilizes the determination of the blackening of a filter paper. In order to allow for achieving a quick and relatively accurate determination of the partic... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216941 | Parking brake lock-in key switch system with automatic application for a vehicle with an air brake system A parking brake system for motor vehicle air brakes provides automatic engagement of the parking brakes when a gearshift lever is moved to park, but requires manual disengagement of the parking brakes. The effect is achieved in part by controlling the discharge cond... | 05/15/2007 |
