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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142550 | Oxygenation of a fluid Method and apparatus for producing an oxygenated fluid. In accordance with various embodiments, a flow of pressurized fluid is established. A flow of oxygen is injected into the flow of pressurized fluid to provide a fluid/oxygen mixture. The mixture is passed throu... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7578870 | Fluid separating device A fluid separator device allows for introducing air entrained in a liquid flow to a centrifugal pump in a manner that will not allow the pump to become gas bound. One example device designed according to this invention includes a housing having an inlet and an outle... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7563308 | Ionic liquid based mixtures for gas storage and delivery A mixture and method for the storage and delivery of a gas are disclosed herein. In one aspect, there is provided a mixture comprising: an ionic liquid comprising an anion and a cation, at least a portion of the gas that is disposed within and reversibly chemically ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7559978 | Gas-liquid separator and method of operation A system for gas-liquid separation in electrolysis processes is provided. The system includes a first compartment having a liquid carrier including a first gas therein and a second compartment having the liquid carrier including a second gas therein. The system also... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7413596 | Method and apparatus for the production of purified liquids and vapors The present invention provides methods and apparatus for the production of liquids and vapors that are free of, or substantially free of, dissolved or trapped gases. In one embodiment, a liquid is placed in a sealed vessel and subjected to a temperature below the fr... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404845 | Ionic liquid based mixtures for gas storage and delivery A mixture and method for the storage and delivery of at least one gas are disclosed herein. In one aspect, there is provided a mixture for the storage and delivery of at least one gas comprising: an ionic liquid comprising an anion and a cation; and at least one gas... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7396381 | Storage and delivery systems for gases held in liquid medium The present invention is directed to improvements in storage and delivery systems that allow for rapid fill and delivery of gases reversibly stored in a nonvolatile liquid medium, improvements in delivery and purity of the delivered gas. The low pressure storage and... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387502 | Method and apparatus for elimination of gases in pump feed/injection equipment A pumping apparatus for pumping a liquid from a source to a target including a motor, a first pump driven by the motor, a second pump driven by the motor and a separator in fluid communication with the first and second pump for separating a liquid received from a so... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7329312 | Apparatus for supplying water containing dissolved gas An apparatus for supplying water containing dissolved gas comprising a flowmeter for measuring a flowrate of pure or ultra-pure water and a mechanism for controlling a flowrate, a means for adjusting an amount of water which adjusts an amount of the pure or ultra-pu... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320721 | Chemical filter and fan filter unit having the same In a fan filter unit for filtering and continuously supplying clean air into a clean room, the fan filter unit includes a chemical filter for removing chemical contaminants contained in the air, a fan for sucking and blowing out the air, and a particle filter for re... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7303607 | Liquid media containing Lewis acidic reactive compounds for storage and delivery of Lewis basic gases This invention relates to an improvement in a low-pressure storage and delivery system for gases having Lewis basicity, particularly hazardous specialty gases such as phosphine and arsine, which are utilized in the electronics industry. The improvement resides in st... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291196 | Filamentary pad for improved mist elimination and mass transfer An apparatus and method of making a filamentary pad for improved mist elimination and mass transfer comprising a plurality of layers of mesh, each layer of mesh having a plurality of mesh openings defined therein. A plurality of preferential gas flow openings, each ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282084 | Liquid media containing Lewis basic reactive compounds for storage and delivery of Lewis acidic gases This invention relates to an improvement in a low-pressure storage and delivery system for gases having Lewis acidity, particularly hazardous specialty gases such as BF3 and diborane, which are utilized in the electronics industry. The improvement resides... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7250075 | Water outlet control mechanism for fuel cell system operation in variable gravity environments A self-regulated water separator provides centrifugal separation of fuel cell product water from oxidant gas. The system uses the flow energy of the fuel cell's two-phase water and oxidant flow stream and a regulated ejector or other reactant circulation pump provid... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7241392 | Rotary separator and method A separator and method according to which substances having relatively high densities are separated from a pressurized flow stream. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7172646 | Reactive liquid based gas storage and delivery systems This invention relates generally to an improvement in low pressure storage and dispensing systems for the selective storing of gases having Lewis acidity or basicity, and the subsequent dispensing of said gases at pressures, e.g., generally below 5 psig and typicall... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7144442 | Liquid degassing system and liquid degassing method A degassing device capable of regulating an amount of air dissolved in a liquid. A device for measuring amounts of dissolved oxygen measures the amount of oxygen dissolved in one of a coating liquid which has yet to be degassed, and is to be fed to a film degassing ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144443 | Axial transfer line degassing An elongated flow-through degassing apparatus includes an elongated gas and liquid impermeable outer tube and one or more gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable elongated inner tubes extending within the outer tube and at least partially through a chamber defined within ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7122074 | Device and method of removing bubbles generated in molding glass fiber-reinforced plastic parts Bubbles generated in molding glass fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP) parts using a mold are removed with a device having a body plate with plural perforated gas vent holes and debubbling pipes. The pipes have a cavity and debubbling holes communicating with the cavity... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7087103 | Method of using gas pressure to reduce porosity in composite materials Methods for reducing the number and/or size of gas bubbles in a material are disclosed. The disclosed methods involve subjecting materials to pressure for a period of time. The methods have been found to be useful in the preparation of dental composites and dental s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6997972 | Gas-liquid separator A gas liquid separator comprising at least two containers, a first container for separating gas from a gas liquid mixture and a second container for receiving gas reduced or gas free liquid. The first container has an outlet port to the second container below the le... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6969419 | Method for removing gas bubbles from a fluid-containing chamber A method for removing bubbles adhering to the interior wall of a fluid-filled chamber through which a fluid flows, and a related method and apparatus for removing bubbles from a chamber having medical sensory equipment such as a blood gas and chemistry analyzer. The... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966234 | Real-time monitoring and control of reservoir fluid sample capture A method of sampling reservoir fluid includes establishing communication between a reservoir and an entry port of a flow line disposed in a borehole penetrating the reservoir. The method includes separating fluid received in the entry port into individual fluid comp... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6942718 | Orientation insensitive combined liquid reservoir and gas/liquid separator In accordance with the present invention, a system for separating gas and liquid phases from a mixed phase system is provided. Furthermore, the present invention provides for the reliable separation of liquid and gas phases, regardless of the orientation of the syst... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929745 | Apparatus for three-phase separation during treatment of wastewater and sludge An apparatus for carrying out a three-phase separation during treatment of wastewater and sludge, which includes a gas collector (1) which traps gases that rise in the settling basin during the treatment process. The gas collector has an inclined outer surfac... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6893485 | Method and kit for use with standard pipe couplings to construct a de-aerator A kit for constructing a de-aerator that includes a concentrator is adapted to be connected to a standard pipe coupling. The concentrator is inserted in the path of liquid conveyed through the pipe coupling for aggregating gas, and directing the gas to a cavity. The... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6884283 | Process for removing bubbles from viscous polymer solutions In a process for removing bubbles from viscous polymer solutions (P) in which the content of dissolved gases lies below the saturation limit, the viscous polymer solution (P) is subjected to a superatmospheric pressure. The superatmospheric pressure is such that the... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6872240 | Method and apparatus for filtering an air stream using an aqueous-froth together with nucleation A method for urging contact between contaminants in an air stream and the wet surfaces of an aqueous-froth, and additional means of limiting the froth to a predetermined volume are provided. A wide spectrum of solution micro-droplet sizes (0.001 to 1000 micron) is i... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6869504 | Apparatus for passing stock into a headbox of a paper machine or equivalent A vacuum pump (P0) provides vacuum to a paper machine deaeration tank (11) which has an inlet duct (10) through which the tank is supplied with wire water. A discharge duct (12) extends from the deaeration tank (11). There is a... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6830654 | Method and device for treating water for evaporation In the production of water vapor, particularly in the production of especially clean water vapor, dissolved gases, mainly atmospheric gases, are removed from feed water (2). The feed water is sprayed by a spray nozzle (3) mounted in a hemispherical cha... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6797178 | Method for removing mercury and mercuric compounds from dental effluents The present invention is directed to processes for removing a contaminant from dental effluents and includes transporting a three-phase effluent through a suction line into a particle collection vessel, introducing a suction line cleaning solution which includes a r... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6752855 | Solution treatment system and solution treatment method A plating system comprises: a plating unit which plates a water; a plating solution storage tank which stores a plating solution; and a plating solution supply system which supplies the plating solution in the plating solution storage tank to the plating unit. A dis... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6740139 | Automated system for de-oxygenating and dispensing solution An embodiment of the invention is an automated system for transporting and deoxygenating a solution. The system is designed to: 1) transport a solution through a deoxygenating device 2) continuously monitor the oxygen content of the deoxygenated solution 3) collect ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6723205 | Degassing centrifugal apparatus with energy recovery, process for degassing a fluid and process for producing paper or board The invention relates to a degassing centrifugal apparatus such as a pump having energy recovery means and to a process for degassing a fluid. The apparatus has a rotatable hollow rotor connected to a fluid inlet at one end and a liquid outlet at the opposite end. A... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6716268 | Slugging control A method of controlling occurrence of slugging in a riser of a pipeline arrangement including a riser base and pipeline conveying a multiphase fluid system in which the gas phase may be natural gas. The upper end of riser is connected to a separator vessel. The gas ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6716802 | Polishing systems, methods of polishing substrates, and methods of preparing liquids for semiconductor fabrication processes The invention encompasses polishing systems for polishing semiconductive material substrates, and encompasses methods of cleaning polishing slurry from semiconductive substrate surfaces. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of cleaning a polishing slurry f... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6706094 | Collection of dissolved gases from groundwater A system for rapid collection of large volumes of dissolved gases from groundwater pumps the water from a large-diameter passage through a small-diameter restrictor passage, and then into a flow-through collection chamber. The small-diameter passage causes a drop in... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6626196 | Arrangement and method for degassing small-high aspect ratio drilled holes prior to wet chemical processing An arrangement and method for the degassing small high-aspect ratio drilled holes or vias which are present in panels such as printed circuit boards prior to wet chemical processing, including copper plating of the vias, in order to remove any air or gas ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6616733 | Method and means for filtering an air stream with an aqueous froth A method and apparatus for filtering an air stream with an aqueous froth are provided. The process includes: passing a contaminated air stream through a diffusing sieve, into an aqueous solution in an expansion chamber; generating, maintaining, and contai... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6616731 | Method and arrangement to monitor a fatty oil treatment process carried through under vacuum The present invention is a method and apparatus for monitoring the vacuum conditions for the treatment of vegetable or animal oil. During the treatment, a number of processes, such as refining, bleaching and/or deodorization, are carried out under a vacuu... | 09/09/2003 |
