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...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 |
| 7776141 | Methods and apparatus for performing flue gas pollution control and/or energy recovery Methods and apparatus for pollution control which are well suited for use in a coal power plant are described. Ash is collected and injected into the flue gas stream at a location upstream of a cooling module. The ash acts as an absorbent and/or reactant material on... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7323036 | Maximizing regulatory credits in controlling air pollution A controller directs the operation of an air pollution control (APC) system having one or more controllable operating parameters and a defined operating limit representing a regulatory limit on an allowed amount of pollutant to be emitted by the APC system. An inter... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309384 | Method and apparatus for filtering gas with a moving granular filter bed A method and apparatus for filtering gas (58) with a moving granular filter bed (48) involves moving a mass of particulate filter material (48) downwardly through a filter compartment (35); tangentially introducing gas into the compartmen... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309379 | Moving bed adsorber/desorber and low flow (high yield) desorber devices and their methods of use Moving bed adsorber and desorber apparatus and methods, wherein adsorbent material (e.g., beads of resin) moves over a series of vane members and a fluid flow passes between the vane members and through the flowing bed of adsorbent. An adsorbent depth regulator is p... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7297314 | Fluidized bed device A fluidized bed apparatus has a rotary rotor 4 arranged at the bottom center thereof, a disintegrator mechanism 5 arranged above the rotary rotor 4, and a cylindrical draft tube 6 installed above the disintegrator mechanism 5. A fl... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7094275 | Modular pressure swing adsorption apparatus A rotary module for implementing a high frequency pressure swing adsorption process comprises a stator and a rotor rotatably coupled to the stator. The stator includes a first stator valve surface, a second stator valve surface, a plurality of first function compart... | 08/22/2006 |
| 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 |
| RE38893 | Method and apparatus for dehumidifying air A novel method and apparatus to dehumidify air provides enhanced dehumidification efficiency over conventional dehumidification apparatuses. A reusable dehumidification element disk provides a disk section to strip water from an air stream. The disk is rotated so th... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6923940 | Riser termination device A bath tub solids container for containing solids separated from cracked product vapors produced in a riser reactor and issuing from a separator. The bath tub solids container receives and contains solids from the separator, has a collar which fits around the riser ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6902602 | Gas separation by combined pressure swing and displacement purge The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for adsorptive gas separations where a first gas mixture including components A and B is to be separated so that a first product of the separation is enriched in component A, while component B is mixed with a t... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6780227 | Method of species exchange and an apparatus therefore A species transfer device in communication with at least two streams, one stream having a higher potential of a species than a lower potential stream. The species transfer device is capable of removing a portion of the species from the high potential stream, and tra... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6726020 | Method and device for a dry cleansing plant for aluminum reduction furnaces exhaust gas Methods and apparatus are provided, which separate out at least a portion of fine dust, including fluoride, from recycled alumina. The difference in natural drop velocity and flow properties of fine and coarse particles is used to effect the separation. ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6666911 | Treatment system for waste gas containing volatile organic compounds A treatment system for waste gas containing VOCs is composed of a zeolite revolver (10), an incinerator (20) and a network of pipes, valves and filters. The zeolite revolver (10) consists of an adsorption zone (11), a purge zone (12), and a desorption zon... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6652628 | Diesel fuel heated desiccant reactivation Desiccants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel.... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6615612 | Electrostatic batch preheater and method of using the same A method and apparatus is taught for preheating of glass batch materials by direct contact with glass furnace exhaust gases. Furnace gases 15 flow through a batch hopper 1 in horizontal tunnels formed by open bottom tubes 6, with a free surface of batch f... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6605141 | Exhaust gas processing apparatus An exhaust gas processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a rotor concentrator installed in an inlet, an active carbon adsorption system installed in an outlet, and a switch located between the zeolite rotor concentrator and the active carbo... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6601402 | Enthalpy wheel This invention relates to enthalpy wheels and systems containing enthalpy wheels. The enthalpy wheel subasssembly includes a first plate, a cap, a compliance element between the first plate and the cap and a pressure producing element between the fist pla... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6527836 | Rotating drum adsorber process and system A rotating drum adsorber process and system includes a rotating drum of adsorbent medium in a shell including partitions which define an adsorption sector, a regeneration sector and a cooling sector, and which continuously rotates through the sectors. The... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6514319 | Life support oxygen concentrator Gas separation by pressure swing adsorption (PSA) and vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA), to obtain a purified product gas of the less strongly adsorbed fraction of the feed gas mixture, is performed with an apparatus having a plurality of adsorbers.... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6511527 | Method of treating exhaust gas A method of removing dioxins from an exhaust gas, including the steps of introducing carbon nanotubes into a stream of the dioxin-containing exhaust gas, and sorbing dioxins on the carbon nanotubes.... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6506235 | Method of cleaning flue gases A method of cleaning flue gases from gaseous pollutants formed during combustion of oil during start-up of a boiler and/or operational disturbances in the boiler, wherein the boiler is for combustion of fuel including one of fossil fuel, coal, biomass fue... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6488747 | Pressure swing adsorption with axial or centrifugal compression machinery A gas separation system for separating a feed gas mixture into a first component of the gas mixture and a second component of the gas mixture includes an adsorbent bed assembly and an axial or centrifugal compression machine. The adsorbent bed assembly in... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6451095 | Modular pressure swing adsorption apparatus A rotary module for implementing a high frequency pressure swing adsorption process comprises a stator and a rotor rotatably coupled to the stator. The stator includes a first stator valve surface, a second stator valve surface, a plurality of first funct... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6440198 | Cost effective moving granular bed filters for particulates and contaminants removal A moving granular bed filter for removing contaminants from a gas or vapor stream employs a quantity of granular media that is passed through a vessel while the contaminant-laden gas stream is passed through the granular media to remove at least a portion... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6436161 | Mobile granular bed filtration apparatus for hot gas conditioning Provided herein is a granular filtration apparatus for the removal of particulate material from hot gas by contacting said hot gas with granular filtration material. The apparatus being of the type having a filtration chamber containing granular filtratio... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6406522 | Dual mode air treatment apparatus and method An apparatus and system, as well as corresponding methods of operation and treatment of air, are provided which make use of a rotatable desiccant bed such as to permit the effective and selective alternative reduction of humidity of incoming air or energy... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6406524 | Plant for removing fluor containing waste gases A decentralized cleaning plant for dry cleaning by removing fluorine containing waste gases from a reduction process in several electrolytic cells for aluminum, comprising: a storing place for aluminum oxide; a transportation system to distribute aluminum... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6406523 | Rotary pressure swing adsorption apparatus Gas separation by pressure swing adsorption (PSA) is performed within an apparatus having a plurality of adsorbers cooperating with first and second valves in a rotary PSA module, with the PSA cycle characterized by multiple intermediate pressure levels b... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6379435 | Adsorbing device, method of deodorizing therewith, and method of supplying high concentration oxygen An adsorbing device comprising a main body having an intake port and an exhaust port and accommodating therein an adsorbing composition capable of adsorbing a gaseous specific substance; regenerating means attached to the main body for releasing the speci... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6375715 | Procedure and device for fast separation of solid particles and gaseous fluids and their use A receptacle (14) open in its upper part into which opens a conduit (13), is inserted between a device (11) for fast extraction and the stripping zone (18). The receptacle (14) consists at its base of at least one diffuser (15) fed in fluidization gas and... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6364943 | Gas treatment system A gas treatment system for separating and eliminating gaseous hydrocarbon from treatment-object gas exhausted from, for example, a factory is disclosed. The system includes a rotary adsorbing-desorbing concentration device including a gas-permeable adsorb... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6361585 | Rotor-type dehumidifier, starting method for rotor-type dehumidifier and an electronic device mounting the rotor-type dehumidifier A dehumidifier includes a circular rotor accommodating a humidity absorbing material, a disc member provided on each one of two circular end surfaces of the rotor and having a diameter identical to or greater than a diameter of the rotor, and a plurality ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6358303 | Gasborne component condensing apparatus A gasborne component condensing apparatus condenses condensation-target component contained in treatment-object gas by effecting an adsorbing step for adsorbing the condensation-target component in the object gas to an adsorbent layer and a desorbing step... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6355091 | Ventilating dehumidifying system using a wheel for both heat recovery and dehumidification A ventilation and dehumidification system for ventilating fresh air to a conditioned space. The system is comprised of a unitary heat transfer desiccant wheel for dehumidifying incoming air by exchanging moisture from an inflow current of air with an outf... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6294000 | Rotary concentrator and method of processing adsorbable pollutants A rotary concentrator heats media in a desorption zone to a desorption temperature, then removes the pollutants using a second cold desorbent gas stream in a desorbent zone. First, the adsorbent media is rotated and an inlet gas stream is passed over the ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6290752 | Device and process for adsorption or chemisorption of gaseous constituents from a gas flow A filter device for adsorption of gaseous constituents from a gas flow includes a filter chamber with filters arranged therein, a clean-gas chamber connected to the first chamber in a fluid-conducting manner via the filters, and a collection chamber arran... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6235086 | Method and apparatus for dehumidifying air A novel method and apparatus to dehumidify air provides enhanced dehumidification efficiency over conventional dehumidification apparatuses. A reusable dehumidification element disk provides a disk section to strip water from an air stream. The disk is ro... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6165254 | Gas concentrator A gas concentration device has a gas adsorbing element and a heat exchanger. The gas adsorbing element is divided into an adsorbing zone, and a desorbing zone. The heat exchanger has first and second flow channels. The first flow channels are separated fr... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6099623 | Humidity control apparatus A humidity control apparatus for realizing the dehumidification, humidification, and ventilation operations in a compact configuration. The apparatus includes a rotary humidity control element, an electric heater, and sucking and/or forcing blowers. The r... | 08/08/2000 |
