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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7981200 | Flare stack adapted to heat incoming fuel A flare stack that preferably comprises a burner assembly, an exhaust stack, an housing, and a fuel line. The burner assembly burns a fuel to generate thermal energy and combustion byproducts. The exhaust stack is cooperatively associated with the burner assembly to... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7857898 | Flare stack adapted to heat incoming fuel A flare stack that preferably comprises a burner assembly, an exhaust stack, an housing, and a fuel line. The burner assembly burns a fuel to generate thermal energy and combustion byproducts. The exhaust stack is cooperatively associated with the burner assembly to... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7628847 | Device for removing particulate, various acids, and other contaminants from industrial gases Exhaust gases enter the tank of a columnar vessel (12) and are subsequently forced through a diffuser (24) that is at least partially immersed in a column of solution. ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7390353 | System for removing water from flue gas A system (10) for removing water from a flue gas (12) includes a heat exchanger (16) for receiving a flow of heat exchanging fluid and the flue gas (12). An absorber (40) may have a gas inlet (41) for receiving the flue gas ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7377967 | Split flow process and apparatus An acid gas removal plant includes an absorber that provides a rich solvent to two regenerators that independently generate a lean and a semi-lean solvent, wherein the semi-lean solvent is produced in one of the regenerators using heat and/or steam derived from the ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7347186 | High-pressure pump for a fuel, with sump in communication with the fuel The pump (7) is provided with a body (16) having a compartment (17), and with at least one pumping element (13) that moves in a cylinder (12) in communication with the compartment (17), to raise the pressure of the fuel. The... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7309440 | Method for desalination of water and removal of carbon dioxide from exhaust gases This invention relates to a method for desalination of seawater (5, 30) and separation of CO2 from exhaust (77) from a gas turbine (7). LNG (4) is fed into a heat exchanger (6) in which it receives heat from seawater ( | 12/18/2007 |
| 7192468 | Configurations and method for improved gas removal A plant includes an absorber (103) that operates in a gas phase supercritical region and removes an acid gas from a feed stream (9) at high recovery of the feed stream (10) while producing a high purity acid gas stream (36). Particularly ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7132008 | Natural gas dehydration apparatus A process and corresponding apparatus for dehydrating gas, especially natural gas. The process includes an absorption step and a membrane pervaporation step to regenerate the liquid sorbent. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121906 | Method and apparatus for decreasing marine vessel power plant exhaust temperature According to the present invention, a method and apparatus for generating power aboard a marine vessel is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a Rankine Cycle device that includes at least one of each of an evaporator, a turbo-generator that in... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7101425 | Washer and method for purifying gases In a washer for cleaning gases that contain particulate and/or gaseous impurities, the gases are conveyed through an absorption column that is sprayed with washing fluid. An additionally provided jet pump (7) operates with the washing fluid, wherein said jet ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6964729 | Oxidizing undesired compounds resident within liquid absorbent compounds, reducing atmospheric pollution, regenerating a liquid absorbent and conserving fuel usage associated with reboiler utilization An improved method and apparatus for oxidizing undesired compounds residing within a liquid glycol based absorbent wherein the compounds are heated within a reboiler chamber to their boiling point to effectuate production of vaporized effluents. The absorbent's vapo... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964699 | Rocket motor exhaust scrubber A wet scrubber having a series of chambers for capturing and cooling exhaust gases generated during static test firing of rocket motors. Exhaust gas enters an inlet to a first chamber and is cooled and slowed by a spray solution. HCL gas is condensed and absorbed by... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6955714 | Collecting facility of high melting point component in gas and collecting facility of dihalogenated aromatic compound in gas A collecting facility for collecting a component of a high melting point in a gas that includes a collecting tower through which a gas flows, a treating liquid projecting apparatus projecting treating liquid having temperature not higher than the melting point of a ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6926756 | Method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a scrubber A method and system to control the operation of a scrubber, in which, the system includes a valve to control the flow of an exhaust from a tool, a sensor to determine whether the valve is open or closed and a controller to control the operation of the scrubber depen... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6916361 | Method for separation of non-hydrocarbon gases from hydrocarbon gases A method for the separation of non-hydrocarbon gases from hydrocarbon gases, the method comprising the steps of: adding water and an agent adapted to reduce the interfacial tension between water and hydrocarbons to a first stream of desired hydrocarbon and undesired... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6899750 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a gas A system and method of cleaning a gas of undesired particulate, aromas, and gases is disclosed. The invention uses a centrifugal scrubbing space to liquid wet a gas and includes a container for containing a liquid with a pump to circulate the liquid. The gas is pump... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6846348 | Compressor/drier system and absorber therefor A system for delivering dry compressed gas is provided, the gas being separated from any entrained liquid lubricant and then passed through a moisture absorber column to interact with a moisture-removing fluid. The fluid is a liquid lubricant or is maintained in a s... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6843836 | Integrated compressor drier apparatus A rotary compressor system having a drive rotary compressor unit, a separator vessel (13) receiving compressed gas and entrained liquid from said compressor for collecting the liquid therein and for returning the liquid to a lower pressure zone of the compres... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6843835 | Air cleaning apparatus and method for cleaning air An air cleaning apparatus is disclosed which, in one embodiment, has: an inlet for ambient air; an outlet for purified air; a mechanism for the uptake of a scrubbing liquor and for the removal of impurities dissolved or dispersed in the ambient air by contact with s... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6800120 | Split-flow process and apparatus A recovery plant for recovery of a gaseous component from a process gas has an absorber employing a lean solvent and a semi-lean solvent that absorb the gaseous component from the process gas, thereby producing a rich solvent, a semi-rich solvent, and a lean process... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6726747 | Methods and apparatuses for treatment of syngas and related gases An improved methane wash cycle is disclosed wherein a reduced amount of methane wash is required, thereby allowing for savings in energy costs in operation of the cycle and capital costs in constructing the cycle. Further embodiments allow for an energy recovery and... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6726750 | Apparatus and method for efficient recovery of volatile organic compounds An apparatus for efficiently removing VOC from a plurality of remotely located sources of VOC contaminated gas streams includes a plurality of liquid absorbers, each located near and communicating with a source of a VOC contaminated gas stream, the liquid absorbers ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6607585 | Raw natural gas processing system and method of processing raw natural gas An improved method and structure for purification of an acid gas stream by using raw fuel gas as a stripper to remove the BTEX and VOCs from the liquid amine stream. The improved method is particularly useful for purification of acid gas streams with BTEX... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6572689 | Vapor/liquid separator for an absorption chiller An absorption apparatus for an absorption chiller includes a series of eliminator blades situated between a vaporizing chamber (e.g., a generator or an evaporator) and a devaporizing chamber (e.g., a condenser or an absorber). Each of the blades includes ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6551382 | Hot-humid/cold gas scrubbing process and apparatus Effluent gas cleaning process and apparatus for effectively removing particulates in the 0.01 micron to 0.1 micron diameter range, and for removing water-soluble gaseous contaminants, by first bringing the effluent to a relatively high temperature and hum... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6514321 | Dehumidification using desiccants and multiple effect evaporators A system and method for dehumidifying air including a multiple effect evaporator that creates a concentrated desiccant solution. The desiccant solution from the multiple effect evaporator is conveyed to a desiccant spray chamber that sprays the cooled des... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6485547 | Exhaust gas cooling system An exhaust gas cooling system includes, an exhaust gas-processing tower provided at a lower portion with an inlet port for an exhaust gas containing moisture and also provided at an upper interior space with a spray member, a circulating passageway for ci... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6245129 | Apparatus for removing solvents, system for removing solvents, method for removing solvents, and method for producing toners for use in developing electrostatic charge images An apparatus for removing solvents, utilizing a solvent removal unit equipped with an upper liquid supporting member provided with a bottom portion which supports the solvent suspension and which is provided with an opened hole, and a lower liquid support... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6235091 | Systems for selectively separating CO2 from a multi-component gaseous stream Systems are provided for the selective removal of CO2 from a multicomponent gaseous stream to provide a CO2 depleted gaseous stream having at least a reduction in the concentration of CO2 relative to the untreated multicom... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6235092 | System for selectively separating CO2 from a multicomponent gaseous stream Systems are provided for the selective removal of CO2 from a multicomponent gaseous stream to provide a CO2 depleted gaseous stream having at least a reduction in the concentration of CO2 relative to the untreated multicom... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6197094 | Device for improving the quality of indoor air A device for improving the quality of indoor air comprising a casing (2) with an air inlet (3) and an air outlet (5), a member (7) arranged to cause air in a room, in which the casing is placed, to flow in through the inlet and inside the casing to the ou... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6174440 | Device and method for processing a fluid by two-phase compression and fractionation The invention is a device for processing a fluid F comprising at least one fraction A to be separated, the fraction to be separated being soluble in a solvent phase. The device includes at least one delivery for the fluid F to be processed; at least one d... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6174348 | Nitrogen system for regenerating chemical solvent A system for regenerating chemical solvent loaded with acid gas with improved energy efficiency wherein the chemical solvent is partially flash vaporized, heated, and passed in countercurrent mass transfer contact with nitrogen gas.... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6156102 | Method and apparatus for recovering water from air A process of separating water from ambient air involves a liquid desiccant to first withdraw water from air and treatment of the liquid desiccant to produce water and regenerated desiccant. Water lean air is released to the atmosphere. Heat generated in t... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6036755 | Water filtering type air cleaning unit A water filtering type air cleaning unit includes a housing having an upper side defining an air draining conduit and a lower side defining an air inlet conduit, a water permeable air filtering device mounted in the air draining conduit and including a pl... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6019819 | Apparatus and method for extracting heat from contaminated waste steam Disclosed is a contaminated waste steam heat recovery apparatus 10 and method therefore which includes a primary condensing unit 38, a low pressure water washing unit 26, a liquid to liquid heat exchanger 36 and a vent fan 31. Waste gas is ducted from fry... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6015451 | Vapor recovery system Apparatus for recovering volatile organic compounds (VOC) from VOC/inert gas mixtures leaving tanker holds during crude oil loading includes an absorption column 12 in which incoming VOC is absorbed into cold kerosene, a portion of the VOC rich kerosene l... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5907924 | Method and device for treating natural gas containing water and condensible hydrocarbons A method of treating gas containing water in order to remove at least part of the water from the gas, including feeding the natural gas to be treated by a first line, with a liquid fraction containing at least an aqueous phase is fed via a second line in ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5897690 | Vapor recovery system for hydrocarbon storage tanks A vapor recovery system for hydrocarbon storage tanks captures VOCs (volatile organic compounds) which would otherwise escape to the atmosphere, thereby reducing pollutant emissions to the environment. The system includes a wash chamber, where the VOC vap... | 04/27/1999 |
