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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7959721 | Turn-around scrubber A modular scrubbing system is presented. The scrubber system comprises multiple modules that allow a gas flow to turn-around return back through scrubbing modules. Contemplated modules include inlets, outlets, turn-arounds, and scrubbing modules. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7648569 | Method and device for injecting two-phase COin a transfer gaseous medium A method and an apparatus for injecting two-phase (gas+solid) carbon dioxide into a gas stream. Liquid carbon dioxide is cryogenically expanded into two-phase carbon dioxide, which is then injected into the center of the stream. An inerting gas is also injected into... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7377958 | Apparatus and method for removing airborne moisture An apparatus is provided for removing airborne moisture from a designated area. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a bucket, a liquid absorption medium (such as ground corn cobs) placed in the bottom of the bucket to form a media bed, a tray placed over the a... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7347889 | Ultrasonic solution separator An ultrasonic solution separator including an ultrasonic atomization chamber supplied with a solution containing a target material; an ultrasonic oscillator producing mist from the solution in the ultrasonic atomization chamber with ultrasonic oscillation; a power s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7326285 | Methods for recovering hydrocarbon vapors Vapor recovery systems and methods are disclosed in association with a denatured alcohol production system. Hydrocarbon vapors are miscible in a motive fluid that captures the vapors and forms a hydrocarbon-alcohol solution. The recovered hydrocarbons are not remove... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7288140 | Wet process gas treatment apparatus In a wet-process gas treatment method of treating an acid gas by using at least two treating columns connected in series, a ratio of the concentration of an acid gas at an outlet to a concentration of the acid gas at an inlet of a first treating column is set higher... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264654 | Process and system for the condensation of multi-component working fluids A process and system for condensing a multi-component fluid is disclosed, where the process and system are designed to provide a substantial increase in a heat transfer coefficient during condensation of multi-component fluids resulting in a drastic reduction in siz... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7214356 | Wet scrubbing apparatus and method for controlling NOx emissions An apparatus for controlling NOx emissions which includes a chamber having a wall surface and an interior, a flue gas entrance and a flue gas exit for a flue gas to enter and exit the interior of the chamber, a gas quenching zone in which the temperature of the gas ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204867 | High pressure gas processing configurations and methods Contemplated plants comprise an acid gas removal unit that receives a compressed gas from an injection gas compressor, wherein acid gas is removed from the compressed gas in the acid gas removal unit at a pressure approximately above pipeline pressure. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7125437 | Method and apparatus for enhanced particle collection efficiency A method and apparatus for particle collection (30) that is characterized by co-aerosolizing fluids (62) into an air stream (34) containing the particles to be analyzed to significantly enhance their collection and identification efficiency is p... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111668 | Cooling arrangement for an offshore wind energy installation A cooling arrangement for an offshore wind energy installation, having a heat-absorbing device for absorbing heat generated by the electronic devices and/or the mechanical devices of the offshore energy installation, which is to be removed, and a coupled heat-dissip... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104530 | Device and a method for contacting a liquid with a gas A device or apparatus for contacting a liquid with a gas is provided. The device or apparatus has at least one gas inlet for introducing the gas into the liquid and a fiber housing with at least one liquid inlet and at least one liquid outlet. The fiber housing is s... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7022295 | Installation for carrying out a three phase chemical reaction under pressure A gas siphon type reactor (10) is used to carry out a three phase chemical reaction under pressure, such as the reduction of uranyl nitrate to uranous nitrate by hydrogen, in the presence of a catalyst made up of platinum on a silica carrier. The control of t... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6984257 | Natural gas dehydrator and system An improved apparatus and method for use with a natural gas dehydrator. The apparatus and method of the invention provide for recirculation of gaseous or combustible materials so that they are not released into the atmosphere and to provide fuel for the process. Lik... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6969414 | Waste stream separator A waste stream separator separates liquid and solid waste from a conveying air stream. The liquid and solid waste are first separated from the air steam by gravity and filtration in a removable primary waste barrel. The air is then drawn through a secondary waste ba... | 11/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6953495 | Low-energy venturi pre-scrubber for an air pollution control system and method A low-energy venturi pre-scrubber optimized for removing abrasive particles from a gaseous effluent is disclosed. While venturi scrubbers are efficiently used for at removing entrained particulates in air pollution control systems, they can be damaged due to the abr... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6922987 | System and method for enhancing internal combustion engine aftertreatment applications by superheated fuel injection The present invention provides for a system and process for enhancing internal combustion engine aftertreatment applications by superheated fuel injection. The system includes a fuel supply upstream of a fuel injector of an aftertreatment application. The system als... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6910497 | Semiconductor component manufacturing plant with ventilated false floor According to the invention, a semiconductor component manufacturing plant is constructed in a building having an upper storey and a lower storey separated from one another by a support slab and a false floor. The support slab has passageway openings, whilst the fals... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905610 | Method, module and device for contacting a gas and a liquid A method, a module, and a device for gas-liquid contacting. The liquid is sent, in the presence of the gas, in jet form in a first direction onto a wall inclined at an angle of 35-55 degrees with respect to the first direction, the wall dispersing the liquid jet int... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6881268 | Method and apparatus for forming required gas atmosphere The present apparatus includes a casing (1) having a gas introduction opening (3) for introducing a gas into the casing and a gas discharge opening (5) for discharging the gas from the casing, a gas circulating tube passage (8) communicat... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6799573 | Air filtration system An air filtration system includes a light weight container which stores a quantity of water for filtering contaminants from inhaled air. A coupling assembly is used to connect the container to a flexible hose for delivery of the filtered air to the dust mask worn by... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6797039 | Methods and systems for selectively separating CO2 from a multicomponent gaseous stream Methods are provided for the selective removal of CO2 from a multicomponent gaseous stream to provide a CO2 depleted gaseous stream. In practicing the subject methods, an initial multicomponent gaseous stream that includes a gaseous CO2 | 09/28/2004 |
| 6790349 | Mobile apparatus for treatment of wet material A waste treatment apparatus for the treatment and processing of wet material is provided. The apparatus comprises an inlet hopper adapted for receipt of the wet material. A pre-conditioning unit is provided having an input and an output end wherein the wet material ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6770117 | Ion implantation and wet bench systems utilizing exhaust gas recirculation Apparatus and method for utilizing recirculated exhaust gas in semiconductor manufacturing system, in a manner substantially reducing the effluent burden on the exhaust treatment system and infrastructure of the semiconductor process facility. ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6712881 | Continuous, laminar flow water-based particle condensation device and method An apparatus and method for producing a diffusive, continuous laminar flow for particle growth via condensation of vapors with a mass diffusivity near or higher than the thermal diffusivity of the surrounding gas. In an exemplary embodiment, the method uses the cond... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6699370 | Process and system for decomposing pollutants In a process for decomposing pollutants by bringing pollutants contained in air into contact with air that contains chlorine, under irradiation by light, at least part of a chlorine-generating solution present in a chlorine generation region is fed to a m... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6641635 | Liquid based air filtration system An air filtration system uses a liquid to remove impurities from the air. A specialized chamber allows the air and liquid to contact each other in close proximity, so that the liquid can pick up not only particulate matter, but fumes and toxic gasses as w... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6602323 | Method and apparatus for reducing PFC emission during semiconductor manufacture A method of reducing PFC emissions during a semiconductor manufacturing process that includes a set of sub-processes each of which produces at least one PFC includes the steps of exhausting PFC's produced by each sub-process to a common line to form a com... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6551381 | Method for carbon monoxide reduction during thermal/wet abatement of organic compounds A method and system for retrofitting an integrated scrubber to provide maximum oxygen content in a controlled decomposition oxidation (CDO) abatement process. The system includes a thermal/wet integrated scrubber, and a compressed air supply for supplying... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6551380 | Recovery of CO2 and H2 from PSA offgas in an H2 plant A gas separation apparatus and process has a first pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit (110) receiving feed gas (112), which comprises a first and a second component. First PSA unit (110) produces first product gas (114) pre-dominantly containing the fir... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6533840 | Microchannel laminated mass exchanger and method of making The present invention is a microchannel mass exchanger having a first plurality of inner thin sheets and a second plurality of outer thin sheets. The inner thin sheets each have a solid margin around a circumference, the solid margin defining a slot throu... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6530977 | Abatement of semiconductor processing gases A method for the abatement of one or more pyrophoric gases in a gas stream, which includes introducing water in to the gas stream and/or mixing the gas stream with preheated air and introducing the gas stream in to a container in which the pyrophoric gase... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6527828 | Oxygen enhanced CDA modification to a CDO integrated scrubber A method and system for retrofitting an integrated scrubber to provide maximum oxygen content in a controlled decomposition oxidation (CDO) abatement process including a thermal/wet integrated scrubber, and a compressed air supply for supplying air to an ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6500241 | Hydrogen and carbon dioxide coproduction A gas production plant has a first separator receiving a feed gas and produces a first offgas stream and a first product stream, and a second separator receives the first offgas stream and produces a second product stream and a second offgas stream. A liq... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6398829 | Filter system for mobile debris collection machine A mobile debris collection machine with an improved filter system includes a chassis, wheels for supporting the chassis, a debris collection device on the chassis, a debris container on the chassis, and a vacuum system on the chassis for moving dust and d... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6383257 | Reclamation and separation of perfluorocarbons using condensation An apparatus and process for separating perfluorocarbon compounds from a gas mixture passes an incoming stream of a gas into a cold trap, the gas stream including a plurality of perfluorocarbon compounds. The gas mixture is cooled within the cold trap to ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6365099 | In situ gas scrubbing method and system for odor and corrosion control in wastewater collection systems A process and system for reducing the concentration of odorous contaminants, primarily hydrogen sulfide, in the vapor spaces of sewage handling and treatment systems, primarily the vapor spaces of sewage trunk lines, by injecting a fine spray, mist or fog... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6352577 | Microchannel laminated mass exchanger and method of making The present invention is a microchannel mass exchanger having a first plurality of inner thin sheets and a second plurality of outer thin sheets. The inner thin sheets each have a solid margin around a circumference, the solid margin defining a slot throu... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6344588 | Process for the preparation of urea In the present process for the preparation of urea, an off-gas stream released during the synthesis of melamine in a high-pressure melamine process which consists predominantly of ammonia and carbon dioxide, is introduced into at least one high-pressure s... | 02/05/2002 |
