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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7824475 | Air cleaning device According to one aspect of the invention a device for purification of air is provided, including a metal plate electrical connections connected to the metal plate in order to impress a voltage on the metal plate, | 11/02/2010 |
| 7763101 | Water-flowing mechanism of wet type electrostatic precipitator The present invention provides a water-flowing mechanism in a wet type electrostatic precipitator that can stably and quickly form a water film on a dust-collecting plate even at the beginning of the operation and that has an excellent adjusting function of a supply... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7682427 | Tubular collector for precipitating electrically loaded aerosols from a gas stream A tubular collector for precipitating electrically loaded aerosols from a gas stream stands vertically in a gas stream duct. The stream flows upwards in the section. The tubular collector includes at least one group of pipe bundle which extends at the most over the ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7632341 | Hybrid wet electrostatic precipitator A hybrid, wet electrostatic precipitator has multiple precipitation zones for removing particulate and contaminants from a flue gas stream. A first precipitation zone has at least one discharge electrode and at least one collection plate made of a metal or a fiber g... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7427313 | Air purification device The device according to the invention includes a drip chamber, which is adapted for connecting to the ordinary water mains, a metal plate and a nozzle that is connected to the drip chamber and disposed above the metal plate and a collecting vessel. The object of the... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7332020 | Gas treating device A gas treating device capable of electrically collecting dust and of decomposing odors and other matter by plasma includes a plasma generating device integrally incorporated into an ionization part in a casing. The ionization part has an ionization line and a column... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318857 | Dual flow wet electrostatic precipitator An apparatus for removing particulate matter from a gas stream containing particular matter, the apparatus comprising: a mist-producing element that mixes a gas stream entering the apparatus with liquid droplets; a down-flow Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP) sec... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316735 | Dust collector An apparatus, which collects particulate matter contained in a gas flowing through a flow path formed in a cylindrical shape having an outer surface and an inner surface, includes: an outer shell that forms the outer surface of the flow path; a ground electrode that... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7299710 | Hand-held trace vapor/particle sampling system A sampling system that contains filter components for collecting and concentrating vapor and particles in high-volume flows. The sample is then vaporized and delivered to a detector at a low-volume flow. The invention also has a sampling probe that contains an air-j... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297185 | Electrostatic dust precipitator An electrostatic dust precipitator (1) is constructed mainly to include a housing (11) in which an air path (10) communicating between an inlet (8) and an outlet (9), an airstream generating unit (14) that causes generation ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297182 | Wet electrostatic precipitator for treating oxidized biomass effluent An apparatus for removing particulate matter from a biomass combustion gas stream, the apparatus having a mist-producing element that mixes a gas stream entering the apparatus with liquid droplets; a Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP) section that includes ionizi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7273516 | Plate heat exchanger A plate heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a first air stream and a second air stream includes a plurality of plates limiting first and second exchange chambers which are serially arranged in a transversal direction with respect to the plates. A first air st... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270697 | Electrostatic precipitator Electrostatic precipitators, including wet electrostatic precipitators, having a bank of conductive tubes which receive a gas stream having entrained particulates and an electrode connected to an electric current, wherein the tubes each include an internal restricti... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261764 | System and method for spatially-selective particulate deposition and enhanced deposition efficiency The present invention relates to a methods, apparatuses and systems that utilize electric currents to direct the deposition of particulate matter to various surfaces. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7238225 | Plasma air dust collector In a plasma air dust collector, the plasma air dust collector includes a first electrode fixing unit and a second electrode fixing unit respectively having a power terminal; at least two dust collecting electrodes; a discharge electrode arranged between the dust col... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7160364 | Discharge electrode A discharge electrode for an electrostatic precipitator has a collar having two oppositely disposed arms extending radially therefrom, with each radially extending arm terminating in a number of tines at its free end. Each tine is pointed and is curved relative to a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160348 | Mist elimination hood A mist elimination device in the form of a hood for the removal of moisture from a gas stream treated by a WESP includes a series of gutters on the outer surface of the hood to trap liquid droplets and direct the moisture to channels to drain to the lower region of ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160358 | Pollution control in wood products dryer Contaminant laden gas streams from wood product dryer operations, and other sources, are purified. The gas stream first is saturated with moisture by contacting the gas stream with fine liquid droplets which entrain particulates. The gas stream then is subjected to ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156899 | Area wide municipal electronic air cleaner and method The present invention provides a power generation facility that is adapted to clean large air masses. Air from the environment, which normally contains the most pollutants, is directed into an air flow path through which large quantities of air are directed by a plu... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7141098 | Air filtration system using point ionization sources A filtration system for filtering particulates from air. A plurality of point ionization sources are positioned in the proximity of the periphery of an air flow channel and being oriented to generate ions in the proximity of the air flow channel in a direction gener... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7132009 | Air filter device for air exhauster An air filter device for an air exhauster includes at least one static electricity dust-collecting module, at least one water-cleaning module and a casing. The static electricity dust-collecting module is operated to generate static electricity for electrically attr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7115153 | Electric separator with a rinsing cleaning system Electric oil separator that separates oil from an airflow of a ventilator. The separator includes an emission electrode and a collecting electrode. Moreover, the separator includes an injection device structured and arranged to inject oil as a cleaning fluid onto at... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7101424 | Ionizer and use thereof in an exhaust gas purifying system for moisture-laden gases In an ionizer of an exhaust gas ionization system for ionizing moisture-laden gases in a channel comprising a nozzle plate having circular nozzle openings through which the gases are conducted, a high voltage electrode support grid arranged downstream of the nozzle ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098462 | Microfabricated device for selectively removing and analyzing airborne particulates from an air stream One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for ionizing airborne particulates. The system includes an insulating substrate and a first electroplated structure on the insulating substrate. This first electroplated structure includes an anchor and a pro... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6964698 | Gas supply for electrostatic filter and electrostatic filter arrangement The invention relates to a gas supply for an electrostatic filter and an electrostatic filter arrangement which has an electrostatic filter and a gas supply. Here, the gas supply has an incoming flow channel of constant cross-sectional area, a gas inlet hood with cr... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6958088 | Carbon separation and collection device used for high performance dust collector A carbon separation and collection device used for a high performance dust collector includes a water supply tube, a water pump, a high pressure negative electrode discharge device, a high pressure positive electrode discharge device, a rotary brush, a removing plat... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955075 | Portable liquid collection electrostatic precipitator A portable liquid collection electrostatic collection precipitator for analyzing air is provided which is a relatively small, self-contained device. The device has a tubular collection electrode, a reservoir for a liquid, and a pump. The pump pumps the liquid into t... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6858064 | Apparatus for the electrostatic cleaning of gases and method for the operation thereof In an apparatus for the purification of a gas which apparatus includes a three section conduit with an ionization and cleaning section in which particles contained in water-saturated air are ionized and then conducted through a cha... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6783575 | Membrane laminar wet electrostatic precipitator A laminar flow, wet electrostatic precipitator (ESP) with planar collecting electrodes preferably made of membranes, such as a woven silica fiber. The collecting electrodes are spaced close to planar discharge electrodes to promote laminar flow (Re | 08/31/2004 |
| 6632267 | Method and device for separating materials in the form of particles and/or drops from a gas flow The invention relates to a method and device for separating materials in the form of particles and/or drops from a gas flow, in which method the gas flow is directed through a collection chamber the outer walls of which are grounded, and in which high ten... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6579349 | Electrostatic precipitator An electrostatic precipitator includes an upright hollow body having a lower smoke inlet and an upper smoke outlet, with a pair of spaced horizontal partitions formed in the hollow body between the inlet and outlet. A set of parallel ducts extends vertica... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6533841 | Method and rinsing equipment for the cleaning of especially filter plates in an electro-filter Filter plates in an electro-filter are cleaned using nozzles which, during spraying, are displaced longitudinally with the side edges of the filter plates while at the same time being rotated. The nozzles are mounted in a plane slightly different from the... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6530981 | Electroinertial gas cleaner A device for cleaning a gas, which combines together in a single unit an Inertial Separator and an Electrostatic Precipitator, so as to reduce or eliminate the shortcomings of the latter two types of devices when they are used separately, and to synergist... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6506232 | Air ionization apparatus and method for efficient generation and cleaning Ionizing apparatus includes a housing that supports a plurality of ionizing electrodes disposed within fluid apertures that are connected via tubing conduits to pass fluid therethrough about the electrodes. Gas to be ionized is supplied under pressure to ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6488740 | Apparatus and method for decreasing contaminants present in a flue gas stream The apparatus includes a wet electrostatic precipitator (ESP) field disposed along a combusted fossil-fuel flue gas stream path downstream of a dry ESP field. The wet ESP field includes a chamber having a flue gas inlet and a flue gas outlet, and at least... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6365112 | Distribution of corona discharge activated reagent fluid injected into electrostatic precipitators Certain contaminants are removed from a stream of contaminant-laden commercial and industrial exhaust gases conducted through an electrostatic precipitator by passing a reagent fluid through corona discharge active zones to activate the reagent fluid as t... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6302945 | Electrostatic precipitator for removing SO2 An electrostatic precipitator for removing sulfur dioxide and other polluting particles has a wet liquid removal area or compartment down stream and in the last section of plates of the electrostatic precipitator.... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6254668 | Device for cleaning a static precipitator A device for cleaning static precipitator in which hot air and steam are repeatedly filled into an oil-collecting sink of the static precipitator at different times or at the same time for heating and melting the oil dirt attaching to the static panels, m... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6231643 | Membrane electrostatic precipitator A membrane is used as a collection substrate in an electrostatic precipitator (ESP). Possible material choices include fibers in the form of woven mats, screens made from stainless steel wires or fiber reinforced polymer composite membranes. The membranes... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6228148 | Method for separating particles from an air flow A method and an apparatus for separating solid or drop-like particles from an air flow is provided. The air flows through a separator chamber between an electrode, ion generating means or like particle charging device disposed in the separator chamber, an... | 05/08/2001 |
