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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182591 | Dryer unit for compressed air and other gaseous media A vertically directed dryer unit (10) for compressed air, comprising a dryer cartridge (22) which, together with a housing (16, 18, 20), defines an inlet head area (92) and an outlet head area (72). A plurality of hollow membrane f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182592 | Shell feed type gas separation membrane module A gas separation membrane module has a vessel housing a hollow fiber element including a hollow fiber bundle consisting of a number of hollow fiber membranes (1) and a tube sheet (2) holding one end of the hollow fiber bundle. The interior of the vesse... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167982 | Dryer unit for compressed air and other gaseous media A vertically directed dryer unit for compressed air, comprising a dryer cartridge which, together with a housing, defines an inlet head area and an outlet head area. A plurality of hollow membrane fibers extend inside the cartridge between the two head areas, the wa... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7883571 | Purification method and junction for related apparatus Purification method and apparatus for purifying a gas stream by oxygen removal. The apparatus includes primary and secondary oxygen separation zones and tubular electrically driven oxygen separation elements. There are more elements in the primary zone than the seco... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7838160 | Humidifier for fuel cell system A humidifier of the present invention includes a humidifier main body for humidifying a second fluid, using a humidified first fluid discharged from a fuel cell; a head portion of which one end is connected to an end of the humidifier main body and the other end is ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7717983 | Air separation module with load carrying center tube An air separation module comprising a bundle of hollow elongated membranes, and a pressure vessel enclosing the bundle. The pressure vessel includes an outer tube, end caps at opposite ends of the tube, and an inner tube located within the fiber bundle. The inner tu... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7582143 | Moisture exchange module having bundle of moisture permeable hollow fibre membranes A moisture exchange module includes a bundle of moisture-permeable hollow fiber membranes. It is provided with a feedline for supplying a gas stream that flows through the hollow fiber membranes in an inner flow. According to the present invention, a separating devi... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7578871 | Gas separation membrane with partial surfactant coating A gas separation module includes fibers formed of a membrane which exhibits selectivity between gaseous components to be separated. The fibers are partially coated with a solution which enhances their selectivity, the fibers being uncoated in the vicinity of their f... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7527672 | Moisture exchange module having a bundle of moisture-permeable hollow fibre membranes A moisture exchange module includes a bundle of moisture-permeable hollow fiber membranes through which a first gas stream can flow. The bundle of hollow fiber membranes is arranged in a housing, the housing being provided with line elements for supplying and discha... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7442303 | Microporous filter membrane, method of making microporous filter membrane and separator employing microporous filter membranes A filter membrane, methods of making such filter membrane and apparatus employing such filter membrane are disclosed, in which the filter membrane is a monolithic polymeric membrane that includes a polymeric filter layer including a micron-scale precision-shaped por... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435283 | Modular fuel stabilization system A fuel stabilization system includes a first deoxygenator and a second deoxygenator both for removing dissolved oxygen from a hydrocarbon fuel. The first and second deoxygenators are arranged in parallel or series to sequentially remove a portion of dissolved oxygen... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431754 | Artificial lung An artificial lung includes a housing, a tubular hollow fiber membrane bundle contained in the housing and providing a multiplicity of hollow fiber membranes having a gas exchange function, a gas inflow port and a gas outflow port communicating with each other throu... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427312 | Integrated degassing and debubbling apparatus An apparatus for removing gas bubbles from a fluid includes a fluid inlet and a separation chamber that is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet. The separation chamber has first and second end portions, with the first end portion being operably oriented gravi... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422623 | Separation membrane by controlled annealing of polyimide polymers This abstract discusses membranes needed to separate fluids for the production of oxygen-enriched air, nitrogen-enriched-air, for the separation of carbon dioxide from hydrocarbons, and the separation of hydrogen from various petrochemical and oil refining streams. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7410580 | Hollow fiber module The invention relates to a hollow fiber separation module comprising an inlet (20) for the gas to be dried, an outlet (22) for dried gas, an access element (26) and a discharge element (28) for circulation gas, and a plurality of hollow f... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404844 | Method for making carbon membranes for fluid separation There is disclosed a method of making a high performance carbon membranes from polymer membranes. The method comprising the steps of exposing polymer precursor compounds to a polar organic liquid before pyrolysis of the exposed polymer precursor compounds. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404843 | Gas separation membrane module assembly A gas-separation membrane module assembly and a gas-separation process using the assembly. The assembly includes a set of tubes, each containing gas-separation membranes, arranged within a housing. The housing contains tube sheets that divide the space within the ho... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7399344 | Hydrogen peroxide recovery with hydrophobic membrane An apparatus and process are presented that provide for the separation of hydrogen peroxide from a solution having an acid and hydrogen peroxide. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396385 | System and method for efficiently separating hydrogen gas from a mixed gas source A hydrogen purification system that is used to separate hydrogen gas from a source gas. The hydrogen purification system has a hydrogen separator into which the source gas is permitted to flow. Within the hydrogen separator is at least one hydrogen permeable tube th... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396383 | Membrane-based reservoir dryer A device and method for preventing ingression of contaminants and moisture and for removing moisture from a fluid reservoir, the device comprising a fluid reservoir for supporting a fluid therein, a fluid reservoir opening for allowing an exchanging of air between a... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393390 | Hollow fiber membrane air drier Air is introduced from an intake chamber into a plurality of hollow fiber membranes in a casing. The casing is connected to a vacuum pump via a three-way valve and water vapor in air is evacuated through the membranes. Dehumidified or dried air is discharged from a ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387730 | Hollow fiber membrane module, method of manufacturing the hollow fiber membrane module, and housing for hollow fiber membrane module In a hollow fiber membrane flat module according to the present invention, both ends of hollow fiber membrane bundle which are formed by bundling a plurality of hollow fiber membrane as a sheet are fixed to two housing separately by a fixing resin while maintaining ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7374601 | Air separation system and method with modulated warning flow An inerting system and method characterized by a primary air separation module configured to communicate with an upstream source of pressurized air at elevated temperature for production of a primary downstream flow of nitrogen-enriched air to be delivered to a spac... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7361206 | Apparatus and method for water vapor removal in an ion mobility spectrometer The present invention is directed to an apparatus and a method for continuously removing water vapor from a closed loop, re-circulated gas flow in an ion mobility spectrometer using a water permeable membrane, having a first side and a second side opposite the first... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361211 | Moisture exchange module having a bundle of moisture-permeable hollow fibre membranes A moisture exchange module has a bundle of moisture-permeable hollow fiber membranes and at least one line element for supplying a gas stream that flows through the hollow fibers in an inner flow. The at least one line element opens out into an inflow region, which ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357830 | Device for dehumidifying room air A device for dehumidifying room air has a chamber consisting of at least one first cavity (1) and at least one second cavity (2). The cavities are separated by at least one water-permeable and/or water-vapor-permeable structure (3), these struct... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351275 | Carbon monoxide production process The present invention provides for a process for producing carbon monoxide. A feed gas stream of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide is directed to a membrane unit which separates the feed gas stream into two streams. The stream containing carbon monoxide i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348738 | OLED area illumination source The present invention relates to an area illumination light source comprising a plurality of individual OLED panels. The individual OLED panels are configured in a physically modular fashion. Each OLED panel comprising a plurality of OLED devices. Each OLED panel co... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338601 | Membrane separation assemblies Assemblies for use in separation of a fluid feed. Assemblies typically include an elongated housing having a fluid feed stream inlet, a residual stream outlet and a permeate stream outlet. The housing contains at least one membrane separation element to form a membr... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329310 | Filter module The invention relates to a filter module having a module housing and at least one filter element. The filter module has at least one inlet opening, at least one filtrate outlet and a module housing having at least one joint line. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318854 | System and method for selective separation of gaseous mixtures using hollow fibers A system and method for separation of a gas, e.g., carbon dioxide, from a gaseous mixture using a hollow fiber membrane module. The module contains an absorbent solution that is effective in absorbing the gas for an extended period, e.g., eight hours, without regene... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314502 | Method and system for separating a component from a multi-component gas A method and apparatus for separating a component from a multi-component feed gas stream has a flow conduit (14) having a semi-permeable section (15) that permeates the component to be separated from feed gas stream (12). A sweep gas is provided... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308932 | Exchange apparatus An exchange apparatus comprised of hollow thermoplastic tubes infusion bonded into a thermoplastic material is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the hollow tubes are shaped by plaiting the tubes into cords and then thermally annealing the cords to set the crests ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309385 | Efficient 3-D nanostructured gas separation membranes There is provided a high efficient gas separation membrane of two or more layers, which comprises a separating layer of 3-dimensional nanostructure and a supporting layer, wherein the 3-dimensional nanostructure can maximize a surface area per unit permeation area. | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306647 | Mixed matrix membrane with mesoporous particles and methods for making and using the same A mixed matrix membrane for separating gas components from a mixture of gas components is disclosed. The membrane comprises a continuous phase polymer with inorganic porous particles, preferably molecular sieves, interspersed in the polymer. The polymer has a CO | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303609 | Manufacture of polyimide-hollow fibres A process for the manufacture of a polyimide hollow fibre comprising: (i) providing a dope solution comprising one or more polyimides dissolved in a solvent comprising 60-100 wt % N-methylpyrollidone and 0-40 wt % ethanol, (ii) providing a bore fluid, (iii) generati... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297184 | Apparatus and method for separating gases An apparatus and method to separate a mixture of gases—such as carbon dioxide and methane—by an inorganic membrane comprising a ceramic support and a silica layer made from a silicon elastomer sol. The apparatus and method can efficiently separate the gaseous mi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297255 | Mass or energy transfer cartridge and module A mass transfer or energy transfer module is provided which includes a manifold, a cartridge and a bowl which houses the cartridge. The cartridge and bowl are connected to each other at least two flanges which fit into slots of the bowl to form a unitary constructio... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294174 | Air dehydration membrane An air dehydration membrane is made of a hydrophilic polymer having a permeability for water vapor which is greater than its permeability for air, and having low selectivity between oxygen and nitrogen. The membrane has a hydrophilic coating, which itself may be a p... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294267 | Hollow fiber membrane module, hollow fiber membrane module unit, membrane filtration device using the same and method of operating the same A hollow fiber membrane module using a sheet-form hollow fiber membrane having excellent cleaning properties in which the pressure resistance of a hollow fiber membrane anchor section does not deteriorate, even when the membrane area increases; a hollow fiber membra... | 11/13/2007 |
