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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435317 | Desalination of ocean water An improved distillation of water. involves distilling significant quantities of water at temperatures well below the boiling point. During distillation, a compound is taken from a liquid-phase to a gas-phase and then condensed to the liquid-phase again to get a pur... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7357849 | Method and system for separating solids from liquids A method and system for treating feedwater includes evaporating a portion of the feedwater in a first evaporation chamber so as to separate water vapor from the remaining feedwater. Droplets of the remaining feedwater are dispersed into a stream of hot air produced ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352558 | Dry particle based capacitor and methods of making same An inexpensive and reliable dry process based capacitor and method for making a self-supporting dry electrode film for use therein is disclosed. Also disclosed is an exemplary process for manufacturing an electrode for use in an energy storage device product, the pr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7220397 | Modified oxygen reduced valve metal oxides Pressed material such as anodes are described and formed from oxygen reduced oxide powders using additives, such as binders and/or lubricants. Methods to form the pressed material are also described, such as with the use of atomizing, spray drying, fluid bed process... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7160469 | System and method for efficient and low energy desalination of water Many areas in the world already suffer shortages of water, and others will suffer from it in the coming years. Therefore more efficient water sweetening is essential for our survival on this planet. The most commonly used water sweetening methods are: Reversed osmos... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7115186 | Liquid material evaporation apparatus for semiconductor manufacturing A liquid material evaporation apparatus including a mixing chamber, a flow control unit, a first flow passage for introducing a liquid material, a second flow passage for introducing a carrier gas connected to the mixing chamber through a first nozzle, the first noz... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7097160 | Apparatus for treating a liquid with a gas The present invention includes an improved apparatus (10) for treating a liquid with a gas having a generally cylindrical outer housing (24) and a coaxial inner housing (40) defining both an outer and an inner chamber (26, 46) and a plura... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087197 | Particle formation Method for preparing a target substance in particulate form, comprising introducing into a particle formation vessel, through separate first and second fluid inlets respectively, (a) a “target solution/suspension” of the substance in a fluid vehicle and (b) a co... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7008515 | Solar water still A solar water still (10) includes an enclosure assembly (12) and an evaporation assembly (14) that float on a body of source water and that are readily collapsed and folded for storage or transport. The enclosure assembly includes a transparent ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6998026 | Method for producing tertiary C-C-alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid A tert-C4–C8-alkyl (meth)acrylate is prepared by reacting (meth)acrylic acid with an olefin of the formula where R1 and R2, which may be i... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6979426 | Biodiesel production unit In a first aspect, systems and methods for producing biodiesel fuel include a modular production unit incorporated onto a single platform or into a housing for ease of relocatability. The modular production unit preferably includes a mixing unit, a reactor unit, a s... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6962006 | Methods and apparatus for making particles using spray dryer and in-line jet mill Methods and apparatus are provided for making particles comprising: (a) spraying an emulsion, solution, or suspension, which comprises a solvent and a bulk material (e.g., a pharmaceutical agent), through an atomizer and into a primary drying chamber, having a dryin... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6936140 | Water distillation system A distillation system is provided for recovering water from sea water and other polluted water source. The system has a heat engine embodying Carnot cycle and a Rankine cycle formed by heat exchangers, flash evaporator and condenser. Burnt gases from the engine such... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6921458 | Methods and apparatus for making particles using spray dryer and in-line jet mill Methods and apparatus are provided for making particles comprising: (a) spraying an emulsion, solution, or suspension, which comprises a solvent and a bulk material (e.g., a pharmaceutical agent), through an atomizer and into a primary drying chamber, having a dryin... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918991 | Methods and apparatus for making particles using spray dryer and in-line jet mill Methods and apparatus are provided for making particles comprising: (a) spraying an emulsion, solution, or suspension, which comprises a solvent and a bulk material (e.g., a pharmaceutical agent), through an atomizer and into a primary drying chamber, having a dryin... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6830654 | Method and device for treating water for evaporation In the production of water vapor, particularly in the production of especially clean water vapor, dissolved gases, mainly atmospheric gases, are removed from feed water (2). The feed water is sprayed by a spray nozzle (3) mounted in a hemispherical cha... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6820865 | Nozzle valve type spray dryer This method achieves spray drying by injection super heated slurry type material counter currently into a duct delivering preheated drying gas. Drying gas velocity is above flooding velocity, and the feed spray is delivered by a variable-flow nozzle valve which main... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6802941 | Distiller employing cyclical evaporation-surface wetting A distillation unit (10) employs a rotary heat exchanger (32) forming a multiplicity of evaporation chambers (56) into which a liquid to be purified is sprayed for evaporation. Spray arms (58) spray at a steady rate into all of the evapor... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6780450 | Process for the preparation of milk powder A process for the production of a fat-containing milk powder by preparing a liquid milk, feeding the prepared liquid milk into an evaporator having at least one stage to obtain a pre-concentrate, homogenizing the pre-concentrate, further evaporating the homogenized ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6699369 | Apparatus and method for thermal desalination based on pressurized formation and evaporation of droplets A method for removing dissolved solids, particularly salts, from water. An apparatus for performing the inventive method is disclosed. The aqueous solution to be treated, for example sea water, is atomized using special non-pneumatic nozzles, and sprayed ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6685802 | Process and apparatus for removing dissolved and undissolved solids from liquids This invention relates to a continuous process and an apparatus (1) for removing dissolved and undissolved solids and/or high boiling point liquid contaminants from a mixture of miscible liquids (9). A recycle liquor stream (6) is fed at high velocity thr... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6547970 | Method for the treatment of wiping solution A method for the treatment of a wiping solution, characterized by including: adding a flocculant to a used wiping solution for flocculation of ink contained in said used wiping solution; filtering said used wiping solution for separation of said used wipi... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6528594 | Flowable glanulates A process for the manufacture of a flowable granulate by means of spray granulation, which comprises using as starting material a formulation in liquid form comprising (a) a substance or a mixture of substances that is in the form of a waxy or cohesive so... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6500216 | Method and apparatus for desalinating sea water, natural salt and fresh water A method and an apparatus of producing natural salt or fresh water by treating sea water in an extremely short period of time and with high efficiently. The distilled water and salt components are treated for expediting crystallization of the salt compone... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6364996 | Device for treatment and removal of aqueous liquids by controlled atmospheric action A bifurcated fan (1) which draws in atmospheric air through air/liquid contact blocks of plastic grids which are sprayed with the liquid to be treated. The blocks change position in order to be sprayed on both front surfaces alternatively and thus remain ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6338774 | Liquid distributor for non-vertical distillation columns, and distillation column including the same A liquid distributor includes a principal container with a perforated bottom, as well as transport members to transmit, by gravity, the liquid from at least one opening in the perforated bottom, to a supply point not in vertical alignment with this openin... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6299735 | Method for solid-liquid separation in water-based solutions An array of sonic hydraulic nozzles for injecting a mixture of water with dissolved or suspended particulate into a chamber to form a continuous spray of spherical droplets. Low pressure areas form in the wakes of the droplets which promotes a phase chang... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6200428 | Wastewater treatment apparatus and method Wastewater treatment apparatus having a fluid receiving vessel for collecting and heating wastewater to a temperature below boiling, a superheated vaporizing chamber and at least one spray head to spray wastewater into the vaporizing chamber for conversio... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6190498 | Evaporator A relatively simple portable evaporator for quickly evaporating large volumes of water includes a stand with adjustable legs, a frame carrying a tubular housing and a motor rotatably mounted on the stand for rotation around a vertical axis, a fan in the h... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6140302 | Method for producing anionic surfactant granulates A process for the production of anionic surfactant granules comprising the steps of: A) Neutralizing an acidic anionic surfactant with a base in a horizontal thin-layer evaporator or thin-layer dryer; and B) Drying the resulting neutralized anionic surfactant ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6027607 | Salt extraction process and device A process for extracting salt from brine contained in at least one open evaporation basin. At least part of the brine is heated in a heating unit located outside the evaporation basis and returned to the evaporation basin. The heating unit is driven by wa... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5993608 | Process for recovering processing liquids A process for recovering processing liquids such as gas-treating liquids wherein a feed mixture containing the processing liquid and components or impurities that are more volatile and less volatile than the processing liquid is initially heated in a firs... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5935380 | Adsorbent for metal ions and method of making and using A method comprises the step of spray-drying a solution or slurry comprising (alkali metal or ammonium) (metal) hexacyanoferrate particles in a liquid, to provide monodisperse, substantially spherical particles in a yield of at least 70 percent of theoreti... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5928469 | Process for storage of materials Materials which are not themselves storage-stable at room temperature are made suitable for storage by mixing them with a carrier substance and spray drying the resulting mixture so as to form particles containing both the material and the carrier substan... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5902457 | Spray generators An apparatus for generating a liquid spray from two jets of fluid which issue from a pair of opposing nozzles and interact, wherein the fluid is supplied to the nozzles under fully turbulent conditions such that random variations in the momentum of the fl... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5858169 | Process for the simplified separation of multicomponent mixtures of at least partly organic origin A process for separating a multi-component mixture containing solid or liquid organic components by treating the mixture with a gaseous entraining agent comprising a superheated carrier fluid containing a lower monohydric alcohol or a lower monohydric alc... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5809664 | Spout-fluid bed dryer and granulator for the treatment of animal manure A spout-fluid bed drying system and process is comprised of a spout-fluid bed dryer having a conical shaped lower section provided with a packing of heat exchange particles. A cyclone separator is connected to the top of the dryer with separated particles... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5738762 | Separating oil and water from emulsions containing toxic light ends An improved process for separating oil and water from an emulsion containing toxic light ends by flashing the heated and pressurized emulsion, condensing and separating the vaporized water and light ends, recovering the light ends, and recycling the conde... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5739097 | Process for the production of surfactant granules In the production of granules containing anionic surfactants and having a bulk density above 450 g/l by granulation of a surfactant preparation containing a non-surface-active liquid component, the water demand and hence the energy demand for evaporating ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5695614 | Method for processing waste liquids in particular industrial waste water having a high solids content A method for processing waste liquids, having high solids content. The process includes the steps of spraying and evaporating the waste liquid together with a dry gas in a counterflow of dry gas within a spray tower, collecting the solids of the waste wat... | 12/09/1997 |
