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| 7413677 | Process for heat transfer utilizing a polytrimethylene homo- or copolyether glycol based heat transfer fluid A process for transferring heat from a heat generating source to a heat transfer fluid, comprising contacting the heat generating source with a heat transfer fluid for a time sufficient to effect heat transfer between the source and the fluid, wherein the heat trans... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7284387 | Diesel fuel heated dessicant reactivation with internal heat bypass Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with portions of the ai... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284384 | 2-line residential use diesel fuel heated dessicant reactivator Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel and powered by a pair of... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284383 | Wheel belt drive for diesel fuel heated dessicant reactivation Rotating wheel dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with the... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284385 | Pre-dried air reactivation for diesel fuel heated dessicant reactivator Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with a portion of the d... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284386 | Self-contained trailer for diesel fuel heated dessicant reactivation Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with the dessicants, th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282159 | Process for heat transfer utilizing a polytrimethylene ether glycol or polytrimethylene ether ester glycol based heat transfer fluid Heat transfer fluids comprising a polytrimethylene ether glycol or random polytrimethylene ether ester glycol, or mixtures thereof, and processes of using them in order to transfer heat. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7150314 | Dual exhaust energy recovery system A heat recovery arrangement. The arrangement has a housing including a bathroom exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, a bathroom exhaust airflow path through the housing from the bathroom exhaust inlet to the exhaust outlet, a return air inlet, and a return air path thr... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143508 | Nail spacing verification assembly A nail spacing verification assembly is provided which enables the spacing between nails contained in a collated nail strip, the collated nail strip advancing down a nail loading assembly of a nail gun, to be verified before the nail is allowed to advance. A first a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7123484 | Multi-layer and multi-direction fan device A multi-layer and multi-direction radial fan device is disclosed, comprising an upper cover, a tower fan body, a cavity partition and a lower cover. The tower fan body is located in the upper cover, and the tower fan body comprises a first fan layer and a second fan... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7073566 | Ventilation system An apparatus for ventilation systems includes an element for the transfer of heat from warm exhaust air (taken from inside a building) to cooler exterior fresh air which is drawn into the building. The present invention in particular provides an apparatus whereby, d... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7028875 | Nail checker assembly A nail checker assembly, disposed with a nail loading assembly, provides a pivoting probe assembly which engages with a nail, advancing down the nail loading assembly, and determines if the nail is correctly aligned. If the nail is properly aligned the pivoting prob... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025242 | Adjustable angle magazine An adjustable angle magazine provides the operator of a nail gun the ability to adjust the position of a housing of the magazine, which stores nails to be driven, relative to a nose casting of the nail gun. This repositioning enables an operator to employ a variety ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013655 | Method and systems to provide pre-engineered components and custom designed components to satisfy the requirements of an engineered air conditioning system A method to manufacture an engineered air-conditioning system that satisfies desired air-conditioning specifications, the engineered air-conditioning system including a refrigeration component coupled to at least one of an energy recovery system and an indirect evap... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6986871 | Device for catalytic treatment of fluids A device for catalytic treatment of a first fluid medium and for changing heat between the first fluid medium and a second fluid prior to or after the catalytic treatment comprises a plate heat exchanger (1) of the type in which the plates (2) are rigi... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6959875 | Humidity controller A humidity control apparatus is provided with two adsorbing elements. The humidity control apparatus alternately repeats a first operation for dehumidifying air in the first adsorbing element while regenerating the second adsorbing element and a second operation for... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6938809 | Nail lockout assembly A nail lockout assembly provides a way for an operator of a nail gun to have determined whether the nails being employed are properly aligned to allow for efficient operation of the nail gun. The nail lockout assembly may be employed in a nail loading assembly, such... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6921518 | Chemical reactor A reactor of the staged adiabatic reactor type, comprises at least one heat exchanger panel, preferably a printed circuit heat exchange (PCHE) panel, interposes between adiabatic beds of catalyst, wherein the facial area of the panels and the superficial facial area... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6919055 | Hydrogen supply device In the hydrogen supply device for producing and supplying hydrogen to a fuel cell, a heat exchange section has a rotary thermal storage through which low and high temperature passages pass. Reforming material is supplied to the low temperature fluid passage on an up... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915642 | Apparatus and method for extracting cooling power from helium in a cooling system regenerator An apparatus for extracting cooling power from helium flowing through a cooling system regenerator includes a heat exchanger disposed within the regenerator capable of extracting cooling power from the helium and a thermal link coupled to the heat exchanger for ther... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6863523 | Crossflow air heater bypass A boiler system includes combustion air conduit for directing the flow of combustion air through a first air heater (e.g., A-side heater) to a boiler and flue gas conduit for directing the flow of flue gas generated by the boiler to a second air heater (e.g., B-side... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6415859 | Dehumidification/humidification air supply apparatus A dehumidified/humidified air supply apparatus includes two sets of air passages including heating units disposed at an upstream side thereof, a dehumidifying/humidifying unit having two portions disposed at a downstream side thereof and a blower. When de... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6065528 | Air preheater cleaner A swing-arm sootblower for a rotary regenerative air preheater is mounted to sweep across the air preheater rotor at an adjustable constant speed or angular velocity. The sootblower has means for sootblowing with a relatively low pressure medium such as a... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5943865 | Reheating flue gas for selective catalytic systems A method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of a flue gas stream entering a Selective Catalytic Reduction chamber in a steam generating power plant that utilizes Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) to lower NOx emissions is disclosed... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5871349 | Rotary valve thermal oxidizer A rotary valve thermal oxidizer including an interfacial seal disposed between rotating and fixed valve portions to prevent the mixing of treated and untreated gas streams. In a preferred embodiment, the valve sealing device includes a flowable sealing ma... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5814284 | Plant for the reduction of nitrogen oxide in furnace waste gases A plant for the reduction of nitrogen oxide in furnace waste gases includes a furnace, a reactor serving for selective catalytic reduction, and a regenerative heat exchanger to be used for air preheaters as well as for gas preheaters for the treatment of ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5732562 | Method and apparatus for regenerating desiccants in a closed cycle A method and apparatus for conditioning air through the removal of moisture from air to be conditioned comprising a first path for a first flow of air to be dehumidified, the first path having an input end and an output end with a first blower between the... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5678625 | Method and apparatus for a regenerative heat exchanger for the treatment of pollutant-containing waste gases A method for a regenerative heat exchanger for the treatment of pollutant-containing waste gases which are in a heat exchange with another medium. The heat exchanger includes stationary or rotating storage masses which are at least partially of catalytic ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5660048 | Air conditioning system for cooling warm moisture-laden air A method of conditioning a process stream of air in an air conditioning system wherein a process stream of air is dehumidified and cooled to provide a conditioned stream of air for introducing to a conditioned space, the method comprises the steps of prov... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5560350 | High efficiency, forced hot air heater which humidifies and cleans the air A compact, non-polluting, extremely energy-efficient, through-the-wall vented forced hot air heater, which humidifies and cleans said hot air without any additional equipment or water supply, comprises a rotating cylindrical heat and moisture transport/st... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5509275 | Dehumidifying mechanism for auto air conditioner A dehumidifier works in conjunction with a vehicle air conditioner to reduce both condensation and cooling load on the evaporator. A unique desiccant wheel design incorporates end plates separated by desiccant tubes that allow a cooling cross flow to be s... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5421171 | Cooling apparatus Cooling apparatus comprises a cooling chamber such as a freezing tunnel having a pipeline for introducing liquid nitrogen into it and an exhaust passage for cold nitrogen vapor. The exhaust passage extends through a rotary regenerative heat exchanger. Dow... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5397548 | Regenerative heat exchanger An apparatus for catalytic reduction of a nitrogen oxide in a waste gas includes a regenerative heat exchanger containing a heat-storage material consisting at least partially of a catalytic material, inlet and outlet conduits for supplying the waste gase... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5375649 | Ventilation device Ventilation device with a heat exchange element, preferably for arrangement in an outer wall (13) of premises which are to be ventilated with balanced volumes of ambient air (15). The ventilation device comprises a pair of air flow passages (23A,23B) each... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5372182 | Modular regenerator pre-conditioner air system A modular recuperator apparatus and method that is used to pre-condition air treatment in a HVAC and air processing systems. A modular recuperating system enhances the overall efficiency of modern HVAC systems by reducing the required relative treatment o... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5362449 | Regenerative gas treatment A regenerative device can thermally treat gases. This device has a housing with a gas inlet and a gas outlet. A cage having a central interior is rotatably mounted in the housing between the inlet and the outlet. A plurality of gas permeable blocks are mo... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5323842 | Temperature-stabilized heat exchanger A heat exchange module comprises a rotating-wheel type regenerative heat exchanger unit having a plurality of heat exchange elements mounted in baskets through the volume of the heat exchanger wheel. The heat exchanger wheel rotates about its axis so that... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5323847 | Electronic apparatus and method of cooling the same An electronic apparatus comprises an electronic circuit unit having heat-generating electronic parts and cooling jackets fed with a coolant so as to cool the heat-generating electronic parts, and a coolant cooling unit having a heat exchanger for cooling ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5318102 | Heat transfer plate packs and baskets, and their utilization in heat recovery devices A pack of heat transfer plates for regenerative heat exchangers is operationally adapted to absorb heat from a flue gas flowing in one axial direction along the main flow axis and release such heat to a combustion air flowing in another axial direction. T... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5293827 | Regenerative thermal oxidizer with gate manifolds including purges The present invention is directed to an improved regenerative thermal oxidizer and a method of purifying gases by raising gases to their auto ignition temperature and by exchanging heat by inleting and outleting gases. The reactor has at least three regen... | 03/15/1994 |
