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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7052530 | Hydrogen purification membranes, components and fuel processing systems containing the same Hydrogen purification membranes, hydrogen purification devices, and fuel processing and fuel cell systems that include hydrogen purification devices. The hydrogen purification membranes include a metal membrane, which is at least substantially comprised of palladium... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6605208 | Process for reduction of emissions in asphalt production A process and apparatus are disclosed that relate generally to a process for reducing harmful or unwanted emissions during the production of asphalt, such as blue smoke. The process includes the introduction of a pump around of the wax oil fraction for re... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6348137 | Method and apparatus for fractional distillation An apparatus and a method for separating a liquid mixture by fractional distillation. The apparatus includes at least two chambers with a conduit from the lower portion of a chamber which contains liquid to the upper portion of an adjacent chamber, a sour... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6228253 | Method for removing and suppressing coke formation during pyrolysis A method and apparatus for decoking and suppressing coke formation during pyrolysis has been discovered that does not require complete shut down of the pyrolysis furnace. For the decoking step, the hydrocarbon feed is cut off to one or more coils for usua... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6224716 | Apparatus for dehydrating oil A system for dehydrating lubricating and hydraulic fluids includes a heating circuit and circuitry for creating a vacuum. The heating circuitry introduces a stream of heated fluid into a vacuum chamber in which a partial vacuum is drawn by the vacuum circ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6193849 | Fractionator with liquid-vapor separation means A fractionator has a fractionation vessel, a reactor effluent vapors inlet, a vapor feed contacting zone, a baffled contacting section above the vapor feed contacting zone, a tops section above the baffled contacting section, a heavy bottoms liquid hold-u... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5944961 | Injecting liquid solution into a thermal cracking gaseous process stream Apparatus for injecting antifoulant solution into a hot gaseous process stream in a thermal cracking furnace tube to inhibit coke deposition includes an inner antifoulant supply tube having one end connected to a pressurized supply of antifoulant solution... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5814207 | Oil re-refining method and apparatus A method and apparatus for re-refining used oil, in which the used oil is processed in at least one cyclonic vacuum evaporator comprising a void evaporation chamber (4) into which feedstock is tangentially injected, and in which a fraction of the feedstoc... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5632865 | Method for introduction of aggressive liquid additives The invention is a method of introducing an aggressive liquid additive into a vapor-containing process stream including (a) heating the liquid additive by a heating means thereby producing a heated additive; (b) passing the heated additive to an injection... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5630912 | Oil reclamation device with evaporator base and head mounted filter An oil reclamation device includes an evaporator head and base both of heat conductive material and defining an evaporator chamber between them. An upwardly vertically extending heating element is disposed within the evaporator base for heating oil contai... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5512140 | In-service cleaning of columns This invention discloses a method of in-service cleaning an operating column by inserting into the column a lance through which a compatible liquid is dispensed at a pressure of at least about 5000 psig. Also disclosed is apparatus which comprises a colum... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5330624 | Fractionator-reboiler sludge removal system and method Sludge is removed from a reboiler while the reboiler is supplying heat to a fractionator, by using sludge removal apparatus added to the reboiler. The reboiler to which the sludge removal apparatus is added comprises an evaporative type shell and tube hea... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5167773 | Distillation tower and sidestream stripper therefor A distillation tower (1) has a plurality of liquid sidestream lines (5, 6, 7) and a multi-stage sidestream stripper (13) which includes a respective stripping section (14, 15, 16) for each sidestream line housed in a common, upright, cylindrical shell (28... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5135616 | Oil purification Apparatus for oil purification comprises a packed column for contacting sour oil with steam from a boiler, a gravity separator for separating the oil and water, a coalescer for coalescing the recovered oil, and a condenser for separating the lighter fract... | 08/04/1992 |
| 4853189 | Apparatus for conversion of oils to hydrocarbon products Process and apparatus for catalytic conversion of oils. A furnace heats a feedstock which is provided to a separator for separation of the feedstock into a gas vapor phase and a liquid phase. The liquid phase is provided under pressure to a venturi nozzle... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4792436 | Hydrocarbon converter furnace A hydrocarbon converter furnace has an upper convection heating zone and a lower radiant heating zone, and tubing extends in those zones to convey a fluid hydrocarbon feed and steam in sequence through the convection and radiant heating zones. The tubing ... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4744868 | Distillation column and method A stripping column is comprised of one or more mixing channels situated in parallel arrangement, each channel in the form of a zigzag strip through which liquid cascades in a series of falls alternating with a corresponding series of pools. Simultaneously... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4714542 | Distillation vapor and feed mixing process The present invention is a distillation vapor and feed mixing and subsequent separation process and apparatus involving the introduction of a vaporizing liquid feed into a flash zone via a tangential nozzle into a mixing and separation chamber which direc... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4673413 | Apparatus for gasifying waste oil An apparatus for treating carbonaceous material, e.g. waste oil by effecting the gasification thereof to produce a relatively high BTU content gas to supplement or substitute for natural gas. This is attained by a furnace in which the products of combusti... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4317722 | Waste solvent recovery apparatus A waste solvent recovery apparatus to recover tetrahydratfuran (THF) from waste sludge. THF sludge enters the apparatus container through a sludge jet generally pointing in a downward direction. Steam is directed downwardly and at the THF waste sludge jet... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4306645 | Arrangement to be used for controlling the quantity and period of charging of pitch coke furnaces An arrangement is provided for controlling the quantity and period of charging of pitch coke furnaces whose pitch supply conduits are connected to a heatable ring conduit and are in connection with at least one pitch reservoir via this ring conduit. In th... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4243633 | Reactor for the thermal cracking of heavy oil A closed reactor for the thermal cracking of heavy oils, having an internally mounted, rotatable injection pipe. The injection pipe is adapted to spurt preheated raw material under pressure against the inner wall surfaces of the reactor while rotating to ... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4224108 | Decoking apparatus A decoking apparatus suitable for use on a reaction vessel for the thermal cracking of heavy petroleum oils the apparatus essentially including a rotatable main injection pipe to be disposed in the reaction vessel and having a multitude of jet nozzles alo... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4221638 | Fluid-solid contact vessel having fluid distributors therein Rectangularly-shaped fluid distributors for large diameter, vertical vessels include reinforcers for high heat operation, vertical sides with gas distributing orifices and overhanging, sloped roofs. Devices are provided for cleaning the orifices from a bu... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4196050 | Decoking apparatus A decoking device suitable for use on a reaction vessel for the thermal cracking of heavy petroleum oils, including an assembly mounted on top of the reaction vessel and having a cylinder and a piston slidably and rotatably received in the cylinder, the c... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4140212 | Cyclonic distillation tower for waste oil rerefining process A simplified, essentially maintenance-free yet highly efficient distillation tower and method for waste oil rerefining is provided which allows direct vacuum distillation of additive-supplemented waste oils without chemical pretreatment thereof and yields... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4116823 | Vessel for stripping oil from fluidized ash and char particles A vessel is provided for stripping oil from char particles of different density recovered from a pyrolysis of organic solid waste. The lower end of the vessel is of reduced diameter with a plurality of gas jets which direct gas inwardly and upwardly to di... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4111814 | Oil filter Filter for separating solid particles from an oil in which a vessel is divided into three compartments by a pair of tube sheets, with a plurality of hollow mesh screen filter cartridges, having open tops and bottoms being supported between the tube sheets... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4001091 | Asphalt blowing vessel The undesirable and damaging reaction heat occurring during the blowing of asphalt is avoided by injecting water into the air inlet pipes of the reactor vessel heated by the hot asphalt surrounding them. During this, the superheated steam produced without... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3966559 | Apparatus for deodorizing oil and similar material In a deodorizing apparatus, at least the lower part of a column is surrounded at least partly by compartments which are not connected together, each compartment having means for supplying treatment fluid and means for discharging the treated material with... | 06/29/1976 |
