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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8002952 | Heat pump distillation A distillation column is disclosed with a folded design. The column includes a plurality of rectification zones and corresponding stripping zones Each rectification zone is linked to a heat pump or a stage of a heat pump. Overhead vapor from the top rectification zo... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7879197 | Purification of aqueous solutions of organic acids The invention relates to a method and a device for the purification of an aqueous solution of an organic acid having a boiling point at atmospheric pressure of less than 450° C., which further has approximately 275 g carboxylate ions/l or less, preferably 250 g car... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7850826 | Multi-stage flash evaporator The present invention provides a multi stage flash long tube evaporator with flash stages arranged in a plurality of at least three tiers, wherein each tier is divided into a plurality of at least two flash stages and a plurality of at least three tube bundles are a... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7527710 | Increased-capacity still for high-quality distillation A still for distilling an alcoholic liquid such as wine. The still includes a chamber with a copper wall, which is intended to receive an alcoholic liquid, the capacity of the chamber representing a certain volume. The liquid which occupies the volume at the start o... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7416642 | System for cooling a heated juice by partial low-pressure evaporation A system for cooling a heated juice by partial low-pressure evaporation, the system includes a vat with at least two compartments that are connected to each other through a variably positioned shutter element, where the juice is subjected to decreasing pressure redu... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413634 | Distillation system A multiple effect distillation chamber includes a plurality of separate distilling chambers and a drain chamber at a downstream end of the distilling chambers. The drain chamber functions to create a vacuum to draw volatile gases and impurities collected at the end ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410555 | Process and apparatus for catalytic distillations A process for reacting a first component with itself or a second component to produce a third component in which a first material comprising a first component or said first component and a second component is fed to divided wall column having a catalytic distillatio... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407571 | Method of and apparatus for upgrading and gasifying heavy hydrocarbon feeds A novel apparatus for producing sweet synthetic crude from a heavy hydrocarbon feed includes: an upgrader for receiving the heavy hydrocarbon feed and producing a distillate fraction including sour products, and high-carbon content by-products; a gasifier for receiv... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7368039 | 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... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7297236 | Ethanol distillation process A process arrangement for distilling fuel grade ethanol includes a fermentation portion, a distillation portion, a condensation and dehydration portion, a separation and drying portion and an evaporation portion. The fermentation portion produces beer. The distillat... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7253314 | Method for refining easily polymerizable matter-containing substance and apparatus therefor A method for refining an easily polymerizable matter while preventing an easily polymerizable matter-containing substance from being polymerized and an apparatus for use in the method are disclosed. The method and apparatus for refining and separating the easily pol... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7163636 | Multi-phase separation system A multi-phase separation system utilized to remove contaminants from fluids includes a pre-filtering module for filtering a contaminated fluid to provide a filtered contaminated fluid. A condenser module receives the filtered contaminated fluid and a contaminated ga... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153394 | System to isolate dianhydrides A process to isolate dianhydride from an exchange reaction comprises extracting a bisimide/anhydride exchange reaction aqueous phase with an organic solution comprising an exchange catalyst at a first temperature and pressure to form an extracted aqueous phase compr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7101463 | Condensation and recovery of oil from pyrolysis gas A system and process for the recovery of oil from the pyrolysis of material containing hydrocarbons such as shredded vehicle tires. The system utilizes a pair of sequentially positioned packed towers to recover at least 95% of the oil contained in the pyrolysis gase... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7087140 | Carbonizing waste processing apparatus A carbonizing waste processing apparatus is operable to rotate and heat a radiant tube for carbonizing waste therein so as to generate granular char and vapors from the waste, transfer waste into an upstream end of the tube, temporarily impede movement of the waste ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087157 | Multi-phase separation system A multi-phase separation system utilized to remove contaminants from fluids includes a pre-filtering module for filtering a contaminated fluid to provide a filtered contaminated fluid. A condenser module receives the filtered contaminated fluid and a contaminated ga... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6964729 | Oxidizing undesired compounds resident within liquid absorbent compounds, reducing atmospheric pollution, regenerating a liquid absorbent and conserving fuel usage associated with reboiler utilization An improved method and apparatus for oxidizing undesired compounds residing within a liquid glycol based absorbent wherein the compounds are heated within a reboiler chamber to their boiling point to effectuate production of vaporized effluents. The absorbent's vapo... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6953499 | Equipment for physical refining and deodorization of edible oils and fats Equipment for use in the physical refining and deodorization of edible oils and fats, including a shell containing a number of superimposed trays for degassing, heating, cooling and deodorization purposes. The equipment also includes a scrubber that is located at th... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6911119 | Simple portable mini distillation apparatus for the production of essential oils and hydrosols This invention relates to a simple, convenient, portable mini-distillation apparatus for the production of essential oils and hydrosols, said apparatus is useful to distill essential oils and hydrosols such as rose water, ajowain water from fresh and dried plant mat... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6884324 | Column for concentrating phthalic anhydride To improve the columns used so far for producing phthalic anhydride, and to make them less expensive and easier to install, it is proposed that in the column for concentrating phthalic anhydride two distillation stages are arranged, wherein the removal of the low-bo... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6767517 | Method and apparatus for the continuous production of diaryl carbonates An energy efficient series of mass and energy integrated reactive distillation columns and distillation columns are used to effect the production of diaryl carbonate. Utilizing the method or apparatus of the invention facilitates high diaryl carbonate production rat... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6702936 | Method of and apparatus for upgrading and gasifying heavy hydrocarbon feeds A novel apparatus for producing sweet synthetic crude from a heavy hydrocarbon feed comprising: an upgrader for receiving said heavy hydrocarbon feed and producing a distillate fraction including sour products, and high-carbon content by-products; a gasif... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6682633 | Apparatus for cocurrent fractional distillation A modular apparatus for fractional distillation and other forms of vapor-liquid contacting is presented. The apparatus performs cocurrent contacting of vapor and liquid in a number of identical structural units which are placed in horizontal layers in a c... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6635148 | Method for refining easily polymerizable matter-contained substance and apparatus therefor A method for refining an easily polymerizable matter while preventing an easily polymerizable matter-containing substance from being polymerized and an apparatus for use in the method are disclosed. The method and apparatus for refining and separating the... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6582564 | Distillation apparatus and distillation method A distillation apparatus includes a column body; a partition for dividing the interior of the column body; a first distillation section composed of an enriching section and an exhaust section; a second distillation section composed of an enriching section... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6551464 | Distillation/reflux equipment A combination reflux/distillation apparatus is provided having interchangeable reflux and distillation columns, a segmented collection trough and an integrated indirect heating provision. The apparatus is uniquely adapted for refluxing and distilling smal... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6514387 | Rectifying column for extractive distillation of close-boiling or azeotropic boiling mixtures The invention relates to a rectifying column for extractive distillation, comprising a column main section (204) and a raffinate section (205) above said main section, an evaporator (208) situated on the lower end of the column, an inlet (214) disposed be... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6500309 | Dimensions in reactive distillation technology A system for separating products from reactants within a reactive distillation column is revealed. Reaction products heavier than reactants are discouraged to re-enter the reaction zone by a rectifying section in between the reaction zone and the strippin... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6419796 | Solvent distillation apparatus The object of the invention is to provide a solvent distillation apparatus capable of preparing a highly pure anoxic, dehydrated solvent. A distilling flask is connected to a vacuum double-barrel fractionating column by a glass flange. The upper end of th... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6375802 | Method of retrofitting existing equipment for an improved aromatics separation process An improved process for the recovery of aromatic compounds from a mixture containing aromatic and non-aromatic compounds and method for retrofitting existing equipment for the same is provided. The improved process comprises the steps of recovering aromat... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6365006 | Method for distilling a mixture of substances and device for realizing the same The present invention pertains to the alcohol processing industry and relates to a method that includes feeding a mixture into a distillation column which is fitted with contact devices for discharging the vapors through the top of said column. This metho... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6274003 | Apparatus for upgrading hydrocarbon feeds containing sulfur, metals, and asphaltenes Upgrading of a hydrocarbon feed containing sulfur, metals, and asphaltenes involves applying the feed to a distillation column for producing a substantially asphaltene-free, and metal-free fraction and a non-distilled fraction containing sulfur, asphalten... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6245218 | System and method to effectuate and control coker charge heater process fluid temperature A system and method to improve the efficiency of delayed coker charge heating by effecting and controlling the temperature of a coker process fluid, prior to its introduction to a coker charge heater. In its preferred embodiment, the instant invention str... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6001220 | Deodorisation plant for fatty oils A deodorisation plant for treatment of fatty oils comprises a vessel (1) connected to a vacuum source. In the vessel there is a distillation column filled with structured packing material through which column the oil which shall be deodorised is brought t... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5958191 | Column for the separation of a volatile liquid from a mixture with another liquid of lower volatility A column to regenerate methanol from a methanol-water mixture includes a circular column having two contact beds with a plurality of gas inlets connected thereto to split the entering feed gas so that approximately equal portions are fed through each bed.... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5955041 | Natural circulation reactor and use for producing linear and cyclic acetals This invention relates to a reactor 1 for the continuous production of linear or cyclic acetals, in particular trioxane, dioxolane, tetroxane, dimethoxymethane, diethoxymethane, diethoxyethane and dibutoxyethane. This reactor has internal adjacently arran... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5902460 | Multi-stage fractional distillation process and apparatus A distillation column suitable for the separation of a three component feed mixture is provided wherein the fractional distillation column utilizes a vertical partition and a baffle to prevent feed mixture from taking a direct flow path from the feed inle... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5755933 | Partitioned distillation column An integrated distillation column having a partitioned stripping or absorption section is presented. The integrated stripping/distillation column comprises a single shell housing a refluxed absorption section and a reboiled stripping section. The strippin... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5658433 | System for the purification of vitamin E An integral system and method for the separation and purification in a single operation of a heat or oxygen-sensitive liquid feed, such as a plant derived liquid feed mixture of fatty acids, tocopherol compounds and sterols, into a low boiling point purif... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5624534 | Volatiles separator and concentrator An apparatus and method for stripping volatiles from a feed stream and concentrating the volatiles in the overhead vapors forming a condensate product and simultaneously producing a low percent volatiles outlet stream as a concentrate product. The volatil... | 04/29/1997 |
