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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7289309 | Isolation apparatus The apparatus is intended for disconnection of a live electrical conductor and has an enclosure (3) and two power connections (1, 2) which are passed out of the enclosure (3). A conductor section (7) which connects the two power connectio... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285203 | Method and apparatus for instrumental analysis in remote locations The present invention provides a method and apparatus for instrumental analysis in remote locations. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of controlling cathodic protection being applied to a metal structure having a surface disposed in an elec... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7244351 | Desulfurization process of hydrocarbon feeds with electrolytic hydrogen A process for removing sulfur from hydrocarbon feeds, including the steps of providing a hydrocarbon feed containing sulfur; providing a cell having two compartments and a membrane separating the compartments; flowing a hydrogen source through one compartment; flowi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7227097 | Plasma generation and processing with multiple radiation sources Plasma-assisted methods and apparatus that use multiple radiation sources are provided. In one embodiment, a plasma is ignited by subjecting a gas in a processing cavity to electromagnetic radiation having a frequency less than about 333 GHz in the presence of a pla... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211923 | Rotational motion based, electrostatic power source and methods thereof A power system includes a member with two or more sections and at least one pair of electrodes. Each of the two or more sections has a stored static charge. Each of the pair of electrodes is spaced from and on substantially opposing sides of the member from the othe... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7189436 | Flash evaporation-plasma coating deposition method The present invention provides a method for the formation of an organic coating on a substrate. The method includes: providing a substrate in a vacuum; providing at least one vaporized organic material comprising at least one component from at least one source, wher... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7169366 | System and method for exposing an object to an electrical discharge Methods and systems are configured to expose an object to an electrical discharge. The system includes a conveyor that conveys the object, a guide that guides the object, and an electrode that provides an electrical discharge. The guide is typically set to guide the... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7147821 | Treatment process for a gaseous medium containing contaminating particles The invention relates to a method for treating a gaseous medium containing contaminating particles, such as microorganisms, bacteria, or viruses. The inventive method consists of generating an accelerated electron flux; the electron flux interacting with the gaseous... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7119240 | Method for converting natural gas to olefins A process for converting natural gas to an olefin includes heating the gas to a selected range of temperature to convert a fraction of the gas stream to reactive hydrocarbons, primarily ethylene or acetylene, and reacting with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7087147 | Electroactive catalysis The application of an electric current to catalysts useful for the vapor phase oxidation of hydrocarbons allows for processes for obtaining enhanced catalytic processing of a given feed material with a given catalyst, processes allowing the ready change-over from on... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078001 | System and method for exposing an object to an electrical discharge A conveyor system for exposing an object to an electrical discharge to increase the surface tension of a surface of the object comprises a guide, a first conveyor, an electrode, and a second conveyor. The first conveyor is configured to convey the object toward the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074476 | Flexible carrier having regions of higher and lower energy treatment A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of beverage containers includes a plurality of container holders, each having a portion with higher energy treatment and a portion with lower energy treatment. The energy treatment is corona or plasma treatment. The portio... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7001500 | Electroactive catalysis The application of an electric current to catalysts useful for the vapor phase oxidation of hydrocarbons allows for processes for obtaining enhanced catalytic processing of a given feed material with a given catalyst, processes allowing the ready change-over from on... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6969455 | Electrophoresis frame for gel slabs with different thickness holder plates A frame used in clamping gel slab holders having different thicknesses used in electrophoresis. The frame has a cam that, when rotated, presses against a plate of a gel slab holder. The cam has a high lobe and a low lobe for selectively clamping gel slab holders hav... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6926872 | Apparatus and method for producing a clean burning combustible gas with long life electrodes and multiple plasma-arc-flows Apparatus and method for processing crude oil, or oil-base or water-base liquid waste into a clean burning combustible gas via a submerged electric arc between at least one pair of consumable electrodes, which have a geometry permitting the operation for at least on... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6915789 | Fuel conditioning assembly A fuel conditioning assembly, structured to be positioned between a fuel supply and a fuel combustion assembly, and including an elongate tubular housing having an inlet end, an outlet end, and a flow through passage extending there between. The inlet end is coupled... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6673322 | Apparatus for making a novel, highly efficient, nonpollutant, oxygen rich and cost competitive combustible gas and associated method A process for the production of a clean burning combustible gas by flowing a liquid through an electric arc. The electrodes have several configurations. The invention prevents the production of carbon dioxide in the gas thereby reducing its presence when ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6663752 | Clean burning liquid fuel produced via a self-sustaining processing of liquid feedstock The invention relates to a novel self-sustaining method for the clean production of a clean burning liquid fuel called MagneFuel, which method is based, first, in the production of a combustible gas via submerged electric arcs between carbon-base electrod... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6645438 | Methods and apparatus for producing fullerenes in large quantities from liquid hydrocarbons A method and apparatus for producing fullerenes, in large quantities at an economical cost, from liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons treated by a high energy source in a reactor devoid of oxygen are presented. The liquid hydrocarbons preferably selected from ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6565716 | Dielectric barrier discharge system and method for decomposing hazardous compounds in fluids A dielectric barrier discharge system includes first and second non-thermal plasma reactors which are coupled together in series. The first reactor includes a first surface discharge electrode which defines a first discharge path along the first surface d... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6540966 | Apparatus and method for recycling contaminated liquids Reactors for the total recycling of contaminated liquid waste, which produce a clean burning combustible gas, usable heat, and solid precipitates. Different embodiments include the efficient recycling of automotive antifreeze and oil waste, a new method f... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6524538 | Method and apparatus for plasma treatment of gas A method and an apparatus for plasma treatment of gas, particularly for transformation, passivation and stabilization of polluting and toxic admixtures is disclosed. A flowing gas (1) to be treated is passed through a hollow cathode (2) provided with a co... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6391272 | Method for exhaust gas decontamination A method for cleaning exhaust air containing pollutants, especially gaseous hydrocarbon emissions in an exhaust duct, using a catalyst and a UV radiation raising the energy level of the hydrocarbons, in which the exhaust air is exposed in a first section ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6375832 | Fuel synthesis A method of transforming a normally gaseous composition containing at least one hydrogen source, at least one oxygen source and at least one carbon source into a normally liquid fuel, wherein said gaseous composition consists at least in part of carbon di... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6321531 | Method and apparatus for using free radicals to reduce pollutants in the exhaust gases from the combustion of a fuel The invention is directed to an apparatus and a method for the reduction of pollutants in a gas stream containing gas formed from the oxidation of fuel, such as, in the exhaust stream of a combustion engine. Radicals are produced using a corona discharge ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6200430 | Electric arc gasifier method and equipment A method, and its associated equipment, for producing synthetic gas by means of an electric arc-activated, non-catalytic burner which utilizes up to three streams of product inputs. A primary spray is heated by an electric arc formed between two electrode... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6133334 | Method for influencing the dispersibility, emulsifiability solubility and/or reactivity of low molecular weight solids containing alkyl groups A method for influencing the dispersibility, emulsifiability, solubility and/or reactivity of low molecular weight solids containing alkyl groups wherein low molecular weight solids containing alkyl groups are subjected to a plasma treatment in a frequenc... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6132590 | Electrolytic process for treating aqueous waste streams An electrochemical process for the production of a hydroxide solution and a sulfate by the electrolysis of a waste aqueous mixture of oxidizable sulfur impurities in the anode compartment of at least one electrolytic cell while producing a hydroxide solut... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6118040 | Method and apparatus for purifying a gaseous mixture including molecules and/or cells of toxic or polluting substances The method includes a step of creating a flow of the mixture, a step of generating an electron discharge at a velocity such as to create a zone in which the mixture is ionised and a step of directing a series of electron beams so as to intercept the flow ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6113748 | Non-fossil fuel without harmful combustion effluents Non-fossil fuel without harmful combustion effluents, the only effluents being water and carbon dioxide. The compositions of which the fuel is made are carbon and water only, which are converted in an underwater electric arc into hydrogen and carbon monox... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6029442 | Method and apparatus for using free radicals to reduce pollutants in the exhaust gases from the combustion of fuel The invention is directed to an apparatus and a method for the reduction of pollutants in the exhaust stream of a combustion engine. Radicals are produced using a corona discharge in the combustion gas stream of the engine, either in the precombustion gas... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5980701 | Corona method and apparatus for altering carbon containing compounds The present invention is a method and apparatus for altering a carbon containing compound in an aqueous mixture. According to a first aspect of the present invention, it has been discovered that for an aqueous mixture having a carbon containing compound w... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5908539 | Method for reactions in dense-medium plasmas and products formed thereby A method and apparatus for reacting dense-medium chemicals in an induced plasma state and novel reaction products resulting from the method are described.... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5830810 | Nonwoven barrier and method of making the same A plasma sterilizable fabric which is subjected to charging, for example electrostatic charging, is provided. Plasma sterilizable fabrics may include nonwovens and laminate nonwovens. The plasma sterilizable fabrics may also be treated with an antistatic ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5766425 | Method and apparatus for treating the surface of a web or film, and webs and films treated therewith The surface of a web or film is modified to impart the material with improved properties including wettability, printability, adhesion and static reduction. Such surface modification is achieved with an electrode structure which causes a filamentary disch... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5759642 | Process for producing a polymer which can be used as a powder coating material and/or hot-melt adhesive A process for producing a polymer which can be used as a powder coating material or a hot-melt adhesive in which at least one polyolefin is subjected to a low-temperature plasma treatment with frequencies changing during the treatment in a frequency range... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5695618 | Oxidative coupling of methane on octahedral molecular sieve A method of oxidatively coupling methane onto a manganese oxide molecular sieve comprising: (a) passing methane through a microwave plasma activation flow reaction zone onto a manganese oxide molecular sieve, whereby polymer-free methane coupled products ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5637198 | Volatile organic compound and chlorinated volatile organic compound reduction methods and high efficiency apparatus This invention is drawn to a Volatile Organic Compound environment effective reduction apparatus comprising a reactor-efficient coronal discharge zone, and at least one pair of high-dielectric coated electrodes. In particular embodiments Halogenated volat... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5549795 | Corona source for producing corona discharge and fluid waste treatment with corona discharge A corona source suitable for use in vehicle ignition systems uses a conductive coil that receives an RF input at one end and has a corona discharge site at the other end, with a reference electrode capacitively coupled to the coil. The pitch and the lengt... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5472581 | Microwave production of C2 hydrocarbons, using a carbon catalyst C1 and C2 hydrocarbons may be produced under the action of pulsed microwave energy in a reactor containing activated charcoal as a catalyst/reactant. Methane and/or water is the other active ingredient and the product is primarily ac... | 12/05/1995 |
