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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137524 | Electrically controlled ion transport device A device is disclosed for electrically controlled transport of ions between a source and a target electrolyte, including a source electrode and a target electrode. The electrodes are each capable of conducting ions, and the source electrode is arranged to receive io... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7909975 | System for recovering gas produced during electrodialysis Disclosed is a system for recovering gas produced during electrodialysis of a saline solution, from gas entrained in an electrolyte solution circulating through anode and cathode compartments of an electrodialysis (ED) unit. In one embodiment, the system provides se... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7833400 | Method of making a flow through capacitor Flow-through capacitors are provided with one or more charge barrier layers. Ions trapped in the pore volume of flow-through capacitors cause inefficiencies as these ions are expelled during the charge cycle into the purification path. A charge barrier layer holds t... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7399415 | Parking a sample stream and suppressing the sample Pretreatment method and apparatus to remove matrix ions from a liquid sample, prior to separation of the sample analytes (e.g. by chromatography), by flowing the liquid sample into a sample compartment and stopping the flow. The sample compartment has a wall compris... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393442 | Ex-situ PEM fuel cell testing: towards visualizing gas diffusion The invention comprises novel apparatuses and testing methods for evaluating a fluid diffusion component. The apparatus includes a fluid capable of undergoing oxidation or reduction, a half-cell electrode assembly able to receive the fluid, and a change in acidity i... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7368191 | Electrode array for use in electrochemical cells The invention features an electrode array (7) in which pairs of electrodes (1) are geometrically arranged so that the broadest faces of the exposed electrodes are not directly opposing to each other. Rather, the broadest facing surfaces of the electrod... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7297245 | Electrokinetic methods and apparatus for collection of ionic contaminants An electrokinetic method and apparatus for discretely collecting ionic contaminants from a variety of media, with an ionic current there across in which an ion collection compartment has been positioned. Each compartment preferably compromises of an anion or cation ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7244342 | Membrane electrode system for electro coating A membrane electrode cell is disclosed which has a membrane cartridge that can readily be removed from the cell without disassembling the framework of the cell. Also, a membrane electrode cell is disclosed which has a water flow arrangement that removes debris from ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235164 | Electrokinetic pump having capacitive electrodes An electrokinetic pump achieves high and low flow rates without producing significant gaseous byproducts and without significant evolution of the pump fluid. A first feature of the pump is that the electrodes in the pump are capacitive with a capacitance of at least... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7214301 | Filter or filter-element for modified electro-dialysis (MED) purposes Filter or filter-element designated for Modified Electro-Dialysis (MED) purposes characterized in that the filter or filter-element comprises a porous, ceramic, mainly uniform material with functional, preferably ion selective groups grafted onto the inner, porous s... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7169281 | Electrochemical pressurizer/purifier of hydrogen for operation at moderately elevated temperatures (including high-temperature electrochemical pump in a membrane generator of hydrogen) An generator of pure pressurized high pressure hydrogen comprising a molten hydroxide or eutectic mixture electrolyte pressurizing chamber bounded by a hydrogen-selective anode and a hydrogen-selective otherwise gas impermeable cathode respectively connected to a D.... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7131486 | Electroosmotic microchannel cooling system Apparatus and methods according to the present invention preferably utilize electroosmotic pumps that are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving mechanical parts and the associated generation of unacceptable electrical and acoustic noise, as wel... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7108772 | Device and process for electrodialysis of ultrafiltration premeate of electrocoat paint An electrodialysis cell (40) suitable for removal of paint solubilizer from electrocoat paint ultrafilter permeate includes a tubular, non-conductive housing (42), a substantially cylindrical, hollow object electrode (48) in the housing, a subst... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097753 | Dilute support frame for an EDI device The dilute support frame is made up of interphase longitude and latitude bars that preferably are hollow. The bars can be rectangular, rectangular with a rounded end, half-circular, triangular, polygonal or any combination thereof. The bars are sized to support the ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7066900 | Removal of metabolic components from blood An electrophoresis system for removing or reducing concentration of a metabolic component from blood or plasma of a subject is provided. A method for removing or reducing concentration or amount of a metabolic component in blood or plasma of a subject is also provid... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7037082 | Corbino disc electroosmotic flow pump The present invention provides a pump for generating an Electroosmotic Flow (EOF) in a solution in a canal, guide, pipe or equivalent. Electroosmotic flow is generated by application of an electric field through a solution in a canal defined by insulating walls. The... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7000409 | Use of flow through capacitor in the recovery and purification of water from exhaust gases of internal combustion engines A process for recovering potable water from the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. In this process the exhaust gases are cooled causing water to condense out, and the water formed is passed through particulate filters, activated carbon filt... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6890417 | Apparatus and method for refining alkaline solution An electrolytic bath is divided into an anodic chamber and a cathodic chamber by a cation-exchange membrane. A base alkaline solution of high impurity concentration is supplied into the anodic chamber from a tank of a base material as well as a circulating anolyte o... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6872292 | Voltage modulation of advanced electrochemical delivery system An electro-osmotic cell capable of substantially reducing zero-current transport is disclosed, wherein the cell includes a cell housing having a first half cell and a second half cell, with an ion selective membrane therebetween, a first electrode positioned within ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6709560 | Charge barrier flow-through capacitor Flow-through capacitors are provided with one or more charge barrier layers. Ions trapped in the pore volume of flow-through capacitors cause inefficiencies as these ions are expelled during the charge cycle into the purification path. A charge barrier layer holds t... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6685809 | Methods for forming small-volume electrical contacts and material manipulations with fluidic microchannels A microfabricated device employing a bridging membrane and methods for electrokinetic transport of a liquid phase biological or chemical material using the same are described. The bridging membrane is deployed in or adjacent to a microchannel and permits ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6569301 | Cation exchange membrane selectively permeable to monovalent cations and method for its production The present invention provides a cation exchange membrane which has excellent durability, a high limiting current density, a low direct current membrane resistance and excellent selectivity to monovalent cations. In the present invention, a cation exchang... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6294066 | Apparatus and process for electrodialysis of salts An apparatus and the process produces salts by an electrodialysis operation. The basic electrodialysis apparatus is a cell having a number of compartments separated by membranes. A DC source is connected to drive a current through a feed stream passing th... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6241866 | Electrodeionization apparatus with fixed ion exchange materials Electrodeionization apparatus for purifying water that includes a cathode, an anode, and a plurality of alternating anion permeable membranes and cation permeable membranes between the cathode and anode that define concentrating and diluting flow channels... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6126805 | Electrodialysis including filled cell electrodialysis (electrodeionization) Improved electrodialysis (ED) stacks are disclosed having one or more components selected from the group: a) cation exchange membranes having ion exchange groups predominantly sulfonic acid groups and a minor amount of weakly acidic and/or weakly basic gr... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6117297 | Electrodialysis apparatus An integral, monolithic frame-membrane is disclosed, such frame-membrane having a semi-permeable membrane portion and integral therewith a frame portion, the frame portion having one or more cavities, each cavity juxtaposed to the membrane portion, each c... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6103537 | Capillary assays involving separation of free and bound species The present invention concerns methods for masking inhomogeneity of a member of a specific binding pair (sbp) employed in a capillary electroseparation. The method comprises binding the sbp member to synthetic particles that become localized during capill... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6030535 | Method of and apparatus for producing potable water and salt Original seawater is supplied to a pre-treatment equipment, and a flocculated material produced by exerting a magnetic force and injecting ozone is removed by filtration. The seawater pretreated by the pre-treatment equipment is supplied to a reverse osmo... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5980961 | Demineralization of sweet whey by electrodeionization Sweet whey is demineralized by an electrodeionization process by passing sweet whey to be demineralized through a resin bed of strong cationic exchange resin contained in an electrodeionization dilution compartment or through a resin bed of weak anionic a... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5945192 | Sealing assembly for a solid polymer ion exchange membrane An assembly consisting of at least one seal layer and a solid polymer ion exchange layer wherein the seal layer covers essentially only the region of the ion exchange layer which is to be sealed. The seal layer is made of porous polytetrafluoroethylene fi... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5928488 | Electrolytic sodium sulfate salt splitter comprising a polymeric ion conductor The invention relates to an electrochemical process for the production of sodium hydroxide and sulfuric acid from aqueous sodium sulfate solutions, said process comprising the feeding of an aqueous sodium sulfate solution into a salt splitter device compr... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5906722 | Method of converting amine hydrohalide into free amine Describes a method of electrochemically converting amine hydrohalide, e.g., ethyleneamine hydrochloride, into free amine, e.g., free ethyleneamine. A three compartment electrolytic cell is provided having (1) a catholyte compartment containing a cathode a... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5906724 | Apparatus for separation of nucleated blood cells from a blood sample A charge-flow separation apparatus (CFS) for enriching rare cell populations, particularly fetal cells, from a whole blood sample by separating the rare cell fractions from whole fractions according to the relative-charge density and/or the relative bindi... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5904829 | Method of converting amine hydrohalide into free amine Describes a method of electreochemically converting amine hydrohalide, e.g., amine hydrochloride, into free amine, e.g., free ethyleneamine. An electrolytic cell is provided having (1) a catholyte compartment containing a cathode assembly comprising a cat... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5891328 | Membrane-frame for processes including electrodialysis An integral, monolithic frame-membrane is disclosed, such frame-membrane having a semi-permeable membrane portion and integral therewith a frame portion, the frame portion having one or more cavities, each cavity juxtaposed to the membrane portion, each c... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5882501 | Method of converting amine hydrohalide into free amine Describes a method of electrochemically converting amine hydrohalide, e.g., ethyleneamine hydrochloride, into free amine, e.g., free ethyleneamine, by charging an aqueous solution of amine hydrohalide to the catholyte compartment of an electrolytic cell, ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5879521 | Gas-diffusion cathode and salt water electrolytic cell using the gas-diffusion cathode A gas-diffusion cathode disposed in contact with an ion-exchange membrane partitioning an electrolytic cell into an anode chamber and a cathode chamber, wherein at least one guide piece is disposed in the gas-diffusion cathode and a salt water electrolyti... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5855759 | Electrochemical cell and process for splitting a sulfate solution and producing a hyroxide solution sulfuric acid and a halogen gas The present invention relates to an electrochemical cell and a process for producing a hydroxide solution, sulfuric acid and a halogen gas from a hydrogen halide and a sulfate solution. In particular, the sulfate solution may be an alkali metal sulfate so... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5766438 | Electrolyzer and a method of operating the same In an electrolyzer provided according to this invention, the polarity of electrodes is periodically inverted at very short intervals. This has the effect of allowing gases to be generated uniformly all over the surface of each electrode in the form of ext... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5725748 | Process and installation for treating cellulose waste lye In a process for an electrochemical treatment of cellulose waste lye, mass transport takes place through a diaphragm or membrane between a cathode chamber and an anode chamber, and optionally through a middle chamber. Cationogenic components are removed f... | 03/10/1998 |
