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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104745 | Heat-generating jet injection A reboiling jet apparatus comprises at least two nozzles in series, configured to cause boiling of a hot liquid in the first nozzle, deceleration and reduction of the gas phase in the second nozzle, followed by acceleration and reboiling in the second nozzle. A seco... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8038127 | Method for manufacturing a hydrogen-added water and a device for the same The object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing hydrogen-added water containing a large amount of microscopic bubbles and manufacturing equipment for the same so as to expand the industrial applicability of hydrogen-added water by inject... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7461834 | Waste liquid treatment system A waste liquid treatment system includes a heat retaining/storage tank section adapted to store waste liquid, retaining the temperature thereof, an atomization chamber section capable of gasifying waste liquid by atomization and/or thermal vaporization, a heating/de... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7243909 | Collector sump cooling tower The present invention relates to a cooling apparatus and method wherein a supply sump and turbine are below grade. Water cooled from an above grade cooling tower fan and fill flows into the supply sump and is pumped through below grade pipes into a facility. Heat re... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7195024 | Chemical supply system A chemical supply system comprises, as principal elements, a chemical storage tank in which a liquid chemical for cleaning is stored in the state of its formulated concentrate, a chemical supply apparatus connected to the chemical storage tank for positively perform... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7172732 | High pressure parallel reactor with individually isolatable vessels An apparatus and method for synthesis and screening of materials are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a parallel batch reactor for effecting chemical reactions includes a pressure chamber, and a plurality of reaction wells. Each of the re... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166225 | Methods for filtering fluids A fluid filtering device includes a plurality of filtering wells and an angling mechanism which adjusts the angle of the membranes within the filtering wells relative to a line of a centrifuge where the line is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of a centrifuge a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7141218 | High pressure parallel reactor with individually isolatable vessels An apparatus and method for synthesis and screening of materials are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a parallel batch reactor for effecting chemical reactions includes a pressure chamber, an inlet port, and two or more reaction vessels w... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137623 | Heating tower apparatus and method with isolation of outlet and inlet air A method for heating a fluid using a heating tower. The method includes the steps of drawing an air stream into the heating tower through an inlet and passing the air stream over a fill medium. The method for heating a fluid also includes passing a fluid over the fi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7122159 | High pressure parallel reactor with individually sealable vessels An apparatus and method for synthesis and screening of materials are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a parallel batch reactor for effecting chemical reactions includes a pressure chamber, an inlet port, two or more reaction vessels withi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111830 | Anti-detonation fuel delivery system A fuel processing device [2] is provided that produces properly sized fuel aerosol particles [5] that when mixed with combustion air, reduces or eliminates detonation (knock) in internal combustion engines thus reducing fuel octane requirements for eng... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097347 | Static mixer and process for mixing at least two fluids A novel mixing apparatus and process for mixing at least two fluids are disclosed. Excellent mixing and superior pressure drop characteristics are achieved in a device comprising at least two supply channels to feed a mixing chamber and create a vortex. The alignmen... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093826 | Anti-detonation fuel delivery system A fuel processing device is provided that produces properly sized fuel aerosol particles that when mixed with combustion air, reduces or eliminates detonation (knock) in internal combustion engines thus reducing fuel octane requirements for engines of a given compre... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7025056 | Assymetric inhaler An inhaler for producing an inhalable aerosol of a powdered medicament includes an aerosolizing device in the form of a vortex chamber (1). The vortex chamber (1) has a curved wall (12), a tangential inlet port (3) and an axial exit port ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018589 | High pressure parallel reactor An apparatus for use in parallel reaction of materials includes a base having a plurality of reaction wells, each of the reaction wells having a closed lower end and open upper end for receiving reactant materials. A cover is configured for sealing engagement with t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6935624 | Carbonation system and method A carbonation system includes a vessel for carbonating a liquid, a CO2 supply connected to the vessel so as to create a CO2 atmosphere in the vessel, an inlet diffuser through which the liquid enters the vessel, and an outlet pipe through which... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6928822 | Turbine engine apparatus and method A fuel processing system for a turbine engine includes a fuel processor which mixes fuel and air through a vortical flow which involves the introduction of air tangentially into the fuel processing chamber through inlet apertures formed in the outer wall of the fuel... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6921062 | Vaporizer delivery ampoule A vaporizer delivery system for use in semiconductor manufacturing processes including a plurality of vertically stacked containers for holding a vaporizable source material. Each of the vertically stacked containers includes a plurality of vented protuberances exte... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6912263 | Method and device for feeding at least one steam generator of a pressurized-water nuclear reactor during periods of reactor shutdown At least one injector condenser (20) is used to supply secondary feedwater to the steam generator (1) during a phase in the course of which the temperature and the pressure of the coolant of the reactor coolant system (2) of the nuclear reactor ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6759018 | Method for point-of-use treatment of effluent gas streams A system for abating undesired component(s) from a gas stream containing same, such as halocompounds, acid gases, silanes, ammonia, etc., by scrubbing of the effluent gas stream with an aqueous scrubbing medium. Halocompounds, such as fluorine, fluorides, perfluoroc... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6113078 | Fluid processing method This disclosure relates to a centrifugal vortex system for preparing a liquid, such as fuel and includes a chamber housing defining a vortex chamber. An array of tangential apertures are formed in the chamber housing to permit fluid to be turbulently intr... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5770167 | Waste gas treating apparatus This invention relates to a waste gas treating apparatus, especially for treating a waste gas containing sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide. It includes at least one washing tower. At least one fluid inlet is disposed on a lateral wall of the washing tower... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5690896 | Distributor assembly for multi-bed down-flow catalytic reactors A multi-bed, down-flow reactor includes several distributor assemblies, each having a centrally located mixing chamber and an annular collecting and mixing trough surrounding the mixing chamber. The mixing chamber has an inlet at one side thereof, an outl... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5653919 | Humidification system A humidifier for adding liquid from a mist source to a gas flow improves the evaporation of the liquid by reducing the quantity of larger water droplets from the mist introduced to the gas flow by slowing a diverted portion of the gas flow, routing the ga... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5620593 | Multi-stage in-well aerator An in-well system for simultaneously treating and extracting groundwater by injecting compressed gas through the groundwater in multiple successive stages as it is pumped out of a well. The process is usable for in-well aeration stripping of Volatile Orga... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5558819 | Downflow heater plant for briefly heating a liquid with steam Plant for briefly heating a free-falling liquid in a pressure chamber (9) by stream which is also supplied to the pressure chamber. The liquid is supplied to the pressure chamber through a supply plate (42) provided with channels (44) and the resulting li... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5262091 | Steam injector system A steam injector system comprises a plurality of steam injectors each being provided with with a check valve adapted for water supply, a check valve adapted for steam supply, a check valve adapted for overflow and a check valve adapted for discharge and t... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5160707 | Methods of and apparatus for removing odors from process airstreams After aerating sewage sludge in a composting process, a stream of process air is treated to remove odors therefrom by injecting into the airstream an atomized mixture of dilute sulfuric acid and dilute surfactant to remove ammonia and odorous organic comp... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5133941 | Apparatus for hydrogenating hydrocarbons An improved process and apparatus for hydrogenating a stream of hydrocarbons is provided. The pressure and temperature of the stream are elevated and the stream is passed through two or more serially connected hydrogenation reaction zones. While passing t... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5009816 | Broad liquid level gas-liquid mixing operations A gas-liquid mixing process and apparatus employing two or more stacked impeller-draft tube assemblies adapted to enable effective gas ingestion into a recirculating body of liquid by vortex development to be continued upon an appreciable variation in liq... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4834955 | Chemical formulation and combined process for inhibiting deposition and corrosion in cooling water and gypsum scaling in flue gas desulfurization scrubber systems An inhibitor formulation for inhibiting corrosion and deposition of calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, and silt in a cooling water system and calcium sulphate (gypsum) scaling in a flue gas desulfurization system. The inhibitor formulation comprises po... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4834782 | System and method for scrubbing one fluid with another fluid Apparatus and methods are disclosed for intimately mixing and contacting first and second fluids for purposes of scrubbing and cleaning one of the fluids with the other. The apparatus includes a venturi mixer device having a nozzle and feed conduit for mi... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4662993 | Bleach system for dissolving chlorine gas into a bleach filtrate A bleach system for blending gaseous chlorine with a paper pulp slurry flow stream by mixing the chlorine with a larger quantity of steam prior to blending the chlorine/steam gas mixture with bleach washer filtrate which serves as carrier water for a mult... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4359331 | Contactor-separator units Contactor-separator units of a sub-assembly in which an isotopic exchange between two immiscible phases takes place are associated in m lines and n columns. One of the phases leaving a contactor-separator unit is directly directed to the adjacent contacto... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4356009 | Gas scrubber and related method A scrubber device for removing finely divided contaminants including gases from a gas stream is disclosed. The device comprises a housing defining a pretreatment section, an implosion section, and a diffusion section. The pretreatment section includes an ... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4353717 | Process for absorbing ozone The invention relates to a process for absorbing ozone in water by introducing an ozone-containing gas into a water current streaming downward in an absorber, wherein the ozone-containing gas is introduced into the water current in the form of bubbles at ... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4308037 | High temperature pollutant removal from gas streams High temperature thermal exchange between molten liquid and a gas stream is effected by generating in a confined flow passageway a plurality of droplets of molten liquid and by passing a gas stream through the passageway in heat exchange relationship with... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4296049 | Distributor for washing fluid in a scrubber or stripper Washing fluid is distributed in a scrubber or a stripper to treat a countercurrent gaseous or vaporous stream by spigots receiving fluid from a tray for discharge onto spray pipes underneath a nozzle at the end of the spigot. A casing surrounds the spigot... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4238462 | Autocirculation process and apparatus A process for reacting a circulating liquid reaction solution with a gas in separate reaction zones within a single reaction vessel wherein the liquid reaction solution is continuously circulated between a first reaction zone and a second reaction zone wi... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4235607 | Method and apparatus for the selective absorption of gases A process and apparatus for removing an impurity from a gas by means of selective absorption of a gas impurity by a suitable absorbent. The absorbent and gas are contacted in a contacting zone which is divided into a plurality of compartments with the abs... | 11/25/1980 |
