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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7926793 | Mixing in wicking structures and the use of enhanced mixing within wicks in microchannel devices Advanced wicking structures and methods utilizing these structures are described. The use of advanced wicking structures can promote rapid mass transfer while maintaining high capillary pressure through the use of small pores. Particularly improved results in fluid ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7673857 | Structured packing and use thereof At least one section of structured packing where the length of the section is about 1 m to about 6 m; and where the specific surface area of the structured packing of the section is greater than 500 m2/m3, is used in a vapour/liquid contact col... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7637485 | Packing for column Packing elements typically used in columns to enhance chemical reactions are illustrated. The packing element may be shaped as a sphere, ellipsoid, any shape of a revolution of a conic, and made of polygonal elements of various numbers of sides. Alternate embodiment... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7431804 | Method for carrying out the distillation or reactive distillation of a mixture containing at least one toxic constituent A process is proposed for the distillation or reactive distillation of a mixture that includes at least one toxic component, the process being carried out in a column containing a structured packing, having at least one packing layer (1) having a lower end ( | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422197 | Divided wall exchange column A divided wall exchange column includes a dividing wall strengthened by stiffening members and/or a double wall design to better withstand pressure differentials and minimize temperature differentials. When a double wall is used, cost of manufacture and installation... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7380773 | Air and heat exchange apparatus A gas and heat exchange apparatus including at least one substantially vertical elongate hollow member, a plurality of internal members spaced inside the at least one hollow member, each internal member having at least one opening, structure for gas intake and exhau... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7364141 | Fluid cooler with evaporative heat exchanger A cooling tower and/or a fan drive system are provided which enhance cooling performance, are able to reduce lateral temperature gradients at least to some degree, provide for easy removable of debris and/or provide for easy fan adjustment. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357378 | Divided wall exchange column A divided wall exchange column includes a dividing wall strengthened by stiffening members and/or a double wall design to better withstand pressure differentials and minimize temperature differentials. When a double wall is used, cost of manufacture and installation... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353687 | Reference leak A reference leak includes a leak layer formed of one of a metallic material, a glass material, and a ceramic material. The metallic material is selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, and molybdenum. The leak layer comprises a number of substantially p... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7332132 | Stripping apparatus and process An apparatus and process for stripping gases from solids comprises a structured packing in a stripping section of a vessel. The structured packing comprises a plurality of corrugated ribbons with each corrugated ribbon having at least two faces angular to each other... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325439 | Fluid permeability measurement system and method A system for measuring the permeance of a material. The permeability of the material may also be derived. The system provides a liquid or high concentration fluid bath on one side of a material test sample, and a gas flow across the opposing side of the material tes... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318581 | Carbonating apparatus A carbonating apparatus includes an elongated carbonation chamber defining a longitudinal axis and having an inlet end and an outlet end. A manifold assembly is provided at the inlet end of the carbonation chamber. The manifold assembly includes a manifold body havi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7281703 | Liquid-to-gas contact device There is provided a liquid-to-gas contact device comprising: a liquid-to-gas contact medium which is a honeycomb structural body formed of a porous material including a plurality of through channels defined by a plurality of partition walls and extending through the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282081 | Method and apparatus for high efficiency multi-stage packed tower aeration with PH adjustment and reutilization of outlet air Disclosed is an improve aeration system. The aeration system of the present invention more efficiently removes contaminates, such as hydrogen sulfide, from water. The increased efficiency is achieved by adjusting the pH level of the water in between sequential mass ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278628 | Device for the dosing of gaseous and/or vaporous matters Apparatus for dosing gaseous and/or vaporous substances An apparatus for dosing gaseous and/or vaporous substances, in particular for generating varying scents, includes a multitude of packaged storage containers (1) from which different gases and/or vapors a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267329 | Alternating conventional and high capacity packing within the same section of an exchange column An assembly in an exchange column includes a plurality of generally vertically adjacent layers of structured packing. Each layer includes a plurality of generally horizontally adjacent structured packing elements, each of which has an upper edge and a lower edge. Ea... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7232116 | Fluid cooler with evaporative heat exchanger and intermediate distribution A cooling tower and/or a fan drive system are provided which enhance cooling performance, are able to reduce lateral temperature gradients at least to some degree, provide for easy removable of debris and/or provide for easy fan adjustment. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222841 | Air and heat exchange apparatus A gas and heat exchange apparatus comprising at least one substantially vertical elongate hollow member, a plurality of internal members spaced inside the at least one hollow member, each internal member having at least one opening, means for gas intake and exhaust ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7153425 | Process and filter for filtering a slurry The present invention comprises a process for filtering a slurry and a filter cartridge construction for filtering a slurry having a filtration medium formed of a depth filter such as a cylindrical seamless fibrous depth filter comprising a nonwoven fibrous mass, wo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7131639 | Water distribution system for an evaporative cooler An evaporative cooler, including one or more media modules, distributes water from a source of water to each module through a constant flow valve. A distribution unit at each media module includes a spray bar for spraying water through a plurality of uniformly space... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7115186 | Liquid material evaporation apparatus for semiconductor manufacturing A liquid material evaporation apparatus including a mixing chamber, a flow control unit, a first flow passage for introducing a liquid material, a second flow passage for introducing a carrier gas connected to the mixing chamber through a first nozzle, the first noz... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104530 | Device and a method for contacting a liquid with a gas A device or apparatus for contacting a liquid with a gas is provided. The device or apparatus has at least one gas inlet for introducing the gas into the liquid and a fiber housing with at least one liquid inlet and at least one liquid outlet. The fiber housing is s... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7014175 | Packing for column Packing elements typically used in columns to enhance chemical reactions are illustrated. The packing element may be shaped as a sphere, ellipsoid or any shape of a revolution of a conic. Alternate embodiments illustrated may have faces analogous to crystal shapes. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6922668 | Speaker recognition This invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for speaker recognition. In this invention, prior to comparing feature vectors derived from speech with a stored reference model the feature vectors are processed by applying a speaker dependent transform wh... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6916421 | Vertical vortex or laminar flow interactive bio media water treatment device A waste liquid treatment system includes a plurality of flow control elements presenting a plurality of waste liquid flow control surfaces. A biofilm covers at least some of the waste liquid flow control surfaces. The flow control surfaces are adapted and constructe... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6874769 | Structured packing plate and element and method of fabricating same A mass transfer column is provided with an external shell defining an internal region. Packing elements are positioned within the internal region of the mass transfer column. The packing elements have one or more plates formed from sheet material that has been shape... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6854719 | Heat exchange and mass transfer packing and packed column utilizing same A heat exchange or mass transfer column in which the packing bed is formed from individual packing layers wherein the sheet metal plates of the packing have different thicknesses. ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6811147 | Structured random packing for column A packing assembly for a column comprises a cage element which carried a packing element. The packing element comprises a first plurality of parallel plates and a second plurality of parallel plates. The first plurality of parallel plates have peripheries which enab... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6755396 | Portable vehicle humidifier A portable vehicle humidifier includes an enclosed container with a removable cover, the cover having a plurality of apertures formed therein to permit humid air to be released from the container. A fan is mounted over a large opening in the cover to blow air into t... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6666436 | Mixed-size packed beds An improved random-dumped packed bed for effecting inter-phase heat and mass transfer. The packed bed is a plurality of a first packing size substantially uniformly mixed and co-mingled with a plurality of the suitable second larger packing size. The mixe... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6631890 | Packing for column Column packing elements comprise and preferably consist of two individual components, namely a strong and rigid "outside" cage, and an "inside" variable component preferably formed of a monofilament and/or mono-multi-filament fibers, which can be varied t... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6613127 | Quench apparatus and method for the reformation of organic materials Methods and apparatus for processing and cooling a hot gaseous stream exiting a gasification reactor vessel at temperatures in excess of 1300° C. where the gas will come into contact with a corrosive aqueous liquid, including methods and apparatus for co... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6471193 | Automated odor modifier An Automated Odor Modification System 10 is provided having an electronic programmable timer 100, a container liquid level detector 150, a nozzle liquid level detector 140, a motor control circuit 108, an electric motor 126, a liquid container 200, a hous... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6387534 | Random packing element The invention provides a novel improved packing element having the basic shape of a polygon with arches formed around the periphery by deforming the edge area in one direction and an area axially within the edge area to form arches projecting in the oppos... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6383373 | Biological filtration apparatus A biological filtration apparatus comprises: a raw water introducing section for introducing raw water as water to be processed; a biological filtration section, disposed on the lower side of the raw water introducing section, for biologically purifying/refini... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6206348 | Evaporative cooler for a gas turbine engine The present disclosure relates to an evaporative cooler including first and second trays each having a longitudinal axis. Each tray includes a bottom wall and two side walls that project upward from the bottom wall and extend generally parallel to the lon... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6168140 | Air treating device The present invention relates to an air treating device to be used for prevention of drying of air or cleaning of air, convenient for carrying and yet capable of humidifying the air in a room as required, by being disposed in the air feed unit of an equip... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5780293 | System and method for capturing and destroying HAP/VOC substances using microbial degradation A system for capturing HAPs/VOCs from an existing or planned air stream and destroying the contaminants in the air stream by microbial degradation is disclosed. In general, the system is composed of a housing that contains a rotating drum. The drum contai... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5543039 | Reactor for purification of water A method for water purification in which waste water is fed into a reactor containing carriers having a biofilm which promotes a desired conversion of impurities, using carriers which are particulate elements having a larger surface than smooth elements o... | 08/06/1996 |
