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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110151 | Exhaust flow distribution device The present disclosure relates to an diesel exhaust treatment device including a main body having a central longitudinal axis that extends between first and second ends of the main body. A catalyzed substrate is positioned within an interior of the main body. A side... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8062600 | Arrangement for separating coarse ash out of a flue gas stream An arrangement for separating coarse ash out of a flue gas stream, comprising a catalytic converter disposed in a widened flue gas channel portion and serving for reducing the NOx level in the flue gas stream. Also disposed in the widened channel portion ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7858050 | Catalytic converter unit and apparatus A catalytic converter unit includes walls defining a treatment zone, first and second transfer zones and at least one through-flow zone, which zones are adjacent each other. The walls include a partition wall that divides the treatment zone into first and second seg... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7582265 | Gas conduit for plasma gasification reactors A gas conduit for venting high temperature reactor comprising a conduit portion in direct communication with the reactor for receiving gas therefrom where the conduit includes a Venturi for creating a high pressure zone in the area prior to exit of the reactor. The ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7531143 | Arrangement for separating coarse ash out of a flue gas stream An arrangement for separating coarse ash out of a flue gas stream, comprising a catalytic converter disposed in a widened flue gas channel portion and serving for reducing the NOx level in the flue gas stream. Also disposed in the widened channel portion ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531144 | System for production of fresh water and removal of carbon dioxide from exhaust gases This invention relates to a method for desalination of seawater (5, 30) and separation of CO2 from exhaust (77) from a gas turbine (7). LNG (4) is fed into a heat exchanger (6) in which it receives heat from seawater (5) and... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7494628 | Apparatus for abatement of by-products generated from deposition processes and cleaning of deposition chambers Method and apparatus for abating F2 from by-products generated during cleaning of a processing chamber. F2 abatement is efficiently performed by directly injecting H2 in line with a foreline exiting the processing chamber. A tube whi... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7449157 | Catalytic exhaust gas decomposition apparatus and exhaust gas decomposition method A catalytic exhaust gas decomposition spirals an exhaust gas containing therein a substance to be decomposed and a reactant gas, rectifies the spiral flow, and lets the substance to be decomposed react with the reactant gas after the spiral flow has been rectified. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441332 | Method for restoring performance capabilities of exhaust gas treatment apparatus To provide a method for recovering performance of a discharge gas processing apparatus, the method being capable of recovering NOx removal performance of a deteriorated NOx removal catalyst without replacing the deteriorated NOx remo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438876 | Multi-stage heat absorbing reactor and process for SCR of NOx and for oxidation of elemental mercury A selective catalytic reduction apparatus has at least first and last catalyst layers in series for reducing nitrogen oxides in a flue gas, at least one interstage heat exchanger located after the first layer and before the last layer, that lowers flue gas temperatu... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429365 | Method and system for removing mercury from combustion gas A method for continuously removing mercury from a supply of combustion gas is provided. The method includes introducing SO3 into the supply of combustion gas to oxidize at least a portion of elemental mercury within the supply of combustion gas into ionic... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7416713 | Deozonating device with integrated heat exchanger The invention is concerned with a device of destroying ozone in gases by employing a recuperative plate heat exchanger (1) and an integrated electrical heating element (19, 21). The recuperative plate heat exchanger (1) is equipped with at least... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7384609 | Pre-converter device for cleaning exhaust gas for an internal combustion engine A catalytic converter device for cleansing exhaust gas emitted from an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The catalytic converter device includes an elongated body having a longitudinal axis. An inlet area is located at one end of the elongated body, wherein t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374733 | Method and system for removing mercury from combustion gas A method for continuously removing mercury from a supply of combustion gas is provided. The method includes adjusting a power input to an electrostatic precipitator to control a quantity of fly ash emitted from the electrostatic precipitator. A turbulent flow of com... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367419 | Oxygen concentration sensor for a saddle ride type all-terrain vehicle A saddle ride type all-terrain vehicle includes an engine, a front wheel and rear wheels, a saddle type rider's seat, and a rear fender provided so as to cover the surroundings of the saddle type rider's seat and the rear wheels. The vehicle further includes an exha... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357901 | Exhaust gas purification device for an internal combustion engine and exhaust gas purification method for an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine with an exhaust gas purification device is provided in which the NOx held in a NOx catalyst can be efficiently reduced and purified, and a sufficient amount of NOx can be reduced, thereby making it possible to regenerate the NOx catalys... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351383 | Device for catalytic treatment of a gas flow Device for catalytic treatment of a gas flow including at least one body (1) that includes a catalytic material. The device has a number of first openings (5) for either entry of gas into or exit of gas from the catalyzer body (1), and a second ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338552 | Process and device for separating oil and volatile organic components from pressurized gases of a compression system A process and device for separating oil and volatile organic components from pressurized gases of a compression system in which, before oxidation-catalytic separation, a physical separation is performed to protect the oxidation-catalytic separator against a large am... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334334 | Automotive exhaust component and method of manufacture A catalytic converter for an internal combustion engine exhaust system comprises a single-piece, seamless metal housing having tubulated gas inlet and outlet ports and a tubulated intermediate section with a catalytic element therein. The intermediate section is con... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332136 | Airbox in a regenerative thermal oxidiser An air box in a regenerative thermal oxidiser has one or several beds of a heat-storing and heat-transferring material. The air box is connected with a gas inlet/outlet and comprises a gas permeable surface that is turned towards one of the beds. The air box has dis... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323145 | Automotive exhaust component and method of manufacture “Noxious substances in the exhaust, including CO, NOx, and incompletely combusted hydrocarbons are converted to more benign substances through the action of the catalytic element, which is preferably a frangible ceramic honeycomb structure having a plurality of in... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7303730 | Waste gas treating device having flow regulator An apparatus having a baffle device and used for treating an exhaust gas, the apparatus comprising: (a) an inlet duct through which the exhaust gas is flowed in, (b) a bend portion, and (c) a catal... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7288230 | Catalytic converter unit and apparatus A catalytic converter unit includes walls defining a treatment zone, first and second transfer zones and at least one through-flow zone, which zones are adjacent each other. The walls include a partition wall that divides the treatment zone into first and second seg... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282185 | Emission control apparatus Apparatus for controlling emissions from an internal combustion engine including an enclosed housing one end of which is provided with an inlet and the other end an outlet. A coaxial tubular member extends from the inlet into the housing. A catalytic cell surrounds ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276211 | Process for producing a one-piece, structured metal foil having a hole, metal foil and honeycomb body A process for producing a one-piece, structured metal sheet having an interior with a hole, provides a predetermined, curved outer contour and inner contour that delimits the hole. A smooth, shaped blank is produced, having an outer edge substantially concentrically... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276212 | Exhaust articles for internal combustion engines Provided is a base metal undercoat containing catalyst and an exhaust article containing the catalyst. The catalyst contains a base metal undercoat with an oxygen storage component, and at least one catalytic layer. Also provided are methods for preparing the cataly... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261864 | Catalyst carrier holding material and catalytic converter To provide a catalyst carrier holding material which is particularly useful for catalytic converters, by exhibiting heat resistance and high compression resistance in high temperature ranges, as well as excellent wind erosion resistance. The catalyst carrier holding... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252809 | Radial-flow and segmented honeycomb body A honeycomb body for the chemical conversion of at least one component of a gas stream, in particular an exhaust-gas stream from an internal combustion engine, includes an inflow passage having an axis, and sheet-metal layers. At least some of the sheet-metal layers... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238327 | Method of attaching internal heat shield in automotive catalytic converters A catalytic converter and method for its assembly including an external shell formed in two halves containing a catalytic substrate, two internal shields and two-piece inlet and outlet cones. The inlet and outlet cones are attached as halves to each side of the exte... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7210287 | Accelerating catalytic conversion A method of reducing exhaust emission from a catalytic converter apparatus of a vehicle, the apparatus including at least one catalytic converter, each of the at least one catalytic converter having a catalyst brick positioned within a predefined length of the vehic... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207323 | Catalytic core reactor for thermochemical heat recovery A fuel conversion system having an exhaust gas generator, such as an engine or a furnace, having a heated exhaust gas outlet, a reactor vessel having a heated exhaust gas inlet in fluid communication with the heated exhaust gas outlet, having a cooled exhaust gas ou... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204964 | CO oxidizer A fuel cell system is proposed which is provided with a CO oxidizer having a compact agitator executing uniform mixing. The fuel cell system is provided with a reformer (2) performing reformate reactions to produce a hydrogen-rich reformate gas containing CO,... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198763 | Method for distribution of gas, gas distributing device and silencer-catalyst system A method and a device for the distribution of gas. The method includes the steps of transferring the gas into a swirl chamber through an inlet section positioned tangentially to the swirl chamber, swirling the gas in the swirl chamber by passage through a number of ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195742 | Preferential oxidation reactor and process An apparatus for preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in a reformate flow includes a reactor defining a flow path for a reformate flow; at least one catalyst bed disposed along the flow path; and a distributor for distributing oxygen from an oxygen source to th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186387 | Exhaust emission control system of internal combustion engine An exhaust emission control system capable of enhancing a purifying performance by increasing a catalyst temperature rising speed (warm-up speed) after starting the internal combustion engine, includes a box body formed with an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas o... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7172731 | Apparatus for releasing pressure in a vacuum exhaust system of semiconductor equipment An apparatus for protecting a vacuum system of semiconductor equipment is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a process tool and a gas-exploding unit. The process tool includes a gas reaction chamber, and the process tool is connected with a first gas piping to exhau... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169365 | Automotive exhaust component and method of manufacture A catalytic converter for an internal combustion engine exhaust system comprises a single-piece, seamless metal housing having tubulated gas inlet and outlet ports and a tubulated intermediate section with a catalytic element therein. The intermediate section is con... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7153334 | Fuel reforming system and method of operation Carbonaceous material is removed from a catalyst within an autothermal reformer by introducing an isolated oxidant stream into the autothermal reformer prior to introduction of hydrocarbon fuel into the reformer. A hydrocarbon stream is introduced into the autotherm... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153481 | Method and device for separating sulphur dioxide from a gas A device (1) for separating sulphur dioxide from a gas (4) by means of an absorption liquid has an inlet (2) for gas (4) containing sulphur dioxide, an outlet (18) for gas (16), from which sulphur dioxide has been separated,... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150146 | Method of operating an exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine, particularly a diesel internal combustion engine having a catalyst arrangement and also at least one evaporator/burner arrangement upstream of the catalyst arrangement in the exhaust gas flow path, t... | 12/19/2006 |
