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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142730 | Two-stage granular moving-bed apparatus A two-stage granular moving-bed filter includes a gas inlet part, a gas outlet part, and a plurality of flow-corrective elements. The gas outlet part is disposed opposite to the gas inlet part, and the plurality of flow-corrective elements is disposed in a channel f... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7998429 | Catalyst containment design for radial flow reactors An apparatus is presented for contacting a bed of particulate material with a cross flowing fluid, which maintains the bed of particulate material within a retention volume. The apparatus includes partitions for retaining particles, with openings disposed within the... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7846402 | Screenless reactor for granular moving bed A screenless reactor design is presented. The reactor includes a series of overlapping vanes where solid catalyst can cascade down the vanes. Gas flows across the catalyst by flowing through the vanes contacting the catalyst and then disengaging from contact with th... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7393510 | Decontamination of process streams A method for removing contaminants from a process stream that includes the use of reticulated material to filter the process stream in a vessel located upstream of a process unit. The reticulated material can be used with other conventional filter media within the v... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7323152 | Catalyst or sorbent beds A fixed bed containing a particulate catalyst or sorbent material (10) subject to operation at high temperature having a shaped boundary member (16) inclined to the direction of fluid flow through the bed that maintains the depth of said catalyst or so... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309379 | Moving bed adsorber/desorber and low flow (high yield) desorber devices and their methods of use Moving bed adsorber and desorber apparatus and methods, wherein adsorbent material (e.g., beads of resin) moves over a series of vane members and a fluid flow passes between the vane members and through the flowing bed of adsorbent. An adsorbent depth regulator is p... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7276210 | Stripping apparatus and process A stripping apparatus for desorbing gases from solid particles through which flows counter-currently a stripping fluid is described, which comprises a series of sets of at least two parallel, segmented, baffle plates each, with the segmented baffles being oriented s... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265189 | Filtration, flow distribution and catalytic method for process streams A method for removing contaminants from an process stream that includes the use of reticulated material to filter the process stream. The reticulated material also facilitate process stream flow distribution in process units. The reticulated material can be packed w... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7241376 | Method for passing a fluid through a moving bed of particles A process for contacting a bed of particulate material, usually catalyst, with a transverse flow of fluid is disclosed. The particulate material moves or is prevented from not moving, while the fluid passes through the bed at a rate greater than the stagnant bed pin... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226568 | Plural conduit replaceable outer support structure for radial flow system Replaceable outer support structure 38 for a particulate material bed 70 in a radial flow system comprises a plurality of hollow conduits 50, 250, 260, at least some of which have a generally trapezoidal cross-section. The conduits are arranged ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7132088 | Granular moving-bed apparatus A granular moving-bed apparatus is introduced to have an inlet louvered wall, an outlet louvered wall opposing to the inlet louvered wall, a granular path formed in between, a plurality of serial roof-shaped flow-corrective elements located along the granular path, ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125529 | Apparatus and process for reacting over two catalyst beds Disclosed is a process for reacting feed in and an apparatus comprising a radial flow reactor including a first catalyst bed disposed between an outer wall and a centerpipe of the vessel and a second catalyst bed disposed within a centerpipe. Also disclosed is a met... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7097815 | Hydroprocessing process A process for hydroprocessing a hydrocarbon feedstock, includes the steps of providing a hydrocarbon feed having an initial characteristic; providing a first hydrogen-containing gas; feeding the hydrocarbon feed and the first hydrogen-containing gas cocurrently to a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090082 | Method and device for separating materials A method for separating materials, in which a mixture of materials is guided through a channel in a direction of flow that extends at least approximately parallel to the gravitational field. Utilizing a wash fluid conveyed through the channel in a direction transver... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7045477 | Process for continuously regenerating catalyst particles A process for continuously regenerating catalyst particles comprising: passing deactivated catalyst particles downwards in sequence through the first coke-burning zone, second coke-burning zone, oxychlorination zone, and calcination zone in the regenerator, wherein ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7033556 | Method and apparatus for cake-forming granular-bed filtration There is provided a granular-bed filter for cleaning a gas containing fine particulate matter (“dust”). A multiplicity of vertically disposed filter trays are assembled to form a “panel.” In each filter tray, an inclined porous plate supports a bed of granul... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7022889 | Isomerization process using novel catalyst A process for the isomerization of a feedstream comprising C5–C6 hydrocarbons where the process involves charging hydrogen and a feedstream comprising at least normal C5–C6 hydrocarbons into an isomerization zone and c... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015175 | High-activity isomerization catalyst and process A catalyst and process is disclosed to selectively upgrade a paraffinic feedstock to obtain an isoparaffin-rich product for blending into gasoline. The catalyst comprises a support of a sulfated oxide or hydroxide of a Group IVB (IUPAC 4) metal, a first component of... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6982067 | Catalytic reactor An axial/radial—or radial/flow catalytic reactor has inlet and outlet ports and a bed of particulate catalyst disposed as e.g. a cylinder or cone round a central region communicating with one of the ports. For at least part of the height of the catalyst bed, the e... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6979396 | Combination reforming and isomerization process A reforming and isomerization process has been developed. A reforming feedstream is charged to a reforming zone containing a reforming catalyst and operating at reforming conditions to generate a reforming zone effluent. Hydrogen and an isomerization feedstream is c... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6969496 | Apparatus with increased yield and selectivity using side-by-side reaction zones An apparatus provides for increased feed throughput without loss of conversion or selectivity by increasing the catalyst volume in a final reactor of at least three reaction zones. The catalyst volume of the final reactor may be larger because the inner and outer sc... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6965057 | Oxygenate to olefin process The invention relates to a process for converting an oxygenate feedstock into an olefin product stream comprising (a) contacting an oxygenate feedstock with a molecular sieve catalyst in a reactor under conditions effective to convert the feedstock into an olefin pr... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6905660 | Process for loading a reactor There is provided a method for loading solid particles into a multi-tube reactor having an upper tube-sheet holding together the upper ends of the multitude of reactor tubes, the method comprising positioning a loading device having a plurality of holes on top of th... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6884400 | Reaction and regeneration system A reactor and regeneration for effecting radial flow contact of a reactant stream with catalyst particles movable as an annular-form bed by gravity flow and for reducing stresses in the bed is disclosed. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6881385 | Device for the isomerization of gasoline with a high benzene content A method for the isomerization of a hydrocarbonic charge containing a substantial quantity of paraffin base hydrocarbons with 5 or 6 carbon atoms and a benzene content that is greater than or equal to 2% by weight, in which the charge to be treated passes, in the pr... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6814857 | Method for passing a fluid through a moving bed of particles A process for contacting a bed of particulate material, usually catalyst, with a transverse flow of fluid is disclosed. The particulate material moves or is prevented from not moving, while the fluid passes through the bed at a rate greater than the stagnant bed pin... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6783572 | Panel-bed method and apparatus for gas and granular material contacting There is provided an improved panel-bed method and apparatus for achieving an intimate contact of a gas and a loose granular solid material (e.g., for filtering dust from the gas). A bed of the material is housed in a tall, narrow panel, across which gas moves in a ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6709639 | Apparatus for purification of raw gasoline from catalytic cracking An apparatus for the purification of catalytic cracking gasolines containing dienic and/or acetylenic impurities, and mercaptans, said apparatus comprising at least one selective hydrogenation reactor 3 containing at least one fixed catalyst bed, and having a... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6689331 | Staged combustion process and apparatus for regenerating a reforming or aromatic compound production catalyst in a moving bed An apparatus for regeneration a reforming or aromatic compound production catalyst comprises a first combustion zone wherein the first combustion zone receives catalyst and an oxygen-containing gas; a successive second combustion zone; and a conduit commu... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6685892 | Process and apparatus for controlling reaction temperatures A process and apparatus for contacting reactants with a particulate catalyst while indirectly contacting the reactants with a heat exchange medium performs heat exchange in a first reaction zone and moves catalyst, at least intermittently, through the sec... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6617155 | Fluidized radial flow bioreactor utilizing pellet media Disclosed is a bioreactor apparatus having a bed of buoyant media pellets floating within a filtrate to be processed. The apparatus includes a tank (22) having a peripheral wall for containing filtrate (34) and a bed (36) of media pellets (38). A central ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6579502 | Liquid collector assembly for a reactor A novel liquid collector assembly has been developed for a reactor used in the sweetening of sour hydrocarbons (e.g. sour gasoline). This refinery process normally involves contacting a reaction liquid, comprising both aqueous (caustic solution) and organ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6569389 | Apparatus to alleviate thermal cycles in moving bed radial flow reactor A process and arrangement for contacting a moving bed of compact particulate material, usually catalyst, with a radial flow of fluid maintains an unconfined surface of catalyst particles in place by passing fluid axially into the upper surface of the bed ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6489132 | Methods and apparatus for determining specific analytes in foods and other complex matrices Methods and apparatus for qualitatively or quantitatively determining one or more analytes in matrices such as foods, biological fluids, etc. An embodiment for determination of a single analyte comprises a sample receiving vessel, a first membrane and a r... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6432369 | Apparatus for controlling reaction temperatures An apparatus for contacting reactants with a particulate catalyst while indirectly contacting the reactants with a heat exchange medium amid simultaneous exchange of catalyst particles by an operation that sequentially restricts reactant flow while moving... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6387337 | Carbon dioxide capture process with regenerable sorbents A process to remove carbon dioxide from a gas stream using a cross-flow, or a moving-bed reactor. In the reactor the gas contacts an active material that is an alkali-metal compound, such as an alkali-metal carbonate, alkali-metal oxide, or alkali-metal h... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6326191 | Fluidized radial flow bioreactor utilizing pellet media Disclosed is a bioreactor apparatus having a bed of buoyant media pellets floating within a filtrate to be processed. The apparatus includes a tank having a peripheral wall for containing filtrate and a bed of media pellets. A central manifold is rotatabl... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6291603 | Filtration and flow distribution method for chemical reactors using reticulated ceramics with uniform pore distributions A method for removing contaminants from an organic-based feed stream which includes the use of a layer of reticulated ceramic material to filter the organic-based feed stream and to provide liquid distribution upstream of the catalyst bed.... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6224838 | Scallop design for radial flow reactor internals Conduits for a radial flow reactor to provide fluid/solid contacting are improved structurally in terms of possessing good flexibility and a high resistance to vertical buckling when subjected to radially and axially directed stresses. The desired conduit... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6090351 | Moving bed chamber with a regularized flow A chamber comprising a moving bed of solid particles, delimited by at least one screen with thickness e, circulating in a downward direction substantially parallel to the screen, the bed being traversed by at least one fluid flowing in the bed in a princi... | 07/18/2000 |
