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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187554 | Apparatus and methods for nanoparticle generation and process intensification of transport and reaction systems Apparatus, systems and methods are provided that utilize microreactor technology to achieve desired mixing and interaction at a micro and/or molecular level between and among feed stream constituents. Feed streams are fed to an intensifier pump at individually contr... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7981378 | Water activation piece for use in flow passage, arrangement structure of the water activation piece, and water activation device using the water activation piece and the arrangement structure A water activation device is configured by arranging a plurality of water activation pieces in a holder in a manner that the water activation pieces do not contact with each other where an axial direction of each piece is established along the flow passage. Multiple... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7981379 | Producing nitrogen to use in under balanced drilling, secondary recovery production operations and pipeline maintenance The invention uses a feed of atmospheric air and mixes the air with hydrogen. The hydrogen and air mixture is fed into a catalytic reactor where a deoxygenation reaction occurs. The deoxygenation reaction uses a platinum catalyst to produce water from oxygen and hyd... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7897121 | Hughes molecular mixer and catalytic reactor A fluid reactor for facilitating mixing and/or chemical reaction and including an elongated cylindrical flow chamber having a first for receiving a flow of a first fluid, a second flow inlet through which a relatively low mass flow of a second fluid may be admitted ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7887764 | Mixer with a catalytic surface A mixer and mixer assembly for turbulent mixing and enhancing a chemical reaction is provided. A method for using a mixer and mixer assembly for treatment of fluids is also provided. The mixer generally includes a first and second end, a surface configured for turbu... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7850930 | Microreactor The microreactor for mixing and discharging multiple raw material liquids is obtained by laminating: a base plate in which a raw material introducing fluid channel is formed; a raw material introducing plate; and a mixing fluid channel plate which is arranged betwee... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7837957 | Manufacturing device and system for preparing fine powder polyurea and greases therefrom A system and device for preparing polyurea compounds. The system comprising a chamber for reacting amines and isocyanates in the presence of a liquid diluent in a high-pressure impingement mixing device under conditions sufficient to produce a polyurea compound havi... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7829039 | Mixer system, reactor and reactor system A mixer system for mixing at least two fluids includes a plurality of micromixers that are fluidically connected in parallel. The micromixers are integrated into a guide matrix and are fluidically connected via feed lines for the fluids to be mixed. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7820119 | System and method of making ferric chloride with reduced amounts of hydrochloric acid for water treatment The present invention involves a system and method of making ferric chloride with reduced amounts of hydrochloric acid for water treatment. The method comprises preparing a reactant batch comprising ferric oxide and hydrochloric acid at a predetermined molar ratio. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820120 | Device for a reactor and method for distributing a multi-phase mixture in a reactor An up-flow reactor includes a reaction chamber, and a distributor device disposed in the reaction chamber for distributing a multi-phase mixture therein. The distributor device includes a first pipe adapted for conducting a gas phase, and including first discharge p... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7780929 | Fluid mixing apparatus and fluid mixing method The present invention provides a fluid mixing apparatus having a numbering-up mechanism that distributes plural kinds of fluids and concurrently performs multiple mixing or reactions, comprising: a rectifying section having a plurality of annular channels that recti... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7722835 | Closed reaction vessel system A closed and yet flexible and easily adaptable reaction vessel system for performing liquid handling operations, such as sampling, incubating, homogenizing and/or metering fluids, can be constructed in a modular fashion, comprising a first container, to which at lea... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7578981 | System for direct-oxygenation of alkane gases An apparatus for alkyl oxygenate (e.g., methanol) manufacture via partial oxidation of alkane (methane) has an injectively-mixed backmixing reaction chamber in fluid communication with a tubular-flow reactor. The injectively-mixed backmixing reaction chamber induces... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7550120 | Cylindrical mixer-settler apparatus and method An embodiment of the invention includes a cylindrical settler having a longitudinal axis, a conical base centered on the longitudinal axis, a outer wall centered on the longitudinal axis, a mix tank centered on the longitudinal axis and within the outer wall, and a ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7507387 | Microreactor In a microreactor in which a plurality of fluids L1 and L2 are led through their respective feed channels to merge in one reaction channel and react with each other while circulating, a spiral reaction channel is formed by cutting a spiral screw thread... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7485266 | Micro fluid chip The invention relates to a micro fluid chip that leads liquids supplied from a plurality of liquid supply ports, respectively, to a minute flow passage, performs mixing and reaction (chemical reaction) of the liquids in the minute flow passage, and obtains a liquid ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7470411 | Vaporization system A method of operating a vaporization system including a first cylinder, a second cylinder, and an eductor having a suction inlet, a motive inlet, and an outlet is provided. The method includes vaporizing uranium hexaflouride in the first cylinder, channeling the vap... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7449159 | Liquid processing device and method of manufacturing processed liquid The present invention also relates to a fluid processing device using material pieces, which is usable for processing liquid and gas. The hexagon nut shaped material pieces of stainless steel and the like are heat-treated and oriented such that the material pieces f... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7442350 | Plate design for mixer sparger An apparatus is disclosed for the generation of hydrogen peroxide. The apparatus is designed to allow for a greater range of tolerances in its manufacture. The apparatus provides for the production of a large scale volume of hydrogen peroxide by the generation of a ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438785 | Method and device for thermal ablative pyrolysis of biomass A method for the pyrolosis of biomass with the aid of a heating element and a feed for guiding the biomass. During pyrolysis, the heating element and the biomass are pressed against each other at a pressure of 5 bars-80 bars. A device for pyrolysing biomasses, compr... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435864 | Method and device for the production of alkylates Disclosed is a device for the production of alkylate(s) by sulfuric acid alkylation of at least one isoparaffin such as isobutane with at least one olefin, such as butylenes. The device includes a mixing chamber for preparing a mixture of the isoparaffin with recycl... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7419643 | Methods and apparatus for recovering gypsum and magnesium hydroxide products The present invention provides methods and apparatus for treating flue gas containing sulfur dioxide using a scrubber, and more particularly relates to recovering gypsum and magnesium hydroxide products from the scrubber blowdown. The gypsum and magnesium hydroxide ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7395726 | Dissolution tester A dissolution tester comprising: a water-tank lid which is provided with a retaining hole having an inner diameter that is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the of the vessel and that is slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the flange of the vessel, ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396515 | Reactor for the treatment of a sample medium A reactor with a reaction chamber (14), which is produced for example by etching or other micro-mechanical production processes. An agitating device (20) is formed for example by an electrical field generator (18), which acts on electrical charg... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7358002 | Exhaust gas processing device for fuel cell An exhaust gas processing device for a fuel cell is disclosed. In the exhaust gas processing device, hydrogen gas purged from the fuel cell is mixed with cathode exhaust gas from the fuel cell and diluted prior to being discharged to an atmosphere. The exhaust gas p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351385 | System for enabling landfill disposal of kitchen waste oil/grease An apparatus for conversion of kitchen waste grease to a landfill-acceptable solid includes a grease collection cartridge. A mixing baffle within the cartridge has a package with a reactant to convert grease and oil, and water into soap. The apparatus has means for ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347617 | Mixing in microfluidic devices Mixing of liquids in a microfluidic device is accomplished by dispensing the liquids into a first chamber to produce combined liquid. The liquids are thereafter discharged through at least one capillary from the first chamber into a second chamber for complete mixin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338643 | Integrated membrane shift methanation reactor for carbon monoxide clean-up A reformate clean-up reactor. The reactor takes a reformate stream and passes it through multiple subreactors that are integrated into a common reactor housing to reduce reformate stream by-product concentration prior to use of the reformate in a fuel cell. The reac... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7319180 | Paraffin alkylation A process for the alkylation of alkane with olefin or olefin precursor such as an oligomer of tertiary olefin comprising contacting a liquid system comprising acid catalyst, isoparaffin and olefin in concurrent downflow into contact in a reaction zone with a dispers... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314602 | Contact, mixing, and quenching box for fluids, comprising at least one annular peripheral outlet and reaction cell with an elongated shape along an axis including said box Contact, mixing, and often quenching box (8), with main dimension (D) and height (H7), comprising at least one duct section (B1) located on the upper part of said box (8) for entry of fluids in which said box (8) comprises, downstr... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7300538 | Spinning disk evaporator Liquid organic material is controllably delivered to a receptacle located in the center of a heated surface capable of horizontally rotating about its central axis. As the heated surface rotates, material deposited within the central receptacle is forced outwardly a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7282073 | Method and system for generating hydrogen by dispensing solid and liquid fuel components Hydrogen is generated through the use of a fuel solution that is prepared using solid fuel component, e.g., a metal borohydride, and a liquid fuel component, e.g. water. Both of these components are dispensed in response to control signals. The solid fuel component ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276215 | Mixing device for two-phase concurrent vessels In a vertical reactor vessel through which vapor and liquid flow concurrently, the fluids pass vertically through a horizontal mixing box having internal flow baffles that form at least one mixing orifice through which the process stream flows at high velocity. In t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276223 | Method and device for chemical reaction between a gas and at least one compound in solution carried out in the presence of a solid catalyst A gas/liquid reaction with a liquid containing at least one chemical compound in solution which can react with a gas in the presence of a solid catalyst maintained in suspension in the liquid, the reaction being carried out with separation (recovery) of said solid c... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272005 | Multi-element heat exchange assemblies and methods of fabrication for a cooling system A heat exchange assembly for a cooling system, having first and second cooling loops, includes a housing with a first coolant inlet and outlet and a second coolant inlet and outlet, respectively coupling to the first and second cooling loops, and multiple heat excha... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261866 | CO remover that is simple in structure and performs a selective reaction of CO at a high CO selectivity The CO remover of this invention includes an air mixer for mixing air with hydrogen-rich gas including carbon monoxide and a selective oxidative catalytic device in which a selective oxidative catalyst bed is formed by filling selective oxidative catalyst into a gas... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255840 | Autothermal reactor and method for production of synthesis gas An autothermal reactor and method for producing synthesis gas in which a heated oxygen containing stream is expanded into a mixing chamber to entrain a hydrocarbon containing stream to form a reactant stream without reaction of the oxygen and hydrocarbon contents of... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250542 | Paraffin alkylation A process for the alkylation of alkane with olefin or olefin precursor such as an oligomer of tertiary olefin comprising contacting a liquid system comprising acid catalyst, isoparaffin and olefin in concurrent downflow into contact in a reaction zone with a dispers... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247276 | Micro-reactor for reactions between gases and liquids Described herein is a microreactor for carrying out chemical reactions between a reaction partner in liquid form and a reaction partner in gaseous form, if necessary in the presence of a solid catalyst, whereby the chemical process guidance takes place in spaces tha... | 07/24/2007 |
