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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8003069 | Carbon black, method for the production of carbon black or other flame aerosols, and device for carrying out said method The invention relates to a method for producing carbon black or other flame aerosols, comprising the following steps: the heat is removed from the flame by dissipation and/or radiation; a thin gas boundary layer is formed; the flow formed by the flame and the gas bo... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7829057 | Carbon black and multi-stage process for making same Methods of producing carbon black in a multi-stage reaction are described. Also described is carbon black formed from the processes. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7718157 | Targeted lipid particles Targeted lipids and lipid particles are described which are assemblies of multipolar lipids, targeting molecules such as antibodies and polyanions. The lipids are of particular use for the delivery of bioactive substances such as nucleic acids to cells in vitro and ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7666383 | Method to produce hydrogen or synthesis gas and carbon black A method to produce hydrogen gas or synthesis gas is described and involves the use of a staged reactor. The present invention further relates to effectively running a process such that efficient quantities of hydrogen gas are produced, along with economically usefu... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7431909 | Process for production of carbon black Off-gas from a carbon black furnace is employed as a combustion gas feed stream to the burner or combustion zone of the same or a different carbon black furnace in accordance with certain embodiments, suitable conduit and valving is provided to pass off-gas, from wh... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7348375 | Elastomer composites, elastomer blends and methods Elastomer composites and elastomer blends comprising particulate fillers having selected structure and surface area values are disclosed as well as elastomer composites and elastomer blends having improved properties. Methods of making and using elastomer composites... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341142 | Elastomer composite materials in low density forms and methods A bale of elastomer composite is formed of elastomer and filler, the bale having a void volume of at least 3%. In another aspect, a container is provided, at least a portion of the container being occupied by elastomer composite pieces of elastomer and filler, where... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322818 | Method for adjusting pre-mix burners to reduce NOemissions A method for reducing NOx emissions from a furnace having multiple burners, each burner including at least one chamber for supplying a flow of combustion air and means to adjust the flow of air to the at least one chamber. The method includes the steps of... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7294314 | Heat exchangers with novel ball joints and assemblies and processes using such heat exchangers What is disclosed herein deals with low to medium pressure, high temperature, all ceramic, air-to-air, indirect heat exchangers, novel ball joints, high load-bearing ceramic tube sheets, and tube seal extenders for ceramic tubes that are useful in such heat exchange... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285247 | Apparatus and method for operating a fuel reformer so as to purge soot therefrom A method of operating a fuel reformer includes advancing a first air/fuel mixture having a first air-to-fuel ratio into the fuel reformer. The method further includes determining if a soot purge is to be performed and generating a purge-soot signal in response there... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7267809 | Burner and method for the chemical reaction of two gas streams The invention relates to a burner with a burner head (1) and a gas feed pipe (2) that is located in the burner head (1) and that is surrounded by an ring channel (3) for feed of another gas. In the gas feed pipe (2) and in the ring... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7244281 | Method and apparatus for trapping and purging soot from a fuel reformer A plasma fuel reformer assembly for producing reformate gas includes a fuel reformer having an air/fuel input assembly, an electrode assembly, and a soot trap positioned downstream of the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode and a se... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235614 | Methods for injecting catalyst into a polymerization reactor A polymerization process and a catalyst delivery system are provided. For example, a polymerization process is described, including providing a conduit having a catalyst inlet, a first propylene stream inlet located downstream of the catalyst inlet, and a second pro... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232868 | Methods of delivering catalyst systems for propylene polymerization A polymerization process is provided. For example, a polymerization process is described, including providing a catalyst slurry having a metallocene catalyst and a first oil, providing a transport medium including a second oil and combining the transport medium and ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7169304 | Porous polymer water filter and methods of use in refrigeration The filtration device of the present invention relies on materials and methodologies that achieve the formation of a structural matrix that may later accommodate the addition of other adsorbent materials as opposed to merely binding adsorbent materials together thro... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167240 | Carbon black sampling for particle surface area measurement using laser-induced incandescence and reactor process control based thereon Disclosed is a method for in-situ sampling and measuring particulate fineness in a process stream, comprising (a) sampling particles in-situ from a process stream, (b) adjusting the sample to conditions suitable for LII, (c) measuring the fineness using LII, and (d)... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157066 | Combustion process for synthesis of carbon nanomaterials from liquid hydrocarbon The present invention provides a combustion apparatus for the production of carbon nanomaterials including fullerenes and fullerenic soot. Most generally the combustion apparatus comprises one or more inlets for introducing an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrocarbon... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148285 | Coated carbon black pellets and methods of making same A method of producing coated carbon black pellets is disclosed and includes contacting carbon black pellets with a coating agent to at least partially coat the individual carbon black pellets with the coating agent. The amount of coating agent applied to the carbon ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141630 | Methods of feed purification for olefin polymerization A polymerization process is provided. For example, a polymerization process is described, including contacting olefin monomers with a supported metallocene catalyst to polymerize the olefin monomers and form a product mixture that includes polyolefins macromers or p... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7112280 | Gas porous polymer filter and methods of use The filtration device of the present invention relies on materials and methodologies that achieve the formation of a structural matrix that may later accommodate the addition of other adsorbent materials as opposed to merely binding adsorbent materials together thro... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112272 | Liquid and gas porous plastic filter and methods of use The filtration device of the present invention relies on materials and methodologies that achieve the formation of a structural matrix that may later accommodate the addition of other adsorbent materials as opposed to merely binding adsorbent materials together thro... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097822 | Process for producing carbonaceaous solid materials and hydrogen-rich gases The present invention relates to a method of producing solid carbonaceous CxHy, wherein the ratio of x:y is greater than 2.5:1, or a hydrogen-rich gas, wherein a hydrocarbon fuel is heated with limiting amounts of oxidizer to a temperature of a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7038765 | Method of optically measuring black carbon in the atmosphere and apparatus for carrying out the method For optically measuring black carbon in the atmosphere an aerosol particle collection area of a filter tape is continually illuminated by an illumination source with light of one or more wavelengths. Transmitted and reflected light fractions are measured at several ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025587 | Burner with high capacity venturi An improved burner and a method for combusting fuel in burners used in furnaces, such as those used in steam cracking, are disclosed. The burner includes a burner tube having an upstream end, a downstream end and a venturi intermediate said upstream and downstream e... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7000457 | Methods to control and/or predict rheological properties Methods to predict the rheological properties of composition comprising a filler in a matrix are described. The present invention further involves determining the difference between the work of cohesion and the work of ahhesion for a filler and a matrix in order to ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6946101 | Burner for producing carbon black A burner for producing carbon black, includes a combustion chamber which can be supplied with fuel gas and an oxidizing gas in such a way that a diffusion flame producing carbon black particles is generated in the combustion chamber. The burner is also provided with... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926877 | Process and apparatus for producing carbon blacks The present invention provides processes for introducing a fluid stream into a carbon black reactor and for producing carbon black. According to the present invention a fluid stream comprising an oxidant; nitrogen, hydrogen a hydrocarbonaceous material or mixtures t... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6908961 | Elastomer composites, elastomer blends and methods Elastomer composites and elastomer blends comprising particulate fillers having selected structure and surface area values are disclosed as well as elastomer composites and elastomer blends having improved properties. Methods of making and using elastomer composites... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902390 | Burner tip for pre-mix burners An improved burner and a method for combusting fuel in burners used in furnaces such as those found in steam cracking. The burner includes a burner tube having a longitudinal axis and having a downstream end and an upstream end for receiving fuel gas and air, flue g... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6887291 | Filter devices and methods for carbon nanomaterial collection Filter devices and methods for collection of carbon nanomaterials, including fullerenes, produced in gas phase reactors are provided. The filter devices provide for in situ cleaning of filters to release captured product for collection. Product can be released and r... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6841610 | Fluorinated carbon fiber, and active material for battery and solid lubricant using the same A fluorinated carbon fiber has a hollow core structure in which a number of hexagonal carbon layers in the shape of a cup having no bottom are stacked. Edges of the hexagonal carbon layers are exposed on the inner and outer surfaces of the fluorinated carbon fiber. ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6762236 | Carbon black, process for its production and its use Carbon black with a CTAB surface area from about 10 to 35 m2/g and a DBP absorption from about 40 to 180 ml/100 g, the ΔD50 value being at least 340 nm. The carbon black may be produced in a furnace-black reactor from a liquid carbon-black raw material a... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6585949 | Heat exchanger An improved heat exchanger which resists fouling of the heat exchange surface by minimizing the temperature difference between the heat exchanger surface and the fluid stream in contact with the heat exchange surface. In one embodiment, fouling of the hea... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6548036 | Method for producing carbon black A process for producing carbon blacks having lower surface area and structure wherein steam is introduced into the combustion gas stream at a point located a distance "L" from the point of introduction of feedstock into the combustion gas stream such that... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6485693 | Apparatus for producing carbon blacks A process for producing carbon black comprising reacting a reaction stream formed by a prior carbon black forming process with an oxidant and a carbon black yielding feedstock to produce carbon black and cooling, separating and recovering the carbon black... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6423288 | Fibrils A process for preparing carbon fibrils by contacting a source of carbon with a supported catalyst that includes at least one multivalent transition metal having a size of about 35 to 700 A deposited on an inorganic substrate having a size of up to about 4... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6391274 | Carbon black Carbon black characterized by a STSA surface of between 20 and 180 m2 /g, a 24M4-DBP absorption of between 40 and 140 ml/100 g, a specific BET surface of between 20 and 250 m2 /g, a content of 0.01 to 20 wt. % of silicon, referred to... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6375917 | Apparatus for the production of carbon fibrils by catalysis and methods thereof A process for preparing carbon fibrils by contacting a source of carbon with a supported catalyst that includes at least one multivalent transition metal having a size of about to 700 A deposited on an inorganic substrate having a size up to about 400 mic... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6358487 | Carbon black and process for producing the same A carbon black having an average particle size of at most 13 nm, Dmod of at most 80 nm, a D1/2 /Dmod ratio of at most 0.6 and at least pH 5.... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6348181 | Process for producing carbon blacks A process for producing carbon black comprising reacting a reaction stream formed by a prior carbon black forming process with an oxidant and a carbon black yielding feedstock to produce carbon black and cooling, separating and recovering the carbon black... | 02/19/2002 |
