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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178075 | Tubular reactor with jet impingement heat transfer A tubular reactor and method for producing a product mixture in a tubular reactor where the tubular reactor comprises an internal catalytic insert having orifices for forming fluid jets for impinging the fluid on the tube wall. Jet impingement is used to improve hea... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8147797 | Method and system for heating and cooling slurries A system for cooling and recuperative heating of a slurry in a metallurgical process which includes heat exchangers, pumps and autoclaves is described herein. The heat exchangers use a non-scaling common liquid heat transfer medium. Preferably, the heat exchangers a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7780946 | Supported catalyst systems The present invention relates to a supported catalyst system. The supported catalyst of the present invention comprises an inorganic support having attached to at least one surface thereof non-acidic, hydrophillic, hydroxyl-containing organic R10 groups h... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7754186 | Oxides extracted from vegetal matter and process therefor The invention concerns a process for the extraction of acid or basic oxides contained in a vegetal matter, more specifically it concerns the extraction of silica from rice husks. The invention also concerns pure oxides extracted from vegetal matter. The invention al... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7641890 | Inorganic fine particle and method for producing the same using microchannel The present invention provides a method for producing an inorganic fine particle comprising the step of: reacting two or more reaction solutions for forming an inorganic fine particle while the reaction solutions flow in a non-laminar flow state in a microchannel, t... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7572433 | Oxides extracted from vegetal matter and process therefor The invention concerns a process for the extraction of acid or basic oxides contained in a vegetal matter, more specifically it concerns the extraction of silica from rice husks. The invention also concerns pure oxides extracted from vegetal matter. The invention al... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7521039 | Photocatalytic rutile titanium dioxide The present invention is directed to photocatalytically active rutile titanium dioxide. The photocatalytically active rutile titanium dioxide of the present invention demonstrates enhanced activity in the visible light spectrum. It may be produced by neutralizing ru... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7442360 | Hydrogen peroxide production in microchannel reactors The present invention includes methods and apparatuses that utilize microchannel technology and, more specifically in exemplary form, producing hydrogen peroxide using microchannel technology. An exemplary process for producing hydrogen peroxide comprises flowing fe... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442816 | Antimony vanadium phosphate A new composition, SbVPO6+δ, in which 0≦δ≦ 1.5, has been prepared. Crystals of the compound have been grown by several methods, and the crystal structure has been determined. It is related in structure to vanadyl pyrophosphate (VPO), an important se... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435405 | Anti-oxidation method for sulfide minerals in sulfide ore By suppressing oxidation of sulfide minerals in sulfide ore due to bacteria or the like, this invention prevents the elution of heavy metals from the sulfide ore, and reduces the decrease in flotation performance when processing sulfide ore that is stored in a stock... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7416718 | Auto-oxidation production of hydrogen peroxide via oxidation in a microreactor Hydrogen peroxide is prepared by an auto-oxidation method via oxidation in a microreactor. A working solution containing a reactive carrier compound is hydrogenated with hydrogen in a first step and is subsequently oxidized in a microreactor to produce hydrogen pero... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7407639 | Method for preparing particles of a defined size in a reaction vessel The present invention relates to a method of preparing particles of a defined size and morphology, using a reaction of reactants, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of rotational forces and wherein the reactants are separated from each other by mean... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7402368 | Hydrophobic inorganic fine particles, hydrophobic inorganic fine particles production process, and toner Hydrophobic inorganic fine particles characterized by being a mixture of at least small-particle-diameter inorganic fine particles having an average primary particle diameter of 5 to 25 nm and having a maximum peak particle diameter of 20 nm or less and large-partic... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7371361 | Maximum reaction rate converter system for exothermic reactions An ammonia converter system and method are disclosed. The reactor can alter the conversion of ammonia by controlling the reaction temperature of the exothermic reaction along the length of the reactor to parallel the equilibrium curve for the desired product. The re... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365237 | Liquid metal reactor and method for treating materials in a liquid metal reactor A target material (60) to be treated in a liquid reactant metal is loaded into a containment area defined within a liquid reactant metal treatment vessel (11). The containment area is then placed below the level (L) of the liquid reactant metal in the ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354561 | Chemical reactor and method for chemically converting a first material into a second material A chemical reactor and method for converting a first material into a second material is disclosed and wherein the chemical reactor is provided with a feed stream of a first material which is to be converted into a second material; and wherein the first material is c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351396 | Extraction process for removal of impurities from an aqueous mixture A method for removing impurities from an aqueous mixture or purified aqueous by extracting the aqueous mixture or purified aqueous mixture with an extraction solvent in an extraction zone to form an extract stream and the raffinate stream; and optionally separating ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351866 | Method for manufacturing tertiary amine The invention provides a method for manufacturing a tertiary amine, including reacting a tertiary amine with an alcohol and a primary or secondary amine in a reactor loaded with a film type catalyst, controlling the superficial velocity of liquid in the reactor at 0... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348295 | Gas separation using molecular sieve SSZ-74 The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-74 prepared using a hexamethylene-1,6-bis-(N-methyl-N-pyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in gas separations. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341676 | Manufacturing method of silicate-containing phosphor and silicate-containing phosphor precursor A green light emitting silicate-containing phosphor having both enhanced luminescence intensity and a shortened persistence time and a method for manufacturing the foregoing phosphor can be provided, and a phosphor precursor can also be manufactured by releasing a m... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7335346 | Catalyst and method of steam reforming The present invention provides a method of steam reforming a hydrocarbon over a catalyst at short residence times or short contact times. The present invention also provides spinel-containing catalysts. Surprisingly superior results and properties obtained in method... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332134 | Fluid bed oxygenates to olefins reactor apparatus and process of controlling same A reactor apparatus and related method for controlling at least one process variable in a circulating fluid bed oxygenates to olefins reactor system comprising a riser are provided. The process variable is selected from at least one of (i) space velocity, (ii) avera... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326346 | High capacity regenerable sorbent for removal of arsenic and other toxic ions from drinking water The present invention is directed to a sorbent comprising a disordered polyvalent metal oxide on the surface of an inert substrate. The substrate can be a layered silicate, such as vermiculite, an aluminosilicate such as montmorillonite, or a nonlayered silicate suc... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316804 | Flow reactors for chemical conversions with heterogeneous catalysts Improved apparatus for use in process systems which include exothermic chemical conversions of organic compounds to value added products is disclosed, more particularly, flow reactors for exothermic chemical conversions using a fixed heterogeneous catalyst with mean... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314845 | Supported catalyst systems The present invention relates to a supported catalyst system. The supported catalyst of the present invention comprises an inorganic support having attached to at least one surface thereof non-acidic, hydrophilic, hydroxyl-containing organic R10 groups ha... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312364 | Equilibrium reaction and gas/liquid reaction in a loop reactor The invention relates to a process for simultaneously performing two chemically successive reactions in a loop reactor, specifically reaction I) an optionally catalyzed equilibrium reaction between high-boiling liquid reactants, in which essentially one high boiler ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305850 | Distillation process using microchannel technology The disclosed invention relates to a process for distilling a fluid mixture in a microchannel distillation unit, the microchannel distillation unit comprising a plurality of microchannel distillation sections, the fluid mixture comprising a more volatile component a... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301066 | Method of making and using nanoscale metal Methods of treating ground water and methods for reducing contaminants (e.g., chlorinated compounds in contaminated ground water) to harmless compounds in the presence of an elemental metal treatment composition. Said methods comprise injecting a treatment solution ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297323 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing fine particles A method of manufacturing fine particles of the invention includes introducing a reactive gas flow containing a fine particle source material into a reactor from one side, growing fine particles in a gas phase by heating the fine particle source material in the reac... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297324 | Microchannel reactors with temperature control Microchannel devices and method of use are disclosed wherein a reaction microchamber 52 is in thermal contact with a heat exchange channel 61. An equilibrium limited exothermic chemical process occurs in the reaction microchamber 52. Sufficient ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294734 | Process for converting a hydrocarbon to an oxygenate or a nitrile This invention relates to a process for converting a hydrocarbon reactant to a product comprising an oxygenate or a nitrile, the process comprising: (A) flowing a reactant composition comprising the hydrocarbon reactant, and oxygen or a source of oxygen, and optiona... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288231 | Chemical reactor and method for gas phase reactant catalytic reactions The present invention provides chemical reactors and reaction chambers and methods for conducting catalytic chemical reactions having gas phase reactants. In preferred embodiments, these reaction chambers and methods include at least one porous catalyst material tha... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285219 | Chromatographic separation member and method There is described a chromatographic separation member including a substrate carrying on at least one surface a thin layer of a chromatographically active capture material. Also described is a chromatographic separation method for separating a component of interest ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278630 | Apparatus and method for producing small gas bubbles in liquids An apparatus for creating microbubbles of gas in a liquid. A vertical pipe member is adapted to receive a liquid-gas mixture having gas bubbles of larger diameter therein. A series of horizontally-extending apertures are provided to permit the pipe member to expel s... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7270793 | Process for producing a phosphate of the lanthanoids, and phosphate produced thereby A process for producing a phosphate of the lanthanoids is described. The process is based on a two-jet precipitation, starting from separate reservoirs of a rare earth salt solution and a phosphate solution which are introduced simultaneously by separate feedlines i... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261822 | Method and apparatus for activating water A process of activating water by leading water to pass through energy concentrated fields which are generated in particles, being composed of a single elementary material selected from a group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or composed of fluorocarbon, of... | 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 |
| 7255845 | Process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction in a single stage process channel This invention relates to a process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction in a single stage process channel. A process for conducting a water shift reaction is disclosed. A multichannel reactor with cross flow heat exchange is disclosed. ... | 08/14/2007 |
