"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7272934 | System integration of a steam reformer and gas turbine A novel process and apparatus for power generation from biomass and other carbonaceous feedstocks are provided. The process integrates a pulse combustor steam reformer with a gas turbine to generate electricity such that (i) efficiency is higher than those of conven... | 09/25/2007 |
| 6863703 | Compact footprint CFB with mechanical dust collector A circulating fluidized bed (CFB) unit utilizing a mechanical dust collector located in a vertical flue above at least one heat exchange surface, and at least partially underneath the floor of a non-vertical flue, includes a plurality of individual collection elemen... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6681648 | Meniscus membranes for separations Gas separation membranes, especially meniscus-shaped membranes for gas separations are disclosed together with the use of such meniscus-shaped membranes for applications such as thermal gas valves, pre-concentration of a gas stream, and selective pre-scre... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6245133 | Gas condensing and cooling system A gas condensing and cooling system for cooling hot vaporous emissions from a hot vaporous emissions source to a level below prescribed regulatory limits that includes a cooling unit that operates using a readily available pressurized natural gas as the r... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6099649 | Chemical vapor deposition hot-trap for unreacted precursor conversion and effluent removal A hot trap converts unreacted organic metal-film precursor from the exhaust stream of a CVD process. The converted precursor forms a metal film on the surface of the hot trap, thereby protecting hot vacuum pump surfaces from metal build up. A cold trap do... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6035628 | Pressurized fluidized bed combustion system including control of temperature of flue gases entering a high temperature filter A pressurized fluidized bed combustion system includes a pressure vessel, a furnace section within the pressure vessel for forming high temperature, high pressure gases and for generating steam, a compressor for providing compressed combustion air for the... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5601788 | Combined cycle power plant with circulating fluidized bed reactor The present invention relates to a combined cycle power plant comprising a air compressor providing pressurized air at pressure greater than 2 bar; a gas turbine means for driving the gas compressor means; a pressure vessel, circular in cross-section, con... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5123375 | Structure for filtering CVD chamber process gases A structure for filtering process gases prior to said process gases being allowed to enter a CVD chamber includes improved filter and control means to ensure high purity of the process gases. In one embodiment, a first filter means is located in a first s... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5050508 | System for the incineration of refuse and the treatment of the incineration exhaust gasses An improved system is provided for the incineration of refuse, especially scrapped automobile and truck tires and the treatment of incineration exhaust gasses as produced thereby. The refuse is incinerated in a closed fire box at controlled temperatures w... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4398932 | Particulate separation device A particulate separation device having a particulate outlet structure for transporting particulate from a particulate-laden gas chamber to a main housing particulate outlet so as not to pass through individual cyclone separator units in said separation de... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4279624 | Downflow separator method and apparatus A centrifugal separator has an outer tube and an inner tube concentrically positioned therein, forming an annular gas inlet channel between the outer and inner tubes, and slots are defined in the inner tube to provide communication between this annular ch... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4093427 | Method for separating isotopes The present invention utilizes a vortex tube for separating isotopes. A gas mixture containing the isotopic molecules enters the vortex tube under pressure and is separated into a hot discharge flow stream and a cold discharge flow stream. The hot dischar... | 06/06/1978 |