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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183426 | Decontaminating sheet material containing reactive nanocrystalline particles and products constructed therefrom The invention provides a sorptive sheet material in which finely divided nanocrystalline particles that react with a variety of chemical and/or biological agents are dispersed. The sheet material comprises a fibrous web that is formed of a plurality of fibers that a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8067660 | Method and system for restraining a chemical discharge A method for restraining a chemical discharge comprising (a) deploying a binding agent into a receptacle containing a hazardous material in a liquid state upon the occurrence of at least one predetermined event that increases the risk of accidentally discharging or ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8026404 | Method of making harmful material remediating agent and for using the same The present invention relates to a harmful material remediating agent comprising a metal oxide and a reducing material, and it can remediate environmental pollutants such as harmful organic compounds and nitrate or nitrite nitrogen-containing compounds efficiently a... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8013204 | Use of partly prehydrated lime for separating a solid matter/liquid mixture, method for treating sludge and purified sludge obtained by said method A novel use of delayed reactivity partly prehydrated lime (“DRQL”), which is comprised of 40 to 98% by weight of CaO and of 60 to 2% by weight of Ca(OH)2, preferably of 80 to 92% by weight of CaO and of 20 to 8% by weight of Ca(OH)2, and mo... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7838715 | Drug deactivation system and method of deactivating a drug using the same A drug deactivation system according to some embodiments includes at least one degradable capsule exposed to at least one drug-retaining region of a drug delivery device and an agent. The agent is configured to render a drug ineffective upon degradation of the at le... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7781638 | Photocatalyst-induced reduction of semivolatile organic chemicals absorbed in solid materials A method, using a photocatalyst, to accelerate the reduction of semivolatile organic chemicals absorbed into porous, solid materials. The porous, solid material having absorbed one or more semivolatile organic contaminants. The photocatalytic material located on the... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7635796 | Method for removing heavy metals from incinerator fly ashes A method of removing heavy metals from incinerator fly ashes has the steps of: Determining the type of waste and its treating mode of an incinerator, and determining the outlet(s) and quantities of original fly ash (OFA) and reacted fly ash (RAF) in the incineration... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7361304 | Building decontamination with vaporous hydrogen peroxide When microbial contamination is introduced into a room (20*) of an enclosure, such as a building, an HVAC system including supply ductwork (16) and a return ductwork (34) is decontaminated with hydrogen peroxide vapor. A decontamination controll... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341977 | Method of sorbing sulfur compounds using nanocrystalline mesoporous metal oxides Compounds and methods for sorbing organosulfur compounds from fluids are provided. Generally, compounds according to the present invention comprise mesoporous, nanocrystalline metal oxides. Preferred metal oxide compounds either exhibit soft Lewis acid properties or... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334965 | Method for treating a body of a polluted porous medium A method for treating a body of a polluted porous medium, includes the steps of: preparing a reactive solution containing nanoparticles; injecting the reactive solution into the body of the polluted porous medium so as to decompose pollutants in the polluted porous ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7313994 | Apparatus and method for blast suppression An improved method of blast suppression involves forming a foam barrier in proximity to a bomb or other suspicious device. The foam is maintained in position by a containment structure which is inflated and kept in an inflated state by the foam used to form such bar... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314966 | Method for deactivating and maintaining items in a deactivated state A method of microbially deactivating items and storing the same, comprising the steps of: a) placing items within a cavity in a sealable container having fluid access ports therein, the fluid access ports having a normally closed p... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7276640 | Metal oxide nanoparticles for smoke clearing and fire suppression Methods of reducing smoke levels in smoke-affected areas, reducing the level of toxic compounds produced by fires, fire suppression, and increasing flame retardancy. In particular, methods according to the present invention comprise dispersing nanocrystalline partic... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265254 | Waste processing method, waste processing system, integrated waste processing method, and integrated waste processing system Chlorine-containing waste is processed inside a heating device, an alkali metal compound and a calcium compound are given into the heating device while the temperature of a solid phase inside the heating device is maintained at 400 to 1500° C., chlorine that is con... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249553 | Process and plant for destroying solid-propellant rocket motors Described is a process and a plant for destroying rocket motors, including in particular the following steps and stations: cutting of the motor into sections; cooling of the sections containing propellant by immersion in a cryogenic liquid; and fragmenting and extra... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7204183 | Container for containing an explosion A container for receiving an explosive element and containing fragments projected by an explosion thereof, the container comprising a seamless enclosure made of walls defining a first open end and a first closed end. The seamless enclosure are collapsible and the wa... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7186344 | Membrane based fluid treatment systems A process for removing soluble and insoluble inorganic, organic, and microbiological contaminants from a fluid stream employing a pretreatment module, a post-treatment module, a recycle stream module or any combination thereof, and a membrane module, is provided. Th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186877 | Chemical detoxification of vesicants and related chemicals in mobile disposal systems Methods and systems for processing vesicants as well as other irritants are described. In some methods a vesicant, for example, a Lewisite such as the L1 form, the L2 form, L3 form, or combination thereof, is combined with permanganate, for example, as an aqueous so... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7157074 | Fine zirconium oxide powder and method for producing same There are provided a method for producing a fine zirconium oxide powder which has a narrower particle size distribution than that of conventional zirconium oxide powders and which is capable of lowering the starting temperature in the sintering reaction of a reactan... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7132583 | Transformation method of products containing amiantus A method for transforming a waste product containing or completely formed of amiantus comprising subjecting the waste product to several working phases and adding of components such as calcined alumina, clay and material having a given porosity so to produce a final... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119237 | Process and catalyst for preparing alcohols Alcohols prepared by reacting carboxylic acids and/or carboxylic esters with hydrogen in the presence of a special catalyst. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101115 | stabilization of persistent hydrophobic organic contaminants in sediments using coal- and wood-derived carbon sorbents To overcome obstacles faced by current remediation technologies for contaminated sediments, the present invention provides a new strategy based on in situ control of hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOC) bioavailability. The strategy employs the addition of activat... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097858 | Polyoxometalate materials, metal-containing materials, and methods of use thereof Polyoxometalate topical compositions for removing contaminants from an environment and methods of use thereof are disclosed. An embodiment of the polyoxometalate topical composition includes a topical carrier and at least one polyoxometalate, with the proviso that t... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7061008 | Single molecule array on silicon substrate for quantum computer Individual hydrogen atoms are desorbed from a hydrogen terminated layer on a silicon substrate, using an STM tip, to form a pattern of exposed regions. A single donor-bearing molecule (such as phosphorous atoms). The spins of the donor atoms may be used as qubits in... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7030071 | Solid-water detoxifying reagents for chemical and biological agents Formation of solid-water detoxifying reagents for chemical and biological agents. Solutions of detoxifying reagent for chemical and biological agents are coated using small quantities of hydrophobic nanoparticles by vigorous agitation or by aerosolization of the sol... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018514 | Method and apparatus for processing substances to be decomposed A method for processing substances to be degraded is provided. The method includes a decomposing step in which a mixed gas containing chlorine and the substances to be degraded is irradiated with light to decompose the substances to be degraded, a contact step in wh... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7005117 | Method for removing harmful components in an exhaust gas A method of removing harmful components of a perfluorocarbon gas or a perfluorocompound including the step of mixing at least one of a hydrocarbon gas and NH3 gas with an exhaust gas containing a perfluorocarbon or a perfluorocompound discharged from manu... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6972120 | Method of removing mercury from flue gases A method of removing metallic mercury and ionic mercury from flue gases, especially of a power plant, is provided. A gas that contains sulfur dioxide, or other adequate amounts of sulfur in the form of H2S or COS, and a gas that contains hydrogen, are con... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6962562 | Sludge inerting method Process for rendering inert a sludge (1) comprising heavy metals and organic matter, according to which phosphoric acid (2) is added to the sludge and the latter is subjected to calcination (6). A hydraulic binder (9) is mixed with the pr... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6960701 | Neutralization of vesicants and related compounds A process for the destruction of vesicants, nerve agents, and related chemical compounds is described. Blister-type chemical agents such as lewisite and mustards, as well as G or V Class nerve agents and phosphorus-containing pesticides, are reacted with a neutralen... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6653519 | Reactive nanoparticles as destructive adsorbents for biological and chemical contamination Compositions and methods for destroying biological agents such as toxins and bacteria are provided wherein the substance to be destroyed is contacted with finely divided metal oxide or hydroxide nanocrystals. In various embodiments, the metal oxide or met... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6238570 | Method for treating aqueous composition contaminants A non-iron sulfide is introduced into an iron-containing zone to form ferrous sulfide. A contaminated aqueous composition is then contacted with the ferrous sulfide to react with said contaminants.... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6143136 | Method and apparatus for physical and chemical separation and reaction A method and apparatus for separating volatile from nonvolatile substances, separation of volatile substances, one from the other, and for performing various chemical reactions. In particular, an apparatus which performs these functions utilizing a combin... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5803663 | Mercury-removal method A method of removing one or more mercury compounds from mercury-contaminated soil is disclosed. The method includes mixing the mercury-contaminated soil with an additive, and heating the thus produced mixture to a temperature which is below the boiling po... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5743937 | Earth melter with rubble walls and method of use The present invention is an improvement to the earth melter described and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,443,618. The improvement is the use of rubble for retaining walls. More specifically, the retaining walls rest on ground level and extend above ground lev... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5689038 | Decontamination of chemical warfare agents using activated aluminum oxide Methods of detoxifying chemical warfare agents and decontaminating surfaces which have been exposed to chemical warfare agents are disclosed. The methods include contacting a composition confining a chemical warfare agent or contaminated surface with a su... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5612008 | Process for treating solid waste containing volatilizable inorganic contaminants A process for the removal of volatilizable inorganic contaminants from solid waste is provided. The process comprises the steps of: (a) providing solid waste containing volatilizable inorganic contaminants; (b) heating the waste to a temperature sufficien... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5591415 | Reactor for supercritical water oxidation of waste A reactor enclosed in a pressure vessel in a manner that the walls of the pressure vessel are thermally insulated and chemically isolated from the harsh environment of the reaction zone in the reactor. This allows the pressure vessel to handle the high pr... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5574203 | Process and installation for destroying munitions containing toxic agents The invention relates to a process and an installation for destroying munitions containing toxic agent. The process comprises equipping the munitions with a pyrotechnic fragmentation device and submerging in a pool which is filled with a liquid for neutra... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5271341 | Equipment and process for medical waste disintegration and reclamation A process and equipment for pyrolyzing packaged biomedical waste in a reactive metal alloy in an oxygen deficient atmosphere and separating for recycling the resultant carbon, glass, and metal while venting resultant hydrogen and nitrogen from an aqueous ... | 12/21/1993 |
