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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168847 | Aqueous phase oxidation process An improved oxidization process may be used to oxidize a wide variety of feedstocks. Oxidation takes place in a reactor where the feedstock is mixed with an oxidizing acid, such as nitric acid. The reaction mixture may also include a secondary oxidizing acid such as... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8063262 | Hazardous gas abatement method A hazardous gas abatement system decontaminates an exit gas stream containing global warming gases using an electrical heater and a water scrubber. One or more top flow hazardous gas inlets introduce hazardous gases into a heater compartment. Air or oxygen is introd... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8049056 | Chemical oxidation method and compounds A method and system for the reduction of contamination in soil and groundwater is provided. A clathrate of ozone and a cyclic oligosaccharide can provide for an extended zone of influence due to, for instance, the improved stability of the ozone. The clathrate can i... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8022265 | Reduced weight decontamination formulation utilizing a solid peracid compound for neutralization of chemical and biological warfare agents A reduced weight decontamination formulation that utilizes a solid peracid compound (sodium borate peracetate) and a cationic surfactant (dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride) that can be packaged with all water removed. This reduces the packaged weight of the decontam... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7968761 | Method for reducing contamination Exemplary compositions, methods, and systems are disclosed that can be useful for reducing a concentration of a contaminant associated with a medium, which can be any substance or material, such as soil, water, air, and/or fluid. In one exemplary method, the medium ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7928277 | Method for reducing contamination Exemplary compositions, methods, and systems are disclosed that can be useful for reducing a concentration of a contaminant associated with a medium, which can be any substance or material, such as soil, water, air, and/or fluid. In one exemplary method, the medium ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7915474 | Aqueous phase oxidation process An improved oxidization process may be used to oxidize a wide variety of feedstocks. Oxidation takes place in a reactor where the feedstock is mixed with an oxidizing acid, such as nitric acid. The reaction mixture may also include a secondary oxidizing acid such as... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7750199 | Kit systems for granulated decontamination formulations A decontamination formulation and method of making that neutralizes the adverse health effects of both chemical and biological compounds, especially chemical warfare (CW) and biological warfare (BW) agents, and toxic industrial chemicals. The formulation provides so... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7667087 | Soil and water remediation method and apparatus Disclosed is a method, apparatus and system for the remediation of contaminated soils, groundwater and water. A combination of reagents such as persulfate and ozone or persulfate, ozone and hydrogen peroxide may be used to enhance destruction of organic contaminants... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7592500 | Activated oxidizing vapor treatment method An oxidizing liquid (20), such as hydrogen peroxide, is vaporized (18) and the vapor is used to deactivate nerve gas, blistering gas, or other biologically active substances such as pathogens, biotoxins, and prions. A second chemical compound (42 | 09/22/2009 |
| 7576254 | Oxidation of organic compounds at high pH Organic compounds are removed from contaminated soil, ground water and the like by treatment with a combination of a water soluble peroxygen compound, such as sodium persulfate, and a pH modifier capable of maintaining a pH greater than about 10, such as a metal hyd... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7501550 | Method of destroying seeds A method of sterilizing seeds comprises heating the seeds to substantially 95° C. or higher and maintaining same at that temperature for substantially 30 minutes. Preferably a combination of steam and microwaves is used to maintain the temperature. Dampening the se... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7495145 | Reactors and methods for oxidizing chemical or biological materials The invention provides methods and a reactor for safely destroying containers having toxic chemical and biological materials contained therein. The reactor comprises a pressure vessel having an internal reaction chamber and at least one heater disposed on an exterio... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7491861 | In-drum pyrolysis An apparatus and method for processing hazardous wastes directly from 55-gallon drums through the use of pyrolysis and steam reforming. The method is based on a pyrolyzer using heat to vaporize organics that are present in the hazardous wastes. The waste is heated i... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7427177 | Method of using pulsed ozone to treat soils containing organic contaminants A method of treating a solid matrix containing organic contaminants is provided. The method comprises the steps of a) injecting ozone into the solid matrix for a period of time known as the pulse duration; b) interrupting the injection of ozone into the solid matrix... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7399268 | Method for treatment of arsenic-contaminated soil Disclosed herein is a method for treatment of arsenic-contaminated soil, said method being capable of insolubilizing arsenic compounds (in organic form or tri- or pentavalent inorganic form), thereby reducing their leaching level below the environmental standard val... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7390432 | Enhanced formulations for neutralization of chemical, biological and industrial toxants An enhanced formulation and method of making that neutralizes the adverse health effects of both chemical and biological compounds, especially chemical warfare (CW) and biological warfare (BW) agents, and toxic industrial chemicals. The enhanced formulation accordin... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7351306 | Cooking of cellulose pulp in a cooking liquor containing pre-evaporated black liquor The method is for cooking of cellulose pulp in which the raw material, preferably in the form of chips, undergoes a successive elevation of temperature towards the cooking temperature while the chips are first impregnated with an impregnation liquor followed by cook... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338563 | Process for cleaning hydrocarbons from soils A combination of parallel processes is disclosed to provide optimal re-mediation operations for contaminated soil. Soils with high levels of heavy petroleum hydrocarbons are directed to a thermal process for destruction in a combustion process. Carbon dioxide genera... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334781 | System and method for treating fuel to increase fuel efficiency in internal combustion engines Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for increasing fuel efficiency in internal combustion engines by radially accelerating fuel prior to combustion. In one embodiment of the present invention, fuel is input, under pressur... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331268 | Explosive neutralization method and device A method for neutralizing explosive ordnance is provided. According to an aspect of the method, an energetic charge is activated to produce a shockwave, which is imparted at an effective velocity and temperature on a gas to ionize the gas for creating plasma and to ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7282470 | Decontamination formulation with sorbent additive A decontamination formulation and method of making that neutralizes the adverse health effects of both chemical and biological compounds, especially chemical warfare (CW) and biological warfare (BW) agents, and toxic industrial chemicals. The formulation provides so... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276468 | Granulated decontamination formulations A decontamination formulation and method of making that neutralizes the adverse health effects of both chemical and biological compounds, especially chemical warfare (CW) and biological warfare (BW) agents, and toxic industrial chemicals. The formulation provides so... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270499 | Soil and/or groundwater remediation process A method of treating contaminants in soil and/or groundwater including adding a source of a peroxide and ozone to the in situ environment in amounts capable of producing reactive species sufficient to oxidize at least one of the contaminants without acidification of... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271137 | Decontamination formulations for disinfection and sterilization Aqueous decontamination formulations that neutralize biological pathogens for disinfection and sterilization applications. Examples of suitable applications include disinfection of food processing equipment, disinfection of areas containing livestock, mold remediati... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7253332 | Method for treating cyanide waste liquid A highly reliable detoxifying method of the cyano matters is provided. The waste-liquor, which contains at least one of free cyano material, a cyano complex and a reducing compound exhibiting volatility in alkaline aqueous solution, is heated under an alkaline condi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7214290 | Treatment of spent caustic refinery effluents In the methods for treatment of caustic effluents described in the specification, a spent caustic refinery effluent is supplied to a submerged combustion gas evaporator in which hot combustion gas containing carbon dioxide is injected into the caustic liquid to conc... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196240 | Method and equipment for making polychlorobiphenyl nontoxic Methods and equipment are provided for making polybichlorophenyl non-toxic. Methods include a first oxidation step, in which polybichlorophenyl is burned, and a second oxidation step, in which exhaust gas from the first oxidation step is oxidized by contact with met... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7145052 | Decontamination apparatus and methods Decontamination apparatus and methods involve catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to drive additional hydrogen peroxide to a contaminated location. ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138063 | Method of removing arsenic and other anionic contaminants from contaminated water using enhanced coagulation An improved water decontamination process comprising contacting water containing anionic contaminants with an enhanced coagulant to form an enhanced floc, which more efficiently binds anionic species (e.g., arsenate, arsenite, chromate, fluoride, selenate, and borat... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138035 | Process for the selective modification of carbohydrates by peroxidase catalyzed oxidation The present invention relates to an environmentally friendly process for the selective oxidation of carbohydrates. The process comprises the addition of a hydroperoxide, including hydrogen peroxide, to a carbohydrate having primary alcohol groups, particularly inclu... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7128278 | System and method for irritating with aerated water An irrigation system for supplying aerated water to plants includes a diffuser. Oxygen is diffused into water by the diffuser to generate aerated water. The aerated water is supplied to an irrigation device which supplies the aerated water to the plants. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122167 | Precious metal recovery from organics-precious metal compositions with supercritical water reactant A supercritical oxidation process carried out in water is capable of oxidizing “organics” in precious metal organic compositions such as heterogeneous (Pt/C) or homogeneous precious metal catalysts and producing a precious metal oxide with few by-products and lo... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7087805 | Use of an ozone containing fluid to neutralize chemical and/or biological warfare agents A method and apparatus for neutralizing biological and/or chemical warfare agents using an ozone-containing solution. The ozone-containing solution is produced by combining ozone-containing gas with an ozone vehicle, such as an organic solution. The ozone-vehicle pr... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087120 | System and method for chemical decontamination of radioactive material A method for chemically decontaminating radioactive material. The method includes reducing-dissolving step for setting surface of radioactive material in contact with reducing decontamination liquid including mono-carboxylic acid and di-carboxylic acid as dissolvent... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078458 | Method for production of hydrophilic resin In the production of an acrylate polymer by the steps of preparing a water-soluble unsaturated monomer having a ratio of neutralization in the range of 30 to 100 mol % and containing 50 to 100 mol % of an acrylate and then polymerizing the monomer, a method for the ... | 07/18/2006 |
