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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7349760 | System and method for sensing and controlling the concentration of a chemical agent in a solution A system for measuring and controlling the concentration of a chemical agent in a solution has a reaction cell for receiving a sample, a titrant dropper for releasing one or more drops of titrant into the sample, a first photosensor for sensing disruptions of light ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7319522 | Systems and methods for in situ spectroscopic measurements A circularizated semiconductor laser diode (CSLD), such as for example a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) may be used for optical measurements. The CSLD may be used in a cell density probe to perform cell density determination and/or turbidity determin... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7232782 | Regeneration, pretreatment and precipitation of oxides of manganese Methods and systems for regenerating and pretreating oxides of manganese and precipitation of oxides of manganese from manganese salt solutions. The oxides of manganese and manganese salt solutions are processed utilizing heated aqueous oxidizing solutions at or nea... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7201831 | Impurity detection device There is provided a sample preparation device and method for preparing a sample of liquid for detection of impurities. First (40) and second (38) electrodes are provided, located for immersion in a liquid under test. A semipermeable membrane (42... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7190988 | Analyte monitoring device and methods of use An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor has, for example, a substrate, a recessed channel formed in the substrate, and conductive material disposed in the recessed channel to form a working electrode. The sensor co... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176692 | Measuring probe for potentiometric measurements A measuring probe for potentiometric measurements has a housing (2) formed of an electrically insulating material that encloses at least one hollow space (8, 10) containing a half-cell element defining a first electrode. At least one additional electro... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7117046 | Cascaded control of an average value of a process parameter to a desired value At least one of the multiple process parameters (MPPs) is a controllable process parameter (CTPP) and one is a targeted process parameter (TPP). The process also has a defined target limit (DTV) representing a first limit on an actual average value (AAV) of the TPP.... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7103450 | Automated liquid manufacturing system A method for continuously preparing a medium formulation mixes a diluent with a plurality of chemically incompatible concentrate solutions in such a manner that none of the ingredients of the concentrate solutions chemically react in an adverse manner. The method ut... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099721 | Method and apparatus for producing a biomaterial product A development tool (2) includes a plurality of measuring tools (71) to (76) and an industrial process simulation device (60). The simulation device (60) simulates a whole industrial scale bioprocess in order to obtain acceptable op... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7014824 | Method for purifying process waste gases The present invention relates to a method for purifying process waste gases by introducing them into a waste gas purification system that includes a reaction chamber and by post-treating the reaction products that leave the reaction chamber in a washing or sorbtion ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6959245 | Soil and topography surveying Methods of characterizing subsurface conditions in a selected geographic region previously associated as a whole with a specific subsurface material characteristic reference profile such as from a USDA-NRCS soil survey. The method includes deploying a sensing tool a... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6917835 | Programmable controller system A CPU unit 2 has a liquid crystal display screen 10, a plurality of operation keys 12, and the like. Each of expansion units 3 to 8 has a push switch button 14. For example, when an operator pushes the switch button 14 | 07/12/2005 |
| 6751527 | Heat and material balance method of process control for petrochemical plants and oil refineries A method comprising: a) selecting a loading variable from operating variables, the loading variable being directly related to total energy input into the system and equipment constraint of the system; b) selecting a performance specification variable w... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6721628 | Closed loop concentration control system for chemical mechanical polishing slurry Polishing slurry is transported via piping to flow into the closed loop control system. First, the polishing slurry flows into the ultrasonic concentration detector. Original data of the polishing slurry that is determined by means of ultrasonic concentration detect... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6591166 | Apparatus and method for analyzing chemical system data A power plant water chemistry analysis apparatus and method relies upon water chemistry sensors to obtain power plant water chemistry data characterizing the chemical activity of a power plant water system. An analytical model processor is used to generat... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6556930 | Fluid treatment apparatus A fluid treatment apparatus (100) and method having a variety of interchangeable input/output cards (10) capable of communicating with a variety of parameters including analytical parameters. A programmable central processing unit (124), input/output card... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6372505 | Process and apparatus for titrating In a process for titrating substances by adding increments of a titrant in time intervals, the course of the reaction is monitored in its approach toward the end point (EP), and the addition of titrant is controlled. At least one differential component is... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6212436 | Dynamic inheritance of software object services Object services like methods or properties are provided to or inherited by objects dynamically during run-time. In one method of providing dynamic inheritance, hierarchical relationships are defined between multiple objects such that each object reference... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5969970 | Safety interlock for use in handling hazardous materials A chemical storage facility, dispensing area, or equivalent unit is provided with a safety interlock device which automatically regulates access to the inlet used to introduce materials into the unit responsive to markings provided on the containers which... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5925572 | Apparatus and method for in situ pH measurement of aqueous medium A pH sensor based upon spectrophotometric techniques has been developed for in situ analysis of an aqueous medium, e.g., surface seawater. This sensor utilizes a spectrophotometric pH indicator (Thymol Blue), which has been calibrated for use in seawater ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5923571 | Apparatus and method for automatic congruent control of multiple boilers sharing a common feedwater line and chemical feed point Two control methods and systems for automatically achieving and maintaining a desired sodium/phosphate ratio and phosphate concentration of the boiler waters in a plurality of parallel industrial boilers linked by a common feedwater line for minimizing co... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5810943 | Washer apparatus with waste water pH neutralization system and method for the pH neutralization of waste water A washer apparatus (10) includes a washing chamber (W) with a plurality of spray nozzles (N) and a pump (P1) for circulating the washing fluid (F) through the spray nozzles (N) for cleaning the contents of the washing chamber (W). A pH sensor (20) contact... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5798940 | In situ oxidation reduction potential measurement of soils and ground water A ground penetrometer for determining pH and oxidation reduction potential (ORP) of soils. The penetrometer includes an ORP electrode, a pH electrode, reference electrodes, and a temperature sensor. A singular reference electrode device establishes two re... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5757660 | Scrubber control system and method A wet scrubber control system is configured with a pH sensor and a conductivity sensor in the return solution, and with a conductivity sensor in the feed solution. Concentration of the scrubbing agent within the feed solution is determined using the condu... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5696696 | Apparatus and method for automatically achieving and maintaining congruent control in an industrial boiler A control system for automatically achieving and maintaining a desired sodium/phosphate ratio and phosphate concentration of the boiler water in an industrial boiler for minimizing corrosion. The system uses an adaptive controller that models the boiler w... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5687091 | Integrated arrangement for monitoring without interrupt process flow by novel sensor arrangement with unique data processing system The disclosure is directed to a system for sensing specific properties of a process flow without flow interruption. A plurality of sensors each sensing a different property of the process flow are arranged in close proximity within the process flow. The s... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5640330 | Method for analyzing pH titration data The present invention is directed to a method that fits experimental pH titration data to a model titration curve. The model is designed to accommodate any practical number of weak acids or bases (i.e., buffers) with single or multiple pKa 's i... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5528521 | Titration emulation system and method A method and system achieving the results of a conventional titration without the need to chemically dilute a sample. Such a result is accomplished by providing a plurality of calibration standards, each containing a different known concentration of a vis... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5449495 | Nitrogen oxide removal control apparatus A plant with a gas turbine such as a combined cycle power plant of a gas turbine cycle and a steam turbine cycle is provided with a nitrogen oxide removal device for removing NOx by injecting ammonia to an exhaust gas of the gas turbine. The de... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5422014 | Automatic chemical monitor and control system An automatic system to precisely maintain bactericidal action in a reservoir of water equipped with a recirculation system, such as a swimming pool, decorative fountain, spa, cooling water reservoir or the like. The automatic system includes: a service lo... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5340468 | System for controlling addition of lime to reduce water alkalinity A system for regulating the addition of lime to reduce water alkalinity includes two sensors for measuring the conductivity of the water prior to and after addition of lime, a pump for adding lime to the water, and a controller for regulating the pump. Th... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5302253 | On-line acid monitor and neutralizer feed control of the overhead water in oil refineries A method and apparatus for automatically measuring the acidity of overhead water in an oil refinery, and dispensing a neutralizing agent into the refinery system at a rate responsive to that measurement. A sample of overhead water is collected and passed ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5301346 | Method and apparatus for transferring data between a host device and plurality of portable computers An electrical system for transferring data concurrently between pen based computers and a host computer includes a multiple computer receptacle device for receiving a plurality of pen based computers. The multiple computer receptacle device includes a hou... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5301347 | Multi-system laser safety shutter controller The controller is microprocessor based, and provides an interface between laboratory entrances and accompanying safety shutters to block the laser beam during a laboratory breach. The shutter controller comprises a microcomputer operating in a two data bu... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5291418 | Adjustment of electric potential by automatic titration Automatic titration method and apparatus provides for adjustment of the electric potential of a solution. A programmed computer responsive to iterative measurements of the potential regulates a two-phase adjustment process which approaches the desired ele... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5209855 | Continuous acid washing of polymer resin with controlled metering of acid A batch type process for purification of a polymer resin, in which a predetermined volume of acid is rapidly emptied and stirred into a fixed volume of polymer slurry for chemically treating impurities in the slurry, is converted to a continuous operation... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5172332 | Automatic fluid sampling and monitoring apparatus and method An automatic fluid sampling and monitoring apparatus provided as a unitary structure, and capable of collecting fluid samples at selected intervals, monitoring the level of a condition of the fluid at selected intervals, and collecting and storing samplin... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5140527 | Method for the determination of the ionic content of drilling mud In the rotary drilling of oil wells a drilling mud is used both to transport the cuttings up to the surface and to impose an hydrostatic pressure on the walls of the borehole. For these functions the mud must for example have an acceptable viscosity and d... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5132916 | Methodology for pH titration curve estimation for adaptive control A method of estimating pH titration curves for use in the adaptive control of pH in a process, comprises gathering data points which each represent the ratio between a reagent added to the process and a flowrate to the process at a measured pH, storing th... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5104527 | Automatic total reducers monitoring and adjustment system using titration A process and apparatus for automatically monitoring or adjusting, or both, the concentration of total reducers (i.e. reduced sulfur-containing constituents which consume iodine) in an aqueous medium (e.g. waste water stream) whereby the time period for i... | 04/14/1992 |
