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| 7813839 | Process for controlling a production process A production process such as an isocyanate production process, conducted with a production facility having (a) at least two incoming streams, b) at least one exit stream and c) at least one inner recycling stream is controlled by adjusting at least one incoming stre... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7425254 | Fractionation of macro-molecules using asymmetric pulsed field electrophoresis A method and apparatus for fractionation of charged macro-molecules such as DNA is provided. DNA solution is loaded into a matrix including an array of obstacles. An alternating electric field having two different fields at different orientations is applied. The alt... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7402438 | Automated identification of carbohydrates in mass spectra Disclosed is a computerized method for identifying peaks corresponding to glycans from a mass spectrum. At least one glycan spectrum is received from a mass spectrometer, with each glycan spectrum including peaks having a measured mass. Glycan identifications are au... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7387602 | Apparatus for centrifuging a slurry A method and apparatus for centrifuging. The apparatus comprises a centrifuge for centrifuging a slurry, comprising a bowl driven by a bowl drive motor, a screw conveyor driven by a screw conveyor drive motor, a pump driven by a pump motor, a bowl drive unit operati... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7378024 | Methods for improving filtration performance of hollow fiber membranes In accordance with the present invention, there are provided methods for improving performance of hollow fiber filtration membrane modules. Invention methods comprise a unique backwashing technique wherein the hollow fiber membranes within the module are pressurized... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376489 | Method of identifying fluid purification equipment which is optimized for individual fluid purification systems An interactive method and apparatus are disclosed through which a fluid purification system operator inputs the system's parameters and the method then identifies one or more fluid purification equipment packages which will be optimized at the component level to the... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372995 | Analysis apparatus An analysis apparatus includes an information acquisition part for acquiring shape information about an analysis target object, an additional information extraction part for extracting additional information on the analysis target object from the shape information, ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7358503 | Tomography of solid materials The invention provides a method for the identification of deposits of solid materials in process plants, the method comprising the creation of a theee-dimensional image by means of tomography, preferably passive tomography, most preferably gamma-ray tomography. Typi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353218 | Methods and apparatus for clustering evolving data streams through online and offline components A technique of clustering data of a data stream is provided. Online statistics are first created from the data stream. Offline processing of the online statistics is then performed when offline processing either required or desired. Online statistics may be created ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340324 | Mixing and pouring apparatus and vessel therefor A mixing and pouring apparatus for computer controlled processing of mixing and pouring operations includes a rotatable arm capable of holding vessels therein, the arm rotatable at programmable speeds and time lengths to perform automated moving and pouring processe... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7325162 | Configurable multiple channel discrete output module Certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a control system device, comprising a multiple channel discrete output module, said module storing a plurality of fail-state parameters, each fail-state parameter from the plurality of fail-state paramet... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318970 | Architectural hierarchy of control for a fuel processor A control technique for use in a fuel processor is disclosed. In one aspect, a control system includes a subsystem manager controller the operation of a respective physical subsystem for each of a plurality of physical subsystems in the fuel processor. The subsystem... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315769 | Multi-tier benefit optimization for operating the power systems including renewable and traditional generation, energy storage, and controllable loads A plurality of power generating assets are connected to a power grid. The grid may, if desired, be a local grid or a utility grid. The power grid is connected to a plurality of loads. The loads may, if desired, be controllable and non-controllable. Distribution of t... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303685 | Polymer control system A feedback control for a polymer dispensing system, which otherwise continuously adjusts the polymer feedrate so as to keep the measured streaming current of filtrate from a sludge dewatering process at one predetermined setpoint. The feedback control includes a vid... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303680 | Method and apparatus for kidney dialysis A number of improvements relating to methods and apparatuses for kidney dialysis are disclosed. These include checking of dialysate bypass status using flow measurement; using a flow sensor to confirm the absence of ultrafiltration during bypass; automatic testing o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7289935 | Statistical quality control of alarm occurrences A method for evaluating an alarm system for continuous or semi-continuous processes that gives an indication of the actual loading on the operator. A transformations is applied to a data set consisting of alarms and associated times, resulting in the data being much... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264730 | Methods for kidney dialysis A number of improvements relating to methods and apparatuses for kidney dialysis are disclosed. These include methods such as supplying a dialysis machine including a touch screen interface to a machine user and supplying to the machine user accessory devices to be ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252900 | Combination fuel cell and ion pump, and methods and infrastructure systems employing same A combination fuel cell and hydrogen or oxygen pump includes an electrochemical cell comprising an anode inlet for receiving fuel, an anode outlet for exhausting fuel, a cathode inlet for receiving oxidant, a cathode outlet for exhausting oxidant, and first and seco... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249470 | Method of controlling liquid production utilizing an expert system controller Method for controlling the production of one or more liquid products produced by one or more plants, that can be an air separation plant, that has a liquid storage capacity and that consumes electrical power. Linguistic values related to current liquid inventory, a ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238150 | Method for calculating the turbulence factor for a decanting centrifuge A method for modeling the effect of turbulence on the cut point function of a decanting centrifuge includes inputting data related to the centrifuge including the bowl radius, r2, the pond top radius, r1, the bowl length, LB, the ang... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7194474 | Method of processing test information An NDE test data record management system is provided. The test data record management system can include a format conversion server, a local archiving server, a cataloging server, an image and data cache server, and an image query and review station. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191087 | Sensor controller A sensor controller is disclosed which transmits large-capacity data such as waveform data and image data within a short time (in rapid cycles, for example) and makes possible various collaborative operations using the transmitted data. A control unit includes a pro... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181316 | Energy distribution network A hydrogen fuel supply system includes a hydrogen generator for generating hydrogen from an energy source at an outlet pressure. An outlet conduit feeds the hydrogen to a user. A controller controls the hydrogen generator to produce hydrogen at the outlet pressure. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7158862 | Method and system for mining mass spectral data A method, system, and computer program product for mining mass spectral data to detect chemical-specific characteristic features in large databases and/or files, including specifying spectral characteristics of mass spectra to mine, specifying a relationship between... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150994 | Parallel flow process optimization reactor Parallel flow reaction systems comprising four or more reaction channels are disclosed. Distribution systems, and parallel flow reaction systems comprising such distribution systems are also disclosed. Specifically, the distribution systems comprise one or more subs... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7107194 | High fidelity low-order modeling for multi-staged separation processes based upon the compartmental approach A new way of applying the compartmental approach to the simulation of multi-stage separation processes in the process industry leads to more robust simulation models and higher success rate. The new approach makes use of steady-state component balances, constant vap... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7092893 | Control of liquid production of air separation plant network A method of controlling liquid and gaseous production within a plurality of air separation plants to produce and distribute gaseous and liquid products to a plurality of customers in which the electrical power costs involved in producing gaseous and liquid products ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092834 | Method for determination and representation of adjustment steps for an apparatus requiring adjustment In a method for determination and representation of adjustment steps for operation of an apparatus requiring adjustment, such as a diagnostic imaging apparatus, the implementation of manual adjustments by a user is supported. The method determines which adjustment s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085674 | Alarm management method and apparatus therefor An alarm management device includes: a data collection device for collecting alarm data generated by an apparatus to be managed; a database device for storing the collected alarm data; and an alarm statistic device for preparing alarm statistics using the stored ala... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085963 | Method for configuring a multiple channel discrete output module Certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a control system device, comprising a multiple channel discrete output module, said module storing a plurality of fail-state parameters, each fail-state parameter from the plurality of fail-state paramet... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7070739 | Detection and characterization of microorganisms A method for separating microorganisms, especially infectious agents, from a mixture by two dimensional centrifugation on the basis of sedimentation rate and isopycnic banding density, for sedimenting such microorganisms through zones of immobilized reagents to whic... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7023440 | Methods and apparatus for integrated display of process events and trend data A method and apparatus for the integrated display of process events and trend data. The method and apparatus provide for a unified display of trend data and process events related to the control and/or monitoring of a manufacturing process. A workstation generates a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6971982 | Apparatus for centrifuging a slurry A method and apparatus for centrifuging. The apparatus comprises a centrifuge for centrifuging a slurry, comprising a bowl driven by a bowl drive motor, a screw conveyor driven by a screw conveyor drive motor, a pump driven by a pump motor, a bowl drive unit operati... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6944522 | Chemical process machine programming system The present invention provides an operation editor that includes a user interface for programming operations to be performed by a chemical process machine. Through the user interface the user may specify that one or more of the steps in an operation be variable. Suc... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6912450 | Energy distribution network A hydrogen fuel supply system includes a hydrogen generator for generating hydrogen from an energy source at an outlet pressure. An outlet conduit feeds the hydrogen to a user. A controller controls the hydrogen generator to produce hydrogen at the outlet pressure. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905452 | Apparatus for centrifuging a slurry A method and apparatus for centrifuging. The apparatus comprises a centrifuge for centrifuging a slurry, including a bowl driven by a bowl drive motor, a screw conveyor driven by a screw conveyor drive motor, a pump driven by a pump motor, a bowl drive unit operativ... | 06/14/2005 |
