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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108074 | Apparatus and method for optimizing operation of sugar dryers A method includes determining how to adjust one or more manipulated variables using at least one model. The one or more manipulated variables are associated with a sugar dryer. The method also includes generating one or more control signals to control one or more co... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7413714 | Sequential reaction system An automated sequential reaction system that can be used to either sequentially produce a plurality of different products each requiring a single reaction, or to produce a desired product that requires a series of sequential reactions. A system controller controls a... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7399325 | Method and apparatus for a hydrogen fuel cassette distribution and recovery system A cassette-based hydrogen fuel distribution and recovery method and system is disclosed. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7386369 | Digital electrode observation A system is provided for recording information relating to the condition of electrodes in an electric arc furnace. An imaging apparatus is provided in a consistent position relative to an imaging station. Periodically, the electrode columns are removed from the furn... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7341446 | Nuclear resonance applications for enhanced combustion A method of enhancing the combustion process by stimulating one or more components of a fuel/air mixture using nuclear resonance to selectively reduce or increase the oxidation of selected components of the combustion reaction, e.g., nitrogen (N-14) or hydrogen (H-1... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328132 | Input/Loss Method using the genetics of fossil fuels for determining fuel chemistry, calorific value and performance of a fossil-fired power plant This invention relates to any fossil fueled thermal system, and especially relates to large commercial steam generators used in power plants, and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for determining fuel chemistry in essentially real time based on effluents... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7293388 | Adaptive control system In an insect lure and trap, a system for generating a carbon dioxide attractant has a combustion chamber in which carbon dioxide is generated by means of an exothermic reaction from a gaseous fuel rich in carbon. A container contains a pressurized supply of said fue... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286960 | Systems and methods for monitoring fouling and slagging in heat transfer devices in coal fired power plants A system for isolating effects of one or more process parameters on performance of a heat transfer device is provided. The system includes an efficiency correction unit that is adapted to receive data from the heat transfer device. The data is representative of one ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277777 | Method and system for real time reporting of boiler adjustment using emission sensor data mapping A method to adjust a boiler having a flue gas duct including: sensing flue gas emissions in the gas duct with a plurality of emission sensors arranged in an array; generating a multidimensional graphical depiction of the flue gas emissions by plotting sensor data ca... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276209 | Air-gas mixing systems and methods for endothermic gas generators Systems and methods create an air-gas mixture supply for an endothermic generator. The systems and methods convey a hydrocarbon gas under pressure through a valve, to thereby form an air-gas mixture supply for the endothermic generator. The systems and methods sense... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7246938 | Apparatus and method for measuring the heating value of gases A heating value meter for gases has an outer cylindrical mantle with an outer thermostatic heating apparatus and at least one inlet for introduction of air and at least one inlet for introduction of test or calibration gas. The outer mantle has an outer heating mant... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238517 | Thermal cycler for automatic performance of the polymerase chain reaction with close temperature control An instrument for performing highly accurate PCR employing a sample block in microtiter tray format. The sample block has local balance and local symmetry. A three zone film heater controlled by a computer and ramp cooling solenoid valves also controlled by the comp... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232308 | Method and device for affecting thermoacoustic oscillations in combustion systems The present invention relates to a method and a device (1) for affecting thermoacoustic oscillations in a combustion system (6) comprising at least one burner (7) and at least one combustor (8). In order to improve the action of af... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231041 | Method, device, and system for secure motor vehicle remote keyless entry Methods and apparatus are provided for sending an encrypted command message from a remote keyless entry device to a receiver in a motor vehicle. The method comprises defining a key generating key within the remote keyless entry device, and using that key generating ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7202794 | Flame detection system A flame detection system includes a plurality of sensors for generating a plurality of respective sensor signals. The plurality of sensors includes a set of discrete optical radiation sensors responsive to flame as well as non-flame emissions. An Artificial Neural N... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194382 | Systems and methods for detection of combustor stability margin The present invention comprises systems and methods for determining stability margin of a combustor. One embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of providing a measuring device in communication with the combustor, wherein the measuring device generate... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191039 | Controller for fuel fired heating appliance A controller for a fuel-fired appliance comprising a microprocessor that is able to detect an interruption in power, and immediately store errors and historical diagnostic information in a non-volatile memory before the microprocessor powers down. Upon restoration o... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188019 | Gas turbine control apparatus, gas turbine system and gas turbine control method A gas turbine control apparatus, etc. are provided by which combustion fluctuation, even if arising in plural frequency bands, can be effectively suppressed. If the combustion fluctuation arises in plural frequency bands, corresponding to a predetermined priority or... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7188001 | System and method for temperature control A system for controlling the temperature of a reaction mixture comprises at least one heating device for heating the mixture and a power regulator for regulating the amount of power supplied to the heating device. A controller in communication with the power regulat... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7161678 | Systems and methods for determining the existence of a visible plume from the chimney of a facility burning carbon-based fuels Excess oxygen in the combustion process of a facility that bums carbon-based fuels may cause a visible plume in the atmosphere at the stack of the facility. Traditional optical based opacity monitors may be unable to detect this plume or the plume may form at a loca... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7137799 | Vessel and system for curing a repair to a component made from composite materials The present invention provides a pressure vessel for exerting pressure on a repair to a component made of composite materials to cure the repair in the field. The pressure vessel includes a body having a chamber for receiving the repair to the component; a portal op... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7092772 | Home automation system An improved home automation system that permits the user of the system to remotely control the operation of various devices including garage doors and powered entry gates. The system is packaged in a manner that “walks” the user through the initialization proces... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082339 | Home automation system An improved home automation system that permits the user of the system to remotely control the operation of various devices. The system is packaged in a manner that “walks” the user through the initialization process to thereby reduce or eliminate errors associa... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7048537 | Apparatus and method for controlling a variable fuel fired appliance An apparatus is provided for controlling a fuel fired heating appliance, the apparatus comprising a first processor for controlling the ignition operation of the furnace and a second processor for controlling the operation of a variable speed blower motor, wherein t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7035717 | Method for controlling a thermodynamic process, in particular a combustion process In a method for controlling a thermodynamic process, in particular a combustion process, in which the system status (st) is measured, compared with optimization targets (rj), and in which suitable setting actions (ai) are performed i... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021126 | Methods for low-cost estimation of steam turbine performance A method for determining efficiency of an installed steam turbine includes estimating, at a first plurality of times, a first mean value and a first variance of at least one performance variable of the steam turbine utilizing a set of station sensors. The method fur... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021822 | Coating dry estimating method, coating dry estimating system and recording medium Temperature data representing transition of a temperature distribution of a coating target with time lapse is calculated Subsequently, the integrated value of the amount of heat applied to the coating is calculated on the basis of the temperature data. The dry state... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020543 | Controller for fuel fired heating appliance A controller for a fuel-fired appliance comprising a microprocessor that is able to detect an interruption in power, and immediately store errors and historical diagnostic information in a non-volatile memory before the microprocessor powers down. Upon restoration o... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6957115 | Security-related bus automation system The invention relates to a safety-related automation system, and to a method for operating such a system. In order to provide a safety-related automation bus system which needs only a low level of hardware redundancy and can be flexibly matched to the respective req... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6957139 | System for controlling drivetrain components to achieve fuel efficiency goals A system for controlling a vehicle drivetrain in a fuel-efficient manner includes a control computer operable to define a contour from substantially zero engine load to substantially full engine load, wherein the contour may correspond to a fuel-efficient path from ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6944532 | System for controlling an internal combustion engine in a fuel efficient manner A system for controlling an engine in a fuel efficient manner includes a memory having stored therein an engine output characteristics map bounded by a maximum engine output curve. The map defines a region of undesirable operation having a first border defined as a ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6934890 | Error code indexing and interpretation apparatus and method Error code indexing and interpretation apparatus (10) includes a first device (12) containing operating error codes (14) and configured to send an error code (14) on the occasion of a first device (12) operating error. A second dev... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922612 | Combustion vibration estimating apparatus, plant and gas turbine plant The combustion vibration estimating apparatus comprises an inputting unit for inputting limiting values of plant data, weather data and internal pressure variation, an internal pressure variation characteristic grasping unit for making internal pressure variation of... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920377 | Self-sustaining control for a heating system A self-sustaining control for a heating system, having conventional operational modes and pilot burner assembly, is disclosed. A controller directs operation in accordance with a need-based protocol and monitors the condition of a storage device, which provides syst... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6914246 | Method and apparatus for spatially resolving flame temperatures using ultraviolet light emission A method for spatially resolving flame temperatures in which a temperature-dependent wavelength region of a molecule radical spectrum and a normalization wavelength region of the molecule radical spectrum suitable for normalizing spectral data are identified. An alg... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908596 | Exhaust gas processing system Without of affect of sulfur in fuel, NOx in exhaust gas is decomposed completely using discharge and low temperature of 300 C. degree, to establish technique for generating NO2 for necessary to oxidize a particle substance in a real time. The generated NO... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901351 | Application of symbol sequence analysis and temporal irreversibility to monitoring and controlling boiler flames The current invention provides a method and apparatus, which uses symbol sequence techniques and/or temporal irreversibility derived from chaos theory to monitor the operating state of individual burner flames on a appropriate time scale. Both the method and apparat... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6885897 | Module for controlling a drive and method of using the module A module for controlling a drive is described. The module contains a terminal for connecting to a control system for operating tasks and a control system for safety tasks. Commands from the control system for safety tasks have priority over commands from the control... | 04/26/2005 |
