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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8034159 | Method for removing hydrocarbons from a vapour-gas mixture and a device for carrying out said method A method for cleaning hydrocarbons from a gas-vapor medium ejected to the atmosphere, formed while storing oil or gasoline or filling a container therewith is provided. The medium is pumped out and compressed in a gas-liquid jet apparatus due to energy of oil or gas... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7377956 | Method and system for processing natural gas using a rotary screw compressor Method and system for processing natural gas containing contaminants through the use of one or more rotary screw compressors. A natural gas containing a contaminant (e.g., water or carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen sulfide) and a contaminant removing agent are combined... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7272955 | Cooling apparatus and process An integrated cooling apparatus and process which includes a source of compressed gas; a cooling unit for cooling the compressed gas to form cooled compressed gas by heat exchange with water having a first purity, thereby producing a stream of cooled compressed gas ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7092153 | Temperature-controlled gas microscope The invention enables construction of a microscope that has one or more advantageous characteristics as compared to previous microscopes. The microscope can be small and lightweight and, in particular, sufficiently small and light weight to be portable (e.g., smalle... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7072103 | Microscope with objective lens position control apparatus The invention enables construction of a microscope that has one or more advantageous characteristics as compared to previous microscopes. The microscope can be small and lightweight and, in particular, sufficiently small and light weight to be portable (e.g., smalle... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7029589 | Universal method and apparatus for conversion of volatile compounds A method or process of treating a contaminated fluid (10) having at least one contaminant having a property selected from the group consisting of being volatile, hazardous, tacky and a combination thereof is provided. The method comprises contacting the conta... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022295 | Installation for carrying out a three phase chemical reaction under pressure A gas siphon type reactor (10) is used to carry out a three phase chemical reaction under pressure, such as the reduction of uranyl nitrate to uranous nitrate by hydrogen, in the presence of a catalyst made up of platinum on a silica carrier. The control of t... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6955705 | Method and system for compressing and dehydrating wet natural gas produced from low-pressure wells Method and system for compressing and dehydrating wet natural gas produced from a low-pressure well using a rotary screw compressor. A dehydrating agent is combined with wet natural gas within a rotary screw compressor. Operation of the rotary screw compressor cause... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6912859 | Method and apparatus for using a main air compressor to supplement a chill water system A method and an apparatus for providing make-up water for a chilled water system. A first water tower for cooling water is provided. Condensate water from a condensate water source is extracted. Make-up water for the first water tower is provided using the condensat... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6551380 | Recovery of CO2 and H2 from PSA offgas in an H2 plant A gas separation apparatus and process has a first pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit (110) receiving feed gas (112), which comprises a first and a second component. First PSA unit (110) produces first product gas (114) pre-dominantly containing the fir... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6383257 | Reclamation and separation of perfluorocarbons using condensation An apparatus and process for separating perfluorocarbon compounds from a gas mixture passes an incoming stream of a gas into a cold trap, the gas stream including a plurality of perfluorocarbon compounds. The gas mixture is cooled within the cold trap to ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6350371 | Refinery process including membrane separation An improved process and process train for catalytic reforming of hydrocarbons. In its most simple form, the invention includes four unit operations or steps: the reforming itself usually carried out in a series of reactors; one or more steps to separate t... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6203596 | Process and apparatus for removing hydrogen and/or carbon monoxide from an air stream The process serves for removing carbon monoxide and/or hydrogen from an air stream by catalytic oxidation. Dusts and/or aerosols of a particle size of less than 20 μm are removed from the air stream upstream of the catalytic oxidation.... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6071326 | Process for the production of naphtha gas from landfill gas The production of naphtha gas from landfill gas is preferably accomplished through a gas purification step, a catalytic conversion of methane gas to hydrogen gas, and a blending step in which various process streams are blended to produce the naphtha gas ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5980609 | Hydrogen recovery process A treatment process for a hydrogen-containing off-gas stream from a refinery, petrochemical plant or the like. The process includes three separation steps: condensation, membrane separation and hydrocarbon fraction separation. The membrane separation step... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5928408 | Air separation Air is separated in a double rectification column including a lower pressure rectification column. A first oxygen product containing less than 3.5% by volume of argon impurity is withdrawn through an outlet of the column which has a packed section below t... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5879431 | Ethylene/nitrogen separation process A membrane separation process for treating a gas stream containing methane and nitrogen, for example, natural gas. The separation process works by preferentially permeating methane and rejecting nitrogen. We have found that the process is able to meet nat... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5871563 | Process for purifying inert gases The invention relates to a process for the purification of an inert gas by subjecting the inert gas to a sorption treatment, especially gas scrubs. The invention comprises compressing the inert gas to a higher pressure before the sorption treatment, perfo... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5830260 | Process for cleaning the waste gas from drying processes using heated gas The waste gas accumulating in the drying of products containing volatile ingredients is cooled, the condensate obtained is subjected to crossflow membrane filtration and part of the cleaned waste gas is returned to the drying process. The concentrate obta... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5774815 | Dry halide method for separating the components of spent nuclear fuels The invention is a nonaqueous, single method for processing multiple spent nuclear fuel types by separating the fission- and transuranic products from the nonradioactive and fissile uranium product. The invention has four major operations: exposing the sp... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5772734 | Membrane hybrid process for treating low-organic-concentration gas streams A membrane hybrid process for treating organic-containing gas streams to remove or recover the organic. The process combines absorbent scrubbing, gas stripping, condensation, and membrane separation, and is particularly useful in treating high-volume, low... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5741350 | Recovery of hydrocarbons from polyalkene product purge gas Hydrocarbons are recovered from the product purge gas in an alkene polymerization process by absorption of heavier hydrocarbons from the purge gas by an intermediate hydrocarbon stream to yield a vapor rich in inert gas and alkene monomer. Alkene monomer ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5681360 | Landfill gas recovery A process for concentrating and recovering methane and carbon dioxide from landfill gas includes absorption of commonly occurring pollutants using a reduced amount of carbon dioxide absorbent which itself may be an in situ derived and recoverable constitu... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5611840 | Process for separating out hydrogen chloride The invention relates to a process for separating out hydrogen chloride from a gas mixture forming in the chlorination of methane, which gas mixture contains unreacted methane, its chlorination products and hydrogen chloride formed in the reaction, by coo... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5547491 | Procedure for the selective recovery of solvents from solvent gas mixtures and device for the realization of the procedure A process and apparatus for the selective recovery of solvents from solvent gas mixtures according to which the solvent gas mixture undergoes a sorption process, individual solvent gas fractions are fractionally desorbed from the sorption agent, condensed... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5538535 | Membrane process for treatment of chlorine-containing gas streams A membrane process for separating chlorine from chlorine-containing gas streams is disclosed. The process employs a permselective membrane that is selective to chlorine and is stable in the long-term presence of chlorine. The process can be used to treat ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5533437 | Recovery of hydrocarbons from polyalkene product purge gas Hydrocarbons are recovered from the product purge gas in an alkene polymerization process by absorption of heavier hydrocarbons from the purge gas by an intermediate hydrocarbon stream to yield a vapor rich in inert gas and alkene monomer. Alkene monomer ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5476536 | Process for removing harmful hydrocarbons, particularly plant protective aerosols and vapors, from the fresh air supplied to a vehicle cabin The present invention relates to a process for removing harmful hydrocarbons, particularly plant protective aerosols and vapors, from the fresh air supplied to a vehicle cabin. The loaded fresh air is subjected to a partial condensation with subsequent ph... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5453559 | Hybrid condensation-absorption olefin recovery A hybrid condensation-absorption process and unit is disclosed for the recovery of olefins. A mixed-component stream containing hydrogen, methane and olefins is compressed and refrigerated against propylene refrigerant to partially condense the stream. Th... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5447554 | Gas compression method and apparatus A method for pressurizing a gas using a liquid. The method comprises providing a liquid pump; providing a liquid for introducing to the liquid pump; introducing a gas to the liquid prior to the liquid entering the liquid pump; pumping the liquid and the g... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5306331 | Process for cooling the feed gas to gas separation systems The present invention provides a process for utilizing one stream from a gas separation unit in an evaporation cooler to provide cool water which is used to cool the feed gas mixture by direct or indirect contact prior to entering the gas separation unit.... | 04/26/1994 |
| 4977745 | Method for the recovery of low purity carbon dioxide A process for the economical recovery of carbon dioxide from a gas stream containing less than 85% carbon dioxide, by cooling the contaminating gas to remove water vapor, compressing the cooled gas to an elevated temperature and pressure, and drying the g... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4935220 | Process for purifying crude gaseous hydrogen chloride The invention relates to a process for purifyng crude gaseous hydrogen chloride originating from plants producing silane or siloxane and containing as impurities silanes which contain chlorine and/or organic radicals, water, alkanols, hydrocarbons, chlori... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4916908 | Air separation A process for the separation of air to obtain oxygen, nitrogen and argon is disclosed which comprises: subjecting air from which carbon dioxide and water have been removed to fractional distillation in a first column to form oxygen-nitrogen vapor and argo... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4778489 | Process for separating a water insoluble distillate from an aqueous vapor The distillate which is contained in the prescrubbed vapors from the fatty acid fractionation or deodorization of oils and fats is obtained by mixture condensation in a cooling fluid fed into a principal flow of said vapors. A side flow enriched in distil... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4627922 | Method of removing dissolved oil from produced water This invention involves a process and apparatus for removing dissolved and undissolved oil and chemical additives from waste and/or produced water streams. The process involves contacting a selected gas with the produced water stream, the selected gas uti... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4566886 | Process and apparatus for obtaining pure CO For obtaining pure CO from a gaseous mixture, consisting predominantly of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, e.g., that produced by the endothermic catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons in the presence of CO2 as the oxygen-yielding agent the gaseous m... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4563202 | Method and apparatus for purification of high CO2 content gas Disclosed is a method and apparatus for separating and purifying carbon dioxide and natural gas contained in the associated gas of an oil well. Feed containing hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, water and hydrogen sulfide, is fed to a stabilizer column where h... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4466946 | CO2 Removal from high CO2 content hydrocarbon containing streams Carbon dioxide is removed from CO2 and hydrocarbon containing gaseous streams. In the instance where the hydrocarbons and CO2 are such that hydrocarbons would condense out during CO2 removal, the gas stream is treated in o... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4449994 | Low energy process for separating carbon dioxide and acid gases from a carbonaceous off-gas A process is disclosed for the separation of carbon dioxide and sulfide gases from oil shale retort off-gases, coal gasification off-gases, oxygen fire-flooding or carbon dioxide miscible flood enhanced oil recovery off-gases for recycle to a retort, gasi... | 05/22/1984 |
