Class 95/5 - Sparking sensed

Subclass of Class 95 - Gas separation: processes
Definition: Process in which the presence or frequency of sparking in
No. of patents: 28
Last issue date: 08/30/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
8007566	Electrostatic precipitator having a spark current limiting resistors and method for limiting sparking An electrostatic precipitator including: a collecting electrode in a gas passage; a discharge electrode in the gas passage and separated by a gap from the collecting electrode; a power supply applying a voltage to the discharge electrode, wherein the voltage establi...	08/30/2011
7625424	Air cleaner and shut-down method An air cleaner is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The air cleaner includes a high voltage power supply configured to provide a high voltage to a collector cell and a shut-down circuit coupled to the high voltage power supply. The shut-down circ...	12/01/2009
7452403	System and method for applying partial discharge analysis for electrostatic precipitator A system for detecting partial discharge activity in an electrostatic precipitator is provided. The system includes one or more sensors configured to receive and transmit signals representative of voltage or current behavior of the electrostatic precipitator. The sy...	11/18/2008
7364606	Exhaust emission control device Provided are a hollow inner electrode constituted by an electrically conductive filter capable of capturing particulates, a cylindrical outer electrode circumferentially surrounding the electrode, a housing incorporated in a flow passage of exhaust and accommodating...	04/29/2008
7357828	Air cleaner including constant current power supply An air cleaner including a constant current power supply is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The air cleaner includes a collector cell and a constant current power supply coupled to the collector cell. The constant current power supply is config...	04/15/2008
7323842	Rotating electrical machine A rotating electrical machine has a housing with a shaft mounted rotatably in it. A rotor is fixed to the shaft and has a plurality of magnetic poles. A stator is positioned about the rotor and has a winding. A switch is mounted within the housing and has a first po...	01/29/2008
7277206	Fine moire correction in images A method for reducing image noise in a digital image including establishing image data of image pixel values; specifying a local virtual surface patch; fitting the local virtual surface patch to the image data; using the local virtual surface patch to estimate a pal...	10/02/2007
7258723	Particulate filter assembly and associated method A particulate filter assembly includes an electrode assembly, a particulate filter positioned in an electrode gap defined between two electrodes of the electrode assembly, a power supply electrically coupled to the electrode assembly, and a controller for controllin...	08/21/2007
7247228	Method for preparing a carrier for a photoconductor for the formation of an electrophotographic recording element and a recording element formed accordingly A carrier or substrate for a photoconductor to be used for the formation of an electrophotographic recording element, particularly an imaging drum for an electrophotographic printing press, wherein the carrier is made of a metal or a metal alloy, preferably of alumi...	07/24/2007
7208255	Powder-coated toner particles and method of making same A color toner composition for developing latent electrostatic images includes nanopowder-coated toner particles, the powder-coated toner particles being characterized in that each comprises a core toner particle having a volume average diameter, Dp, and t...	04/24/2007
7135131	Proton conductive membrane and production method thereof A proton conductive membrane according to the invention includes layered clay mineral powder which is a cation exchanger or an anion exchanger, and a crosslinking structure including an —O—SO2—O— group which crosslinks particles of the layered cla...	11/14/2006
7122070	Method of and apparatus for electrostatic fluid acceleration control of a fluid flow A device for handling a fluid includes a corona discharge device and an electric power supply. The corona discharge device includes at least one corona discharge electrode and at least one collector electrode positioned proximate each other so as to provide a total ...	10/17/2006
7097689	Process and system for purifying gases A process and system for purifying an impure gas to produce a purified gas in a gas purification system and protecting the system from damage by a) passing a portion of a first gas stream into a reactor vessel, which exits as a second purified gas stream; b) combini...	08/29/2006
7081152	ESP performance optimization control A gas separation apparatus which uses electrostatic precipitators and a DC power supply is controlled to optimally remove moderate to high resistivity ash. The DC power supply is pulse width modulated to maximize the product of the peak electric field and the averag...	07/25/2006
7067608	Process for preparing branched polyarylene ethers Disclosed is a process for preparing branched polyarylene ether polymers by (A) providing a reaction mixture comprising (i) a polyfunctional phenol compound of the formula Ar(OH)x wherein x≧3 and wherein Ar is an aryl moiety or an alkylaryl moiety, prov...	06/27/2006
7050651	Moiré correction in images Image defects in a digital image are reduced by a process comprising providing a digital image data set in the form of a matrix of pixels; selecting a sub-matrix comprising at least a 5×5 matrix of pixels; identifying a pixel within the sub-matrix to be treated as ...	05/23/2006
7041157	Filter system for spreading soot particles from a stream of exhaust gas An apparatus for separating and converting exhaust particulates from a stream of exhaust gas, especially a diesel engine, into gaseous substances, in which the exhaust gas is guided through a honeycomb filter (6) made from a porous ceramic material whose axia...	05/09/2006
7029806	Fiber array and methods for fabricating the fiber array A collimator array, a fiber array and a method for fabricating the fiber array are described herein. In one embodiment, that fiber array includes a plurality of optical fibers and a glass plate with a plurality of holes in each of which there is secured one of the o...	04/18/2006
6974560	Electro-kinetic air transporter and conditioner device with enhanced anti-microorganism capability An electro-kinetic air conditioner for removing particulates from the air creates an airflow using no moving parts. The airflow is subjected to UV radiation from a germicidal lamp within the device. The conditioner includes an ion generator that has an electrode ass...	12/13/2005
6953556	Air conditioner devices An air conditioner includes an ion generator that provides ions and safe amounts of ozone. The ion generator includes a high voltage generator that provides a voltage potential difference between first and second electrode arrays. At least one of the first and secon...	10/11/2005
6950211	Fine moire correction in images A method of noise removal from a digital image, especially moiré noise, comprising providing a three-dimensional representation of a at least one image color channel as a surface over the plane of the image, creating a virtual surface patch, placing the surface pat...	09/27/2005
6917474	Lens array and method for fabricating the lens array A lens array and a method for fabricating a lens array that is relatively flat and has useful lenses with relatively uniform sag heights are described herein. In one embodiment, the lens array includes a one-dimensional array of useful lens and two sacrificial lens ...	07/12/2005
5954966	Membrane composition and method of preparation The present invention relates to membranes useful in the separation of water from a solution containing volatile organic compounds and water. The membranes may be used in dehydrating an organic/water mixture to purify an organic when an organic is of inte...	09/21/1999
5471377	Process for controlling a power supply which supplies power to an electrostatic filter in which secondary circuit states are determined based on measured primary circuit values and in which short circuits are detected A filter short circuit is detected when the primary voltage of the high-voltage transformer drops below a specified minimum value and does not rise above the specified minimum value during a specified delay period and a filter current is greater than a sp...	11/28/1995
4860149	Electronic precipitator control A method and apparatus for controlling power to a preciptator 27. After each spark the power to the precipitator is reduced to zero, increased along a fast ramp 15 for a fixed period of time and then increased along a slow ramp 17 until a spark occurs. Th...	08/22/1989
4659342	Method of controlling operation of an electrostatic precipitator A method is disclosed for controlling the operating parameters of an electrostatic precipitator of the type having electrodes energized by pulses superimposed upon a DC-voltage. According to the method, the pulse height (i.e., amplitude) is continuously i...	04/21/1987
4605424	Method and apparatus for controlling power to an electronic precipitator A method and apparatus for controlling power to a precipitator 27. After each spark the power to the precipitator is reduced to zero, increased along a fast ramp 15 for a fixed period of time and then increased along a slow ramp 17 until a spark occurs. T...	08/12/1986
4290003	High voltage control of an electrostatic precipitator system There is provided a precipitator system including a voltage controller which produces from an alternating power source a variable output. This variable output drives a high voltage converter which applies a high voltage to a precipitator. This variable ou...	09/15/1981

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