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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8114193 | Ion transport membrane module and vessel system An ion transport membrane system comprising (a) a pressure vessel having an interior, an exterior, an inlet, and an outlet; (b) a plurality of planar ion transport membrane modules disposed in the interior of the pressure vessel and arranged in series, each membrane... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7947115 | System and method for generation of high pressure air in an integrated gasification combined cycle system An integrated gasification combined cycle system. In one embodiment (FIG. 2) a system (200) includes an ion transport membrane air separation unit (210) for producing oxygen-enriched gas (209) and oxygen-depleted air (227), a gasif... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7875101 | Hybrid membrane—PSA system for separating oxygen from air A portable, non-cryogenic, oxygen generation system capable of delivering oxygen gas at purities greater than 98% and flow rates of 15 L/min or more is described. The system consists of two major components. The first component is a high efficiency membrane capable ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7837764 | Oxygen exchange manifold, systems and methods for inerting a volatile environment An oxygen exchange manifold converts oxygenate air into an oxygen depleted air stream for use in inerting an otherwise flammable environment. A system including the oxygen exchange manifold may be utilized to inert fuel tanks of an aircraft or another environment. M... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833314 | Purification method and junction for related apparatus Purification method and apparatus for purifying a gas stream by oxygen removal. The apparatus includes primary and secondary oxygen separation zones and tubular electrically driven oxygen separation elements. There are more elements in the primary zone than the seco... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824470 | Method for enhancing mass transport in fuel deoxygenation systems A fuel system for an energy conversion device includes a deoxygenator system with a multitude of flow impingement elements which are interleaved to provide a fuel channel with intricate two-dimensional flow characteristics. The flow impingement elements break up the... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7803214 | Asymmetric hollow-fiber gas separation membrane, gas separation method and gas separation membrane module The present invention relates to an asymmetric hollow-fiber gas separation membrane made of a polyimide having a specific repeating unit, an improved tensile elongation at break of 15% or more as a hollow-fiber membrane itself, an oxygen gas permeation rate (P′ | 09/28/2010 |
| 7766995 | Ozone production processes and its use in industrial processes The present invention provides for an improved process for producing ozone which can be used to remove contaminants from gas streams in industrial processes. The improved process uses a separation device after the ozone generating system to separate the ozone from t... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7682422 | Method for separating/recovering oxygen-rich air from air, its apparatus and gas separation membrane module A method for separating and recovering oxygen-rich air from the air, comprising, using a gas separation membrane module where a laminate consisting of a permeate-side spacer for forming a permeate gas channel communicated with a hollow section in a core tube for col... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7513932 | Planar ceramic membrane assembly and oxidation reactor system Planar ceramic membrane assembly comprising a dense layer of mixed-conducting multi-component metal oxide material, wherein the dense layer has a first side and a second side, a porous layer of mixed-conducting multi-component metal oxide material in contact with th... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7468092 | Operation of mixed conducting metal oxide membrane systems under transient conditions Method of operating an oxygen-permeable mixed conducting membrane having an oxidant feed side, an oxidant feed surface, a permeate side, and a permeate surface, which method comprises controlling the differential strain between the permeate surface and the oxidant f... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7465337 | Internal combustion engine with an air separator and methods for realizing such an internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine with an air separation unit and a method of realizing such an internal combustion engine, the air separation unit is able to be fed by intake air compressed by a charging unit and cooled by a charged air cooler. The internal combusti... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7449047 | Method and device for separating a gas flow using a membrane for enriching at least one gas component in the gas flow A membrane separation process for the enrichment of at least one gas component in a gas flow, especially for the oxygen enrichment of the air and/or for the enrichment of carbon dioxide using a membrane separation device (10), which is a part of a membrane se... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7442344 | Ceramic member with oxygen ion conductivity and use thereof It is an object of the present invention to provide a ceramic member with excellent balance between oxygen ion conductivity and endurance (resistance to cracking and the like), an oxygen ion permeation module and a chemical reactor such as an oxygen separator, using... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435283 | Modular fuel stabilization system A fuel stabilization system includes a first deoxygenator and a second deoxygenator both for removing dissolved oxygen from a hydrocarbon fuel. The first and second deoxygenators are arranged in parallel or series to sequentially remove a portion of dissolved oxygen... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431753 | Oxygen enrichment apparatus An oxygen enrichment apparatus includes a main body including an oxygen enriching unit and a pump unit for supplying oxygen-enriched air obtained by the oxygen enriching unit to a predetermined place; a ventilating unit for suctioning exterior air into the main body... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431754 | Artificial lung An artificial lung includes a housing, a tubular hollow fiber membrane bundle contained in the housing and providing a multiplicity of hollow fiber membranes having a gas exchange function, a gas inflow port and a gas outflow port communicating with each other throu... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427312 | Integrated degassing and debubbling apparatus An apparatus for removing gas bubbles from a fluid includes a fluid inlet and a separation chamber that is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet. The separation chamber has first and second end portions, with the first end portion being operably oriented gravi... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425231 | Feed gas contaminant removal in ion transport membrane systems Method for gas purification comprising (a) obtaining a feed gas stream containing one or more contaminants selected from the group consisting of volatile metal oxy-hydroxides, volatile metal oxides, and volatile silicon hydroxide; (b) contacting the feed gas stream ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422624 | Method for operating one or more electrolysiscells for production of aluminium A method for operating one or more electrolysis cells (43, 154, 243) for production of aluminium, the cell comprising inert or substantially inert anodes, where an oxygen containing gas (21, 126, 221) evolved by the electrolysis process in the cell is ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422623 | Separation membrane by controlled annealing of polyimide polymers This abstract discusses membranes needed to separate fluids for the production of oxygen-enriched air, nitrogen-enriched-air, for the separation of carbon dioxide from hydrocarbons, and the separation of hydrogen from various petrochemical and oil refining streams. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413687 | Low temperature proton conducting oxide devices A device for conducting protons at a temperature below 550° C. includes a LAMOX ceramic body characterized by an alpha crystalline structure. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404844 | Method for making carbon membranes for fluid separation There is disclosed a method of making a high performance carbon membranes from polymer membranes. The method comprising the steps of exposing polymer precursor compounds to a polar organic liquid before pyrolysis of the exposed polymer precursor compounds. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7396384 | Fuel cell gas separator A fuel cell gas separator (14) between two planar solid oxide fuel cells (12) comprises a first layer (22) which is formed of a material that is impermeable to gases, a second layer (24) which is formed of a material that is impermeable t... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396390 | Oxygen enrichment apparatus An oxygen enrichment apparatus includes an oxygen enriching unit for generating oxygen-enriched air and a discharge unit for discharging the oxygen-enriched air transferred from the suction unit. The oxygen-enriched air generated by the oxygen enriching unit has an ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393389 | Apparatus for seperation or synthesis of process substances An apparatus for separation or synthesis of process substances is configured with at least two cell stacks, within each of which there is arranged at least one large-area layer for the separation or synthesis and passages are formed for feeding and discharging at le... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393388 | Spiral wound fuel stabilization unit for fuel de-oxygenation A deoxygenator includes a plurality of permeable membranes spirally wound about an exhaust tube for removing dissolved oxygen from a hydrocarbon fuel. The permeable membrane is spirally wrapped about the exhaust tube and defines fuel passages and exhaust passages. T... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387659 | Pneumatically operated automatic shutoff circuit for controlling the generation of gas An automatic shut off circuit for controlling the flow of a gas through a gas separation system is disclosed. The gas separation system includes a gas separation module for separating nitrogen from air, and a non-electric automatic shut off circuit for controlling t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384452 | Fluid heating method A method of heating a fluid utilizing a process heater having one or more first combustion zones and one or more second combustion zones. The combustion of a fuel is divided between the first and second combustion zones. The oxygen is provided for combustion within ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374601 | Air separation system and method with modulated warning flow An inerting system and method characterized by a primary air separation module configured to communicate with an upstream source of pressurized air at elevated temperature for production of a primary downstream flow of nitrogen-enriched air to be delivered to a spac... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371357 | Process for removal of pollutants A process for the removal of pollutants from a combustion process and, more particularly, a process for removing pollutants such as carbon dioxide, mercury, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen compounds and oxygen compounds from a combustion process. The process includes the ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363764 | Gas turbine power plant and method of operating the same A method of operating a gas turbine power plant and gas turbine power plant are disclosed wherein hydrogen for the combusting process is produced by feeding natural gas mixed with steam through a membrane/partial oxidation reactor and converting the natural gas at l... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361206 | Apparatus and method for water vapor removal in an ion mobility spectrometer The present invention is directed to an apparatus and a method for continuously removing water vapor from a closed loop, re-circulated gas flow in an ion mobility spectrometer using a water permeable membrane, having a first side and a second side opposite the first... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7338624 | Ceramic manufacture for a composite ion transport membrane A method of producing a green form for use in manufacturing a composite, ceramic ion transport membrane is provided in which first and second ceramic powder mixtures are used to produce first and second layers of the green form. The first and second ceramic powder m... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335247 | Ion transport membrane module and vessel system An ion transport membrane system comprising (a) a pressure vessel having an interior, an exterior, an inlet, and an outlet; (b) a plurality of planar ion transport membrane modules disposed in the interior of the pressure vessel and arranged in series, each membrane... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332108 | Method of preparing a thin ceramic composition with two materials, the composition thus obtained and the constituent electrochemical cell and membrane There is disclosed a method for preparing a thin ceramic and/or metallic solid-state composition consisting of three phases: a material (A), a material (B) and pores. The concentration of each phase varies continuously from one face of the article to the other in a ... | 02/19/2008 |
| RE40065 | Hypoxic fire prevention and fire suppression systems for computer cabinets and fire-hazardous industrial containers Fire prevention and suppression system is provided for computer cabinets and fire-hazardous containers. The equipment of the system provides low-oxygen environments at standard atmospheric pressure. The system employs an oxygen-extraction apparatus that supplies oxy... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329306 | Process for safe membrane operation A process is disclosed for shut-down of a membrane separation zone comprising a non-permeate side and a permeate side and processing a feed stream comprising a non-permeable component, a less-readily permeable, condensable component, and a readily permeable componen... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311755 | Control of differential strain during heating and cooling of mixed conducting metal oxide membranes Method of operating an oxygen-permeable mixed conducting membrane having an oxidant feed side and a permeate side, which method comprises controlling the differential strain between the oxidant feed side and the permeate side by varying either or both of the oxygen ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303609 | Manufacture of polyimide-hollow fibres A process for the manufacture of a polyimide hollow fibre comprising: (i) providing a dope solution comprising one or more polyimides dissolved in a solvent comprising 60-100 wt % N-methylpyrollidone and 0-40 wt % ethanol, (ii) providing a bore fluid, (iii) generati... | 12/04/2007 |
