"That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced."
Scientific American ; Jan. 2 edition, 1909
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8043413 | System and method for removing a foreign object from an airstream entering a turbomachine An embodiment of the present invention provides a system for removing foreign objects from the airstream entering an inlet system of a turbomachine. The system may include an electrostatic system that may be configured to charge conductive, or partially conductive f... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7297182 | Wet electrostatic precipitator for treating oxidized biomass effluent An apparatus for removing particulate matter from a biomass combustion gas stream, the apparatus having a mist-producing element that mixes a gas stream entering the apparatus with liquid droplets; a Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP) section that includes ionizi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7273516 | Plate heat exchanger A plate heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a first air stream and a second air stream includes a plurality of plates limiting first and second exchange chambers which are serially arranged in a transversal direction with respect to the plates. A first air st... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270697 | Electrostatic precipitator Electrostatic precipitators, including wet electrostatic precipitators, having a bank of conductive tubes which receive a gas stream having entrained particulates and an electrode connected to an electric current, wherein the tubes each include an internal restricti... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267711 | Electrostatic precipitator for diesel blow-by A compact electrostatic precipitator is designed specifically for use in connection with eliminating particles from crankcase emissions of a Diesel engine. Such emissions may carry solid soot particles as well as suspended oil droplets. The electrostatic precipitato... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7191625 | Method of cleaning an aluminum drum substrate for an electrophotographic photoconductor A method of cleaning an aluminum drum substrate that removes cutting chips, and degreases to remove high viscosity drawing oil used in a cold drawing process, without using a chlorine-containing organic solvent. A plurality of aluminum drum substrates are arranged i... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7163572 | Air purifier An air purifier for removing particles in air includes an outer casing, and an ionizer module. The ionizer module includes a power unit and an ionizing electrode unit, electrically connected to the power unit. The ionizing electrode unit includes a first electrode s... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7115153 | Electric separator with a rinsing cleaning system Electric oil separator that separates oil from an airflow of a ventilator. The separator includes an emission electrode and a collecting electrode. Moreover, the separator includes an injection device structured and arranged to inject oil as a cleaning fluid onto at... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7029520 | Dust collecting apparatus for an air conditioner A dust collecting apparatus for an air conditioner, including an ionizer to electrically charge dust particles in air; and a metal filter having fine metal fibers, disposed at a predetermined distance from a back of the ionizer, the metal filter having a polarity op... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6955075 | Portable liquid collection electrostatic precipitator A portable liquid collection electrostatic collection precipitator for analyzing air is provided which is a relatively small, self-contained device. The device has a tubular collection electrode, a reservoir for a liquid, and a pump. The pump pumps the liquid into t... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6933098 | Process for roll-to-roll manufacture of a display by synchronized photolithographic exposure on a substrate web This invention relates to an electrophoretic display or a liquid crystal display and novel processes for its manufacture. The electrophoretic display (EPD) of the present invention comprises microcups of well-defined shape, size and aspect ratio and the microcups ar... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6858064 | Apparatus for the electrostatic cleaning of gases and method for the operation thereof In an apparatus for the purification of a gas which apparatus includes a three section conduit with an ionization and cleaning section in which particles contained in water-saturated air are ionized and then conducted through a cha... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6632267 | Method and device for separating materials in the form of particles and/or drops from a gas flow The invention relates to a method and device for separating materials in the form of particles and/or drops from a gas flow, in which method the gas flow is directed through a collection chamber the outer walls of which are grounded, and in which high ten... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6533841 | Method and rinsing equipment for the cleaning of especially filter plates in an electro-filter Filter plates in an electro-filter are cleaned using nozzles which, during spraying, are displaced longitudinally with the side edges of the filter plates while at the same time being rotated. The nozzles are mounted in a plane slightly different from the... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6530981 | Electroinertial gas cleaner A device for cleaning a gas, which combines together in a single unit an Inertial Separator and an Electrostatic Precipitator, so as to reduce or eliminate the shortcomings of the latter two types of devices when they are used separately, and to synergist... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6508861 | Integrated single-pass dual-field electrostatic precipitator and method An improvement in an electrostatic precipitator and method for removing particulate contaminants entrained in a gas stream passed through an electrode arrangement in which particulates are charged in a first electrostatic field and subjected to a second e... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6488740 | Apparatus and method for decreasing contaminants present in a flue gas stream The apparatus includes a wet electrostatic precipitator (ESP) field disposed along a combusted fossil-fuel flue gas stream path downstream of a dry ESP field. The wet ESP field includes a chamber having a flue gas inlet and a flue gas outlet, and at least... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6231643 | Membrane electrostatic precipitator A membrane is used as a collection substrate in an electrostatic precipitator (ESP). Possible material choices include fibers in the form of woven mats, screens made from stainless steel wires or fiber reinforced polymer composite membranes. The membranes... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6228148 | Method for separating particles from an air flow A method and an apparatus for separating solid or drop-like particles from an air flow is provided. The air flows through a separator chamber between an electrode, ion generating means or like particle charging device disposed in the separator chamber, an... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6126727 | Electrode panel-drawing device of a static ion discharger An electrode panel-drawing device of a static ion discharger, including a box body. A top section of the box body is formed with an opening. A bottom section of the box body is disposed with a connecting seat. The box body is disposed with ventilators, an... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6117403 | Barrier discharge conversion of Hg, SO2 and NOx A process and apparatus for reducing particulate, nitrogen oxides ("NOx"), sulfur dioxide ("SO2 "), and mercury ("Hg") emissions from the combustion exhaust of fossil fuel fired plants while producing an end product that is commercially useful,... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6110256 | Apparatus and method for removing particulates and corrosive gases from a gas stream Apparatus and method for removing particulates and corrosive gases from a gas stream includes the serial use of a condensing wet electrostatic precipitator section for removing smaller particulates, in the submicron range, in conjunction with a vertically... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5968231 | Cyclone exchanger with tranquilizing tank and method for purifying and decontaminating air A device and a method for purifying and decontaminating air uses an exchanger of the cyclone type and furthermore employs a combination of the action of cyclonic centrifugation and the action of at least one path enhancing field. A tranquilizing chamber, ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5855652 | Aerosol collector and concentrator Apparatus is disclosed for rapidly collecting aerosols containing solid particles and micro organisms, such as viruses and bacteria, from relatively large volumes of air and concentrating these particulates as samples in water. This apparatus operates und... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5797978 | Air filter including electrostatic precipitation, and method of operating same An air filter body includes a plurality of discs of electrically insulating material arranged in a stack and having ribbed contacting faces defining small filtering passageways between the contacting faces of adjacent discs. Each disc has an electrode lay... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5601791 | Electrostatic precipitator for collection of multiple pollutants A novel electrostatic precipitator includes an electrostatic collector section with discharge electrodes positioned between pairs of grounded collector electrodes, a gas entry port located upstream of said electrostatic collector section, and a transition... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5221297 | Traveling spray assembly and method for washing of electrostatic precipitator collector plates The improved traveling spray assembly and washing method includes a vertical header pipe mounted on tracks that run the length of the bank of collector plate electrodes. The header bears a plurality of nozzles directed to spray washing fluid onto the coll... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5160510 | Process and apparatus for purifying dust- and pollutant-containing exhaust gases A process and apparatus are used for purifying dust- and pollutant-containing exhaust gases, which are first subjected in a first stage to a dry purification in a mass separator and are subsequently subjected in a second stage to an electrostatic purifica... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5010777 | Apparatus and method for establishing selected environmental characteristics An apparatus and method for establishing selected environmental characteristics in a substantially enclosed area is disclosed for removal of undesired matter therefrom while establishing selected predetermined desired environmental characteristics therein... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4222748 | Electrostatically augmented fiber bed and method of using A method and apparatus for removal of particulates from gas streams with high collection efficiency on even submicron particulates. The apparatus includes a grounded fiber bed of 50 to 1000 micron average diameter fibers packed to a bed voidage of at leas... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4189308 | High voltage wetted parallel plate collecting electrode arrangement for an electrostatic precipitator A wetted parallel plate collecting electrode arrangement which increases the maximum electric field intensity possible without having water draining off the lower edges of the collecting electrodes forming small droplets which are accelerated towards the ... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4134741 | Foam cleaning system for an electrostatic precipitator The foam cleaning system for an electrostatic precipitator includes a source of a suitable detergent and means for introducing it into a foamer, a source of supply water which is piped through a water pressure reducing valve if necessary and then through ... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4110086 | Method for ionizing gases, electrostatically charging particles, and electrostatically charging particles or ionizing gases for removing contaminants from gas streams A venturi increases the velocity of contaminated gases and guides the gases past a high, extremely dense electrostatic field presented perpendicular to the gas flow and extending radially outward between a central, accurately sized disc electrode and the ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 3960687 | Electrostatically enhanced removal of sulfur dioxide from gaseous carriers Closed circuit process for effecting the selective removal of sulfur dioxide values from industrial waste gases or the like wherein a particularly constituted confined solution of mixed ammonium phosphates is exposed to absorbent contact with a sulfur dio... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3958958 | Method for electrostatic removal of particulate from a gas stream A method is disclosed for removing particulate matter from a gas stream. The method includes a packed wet scrubber through which a scrubbing liquid such as water is flowed vertically downwardly and through which gas to be cleaned is flowed in a direction ... | 05/25/1976 |