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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7163626 | Device for treating a gas/liquid mixture The present invention relates to a device for treating a gas/liquid mixture, comprising: an inlet opening for the mixture; an outlet for the mixture located downstream; rotating means arranged in the tube for setting the mixture into rotating movement; one or more o... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7115157 | Gas separation apparatus and methods Novel gas separation apparatus and methods are provided that help reduce the amount of process gas lost through the discharge outlet of either a cyclone separating gas/solid mixtures or a hydroclone separating gas/liquid mixtures. Significant savings are realized by... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7069740 | Accumulator and air conditioning system using the same An improved accumulator is disclosed, which includes a body having an empty space therein; an inlet tube inserted into the inside of the body from a top thereof, downwardly, for an inflow of a refrigerant to the inside of the body; an outlet tube inserted into the i... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063734 | Air/oil separation system and method A centrifugal air/oil separation system communicates with bearing cavities of the engine and substantially isolates separated oil from contacting the gearbox. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7004999 | Apparatus for separating fouling contaminants from non-condensable gases at the end of a pyrolysis/thermolysis of biomass process A method of continuously capturing BioOil and its constituents from a gas stream produced in a fast pyrolysis/thermolysis process, in a usable liquid form so as to produce a non-condensable gas free of fouling contaminates. The method includes separating BioOil and ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6984260 | Device for diverting fluid from a pipeline A device for diverting liquid from a pipeline is described having a first conduit; a second conduit connected to the first conduit at at least a first location and a second location; with the second conduit having a first section to collect diverted liquid and a sec... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6977004 | Vapor-liquid separator A vapor-liquid separator includes an outer tube, an introduction tube, a delivery tube, and a discharge tube. The introduction tube allows passage of a vapor-liquid two-phase fluid in a swirling state. The delivery tube allows passage of the vapor phase separated fr... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6915658 | Accumulator and air conditioning system using the same An accumulator having a heater therein and an air conditioning system using the same is disclosed, in which the accumulator includes a body having an empty space therein; an inlet tube inserted into the inside of the body through a predetermined external point, for ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6830654 | Method and device for treating water for evaporation In the production of water vapor, particularly in the production of especially clean water vapor, dissolved gases, mainly atmospheric gases, are removed from feed water (2). The feed water is sprayed by a spray nozzle (3) mounted in a hemispherical cha... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6828499 | Apparatus and method for harvesting atmospheric moisture A condensation panel to be used for harvesting water from atmospheric moisture during those times of the diurnal cycle when relative humidity is at or near 100% utilizes very localized cooling to optimize condensation on a surface whose materials promote the condens... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6746520 | Air dehumidifier for pneumatic brake force producing device A pneumatic brake force producing device for a vehicle comprising: a heat storing container; at least one intake device in the container for taking in surrounding air, the intake device having a condenser for condensing humidity out of the surrounding air, the conde... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6579335 | Oil separator and cooler Oil which has been heated by use in a gas compressor is cooled by transferring the heat from the oil to gas upstream from the compressor. Specifically, the hot oil and gas leaving the compressor are separated by feeding the oil-gas mixture along a tangent... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6530978 | System for removing particulate and aerosol from a gas stream The present invention is a system 100 for removing particulate matter and aerosols from a gas stream generated by gasification prior to the gas stream being used as fuel in an internal combustion device or as synthesis gas for subsequent processing. The p... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6402799 | Vortex-stream gas-liquid separator and gas-liquid separation system A compact vortex-stream gas-liquid separator, and a gas-liquid separation system employing it, offers high gas-liquid separation performance with minimal pressure loss. A substantially cylindrical casing (10) is arranged with its axis lying horizontally. ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6395064 | System and method for purifying and distributing chemical gases Provided is a novel system for vaporizing and purifying a gas to produce ultrapure chemical gases employed at a semiconductor processing facility. The system includes a liquified gas source, a vaporization purification bed, and a buffer tank. The liquefie... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6391091 | Hygroscopic monolith A monolithic hygroscopic material shaped to facilitate a circulation flow of ambient air. The hygroscopic material may be used to remove various compounds from an ambient gas and may be reactivated to restore its drying capacity. The tendency of the mater... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6358291 | Trailer air dryer with bypass valving and service indicator A trailer air dryer is provided to minimize contamination, leakage or freeze-up of the valves used in a pneumatic braking and suspension system caused by moisture or foreign particles in the system. A bypass assembly is provided to ensure normal brake ope... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6302932 | Combined water coalescer odor removal filter for use in water separation systems A filter for coalescing water and removing odor from air includes a water coalescing layer made of a synthetic fiber and an odor removal layer including an adsorbent material that operatively interfaces the coalescing layer. The coalescing and removal lay... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6280504 | Hygroscopic monolith having a channel therethrough for modifying a gas therein by adsorption or desorption, and processes therefor A hygroscopic material having at least one passageway or channel therethrough. In a dehumidifier embodiment, the material is shaped to provide a surface area to facilitate gas flow, and drying of an ambient gas by creating a chimney effect which facilitat... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6187079 | Three-phase separator A motion insensitive phase separator for separating oilfield production fluid phases includes a tank having a pair of opposing inlets and three generally centrally arranged outlets for different phases of a production fluid mixture fed into the tank simul... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6156102 | Method and apparatus for recovering water from air A process of separating water from ambient air involves a liquid desiccant to first withdraw water from air and treatment of the liquid desiccant to produce water and regenerated desiccant. Water lean air is released to the atmosphere. Heat generated in t... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6143175 | Injection of a solids-laden water stream into a centrifugal separator A centrifugal separator comprising a separation barrel with an upper end, a lower end, a central axis, and an internal circularly cylindrical axially extending wall forming a separation chamber, a collection chamber adjacent to the lower end, a spin plate... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6071321 | E-1 air dryer liquid separator with baffle In a centrifugal separator for separating a liquid from a compressed gas, a baffle is provided to separate the centrifugal chamber into an upper sub-chamber and a lower sub-chamber but does not contact the walls of the chamber thereby being insufficient t... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5972171 | De-entrainment tray and method of operation De-entrainment devices are provided for separating an entrained liquid from a vapor stream exiting a flash zone in a separation column. Methods for utilizing the de-entrainment devices are also provided. In one embodiment, the de-entrainment device of the... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5904756 | Mist recovering method and apparatus In a mist recovering apparatus for recovering a mist contained in a gas, provided with a filter having pores of pore size increasing from a gas inlet side toward a gas outlet side, the gas containing the mist is passed from the gas inlet side of the filte... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5837105 | Co-current contacting separation tray design and methods for using same A tray design for use in a separation column for distilling or fractionating a feed stream is provided that incorporates co-current contact of the liquid and vapor streams and their subsequent separation on each tray. Located on the trays are a plurality ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5776229 | Oil separator rotor for lubrication enclosure Oil separator rotor located in an enclosure provided with an oil reinjection system for lubricating a bearing. The oil separator rotor, which dries the excess air passing out of the enclosure, acts by aiding the deposition of suspended oil on the walls of... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5772733 | Natural gas liquids (NGL) stabilization process An improved, membrane-based method of treating gas evolved during natural gas liquids (NGL) stabilization, to separate the very light hydrocarbon gases, methane in particular, from the heavier hydrocarbons. The membrane acts as a demethanizer and establis... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5750024 | Conical coalescing filter A porous coalescing filter element of conical configuration is disposed within a substantially cylindrical filter housing such that the area between the element and the wall increases in the direction of the primary phase flow to keep the annular velocity... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5624642 | Hydrocarbon processing apparatus Apparatus and methods useful for degassing a reaction mixture in a petrochemical processing reactor are disclosed. The methods and apparatus employ a novel liquid-gas separator that includes non-linear risers and that discharges the mixture into a vapor s... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5383958 | Deaeration system A water deaeration system has a pump in a supply pipe supplying water to a deaeration vessel. A recirculation pipe interconnecting a heat exchanger between the discharge side and the suction side of the supply pump heats a recirculated portion of the wate... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5275643 | Fog water collecting device The present invention is a device that can obtain fresh water from fog. The fog water collecting device comprises a vertical shaft, windmill elements for producing rotational force from wind, a cylindrical rotating structure supported so as to rotate abou... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5066467 | Liquid degasser in an ebullated bed process In an ebullated bed reactor it has been found that an improved gas-liquid separator effectively removes gas from recycle liquid used to ebullate the catalyst bed. The gas-liquid separator comprises a cup with a plurality of riser conduits. Two stages of c... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4853014 | Method and apparatus for cleaning conduits An apparatus and method for steam cleaning of conduit or exhausting of high velocity steam with minimum noise levels in which high velocity steam is expanded with the simultaneous introduction of a decelerating fluid such as water in the form of a fine di... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4840732 | Fuel tank cleaning system The fuel cleaning system of the present invention includes removal of water and sludge which is accomplished using a gravity separator with a mist extracting means utilizing a large commercial cartridge type filter. The filter removes particles larger tha... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4755194 | Method for introducing a mixture of gas and liquid into a separator vessel A vertical separator vessel has an inlet structure mounted at the inlet to receive a mixture of fluids to be separated. The inlet structure is given several configurations which divide the incoming mixture of fluids into at least two segments and thereby ... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4708793 | System for separating gas-liquid flowstreams Apparatus for separating slugs of fluid of one phase flowing through a conduit which is conducting fluid of another phase comprising an elongated inlet manifold connected to an inlet conduit at one end and being of sufficient cross-sectional flow area to ... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4622048 | Liquid-gas separator Apparatus for separating a liquid from a gas includes a cylindrical separator element disposed in a sealed housing. The separator element includes a helical ramp wrapped around a cylindrical column both of which are disposed in a hollow cylindrical shell.... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4617031 | Hybrid double hydrocyclone-gravity gas/liquid separator An apparatus and method is disclosed for separating multiphasic mixtures of such things as gas and oil, from liquids, such as petroleum production fluids. It includes a centrifugal gas/liquid separator having a generally conical inner surface, a gas/liqui... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4519815 | Slug-catching method and apparatus Liquids in natural gas pipelines are separated, accumulated and distributed in a system wherein the pipeline contents are introduced into a vertical separation zone, the separated gaseous components are withdrawn from the upper portion of the separation z... | 05/28/1985 |
