Chemistry of inorganic compounds inventions

20090263299 - Hazardous gas abatement system using electrical heater and water scrubber: A hazardous gas abatement system decontaminates an exit gas stream containing global warming gases using an electrical heater and a water scrubber. One or more top flow hazardous gas inlets introduce hazardous gases into a heater compartment. Air or oxygen is introduced into a separate chamber for dynamic oxidation and... Agent: James C. Wray

20090263300 - Stabilized iridium and ruthenium catalysts: Provided herein is a non-single phase perovskite-type bulk material comprising one or more of Ru and Ir. In one embodiment, the surface region of the material is enriched with one or more of Ru and Ir relative to the bulk material. Also provided are methods for preparing the non-single phase,... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20090263301 - Apparatus and method to sequester contaminants: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for reducing contaminants from industrial processes. More particularly, the invention is directed to a method of sequestering pollutants from flue gases in operational plants. The method includes sequestering contaminants from a point source by reacting an alkaline material with a flue gas... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20090263302 - Self-concentrating absorbent for acid gas separation: An process for efficiently deacidizing a gaseous mixture is described. The process utilizes a self-concentrating absorbent that absorbs an acid gas at reduced overall energy costs for the deacidizing operation.... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090263303 - Purification device and method for purifying a fluid stream: A fibrous catalytic filter can be used for treating a fluid stream containing particulate matter. The fluid stream is contacted with fibers comprising a catalytic composition. The particulate matter deposits on the fibers and undesirable species within the fluid stream are converted into more desirable species via the catalytic action... Agent: Modern Times Legal

20090263304 - Catalyst for removal of nitrogen oxide and method for removal of nitrogen oxide: A porous material having fine holes with controlled diameters and a catalyst having an active ingredient supported in the fine holes in the porous material are used. According to a first embodiment of the invention, the diameter of the plurality of fine holes is within a range of 8 to... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090263305 - Wet flue-gas desulfurization apparatus and method of wet flue-gas desulfurization: Exhaust (Flue) gas of boiler is introduced through gas inlet part (port) (2) of flue-gas desulfurization apparatus (system), and absorbent liquid sprayed from spray nozzle (5) of absorbent liquid spray section (4) is trapped (stored) in liquid trapping (recirculation tank) section (7). There, agitation is performed by means of propeller... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090263306 - Silicon carbide substrate, semiconductor device, wiring substrate, and silicon carbide manufacturing method: A silicon carbide substrate has a high-frequency loss equal to or less than 2.0 dB/mm at 20 GHz is effective to mount and operate electronic components. The silicon carbide substrate is heated at 2000° C. or more to be reduced to the high-frequency loss equal to 2.0 dB/mm or less... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090263307 - Silicon production process: An improved process for producing high purity silicon results from the reaction of sodium with pure silicon tetrafluoride gas, which produces sodium fluoride as a by-product. The silicon tetrafluoride gas is formed by decomposing sodium fluorosilicate. The sodium fluorosilicate is produced by precipitation when fluorosilicic acid (FSA) is reacted with... Agent: Meyer Solar Attn: Edward S. Sherman, Esq.

20090263308 - Dense diamond body: In one aspect of the invention, a method of making a dense diamond body comprises the steps of: forming a sintered polycrystalline diamond body with the use of a catalyst; forming voids in the body by removing at least some of the catalyst; and reducing the overall volume of voids... Agent: Tyson J. Wilde Novatek International, Inc.

20090263309 - Shear reactor for vortex synthesis of nanotubes: Continuous nanotube synthesis by vortex deposition occurs in an axially-fed shear reactor comprising coaxial counter-rotating disk impeller/electrodes charged as anodes. Nanotube evolving ends, charged as cathodes, point toward the anode axis of rotation and protrude into the space between the anodes. Radial vortices in a shear layer of the space,... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090263310 - Method for making carbon nanotubes: A method for making carbon nanotubes that includes the following steps. A metal substrate is provided. The surface of the metal substrate is polished. The polished metal substrate is put into a reaction device. A protecting gas is introduced to the reaction device while the environment inside of the reaction... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090263312 - Hydrogen sulfide conversion to hydrogen: A process and system for substantially eliminating contaminants from a gas and a gas produced therefrom.... Agent: Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

20090263311 - Method of removing impurities from solids: The invention relates to a method of removing impurities from solids comprising forming a solid solution, passing the solid solution through an ion exchanger such that at least some impurities present in the solid solution are retained by the ion exchanger, and recovering the solid solution from the ion exchanger.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090263313 - Chlorine dioxide generation systems: A chloride dioxide generation system made efficient by the use of a minimum number of seals and the use of a sophisticated computerized control system with the chlorine dioxide generation system comprising a) multiple PID loop control, b) a touch screen interface (HMI), c) automatic flow control of chemical precursors,... Agent: Lando & Anastasi, LLP U0105

20090263314 - Method for producing catalyst for wastewater treatment: The present invention provides a method for producing catalyst for wastewater treatment, which comprising mixing polymers and additives, reacting with a titanate precursor, and then subjecting the resultant product to hydrolysis and condensation to form catalyst slurry. Due to using the titanate as a source of metal ions and the... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090263315 - Method for manufacturing an inner liner for a storage tank: e

20090263316 - High purity, high pressure hydrogen production with in-situ co2 and sulfur capture in a single stage reactor: A process for producing hydrogen, comprising the steps of: (a) gasifying a fuel into a raw synthesis gas comprising CO, hydrogen, steam and sulfur and halide contaminants in the form of H2S, COS and HX, where X is a halide; (b) passing the raw synthesis gas through a water gas... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20090257931 - Method of recovering noble metals and recovering system for noble metals: A recovering method is provided, which includes contacting a solid component containing Ru with an aqueous solution to create a Ru compound, and causing the Ru compound to selectively elute in the aqueous solution. The aqueous solution is formed of at least one selected from the group consisting of aqueous... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090257932 - Flue gas desulfurization process: A process for desulfurizing an SO2-comprising gaseous stream comprising the steps of: a. providing an aqueous feed comprising an anion selected from a group consisting of carbonate, bicarbonate, hydroxide, sulfite, and hydrogen sulfite; b. providing an SO2-comprising gaseous feed; and c. contacting the aqueous feed and the gaseous feed to... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090257933 - Layered catalyst composite: A layered, three-way conversion catalyst having the capability of simultaneously catalyzing the oxidation of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide and the reduction of nitrogen oxides is disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the catalyst comprises three layers in conjunction with a carrier: a first layer deposited on the carrier and comprising... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20090257935 - Base metal and base metal modified diesel oxidation catalysts: There is described a base metal modified Cerium containing oxide materials and their application as catalysts for the oxidation of CO and HC emissions from a compression ignition/diesel engine. These materials provide effective promotion of CO and HC oxidation function in the presence or absence of PGM and are based... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090257934 - Layered catalyst composite: Disclosed herein is a transition metal-substituted hydrotalcite catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides using a storage-reduction method, in which a molar ratio of transition metal to magnesium is 0.2 or less, and a method of manufacturing a transition metal-substituted hydrotalcite catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides using a storage-reduction method, including the... Agent: Paul D. Greeley , Esq. Ohlandt , Greeley , Ruggiero & Perle , L.L.P.

20090257936 - Process for the treatment of gas phase alkaline chloride in a combustion plant, combustion plant for carrying out the process, and the use of a phosphorous substance for the treatment of alkaline chloride in gaseous phase in a combustion plant: A process for the treatment of gas phase alkaline chlorides in a combustion plant that is arranged for combustion of solid fuel and which includes a combustion chamber from which a flue-gas flow is directed to pass a heat transfer device. A phosphorous substance is added to the flue-gas flow,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090257937 - Method and apparatus for purifying and separating a heavy component concentrate along with obtaining light gas isotopes: The claimed method and apparatus relate to cryogenic technology, particularly to purifying and separating by distillation a target heavy component concentrate thereby obtaining target components, e.g., krypton and xenon, and isotopes of light gases such as deuterium, tritium, helium-3. The method includes temperature-stabilizing a target heavy component concentrate flow, a... Agent: Aleksandr Smuskovich

20090257938 - Destabilized and catalyzed borohydride for reversible hydrogen storage: A process of forming a hydrogen storage material, including the steps of: providing a first material of the formula M(BH4)x, where M is an alkali metal or an alkali earth metal, providing a second material selected from M(AlH4)x, a mixture of M(AlH4)x and MClx, a mixture of MClx and Al,... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090257939 - Method for purification of silica particles, purifier, and purified silica particles: [Means for Solving the Problems] A purification method of a silica powder comprises: making a silica powder into a fluid state; contacting a purified gas to the silica powder in the fluid state at high temperature; and thereby removing impurity components of the silica powder. In the method, the silica... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090257940 - Energy conversion system: A system of hardware and controls, know as a Hydrogen Hub, that absorbs electric power from any source, including hydropower, wind, solar, and other energy resources, chemically stores the power in hydrogen-dense anhydrous ammonia, then reshapes the stored energy to the power grid with zero emissions by using anhydrous ammonia... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090257941 - Coal/coke/heavy residual oil boiler with sulfur and carbon dioxide capture and recovery: A pulverized coal/coke (PC) boiler combusts carbon-based fuel with substantially pure oxygen and a flue gas recirculation stream (containing predominately carbon dioxide) at varied ratios to achieve a desired boiler temperature profile while producing captured sulfur, a high purity captured CO2 and electric power. The boiler includes at least one... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090257942 - Device and method for growing diamond in a liquid phase: A method of growing a diamond mass in a liquid growth medium. The liquid growth medium can include a carbon source, a diamond growth catalyst such as a diamond catalyst metal-rare earth element alloy or nanocatalyst, and a dissociated hydrogen of a hydrogen source. The carbon source provides carbon atoms... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20090257944 - Method for producing carbon nanotube: A method for producing carbon nanotubes uses a polymer as a raw material to undergo in situ thermal decomposition. The method includes steps of mixing the polymer and metallic catalyst through a multiple heating stage process of in-situ thermal decomposition to carbonize the polymer and release carbon elements to produce... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20090257943 - Method of selective purification of armchair carbon: The present invention provides a method of selectively extracting metallic armchair carbon nanotubes alone from the mixture of carbon nanotubes of mixed chiralities, wherein vacant lattice defects are removed from armchair carbon nanotubes alone using the fact that the vacant lattice defects of zigzag carbon nanotubes are hard to diffuse... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090257945 - Methods of making horizontally oriented long carbon nanotubes and applications of same: An apparatus and method for synthesizing nanostructures in a reactor having a reaction zone and a conductive susceptor positioned in the reaction zone. In one embodiment, the method has the steps of placing a semiconductor plate having a film of a catalyst in the reaction zone such that the semiconductor... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090257946 - Method and apparatus for pressurized calcination of gypsum: A method for calcining gypsum in a pressurized reactor by injecting combustion gases and air into the pressurized reactor to create a fluidized bed of gypsum, and heating the fluidized bed of gypsum in the pressurized reactor sufficiently to form a calcined hemihydrate.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd. Suite 2500

20090257947 - Method of manufacturing zinc aluminate nano-material: A method for making zinc aluminate nano-material, the method comprises the following steps. Firstly, providing a growing substrate and a growing device, and the growing device comprising a heating apparatus and a reacting room. Secondly, placing the growing substrate and a quantity of reacting materials into the reaction room, and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090257948 - Synthesis of zeolites from fly ash: A process with fusion pre-treatment for synthesizing geopolymers and zeolites from fly ash, in particular X-type zeolites with pores of large dimensions and high capacity that utilize sea water and low incubation temperatures. Fly ash is initially mixed with NaOH to obtain a mixture, which is pulverized and then melted... Agent: Hess Patent Law Firm, P.C.

20090252662 - Process for purifying inorganic materials: The invention relates to a process for purifying inorganic materials by treating the materials with a solution of hydrogen fluoride in aqueous hydrofluorosilicic acid. The process involves treating an inorganic material containing at least two species, to at least partially separate a first species contained in the material from a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090252663 - Method and system for the removal of an elemental trace contaminant from a fluid stream: e

20090252664 - Methods and apparatus for heating reagents and effluents in abatement systems: In some aspects, an apparatus for abating effluent from an electronic device manufacturing process tool is provided, including: a reaction chamber adapted to receive an effluent; and a reagent heating apparatus in fluid connection with the reaction chamber; wherein the reagent heating apparatus is adapted to heat a reagent and... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20090252665 - Enhancement of conventional scr and sncr processes with ammonia destruction catalyst: An apparatus and method for achieving increased NOx removal efficiency from an emissions control portion of a fossil fuel fired boiler while controlling ammonia slip provides excess levels of ammonia above those levels conventionally employed in SCR and/or SNCR applications. The apparatus and methods comprise, in part, use of a... Agent: Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.

20090252666 - Fluoride drying method: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for drying [18F]fluoride which comprises (i) passing a [18F]fluoride solution comprising water, a solvent, [18F]fluoride, and a cationic counterion through a narrow bore vessel at elevated temperature such that the water and solvent are vaporised forming a vaporised component, and (ii) collecting the... Agent: Ge Healthcare, Inc.

20090252667 - Rare earth-activated aluminum nitride powders and method of making: Rare earth-activated aluminum nitride powders are made using a solution-based approach to form a mixed hydroxide of aluminum and a rare earth metal, the mixed hydroxide is then converted into an ammonium metal fluoride, preferably a rare earth-substituted ammonium aluminum hexafluoride ((NH4)3Al1-xRExF6), and finally the rare earth-activated aluminum nitride is... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090252668 - Methods for preparing iron source material and ferrous oxalate for lithium ferrous phosphate: Methods for preparing iron source material and ferrous oxalate for lithium ferrous phosphate are disclosed. One method comprises bringing solution containing ferrite and soluble non-ferrous metal salts in contact with oxalate solution; wherein said method of contact is to allow a flow of the ferrite solution containing ferrite and soluble... Agent: Venture Pacific Law, PC

20090252669 - Synthesis of tetragonal phase stabilized nano and submicron sized nanoparticles: Novel, monodispersed, spherical ZrO2 particles in the size range of approximately 10 to approximately 600 nm exhibiting metastable tetragonal crystal structure at room temperature and novel methods of preparation. The ZrO2 particles are approximately 100% in the tetragonal phase at room temperature and can be pure and free of foreign... Agent: Brian Steinberger/ucf

20090252670 - Hydrogen generator: A hydrogen generator includes a container with multiple concentric hollow cylinders of chemical hydride fuel disposed within the container. A water vapor source is disposed within the container and operable to deliver water vapor to the cylinders of chemical hydride fuel. Generated hydrogen is provided via a hydrogen output port... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090252671 - Aluminum-alkali hydroxide recyclable hydrogen generator: An aluminum-alkali hydroxide recyclable hydrogen generator is provided that enables generation of hydrogen for a consuming apparatus on demand. The hydrogen generator includes a source of aluminum, a source of a hydroxide, a source of water, and a reaction chamber, where the amount of at least one of the aluminum,... Agent: Venable LLP