Distillation: processes, separatory inventions 10/07

20070246344 - Process for tritium removal from light water: A process for light water detritiation comprised of water distillation for tritium stripping and enriching, followed by chemical conversion of tritium enriched water to elemental hydrogen, and finally by one or more thermal diffusion columns for final tritium enrichment. The combination of process steps takes advantage of water distillation large... Agent: Ge Healthcare Bio-sciences Corp. Patent Department

20070246345 - Process for producing electrical power and potable water from biomass: The invention comprises, in one form thereof, a technique which allows biomass to be utilized as a fuel for the co-production of electrical power and potable water in a most efficient manner. Almost any biomass is suitable as a feedstock and biomass which is locally available may be used to... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20070240974 - Method of corrosion prevention: This invention relates to a process for reducing the corrosion rate of iron-containing vessels within an ethylene glycol distillation system. The inventive process includes the addition of an additive component of sodium nitrite and sodium hypophosphite into such iron-containing vessels, to thereby react with iron of the inside walls and... Agent: Frank S. Digiglio Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20070235317 - Vapor based liquid purification system and process: A vapor based liquid purification system and process utilizes an evaporator for evaporating a liquid into a vapor and a vapor condenser for condensing the vapor into the processed liquid. The vapor condenser has a stator and a rotor, with the rotor disposed for rotation about the stator. The stator... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070235318 - Electrocoat manufacturing process: The present invention provides a method of preparing an electrocoat coating composition, comprising forming an aqueous emulsion comprising a film-forming component and water and removing at least a portion of the water from the aqueous emulsion by ultrafiltration.... Agent: Basf Corporation Patent Department

20070227875 - Method of distilling product mixtures: The invention relates to a method of separating product mixtures, especially using a distillation column, it being possible preferably for the method to be used in purifying 1,2-dichloroethane. By that means, impurities and/or subsidiary products (high-boilers and low-boilers) can be simultaneously separated off virtually quantitatively in only one distillation column.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP