Gas separation: apparatus inventions 08/06

20060191413 - Plate heat exchanger: The invention relates to a plate heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a first air stream (11, 12) and a second air stream (13, 14) comprising a plurality of plates (1) limiting exchange chambers which are serially arranged in a transversal direction with respect to said plates (1). The first...

20060191414 - Gas chromatography apparatus: The invention relates to a gas chromatography apparatus with a cooling device, wherein the cooling device includes a closed cooling circuit containing a refrigerant, so that no refrigerant is wasted....

20060191415 - Spiraltrap: devices and methods for the trapping particulate matter in exhaust and of other pollutants: Embodiments of the present invention include methods and devices for trapping particulate matter suspended in exhaust from, for example, automotive diesel engines. Particulates carried in exhaust are actually a colloidal suspension of finely divided particulates in a fluid (in this case, the exhaust gases). This colloidal mixture is channeled through...

20060191416 - Vacuum cleaner and dust bag for vacuum cleaner: A vacuum cleaner includes a dust chamber; a dust bag provided in the dust chamber; and an electric blower for generating suction air flow for drawing and collecting dust and dirt in the dust bag. A deodorant is supplied into the dust bag by the suction air flow and directly...

20060191417 - Defoaming apparatus: A defoaming apparatus comprises, in juxtaposition, a defoaming treatment chamber internally provided with a defoaming unit for defoaming, as a result of a rotation of a impeller in a casing having a suction port and discharge ports, by suctioning foam of a foaming liquid via the suction port of the...

20060185514 - On-board inert gas generation system with compressor surge protection: A valve assembly includes a nitrogen enriched airflow control valve, a first stage surge control valve and a second stage surge control valve respectively arranged in a passage downstream of an air separation module, and in first and second surge control passages. The valves are in a ganged relationship or...

20060185515 - Cooler using filter with dehumidifying function: A cooling apparatus is disclosed for cooling and dehumidifying the inside of a device such as an electronic device installed outdoors The cooling apparatus of the invention comprises a set of dehumidifying parts, each arranged at an open air intake side and an air exhaust side of a housing of...

20060185516 - System and method for collecting carbon dioxide in exhaust gas: A system and a method for recovery of carbon dioxide in exhaust gas, wherein a liquid absorbent (116) jetted from a liquid absorbent jetting part (101) comes into gas-liquid contact with exhaust gas (114) flowing through a packing (102) from the lower side to the upper side to absorb the...

20060185517 - Multi-stage odor scrubber: A multi-stage odor scrubber comprising a first stage odor scrubber comprising a first contact chamber, a first sump for collecting liquids and a first recirculation pump. The multi-stage scrubber further comprises a second stage odor scrubber, the second stage odor scrubber comprising a venturi chamber with one or more venturi...

20060185518 - Wet type air cleaner: A wet type air cleaner includes a housing accommodating therein water; a blower having a fan for downwardly transferring air, installed above the water in the housing; an outer guide portion for transferring the air downwardly transferred by the blower into the water, connected to the blower as a unit;...

20060185519 - Aerosol separator in co2 recovery system: An aerosol separator is arranged before a CO2 compressor to prevent wear and damage in CO2 recovery systems for the recovery of CO2 arising during fermentation using a compressor....

20060185520 - Particle collection apparatus and method: A particle collector comprises a housing defining an enclosed chamber. An inlet opening in the housing provides fluid communication between a source of gas and particles and the chamber and an outlet opening provides fluid communication between the chamber and the exterior of the housing. The outlet opening is connected...

20060180027 - Ionic air conditioning system: The air conditioning system includes a housing having a vent portion and an ion generating unit positioned in the housing. The ion generating unit includes a first electrode, at least one second electrode, and a voltage generator that provides a constant potential difference between the first electrode and the second...

20060174766 - Space group cp2 alloys for the use and separation of hydrogen: A hydrogen permeation membrane is provided having a cP2 Pearson symbol (Pm3m space group) structure. Suitable alloys include an “A” element from Periodic Table groups 3b-5b and an “M” element from the Periodic Table groups 6b-1b present at a stoichiometry that achieves the inventive crystal structure. Zr and Nb are...

20060174767 - Hydrogen separator and method for production thereof: A hydrogen separator comprising a porous substrate having a large number of pores communicating from one surface thereof to other surface, and a hydrogen-separating layer disposed on the one surface of the porous substrate in a state that the hydrogen-separating layer has a penetrated portion formed so as to extend...

20060174768 - Apparatus and method for the removal of particulate matter in a filtration system: A particulate filtration system for removing particulates suspended in a fluid include, in an exemplary embodiment, a filter element and a pre-collector body component operably connected to the filter element. The pre-collector body component is capable of receiving an electrical charge to attract and remove particles suspended in the fluid....

20060169141 - Electro-optical air purifying & dust collector: This invention relates to an air purifier that uses both transportation vehicles battery and conventional indoor power supply, employs ultraviolet radioactive rays to kill bacteria, viruses and molds in the air and to increase amount of anions. This air purifier has an infrared remove controller and a ability of providing...

20060169142 - Engineered adsorbent structures for kinetic separation: Improved adsorbent sheet based parallel passage adsorbent structures for enhancing the kinetic selectivity of certain kinetic-controlled adsorption processes, such as PSA, TSA and PPSA processes, and combinations thereof, are provided. The enhancements in kinetic selectivity made possible through the implementation of the present inventive improved adsorbent structures may unexpectedly enable...

20060169143 - Device for storing compressed gas: A device for storing compressed gas includes a cylindrical pressure vessel having inlet and outlet conduits for a cooling/heating fluid and for compressed gas. Arranged in the interior of the pressure vessel are plural storage layers which are separated from one another and contain solid matter for charging with compressed...

20060169144 - Filter structure, filter panel comprising the filter structure and method for manufacturing the filter structure: A pleatable filter structure for use in a filter panel, containing ion exchange particles distributed within a fibrous framework is expanded to contain enough space to allow the ion exchange particles to swell or to be in a swelled state as compared to dry ion exchange particles, without additional expansion...

20060169145 - Filter device: A filter device for purifying air includes a filtering tank and a mixing rotor. The a filtering tank has a filter chamber for containing a predetermined volume of filtering solution to filter particles of the air and defining an upper air portion and a lower solution portion, an air inlet...

20060169146 - Filter structure of an industrial dust-collector: A filter structure is provided in the liquid-collecting tank of an industrial dust-collector, and a floating ball and an air-exhausting exit are provided in the filter structure. The characteristic lies in that an air-tight non-hole section is provided at the upper end of the filter structure, the inner diameter of...