Gas separation: apparatus inventions 10/06

20060236867 - Gas separation vessel apparatus: An improved gas separation vessel apparatus is provided. The gas separation vessel apparatus is adapted to separate oxygen and other process gases, and it employs both vertically-, or alternatively, horizontally-positioned vessels. The gas separation vessels disclosed contain removable radial-flow bed cartridge-type adsorbent subassemblies, which may be replaced, substituted, or serviced...

20060236868 - Dessicant container: The present invention discloses a desiccant container (10), which includes a first sheet (12), made of non-porous packaging material, for surrounding at least partially a desiccant material (14); a second sheet (16), made of at least two non-laminated porous packaging materials (20, 22), for surrounding at least partially the desiccant...

20060236869 - Air treatment device: The invention relates to an air treatment device 1 using a volatile agent contained inside a casing 2 that is at least partially permeable, characterized in that it includes means 4 for activating the emission of the volatile agent. These means are advantageously constituted by a film, a strip, a...

20060230937 - Composite material for ultra thin membranes: A composite material that may be used for a thin membrane is disclosed. This composite material includes first material that has a quasi-periodic system of vertical trenches (nanotrenches) with wavelength period that may be in the range between 20 and 500 nm. These nanotrenches are formed as openings between bordering...

20060230938 - Method and apparatus for flue gas desulphurization: An apparatus for removing particulate matter from a gas stream containing particulate matter, the apparatus comprising: a mist-producing element that mixes a gas stream entering the apparatus with liquid droplets; and a down flow Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP) pass section having ionizing electrodes that electrically charge the particulate matter and...

20060230939 - Portable oxygen concentrator: A portable oxygen concentrator includes a pair of sieve beds having first and second ends, a compressor for delivering air to the first ends of the sieve beds, a reservoir communicating with the second ends of the sieve beds, and an air manifold attached to the first ends of the...

20060230940 - Pneumatic filter and method of making: A filter configured to be disposed within an air passage, for providing filtered air to a pneumatically controlled component. In one embodiment, the filter comprises a main body having first and second ends and a passageway extending therebetween, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and first and second sides. The...

20060225573 - Miniaturized enrichment facility: The invention relates to a miniaturized facility for storing and/or enriching molecules and/or atoms, especially for us in a miniature gas-phase chromatograph, and to a method for producing such a miniaturized facility. The invention provides a facility which facilitates an effective sample enrichment in miniaturized analyses devices, especially miniature gas-phase...

20060225574 - Filter element and filter system: A filter element, including a filter body having an inflow side and outflow side, the filter body being constructed in layers, at least one layer including granular adsorbents and at least one further layer including activated carbon fibers. The filter element may be used in a filter system which ensures...