Gas separation: apparatus inventions 07/07

20070169626 - Apparatus and method of cleansing contaminated air using microwave radiation: An air conditioning system uses microwaves to effectively destroy airborne contaminants. In one mode, air (8) is passed through a microwave-transparent tube (6) and is subjected to microwaves in the presence of one or more of water, water vapor, steam or hydrogen to cause destructive dipole polarization, electrical coupling, hydrolysis,... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070169627 - Vehicle air system having an indicator device and method: Various compressed air systems for commercial vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a compressed air system is provided that includes a compressor, an air dryer apparatus, a purge reservoir, and an indicator device. The indicator device comprises a moisture-indicating material that is in contact with the purge air within the... Agent: Roetzel & Andress

20070169628 - Gas purifier: A gas purifier includes an air passage. An adsorption removal device, which includes a regenerable adsorbent for adsorbing chemical contaminants from non-purified air and separating the adsorbed contaminants through a regeneration process, and a gas purification unit, which performs gas-liquid contact with a porous film to separate and removes contaminants... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070163437 - Hydrogen or helium permeation membrane and storage membrane and process for producing the same: A hydrogen permeation membrane that selectively allows the passage of hydrogen and that can be formed in a desired shape is obtained by using a silicon resin that includes at least phenylheptamethylcyclotetrasiloxane and/or 2,6-cis-diphenylhexamethylcyclotetrasiloxane. A heat-resistant coating that is resistance to temperature of 300° C. or higher is obtained in... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070163439 - Fuel deoxygenation system with non-metallic fuel plate assembly: A fuel system for an energy conversion device includes a multiple of non-metallic fuel plates, gaskets, oxygen permeable membranes, porous substrate plates, and vacuum frame plates. Intricate 3-dimension fuel channel structures such as laminar flow impingement elements within the fuel channel dramatically enhance oxygen diffusivity in the FSU. The fuel... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20070163438 - Method for enhancing mass transport in fuel deoxygenation systems: A fuel system for an energy conversion device includes a deoxygenator system with a multitude of flow impingement elements which are interleaved to provide a fuel channel with intricate two-dimensional flow characteristics. The flow impingement elements break up the boundary layers and enhance the transport of oxygen from the core... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20070163440 - Gas separation type showerhead: Provided is a gas separation type showerhead for effective energy supply. The gas separation type showerhead includes: a gas supply module to which a first gas and a second gas are separately supplied; a gas separation module in which the supplied first and second gases are separately dispersed; and a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070163441 - Oxygen concentrating apparatus: An oxygen concentrating apparatus (10) has an oxygen concentrating unit (12), a compressor (26) for supplying compressed air to the oxygen concentrating unit (12) and a compressor housing (28) for accommodating the compressor (26). The compressor housing (28) includes a plurality of air inlet ports (28a) for introducing the air... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070163443 - System and method for recovering carbon dioxide in exhaust gas: An alkaline solution ref lux path which refluxes an alkaline solution being discharged from an alkaline solution discharge port 101 of an absorber 100 to an alkaline solution introduction port 102 to absorb carbon dioxide and the like, and an alkaline solution reflux path which refluxes a regenerated alkaline solution... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070163444 - Apparatus for cleaning of a gas: In an apparatus for cleaning of a gas a centrifugal rotor is rotatable in a separation chamber about a vertical rotational axis (R). The centrifugal rotor is rotatable by means of a turbine wheel arranged in a drive chamber situated below the separation chamber. The centrifugal rotor and the turbine... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20070163445 - Device for measuring filter pressure loss: Provided is an apparatus 1 for measuring pressure loss in a filter 2, which apparatus includes filter holding means 3; fluid passing means; flow rate measuring means; pressure loss measuring means; and a flow path 6 which connects the four means such that a fluid can pass between the means.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070157811 - Porous hydrogen separation membrane and method for preparing the same: Provided is a hydrogen separation membrane prepared by compression-molding metal microparticles having hydrogen adsorbing properties, wherein the microparticles are composed of 0.5 to 50% by weight of a first metal powder and 50 to 99.5% by weight of a second metal powder having a relatively larger average particle diameter than... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070157812 - Gas transfer membrane: Porous polymeric membranes formed from a hydrophobic polymer, such as halar having membrane pores of a size sufficient to permit gas and/or vapor permeation 0.05 μm to 5 μm without permitting the flow of a hydrophilic fluid across the membrane. Pore distribution is uniform and porosity is high, in some... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070157813 - Safety lid for air conditioning device and method of use: An air purifier includes a collector electrode assembly removable from an opening on the top surface of the unit and a safety lid detached from the collector electrode assembly for covering the opening on the top surface of the unit. The safety lid is configured to cover the opening whether... Agent: Sylmark, Inc.

20070157815 - Gas-removing devices and air supply systems having the gas-removing devices: A gas-removing device serves to remove impurity gases from the air supplied to a fuel cell via an air supply system. The gas-removing device includes a porous material and an alternate adsorption membrane. The porous material has micropores formed therein in order to absorb impurity gas particles contained in the... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070157816 - Vehicle air dryer: A vehicle air dryer comprising: a dryer cylinder for drying compressed air passing therethrough, an exhaust assembly for providing an additional air outlet, a backflow assembly for providing a backflow air passage, an air pressure governor assembly for maintaining air pressure inside the vehicle air dryer, an one way check... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070157817 - Air purifying device: An air purifying device includes at least one liquid-absorptive filtering core, a sterilizing liquid contained in the filtering core, and a liquid container for supplying the sterilizing liquid to the filtering core. The sterilizing liquid includes a nonionic detergent and a free radical releasing agent. The filtering core includes a... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070157819 - Device for and method of informing replacement time of air filter: The invention relates to a device for and a method of informing replacement time of an air filter, more particularly, to a device for and a method of informing replacement time of an air filter, in which the accumulation amount of the dust accumulated in the air filter is calculated... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070157818 - System for evaluating the charge state of an exhaust line depollution means: The inventive system for evaluating the charged state of depollution means integrated into the exhaust line of a motor vehicle engine is characterised in that it comprises means (7) for determining a pressure in the depollution means, means (8) for determining the volume gas flowrate upstream said depollution means (10)... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070151454 - Mobile nitrogen generation device: A mobile inert gas generator can include various components supported by a wheeled vehicle. The generator can include a feed air compressor, a separation device for separating an inert gas from a feed air gas, and a booster compressor, each of which can have various sensors and actuators for controlling... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070151455 - Cleaning device: A cleaning device for cleaning an ionising electrode in an electrostatic separator, the device comprising a cleaner for removing dust and other particulate matter from at least a portion of the electrode.... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20070151456 - Reticulated foam-like structure formed of nano-scale particulate: A nano-particulate reticulated foam-like structure, which includes particles having a size of 10-200 nanometers. The particles are joined together to form a reticulated foam-like structure. The reticulated foam-like structure is similar to the structure of carbon nano-foam. The nano-particulate reticulated foam-like structure may comprise a metal, such as a hydrogen... Agent: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.