Gas separation: processes inventions 08/06

20060191408 - Composite mixed oxide ionic and electronic conductors for hydrogen separation: A mixed ionic and electronic conducting membrane includes a two-phase solid state ceramic composite, wherein the first phase comprises an oxygen ion conductor and the second phase comprises an n-type electronically conductive oxide, wherein the electronically conductive oxide is stable at an oxygen partial pressure as low as 10−20 atm...

20060191409 - Electrostatic switch for hydrogen storage and release from hydrogen storage media: A method and apparatus for storing molecular hydrogen in which a storage material suitable for storage of molecular hydrogen is electrostatically charged with a first electrostatic charge in the range of about 1V to about 100V, forming an electrostatically charged material and the electrostatically charged material is then contacted with...

20060191410 - Ngl trap-method for recovery of heavy hydrocarbon from natural gas: A pressure swing adsorption process for the separation of nitrogen and/or CO2 from natural gas utilizes two separate pressure swing adsorption stages, the first containing a hydrocarbon-selective adsorbent and the second containing a nitrogen- and/or CO2-selective adsorbent. In the process, the product stream from the first pressure swing adsorption unit...

20060191411 - Water extraction apparatus and method: Apparatus and method for extracting water from air containing water vapor. A feed air assembly supplies air containing water vapor to a diff-user assembly in a reactive tank containing a reagent, preferably sulfuric acid, which absorbs the water vapor from the feed air. The reactive tank vents the dried air....

20060191412 - Filter service system and method: An on-vehicle service system for removing matter from a filtering device of a single filtering device exhaust system includes a controllable filter bypass line fluidly connecting a first orifice of the filtering device of the single filtering device exhaust system to a second orifice of the filtering device. The service...

20060185510 - Membrane based de-oxygenator for process streams: An example system for processing a material stream includes a deoxygenator for removing dissolved oxygen. Removal of dissolved oxygen provides for the reduction of reactions and processes that can result in the generation of undesirable insoluble materials that can clog or otherwise foul the system. The deoxygenator includes an oxygen...

20060185511 - Contaminant extraction systems, methods and apparatuses: A contaminant extraction apparatus, systems and method for extracting contaminants, such as particles and polar molecules, from an air flow containing a contaminated gas such as air so that the contaminants are expelled from the embodiments after they are extracted. One method includes the steps of generating two electric fields...

20060185512 - Improved composition and method for removal of carbonylsulfide from acid gas containing same: c

20060185513 - Method for preparing highly concentrated, gaseous formaldehydes:

20060180021 - Continuous air monitor filter changeout apparatus: An apparatus and corresponding method for automatically changing out a filter cartridge in a continuous air monitor. The apparatus includes: a first container sized to hold filter cartridge replacements; a second container sized to hold used filter cartridges; a transport insert connectively attached to the first and second containers; a...

20060180022 - Ion transport membrane module and vessel system with directed internal gas flow: An ion transport membrane system comprising (a) a pressure vessel having an interior, an inlet adapted to introduce gas into the interior of the vessel, an outlet adapted to withdraw gas from the interior of the vessel, and an axis; (b) a plurality of planar ion transport membrane modules disposed...

20060180023 - Electrically enhanced air filtration with improved efficacy: A filter assembly particularly useful in electronically enhanced air cleaning systems including a fibrous filter media. A conductive electrode is affixed to the fibrous filter media, so that the conductive electrode makes physical contact to the fibrous filter media in a plurality of substantially planar locations. The conductive electrode is...

20060180024 - Method of reusing exhaust gas in polymer production plant: The invention provides a method of reusing an inert gas in a polymer production plant by removing impurities such as a polymerization solvent and polymerization monomers from an inert gas discharged from a polymer production plant. The method of reusing an inert gas comprises a step of adsorbing and removing...

20060180025 - Apparatus and method for removing airborne moisture: An apparatus is provided for removing airborne moisture from a designated area. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a bucket, a liquid absorption medium (such as ground corn cobs) placed in the bottom of the bucket to form a media bed, a tray placed over the absorption media bed, and...

20060180026 - Method and apparatus for preventing products of ticl4 and nh3 or other feed gas reactions from damaging vacuum pumps in tin or other deposition systems: In a deposition system, such as a TiN deposition system where TiCl4 and NH3 are reacted in a process chamber to produce TiN thin film coatings, a second reactor is included between the process chamber and the vacuum pump to react enough of the theretofore unreacted feed gases to consume...

20060174762 - Gas separation membrane module assembly: A gas-separation membrane module assembly and a gas-separation process using the assembly. The assembly includes a set of tubes, each containing gas-separation membranes, arranged within a housing. The housing contains tube sheets that divide the space within the housing into three separate, gas-tight spaces, with the tubes mounted in the...

20060174763 - Self cleaning electrostatic air cleaning system: A self-cleaning air purifier for use with a central air conditioning device includes at least one ion generator made up of at least one ionizer bar and an electrically grounded water reservoir with an exposed surface, where the surface of the water is parallel and proximate to the at least...

20060174764 - Integration of rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption with refinery process units (hydroprocessing, hydrocracking, etc.): s

20060169136 - System and method for excluding false back pressure faults after installation of a particulate trap filter: A method and system for preventing or minimizing false back pressure faults caused by a new particulate filter in an engine exhaust system. When a new particulate filter is placed in an engine exhaust system, the normal back pressure threshold for the fault detection system is increased by a new...

20060169137 - Pneumatically operated automatic shutoff circuit for controlling the generation of gas: An automatic shut off circuit for controlling the flow of a gas through a gas separation system is disclosed. The gas separation system includes a gas separation module for separating nitrogen from air, and a non-electric automatic shut off circuit for controlling the delivery of air to the gas separation...

20060169138 - Fuel deoxygenation system with textured oxygen permeable membrane: A fuel system for an energy conversion device includes a deoxygenator system with an oxygen permeable membrane having a textured surface. A sweep gas and/or vacuum maintains an oxygen concentration differential across the membrane to deoxygenate the fuel. The textured surface increases the surface area of the oxygen permeable membrane....

20060169139 - Filters employing both acidic polymers and physical-adsorption media: A filter includes at least two different adsorptive media. First, chemisorptive media, which is porous and includes an acidic functional group, is used to remove molecular bases, including ammonia, organic amines, imides and aminoalchols, from the atmosphere used in semiconductor fabrication and other processes that require uncontaminated gaseous environments of...

20060169140 - Methods and apparatus for improved control of psa flow variations: A pressure swing adsorption process including the step of separating a gas mixture by absorbing at least one gas component in an adsorbent mass provided within each vessel of a plurality of vessels. The separating step has a single pressure equalization cycle. The separating step is preferably performed with only...