Gas separation: processes inventions 01/07

20070017366 - Pleated construction for effecting gas transfer membrane: A contactor for effecting passage through a membrane from a first fluid a second fluid is provided. A cylindrical pleated membrane cartridge is positioned within a housing having a first inlet and a first outlet from a first fluid and at lest a second outlet for a second fluid. At... Agent: Mykrolis Corporation

20070017367 - Partial pressure swing adsorption system for providing hydrogen to a vehicle fuel cell: A method of operating a fuel cell system includes providing a fuel inlet stream into a fuel cell stack, operating the fuel cell stack to generate electricity and a hydrogen containing fuel exhaust stream, separating at least a portion of hydrogen contained in the fuel exhaust stream using partial pressure... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070017369 - Fuel cell anode exhaust fuel recovery by adsorption: A method of operating a fuel cell system includes providing a fuel inlet stream into a fuel cell stack, operating the fuel cell stack to generate electricity and a hydrogen containing fuel exhaust stream, separating at least a portion of hydrogen contained in the fuel exhaust stream using partial pressure... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070017368 - Gas separation method and apparatus using partial pressure swing adsorption: A four-step partial pressure swing adsorption method and apparatus is provided for gas separation, such as for recovering fuel from the fuel exhaust of a fuel cell stack.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070012181 - Control methods for an air treatment system: A control system and associated methods for an air treatment system. In one aspect, the present invention provides a control system and method for controlling blower speed as a function of separately determined smoke and dust concentrations. In one embodiment, the control system and method provides a variable delayed between... Agent: Warner, Norcross & Judd In Re: Alticor Inc.

20070012182 - Fluid distribution system and method of operating the same: A fluid distribution system includes a flexible conduit having an inlet and an outlet and a filter positioned within the conduit between the inlet and the outlet. The filter is operable to separate air flowing through the conduit into nitrogen and permeate and to deliver the nitrogen to the outlet... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070012183 - Method and apparatus for the continuous preparation of porous materials and mixed metal oxides using continuous stirred reactors: Disclosed is a method to prepare porous materials, which can not only be used for a catalyst, an adsorbent, a catalytic support, in ion exchange and gas storage, and the like, but can also be used to reserve or separate guest molecules with spaces (nanometer spaces) of nanometer size, and... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070012184 - Multi stage sulfur removal system and process for an auxilliary fuel system: A system for producing an auxiliary fuel stream containing a low concentration of sulfur compounds from a primary fuel stream includes a first separation stage to separate a portion of a primary fuel stream into a first vapor permeate stream and a first retentate stream, a first separation stage partial... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP

20070012185 - Air treatment filter and related method: An activated carbon filter that treats a gas stream having a varying relative humidity, the gas stream contaminated with at least one of formaldehyde, an acid gas and an alkaline gas. The filter includes a plurality of activated carbon granules mixed together in a carbon bed filter. A first portion... Agent: Warner, Norcross & Judd In Re: Alticor Inc.

20070012186 - System and method of dehumidifying and filtering air: A system and method of reducing the amount of water vapor from a gas or mixture of gases such as air while removing any particulate matter from the gas. The present invention includes a dehumidifying filtering device comprising a desiccant associated with a filter medium of the device. In one... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLC

20070012187 - System for removing water from flue gas: A system (10) for removing water from a flue gas (12) produced using a fossil fuel that may include a heat exchanger (16) having a first side (19) for receiving a flow of heat exchanging fluid and a second side (21) for receiving the flue gas (12). Heat exchanger (16)... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070012188 - Apparatus and method for removing contaminants from a gas stream: A pollution control system including a filtering unit for removing contaminants present in air streams or other gas streams including mercury, ultra-fine particulates, siloxanes, heavy metals, ultra-fine aerosols and mists (e.g., oil mists), condensed hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), odors, radioactive emissions, gas-phase contaminants and microorganisms which includes a fixed... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070006727 - System and method for optimizing a gas/liquid separation process: A system and method for optimizing the gas/liquid separation process for a fluid flowing within a pipe is provided, wherein the method includes receiving a fluid flow having a liquid component and a gas component. The method further includes separating the liquid component from the gas component, wherein the liquid... Agent: Cidra Corporation

20070006728 - Method and device for the detection, characterization and/or elimination of suspended particles: Volatile suspended particles are eliminated from an aerosol by heating the aerosol to a temperature at which the volatile suspended particles evaporate and diluting the aerosol with a dilution gas. The sequence heating and diluting may be performed in any order. According to another aspect of the invention, dilution of... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070006729 - Integrated heavy hydrocarbon removal, amine treating and dehydration: The present invention is directed to an improved integrated process for the removal of heavy hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and water from a raw natural gas feed stream. More specifically, the integrated process of the present invention comprises a three step process involving the adsorption of heavy hydrocarbons and... Agent: Englehard Corporation Attention: Chief Patent Counsel

20070006730 - Cleaning composition for treating an acid gas and method for making the same: A cleaning composition for treating acid gas. The cleaning composition comprises an iron-containing oxide, and an oxide comprising at least aluminum, silicon, or titanium with a mesoporous structure. A method for treating an acid gas utilizing the cleaning composition comprising contacting an acid gas with the cleaning composition for lowering... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070006731 - Method for removing acid gases from pressurized natural gas that is contaminated with acid gas compounds and recovering the removed acid gases at an increased pressure level: The invention relates to a process for the removal of sour gas from pressurised natural gas which polluted by sulphur compounds and other sour gas compounds, the natural gas, which is to be desulphurised, being initially fed into sour gas absorption unit, in which the sulphur components and any other... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn

20070006732 - Integrated heavy hydrocarbon removal, amine treating and dehydration: The present invention is directed to an improved integrated process for the removal of heavy hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and water from a raw natural gas feed stream. More specifically, the integrated process of the present invention comprises a three step process involving the adsorption of heavy hydrocarbons and... Agent: Attention: Chief Patent Counsel Engelhard Corporation

20070006733 - Process and apparatus for cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid: A process for cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid comprising: heating the feedstock, mixing the heated feedstock with a fluid and/or a primary dilution steam stream to form a mixture, flashing the mixture to form a vapor phase and a liquid phase which collect as bottoms and removing the liquid phase,... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070000380 - Gas generating system and method for inerting aircraft fuel tanks: The present invention provides a system and method for generation of nitrogen enriched air for inerting aircraft fuels tanks. One embodiment of the present invention includes a duct assembly; a primary heat exchanger; a gas generating system heat exchanger; a first temperature sensor; a second temperature sensor; a controller monitor;... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070000381 - Methods and apparatuses for purifying carbon filamentary structures: There is provided a method for purifying carbon filamentary structures contaminated with magnetic metal particles. The method comprises submitting a gaseous phase comprising said carbon filamentary structures contaminated with magnetic metal particles, to an inhomogeneous magnetic field for at least partially trapping said magnetic metal particles, thereby reducing the proportion... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070000383 - Adsorbent and catalyst mixtures: The present invention relates to the use of expensive and highly selective adsorbents and catalysts for trace contaminant gas removal to generate products of high and ultra-high purity. Mixing such highly selective materials with other less expensive, less selective materials results in the ability to achieve higher purity, higher capacity... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070000382 - Silver-exchanged zeolites and methods of manufacture therefor: The present invention relates generally to zeolites having a silica/alumina ratio of less than or equal to 10 (Si/Al≦10) that are exchanged with Ag+ and thermally treated in such a way to favor adsorption over alternative catalytic and chemically reactive functionalities. The adsorbents of the present invention and the method... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070000384 - Plane structure formed from a matrix and phase change material usable for treating gases: The invention relates to an installation for separating or purifying gases comprising at least one gas treatment vessel, characterized in that the vessel comprises at least one plane structure comprising a matrix and at least one phase change material (PCM).... Agent: Elwood Haynes Suite 1800

20070000385 - Adsorbents for removing h2s, other odor causing compounds, and acid gases from gas streams and methods for producing and using these adsorbents: Adsorbents for removing H2S, other odor-causing compounds, and other acid gases from gas streams, as well as methods for manufacturing and using adsorbents, are provided. Adsorbents comprise a porous media in which at least one metal oxide is primarily distributed on or over the surface of the pores of the... Agent: Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.

20070000386 - Ozone remediation apparatus and methods: An apparatus as provided for onsite generation of oxygen and the generation of high pressure oxygen for use in contaminant remediation. Multiple low horsepower compressors are utilized to generate a high pressure source of oxygen received from an oxygen generator for injection of high concentration oxygen gas into an environment... Agent: Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, PC

20070000387 - System and method for producing bubble free liquids for nanometer scale semiconductor processing: A system for producing bubble free liquid includes a continuous liquid source and a de-bubbling chamber. The de-bubbling chamber includes an outlet and an inlet. The inlet coupled to an outlet of the continuous liquid source by a supply pipe. The de-bubbling chamber also includes at least one port in... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP