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Gas separation: processes April category listing, related patent applications 04/12

20120097027 - Method and system for purifying biogas for extracting methane: A method for extracting methane purifies a biogas and components present in the biogas, such as carbon dioxide, sulfur compounds, and ammoniac are separated in a plurality of different process steps. The method for extracting methane is characterized by low energy consumption and allows an increase in methane content of... Agent: Dge Dr.-ing. Gunther Engineering Gmbh

20120097028 - Electrode cleaning in an electro-kinetic air mover: An electro-kinetic or electro-static apparatus for moving fluid includes an enlogated electrode energizable with respect to at least one other electrode to generate ions and thereby motivate fluid flow there between. A cleaning device is positioned to frictionally engage at least two opposing surfaces of the elongated electrode. The cleaning... Agent: Tessera, Inc.

20120097029 - Water recovery using thermally linked sorbent beds: A water recovery system includes a sorbing bed, a desorbing bed, a heat pump and a controller. The sorbing bed receives a first fluid stream and absorbs and/or adsorbs water from the first fluid stream. The desorbing bed is aligned with and thermally connected to the sorbing bed, and receives... Agent: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

20120097030 - Device and method for drying fuel, in particular for a motor vehicle: A device for drying fuel, e.g., in a motor vehicle, has a storage reservoir for a desiccant which absorbs moisture at temperatures below a regeneration temperature, and releases it again at temperatures above the regeneration temperature. Furthermore, a connection between the storage reservoir and a fuel tank storing the fuel... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20120097031 - Gas scrubber apparatus and method: A scrubber for removing contaminants from a gas stream, comprising a tank, a submerged head extending horizontally, wherein the submerged head comprises a plate having slots extending throughout, four solid joined vertical walls inset from the walls of the tank below the plate to form an open ended box under... Agent: Enviroresolutions Inc.

20120097032 - Flutable fiber webs with high dust holding capacity: The fiber webs described herein may be incorporated into filter media and filter elements. The fiber webs may exhibit a high dust holding capacity. The fiber webs may also exhibit a low thickness. The fiber webs may be sufficiently flexible and/or deformable so that they may be processed to include... Agent: Hollingsworth & Vose Company

20120097033 - Filter for filtering particulate matter from exhaust gas emitted from a compression ignition engine: A filter for filtering particulate matter (PM) from exhaust gas emitted from a compression ignition engine, which filter comprising a porous substrate having inlet surfaces and outlet surfaces, wherein the inlet surfaces are separated from the outlet surfaces by a porous structure containing pores of a first mean pore size,... Agent: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company

20120090464 - Capturing carbon dioxide from high pressure streams: The process consists of a combination of a low temperature CO2 condensation separation step followed by either a physical or chemical solvent scrubbing process. The first step results in the partial pressure of CO2 in the gaseous steam being reduced to a value near the triple point pressure of CO2.... Agent:

20120090463 - Process and apparatus for the treatment of flue gases: A process and an apparatus for the treatment of a carbon dioxide-containing flue gas stream are described, at least part of the carbon dioxide present being removed from the flue gas stream in a separating device having in particular an absorption column 7 with the formation of a gas stream... Agent: Linde-kca-dresden Gmbh

20120090465 - Pressure and vacuum swing adsorption separation processes: A pressure or vacuum swing adsorption process for separating water from solvent utilizing molecular sieves and regenerating the molecular sieve by passing non-condensable recycled gas along the molecular sieve, capturing the recycled gas and using the recycled gas again to repeat regeneration of the molecular sieve.... Agent: Wintek Corporation

20120090466 - Method for enhancing the performance of processes for the removal of acid gas: The invention discloses a method for enhancing the performance of processes for the removal of acid gas wherein the dielectric constant of a solvent, being associated with a process for removing acid gas, is adjusted.... Agent:

20120090467 - Separation system comprising a swirl valve: The invention relates to a separation system comprising a flow inlet (16). The separation system comprises a swirl valve (100), arranged to receive and control the flux of a fluid flow via the flow inlet (16) and to generate a swirling flow, swirling about a central axis (11). The separation... Agent: Twister B.v.

20120090468 - Clustered inlet particle separator: A particle separator for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The particle separator includes flow dividers operable to divide flow in a gas turbine engine particle separator and flow scavengers operable to scavenge flow in a gas turbine engine particle separator.... Agent:

20120090469 - Multicartridge diesel soot particulate filter: The invention relates to a multicartridge diesel soot particulate filter (100) comprising a casing delimiting the outer boundary of a filter volume. The filter has a central filter axis (170). The casing has an inflow side and an outflow side defining an average flow direction being substantially parallel to the... Agent: Nv Bekaert Sa

20120085230 - Gas electrostatic coalescer: An electrostatic coalescer includes an outer wall defining a flow path for receiving a process fluid comprising primarily a gas, a power source, and a plurality of electrode plates coupled to the power source to generate an electrical field across the flow path.... Agent: Fmc Technologies, Inc.

20120085231 - Methods and devices for displacing body convection and providing a controlled personal breathing zone: Methods and devices are provided whereby a controlled personal breathing zone is maintained using temperature controlled laminar air flow (TLA) of filtered air. A substantially laminar, descending flow of filtered air is maintained with a velocity determined by the air-temperature difference between the supplied air and the ambient air at... Agent:

20120085232 - Methods for removing contaminants from natural gas: A method for removing contaminants from natural gas streams. The natural gas stream is fed to a dryer, then a membrane module and a multibed, multilayer vacuum swing adsorption process for removal of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide from the natural gas stream. Alternatively when carbon dioxide is in relatively... Agent:

20120085233 - Blend polymer membranes comprising thermally rearranged polymers derived from aromatic polyimides containing ortho-positioned functional groups: The present invention discloses blend polymer membranes comprising thermally rearranged polymers derived from aromatic polyimides containing ortho-positioned functional groups and methods for making and using these blend polymer membranes. The blend polymer membranes described in the current invention are prepared by heat treatment of blend polymer membranes comprising aromatic polyimides... Agent: Uop LLC

20120085234 - Particle guide collector system and associated method: Disclosed is a filtration system and method that uses a corona discharge grid and a series of electrostatic grids to filter ambient particles. The filtration system eliminates, or greatly reduces, the pressure drop across the associated filter media.... Agent:

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20120085236 - Treatment of water for use in hydraulic fracture stimulation: A process and process line for treating water containing hydrogen sulfide for use as a hydraulic fracturing fluid is provided, to practice the following steps: separating a gaseous portion containing hydrogen sulfide from the water to form a first degassed water product; introducing the first degassed water product into a... Agent: Encana Corporation

20120085237 - Passive fan filtration system (pffs): An apparatus that attaches to a ceiling fan and extracts allergens and impurities from the air. The apparatus hangs off the front edge of the ceiling fan paddles [blades] and covers up to 100% of the paddle's body.... Agent:

20120079937 - Device for capturing gas from a produced water stream: A device for capturing gas included within a produced-water stream is described. Gas and water pressure coordination is not required. Controls prevent liquid entry to the gas system and prevent gas entry into the water system. A gas/liquid separator receives an inner vessel lower end. A separator inlet receives a... Agent:

20120079938 - Radial bed vessels having uniform flow distribution: The present invention relates generally to radial flow vessels and processes to achieve even fluid flow distribution through the bed during purification, separation or reaction processes. The radial bed vessel is designed such that the ratio of the cross-sectional flow areas of the flow channels is in proportion to the... Agent:

20120079939 - Recovering of xenon by adsorption process: The present invention discloses the improvements to a vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) process used for Xe recovery. By only collecting the recovered gas mixture after the initial evacuation of N2 from the adsorbent vessel and void space, the recovered Xe is not diluted by N2 contained in the adsorbent vessel... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc.

20120079940 - Sintered porous material comprising particles of different average sizes: A porous membrane, comprising a blend of a first powder of metal particles of the first average size and a second powder of metal particles of a second average size, the first powder and the second powder sintered together. The first average size is five to fifty times greater than... Agent:

20120079941 - Porous bodies and methods: Systems and methods for treating a fluid with a body are disclosed. Various aspects involve treating a fluid with a porous body. In select embodiments, a body comprises ash particles, and the ash particles used to form the body may be selected based on their providing one or more desired... Agent:

20120079942 - Filtration system and method of design: A filtration system comprising at least one filter element, at least a first and a second filter media that are different to one another and are arranged in a parallel relationship, wherein fluid flow through the filtration system comprises a first fluid flow portion that flows through the first media... Agent: