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Condition Responsive Control

Condition Responsive Control patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

03/15/07 - 20070059839 - Electronically controlled fluid limiting apparatus and method for use thereof
A flow control apparatus and method for operating the apparatus are disclosed. The flow control apparatus comprises a main supply line, a first valve, a first pressure transducer, a rotary meter, a control line, an intermediate valve, a second pressure transducer, a second valve, and a digital controller. The digital ...

03/15/07 - 20070059838 - Dynamic constrained optimization of chemical manufacturing
System and method for chemical manufacture utilizing a dynamic optimizer for a chemical process including upstream and downstream processes. The dynamic optimizer includes a maximum feed calculator, operable to receive one or more local constraints on the downstream processes and one or more model offsets, and execute steady state models ...

03/01/07 - 20070048869 - Valve system and deposition apparatus including valve system and atomic layer deposition chamber
A deposition apparatus includes an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) chamber, a system-control unit which generates a control signal, a solenoid valve which supplies air pressure in response to the control signal generated by the system-control unit, a gas line which supplies a process gas, an air pressure valve which opens ...

02/22/07 - 20070042495 - Method of controlling injection of a reducing agent in an engine emissions control system
A method of controlling injection of a reducing agent in an engine emissions control system. The method includes determining a predicted amount of reducing agent in a selective catalytic reduction system, comparing the predicted amount to a target amount, injecting reducing agent when the predicted amount is less than the ...

12/14/06 - 20060281184 - Active pulse monitoring in a chemical reactor
A method and apparatus for determining changes in a supply system, designed to supply repeated pulses of a vapor phase reactant to a reaction chamber is disclosed. One embodiment involves providing the reactant source, and a gas conduit to connect the reactant source to the reaction chamber, a valve positioned ...

11/02/06 - 20060246591 - Method and device for controlling at least one operating parameter of an electrolytic bath
A method and a device for controlling at least one operating parameter of an electrolytic bath may provide for the production of improved quality platings, in which the use of chemicals may be reduced. The concentration of at least one bath component is determined, and the concentration values are processed ...

09/07/06 - 20060199267 - Apparatus for controlled venting of a chamber
The present invention provides apparatus and methods for adjusting the atmosphere within a substantially sealed chamber containing respiring produce. The chamber of the present invention includes inlet means to permit ambient atmosphere to enter the chamber, and outlet means to permit chamber atmosphere to exit the chamber. Methods using apparatus ...

08/03/06 - 20060172427 - Method and apparatus for retrofitting existing real time control systems for monitoring, controlling, and distributing chemicals during electroplating
Chemical treatment process control, including a virtual sensor based upon artificial intelligence that automatically computes and predicts additive concentrations in chemical baths used in manufacturing to compensate for the lag time in obtaining data from real-time analyzers (RTA). Once actual measurement data is obtained, bath concentrations can be further adjusted ...

07/27/06 - 20060166365 - Method for supplying reaction gases in catalytic vapor phase oxidation process
A method for supplying reaction gases in which at least a material to be oxidized and a gas containing molecular oxygen are mixed and the resultant mixture is supplied to a catalytic gas-phase oxidation reactor, characterized in that, a feed rate of the material to be oxidized and a feed ...

06/15/06 - 20060128022 - Process control method and process control system
A process control system has a data storage section which saves process data output from a sensor placed in a plant which performs a continuous process, a trace information processing section which acquires process information of a product moving in the plant and being discrete in a predetermined unit from ...

06/08/06 - 20060121616 - Method and system for increasing efficiency of fgd operation in fossil fuel boilers
A method and system are provided for determining operating settings for an FGD unit in a boiler. The method includes receiving a performance objective for the FGD unit, receiving data indicating a current state of the FGD unit, using a controller to determine operating settings for the FGD unit to ...

05/18/06 - 20060105462 - Apparatus and method for processing biological liquids
A method and apparatus for controlling the processing of a liquid sample, e.g., a blood sample, based on a measurement related to the sample's ability to coat a surface against which the sample is brought into contact while being routinely transported. Preferably, the sample is advanced through a tube, and ...

03/23/06 - 20060063266 - Particulate flow control process
A process is disclosed for providing a flow of particulate matter such as a catalyst to a reactor, comprising intermittently adding said particulate matter and a diluent to a mixing tank, and continuously withdrawing a slurry of particulate matter in diluent from the mixing tank for introduction into the reactor, ...

03/02/06 - 20060046300 - Method and apparatus for determining one or more operating parameters for a microfluidic circuit
Methods for determining one or more operating parameters for a timing protocol of a microfluidic circuit are provided. In some embodiments, wet out times are measured for certain flow channels, and start times, flow rates and/or other parameters are calculated so that the various fluids in the microfluidic cartridge arrive ...

02/23/06 - 20060040399 - Process for controlling hydrogen partial pressure in single and multiple hydroprocessors
A control scheme for controlling hydrogen partial pressure is provided that generally comprises a hydrogen purity analyzer that measures hydrogen purity on one or more hydroprocessing units. The hydrogen analyzer measures the purity of the treat gas, which is converted into a control signal and is transmitted to the appropriate ...

02/16/06 - 20060035381 - Blending processes and systems
Processes and systems are provided for monitoring and blending a first stream and a second stream to produce a third stream of desired compositional characteristics. The processes and systems are found to be particularly useful for the blending of two or more hydrocarbon streams to economically produce a targeted hydrocarbon ...

01/19/06 - 20060014292 - Process and system for controlling a process gas stream
In a process and system for recovering sulfur from a process gas stream initially comprising a hydrogen sulfide containing gas and an oxygen containing gas, a control process and system respectively are provided. The sulfur recovery process includes a thermal step having a beginning followed by a catalytic step having ...

01/05/06 - 20060003456 - System, method and apparatus for lost foam casting analysis
Disclosed are a method, system and apparatus for analyzing foam decomposition in contact mode during mold filling in lost foam casting, the foam decomposition having a foam material vapor fraction and the mold filling having a mold filling speed. The method includes providing a plurality of parameter values for casting ...

12/22/05 - 20050282285 - Strategy for controlling nox emissions and ammonia slip in an scr system using a nonselective nox/nh3
One aspect of the invention relates to controlling the ammonia feed rate to an SCR reactor using a NOx sensor cross-sensitive to ammonia. The sensor, positioned downstream of the reactor, is interrogated by introducing a pulse in the ammonia feed rate. A positive response to a positive pulse indicates ammonia ...

12/15/05 - 20050277196 - Detection of gels in a solution polymerization
In a solution polymerization process the increase in gel content in the solution at one or more locations may be detected by monitoring the structure of a spectrum obtained by analyzing the reaction at said one or more locations using a spectrometer selected from the group consisting of infrared spectrometers, ...

12/01/05 - 20050266571 - Method for feedback control of a microfluidic system
A method for the feedback control of a microfluidic system includes measuring an electrical characteristic (such as impedance or resistance) of a position electrode(s) of the microfluidic system with a meter of the microfluidic system. A feedback controller is then employed to control the flow of bodily fluid sample through ...

11/24/05 - 20050260761 - Method and apparatus for measuring and controlling selective catalytic reduction (scr) emission control systems
A method for monitoring and/or controlling performance of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emission control system includes injecting a quantity of a pollution neutralizing gas into a combustion gas stream containing a pollutant gas. The method also includes passing the stream over a catalyst bed to facilitate a reaction of ...

09/22/05 - 20050208664 - Reformer start-up strategy for use in a solid oxide fuel cell control system
A method for determining an optimal combustion interval during start-up of a hydrocarbon catalytic reformer under various conditions of temperature, fuel type, and combustion fuel flow rate. An initial catalyst temperature is measured and an algorithm is used to calculate a rate of heating of the catalyst by combustion based ...

09/15/05 - 20050202564 - System and method for controlling composition for lithography process in real time using near infrared spectrometer
A system and a method for controlling the multi-component composition such as photoresist, stripper, developer, etchant, thinner, rinser/cleaner and etch bead remover, for a lithography process, which is used for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a liquid crystal display device and so on, are disclosed. The system includes a composition circulator ...

06/23/05 - 20050136547 - Polymer reaction and quality optimizer
A polymer reaction and quality optimizer that optimally determines all factors affecting the finished polymer prior to initiating the batch, uses the optimized parameters in setting up and starting the batch, in an on-line procedure for correcting assumptions made in the optimal determination based upon measurement responses from batch startup, ...



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