Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
062601000 | Solidification | 30 |
20090095016 | Hydrogen-consuming system and method for the operation thereof - In a hydrogen consuming system and a method for the operation thereof wherein the system comprises a hydrogen-consuming unit and a hydrogen storage arrangement comprising a compressed gas storage part and a solid material storage part and a cooling circuit with a radiator extending through the solid material storage part and the consuming unit, hydrogen bypass lines are provided for the solid material storage part and for the hydrogen consuming unit together with control valves for selectively by-passing the solid material storage part and the hydrogen consuming unit. | 04-16-2009 |
20100147022 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVAL OF SOUR SPECIES FROM A NATURAL GAS STREAM - A process for removal of sour species from a dehydrated natural gas feed stream is provided. The dehydrated natural gas feed stream is cooled to conditions where a slurry of solid sour species and hydrocarbon liquids is formed together with a gaseous stream containing gaseous sour species. The gaseous stream containing gaseous sour species is then separated from the slurry and treated with a liquid solvent, thereby forming a liquid solution of the sour species and a dehydrated sweetened natural gas product stream. An apparatus for removing sour species from a dehydrated natural gas feed stream is also provided. The apparatus has a vessel with a solids formation zone in fluid communication with a gas solvation zone. The solids formation zone is configured to facilitate formation of a slurry of solid sour species and hydrocarbon liquids and a gaseous stream containing gaseous sour species. The gas solvation zone is configured to facilitate formation of a liquid solution of sour species. The apparatus has an inlet for introducing the dehydrated natural gas feed stream to the solids formation zone, a conduit configured to direct the gaseous stream from the solids formation zone to the gas solvation zone, and an inlet for introducing liquid solvent into the gas solvation zone. | 06-17-2010 |
20110203310 | RAW MATERIAL RECOVERY METHOD AND TRAPPING MECHANISM FOR RECOVERING RAW MATERIAL - A raw material recovery method for recovering a raw material of an organic metallic compound, which has the property of being stable toward a specific refrigerant without being decomposed thereby, from exhaust gas discharged from a treatment container in which a metallic thin film is formed on the surface of an object to be treated by using source gas obtained by vaporizing the raw material is characterized by being provided with a solidification step for solidifying the unreacted source gas by cooling the exhaust gas by bringing the exhaust gas into contact with the refrigerant and reprecipitating the raw material, and a recovery step for separating and recovering the raw material reprecipitated in the solidification step from the refrigerant. To provide a method for controlling an exhaust gas flow rate so that flow of gas in a processing chamber becomes uniform. | 08-25-2011 |
20120318017 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CRYOGENIC CONDENSING - A method and apparatus for condensing vapor in a gas. A cryogen, such as liquid nitrogen, may be provided into first and second coil sets in a condenser housing to cool the condensable vapor in the housing to condense the vapor into a liquid or solid form. The flow of cryogen in the first and second coil sets may be independently controlled, coils in the first and/or second coil sets may have a substantially equal length, and/or coils in the first and/or second coil sets may have uppermost portions that are located at a substantially equal height. | 12-20-2012 |
20130074541 | Systems and Methods For Using Cold Liquid To Remove Solidifiable Gas Components From Process Gas Streams - Systems and methods are described for re-moving solidifiable gas from a process gas stream by direct contact with a cold liquid. The process gas stream includes at least gas that is frozen by the cold liquid while one or more other gases of the process gas stream remain in a gaseous state. The process gas stream may include water, and will have a different composition than the cold liquid. The contacting of the cold liquid with the process gas stream may be at a pressure that is less than 200 psia, and optionally less than 100 psia, 50 psia, or even 30 psia, and the solidified gas may be removed from the contacting assembly as a slurry with cold liquid. | 03-28-2013 |
20150362228 | SELF-REGENERATING AIR DRYER AND PURIFIER - An air drying system includes a first air dryer that receives ambient air and provides as output exceptionally dry air having a moisture concentration of approximately 16 ppm or below, a second air dryer that receives ambient air and provides as output exceptionally dry air having a moisture concentration of approximately 16 ppm or below, and a valve coupled to and selectively switching between output from the air dryers to provide exceptionally dry air, where one of the first and second air dryers is automatically regenerated while the valve switches to provide exceptionally dry air from an other one of the first and second air dryers. The air dryers may remove moisture from ambient air by cooling the ambient air to approximately −57° C. Each of the air dryers may include a heat sink section, a cooling section (possibly with cooling elements), and an air flow section. | 12-17-2015 |
062602000 | Carbon dioxide | 24 |
20110146340 | Method of recovering carbon dioxide from gas and apparatus therefor - Provided is a method including the steps of: cooling exhaust gas to a given temperature by use of cold energy of liquefied natural gas; spraying water in a minute-ice generator having been cooled to a given temperature by use of the cold energy of the liquefied natural gas to generate minute ice; and introducing the minute ice and the cooled exhaust gas into a gas hydrate generator so as to cause the minute ice and carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas to react with each other in the gas hydrate generator, thereby generating carbon dioxide hydrate. | 06-23-2011 |
20110203311 | REMOVAL OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AIR - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for removing a contaminant, such as carbon dioxide, from a gas stream, such as ambient air. The contaminant is removed from the gas stream by a sorbent, which is regenerated in a regeneration unit either by utilizing a thermal swing or a humidity swing or a combination thereof. Heat is conserved in the present disclosure by employing a heat exchanger to transfer heat from the regenerated sorbent to an amount of sorbent that is loaded with the contaminant prior to regeneration. The heat exchanger may employ water or another fluid as a refrigerant to draw heat from the regenerated sorbent and transferring that heat to the loaded sorbent. | 08-25-2011 |
20110226006 | Carbon Dioxide Capture and Mitigation of Carbon Dioxide Emissions - The present invention describes methods and systems for extracting, capturing, reducing, storing, sequestering, or disposing of carbon dioxide (CO | 09-22-2011 |
20110252827 | CO2 Recovery And Cold Water Production Method - The present invention relates to a method of capturing carbon dioxide in a fluid comprising at least one compound more volatile than carbon dioxide CO2, for example methane CH4, oxygen O2, argon Ar, nitrogen N2, carbon monoxide CO, helium He and/or hydrogen H2. | 10-20-2011 |
20110252828 | Carbon Dioxide Recovery Method Using Cryo-Condensation - The present invention relates to a method of capturing carbon dioxide in a fluid comprising at least one compound more volatile than carbon dioxide CO2, for example methane CH4, oxygen O2, argon Ar, nitrogen N2, carbon monoxide CO, helium He and/or hydrogen H2. | 10-20-2011 |
20120006052 | Windmill driven, ocean floating atmospheric CO2 removal system - A multi-stage pumping system that can take liquid CO | 01-12-2012 |
20120017638 | METHOD OF REMOVING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM A FLUID STREAM AND FLUID SEPARATION ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a method of removing carbon dioxide from a fluid stream by a fluid separation assembly. The fluid separation assembly has a cyclonic fluid separator with a tubular throat portion arranged between a converging fluid inlet section and a diverging fluid outlet section and a swirl creating device. The separation vessel has a tubular section positioned on and in connection with a collecting tank. In the method, a fluid stream with carbon dioxide is provided. Subsequently, a swirling motion is imparted to the fluid stream so as to induce outward movement. The swirling fluid stream is then expanded such that components of carbon dioxide in a meta-stable state within the fluid stream are formed. Subsequently, the outward fluid stream with the components of carbon dioxide is extracted from the cyclonic fluid separator and provided as a mixture to the separation vessel. The mixture is then guided through the tubular section towards the collecting tank while providing processing conditions such that solid carbon dioxide is formed. Finally, solidified carbon dioxide is extracted. | 01-26-2012 |
20130025317 | Process for Removing Carbon Dioxide From a Gas Stream using Desublimation - A process for removing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide containing gas stream is obtained through de-sublimation, vaporization, and liquefaction of various carbon dioxide-containing streams with little or no external refrigeration. | 01-31-2013 |
20130104595 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CARBON DIOXIDE | 05-02-2013 |
20130125580 | EXPANDER AND METHOD FOR CO2 SEPARATION - In one aspect an expander for separating carbon dioxide (CO | 05-23-2013 |
20130192296 | Refining system and method for refining a feed gas stream - A refining system for refining a feed gas ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130219955 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRESSURIZED LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS, AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM USED IN SAME - A method for producing pressurized liquefied natural gas and a production system therefor are provided. The method for producing pressurized liquefied natural gas includes: performing a dehydration process to remove water from natural gas supplied from a natural gas field, without a process of removing acid gas from the natural gas; and performing a liquefaction process to produce pressurized liquefied natural gas by liquefying the natural gas, which has undergone the dehydration process, at a pressure of 13 to 25 bar and a temperature of −120 to −95° C., without a process of fractionating natural gas liquid (NGL). Accordingly, it is possible to reduce plant construction costs and maintenance expenses and reduce LNG production costs. In addition, it is possible to guarantee high economic profit and reduce payback period in small and medium-sized gas fields, from which economic feasibility could not be ensured by the use of a conventional method. | 08-29-2013 |
20140075983 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING DRY ICE - A hand held dry ice dispensing device. The device includes a handle, which may include two hand grip portions, and a canister attached to the handle. The canister has an open bottom end wherein dry ice flows outward there from. A valve is disposed in the canister and produces a vortex discharge of CO | 03-20-2014 |
20140090415 | Configurations And Methods Of Co2 Capture From Flue Gas By Cryogenic Desublimation - Systems and methods of CO | 04-03-2014 |
20140250945 | Carbon Dioxide Recovery - The present techniques are directed to a system and method for recovering carbon dioxide (CO | 09-11-2014 |
20140298856 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATING CONDENSABLE VAPORS FROM GASES - Condensable vapors such as carbon dioxide are separated from light gases in a process stream. The systems and methods employ a particle bed cooled by an in-bed heat exchanger to desublimate the condensable vapors from the process stream. The condensable vapors are condensed on the bed particles while the light gases from the process stream, which are not condensed, form a separated light-gas stream. The separated light-gas stream can be used in a recuperative heat exchanger to cool the process stream. | 10-09-2014 |
20150013377 | Separating Carbon Dioxide and Ethane From A Mixed Stream - Embodiments described herein provide methods and systems for separating a mixed ethane and CO | 01-15-2015 |
20190143255 | CO2 Capture via Deformable Cold Surfaces | 05-16-2019 |
062603000 | Snow | 6 |
20110067438 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FROZEN CARBON DIOXIDE PELLETS - A system and a process are described for the production of frozen carbon dioxide pellets in the solid form, in which a heat exchanger device is provided for the formation of pellets made from a container which houses a bundle of tubes, each having an inlet opening, in which carbon dioxide enters in the liquid state and each having an output opening from which the carbon dioxide comes out in the solid state in the form of pellets. The container includes at least one inlet connection and at least one outlet connection for the circulation of a cooling fluid in the device and is divided into at least three sections separated and connected in series forming at least three zones with different temperatures. | 03-24-2011 |
20110126583 | LIQUID CO2 PASSIVE SUBCOOLER - A heat exchanger associated with a duct for a first fluid including: a central duct portion in fluid communication with the duct having an interior space and an exterior surface; a valve having opened and closed positions engageable within the interior space of the central duct portion; at least one coiled conduit for a second fluid positioned about at least a portion of the exterior surface of the central duct portion; upper and lower duct portions in fluid communication with the central duct portion including stationary upper and lower duct portions and movable upper and lower duct portions having opened and closed positions; and an at least partially movable and/or removable shell engaged with the stationary upper duct portion and the stationary lower duct portion and enclosing the coiled conduit; and, a refrigeration apparatus and process including the same. | 06-02-2011 |
20110296866 | Method For Trapping Carbon Dioxide By Cryocondensation - The present invention relates to a method of capturing carbon dioxide in a fluid comprising at least one compound more volatile than carbon dioxide CO2, for example oxygen O2, argon Ar, nitrogen N2, carbon monoxide CO, helium He and/or hydrogen H2. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302955 | Method For Trapping CO2 By Solid Cryocondensation In A Turbine - The present invention relates to a method of capturing carbon dioxide in a fluid comprising at least one compound more volatile than carbon dioxide CO2, for example methane CH4, oxygen O2, argon Ar, nitrogen N2, carbon monoxide CO, helium He and/or hydrogen H2. | 12-15-2011 |
062604000 | Pressed block | 1 |
20090205364 | Method and apparatus for removing carbon dioxide gas from coal combustion power plants - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing CO | 08-20-2009 |
062605000 | Extruded pellets | 1 |
20120291479 | Method and Apparatus For Forming Carbon Dioxide Pellets - The outer periphery of a pelletizer barrel is devoid of obstructions allowing the number, location and size of vents to be maximized, thereby improving the flow rate of gas being vented from the interior chamber, allowing increased efficiency in and of production of pellets. Screens on the vents are disposed adjacent the inner surface of the barrel sidewall, reducing the volume within which snow can accumulate, thereby avoiding reduction in the venting of gas from the interior chamber resulting from snow accumulation in the vent passageways. | 11-22-2012 |