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| 095031000 | DIFFERENCE IN MOLECULAR VELOCITY, DENSITY, OR MOMENTUM OF GASES USED | 31 |
| 20100037770 | INERTIAL SEPARATION DEVICE AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ITS USE - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an inertial separation device, system, and method. The inertial separation device includes an inlet nozzle coupled to an expansion chamber. A sample outlet and an outlet port are coupled to the expansion chamber. In operation, a fluid sample passes though the inlet nozzle and is expanded in the expansion chamber such that the sample is separated into at least two fractions having different masses, a selected mass fraction passing through the sample outlet and a remaining portion of the sample passing out of the outlet port. A system including the inertial separation device includes a conduit coupled to the sample outlet nozzle and a detector coupled the conduit. The inlet nozzle may be, for example, coupled to an emissions source. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100077919 | GAS SEPARATION USING ULTRASOUND AND LIGHT ABSORPTION - An apparatus and method for separating a chosen gas from a mixture of gases having no moving parts and utilizing no chemical processing is described. The separation of particulates from fluid carriers thereof has been observed using ultrasound. In a similar manner, molecular species may be separated from carrier species. It is also known that light-induced drift may separate light-absorbing species from carrier species. Therefore, the combination of temporally pulsed absorption of light with ultrasonic concentration is expected to significantly increase the efficiency of separation by ultrasonic concentration alone. Additionally, breaking the spatial symmetry of a cylindrical acoustic concentrator decreases the spatial distribution of the concentrated particles, and increases the concentration efficiency. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20150114222 | MICRO FLUID DEVICE AND METHOD OF SEPARATING AIR BUBBLES IN LIQUID - A microfluidic device including: a substrate having a flow channel and an outlet port connected to the flow channel and configured to discharge liquid; and an inlet portion being present on a surface of the substrate and configured to allow injection of liquid into the flow channel, wherein
| 04-30-2015 |
| 095032000 | Passing gases through nozzle | 2 |
| 20100126340 | System and Method of Controlling Dust and/or Odors with a Blower Unit and a Deployable Baffle Member - A system and method for controlling dust and/or odors comprises a blower unit and baffle member deployed downstream of the blower unit. The blower unit comprises a fan propelled mister with a discharge tube and a fan disposed in the discharge tube adapted for drawing air into the discharge tube and creating a high velocity air flow exiting therefrom. The discharge tube has a plurality of nozzles and a fluid source is placed in communication with the nozzles such that the nozzles discharge fluid particles that are entrained in a high velocity air flow exiting from the discharge tube distal end. A baffle member is deployed downstream of the blower unit at an elevation above the blower unit so as to alter a flow path of ambient air flowing through a discharge path of the blower unit. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110120303 | Device and Method For Particle Separation - A separation device with a gas inlet port that accepts an inlet gas. The inlet gas is composed of a mixture of at least two separable particle components with each component having a different mass. A rotating separation rotor accepts the inlet gas and uses a separator to substantially separate the gas according to mass into two fractions, a heavier and a lighter fraction. One of the fractions is passed to a second separator that further separates that fraction into another two fractions consisting of heavier and lighter fractions. The desired fractions are collected and exhausted from the separation device for use. | 05-26-2011 |
| 095034000 | Centrifugal force | 26 |
| 20090038474 | Inducing air - A mechanism configured to interact with air, which has been sucked through a device that imparts turbulence to the air, causes a redistribution of components (e.g., oxygen and nitrogen) in the air so that when the air arrives at a location where the oxygen is to be consumed there is an enriched supply of oxygen available. The effects of a first stage of turbulence of the induced air is reduced, resulting in a higher density supply to the atomization point and to the combustion chamber, in the case of an internal combustion engine. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20100319533 | CYCLONIC FLUID SEPARATOR - A cyclonic fluid separator has a tubular housing ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110296985 | CENTRIFUGAL FORCE GAS SEPARATION WITH AN INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID - The present invention is directed to a method and a system for separating gas components of a gas containing a plurality of gaseous components. A compressible feed stream containing at least one target compressible component and at least one non-target compressible component is mixed in a substantially co-current flow with an incompressible fluid stream comprising an incompressible fluid in which the target component(s) is/are capable of being preferentially absorbed. Rotational velocity is imparted to the mixed streams, separating an incompressible fluid in which at least a portion of the target component is absorbed from a compressible product stream containing the non-target compressible component(s). The compressible feed stream may be provided at a stream velocity having a Mach number of at least 0.1. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110296986 | SEPARATION OF INDUSTRIAL GASES - The present invention is directed to a method and a system for separating hydrogen or helium from gas having a mixture of gaseous components. A compressible feed stream that contains at least one target compressible component and hydrogen or helium is mixed in a substantially co-current flow with an incompressible fluid stream comprising an incompressible fluid in which the target component(s) is/are capable of being preferentially absorbed. Rotational velocity is imparted to the mixed streams, separating an incompressible fluid in which at least a portion of the target component is absorbed from a compressible product stream containing the hydrogen or helium. The compressible feed stream may be provided at a stream velocity having a Mach number of at least 0.1. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110296987 | SEPARATION OF OXYGEN CONTAINING GASES | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110296988 | LOW EMISSION POWER PLANT - The present invention is directed to low emission power plant. A compressible feed stream is provided that is derived from a power production unit, where the compressible feed stream contains at least one target compressible component and at least one non-target compressible component, is mixed in a substantially co-current flow with an incompressible fluid stream comprising an incompressible fluid in which the target component(s) is/are capable of being preferentially absorbed. Rotational velocity is imparted to the mixed streams, separating an incompressible fluid in which at least a portion of the target component is absorbed from a compressible product stream containing the non-target compressible component(s). The compressible feed stream may be provided at a stream velocity having a Mach number of at least 0.1. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120103189 | Method For Separating A Medium Mixture Into Fractions - The invention relates to a device for separating a flowing medium mixture into at least two fractions with differing mass density. The device comprises an inlet for the medium mixture to be separated, which connects to first separating means for separating the flowing mixture in at least a first and a second fraction, and that connect to first and second outlet means for discharging the first and second fractions. The device further comprises a feedback loop comprising second separating means between the second outlet means and the inlet means of the first separating means. The invention also relates to a method for separating a flowing medium mixture into at least two fractions with differing mass density, using the claimed device. The device and method allow to obtain a more selective separation, particularly in purifying natural gas. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20130255486 | Carbon Dioxide Separation System and Method - A separation system including a source of a gaseous mixture, the gaseous mixture comprising at least a first constituent and a second constituent, and a separation unit in communication with the source to receive the gaseous mixture and at least partially separate the first constituent from the second constituent, wherein the separation unit comprises at least one of a vortex separator and a pressure vessel. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20150362198 | DEHUMIDIFICATION APPARATUS AND DEHUMIDIFICATION METHOD - A dehumidification apparatus suitable for collecting gas of an exterior and excluding moisture from the gas is provided. The dehumidification apparatus includes an intake tube, a throat tube, an exhaust tube, and a communication device. The intake tube has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to each other, wherein the cross-section of the intake tube is convergent from the first end portion to the second end portion. The throat tube is connected to the second end portion. The exhaust tube is connected to the throat tube, wherein the throat tube is located between the second end portion and the exhaust tube, and the cross-section of the throat tube is less than the cross-section of the exhaust tube. The communication device is connected between the intake tube and the exhaust tube. A dehumidification method is also provided. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20180023473 | FINE DEBRIS MULTI-STAGE SEPARATION SYSTEM | 01-25-2018 |
| 095035000 | Created by rotating equipment | 16 |
| 20080264251 | Device and a Method for Cleaning of a Gas - The invention refers to a device and a method for cleaning a gas containing particulate impurities. The device includes a main separator having an inlet for the gas, an outlet for the gas and a rotating member provided between the inlet and the outlet. The rotating member is adapted to bring the gas to rotate for separating by means of centrifugal forces a main amount of the particulate impurities from the gas, wherein a rest amount of the particulate impurities remains in the gas. The device also includes an additional separator adapted to separate substantially the whole rest amount. The additional separator includes an electrostatic filter. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080307961 | CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION OF RARE GASES - A system and process to extract one or more rare gases from a feed gas using a centrifuge. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090013867 | Radial counterflow carbon capture and flue gas scrubbing - Carbon capture is effected by mechanical means, producing out of flue gas a concentrated, cleaned, and cooled stream of carbon dioxide. This is a new method of carbon capture which avoids the limitations of known cryogenic, membrane, or chemical capture methods. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090056537 | Method and Device for the process-integrated hot gas purification of dust and gas components of a synthesis gas - Method for the process-integrated gas purification of a synthesis gas, including the following steps:
| 03-05-2009 |
| 20090205489 | HYBRID SEPARATOR - A vapor-liquid separator, such as a steam-water separator that is suitable for use in the drum of a steam boiler, including a chamber having an inlet opening for receiving a flow of a vapor-liquid mixture and an outlet opening for exhausting the flow of a vapor-liquid mixture after the vapor-liquid mixture has been subjected to the removal of droplets of liquid therefrom. A chamber is provided with a wall having an inner surface that is operative to define a passageway that extends longitudinally between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. A slot is suitably formed so as to pass through the inner surface and the outer surface of the wall of the chamber. A plurality of spinner blades is suitably disposed within the passageway so as to be positioned below the slot. The plurality of spinner blades are designed to be operative to induce the flow of the vapor-liquid mixture that is received thereby to spin, and concomitantly thereby cause through the influence of centrifugal force droplets of liquid in the flow of the vapor-liquid mixture that is subjected to spinning up against the inner surface of the wall of the chamber and through the slot formed therein. The passageway is designed to be operative to direct the flow of the vapor-liquid mixture after the vapor-liquid mixture has been subjected to spinning to the outlet opening. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090211439 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING FIBERS FROM A GAS IN A CENTRIFUGE - A separator for separating particulates from a gas stream including: a housing including a first cylindrical chamber defining a curved flow path for the gas stream passing through the separator and a second cylindrical chamber, wherein the first cylindrical chamber is adjacent the second cylindrical chamber and the chambers are separated by a dividing wall; a rotor assembly in the first cylindrical chamber; the first cylindrical chamber having an outer radial zone extending radially between the rotor assembly and the first cylindrical chamber; a flow inlet port to the first cylindrical chamber and a fiber outlet port to the first cylindrical chamber, wherein the inlet port and outlet port are each arranged aligned with the outer radial zone of the first chamber, and wherein the second cylindrical chamber is at a lower pressure such that gas from the gas stream is drawn through the gas passage. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090272265 | Method for Separating and Enriching Isotope Material, Multistage Rotor, and Apparatus for Separating and Enriching Isotope Material - This invention provides a method for separating and enriching isotopes in an efficient and low-cost manner from a condensation-system (liquid or/and solid) material comprising two or more different isotopes by taking advantage of the sedimentation of atoms through an acceleration field by ultra-high speed rotation. A condensation-system (liquid or/and solid) material ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090301296 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING A FLOWING MEDIUM MIXTURE INTO FRACTIONS - A device for separating a flowing medium mixture into at least two fractions, comprising rotating means ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100018392 | Supercritical fluid enrichment of isotopes - A system and method for supercritical fluid enrichment of radioactive isotope/s are disclosed. The method involves pressurizing an outer chamber and an inner centrifugal chamber of a stage to supercritical pressure; supplying material including target isotope/s at supercritical pressure to the inner chamber; spinning the inner chamber to centrifuge the material including target isotope/s; providing a differential pressure between the inner chamber and the outer chamber; wherein windows in the inner chamber enable passage of the target isotope from the inner chamber to the outer chamber in response to the differential pressure. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100037771 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR CO2 ENRICHMENT - The present invention relates to a method and a plant for CO | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100282078 | USE OF OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS FOR SEPARATING N2 FROM BLAST FURNACE GAS - A method of continuously removing nitrogen from a blast furnace exhaust stream containing oxygen, nitrogen and unburned hydrocarbons in order to form a supplemental feed to a gas turbine engine containing residual hydrocarbon fuel by first removing entrained solid particulates in the blast furnace exhaust stream to create a substantially particulate-free gas, passing the particulate-free stream through at least one separator bed containing an adsorptive material capable of adsorbing nitrogen from air, adsorbing substantially all of the nitrogen as interstitial nitrogen on solids within the separator bed, feeding non-adsorbed hydrocarbon fuel and oxygen components leaving the separator to a gas turbine engine and removing the adsorbed nitrogen from the separator bed. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110219948 | RADIAL COUNTERFLOW CARBON CAPTURE AND FLUE GAS SCRUBBING - Carbon capture is effected by mechanical means, producing out of flue gas a concentrated, cleaned, and cooled stream of carbon dioxide. This is a new method of carbon capture which avoids the limitations of known cryogenic, membrane, or chemical capture methods. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20130133514 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GAS SEPARATION - Herein disclosed is an apparatus that includes a porous rotor positioned about an axis of rotation and surrounding an interior space wherein the porous rotor comprises sintered metal or ceramic; an outer casing, wherein the outer casing and the porous rotor are separated by an annular space; and a motor configured for rotating the porous rotor about the axis of rotation. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130298764 | COMBINATION OF EXPANSION AND COOLING TO ENHANCE SEPARATION - A method and system for expanding, separating, and compressing a multi-phase fluid. An expander receives and expands the multi-phase fluid to generate a lower-pressure fluid which can more efficiently be separated in a separator. Expanding the fluid also drives a main shaft adapted to drive at least the separator and a compressor coupled thereto. The separator receives the lower-pressure fluid, separates any higher-density components from the lower-density components disposed therein, and provides a substantially dry gas to the compressor to be re-compressed and discharged from the system. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140020556 | MASS SEPARATION VIA A TURBOMOLECULAR PUMP - A mass separation method utilizing a turbomolecular pump includes providing a gas, having analytes and ambient molecules, to an inlet chamber for allowing flow of gas into the pump, pulling gas into a pump chamber via motion of at least one of a rotor and a stator, positioning the rotor and stator such that the gas flows around an outer surface of one of the rotor or stator, and then inward toward a central axis and then toward a gas outlet, and wherein one or more target molecular or atomic species that are heavier than the ambient molecules in the gas at the inlet are passed through the chamber via the rotor and stator and a partial pressure of analytes in a gas at the outlet is increased by a larger factor than the ambient molecules at the outlet, resulting in an increase in the number analytes versus ambient molecules. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20150316065 | MASS SEPARATION VIA A TURBOMOLECULAR PUMP - A mass separation method utilizing a turbomolecular pump includes providing a gas, having analytes and ambient molecules, to an inlet chamber for allowing flow of gas into the pump, pulling gas into a pump chamber via motion of at least one of a rotor and a stator, positioning the rotor and stator such that the gas flows around an outer surface of one of the rotor or stator, and then inward toward a central axis and then toward a gas outlet, and wherein one or more target molecular or atomic species that are heavier than the ambient molecules in the gas at the inlet are passed through the chamber via the rotor and stator and a partial pressure of analytes in a gas at the outlet is increased by a larger factor than the ambient molecules at the outlet, resulting in an increase in the number analytes versus ambient molecules. | 11-05-2015 |
