| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 096244000 |
With control means responsive to sensed condition
| 16 |
| 096290000 |
Particulate media, shaped packing elements (e.g., Raschig rings, Berl saddles, etc.), or porous media for gas and liquid contact
| 12 |
| 096301000 |
Fixed gas whirler or rotator for gas separation
| 8 |
| 096256000 |
Contact liquid movement by flowing gas force
| 8 |
| 096322000 |
Means forming flowing contact liquid film on apparatus surface or free- falling contact liquid curtain for gas and liquid contact
| 8 |
| 096355000 |
Nonliquid gas separating means downstream of liquid contact means
| 7 |
| 096267000 |
Diverse means for adding liquid for gas and liquid contact | 5 |
| 20140345466 | QUENCHING SYSTEM FOR COOLING AND CLEANING DUST-CONDUCTING CRUDE GASIFICATION GAS - Separation of dust in a quenching device arranged downstream of an entrained-flow gasification system is increased by a baffle with a double deflection system for deflecting the crude gas at approximately 180° angle. An additional spraying element is provided. The arrangement can be single-sided or double-sided, or can include an additional weir. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20100077925 | WET FLUE-GAS DESULFURIZATION EQUIPMENT - In an absorbing tower including an absorption unit of relatively small diameter capable of absorption and removal by an absorbent slurry for exhaust gas purification and a tank unit of relatively large diameter for temporarily storing the absorbent slurry flowing down from the absorption unit, the tank unit and the absorption unit are joined together by a conical member. By disposing an entrance flue at the conical member, a distance from an upper portion of the conical member to a spray header is shortened, and a height of the absorbing tower can be reduced accordingly. By extending a front end of the entrance flue to the absorption unit into which droplets of the absorbent slurry fall, a high-temperature exhaust gas from a boiler, etc., that has passed through the entrance flue, is made to pass through a circumference of the conical member so that an inexpensive material can be used in the conical member. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20140157991 | Environmentally-friendly Exhaust Device - An environmentally-friendly exhaust device comprises an outer tank. An inner pipe is disposed inside the outer tank. An air propeller is disposed below the inner pipe inside the outer tank. An upper guiding plate and a lower guiding plate are disposed on a surface of the inner pipe for connecting with the outer tank. Thereby, air, oil mist and water are entered between the outer tank and the inner pipe; and are guided to the air propeller below through the upper and the lower guiding plates; and then are exhausted through the inner pipe upwardly. The purification of oil mist is processed integrally for enhancing the efficiency of exhaust and achieving the environmentally-friendly effects. Multiple layers of filter screens provided for carrying out multiple filtering are economically effective and can further enhance the environmentally-friendly effects. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20160051924 | DESULFURIZATION DEVICE - Provided are a downward-inclined-flow passage to which flows flue gas from the flue path connecting a boiler with a stack, a sprayer arranged upstream in the downward-inclined-flow passage to inject absorbing liquid absorptive of sulfur oxides in a direction same as that of flue gas flow, an upward-inclined-flow passage to guide flue gas from the downward-inclined-flow passage to the flue path, a reservoir arranged between lower ends of the flow passages, an auxiliary sprayer arranged in the downward-inclined-flow passage downstream of the sprayer to inject absorbing liquid for uniformization thereof in the downward-inclined-flow passage and a baffle plate arranged in the downward-inclined-flow passage downstream of the auxiliary sprayer and in an upper zone of the flow passage to throttle the flow-passage inner diameter. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20090049989 | WELDING SMOG DISPOSING MACHINE - A welding smog disposing machine includes a depositing frame and a machine box. The machine box is positioned on the depositing frame combined with a contractible frame for receiving a different-sized automatic worktable therein. The machine box has its interior partitioned into a filtration chamber and an exhaust chamber communicating with each other. The exhaust chamber has its bottom bored with an air intake for embers to enter therethrough. After embers produced by the automatic worktable is pumped to the interior of the machine box, the exhaust chamber filtrates oily smog, filthy air and impurities and then the filtration chamber carries out filtration for a second time. Thus, the embers can be cleaned out and filtrated, and the air exhausted out is completely unpolluted, effectively maintaining good quality of air in a work environment. | 02-26-2009 |
| 096371000 |
Filter upstream of liquid contact means | 5 |
| 20080282894 | CYCLONIC UTILITY VACUUM - A vacuum cleaner including multiple cleaning stages comprises a first cyclonic stage and a second cyclonic stage, which is spaced from the first cyclonic stage. A housing defines a first particle collector that communicates with the first cyclonic stage. The first particle collector includes an opening. A removable lid covers the first particle collector opening. A second particle collector in communication with the second cyclonic stage is removable with the lid. A suction motor is supported by the vacuum cleaner. The suction motor establishes and maintains a flow of air through the vacuum cleaner. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20110011268 | HUMIDIFIER - A humidifier with an in-water discharging apparatus is provided. The humidifier is hygienically safe because it discharges sterilized, clean water into an indoor environment. Also, because a floor around where the humidifier is installed is not dampened, the formation of mold and the risk of a user suffering an accident can be prevented. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110232497 | APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING AND HUMIDIFYING AIR - An apparatus for purifying and humidifying air which enables separate supply of purified air and humidified air and controls the amount of humidified air discharged and which includes dual flow paths to increase the efficiency of air transfer. The apparatus includes a case having a suction port through which external air is introduced thereinto and a discharge port through which the introduced air is discharged, a circulation fan for causing the introduced air to flow toward the discharge port, a filter unit disposed in the case to filter the introduced air, a humidification unit disposed at a low position in the case to supply the air passed through the filter unit with moisture, and a flow path control unit disposed between the suction port and the humidification unit to control flow of the air passed through the filter unit. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120037004 | System for purification of air in an inner space - A system for purification of air in an inner space has a housing having air inlet unit and air outlet units; air filtering means located in the housing between the air inlet unit and the air outlet units; and vertical attachment attached to the air outlet units and extending vertically upwardly so that air enters the housing at a lower level through the air inlet units and leaves the system at an outlet of the attachment at a level substantially higher than the level of the inlet units and air conditioner located in said housing, a humidifier located in the vertical attachment, a water container for supplying water to said humidifier. The air conditioner is connected with the water container so that a spray of water from the air conditioner flows into the container. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20130220131 | Novel System for Adsorbing and Separating Suspended Gaseous Impurities from Effluent Gases and Thereby Recovery of Value Added Products - An apparatus comprising four compartments connected by inlet and outlet valves in tandem. Effluent gases from a high temperature reactor pass through a filtration unit and are directed through the inlet of a first chamber through a perforated pipe placed at the bottom of the chamber. The hot flue gas then flows upward through the liquid/slurry contained in the chambers, such that the carbonaceous impurities are absorbed in the liquid/slurry along with the temperature of the flue gas in stages so as to obtain oxygen without impurities through at least one discharge. Each chamber is provided with a temperature indicating unit, a stirrer unit, inlet and outlet valves, and a discharge unit at the bottom of the chamber. | 08-29-2013 |
| 096329000 |
Liquid bath or reservoir for contact | 5 |
| 20130247767 | Laboratory Apparatus - The present invention relates to a glass laboratory apparatus that eliminates a pre filter and a provides a simpler vaporizing platform in fluid communication with a fitted disc filter arranged in an exhaust chamber to scrub solids from a gas using water filtration. A preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a main vessel adapted to hold a volume of a liquid such as water and an inlet conduit with an opening above the liquid level in the main vessel. The inlet conduit includes a vaporizing platform with a platform having four ventilated regions surrounding the platform. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20110056382 | LAMINAR SCRUBBER APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AIR AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention is directed to methods for carbon dioxide from air, which comprises exposing solvent covered surfaces to air streams where the airflow is kept laminar, or close to the laminar regime. The invention also provides for an apparatus, which is a laminar scrubber, comprising solvent covered surfaces situated such that they can be exposed to air streams such that the airflow is kept laminar. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20120167772 | WET-TYPE DUST COLLECTOR FOR A VACUUM CLEANER - A wet-type dust collector for a vacuum cleaner. The disclosed wet-type dust collector includes a first separating portion, the inside of which is filled with water for separating dust from air that is suctioned in from the outside; an exhaust pipe unit having an exhaust outlet and installed inside the first separating portion; and a passage-closing unit installed inside the exhaust pipe unit, wherein the passage-closing unit closes the exhaust outlet of the exhaust pipe unit by means of the combined forces of the suctioning force through the exhaust pipe unit and the buoyant force of the water, in order to prevent the water from leaking out from the first separating portion. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20130220130 | CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT FLUID FOR A CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTERING SYSTEM ON A VEHICLE - A carbon dioxide storage means stores the carbon dioxide released in a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger cools the exhaust gas emitted by the internal combustion engine, and includes a thermal electric generator (TEG) configured to couple thermally the exhaust gas chamber to the absorber fluid chamber in a manner effective to heat the CO2 absorbent fluid by heat from the engine exhaust to release CO2 gas from the CO2 absorbent fluid and generate electricity in response to a temperature difference therebetween. The CO2 absorbent fluid is one of: a) an aliphatic di-functional nitrile (e.g. pimelonitrile); and b) an oligomeric poly-acrylonitrile (PAN). | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130284027 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER - A container data center includes a container and an air purification device. The air purification device includes an air inlet, a dissolution unit, and a separation unit. The dissolution unit receives dissolution liquid. The air that comes from the air inlet flows through the dissolution liquid, so that salt in the air may dissolve into the dissolution liquid. The air that comes from the dissolution unit flows through the separation unit, to dry the air. The dried air then flows into the container. | 10-31-2013 |
| 096265000 |
Including means to control contact liquid return flow to supply or sump | 3 |
| 20090277334 | WET FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION APPARATUS - Absorption liquid recirculating pipes fitted with absorption tower (absorber) recirculating pumps corresponding to individual spray headers are inserted from the void tower portion inside absorption tower, near the liquid surface of liquid trapping portion (recirculation tank), in the interior of the absorption tower, erected vertically from substantially the center of the absorption tower and connected to respective spray headers provided in multiple stages along the direction of gas flow. Multiple nozzles of each of the spray headers are disposed mutually concentrically or rectangularly on a plane orthogonal to the direction of flue gas flow within the absorption tower. Thus, there can be provided a wet flue gas desulfurization apparatus (system) that is capable of large-capacity flue gas treatment and that in a plant where highly efficient desulfurization of flue gas of high SOx concentration is demanded, even when the amount of liquid circulated through the absorption tower is increased, can avoid increasing of the height of absorption tower and the power of absorption tower recirculating pumps and can realize easily disposing of footpath for maintenance. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20130192471 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING AIR CONTAMINANTS - The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing air contaminants, which adsorbs dust and harmful substances contained in the air contaminants using an absorbing unit connected to an inlet pipe inserted in a tank. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20140360375 | PAINT BOOTH WITH PURIFIER - A paint booth is provided with a booth body and a purifier. The purifier is provided with a water tank, water rope formation mechanism, sludge removal mechanism, exhaust mechanism, barrier member, inclined plate, and windshield plate. Water falling from nozzles of a water case forms water ropes. The inclined plate has a water receiving surface sloping forwardly down from the barrier member toward a water surface of the water tank. A lower end of the windshield plate is in contact with water in the water tank. An airflow reversal section is formed between a lower end of the inclined plate and the water surface. Air directed downward from an airflow inlet is turned upward at the airflow reversal section and directed to an exhaust chamber through air circulation sections. | 12-11-2014 |
| 096281000 |
Movably mounted contact liquid distributor | 3 |
| 20120234178 | PROTECTIVE FILTER FOR VACUUM PUMP - A protective filter for vacuum pump comprises: a casing being supplied exhaust gas including microparticles through an exhaust pipe and accommodating microparticle collection liquid inside; a rotating drum having a rotating cylinder and a basket, being filled a filler, the exhaust gas supplied into the casing flows into the rotating cylinder contacting the microparticle collection liquid at a surface of the filler, the exhaust gas is discharged through an opening provided at one end of the rotating cylinder; a roller rotating the basket; and a connecting pipe having an opening facing the opening of the rotating cylinder, fixed to the casing, and connected to the vacuum pump. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120255447 | PROTECTIVE FILTER - The protecting filter comprises: a casing having an inner space; an exhaust gas intake pipe guiding exhaust gas with microparticles; a rotating body supported rotatably on the center axis of the exhaust gas intake pipe and at an opening of the exhaust gas intake pipe inside the casing; and an endless belt provided rotatably inside the casing and facing the opening of the exhaust gas intake pipe across the rotating body and including microparticle collection liquid at least on its surface, wherein the surface of the endless belt contacts the rotating body, the rotating body is rotated by rotation of the endless belt, the microparticle collection liquid on the surface of the endless belt is applied to a surface of the rotating body. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20100251898 | INTEGRATED CONTAINMENT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention generally provide a containment system having integrated bubble tight-dampers. In another embodiment, the containment system includes an integral auto-scan mechanism disposed in the housing of the containment system so that a filter element, disposed in the housing, may be leak tested without accessing the interior of the housing. In yet another embodiment, a method for testing a filter disposed in a containment system includes challenging an upstream side of a filter element disposed in a housing of the containment system with a test aerosol, and automatically moving a probe disposed within the housing to obtain samples for leak testing. | 10-07-2010 |
| 096366000 |
Deflector upstream of liquid contact means | 3 |
| 20090139408 | APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING AND HUMIDIFYING AIR - An apparatus for purifying and humidifying air which enables separate supply of purified air and humidified air and controls the amount of humidified air discharged and which includes dual flow paths to increase the efficiency of air transfer. The apparatus includes a case having a suction port through which external air is introduced thereinto and a discharge port through which the introduced air is discharged, a circulation fan for causing the introduced air to flow toward the discharge port, a filter unit disposed in the case to filter the introduced air, a humidification unit disposed at a low position in the case to supply the air passed through the filter unit with moisture, and a flow path control unit disposed between the suction port and the humidification unit to control flow of the air passed through the filter unit. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20120006203 | WALL ASSEMBLY - A wall assembly for mixing polluted air with less polluted air to provide moderately polluted air. The wall assembly includes means for dividing air from a roadway region into a lower part and an upper part, and means for permitting at least a portion of the upper part to flow substantially in one or more flow directions toward a leeward region. The wall assembly also includes means for directing the lower part substantially upwardly in a direction substantially transverse to the flow direction to intersect with the upper part and to mix the polluted air with the less polluted air, to provide the moderately polluted air proximal to the leeward area. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120227589 | BATTERY RECYCLING - In a method of recycling sealed batteries, the batteries are shredded to form a shredded feedstock. The shredded feedstock is heated above ambient temperature and rolled to form a dried material. The dried material is screen separated into a coarse fraction and a powder fraction and the powder fraction is output. A system for recycling sealed cell batteries comprises an oven with a first conveyor extending into the oven. A rotatable tunnel extends within the oven from an output of the first conveyor. The tunnel has a spiral vane depending from its inner surface which extends along a length of the tunnel. A second conveyor is positioned below an output of the rotatable tunnel. | 09-13-2012 |
| 096255000 |
With programmed, cyclic, or time responsive control means | 1 |
| 20160158689 | SPRAY DRYER ABSORBER VIBRATOR DEVICE AND METHOD - A spray dryer absorber operative for removing gaseous pollutants from a hot process flue gas and a vibrator device for removing accumulated deposits therefrom is provided. The spray dryer absorber includes a spray dryer chamber equipped with a plurality of dispersers and atomizers mounted at a roof of the spray dryer chamber. The vibrator device is operative to remove accumulated deposits from the spray dryer absorber and its components, such as its dispersers and atomizers, to avoid spray dryer absorber performance interference caused by such deposit accumulations. | 06-09-2016 |
| 096262000 |
Having contact liquid level maintaining means (e.g., weir, wall openings, tubes, gates, etc.) | 1 |
| 20110100224 | COUNTER FLOW CONTACTOR WITH LIQUID CARRY-OVER REDUCTION ASSEMBLY - A counter flow contactor which includes a vessel with at least one bubble tray assembly positioned therein. A liquid carry-over reduction assembly is positioned in the vessel and includes a plate extending across the vessel and a tubular member extending upwardly from the plate in such a way that the tubular member provides a fluid passage from a lower side of the plate to an upper side of the plate. The tubular member cooperating with the vessel to define a liquid receiving space. The liquid carry-over reduction assembly further having a deflector plate spaced from the upper end of the tubular member in such a way that liquid passing up through the tubular member is deflected into the liquid receiving space while gas is allowed to pass to the gas outlet of the vessel, and a liquid return line extending downwardly from the plate in alignment with the other aperture of the plate. | 05-05-2011 |
| 096257000 |
Including means varying gas flow to control saturation or dispersion | 1 |
| 20090320688 | Laminar Scrubber Apparatus for Capturing Carbon Dioxide From Air and Methods of Use - The present invention is directed to methods for carbon dioxide from air, which comprises exposing solvent covered surfaces to air streams where the airflow is kept laminar, or close to the laminar regime. The invention also provides for an apparatus, which is a laminar scrubber, comprising solvent covered surfaces situated such that they can be exposed to air streams such that the airflow is kept laminar. | 12-31-2009 |
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| 20080210095 | Turn-Around Scrubber - A modular scrubbing system is presented. The scrubber system comprises multiple modules that allow a gas flow to turn-around return back through scrubbing modules. Contemplated modules include inlets, outlets, turn-arounds, and scrubbing modules. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080210096 | Multi-Target Scrubber - A gas scrubber is presented. The gas scrubber comprises a nozzle that atomizes a liquid to form droplets. The droplets are preferably expelled from the nozzle in substantially a hollow cone spray pattern with a velocity of at least 4000 feet per minute. A stream of gas containing particulates that requires scrubbing interacts with the droplets. After the interaction, the gas-droplet combination impinges on a target. Preferred targets include droplets from a second nozzle, a ducting surface, or a throated passage. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080264262 | SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR THE NOZZLE-SPRAYING PLANT OF A DROP SEPARATOR SYSTEM - Flue-gas scrubber, comprising at least one horizontally installed drop separator module mounted by means of carrying beams and at least one nozzle-spraying plant having at least one nozzle-spraying pipe, the at least one nozzle-spraying plant being designed with a supporting structure for the nozzle-spraying pipes, characterized in that the supporting structure is designed with at least one suspension which at least partially surrounds a carrying beam and which has for at least one carrying bar mountings projecting on both sides of the carrying beam, this at least one carrying bar serving as a rest for the at least one nozzle-spraying pipe. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090320687 | WET-TYPE EXHAUST DESULFURIZING APPARATUS - An absorbing tower is provided in its side wall with a gas entrance for introducing a combustion exhaust gas into the absorbing tower, and an absorbing liquid is sprayed from the nozzles of a spray header into the exhaust gas introduced to rise from the gas entrance. A trough is arranged in the side wall of the absorbing tower and above the gas entrance, and a nose having a horseshoe shape in a top plan view and extending into tower is disposed in the tower side wall portion of the gas entrance other than the portion arranging the trough and at the same or at substantially the same height as the portion of the trough. The absorbing liquid, which is sprayed from the nozzle and drops along the absorbing tower wall portion, is rescattered to the center portion of the absorbing tower excepting the entrance of the absorbing tower, so that the gas-liquid contact efficiency is improved while suppressing an increase in pressure loss, thereby to prevent the drift of the gas at the tower wall portion. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20130139696 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL OUTLET TRANSITION AND HOOD - Post-combustion conditioning systems are described that include a flue gas conditioning device configured to condition an exhaust stream to produce a conditioned stream. First and second outlet ducts can be fluidly coupled to, and substantially supported by, the flue gas conditioning device. This advantageously can eliminate costly ductwork, reduce the space required, and reduce the pressure drop of the system. The first outlet duct can fluidly couple the flue gas conditioning device to an exhaust duct, such that the conditioned stream can flow from the first conditioning device via the first outlet duct. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130255503 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING VOLATILE VAPORS FROM CONTAINERS - A system is configured to remove volatile organic compounds from a container. The system includes an enclosed contactor vessel having a first inlet to receive vapor containing volatile organic compounds from the container and a second inlet. The second inlet receives a vapor capture medium from a source. A contactor facilitates entrainment of the volatile organic compounds with the vapor capture medium while a first outlet recirculates treated vapor back to the container to effect a closed loop. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140366740 | AEROSOL TRAPPING - A household appliance having a drying apparatus, such as a dishwasher, a washer-drier, a washing machine or the like, is shown according to the invention, wherein a contact zone is provided in a contact chamber for extracting moisture out of the air, which originates from a working chamber of the household appliance, by means of contact between the air and a hygroscopic liquid and wherein a separating element is present for separating hygroscopic liquid out of the air, characterized in that a separating surface is formed downstream of the contact chamber in the direction of flow by the surface of the wall of an air duct. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150315778 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAINAGE AND DETECTION OF LEAKAGE - A method for providing a drainage from a space between a lined concrete wall and a lining for protecting the lined concrete wall, wherein the method comprises the steps of arranging one or more draining member(s) each comprising a draining pipe having a blind flange arranged at both ends and having a length including the blind flanges that is substantially equal to the wall thickness in a casting frame so that the blind flanges are resting at the casting frame at the inside of the wall and the outside of the wall, respectively; filling concrete filled into the casting frame to cover the draining member(s) and allowing the concrete is allowed to cure; removing the casting frame from at least one of the sides of the concrete wall and; drilling through the blind flanges to open the draining member(s). A drained concrete wall and a concrete vessel are also described. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150362201 | Evaporative HVAC Apparatus - An evaporative HVAC apparatus is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus provides an at least one absorbent wicking layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and an at least one thermal layer also having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The second surface of the at least one thermal layer is formed immediately adjacent to the first surface of the at least one wicking layer. An at least one fluid line is in fluid communication with the at least one wicking layer. Thus, a fluid is selectively delivered to the wicking layer through the at least one fluid line which, in turn, permeates the at least one thermal layer and evaporates into the air located immediately adjacent the exposed first surface of the at least one thermal layer, thereby affecting the temperature of the air. | 12-17-2015 |
