| 18th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
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| 20120107116 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DAMPING MOTION OF A WIND TURBINE | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107117 | WIND TURBINE AND A BLADE FOR A WIND TURBINE - A wind turbine with a rotor mounted on a hub section, wherein the rotor comprises a plurality of blades, at least one of which comprises a main blade section, which is optionally pitchable, and an auxiliary blade section mounted to the hub section. The auxiliary blade section is arranged in the area of a leading edge or of a trailing edge of the main blade, so that each blade is thereby provided with a leading edge slat or a trailing edge flap formed by the auxiliary blade section to increase the planform area of the blade and increase aerodynamic lift. A control method for a wind turbine controls a main blade section and an auxiliary blade section to provide different angles of attack to reduce undesired loads at sudden extreme changes of wind speed, e.g. during idling of the wind turbine. In a separate aspect, the invention provides a wind turbine having a blade with a non-pitchable leading edge slat, which extends at most 40% of the radius of the rotor in a longitudinal direction of the blade. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107118 | Wind Turbine Device Having Rotor for Starting Up and Avoiding Overspeed - A novel vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) is provided. The VAWT has rotor to help starting up and avoiding overspeed. Blades of the VAWT are used for an auxiliary mechanism. By adjusting rigidity of multiple springs with torque of support blades, the blades forms equilibrium of rotating status under different wind speeds. The present disclosure makes the VAWT device more effective for improving efficiency as well as reducing cost while increase in spatiality of the VAWT is avoided. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107119 | PARTIAL COARSE PITCH START RAM AIR TURBINE WITH ENHANCED SPRING SUPPORT - A Ram Air Turbine (RAT) is provided and includes a turbine hub having an end plate and a nose cone attached thereto at trailing and leading ends, respectively, a governor shaft, to which turbine blades are connected, which is coupled to the end plate and supported within the nose cone to be rotatable with the turbine blades about a central axis thereof and axially movable from a first position relative to the turbine hub to a second position relative to the turbine hub and a hub assembly operably coupled to the turbine hub, the governor shaft and the turbine blades whereby the hub assembly biases the governor shaft toward the first position at low rotational speeds such that the turbine blades assume a partial coarse pitch angle, and the second position at high rotational speeds such that the turbine blades assume a fine pitch angle. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107120 | COOLING FAN AND ROTOR OF COOLING FAN - A cooling fan includes a frame and a rotor received in the frame. The rotor includes a hub, blades extending outwardly and radially from the hub, and a cover plate connected with the hub. The hub includes a top wall and a sidewall extending from a circumference of the top wall. The top wall of the hub defines a plurality of blind holes on an outer surface thereof, and the blind holes are shaded by the cover plate. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107121 | SWITCHABLE COOLANT PUMP - The invention relates to a switchable coolant pump for combustion engines which is driven by a pulley, wherein the impeller can be driven switchably by the pulley by way of a friction pairing. It is the aim of the invention to develop a switchable coolant pump for combustion engines of the above type, which is simple to manufacture in terms of the manufacturing engineering thereof, driven by a pulley, and which is suited particularly for smaller coolant pumps (which is to say, coolant pumps in which the distance between the pulley and the impeller is smaller than 15 mm and the pulley diameter of which is smaller than 50 mm). The switchable coolant pump according to the invention, comprising a connecting flange ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107122 | RESILIENT MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR LOW-DUCTILITY TURBINE SHROUD - A turbine flowpath apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes: a flowpath component exposed at least partially to a primary combustion gas flowpath of the engine, the flowpath component comprising low-ductility material; a metallic annular stationary structure surrounding the flowpath component, including a bearing surface which bears against the flowpath component, so as to restrain the flowpath component from axial movement in a first direction; and a spring element disposed between the flowpath component and the stationary structure which resilient urges the flowpath component in the first direction against the bearing surface. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107123 | Shroud Segment to be Arranged on a Blade - A shroud segment to be arranged on a gas turbine blade is disclosed. The shroud segment includes a shroud segment surface and a stiffening structure that is raised relative to the shroud segment surface. The stiffening structure is cross-shaped at least in some areas. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107124 | AIRFOIL ATTACHMENT ARRANGEMENT - An example airfoil retention arrangement includes a retention assembly having a first retention segment and a second retention segment. Each of the retention segments is separately moveable to an installed position relative to an airfoil assembly and a support structure. The retention segments each have a portion position between a lip of the airfoil assembly and a collar of the support structure when the retention segments are in the installed position. The retention assembly is configured to limit radial movement of an airfoil relative to the support structure when in the installed position. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107125 | REINFORCED FAN BLADE SHIM - A shim configured to be inserted between a fan blade root of a turbojet and a bottom of a compartment in which this root is housed, the compartment being delimited by a fan disk. The shim includes a metal stiffener including at least one external element made of an elastomer material, and including a support surface of the external element. The support surface includes at least one corrugated zone. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107126 | WIND POWER GENERATOR - This wind power generator comprises: a nacelle that houses a generator; a tower, the top end section thereof being connected to the nacelle and the bottom end section being fastened to a base section; and a rotor that is located on the downwind side of the nacelle during normal operation, and that by receiving the force of the wind and rotating, drives the generator. The rotor has a hub that is supported such that it can rotate, and a plurality of blades that are arranged such that they extend radially from the hub. The blades, when not loaded, are pre-bent blades that are formed such that the middle section of each blade is curved outward with respect to a straight line that connects the root end section of the blade that is attached to the hub and the tip end section on the outer diameter side of the rotor, with a specified coning angle being applied to the blade. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107127 | FAN BLADE ASSEMLBY - A fan blade assembly comprises: a motor-mounting seat and a plurality of spaced-apart fan blades extending from a periphery of the motor-mounting seat. The fan blades each are provided with a vibration-blocking unit in the form of a concave structure, which makes the fan blades become a non-flat structure. The vibration-blocking unit reduces the vibration and noise of the fan blade assembly, it further increases the structural strength while relatively reducing the thickness of the fan blades, so that the material cost of the fan blades is reduced. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107128 | ROTOR BLADE OF A WIND POWER PLANT, METHOD OF FABRICATING A ROTOR BLADE AND A PAIR OF BELTS FOR A ROTOR BLADE - The invention relates to a rotor blade ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107129 | ROTOR BLADE OF A WIND POWER PLANT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A ROTOR BLADE OF A WIND POWER PLANT - A rotor blade ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107130 | METHOD OF ENHANCING THE OUTPUT EFFICIENCY OF A PROPELLER AND REDUCING THE NOISE THEREOF - A method of enhancing the output efficiency of a propeller and reducing the noise thereof wherein a plurality of small cavities are formed on the whole or at least a portion of a blade skin of the propeller. When the propeller is rotated and a fluid passes through the small cavities, a plurality of small vortexes are created at the blade skin to form a thin turbulent boundary layer that allows an advantageous interference acting on a turbulence of the fluid at the blade skin. In this way, a portion of fluid is not in contact with the blade skin, and a viscous drag acting on the blade skin is reduced to extend a wake and reduce a drag force of the wake. The aforementioned mechanism can enhance the output efficiency of a propeller and reduce the noise thereof. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107131 | CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR IMPELLER - A compressor impeller includes a hub, main blades and splitter blades. The main blades are equally spaced around the circumference of the hub. Each splitter blade is equally spaced between two adjacent main blades. Each main blade and splitter blade has suction and pressure surfaces formed in substantial compliance with normalized Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z set forth in Tables 1-4. When connected by smooth, continuing arcs, the normalized Cartesian coordinates form complete main blade and splitter blade shapes that are substantially matched by the main blade and splitter blade shapes of the compressor impeller. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107132 | TITANIUM ALLOY WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES - A titanium alloy having high strength, fine grain size, and low cost and a method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. In particular, the inventive alloy offers a strength increase of about 100 MPa over Ti 6-4, with a comparable density and near equivalent ductility. The inventive alloy is particularly useful for a multitude of applications including components of aircraft engines. The Ti alloy comprises, in weight percent, about 6.0 to about 6.7% aluminum, about 1.4 to about 2.0% vanadium, about 1.4 to about 2.0% molybdenum, about 0.20 to about 0.42% silicon, about 0.17 to about 0.23% oxygen, maximum about 0.24% iron, maximum about 0.08% carbon and balance titanium with incidental impurities. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107133 | DEICING DEVICE FOR PROPFAN-TYPE PROPELLER BLADES - A deicing device for propfan-type aircraft propulsion unit blades, wherein the propulsion unit includes a turbomachine that drives in rotation at least one rotor including a plurality of blades arranged around an annular crown moving with the blades, which forms with its outer wall part of an outer envelope of the propulsion unit, the outer envelope being subjected to atmospheric conditions outside the propulsion unit, the turbomachine generating a flow of hot gases that exit via an annular vein, which is concentric with the moving annular crown, and defined for part of its surface by the inner wall of the moving annular crown. The deicing device includes: a mechanism capturing thermal energy from the annular vein, within the moving annular part; a mechanism transferring thermal energy towards the rotor blades; and a mechanism distributing the thermal energy onto at least a part of the surface of the blades. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107134 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR COOLING PLATFORM REGIONS OF TURBINE ROTOR BLADES - A platform cooling arrangement in a turbine rotor blade having a platform at an interface between an airfoil and a root, wherein the rotor blade includes an interior cooling passage that extends from a connection at the root to the approximate radial height of the platform, wherein, the interior cooling passage comprises a high-pressure coolant region and a low-pressure coolant region, and wherein a pressure side of the platform comprises a topside extending circumferentially from the airfoil to a pressure side slashface. The platform cooling arrangement may include: a platform cavity formed within the pressure side of the platform, a high-pressure connector that connects the platform cavity to the high-pressure coolant region of the interior cooling passage; a low-pressure connector that connects the platform cavity to the low-pressure coolant region of the interior cooling passage; and a pin bank formed within the platform cavity that includes radial pins. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107135 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING THE PLATFORM REGION OF TURBINE ROTOR BLADES - A platform cooling arrangement in a turbine rotor blade having a platform at an interface between an airfoil and a root, wherein the rotor blade includes an interior cooling passage that extends to the approximate radial height of the platform, and wherein, a pressure side of the platform comprises a planar topside that extends circumferentially from the airfoil to a pressure side slashface, and a suction side of the platform comprises a substantially planar topside that extends circumferentially from the airfoil to a suction side slashface. The platform cooling arrangement may include a linear plenum residing just inboard of the planar topside and linearly extending through the platform from either the pressure side slashface or the suction side slashface to a connection with the interior cooling passage, the linear plenum having a longitudinal axis that is approximately parallel to the planar topside; and a plurality of cooling apertures linearly extending from a topside outlet formed on the topside of the platform to a connection with the linear plenum, wherein the cooling apertures are configured such that each forms an acute angle with the topside of the platform. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107136 | SEALING PLATE AND ROTOR BLADE SYSTEM - A rotor blade system, for example, of a gas turbine is provided. The rotor blade system includes a plurality of rotor blades which are arranged annularly on a rotor disk. A plurality of sealing plates are arranged on a side surface of the rotor disk. An individual sealing plate is formed from a plurality of metal sheets, wherein two of the metal sheets are arranged opposite each other a distance apart and parallel to a plane of the sealing plate, forming a gap for guiding of cooling air. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107137 | PORTABLE STEEL-REINFORCED HDPE PUMP STATION - The portable steel-reinforced HDPE pump station includes a vertically upright, cylindrical wet well fabricated from steel-reinforced plastic. Pumps are disposed in the wet well. A pipe connected to the pumps extends to the outside of the wet well to allow outflow of water to external systems. An access hatch covers the upper portion of the wet well and is arranged above grade. The remainder of the wet well is disposed in the ground, below grade. Vertically disposed sliding rails are attached inside the wet well, and extend upward from a working area of the well to the top of the well near the access hatch. The pumps are slidably attached to the rails to facilitate sliding installation and removal of the pumps by way of the access hatch. A water-receiving inlet pipe extends into the wet well, the inlet pipe allowing entry of water inside the wet well. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107138 | METHOD TO OPERATE AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED AIR COMPRESSOR POWERED BY AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method to operate an electronically controlled air compressor powered by an internal combustion engine, wherein the air compressor is selectively activated when the air compressor minimum threshold value differs from the air compressor minimum threshold hysteresis by a predetermined value, and is deactivated when the air compressor maximum threshold value and the air compressor maximum threshold value hysteresis value differ by a predetermined value. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107139 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COOLING FAN CONTROL METHOD - An electronic device capable of reducing a continuously generated whining sound is provided. Electronic device ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107140 | Method of Operating a Safety Vacuum Release System - Embodiments of the invention provide a method of operating a safety vacuum release system (SVRS) with a controller for a pump including a motor. The method can include measuring an actual power consumption of the motor necessary to pump water and overcome losses. The method can include triggering the SVRS when a dynamic suction blockage is identified in order to shut down the pump substantially immediately. The SVRS can also be triggered when a dead head condition is identified based on the actual power consumption. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107141 | MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR AND CONTROLLER THEREFOR - A motor controller for a motor-driven compressor includes a compressing body for compressing and discharging a refrigerant and a motor including a rotary shaft, the motor for driving the compressing body through the rotary shaft. A coil of the motor is arranged in a refrigerant containing area in the motor-driven compressor. The motor controller includes a determining section for determining whether liquid refrigerant is present in the refrigerant containing area and a modulation control section for driving the motor in accordance with three phase modulation control or two phase modulation control based on a determination result of the determining section. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107142 | INTERNALLY SUPPLIED AIR JET COOLING FOR A HYDRAULIC PUMP - A compressed gas powered machine is provided. The machine includes: an outlet and a hollow member fluidly connected to the outlet and configured to receive gas expended from the machine through the outlet the hollow member defining holes oriented to allow the gas contained in the hollow member to blow on various parts of the machine. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107143 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COOLING A MOTOR-COMPRESSOR WITH A CLOSED-LOOP COOLING CIRCUIT - A fluid compression system is disclosed having a hermetically-sealed housing with at least a motor and a compressor arranged therein. The motor may drive both the compressor and a blower device coupled to the housing or otherwise arranged within the housing and configured to circulate a cooling gas throughout the housing and thereby cool the motor and accompanying radial bearings. The blower device circulates the cooling gas through a closed-loop circuit which may include a heat exchanger and gas conditioning skid. Carbon ring seals may be used to seal the shaft on both sides of the compressor so as to prevent the migration of liquid and solid contaminants into the closed-loop cooling circuit. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107144 | VARIABLE BORE CONVERTIBLE COMPRESSOR CYLINDER - A variable bore reciprocating compressor cylinder, with a family of removable liners of various diameters that can accommodate significant changes in bore diameters without significant increases in fixed clearance volume. In one embodiment of the invention, valves are added or subtracted as required in conjunction with optimizing the flow area of the liner and head ports to minimize clearance volume and to keep overall flow losses within acceptable values. In another embodiment of the invention, smaller valves and valve extension insert/adapters are incorporated to further extend the practical operating range with smaller bore diameters. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107145 | FAN DRIVE SYSTEM WITH SENSOR FEEDBACK - Hydraulic fan drive system with sensor feed-back. A sensor positioned in the central shaft of the fan drive assembly provides speed feedback signals and eliminates the need for routing the sensor wires. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107146 | Pumping Device Having A Pressure Adjustable Function - A pumping device includes a barrel, a top cover mounted on an open top of the barrel, a cylinder mounted in the barrel and connected to the top cover, a piston movably mounted in the cylinder, a plurality of check valves mounted on the piston, an operation unit mounted on the top cover and connected with the piston, a connecting unit mounted in the barrel and connected between the barrel and the cylinder, and a pressure adjusting unit connected between the barrel and the top cover. Thus, when the air pressure in the receiving chamber of the barrel reaches a predetermined value, the pressure adjusting unit provides a pressure release function to partially release the air pressure in the receiving chamber of the barrel so as to ensure a safe operation of the pumping device. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107147 | Damping Compressor and Method for Generating Compressed Air by Damping a Relative Motion Between an Axle and a Chassis of a Vehicle - A damping compressor generates compressed air by damping a relative motion between an axle and a chassis of a vehicle. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107148 | Hermetic compressor - A hermetic compressor includes a drive unit to provide drive power for compression of a refrigerant, a shaft having a body portion coupled to the drive unit and an eccentric shaft portion provided at one end of the body portion to perform eccentric rotational motion, and a piston connected to the eccentric shaft portion via a connecting rod to perform rectilinear reciprocating motion. The connecting rod includes a shaft coupling portion provided at one end thereof for coupling with the shaft, the shaft coupling portion having a coupling hole into which the eccentric shaft portion is rotatably inserted, and a piston coupling portion provided at the other end thereof so as to be rotatably coupled into the piston. The coupling hole has an increasing diameter toward the body portion to ensure that the refrigerant is efficiently compressed even if the shaft is inclined. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107149 | WIND TURBINE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wind turbine energy storage system includes a hollow wind turbine tower shaft having a top end and a bottom end covered by top and bottom end caps respectively to form a tank. A compressor is coupled to the wind turbine for compressing air into the tank through a high pressure pipe and valve assembly. The compressed air stored in the tank can be released on demand or on a fixed schedule. A method of storing energy in a wind turbine is also disclosed. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107150 | Radial Diaphragm Pump - A pump includes a housing, an output member supported for eccentric rotation on a drive shaft of the housing, and a plurality of pumping assemblies supported on the housing about the drive shaft. Each pumping assembly includes a linear sliding pump shaft, a diaphragm oriented transversely to the shaft in sealing engagement with the housing to define a wall portion of a respective pumping chamber, an inlet check valve, and an outlet check valve. A linkage assembly connects the output member to the pump shafts of the pumping assemblies such that the pump shafts are arranged to be reciprocated along radially oriented axes about the drive shaft in response to rotation of the drive shaft. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107151 | REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR - A refrigerant compressor includes: an electric motor including a stator and rotor inside a sealed vessel; a compressing mechanism driven by a crank shaft in the rotor; a lower portion oil pool storing in the sealed vessel lubricating oil that lubricates the compressing mechanism; an upper counterweight on an upper end of the rotor. Refrigerant gas compressed by the compressing mechanism is discharged inside the sealed vessel, passes through a gas channel formed on the electric motor, moves from a lower space to an upper space with respect to the electric motor, and is discharged outside the sealed vessel. An oil return flow channel is formed on the upper end of the rotor toward a lower end from a vicinity of a leading end portion of the upper counterweight in a direction of rotation, and oil expressed in a vicinity of the rotor is directed to the oil return flow channel. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107152 | MODULAR DIAPHRAGM PUMPING SYSTEM - The present invention provides apparatus featuring a pump system, including a modular diaphragm pump system, comprising pump modules and couplers, where the pump modules are configured to receive input feeds of fluid being drawn into the pump modules, to provide output feeds of fluid being pumped from the pump modules, and to receive gas feeds to drive the pump modules; where the couplers configured to receive a common input feed and to provide the input feeds of the fluid being drawn into the pump modules, to receive the output feeds and to provide a common output feed of the fluid being pumped from the pump modules; and to receive a common gas feed and to provide the gas feeds to drive the pump modules; and where the common gas feed causes the pump to provide a substantially constant almost pulsation free flow as one pump module becomes a master pump module and the other pump module becomes a slave pump module. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107153 | AUTOMATIC INFLATION PUMP - Disclosed herein is an automatic inflation pump including a housing ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107154 | Soft-Start Hermetic Compressor - The present invention relates to a hermetic compressor ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107155 | SOLENOID PUMP - A solenoid pump is equipped with a housing formed therein with a fluid passage through which a fluid flows from an inlet port to an outlet port, and a movable member, which is displaced based on an excitation state of a solenoid section, for thereby opening and closing the fluid passage. The fluid passage includes an inlet side passage that communicates with the inlet port, an outlet side passage that communicates with the outlet port, and a pump chamber made up of a space in communication with the inlet side passage and the outlet side passage, and surrounded by the housing and an end portion of the movable member. Accompanying displacement thereof, the movable member opens and closes communication between the pump chamber and the outlet side passage. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107156 | BLOWER FAN - A blower fan includes a shaft including an outer circumferential surface, a rotor magnet arranged to rotate about a rotation axis together with the shaft, a stator arranged radially outwards of the rotor magnet in an opposing relationship with the rotor magnet, a substantially cylindrical holder unit arranged to rotatably support the shaft through a bearing, and an impeller arranged to rotate together with the shaft. The bearing includes a pair of axially spaced-apart bearing units. The rotor magnet and the stator are arranged between the bearing units. The bearing units and the stator are held on an inner circumferential surface of the holder unit. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107157 | AIR PUMP HAVING AN IMPELLER WITH DOUBLE-SIDED BLADES - An air pump having an impeller with double-sided blades is mounted outside an inflatable product, and has a body and a blower. The body has a first air chamber and a second air chamber communicating with each other, a first air inlet and a second air inlet formed at two ends of the first air chamber, and multiple first supplement air inlets formed through the body to communicate with the second air chamber. The blower has a motor and an impeller. The impeller driven by the motor has multiple double-sided blades capable of efficiently inflating air from the multiple first supplement air inlets or deflating air from the first air inlet. The air pump achieves to be more efficient in inflating and deflating the inflatable product, and structurally simplified to facilitate production and assembly of the air pump and cost reduction in production and assembly. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107158 | SEALED COMPRESSOR WITH MULTIPLE COMPRESSOR UNIT - A sealed compressor has an outer housing and a separator plate received within the outer housing. The separator plate defines a suction chamber and a discharge pressure chamber within the outer housing. A locating plate is positioned within the suction pressure chamber. The locating plate has a plurality of positioning locations for receiving separate compressor housings. The separator plate has a plurality of positioning openings for receiving the separate compressors. A plurality of compressors are each received within their own housing, and include compressor pump units. The plurality of compressors extend between the openings in the locating plate and through the openings in the separator plate. The separate compressors deliver compressed refrigerant into the discharge pressure chamber. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107159 | Bypass Unloader Valve For Compressor Capacity Control - A reciprocating compressor includes a cylinder block, a cylinder head, and a bypass unloader valve assembly. The cylinder block has a cylinder disposed therein. The cylinder head is secured to the cylinder block overlying the cylinder and has a suction plenum and a discharge plenum in selective fluid communication with the cylinder. The bypass unloader valve assembly is in operable communication with the cylinder head and is responsive to control signals to rapid cycle to allow for fluid communication of a refrigerant between the discharge plenum and the suction plenum. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107160 | PERISTALTIC PUMP TUBING WITH STOPPER AND COOPERATIVE ROLLER ASSEMBLY HOUSING HAVING NO MOVING PARTS - A peristaltic pump system includes elastomeric pump tubing and a roller pump. The pump tubing has a pumping segment and an inlet segment. The inlet segment has an inlet segment outer diameter. The pumping segment has a pumping segment outer diameter less than the inlet segment outer diameter. The roller pump has a roller assembly and a roller assembly housing. The roller assembly is disposed within the roller assembly housing and engaged with the pumping segment within the roller assembly housing. The roller assembly housing has an inlet gap formed through the roller assembly housing. The inlet gap defines an inlet gap inner diameter smaller than the pumping segment outer diameter. The inlet gap is adapted to frictionally receive the inlet segment for aligning the pump tubing with a roller assembly and mitigate longitudinal movement of the pump tubing into the roller assembly housing. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107161 | Pumping Device that is Operated Easily and Safely - A pumping device includes a barrel, a top cover mounted on the top of the barrel, a first switching valve mounted on the top cover, a base mounted on the bottom of the barrel, a second switching valve mounted on the base, a cylinder connected between the top cover and the base, a piston movably mounted in the cylinder, a plurality of check valves mounted on the piston, an operation unit connected with the piston, and a conduit connected between the barrel and the base. Thus, a user has to pull or push the first switching valve and the second switching valve simultaneously to extract or suck the fluid in the barrel so as to deflate or inflate the barrel so that the pumping device has a security process and is operated in a safer manner. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107162 | VARIABLE CAPACITY FLUIDIC MACHINE - An internal gear fluidic machine, in particular a pump for the lubrication circuit of a motor vehicle engine, comprises an operating part including an external gear ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107163 | COMPRESSOR SEAL ASSEMBLY - A compressor may include a shell, first and second scroll members, and a seal assembly. The shell defines a first and second pressure regions. The first scroll member may include a first end plate defining a chamber. The seal assembly may surround the discharge passage and fluidly separate the first and second pressure regions from each other. The seal assembly may include first and second sealing members. The first sealing member may prevent communication between the chamber and the second pressure region when a first fluid pressure within the second pressure region is higher than a second fluid pressure within the chamber. The first sealing member may define a leakage path when the first fluid pressure is lower than the second fluid pressure. The second sealing member may fluidly separate the chamber and the second pressure region when the first fluid pressure is lower than the second fluid pressure. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107164 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A stationary base plate includes a sub-bypass hole, which communicates between a suction chamber and a first compression chamber, and a main bypass hole, which communicates between the suction chamber and a second compression chamber. A rotational center of the orbiting scroll and the sub-bypass hole are located along a first imaginary line. The rotational center of the orbiting scroll is also located along a second imaginary line, which is perpendicular to the first imaginary line. The main bypass hole opens at a location of the stationary base plate, which is on a side of the second imaginary line where the sub-bypass hole is located, so that timing of communicating between the suction chamber and the first compression chamber with each other is deviated from timing of communicating between the suction chamber and the second compression chamber with each other. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107165 | ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM - A piston cooling system for a pivoted piston ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107166 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POROUS SINTERED ALUMINUM, AND POROUS SINTERED ALUMINUM - This method for producing porous sintered aluminum includes: mixing aluminum powder with a sintering aid powder containing titanium to obtain a raw aluminum mixed powder; mixing the raw aluminum mixed powder with a water-soluble resin binder, water, and a plasticizer containing at least one selected from polyhydric alcohols, ethers, and esters to obtain a viscous composition; drying the viscous composition in a state where air bubbles are mixed therein to obtain a formed object prior to sintering; and heating the formed object prior to sintering in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, wherein when a temperature at which the raw aluminum mixed powder starts to melt is expressed as Tm (° C.), a temperature T (° C.) of the heating fulfills Tm−10 (° C.)≦T≦685 (° C.). | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107167 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINTERED COPPER ARTICLE FOR CRAFT OR DECORATIVE USE, AND PLASTIC COPPER CONTAINING CLAY COMPOUND - A method for producing a sintered copper article for craft or decorative use made of copper or a copper alloy which can be sintered in the air by using a general heating furnace, and a plastic copper containing clay compound are provided. The method for producing the sintered copper article for craft or decorative use of the present invention comprises the steps of forming a shaped copper object using the copper containing clay compound which includes at least one kind of a powder selected from a copper powder or a copper alloy powder that contains copper in 50 wt % or more together with an organic binder, and subsequently sintering the shaped copper object, thereby to obtain a shaped copper sinter. Herein, the mean particle diameter of the powder included in the copper containing clay compound is restricted to 10 μm or less, whereby the shaped copper sinter is obtained by sintering the shaped copper object in the air. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107168 | IRON-BASED SINTERED SLIDING MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An iron-based sintered sliding member that contains no free cementite in its structure and is excellent in tribological property such as friction and wear, and a method of manufacturing that iron-based sintered sliding member are provided. To iron powder as a main component, 3-20 mass % alloy powder, which comprises 4-6 mass % manganese, 3-5 mass % iron, and copper as a remaining component, and 1-5 mass % carbon powder are blended, and mixed to obtain powder mixture. Then, the powder mixture is filled in a mold and compacted to make a green compact of a desired shape. This green compact is sintered at a temperature of 1000-1100 degrees Celsius for 60 minutes in a heating furnace whose inside is adjusted to be a neutral or reducing atmosphere. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107169 | HEAT-RESISTING STEEL FOR ENGINE VALVES EXCELLENT IN HIGH TEMPERATURE STRENGTH - To provide an inexpensive heat-resisting steel for engine valves by causing Fe-based heat-resisting steel to exhibit high temperature strength not inferior to that of Ni-based heat-resisting steel. A heat-resisting steel for engine valves excellent in high temperature strength containing, in % by mass, C: 0.20 to 0.50%, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 5.0% or less, P: 0.1 to 0.5%, Ni: 8.0 to 15.0%, Cr: 16.0 to 25.0%, Mo: 2.0 to 5.0%, Cu: 0.5% or less, Nb: 1.0% or less (including 0%), W: 8.0% or less (including 0%), N: 0.02 to 0.2%, B: 0.01% or less, and remnants of Fe and impurities, | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107170 | ALLOY STEEL POWDER AND THEIR SINTERED BODY - A steel powder and their sintered body comprise iron as its primary component and further comprise from 1.4 to 2.0% by weight of carbon, less than 1.0% by weight of silicon, less than 1.0% by weight of manganese, from 11.0 to 13.0% by weight of chromium, from 0.3 to 2.3% by weight of titanium, less than 0.75% by weight of a combination of copper and nickel, and less than 5.0% by weight of at least one strengthening element. During sintering, titanium carbide inhibits grain coarsening, whereby the sintering window can be expanded to about 50° C. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107171 | MAGNESIUM ALLOY SHEET - A magnesium alloy sheet having good press formability, a magnesium alloy structural member produced by pressing the sheet, and a method for producing a magnesium alloy sheet are provided. The magnesium alloy sheet is composed of a magnesium alloy containing Al and Mn. When a region from a surface of the alloy sheet to 30% of the thickness of the alloy sheet in a thickness direction of the magnesium alloy sheet is defined as a surface region and when a 200 μm | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107172 | FRAGRANCE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND FRAGRANCE BLOWING METHOD - Provided is a fragrance device for vehicle with an aim to restrain an olfactory adaptation of an occupant, to continuously provide the occupant for a long time with changes in sensory intensity of smell caused by intermittent smell emission, and to provide the occupant for a long time with a relaxation effect due to a smell, the fragrance device for vehicle includes: a fragrance holder holding a fragrance; a blowing means for blowing air to the fragrance holder to blow a smell of the fragrance into a vehicle cabin; and a fragrance blowing control means for sequentially repeating the repeating of a predetermined cycle of blowing a smell of the fragrance and a pause predetermined times by intermittently blowing the smell at each cycle, and then the providing of a stop time for stopping the blowing out of the smell of the fragrance for a predetermined time period. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107173 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENT DECONTAMINATION - A system and method for decontamination of chemical and biological agents over terrain in an outdoor environment is provided that utilizes ultraviolet radiation to break up hydrogen peroxide into radical species that interact with chemical and biological agents to render them harmless. In a preferred embodiment, peroxide is dispersed in a contaminated area and the peroxide is then exposed to ultraviolet radiation that causes the peroxide to dissociate into radical species. The interaction of the radical species formed by the peroxide dissociation with the chemical and biological agents renders them useless. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107174 | DISPOSABLE MEMBRANE - The invention relates mainly to an apparatus comprising a chamber for physically and/or chemically treating one or more samples or products, said apparatus comprising a door for introducing samples inside the apparatus chamber or bringing samples outside the apparatus, said apparatus comprising a membrane or film defining a chamber wall inside said apparatus when the door is closed. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107175 | MODULAR RADIOCHEMISTRY SYNTHESIS SYSTEM - A modular chemical production system includes multiple modules for performing a chemical reaction, particularly of radiochemical compounds, from a remote location. One embodiment comprises a reaction vessel including a moveable heat source with the position thereof relative to the reaction vessel being controllable from a remote position. Alternatively the heat source may be fixed in location and the reaction vial is moveable into and out of the heat source. The reaction vessel has one or more sealing plugs, the positioning of which in relationship to the reaction vessel is controllable from a remote position. Also the one or more reaction vessel sealing plugs can include one or more conduits there through for delivery of reactants, gases at atmospheric or an elevated pressure, inert gases, drawing a vacuum and removal of reaction end products to and from the reaction vial, the reaction vial with sealing plug in position being operable at elevated pressures. The modular chemical production system is assembled from modules which can each include operating condition sensors and controllers configured for monitoring and controlling the individual modules and the assembled system from a remote position. Other modules include, but are not limited to a Reagent Storage and Delivery Module, a Cartridge Purification Module, a Microwave Reaction Module, an External QC/Analysis/Purification Interface Module, an Aliquotting Module, an F-18 Drying Module, a Concentration Module, a Radiation Counting Module, and a Capillary Reactor Module. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107176 | Detection Apparatus for Biological Materials and Methods of Making and Using the Same - Apparatus comprising surface site comprising substantially inorganic surface having chemical composition selected from group consisting of metals, semiconductors, insulators, and mixtures thereof, the surface positioned within polypeptide bonding region and having selective bonding affinity for polypeptide; plurality of interlayers between which surface site is interposed; distal site end on surface site and distanced from interlayers, the surface being provided on distal site end; surface site and interlayers being interposed between first and second supports; first and second conductors provided on first and second supports and having respective first and second distal conductor ends positioned within polypeptide bonding region; conductors being capable of applying external voltage potential across polypeptide bonding region. Apparatus, optionally comprising such first and second supports and conductors; and comprising third conductor in electrical communication with surface site, the third conductor positioned for electrical communication with source of an external bias voltage. Techniques for making apparatus. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107177 | CLICK CHEMISTRY SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION FOR RESONANT MICRO-CAVITY SENSORS - Micro-cavity resonant sensors have outer surfaces that are functionalized using click chemistry, e.g., involving a cycloaddition reaction of an alkyne functional group and an azide functional group. A first polymer linking element binds to an outer surface of the micro-cavity and has an azide functional group, which bonds to an alkyne functional group of a second polymer linking element as a result of a cycloaddition reaction. A functionalization element such as an antibody, antigen or protein for sensing a target molecule is bound to the second linking element. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107178 | BIOSENSOR, BIOSENSOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE HAVING SAME, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME - A biosensor includes a plurality of electrodes and a receptor. The plurality of electrodes comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The receptor are located between the plurality of electrodes and electrically connected to the plurality of carbon nanotubes of the plurality of electrodes. In addition, the receptor reacts to a measured object to lead current variation which is transmitted by the plurality of electrodes. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107179 | MULTILAYERED OPTICAL SENSING PATCH AND RETAINING PLUG THEREFOR - A multilayered optical sensing patch, for the measurement of conditions, such as pH, oxygen level, etc, within containers, is provided. The multilayered optical sensing patch of the present invention is comprised of a heat sealable polymer substrate layer, and a polymeric sensing membrane later attached thereto. The polymer sensing membrane layer is formed of a porous polymer support membrane, and an optical sensing composition (comprising a reactive indicator) covalently bonded thereto. The heat sealable polymer substrate layer is capable of being securely bonded to the inner layer of bioreactor bags, as well as the porous polymer support substrate layer. Further, the porous polymer support membrane layer provides a firm supporting structure for the polymeric sensing layer, thereby protecting the optical sensing composition disposed therein from degradation/damage. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107180 | CHEMICAL ANALYZER - An automatic chemical analyzer in which a reaction solution is stirred by air ejected from an air ejection hole placed above a reaction container. The reaction region can be washed and cleaned sufficiently without causing damage, such as exfoliation of a coating reagent. A reaction container disk | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107181 | APPARATUS FOR SYNTHESIZING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for synthesizing oligonucleotides wherein a reaction zone has a variable volume based on the position of a piston, and the piston is adjusted to control the amount of headspace above solid support in the reaction zone. Methods and apparatus that limit the size or existence of the headspace are described. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107182 | WATER GAS SHIFT FOR ACETYLENE CONVERTER FEED CO CONTROL - A process and apparatus are presented for the removal of carbon monoxide from ethylene streams. The removal of carbon monoxide before selective hydrogenation protects the catalyst in the selective hydrogenation reactor. Carbon monoxide levels are controlled with the water gas shift process to convert the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide, with the carbon dioxide removed in an acid gas removal process. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107183 | REDUCING CORROSION IN A TURBOMACHINE - A method and system for reducing corrosion in a turbomachine are provided. The method may include providing a process gas to a condenser, wherein the process gas contains a condensate having a pH level that is acidic. The condenser may be configured to remove at least a portion of the condensate from the process gas. Any condensate that is not removed is a remaining condensate. The method may further include increasing the pH level of the remaining condensate to above about 4 by mixing the process gas and the remaining condensate with an amount of pH modifier to form a mixture, and directing the mixture to a compressor coupled to the condenser, wherein the compressor is configured to compress the mixture. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107184 | DECONTAMINATION APPARATUS - A decontamination apparatus is provided including an enclosure. A first and second decontamination system may be provided within the enclosure. The first and second decontamination systems may be arranged within the enclosure and configured to decontaminate the articles received in the enclosure. The first and second decontamination systems may rely on different methods of decontamination. The enclosure of the decontamination apparatus may be defined by a plurality of connected prefabricated modular walls. A mobile control and supply module may also be provided. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107185 | Interface Between Components of a Chemistry Module Based on a Set of Movable Containers - An apparatus for carrying out a chemical synthesis and related systems and methods are disclosed. The apparatus may comprise at least one rotatable drum comprising at least one slot having at least one chemical reagent or a cartridge, and at least one system block configured to be in communication with the at least one chemical reagent. The system block may comprise at least one means for extracting reagent from the slot. The apparatus may comprise a plurality of slots and a plurality of system blocks, wherein each system block may be in communication with at least one slot of reagent or cartridge. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107186 | Tubular, Continuous, Seamless, Compressible, Resilient Mounting Articles and Pollution Control Devices Comprising the Same - Tubular, continuous, seamless, compressible, resilient mounting article comprising inorganic fibers, and having an inner curved surface, a central longitudinal axis, and a uniform internal cross-sectional area along the central longitudinal axis. The mounting articles are useful, for example, in mounting pollution control elements in pollution control devices. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107187 | HEATING MODULE FOR AN EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM - An exhaust gas treatment system includes a heating module for heating exhaust gas upstream of a main catalytic converter. The heating module includes a first heating core having a first core volumetric size and a second heating core having a second core volumetric size that is less than the first core volumetric size. The first heating core with the larger first core volumetric size is configured to optimize pre-crank heating, while the second heating core with the smaller second core volumetric size is configured to optimize post-crank heating. The first heating core and the second heating core may be arranged in series with each other or in parallel with each other. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107188 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING CATALYST AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - Disclosed is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst in which grain growth of a noble metal particle supported on a support is suppressed. Also, disclosed is a production process of an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, by which the above exhaust gas purifying catalyst can be produced. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprises a crystalline metal oxide support and a noble metal particle supported on the support, wherein the noble metal particle is epitaxially grown on the support, and wherein the noble metal particle is dispersed and supported on the outer and inner surfaces of the support. The process for producing an exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprises masking, in a solution, at least a part of the surface of a crystalline metal oxide support by a masking agent, introducing the support into a noble metal-containing solution containing a noble metal, and drying and firing the support and the noble metal-containing solution to support the noble metal on the support. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107189 | Direct Stripping Cyclone - Systems and methods for the separation of a particulate-fluid suspension are provided. An apparatus for the separation of a particulate-fluid suspension can include an enclosed vessel having two or more sections disposed coaxially along a common longitudinal centerline, wherein a first section has a first cross sectional area and a second section has a second cross sectional area. A plurality of apertures can be disposed about the second section. The apparatus can have a cylindrical surface, parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the apparatus, disposed within the first section. A fluid distribution channel having a plurality of apertures can be disposed either about an exterior surface or an interior of the apparatus. A plurality of fluid conduits can provide fluid communication between the fluid distribution channel and the plurality of apertures distributed about the second section. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107190 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING TRICHLOROSILANE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRICHLOROSILANE - An apparatus for producing trichlorosilane includes: a decomposing furnace, a heating unit heating the inside of the decomposing furnace, a raw material supplying tube for guiding polymer and hydrogen chloride to be guided to the inner bottom portion of the decomposing furnace, and a gas discharge tube for discharging reaction gas from the top of the reaction chamber provided between the outer peripheral surface of the raw material supplying tube and the inner peripheral surface of the decomposing furnace, a fin, which guides a fluid mixture of the polymer and the hydrogen chloride supplied from the lower end opening of the raw material supplying tube to be agitated and rise upward in the reaction chamber, and is formed integrally with at least one of the outer peripheral surface of the raw material supplying tube and the inner peripheral surface of the decomposing furnace. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107191 | Food quality indicator - A food quality indicator includes a bio-indicator insert interposed between a gas-permeable, waterproof base and an impervious transparent cover, the base and the cover being sealed together about their peripheries to completely enclose the bio-indicator insert therebetween. The bio-indicator insert includes a porous substrate onto which a biosensor solution is applied, the biosensor solution being at least partially externally visible through the transparent cover. In use, the biosensor solution is adapted to change color within a defined color range that is dependent upon the concentration of amines detected. In this manner, the food quality indicator provides a visual indication of the state of microbial spoilage experienced by a food product in close proximity thereto. Due to its unitary, compact, durable and waterproof design, the food quality indicator can be used in a variety of potential applications and integrated into an array of different products, such as food storage containers. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107192 | Biochip with a Three-Dimensional Mesoporous Layer - The present invention discloses a biochip comprising a substrate and a three-dimensional mesoporous layer on top of it, wherein the mesoporous layer on top is chemically modified to recognize labeling DNAs, proteins, peptides, saccharides, and cells. In addition, this invention also discloses a method for forming the biochip with a three-dimensional mesoporous layer, including a blending process, a heating process, a coating process, a gelation process, a drying process, and a surface modification process. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107193 | TIP PART PIPETTE - The invention concerns a pipette, which comprises a tip part ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107194 | CHANNEL AND METHOD OF FORMING CHANNELS - A device is made by forming sacrificial fibers on a substrate mold. The fibers and mold are covered with a first material. The substrate mold is removed, and the covered fibers are then removed to form channels in the first material. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107195 | METHOD OF PRODUCING MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES BASED ON A POLYMER - Disclosed is a method for producing a polymer-based microfluidic device, including: forming a microstructure on a lower polymer matrix; coating the lower polymer matrix with TiO | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107196 | THERMOFORMED PLASTIC LABORATORY BEAKER CONFIGURED TO STABILIZE TEMPERATURE AND RESIST TIPPING - A thermoplastic laboratory beaker that holds liquid in a reservoir portion of the beaker, in which the beaker includes a first upright, generally circular, outer sidewall and a second inner sidewall which are united at their upper limit height to form a lip edge or lip surface. The two sidewalls typically diverge from each other below the lip surface to create an air space between them. The outer sidewall extends downward a first distance D1 below the lip surface, and then usually bends outward to form a substantially planar supporting flange that at least partially supports the weight of said beaker on a laboratory surface. The inner sidewall extends downward a second distance D2 from the lip surface, and then bends inward to form a bottom wall for the reservoir portion that intersects the central vertical axis of said beaker, in which the inner sidewall and the bottom wall form the reservoir portion for holding a liquid. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107197 | SAMPLE MIXING DEVICE | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107198 | IN SITU HEAT INDUCED ANTIGEN RECOVERY AND STAINING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An automated in situ heat induced antigen recovery and staining method and apparatus for treating a plurality of microscope slides. The process of heat induced antigen recovery and the process of staining the biological sample on the microscope slide are conducted in the same apparatus, wherein the microscope slides do not need to be physically removed from one apparatus to another. Each treatment step occurs within the same reaction compartment. The reaction conditions of each reaction compartment for treating a slide can preferably be controlled independently, including the individualized application of reagents to each slide and the individualized treatment of each slide. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107199 | Processes for Reduction of Alkylation Catalyst Deactivation Utilizing Stacked Catalyst Bed - Alkylation systems and methods of minimizing alkylation catalyst regeneration are discussed herein. The alkylation systems generally include a preliminary alkylation system adapted to receive an input stream including an alkyl aromatic hydrocarbon and contact the input stream with a first preliminary alkylation catalyst disposed therein to form a first output stream. The first preliminary alkylation catalyst generally includes a Y zeolite. The systems further include a first alkylation system adapted to receive the first output stream and contact the first output stream with a first alkylation catalyst disposed therein and an alkylating agent to form a second output stream. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107200 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR CONVERTING HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINING CHROMIUM VI INTO NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE - The instant invention relates to a process and plant for the transformation of dangerous wastes containing chromium six as contaminant into non dangerous wastes that can be stored without special care and will be degraded in the environment without time limit. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107201 | Agent For Detoxifying Discharge Gas Containing Volatile Inorganic Hydride And Method Of Detoxifying Discharge Gas Containing Volatile Inorganic Hydride - A detoxifying agent and a detoxifying method are provided which have a high detoxifying ability in a detoxifying treatment of a discharge gas containing a volatile inorganic hydride and generating in a semiconductor production step. A zeolite is added to a solid metal hydroxide, a solid metal carbonate, a solid basic metal carbonate, or a mixture of these compounds to thereby obtain the detoxifying agent which has the excellent ability to detoxify a discharge gas containing volatile inorganic hydride. The zeolite to be added is a synthetic zeolite selected from zeolite Y, MFI zeolite, mordenite zeolite, beta zeolite, zeolite A, zeolite X, and zeolite L or is a natural zeolite. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107202 | PROCESS FOR MINIMISING THE EMISSION OF PARTICULAR MATTER FROM MARINE DIESEL ENGINES - The present invention provides a process for minimizing the emission of particulate matter and precursors thereof from a flue gas stream of an engine comprising particulate matter and precursors thereof and at least one gaseous component, which process comprises the steps of: a. Obtaining a flue gas stream of an engine comprising particulate matter and precursors thereof; b. Increasing the moisture content of the stream by contacting the same with a first aqueous medium in an amount and at a temperature at which at least 50% of the water content of the first aqueous medium is evaporated; whereby a moisture laden gas stream, optionally containing suspension droplets, is formed; c. Cooling the moisture laden gas stream whereby suspension droplets are formed; and d. Applying a centrifugal force to the moisture laden gas stream and to the suspension droplets to effect the swirling thereof; whereby a treated gaseous stream and an aqueous stream are formed; and wherein the content of particulate matter in the treated gaseous stream is reduced by at least 50% compared with that in the hot gas stream as measured by cooling to about 50° C. with no further treatment and wherein the centrifugal force in step d is characterized in that the velocity of the moisture laden gas stream is between 20 m/sec and 120 m/sec. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107203 | METHOD AND SYSTEM USING A FILTER FOR TREATING EXHAUST GAS HAVING PARTICULATE MATTER - A filter for filtering particulate matter (PM) from exhaust gas emitted from a positive ignition engine or 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, wherein the porous substrate is coated with a washcoat comprising a plurality of solid particles wherein the porous structure of the washcoated porous substrate contains pores of a second mean pore size, and wherein the second mean pore size is less than the first mean pore size. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107204 | COMBINED SLIP CATALYST AND HYDROCARBON EXOTHERM CATALYST - A catalyst comprising: (a) a first layer comprising an oxidizing catalyst having an effective PGM loading such that oxidation of hydrocarbons generates sufficient heat to regenerate soot, wherein said effective amount of PGM is greater than about 10 g/ft | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107205 | HIGH PRESSURE REDUCTION-OXIDATION DESULFURIZATION PROCESS - An improved process for reduction-oxidation desulphurization uses an oxidizer operating at a pressure greater than the absorber where a liquid reduction-oxidation catalyst solution contacts a sulfur-containing gas feed stream. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107206 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF GREENHOUSE GASES - A system and a method are provided for removing greenhouse gases, particulates and pollutants from the atmosphere utilizing a greenhouse gas collection apparatus. An atmospheric mixture is collected and progressively treated in first, second and third tube furnaces and a scrubber to produce an effluent for treatment in a chemical processing plant. The first tube furnace oxidizes hydrocarbons, the second tube furnace oxidizes any remaining nitrous and nitric oxides, and the third tube furnace oxidizes sulfur dioxide. The scrubber precipitates carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate. A vacuum pump draws the atmospheric mixture through tube furnaces and the scrubber. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107207 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION OF NOX - A system for reducing nitrogen oxides from an exhaust fluid is provided. The system includes an exhaust source, a hydrocarbon reductant source, a first injector in fluid communication with the hydrocarbon reductant source, where the first injector receives a first hydrocarbon reductant stream from the hydrocarbon reductant source, and expels the first portion of the hydrocarbon reductant stream. The system further includes a first catalyst that receives the exhaust stream and the first hydrocarbon reductant stream, a second injector in fluid communication with the hydrocarbon reductant source, where the second injector receives a second hydrocarbon reductant stream from the hydrocarbon reductant source, and expels the second hydrocarbon reductant stream, and a second catalyst disposed to receive an effluent from the first catalyst and the second portion of the hydrocarbon reductant stream. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107208 | GAS TREATMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED-BED GASIFICATION SYSTEM - In a circulating fluidized-bed gasification system, an ammonia-off gas | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107209 | REGENERATIVE RECOVERY OF SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM EFFLUENT GASES - This invention relates to processes for selective removal of contaminants from effluent gases. A sulfur dioxide absorption/desorption process for selective removal and recovery of sulfur dioxide from effluent gases utilizes a buffered aqueous absorption solution comprising weak inorganic or organic acids or salts thereof, to selectively absorb sulfur dioxide from the effluent gas. Absorbed sulfur dioxide is subsequently stripped to regenerate the absorption solution and produce a sulfur dioxide-enriched gas. A process for simultaneous removal of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides (NO | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107210 | PROCESSES FOR PREPARING HIGHLY PURE LITHIUM CARBONATE AND OTHER HIGHLY PURE LITHIUM CONTAINING COMPOUNDS - The invention generally relates to methods of selectively removing lithium from various liquids, methods of producing high purity lithium carbonate, methods of producing high purity lithium hydroxide, and methods of regenerating resin. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107211 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH DENSITY BORON CARBIDE - A process for manufacturing high density boron carbide by pressureless sintering, enabling to create sintered products of complex shapes and high strength. The process comprises mixing raw boron carbide powder with carbon precursor, such as a polysaccharide, compacting the mixture to create an object of the desired shape, and finally carbonizing and sintering the object at higher temperatures. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107212 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING DIAMOND USING LIQUID METAL SATURATED WITH CARBON - A method of treating a diamond, the method comprising: (i) providing a liquid metal saturated with carbon with respect to graphite precipitation; (ii) lowering the temperature of the liquid metal such that the liquid metal is saturated with carbon with respect to diamond precipitation; (iii) immersing a diamond in the liquid metal; and (iv) removing the diamond from the metal. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107213 | Energy Storage Devices Having Electrodes Comprising Nanowires - Methods of the present invention can be used to synthesize nanowires with controllable compositions and/or with multiple elements. The methods can include coating solid powder granules, which comprise a first element, with a catalyst. The catalyst and the first element should form when heated a liquid, mixed phase having a eutectic or peritectic point. The granules, which have been coated with the catalyst, can then be heated to a temperature greater than or equal to the eutectic or peritectic point. During heating, a vapor source comprising the second element is introduced. The vapor source chemically interacts with the liquid, mixed phase to consume the first element and to induce condensation of a product that comprises the first and second elements in the form of a nanowire. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107214 | METHOD FOR PREPARING MICROTUBULAR HALLOYSITE NANOPOWDERS - The present invention provides a method for preparing microtubular halloysite nanopowders by cutting halloysite nanotubes at a high pressure, microtubular halloysite nanopowders prepared by the method, and a cosmetic composition comprising the microtubular halloysite nanopowders. According to the method of the present invention, it is possible to prepare the halloysite nanopowders with a tubular shape using natural halloysite and effectively select a halloysite nanopowder having a desired shape. The microtubular halloysite nanopowders can be used in many industrial fields and used as a container or a carrier for nanoparticles or organic materials such as drugs, air fresheners, cosmetics, agricultural chemical materials, etc. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120107215 | METHOD OF REMOVING AND RECOVERING SILICA USING MODIFIED ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS - A method of preferentially removing or recovering silica from a source, including aqueous sources such as ground and potable water, which utilizes a modified ion exchange material that holds or captures the silica by ion exchange with a metal contained in the exchange material whereby the method includes the steps of: providing an ion exchange material; immobilizing a metal complex to form at least a portion of a metal containing substance inside the ionic exchange material; and contacting the source with at least a portion of the metal containing ionic exchange material. | 2012-05-03 |
