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20100217508 | METHOD FOR TREATEMENT OF A DRIVELINE - A method of operating a drivetrain of a motor vehicle. The drivetrain comprises a drive aggregate formed as a hybrid drive with a combustion engine and an electric machine, and a transmission connected between the drive aggregate and a drive output. The drivetrain also comprises a pressure reservoir system with at least one pressure reservoir and at least one pressure generator by the combustion engine in order to fill the pressure reservoir. A pressure in the pressure reservoir of the pressure reservoir system is measured and a value of the actual pressure, in the pressure reservoir system, is compared with at least one threshold value. When the actual pressure value is higher than a threshold value, stopping of the combustion engine is permitted, whereas if the actual pressure value is lower than the threshold value, stopping of the combustion engine is not permitted. | 08-26-2010 |
20120158232 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVETRAIN - A method of operating a drive-train of a motor vehicle having a hybrid drive with an internal combustion engine and an electric machine, an electrical energy accumulator that can be charged when the electric machine operates as a generator and discharged when the electric machine operates as a motor, a transmission connected between the hybrid drive and a drive output, and at least one auxiliary power takeoff on either the transmission or the hybrid drive side such that the auxiliary power takeoff can be operated with variable energy demand within functional capability limits that depend on the auxiliary power takeoff. Depending on the current operating status of the hybrid drive unit, the electrical energy accumulator and/or the auxiliary power takeoff, energy available in the drive-train, but not required at the drive output, can bypass the electrical energy accumulator and be stored in the auxiliary power takeoff. | 06-21-2012 |
20120255384 | DEVICE WITH A TRANSMISSION TO SUPPORT AT LEAST ONE AUXILIARY DEVICE OF A VEHICLE WITH DRIVE ENERGY - A mechanism with a transmission device for supplying at least one auxiliary power take-off aggregate of a vehicle with drive energy. A transmission ratio of the transmission device is varied continuously varied at least over a certain range and the transmission device can be brought into functional connection, on the input side, with a drive input of a drive machine of a drive-train of the vehicle and, on the output side, with the auxiliary power take-off aggregate. The transmission device is in the form of a mechanical transmission device. A transmission unit is provided in the power path between the drive machine and the auxiliary power take-off aggregate, whose transmission ratio is adapted to the mechanical transmission device in such manner that, in a main operating range, the mechanical transmission device can be operated essentially within the range of its maximum efficiency. | 10-11-2012 |
20130090209 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE TRAIN - A method of operating a drive-train comprising an auxiliary output on the engine side that can be coupled to the combustion engine via a continuously variable transmission and a generator such that when the engine is running, the generator can be driven at a constant rotational speed regardless of the speed of the engine, such that a condition parameter of the auxiliary output is regulated between a pair of limit values. The condition parameter is regulated as a function of its current actual value, the limit values of the condition parameter and also as a function of a current and/or anticipated driving situation such that parameters are determined, in the regulator, for the energy input into the auxiliary output as a function of these input data, and hence for a corresponding energy uptake from the engine. | 04-11-2013 |
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20130317377 | Generative Model-Driven Resource-Efficient Monitoring in Body Sensor Networks - Body sensor networks (BSNs) and methods for monitoring an electrocardiogram using such BSNs include a base station that generates an ECG model and an output ECG signal for displaying on a display device, and a sensor platform in electrical communication with the base station. The sensor platform may be configured to receive a sensed ECG signal from one or more sensors, receive an instance of the ECG model, and produce a model ECG signal from the instance. The sensor platform compares the sensed ECG signal to the model ECG signal and, if a deviation of the sensed ECG signal from the model ECG signal exceeds a threshold, transmits deviation data describing the deviation to the base station module. The sensor platform module does not transmit any data to the base station if there is no such deviation. | 11-28-2013 |
20150087931 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODEL-BASED NON-CONTACT PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA ACQUISITION - System and method for non-contact acquisition of current physiological data representing a subject. A first electromagnetic wave representing current physiological status of a first subject is modified by a second electromagnetic wave representing current physiological status of a second subject in proximity to the first subject. A parameter of the first electromagnetic wave representing a first physiological status of a first subject is measured with electronic circuitry to extract a parameter of the second electromagnetic wave. Historical physiological data associated with the second subject is acquired. The current physiological data representing current physiological status of the second subject is then derived based on historical physiological data of the second subject and a comparison between the first and second parameters. | 03-26-2015 |
20150277410 | POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM MANAGEMENT - An energy management system includes a number of power sources, a first set of energy storage devices (ESDs), a second set of ESDs, and a control system. The first set of ESDs is coupled between the power sources and a load and has a first set of operating characteristics. The second set of ESDs is also coupled between the power sources and the load and has a second set of operating characteristics that are different from the first set of operating characteristics. The control system is configured to selectively deliver power from one of the plurality of power sources to the first plurality of ESDs, the second plurality of ESDs, or both and selectively deliver power from the first plurality of ESDs, the second plurality of ESDs, or both to the load based on short and long term variations in a set of energy delivery system characteristics. | 10-01-2015 |
20150304101 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL-BASED ENCRYPTION AND EHR MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods are provided for encoding and decoding data (such as, for example, an encryption key) using a physiological signal. A data item string is separated into a defined number of component segments and each component segment is used as a coefficient of a polynomial equation. A plurality of signal features are then identified from a physiological signal and a plurality of ordered pairs are created based on the plurality of identified signal features using the polynomial equation. A data package including the plurality of ordered pairs and obfuscated by a plurality of chaff points is transmitted to another system. The receiver system uses a corresponding physiological signal to filter out the chaff points and to reconstruct the polynomial equation, for example, by LaGrangian interpolation. The coefficients of the reconstructed polynomial equation are then used to derive the encoded data item string. | 10-22-2015 |
20150309773 | MOBILE MEDICAL APPLICATIONS WITH SEPARATED COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE SAME - Systems and methods are provided for a mobile medical application operating environment and automated/semi-automated systems for creating application software for the operating environment. In the operating environment, all data storage and communication with external devices relating to sensitive medical data and operations is handled by a data manager application concurrently running with the medical application on a mobile device. Multiple medical applications can be run concurrently on the mobile device with reduced risk of data failure, thereby simplifying the design and release process for mobile medical applications. | 10-29-2015 |
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20080243242 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CORROSION-INHIBITING COATING ON AN IMPLANT MADE OF A BIO-CORRODIBLE MAGNESIUM ALLOY AND IMPLANT PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - A method for producing a corrosion-inhibiting coating on an implant made of a biocorrodible magnesium alloy, the method comprising providing the implant; and treating the implant surface using an aqueous or alcoholic conversion solution containing one or more ions selected from the group consisting of K | 10-02-2008 |
20100131052 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CORROSION-INHIBITING COATING ON AN IMPLANT MADE OF A BIOCORRODIBLE MAGNESIUM ALLOY AND IMPLANT PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - The invention relates to a method for producing corrosion-inhibiting coatings on an implant made of a biocorrodible magnesium alloy and to implants obtained or obtainable according to the method. | 05-27-2010 |
20120156477 | Medical Implant Comprising A Biodegradable Magnesium-Based Alloy And Method For Its Manufacture - A medical implant comprises a biodegradable magnesium-based alloy of which at least a part of its surface layer comprises a magnesium carbonate. A method for the manufacture of a biocompatible, corrosion-inhibiting protective surface layer on a medical implant comprising a magnesium-based alloy, comprises: providing an implant comprising a magnesium-based alloy to be coated; placing the implant into a reactor chamber; exposing at least part of the surface of said implant to an atmosphere comprising humid carbon dioxide to produce a coating on the surface of the implant comprising a magnesium carbonate of the formula x MgCO | 06-21-2012 |
20130116696 | Lean Electrolyte for Biocompatible Plasmaelectrolytic Coatings on Magnesium Implant Material - The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a method of producing ceramic layers on magnesium and its alloys, a magnesium implant with a ceramic layer made by the method, and a magnesium implant having a biocompatible ceramic layer substantially free of material which impairs the biocompatibility of said biocompatible ceramic layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the method of producing ceramic layers on magnesium and its alloys, includes (a) immersing an implant and a metal sheet into the aqueous electrolyte bath, said aqueous electrolyte bath including: ammoniac, diammonium hydrogen phosphate and urea, and wherein the implant is made of magnesium or its alloy; (b) performing a anodic oxidation by passing a current between the implant, the metal sheet and through the aqueous electrolyte bath, wherein the implant is connected to a positive pole of a current source and the metal sheet is connected to a negative pole of the current source; (c) applying a current density selected to form sparks on said implant, to thereby form a ceramic layer on said implant. | 05-09-2013 |
20150238653 | MEDICAL IMPLANT COMPRISING A BIODEGRADABLE MAGNESIUM-BASED ALLOY AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE - A medical implant comprises a biodegradable magnesium-based alloy of which at least a part of its surface layer comprises a magnesium carbonate. A method for the manufacture of a biocompatible, corrosion-inhibiting protective surface layer on a medical implant comprising a magnesium-based alloy, comprises: providing an implant comprising a magnesium-based alloy to be coated; placing the implant into a reactor chamber; exposing at least part of the surface of said implant to an atmosphere comprising humid carbon dioxide to produce a coating on the surface of the implant comprising a magnesium carbonate of the formula | 08-27-2015 |
20150258252 | LEAN ELECTROLYTE FOR BIOCOMPATIBLE PLASMAELECTROLYTIC COATINGS ON MAGNESIUM IMPLANT MATERIAL - The present disclosure describes a coated implant for bone repair that is biodegradable. The coated implant includes an implant body formed from a magnesium alloy, and a porous ceramic coating disposed on at least a portion of an outer surface of the implant body. The porous ceramic coating can include MgO, Mg(OH) | 09-17-2015 |
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20150324830 | REWARDS CARD RECOMMENDATION TOOL - Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses and methods that present reward accounts to users in order to help the users determine which reward accounts meet the spending habits of the users. In some embodiments the reward accounts may be credit cards, debits cards, other types of account cards, offer cards that can be used along with various payments methods, savings accounts, checking accounts, lines of credit, or any other like account that may be used for user expenses. Embodiments of the invention provide a reward account recommendation tool that may be utilized in a number of different ways to help users of reward accounts determine which reward accounts the users should utilize based on the user's expenses for various categories. | 11-12-2015 |
20160078449 | Two-Way Interactive Support - Systems, methods and apparatuses providing two-way interactive customer service support. In some examples, a user may request customer service via an augmented reality device. The augmented reality device may include a camera or other device configured to capture images of what the user is viewing. The images captured may be streamed to a computing device of a customer service associate assisting the user. The customer service associate may then move a cursor over the display of the video stream from the augmented reality device. The cursor movements may be indicative of actions the user may mimic on his or her own computing device in order to access functionality, resolve an issue, or the like. The coordinates of the cursor movement may be captured and transmitted to the augmented reality device. The cursor movement may then be replicated on a display of the augmented reality device based on the received coordinates. | 03-17-2016 |
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20100258493 | Filtration Sealing System - A filtration sealing system is provided for sealing a filter element in a housing at a mating interface therebetween. The sealing system includes a keyed interface. A replacement filter element is provided for such filtration sealing system, with the replacement filter element including a keyed interface. | 10-14-2010 |
20120061307 | Filtration Sealing System - A filtration sealing system is provided for sealing a filter element in a housing at a mating interface therebetween. The sealing system includes a keyed interface. A replacement filter element is provided for such filtration sealing system, with the replacement filter element including a keyed interface. | 03-15-2012 |
20120159915 | Filter Element with Percussion Band - A filter element has a reinforcement band or ring along at least a portion of the perimeter thereof and performing a support function thereat preventing or minimizing damage upon attempted percussive cleaning of the filter element by service personnel striking the perimeter against an impact surface. Alternatively, a failure band or ring is provided along at least a portion of the perimeter and performs a designated failure function to a failure condition thereat upon attempted percussive cleaning, with the failure condition providing at least one of: a) an indication to service personnel that the filter element has been damaged and should not be re-installed; and b) a deformed condition preventing re-installation. | 06-28-2012 |
20120305471 | Filter Element with Percussion Band - A filter element has a reinforcement band or ring along at least a portion of the perimeter thereof and performing a support function thereat preventing or minimizing damage upon attempted percussive cleaning of the filter element by service personnel striking the perimeter against an impact surface. Alternatively, a failure band or ring is provided along at least a portion of the perimeter and performs a designated failure function to a failure condition thereat upon attempted percussive cleaning, with the failure condition providing at least one of: a) an indication to service personnel that the filter element has been damaged and should not be re-installed; and b) a deformed condition preventing re-installation. | 12-06-2012 |
20130126417 | Filter Element with Percussion Band - A filter element has a reinforcement band or ring along at least a portion of the perimeter thereof and performing a support function thereat preventing or minimizing damage upon attempted percussive cleaning of the filter element by service personnel striking the perimeter against an impact surface. Alternatively, a failure band or ring is provided along at least a portion of the perimeter and performs a designated failure function to a failure condition thereat upon attempted percussive cleaning, with the failure condition providing at least one of: a) an indication to service personnel that the filter element has been damaged and should not be re-installed; and b) a deformed condition preventing re-installation. | 05-23-2013 |
20130180223 | Filter Element with Percussion Band - A filter element has a reinforcement band or ring along at least a portion of the perimeter thereof and performing a support function thereat preventing or minimizing damage upon attempted percussive cleaning of the filter element by service personnel striking the perimeter against an impact surface. Alternatively, a failure band or ring is provided along at least a portion of the perimeter and performs a designated failure function to a failure condition thereat upon attempted percussive cleaning, with the failure condition providing at least one of: a) an indication to service personnel that the filter element has been damaged and should not be re-installed; and b) a deformed condition preventing re-installation. | 07-18-2013 |
20130219840 | Filter Element with Percussion Band - A filter element has a reinforcement band or ring along at least a portion of the perimeter thereof and performing a support function thereat preventing or minimizing damage upon attempted percussive cleaning of the filter element by service personnel striking the perimeter against an impact surface. Alternatively, a failure band or ring is provided along at least a portion of the perimeter and performs a designated failure function to a failure condition thereat upon attempted percussive cleaning, with the failure condition providing at least one of: a) an indication to service personnel that the filter element has been damaged and should not be re-installed; and b) a deformed condition preventing re-installation. | 08-29-2013 |
20140048468 | Filtration Sealing System - A filtration sealing system is provided for sealing a filter element in a housing at a mating interface therebetween. The sealing system includes a keyed interface. A replacement filter element is provided for such filtration sealing system, with the replacement filter element including a keyed interface. | 02-20-2014 |
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20130155931 | TIME DOMAIN COEXISTENCE OF RF SIGNALS - Various methods and systems are provided for time domain coexistence of RF signals. In one example, among others, a method includes obtaining access to a WLAN channel during a free period of a coexisting cellular connection, providing a RDG to allow another device to transmit for a duration corresponding to at least a portion of a TXOP, and receiving a transmission during the duration. In another example, a method includes obtaining access to a WLAN channel during a transmission period of a coexisting cellular connection and providing a protection frame to defer transmissions from another device for a duration corresponding to at least a portion of a TXOP. In another example, a method includes determining a shift of a BT transaction based at least in part upon a schedule of cellular communications and shifting at least a portion of the BT transaction based upon the determined shift. | 06-20-2013 |
20130196643 | DYNAMIC SPACE, FREQUENCY AND TIME DOMAIN COEXISTENCE - Various methods and systems are provided for space, frequency and time domain coexistence of RF signals. In one example, among others, a communication device includes a coexistence manager capable of monitoring operating conditions of a cellular modem and a coexistence assistant capable of monitoring operating conditions of a wireless connectivity unit. The coexistence manager is capable of modifying operation of the modem and/or unit based on an operating condition change. In another example, a method includes detecting a change in antenna isolation and/or operating temperature of a FE filter, determining filtering characteristics of the FE filter based at least in part upon the change, and modifying communications of coexisting communication protocols based at least in part upon the filtering characteristics. In another example, a TX/RX configuration for coexisting communication protocols is determined and communications in a protocol is modified based at least in part upon the TX/RX configuration. | 08-01-2013 |
20150305031 | TIME DOMAIN COEXISTENCE OF RF SIGNALS - Various methods and systems are provided for time domain coexistence of RF signals. In one example, among others, a method includes obtaining access to a WLAN channel during a free period of a coexisting cellular connection, providing a RDG to allow another device to transmit for a duration corresponding to at least a portion of a TXOP, and receiving a transmission during the duration. In another example, a method includes obtaining access to a WLAN channel during a transmission period of a coexisting cellular connection and providing a protection frame to defer transmissions from another device for a duration corresponding to at least a portion of a TXOP. In another example, a method includes determining a shift of a BT transaction based at least in part upon a schedule of cellular communications and shifting at least a portion of the BT transaction based upon the determined shift. | 10-22-2015 |
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20150160327 | MONITORING MOTION USING SKELETON RECORDING DEVICES - A system and a method for monitoring motion skeleton recording devices is described. The method includes detecting, by a processor of a monitoring system, at least one human skeleton in a field of view (FOV) of the first skeleton recording device. Based on the detection, a message is transmitted to rest of the plurality of skeleton recording devices to switch ON and OFF corresponding infrared (IR) sensors in a round robin manner. The method further includes identifying one or more second skeleton recording device based on a direction of traversal of the at least one human skeleton from the FOV of the first skeleton recording device to a FOV of the one or more second skeleton recording devices. Based on the identification, the one or more second skeleton recording devices are notified to activate the corresponding IR sensor. | 06-11-2015 |
20150248834 | REAL-TIME TRAFFIC DETECTION - Systems and methods for real-time traffic detection are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises capturing ambient sounds as an audio sample in a user device, and segmenting the audio sample into a plurality of audio frames. Further, the method comprises identifying periodic frames amongst the plurality of audio frames. Spectral features of the identified periodic frames are extracted, and horn sounds are identified based on the spectral features. The identified horn sounds are then used for real-time traffic detection. | 09-03-2015 |
20160113531 | ESTIMATING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS - A physiological parameter measurement device comprising a processor and a video processing module coupled to the processor to divide each of a plurality of frames of a video into a plurality of blocks, where the video is of a body part of a subject whose physiological parameter is to be determined. The video processing module further is to select a block having highest peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) from amongst the plurality of blocks. Further, the video processing module is to extract a photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal from the video based on a block identifier associated with the block. The physiological parameter measurement device further comprises a signal enhancement module coupled to the processor, to process the PPG signal to obtain an enhanced PPG signal for determining a value of the physiological parameter for the subject. | 04-28-2016 |
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20140341439 | Identification of People Using Multiple Skeleton Recording Devices - Method(s) and system(s) for identification of an unknown person are disclosed. The method includes receiving skeleton data comprises data of multiple skeleton joints of the unknown person from skeleton recording devices. The method further includes extracting G gait feature vectors from the skeleton data. Further, the method includes classifying each gait feature vector into one of N classes based on a training dataset for N known persons and computing a classification score for each class. The method also includes clustering the training dataset into M clusters based on M predefined characteristic attributes of the known persons, tagging each gait feature vector with one of the M clusters based on a distance between a respective gait feature vector and cluster centers of M clusters, and determining a clustering score for each M cluster. The method further includes identifying the unknown person based on clustering scores and classification scores. | 11-20-2014 |
20150031965 | MONITORING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS - A method for monitoring physiological parameters associated with a subject using a hand held device is described herein. In an implementation, the method includes obtaining a plurality of sample photoplethysmographic (PPG) features associated with a sample subject, from a video of a body part of the sample subject. From among the plurality of sample PPG features, at least one relevant sample PPG feature associated with the physiological parameter, is selected based on a ground truth value of the physiological parameter for the subject. Further, based on the at least one relevant sample PPG feature and the ground truth value of the physiological parameter, a mathematical model indicative of a correlation between the relevant sample PPG feature and the physiological parameter, is determined. The mathematical model can be deployed for monitoring the physiological parameter in real time. | 01-29-2015 |
20150070506 | EVENT TRIGGERED LOCATION BASED PARTICIPATORY SURVEILLANCE - The present invention provides the multimodality filtration surveillance comprising of a plurality of filtration stages executed at the backend server to confirm nature of anomaly in an event, the filtration stages comprising: a first filter of a video anomalies detection in the event for a specified time-place value, a second filter of a city soundscape adapted to provide a localized decibel maps of a city, a third filter of a geocoded social network adapted to semantically read and analyze data from one or more social media corresponding to the specified time-place value, and a fourth filter of an event triggered or proactive local participatory surveillance adapted to provide augmented information on the detected anomalies. | 03-12-2015 |
20160038044 | MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE - A method for measuring blood pressure of a subject is described herein. In an implementation, the method includes obtaining a plurality of photoplethysmogram (PPG) features associated with the subject. The method further includes ascertaining one or more latent parameters associated with the subject based on the plurality of PPG features and a reference model, wherein the reference model indicates a correlation between the plurality of PPG features and the one or more latent parameters. Further, blood pressure of the subject is determined based on the one or more latent parameters and the plurality of PPG features. | 02-11-2016 |
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20080297696 | LIGHT GUIDING PLATE UNIT, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light guiding plate unit which can emit uniform light of a predetermined polarization, a surface light source apparatus and a liquid crystal display apparatus are provided. A light guiding plate unit is provided with a light guiding plate which can guide light and has a first surface from which light is emitted and a diffraction grating which is provided on the first surface of the light guiding plate, and the diffraction grating is formed of a number of metal wires in straight lines which are aligned in a direction approximately perpendicular to the long axis of the metal wires, and the length w of the metal wires in the direction in which the number of metal wires are aligned is approximately 55% or more and approximately 85% or less of the spatial period of the diffraction grating. Thus, the ratio of the length w of the metal wires to the spatial period is set to 0.65 or higher and 0.85 or lower, and thus, it is possible to control the amount of transmission of light in a predetermined state of polarization through the diffraction grating formed on the first surface. | 12-04-2008 |
20140307205 | OPTICAL FILM, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical film according to one embodiment includes at least one stack having a plurality of basic pairs, each pair being composed of a first layer and a second layer having different refractive indices and being laminated. The number of the stacks, a difference in the refractive index between the first and second layers, and the number of the basic pairs are set such that a reflectance spectrum of the at least one stack as a whole matches a target reflectance spectrum. The target reflectance spectrum includes first and second reflectance spectrum components corresponding to first and second polarized light beams in a predetermined wavelength range, wherein each of them is a spectrum having at least one reflective peak region including a spectrum region having a reflectance of 50% or more and a wavelength width of 20 to 60 nm. | 10-16-2014 |
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20140336428 | RECYCLE GAS SCRUBBING USING IONIC LIQUIDS - A method of removing CO | 11-13-2014 |
20150073186 | SPLIT FEED REACTOR BED IN HYDROTREATER DEVICE - A hydrotreater reactor device includes a reactor chamber including a first bed and a second bed. A first input is disposed to provide a hydrocarbon stream to the first bed and a second input is disposed to bypass the first bed and provide a hydrocarbon stream to the second bed. A differential temperature controller measures a temperature difference across the first bed. A control valve at the second input adjusts an amount of the hydrocarbon stream admitted through the second input based on the measured temperature difference. A charge heater provides a hydrocarbon stream as an output through a split output line having a first branch connected to the first input and in fluid communication with the first bed, and a second branch connected to the second input and in fluid communication with the second bed. A restrictor downstream of the split controls a pressure drop at the first input. | 03-12-2015 |
20150210939 | HYDROTREATING COKER KEROSENE WITH A SEPARATE TRIM REACTOR - A process for hydrotreating coker kerosene is described. Instead of a post treat reactor, a smaller trim reactor zone which operates at a lower pressure than the post treat reactor is used downstream of the product stripper. The trim reactor uses a noble metal catalyst to reduce the BI of the stripped product to less than about 150, and desirably in the range of about 50 to about 100. | 07-30-2015 |
20150251974 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ALKYLAROMATIC COMPOUNDS USING AROMATIC COMPOUND FROM CATALYST REGENERATION - A process for producing alkylaromatic compounds is described. The process involves utilizing at least a portion of the aromatic compound used to regenerate the alkylation catalyst in a spent alkylation reaction zone as a reactant in the active alkylation reaction zone. | 09-10-2015 |
20150251978 | PROCESS FOR SEPARATING BENZENE FROM A REACTOR EFFLUENT - A process for separating benzene from a reactor effluent in which the reactor effluent is passed to a first separation zone to separate the effluent into a bottom benzene lean stream and an overhead stream. The bottom benzene lean stream does not need to be processed further to remove benzene. The overhead stream may be cooled and is passed to a second separation zone in which it is separated into a bottom benzene rich stream and a second overhead stream. The bottom benzene rich stream contains at least 80% of the benzene from the reactor effluent. The operating temperature of the first separation zone is greater than the operating temperature of the second separation zone. | 09-10-2015 |
20150361351 | IONIC LIQUID TREATMENT OF VACUUM SLOP CUT TO INCREASE HYDROCRACKING FEED - A process and apparatus for increasing vacuum gas oil recovery from a vacuum column are described. The process includes separating a residue crude oil stream from a crude oil separation column in a vacuum column into at least one vacuum gas oil fraction, and a contaminant-rich slop fraction containing at least one contaminant; contacting the contaminant-rich slop fraction with a lean ionic liquid in a contaminant removal zone to produce a mixture comprising a contaminant-lean slop fraction and a rich ionic liquid comprising at least a portion of the at least one contaminant; and separating the mixture to produce a treated slop effluent comprising the contaminant-lean slop fraction and a rich ionic liquid effluent comprising the rich ionic liquid. | 12-17-2015 |
20150361355 | KEROSENE HYDROTREATING WITH A SEPARATE HIGH PRESSURE TRIM REACTOR - A process is presented for the production of high quality kerosene from lower quality feedstocks, including kerosene produced from coker units, or kerosene from cracking units. The process includes hydrotreating the feedstock to remove contaminants in the feedstock. The hydrotreated process stream is then treated in a trim reactor at higher pressure to reduce the bromine index of the kerosene. | 12-17-2015 |
20160101404 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY HYDROGENATING NAPHTHA - The process and apparatus of the present invention selectively hydrogenates a heavier olefinic naphtha stream in an upstream catalyst bed and the hydrogenated effluent and a lighter olefinic naphtha stream in a downstream catalyst bed. The heavier di-alkenes are less re-active and are contacted with more hydrogenation catalyst than the lighter di-alkenes which are more re-active. | 04-14-2016 |
20160102258 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY HYDROGENATING NAPHTHA - The process and apparatus of the present invention selectively hydrogenates a heavier olefinic naphtha stream in an upstream catalyst bed and the hydrogenated effluent and a lighter olefinic naphtha stream in a downstream catalyst bed. The heavier di-alkenes are less re-active and are contacted with more hydrogenation catalyst than the lighter di-alkenes which are more re-active. | 04-14-2016 |
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20140091009 | PROCESS FOR WASHING A GAS FROM A HYDROPROCESSED EFFLUENT, AND AN APPARATUS AND SEPARATOR RELATING THERETO - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for washing a gas from a hydroprocessed effluent from a hydroprocessing zone. The process may include adding a first portion of a wash water stream to the hydroprocessed effluent to form a combined stream, condensing the combined stream, adding a first portion of a wash water stream to the effluent to form a combined stream, sending the combined stream to a separator, and providing a second portion of the wash water stream to the tower for washing one or more gases rising in the tower. The separator can include a substantially cylindrical body, in turn, coupled to a boot and a tower. | 04-03-2014 |
20150041365 | HYDROTREATING PROCESS AND APPARATUS RELATING THERETO - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for treating a hydroprocessing fraction. The process can include obtaining a bottom stream from a fractionation zone, and passing at least a portion of the bottom stream to a film generating evaporator zone for separating a first stream containing less heavy polynuclear aromatic compounds than a second stream. | 02-12-2015 |
20150129461 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR HYDROTREATING COKER KEROSENE - Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for hydrotreating coker kerosene or other thermally or catalytically cracked hydrocarbon stream are provided. In one example, a method comprises splitting a feed comprising coker kerosene into first and second feed streams. The first feed stream is heated to form a heated first feed stream. The second feed stream is partially heated to form a partially heated second feed stream. The heated first feed stream is contacted with a first hydrotreating catalyst to form a first hydrotreated intermediate stream. The first hydrotreated intermediate stream is combined with the partially heated second feed stream to form a partially quenched first hydrotreated intermediate combined stream. The partially quenched first hydrotreated intermediate combined stream is contacted with a second hydrotreating catalyst to further hydrotreat the partially quenched first hydrotreated intermediate combined stream. | 05-14-2015 |
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