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| Methods and systems for propelling an externally powered vehicle | 20130140402 | 20130606 |
 A vehicle is disclosed that includes a propellant tank, an optical absorber operable to transform optical energy into thermal energy, a quantity of solid lithium within the propellant tank, a heat exchanger, and an engine. The heat exchanger is operable to transfer thermal energy from the optical absorber to the quantity of solid lithium to liquefy at least a portion of the solid lithium, and further operable to boil the liquefied portion of the solid lithium. The engine is operable to utilize lithium vapor from the boiled lithium to propel the vehicle.
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| Solar steam generator | 20130133323 | 20130530 |
 Systems and methods for solar steam generation are described. The systems and methods include disposing a plug in a closed top outer shell of a solar steam generator, which may define a small annular space between the plug and an interior of a transparent housing disposed atop the outer shell. Raw water is transferred into the outer shell of the solar steam generator, up into the small annular space between the plug and the interior of the transparent housing. Concentrated solar energy is directed at the transparent housing to boil raw water in the small annular space. Stray concentrated solar energy may be focused at the transparent housing to aid in boiling raw water in the small annular space. Steam rising from the small annular space... |
| Shell-less egg-boiling utensil | 20130112090 | 20130509 |
 The utensil comprises a flexible container (10), sized to contain at least one shell-less egg, and a lid (20) capable of closing said container (10), wherein the container (10) containing said shell-less egg and closed by said lid (20) can float in boiling water in order to boil the egg. The container (10) comprises a cup (11) having an upper region (11a) adjacent to a top opening (13) that is bulkier than a lower region (11b) adjacent to a bottom (12). The container (10) has a perimetric flap (14) extending outwards and downwards from a rim of the top opening (13), so that, when the utensil is floating, said perimetric flap (14) traps air, thereby contributing to the buoyancy and flotation stability of the utensil, with... |
| Intra-condenser contaminant extractor for a vapor-compression refrigeration apparatus | 20130091886 | 20130418 |
 Apparatuses and methods are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic component. The apparatus includes a vapor-compression refrigeration system. The vapor-compression refrigeration system includes an expansion component, an evaporator, a compressor, and a condenser coupled in fluid communication via a refrigerant flow path. The evaporator is coupled to and cools the electronic component. The apparatus further includes a contaminant extractor coupled in fluid communication with the refrigerant flow path. The extractor includes a refrigerant boiling filter and a heater. At least a portion of refrigerant passing through the refrigerant flow path passes through the refrigerant boiling filter, and the heater provides heat to the refrigerant boiling filter to boil refrigerant passing through the filter. By boiling refrigerant passing through the filter, contaminants are extracted from the... |
| Boswellia oil, its fractions and compositions for enhancing brain function | 20130045183 | 20130221 |
 The present disclosure relates to non-acidic extracts or fractions selected from a Boswellia low polar gum resin extract fraction (BLPRE), a Boswellia volatile oil fraction (BVOIL), and a Boswellia oil fraction (BOIL) and their compositions. BLPRE, BOIL, and BVOIL are each derived from the gum resin of a Boswellia species. These compositions are useful for improving mental condition, enhancing brain functions such as cognition, memory, learning, communication and brain health, for treating impaired memory, and for preventing, control or treating memory and cognition related disorders/diseases. Additionally, BOIL, BVOIL, and mixtures of BOIL and BVOIL are useful for enhancing the bioavailability of a biological agent.
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| Stir lid with overflow sensor | 20130036917 | 20130214 |
| A motor-driven automatic cooking vessel stirring device having boil-over sensing and a boil over alarm that sounds when boil-over becomes imminent. The motor-driven automatic cooking vessel stirring device beneficially also provides for temperature sensing and can include electronic controls that control stirring rates and a clock-timer.
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| Dual use exercise whitener appliance | 20130029291 | 20130131 |
| A jaw-joint protective device is provided for whitening and brightening a wearer's teeth while protecting the teeth, tongue, lips, jaw, and other delicate structures of the vital cranial triad (VCT) from injury and/or for supporting the condyle of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in a relatively fixed (stable) position thereby stabilizing the jaw and the VCT during head contact activity, exercise, physical rehabilitation, C-force acceleration, teeth grinding disorders and sleep apnea and or permit the components of a VCT disorder to be realigned for proper healing. This device is an over-the-counter purchased, boil and bite device for whitening at least one tooth while protecting the jaw-joint, providing maxillary and mandibular teeth seats for protection of the mouth and/or healing of the VCT. This invention provides a device... |
| Window air conditioner | 20120312039 | 20121213 |
| Technologies are generally described for a window and a method for cooling a room including a window. In some examples, the window may include a first pane and a second pane spaced from and in optical communication with the first pane defining a generator chamber. An evaporator chamber may be disposed in the window with a pressure so that the evaporator chamber is effective to receive heat from the room and boil a refrigerant to produce a first vapor. An absorber chamber may be effective to receive and condense the first vapor on an absorbent to produce a solution. The generator chamber may be effective to receive heat through the first pane, receive the solution and heat the solution to produce a second vapor. A condenser... |
| Oxygen storage and generation using an oxygen generating liquid | 20120308475 | 20121206 |
| Provided are methods and devices for storing and generating oxygen from a low temperature oxygen generating liquid. The oxygen storage method may use lithium chlorate plus water to store oxygen wherein all solids that may be present enter solution for delivery as a liquid to a reaction vessel. The oxygen production method may be a batch process with steps to heat the liquid, boil out the water, thermally decompose the lithium chlorate and then rinse out the remaining product. The apparatus for oxygen generation may use multiple reaction vessels operating sequentially to produce a continuous flow of oxygen with a rinse step in a separate area from the heat application area to remove end product solid. The device for oxygen storage includes a storage vessel and... |
| Substrate cleaning apparatus, substrate cleaning method, and computer-readable recording medium having substrate cleaning program recorded therein | 20120260947 | 20121018 |
| Provided are a substrate cleaning apparatus, a substrate cleaning method, and a substrate cleaning program that preferably cleans the substrate without causing damage on the surface of the substrate. The substrate cleaning apparatus includes a liquid layer holding unit including a substrate cleaning nozzle that holds a liquid layer of the cleaning solution, a substrate heating unit that heats the surface of the substrate higher than the boiling point of the cleaning solution, and a moving up/down mechanism that approaches a substrate cleaning nozzle to the substrate. The moving up/down mechanism is controlled to boil the liquid layer held in the substrate cleaning nozzle by the heat of the surface of the substrate heated by the substrate heating unit to form a vapor layer between the... |
| Method of handling a boil off gas stream and an apparatus therefor | 20120240600 | 20120927 |
| A boil-off gas (BOG) stream (15) from a liquefied hydrocarbon storage tank is split into a BOG heat exchanger feed stream (25) and a BOG bypass stream (35). The BOG heat exchanger feed stream (25) is heat exchanged in a BOG heat exchanger (40) against a process stream (135), thereby providing a warmed BOG stream (45) and a cooled process stream (195). The warmed BOG stream (45) is combined with the BOG bypass stream (35) to provide a temperature controlled BOG stream (55). Herein, the mass flow of the process stream (135) is controlled in response to a measured first temperature of at least one of (i) the warmed BOG stream (45) and (ii) the cooled process stream (195) to move the measured first temperature towards... |
| Hot beverage brewing apparatus | 20120210876 | 20120823 |
| A hot beverage brewing apparatus. A pressurized hot liquid delivery system provides liquid under pressure within a range of acceptable brewing temperatures without any mechanical pump. Water is apportioned into sealable tank volumes, one of which is heated to boil the liquid and produce steam under pressure. The pressurized steam displaces the liquid from the tank volumes in proportion and at a temperature that is within the acceptable brewing range. The hot liquid under pressure is directed to a capsule receiving station to infuse a material in a capsule. The capsule dispenses the brewed beverage without contacting the brewing apparatus.
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| Device to efficiently cook foods using liquids and hot vapors | 20120167778 | 20120705 |
| A combination food steamer and deep fryer cooking apparatus includes a vessel, a heat source, and first and second support structures. The vessel is configured to hold, at different times, associated water and associated cooking oil therein. The heat source is configured to heat the associated water within the vessel to a first selected temperature sufficient to boil the associated water held within the vessel. The heat source is further configured to heat the associated cooking oil within the vessel to a second selected temperature sufficient to deep fry associated food submerged in the associated cooking oil. The first support structure is separate from the second support structure and supports the associated food while submerged within the heated cooking oil which is contained within the vessel.... |
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| Cooking device | 20120160820 | 20120628 |
| The cooking device includes a top plate 2 on which containers 30 are to be placed, heating devices 5L, 5R provided under the top plate 2, electrodes 15, 16, 17 provided on a lower surface of the top plate 2, capacitance detection devices 18, 19, 20 for detecting changes in capacitance of the electrodes 15, 16, 17, and a boil over determination device 31 for determining a liquid boiled over from the containers 30 on the basis of the changes in capacitance detected by the capacitance detection devices 18, 19, 20 in heating operations of the heating devices 5L, 5R. The electrodes 15, 16, 17 have a plurality of arc-shaped detection parts 15a, 16a, 17a provided along periphery of each of the heating devices 5L, 5R.
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| System and method for purifying water | 20120055778 | 20120308 |
| A system and method of water purification includes a dirty water tank (1), and a power source (2), to create clean water (8). A fuel cell (3) is utilized to convert clean water to oxygen and hydrogen which is mixed (4) to create Oxyhydrogen. The Oxyhydrogen is burned in torches (6) producing heat and pure water. The pure water is collected, and the heat is used in a steam still (7) to boil water to steam, the steam is condensed and collected as clean water (8). This clean water is provided for consumption as well as supplied to the fuel cell (3) for further production.
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| Bipolar chondroplasty device | 20120053579 | 20120301 |
| A system and method for convectively heating tissue to smooth the surface of the tissue. A fluid, such as saline is distributed across a tissue surface. A bipolar tool is placed within the fluid, but not touching the tissue. An RF signal is sent from a generator through the electrodes to rapidly boil the fluid. Heat is then transferred from the boiling fluid to the tissue resulting in minimal heat damage to tissue. An impedance matching system is used to maximize power received at the bipolar from the generator. Additionally, a control system monitors the boiling fluid to limit arcing.
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| Oil fire and boil over attenuation using buoyant glass materials | 20120018178 | 20120126 |
| A method is described for using cellular glass blocks, cellular glass nodules, hollow glass spheres, or other buoyant glass materials to attenuate oil fire, limit thermal radiation from an oil fire, and reduce the risk of boil-over phenomenon. Cellular glass blocks, cellular glass nodules, hollow glass spheres, or other buoyant glass products may be deployed passively, prior to an ignition event, or actively, as a response to an ignition event to provide control. Cellular glass or other buoyant glass materials may be in any physical shape such as block, sheet, aggregate, or nodule.
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| Coffee grounds-based fuel and method of manufacture | 20120000119 | 20120105 |
| One possible embodiment could be a composition for coffee ground-based fuel comprising: dried, spent coffee grounds by 54% by weight; vegetable shortening by 23% by weight; brown sugar by 20% by weight; and corn syrup by 2% by weight, wherein the vegetable shortening and brown sugar and mixed together and heated slowly until a boil is achieved, then removing resultant mixture from heat, mixing in dried, spent coffee grounds into resultant mixture, then mixing in corn syrup into the resultant mixture, pouring and pressing the resultant mixture into a selected form for final shaping, then when the mixture has cooled to room temperature, removing it from the form for use.
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| Method of searching for positions to place control rods with crack in a boiling water reactor core | 20110015903 | 20110120 |
| Disclosed is a method of searching for positions to place control rods with crack in a boiling water reactor core. When a control rod is broken in a nuclear reactor core, it is determined whether the smallest cold shut-down margin meets the regulations of the laws. Positions meeting the regulations of the laws are found to place control rods that might be broken but are still in operation in the reactor core. After the cold shut-down margins are confirmed, the critical safety is determined to avoid the risk of not being able to shut down the reactor core when urgent shut-down is needed.
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| Resin compositions for wrinkle pattern paints | 20110015318 | 20110120 |
| Disclosed is a resin composition comprising (A) hydroxyl group containing acrylic resin having a hydroxyl group value of from 5 to 200 mgKOH/g and a number average molecular weight of from 500 to 20,000, (B) hexakisalkoxymethylated melamine resin, (C) de-watering agent, (D) blocked sulfonic acid compound which has been blocked with a tertiary amine compound of boiling point from 50 to 300° C. in which the mol ratio with respect to the sulfonic acid is from 0.2 to 0.9, (E) silicate compound and (F) at least one type of material selected from among (a) organic resin particle of average particle diameter not more than 40 μm, (b) inorganic glass particles of average particle diameter not more than 100 μm and (c) inorganic fibers of average length... |
| Paste composition and dielectric composition using the same | 20110014448 | 20110120 |
| A paste composition containing an inorganic filler, a resin and a solvent, wherein the paste composition is characterized in that it contains one or more solvents of which the boiling point is 160° C. or higher and an inorganic filler of which the mean particle diameter is 5 μm or smaller, and the total content of the solvent is 25 wt % or less based on the total amount of the paste composition, and a dielectric composition containing an inorganic filler and resin, wherein the inorganic filler includes inorganic fillers of at least two kinds of mean particle diameter, and the greatest mean particle diameter of said mean particle diameters is 0.1-5 μm and is 3 times or more the minimum mean particle diameter.
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| Method for depositing a fluorinated layer from a precursor monomer | 20110014395 | 20110120 |
| A method for depositing a fluorinated layer on a substrate includes the injection of a gas mixture including a fluorinated compound and a carrier gas in a discharge or post-discharge area of a cold atmospheric plasma at a pressure comprised between 0.8 and 1.2 bars. The fluorinated compound has a boiling temperature at a pressure of 1 bar above 25° C.
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| Compact natural gas steam reformer with linear countercurrent heat exchanger | 20110014088 | 20110120 |
| The present invention is natural gas steam reforming apparatus for generating an output gas mixture of carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The apparatus is made from two enclosures. A first enclosure contains a source of water, superheated steam, and channels, located within a lower portion of the first enclosure, which contain a water-gas-shift catalyst for converting CO into CO2 and H2. The heat from hot gas flowing through the channels is released into the first enclosure to boil the water to generate the superheated steam. A second enclosure, contained within an upper portion of the first enclosure, includes a steam inlet for receiving the superheated steam from the first enclosure; a combustion chamber; and a reformation chamber. The combustion chamber is used for combusting a portion of... |
| Group-iii element nitride crystal producing method and group-iii element nitride crystal | 20110012070 | 20110120 |
| A method for producing a high-quality group-III element nitride crystal at a high crystal growth rate, and a group-III element nitride crystal are provided. The method includes the steps of placing a group-III element, an alkali metal, and a seed crystal of group-III element nitride in a crystal growth vessel, pressurizing and heating the crystal growth vessel in an atmosphere of nitrogen-containing gas, and causing the group-III element and nitrogen to react with each other in a melt of the group-III element, the alkali metal and the nitrogen so that a group-III element nitride crystal is grown using the seed crystal as a nucleus. A hydrocarbon having a boiling point higher than the melting point of the alkali metal is added before the pressurization and heating... |
| Process and apparatus for converting high boiling point resid to light unsaturated hydrocarbons | 20110011768 | 20110120 |
| A process and apparatus process for preparing a resid-containing hydrocarbon feedstock for use in a regenerative pyrolysis reactor, comprising (a) feeding a resid-containing hydrocarbon feedstock to a thermal cracking unit; (b) thermally cracking at least about 60 wt. % of said resid having a boiling point of at least 565° C. in said hydrocarbon feedstock to form a vapor phase containing cracked hydrocarbons; (c) separating said vapor phase from remaining non-volatiles; and (d) converting the separated vapor phase in a regenerative pyrolysis reactor system.
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| Water recovery from steam-assisted production | 20110011559 | 20110120 |
| A method of introducing flue gas, from a flue stack in a steam-assisted production facility, into a heat exchanger. The flue gas comprises boiler combustion products selected from at least one of commercial pipeline gas and produced gas. The method begins by cooling a portion of the water vapor in the flue gas in the heat exchanger to produce flue gas water. This flue gas water is then collected and removed as make-up water.
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| Oxyfuel boiler and control method for oxyfuel boiler | 20110011315 | 20110120 |
| An oxyfuel boiler structured so as to mix oxygen separated from air with a part of exhaust gas branched from exhaust gas discharged from the boiler for generating vapor and supplying to a vapor demand facility by burning coal fuel, and supply the mixed gas to the boiler as an oxidizing gas for burning the coal, wherein an air separation unit for separating air and manufacturing oxygen from air, an oxygen supply system for leading the oxygen manufactured by the air separation unit to the oxyfuel boiler, a recirculation system for leading a part of exhaust gas branched from the exhaust gas discharged from the oxyfuel boiler to the oxyfuel boiler, and a recirculation fan for supplying the exhaust gas to the recirculation system are installed,... |
| Carbon dioxide recovery system and method | 20110011088 | 20110120 |
| Provided are high-pressure, medium-pressure, and low-pressure turbines; a boiler to generate steam for driving the turbines; a carbon dioxide recovery unit including an absorber that reduces carbon dioxide in combustion flue gas from the boiler by means of a carbon dioxide absorbent and a regenerator that regenerates an absorbent; a first auxiliary turbine that extracts steam from an inlet of the low-pressure turbine and recovers power by means of the steam thus extracted; a first steam delivery line to supply discharged steam from the first auxiliary turbine to a reboiler of the regenerator as a heat source; and a controller that controls driving of the first auxiliary turbine while keeping pressure of the discharged steam to be supplied to the reboiler within a tolerance range for... |
| Method for producing alkyl chlorosilanes from the residues of the direct synthesis of alkyl chlorosilanes | 20110009659 | 20110113 |
| High boiling residue from the direct synthesis of alkylchlorosilanes are converted in large part to monosilanes by heating the residue by passage of alternating current in a pressurized reactor.
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| Membrane separation method for separating high boiler during the production of 1,3-dioxolane-2-ones | 20110009645 | 20110113 |
| The present invention relates to a process for the continuous preparation of a 1,3-dioxolan-2-one wherein a discharge from the reaction zone is subjected to a fractionation by means of a semipermeable membrane in order to separate off polymeric by-products.
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| Method for preparing 3-trifluoromethyl chalcones | 20110009638 | 20110113 |
| Further disclosed is a method for preparing a compound of Formula 7 wherein Q and Z are as defined in the disclosure, using a compound of Formula 1 characterized by preparing the compound of Formula 1 by the method disclosed above or using a compound of Formula 1 prepared by the method disclosed above.
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| Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern | 20110008728 | 20110113 |
| A resist composition including: a base component which exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under the action of acid; and an acid-generator component containing an acid generator (B1) consisting of a compound represented by general formula (b1); dissolved in an organic solvent containing an alcohol-based organic solvent having a boiling point of at least 150° C., wherein R7″ to R9″ represents an aryl group or an alkyl group, provided that at least one of R7″ to R9″ represents a substituted aryl group which has been substituted with a group represented by the formula: —O—R70 (R70 represents an organic group), and two of R7″ to R9″ may be mutually bonded to form a ring with the sulfur atom; X represents a hydrocarbon group of 3... |
| Solvent for a printing composition | 20110008590 | 20110113 |
| where R represents a C6 to C11 alkyl. The high boiling point of the solvent allows the “ink” to remain wet for a longer time after printing. This provides better process control during drying, resulting in more uniform films and greater control over the film profile. The low viscosity of the solvent enables jetting of the composition at high frequencies.
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| Culinary electric hot water appliance with automatic switch | 20110008029 | 20110113 |
| An automatic switch (3) for an electric domestic appliance (1, 13, 33, 36) is provided. The switch comprises a base (4) and associated electronic circuitry (8) for inclusion in an electric power supply circuit that includes a heating element whereby liquid in a container may be heated to boiling temperature. The switch includes a sensor (7, 18) for monitoring radiation emanating from the surface (6) of liquid to be boiled in a container and preferably also a radiation source (5, 19) to produce radiation that is reflected off the liquid surface. The sensor is configured to provide a first output associated with radiation sensed whilst a generally quiescent state of the surface prevails, and to provide a second output associated with radiation sensed when a generally... |
| Machinery system allowing replacement of old reactor with a new reactor in nuclear power electric generating station | 20110007861 | 20110113 |
| The machinery system and its application herewith, intended to create an opening in the roof of a Reactor Primary Containment of Generation II and III Nuclear Power Electric Generating Station. This opening is necessary to replace an aging nuclear reactor with a new, safer and more efficient reactor. Generation II and III Nuclear Power Electric Generating Stations include General Electric (GE) Boiling Water Reactor BWR/2, 3, 4, 5 and BWR/6 located in Mark II, and Mark III wet containments and Pressurized Water Reactors manufactured by Westinghouse, Combustion Engineering and Babcock and Wilcox located in dry containments. Until this time, existing reactor replacement was not possible due to Reactor Primary Containment structural enclosure configuration. The Dual Head Vertical Milling Machine System will remove a Reactor Primary Containment... |
| Led illuminating device | 20110006657 | 20110113 |
| An LED illuminating device includes a housing defining a sealed boiling room, an optical module and an adiabatic member. The boiling room has a lower room and annular room surrounding the lower room. A wick structure is received in and attached to an inner side of the housing. Working fluid is received in the boiling room and saturated in a bottom portion of the wick structure located at a bottom of the lower room. The optical module is provided with a plurality of LEDs attached to the housing at a position under the bottom portion of the wick structure. The adiabatic member is received in the boiling room and attached to a middle portion of the wick structure at a top of the lower room for... |
| Process for the preparation of synthesis gas, ii | 20110006262 | 20110113 |
| A process for the production of synthesis gas is presented, which involves the steps of a) preparing a vapor phase mixture comprising steam and at least one hydrocarbon or oxygenated hydrocarbon by atomizing of the at least one hydocarbon or oxygenated hydrocarbon through a nozzle such that the at least one hydrocarbon or oxygenated hydrocarbon is present as droplets with a droplet size of less than 500 μm and the time to complete evaporation does not exceed 0.5 seconds, said at least one hydrocarbon or oxygenated hydrocarbon having an atmospheric boiling point in the range of −50 to 370° C., said vapor phase having a H2O/C molar ratio of at least 2, and b) catalytic conversion of the vapor phase mixture into synthesis gas in a... |
| Production of steam and its application to enhanced oil recovery | 20110005751 | 20110113 |
| The invention also relates to an installation adapted for implementing said method, as well as to a process for extracting hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation using the abovementioned method for producing steam.
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| Water jet cutting device with improved part-holding device | 20110005361 | 20110113 |
| High-pressure water jet cutting techniques generate numerous handling problems both for the plates being cut and for cut parts. These problems can be resolved by the device according to the disclosed embodiments. This device includes a plurality of wires held under stress at a predetermined stress level above a plate being cut. These wires intercept a jet cutting the plate. This interception results in the creation of a micro-fastener holding the cut part to the plate. This micro-fastener can be easily broken. The plurality of wires also prevents the boiling effect of water in a cutting pool, this boiling resulting from the impact of the water jet in the pool.
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| Process tanks in combination with a float magnetostrictive level detector | 20110005312 | 20110113 |
| The invention is a process tank containing a direct level magnetostrictive measurement system disposed directly in the tank, where the level system preferably communicates to a remote location. One embodiment of the invention embodies an internal well guide chamber, which exactly replicates the actual vessel's internal conditions (pressure and temperature), and also prevents the float from being affected by turbulence from a two phase condition, such as might occur if boiling or flashing is present inside the vessel. The process tank should have a fluid temperature different by more than 50° C. form the ambient environment, or alternatively, be a flashing tank.
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| Absorption heat pump unit | 20110005253 | 20110113 |
| A boiler-equipped absorption heat pump unit (10) having reduced heat loss is disclosed. A regenerator (23), a boiler (14), and other high-temperature devices, as well as an evaporator (11), an absorber (12), and other low-temperature devices are separated from each other by a dividing wall (62). The dividing wall impedes the transfer of heat from the high-temperature devices to the low-temperature devices, and heat loss is reduced.
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| Electric power plant, and method for running electric power plant | 20110005225 | 20110113 |
| An electric power plant, e.g., a boiling water reactor nuclear power plant supplies steam generated in a nuclear reactor to a high-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine. The steam discharged from the low-pressure turbine is condensed with a condenser. Water generated with the condenser, used as feed water, flows through a feed water pipe, is heated with a low-pressure feed water heater and a high-pressure feed water heater, and then supplied to the nuclear reactor. The steam extracted from the high-pressure turbine is supplied to the high-pressure feed water heater. The steam extracted from the low-pressure turbine is compressed with a steam compressor, and the steam whose temperature has been increased is then supplied to the high-pressure feed water heater. The feed water to be directed... |
| Method and apparatus for simplified thrust chamber configurations | 20110005193 | 20110113 |
| The invention of this disclosure is methods and apparatuses improving the ease of fabrication and delivered specific impulse performance of simplified rocket engine thrust chambers. Included are a method and apparatus for a pool-boiling cooling system rocket thrust chamber. This cooling system utilizes a convective coolant flowing in a continuous or semi-continuous coolant loop. In addition the convective coolant itself is cooled in a pool-boiling heat exchanger by the evaporation of a propellant that functions as a boiling coolant. The invention also includes a method and apparatus for a shortened, simplified, conical expansion nozzle for a rocket thrust chamber that can operate with reduced specific impulse losses due to nozzle configuration and the use of film coolant in the thrust chamber.
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| Kerosene base fuel | 20110005190 | 20110113 |
| The subject invention relates to a kerosene base fuel having an initial boiling point in the range 130 to 160° C. and a final boiling point in the range 250 to 300° C. as determined according to ASTM method D86, and comprising less than 15% by weight of aromatic compounds, and at least of 80% by weight of aliphatic hydrocarbons, of which at least 20% by volume are n-paraffins and at least 25% by volume are cycloparaffins, as determined by according to ASTM method D2425. It further relates to the use of this base fuel in fuel compositions, as well for he use of the kerosene base fuel in a fuel composition comprising a petroleum based kerosene base fuel having a higher density and a lower... |
| Anti-glare film and process for producing the same | 20110003093 | 20110106 |
| The anti-glare film is produced by applying a liquid composition containing a nonreactive (meth)acrylic resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 30,000 to 1,000,000, a (meth)acrylic resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000 and a polymerizable group, a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, and a solvent having a boiling point of not lower than 100° C., and producing convection along with volatilization of the solvent, wherein the anti-glare film has a ridge formed dispersively and in a random direction on a surface thereof, and the total area of the ridges is not more than 50% of a whole surface area of the anti-glare film. The ridge may have an average height of 0.05 to 10 μm and an average width of 0.1 to 30 μm. The... |
| Viologen-based electrochromic compositions which can be formulated and applied at room temperature | 20110003070 | 20110106 |
| Said electrochromic compositions can be formulated and applied at room temperature, therefore they allow preparing electrochromic devices with heat-sensitive substrates, particularly with fully plastic substrates, with a high degree of transparency and with a high optical contrast.
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| Spaghetti noodle packed in retort pouch and method for preparing the same | 20110003043 | 20110106 |
| Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a spaghetti food packaged in a retort pouch, comprising: (a) boiling dry spaghetti noodles in hot water; (b) cooling and dehydrating the boiled spaghetti noodles; (c) spraying oil over the dehydrated spaghetti noodles; (d) packing the oiled spaghetti noodles in a retort pouch; and (e) subjecting the packed spaghetti noodles to multiple retort sterilization under predetermined temperature, time and pressure conditions. The spaghetti noodle product can be stored at room temperature for 12 months or longer without germ growth therein and can be instantly cooked al dente only by microwaving rather than by boiling in water.
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| Mercury reduction system and mercury reduction method of flue gas containing mercury | 20110002829 | 20110106 |
| A mercury reduction system according to the present embodiment is a mercury reduction system that reduces NOx and Hg in flue gas discharged from a boiler, and includes an NH4Cl solution spraying unit that sprays an NH4Cl solution into a flue of the boiler in a liquid state, a mixed gas spraying unit that is provided downstream of the NH4Cl solution spraying unit and sprays mixed gas containing NH3 gas and HCl gas into the flue, a reduction denitration apparatus that includes a denitration catalyst reducing NOx in the flue gas with NH3 and oxidizing Hg in the presence of HCl, and a wet desulfurization apparatus that reduces Hg oxidized in the reduction denitration apparatus with a limestone-gypsum slurry.
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| Process for preparing cellulose ether | 20090326217 | 20091231 |
| The invention relates to a process for preparing a cellulose ether wherein the cellulose ether is prepared in the presence of an ether of the formula R1-O—R2 having a boiling point between 40 and 90° C., or of a solvent mixture comprising an ether and having a boiling point between 40 and 90° C., wherein R1 and R2 maybe the same or different and are independently selected from an alkyl group.
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| Fragranced water-sensitive film | 20090326093 | 20091231 |
| A film formed from a water-soluble polymer matrix within which is contained at least one fragrance is provided. The film is water-sensitive (e.g., water-soluble, water-dispersible, etc.) so that upon contact with a sufficient amount of water, the polymer matrix loses its integrity over time to increasingly expose the fragrance to the ambient environment for releasing its odor. The ability to incorporate a fragrance into the polymer matrix is achieved in the present invention by controlling a variety of aspects of the film construction, including the nature of the fragrance, the nature of the water-soluble polymer, the manner in which the polymer matrix and fragrance are melt processed, etc. For example, the fragrance may be injected directly into the extruder and melt blended with the water-soluble polymer.... |
| Fragranced biodegradable film | 20090325854 | 20091231 |
| A film formed from a biodegradable polymer matrix within which is contained at least one fragrance is provided. The ability to incorporate a fragrance into the polymer matrix is achieved in the present invention by controlling a variety of aspects of the film construction, including the nature of the fragrance, the nature of the biodegradable polymer, the manner in which the polymer matrix and fragrance are melt processed, etc. For example, the fragrance may be injected directly into the extruder and melt blended with the biodegradable polymer. In this manner, the costly and time-consuming steps of pre-encapsulation or pre-compounding of the fragrance into a masterbatch are not required. Furthermore, to obtain a balance between the ability of the fragrance to release the desired odor during use... |
| Curable resin composition and process for producing cured coating using the same | 20090324831 | 20091231 |
| Disclosed is a curable resin composition which contains a copolymer; and an organic solvent having a boiling point of 180° C. or higher at atmospheric pressure, which copolymer contains monomer units (A) having an alkali-soluble group, and monomer units (B) corresponding to curable group-containing polymerizable unsaturated compounds. The copolymer contains the monomer units (B) in a content of 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on the total weight of monomer units constituting the copolymer, and the monomer units (B) contain 30 percent by weight or more of monomer units corresponding to at least one compound selected from compounds containing an 3,4-epoxytricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]decane ring. The curable resin composition gives a coat which is superior typically in transparency and thermal stability and does not suffer from uneven thickness... |
| Method for depositing hard metallic coatings | 20090324822 | 20091231 |
| A method for depositing a hard metallic chrome coating or similar metal by chemical vapor deposition on a metallic substrate, includes: a) preparing a solution containing, in an oxygen atom depleted solvent, i) a molecular compound of the bis(arene) family that's a precursor of the deposited metal with a decomposition temperature 300° C.-550° C., and ii) a chlorinated additive; b) introducing the solution as aerosol into a heated evaporator at a temperature between the solvent boiling temperature and the precursor decomposition temperature (PDT); and c) driving the vaporized aerosol from the evaporator towards a CVD reactor including a susceptor carrying the substrate, heated above the PDT, up to 550° C., the evaporator and CVD reactor being subjected to atmospheric pressure. This DLI-CVD method performed at low... |
| Method and apparatus for removing boiler tube stubs | 20090324353 | 20091231 |
| A rotary milling head removing all but a shell of a boiler tube stub and a plug to punch out from the boiler drum the remaining boiler tube stub.
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| Method for producing fine particle dispersion and fine particle dispersion | 20090321689 | 20091231 |
| Disclosed is a method for producing a fine particle dispersion such as a dispersion of metal fine particles which is superior in dispersibility and storage stability. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a fine particle dispersion wherein fine particles of a metal or the like, having a mean particle diameter of between 1 nm and 150 nm for primary particles, are dispersed in an organic solvent. This method for producing a fine particle dispersion is characterized by comprising the steps of: reducing a metal ion by liquid phase reduction in an aqueous solution wherein the metal ion and a polymer dispersing agent are dissolved, thereby forming a fine particle dispersion aqueous solution wherein fine particles having a mean particle diameter of between 1 nm and... |
| Ni-co-cr high strength and corrosion resistant welding product and method of preparation | 20090321405 | 20091231 |
| A nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), molybdenum (Mo), manganese (Mn), aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), silicon (Si) welding alloy, articles made therefrom for use in producing weldments and methods for producing these weldments. The welding alloy contains in % by weight about: 23.5 to 25.5% Cr, 15 to 22% Co, up to 3% Fe, up to 1% Mo, up to 1% Mn, 1.1 to 2.0% Al, 0.8 to 1.8% Ti, 0.8 to 2.2% Nb, 0.05 to 0.28% Si, up to 0.3% Ta, up to 0.3% W, 0.005 to 0.08% C, 0.001 to 0.3% Zr, 0.0008 to 0.006% B, up to 0.05% rare earth metals, up to 0.025% Mg plus optional Ca and the balance Ni including trace additions and impurities. The welding... |
| Production of diesel fuel from renewable feedstocks containing phosphorus | 20090321311 | 20091231 |
| A process has been developed for producing diesel fuel from renewable feedstocks such as plant oils, animal oils and greases. The process involves treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide a diesel boiling range fuel hydrocarbon product. If desired, the hydrocarbon product can be isomerized to improve cold flow properties. A portion of the hydrocarbon product is recycled to the treatment zone to increase the hydrogen solubility of the reaction mixture. The renewable feedstock comprises from about 1 to about 20 wt. ppm phosphorus measured as elemental phosphorus.
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| Process for upgrading hydrocarbon feedstocks using solid adsorbent and membrane separation of treated product stream | 20090321309 | 20091231 |
| A process for upgrading crude oil fractions or other hydrocarbon oil feedstreams boiling in the range of 36° to 520° C., and preferably naphtha and gas oil fractions boiling in the range of 36° to 400° C., employs a solid adsorption material to lower sulfur and nitrogen content by contacting the hydrocarbon oil, and optionally a viscosity-reducing solvent, with one or more solid adsorbents such as silica gel or silica, silica alumina, alumina, attapulgus clay and activated carbon in a mixing vessel for a predetermined period of time; passing the resulting slurry to a membrane separation zone, optionally preceded by a primary filtration step (i.e., single stage or multiple stages), to separate the solid adsorption material with the adsorbed sulfur and nitrogen compounds from the treated... |
| Cryogenic engines | 20090320476 | 20091231 |
| Slush gas, i.e. a gas or a mixture of gases cooled so that it is partially solid and partially liquid is employed as a drive fluid in a cryogenic engine. A cryogenic engine has a working chamber (50) connected to an energy source comprising a body of slush gas (47) via injection apparatus having a housing (36) which acts as a heat exchanger for causing part of the slush gas entering the injector to boil, so as to enable the gas to be driven under pressure into the working chamber (15).
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| Chemical mechanical polishing pads comprising liquid organic material encapsulated in polymer shell and methods for producing the same | 20090320379 | 20091231 |
| There is provided a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) pad including a core of a polymer shell encapsulating a liquid organic material having one of a boiling point and a decomposition point of 130° C. or more in a polymer matrix, the CMP pad having open pores formed by the core on a polishing surface thereof, and a method of producing the CMP pad. The CMP pad having a high hardness and a high density improves polishing efficiency and flatness of a wafer and maintains a uniform size of the core, thereby producing pads having high polishing efficiency and stable polishing performance.
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| Method of generating an energy source from a wet gas flow | 20090320369 | 20091231 |
| A method of generating energy from a gas flow, called the initial flow, including water vapour, the method including the deoxidation of at least some of the water vapour by passing the initial gas flow through a layer of material at high temperature, called the thermal base layer, essentially including high-temperature carbon, the deoxidation making it possible to obtain a first gas flow comprising hydrogen obtained by the reaction of the water vapour with the carbon elements. The initial flow may be a gas flow that has served for the treatment of a charge of wood. The hydrogen obtained constitutes an energy source and may then be used to produce energy by a gas boiler, a gas turbine, a fuel cell, a gas-powered engine, a turboalternator,... |
| Methods for concentration and extraction of lubricity compounds and biologically active fractions from naturally derived fats, oils and greases | 20090320353 | 20091231 |
| Methods for recovery of concentrates of lubricating compounds and biologically active compounds from vegetable and animal oils, fats and greases that allow separation of triglycerides, from components with higher lubricity or biological activity or enrichment protocols that increase the concentration of high lubricity or biologically active compounds in the triglyceride. The triglycerides are transesterified with a lower alcohol to produce alkyl esters. Following the conversion process the esters are separated from high molecular weight high lubricity compounds and biologically active compounds by distillation. The esters have some lubricity and may be sold as pollution reducing fuel components. The high boiling point compounds that are the residues of distillation, however, can either contribute significant lubricity and may be used widely in lubricant applications or added to petroleum... |
| Methods of manufacturing brazed aluminum heat exchangers | 20090320291 | 20091231 |
| Methods for manufacturing brazed aluminum heat exchangers involved in boiling and condensing, including a high performance nucleate boiling surface bonded with the walls of fin-less boiling passages. One method includes providing a first heat exchanger core subassembly including a first joinable end, at least one cooling and one boiling passage, and a first partial finless passage arranged at the joinable end. A second heat exchanger core subassembly is provided similar to the first including a second joinable end. The first and second heat exchanger core subassemblies are brazed. The first joinable end is affixed, preferably by welding, to the second joinable end and the first partial finless passage is affixed to a second partial finless passage to form a coupled finless passage, and thereby a heat... |
| Steam mop | 20090320231 | 20091231 |
| A steam mop including a mop housing is provided. The mop housing includes a water tank with a water inlet and a water outlet, a water pump with a pump inlet and a pump outlet and a boiler. A mop handle is connected to the mop housing at one end and a steam frame is connected to the housing at the opposite end. The water tank has a water inlet opening to a surface of the housing with a removable inlet cap where the surface of the housing about the cap has a funnel shape. The water pump is coupled to the outlet of the water tank and inlet of the boiler so that movement of the steam mop activates the pump to pump water from... |
| Refrigeration source for a cryoablation catheter | 20090318913 | 20091224 |
| An apparatus and method for automatic operation of a refrigeration system to provide refrigeration power to a catheter for tissue ablation or mapping. The primary refrigeration system can be open loop or closed loop, and a precool loop will typically be closed loop. Equipment and procedures are disclosed for bringing the system to the desired operational state, for controlling the operation by controlling refrigerant flow rate, for performing safety checks, and for achieving safe shutdown. The catheter-based system for performing a cryoablation procedure uses a precooler to lower the temperature of a fluid refrigerant to a sub-cool temperature (−40° C.) at a working pressure (400 psi). The sub-cooled fluid is then introduced into a supply line of the catheter. Upon outflow of the primary fluid from... |
| Production of paraffinic fuel from renewable feedstocks | 20090318737 | 20091224 |
| A process has been developed for producing fuel from renewable feedstocks such as plant and animal oils and greases. The process involves treating a first portion of a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating in a first reaction zone and a second portion of a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating in a second reaction zone to provide a diesel boiling point range fuel hydrocarbon product. If desired, the hydrocarbon product can be isomerized to improve cold flow properties. A portion of the hydrocarbon product is recycled to the first reaction zone to increase the hydrogen solubility of the reaction mixture.
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| Method for purifying hydroxycarboxylic acid, method for producing cyclic ester, and method for producing polyhydroxycarboxylic acid | 20090318716 | 20091224 |
| A process for purification of a hydroxycarboxylic acid by distillation, comprising: distilling a hydroxycarboxylic acid solution containing a high-boiling point hydroxy compound comprising at least one species selected from the group consisting of alcohols and phenols having a higher boiling point than the hydroxycarboxylic acid. As a result, a hydroxycarboxylic acid suitable as a starting material for production of a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid can be obtained. The purified hydroxycarboxylic acid is further polycondensed to provide a hydroxycarboxylic acid oligomer, which is de-polymerized to provide a cyclic ester comprising a dimer of the hydroxycarboxylic acid, and the cyclic ester is converted into a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid by ring-opening polymerization thereof.
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| Aqueous compositions comprising a blend of emulsion vinyl copolymer and polyurethane dispersion | 20090318596 | 20091224 |
| The present invention provides compositions that enable excellent early hardness development in coating applications, the compositions comprising a blend of one or more copolymer, pA, having a Tg of 20° C. or higher, and one or more polyurethane copolymer in aqueous dispersion, pB, together with one or more additive chosen from a coalescent having a normal boiling point of from 150° C. to no greater than 300° C., a naturally derived plasticizer, and mixtures thereof. The polyurethane copolymer comprises at least 40 wt. %, based on the weight of polyurethane solids, of: (i) a first polyol having a molecular weight of at least 850, wherein the first polyol is a polyether polyol, or (ii) a second polyol chosen from a polyester, a polycaprolactam, a polycarbonate and... |
| Nitrogen oxide adsorbent and method for producing the same | 20090318284 | 20091224 |
| This method for producing a nitrogen oxide adsorbent comprising zeolite loaded with Fe by ion exchange comprises an impregnation step of impregnating zeolite with an aqueous solution of ferric chloride, and a heat treatment step of heating the zeolite impregnated with the aqueous solution of the ferric chloride to a temperature at or above a boiling point of the ferric chloride, thereby loading the zeolite with Fe by ion exchange. By impregnating zeolite with an aqueous solution of ferric chloride and then heating the impregnated zeolite to a predetermined temperature, a large amount of iron can reach ion exchange sites in zeolite, though the reason is not clear. As a result, a resulting Fe-zeolite nitrogen oxide adsorbent improves in ability to adsorb nitrogen oxides.
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| System and method for coproduction of activated carbon and steam/electricity | 20090317320 | 20091224 |
| A system and method for producing activated carbon comprising carbonizing a solid carbonaceous material in a carbonization zone of an activated carbon production apparatus (ACPA) to yield a carbonized product and carbonization product gases, the carbonization zone comprising carbonaceous material inlet, char outlet and carbonization gas outlet; activating the carbonized product via activation with steam in an activation zone of the ACPA to yield activated carbon and activation product gases, the activation zone comprising activated carbon outlet, activation gas outlet, and activation steam inlet; and utilizing process gas comprising at least a portion of the carbonization product gases or a combustion product thereof; at least a portion of the activation product gases or a combustion product thereof; or a combination thereof in a solid fuel boiler... |
| Opto-electrical devices and methods of manufacturing the same | 20090315023 | 20091224 |
| A composition for use in the manufacture of an opto-electrical device, the composition comprising: a conductive or semi-conductive organic material; a solvent; and a first additive, wherein the first additive is an alcohol ether having a boiling point lower than 170° C.
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| Process for working up solvent-containing hydrogenation product mixtures | 20090314992 | 20091224 |
| The present invention relates to a process for separating off solvents from solvent-comprising hydrogenation outputs from a catalytic hydrogenation process, which comprise at least one water-soluble hydrogenation product having at least one alcohol, lactone, ether, lactam or amino group in a solvent which is immiscible or not completely miscible with water and has a boiling point below 100° C., wherein water is added to the hydrogenation output, the solvent-comprising phase is separated off and recirculated to the hydrogenation.
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| System and process for reacting a petroleum fraction | 20090314686 | 20091224 |
| In one exemplary embodiment, a system for reacting a first feed can include a petroleum fraction having at least about 90%, by volume, with a boiling point of at least about 300° C. The system can include a bubble column reactor. The bubble column reactor, in turn, can include a first inlet for the first feed and a second inlet for a second feed including a gas rich in hydrogen. In addition, the petroleum fraction may be in counter-current flow with respect to the gas rich in hydrogen inside the bubble column reactor.
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| Method for producing hydrocarbon fractions | 20090314683 | 20091224 |
| A method for producing an LPG fraction, a gasoline fraction, a kerosene fraction, a gas oil fraction, monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and a non-aromatic naphtha fraction from hydrocracked oil includes hydrocracking hydrocarbon oil containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon to convert into a light hydrocarbon fraction, and efficiently and selectively producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with higher valuable alkylbenzenes. The method for producing hydrocarbon fraction comprises subjecting hydrocarbon feedstock containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and in which the ratio of carbons constituting an aromatic ring to the total carbons in the hydrocarbon oil (the aromatic ring-constituting carbon ratio) is 35 mole % or more to catalytic cracking in the presence of hydrogen. 40% or more of a fraction with a boiling point of 215° C. or higher in the hydrocarbon feedstock... |
| Process for the total conversion of heavy feedstocks to distillates | 20090314681 | 20091224 |
| Process for the conversion of heavy feedstocks selected from heavy crude oils, distillation residues from crude oil or catalytic treatment, “visbreaker tars”, “thermal tars”, bitumens from “oil sands” liquids from coals of different origins and other high boiling feedstocks of a hydrocarbon origin, comprising the following steps: •mixing the heavy feedstock with a suitable hydrogenation catalyst and sending the mixture obtained to a first hydrotreatment area (HT1) to which hydrogen or a mixture of hydrogen and H2S are introduced; •sending the effluent stream from the first hydrotreatment area (HT1), containing the hydrotreatment reaction product and the catalyst in dispersed phase, to a first distillation area (D1) having one or more flash steps and/or atmospheric distillation and/or vacuum distillation whereby the various fractions coming from the hydrotreatment... |
| Combustion engine with self-ignition of air-and-fuel mixture | 20090314252 | 20091224 |
| Combustion four-cycle engine, in which two pairs of pistons (1) make identically oriented movements by means of action of two gear wheels against gear rods of both pistons and its inertia forces are compensated by the third pair of pistons (10) of identical mass, which moves in the opposite direction, fuel is injected into cylinder in each stroke and after compression it is combusted by self-ignition (9), this engine operates with additional steam boiler driven by high amount of heat released during cooling the engine and also by the exhaust gases heat. By releasing the steam, part of this energy is exploited in the engine's middle cylinder thus significantly increasing economy of such engine. The middle cylinder is used for production of electrical current by means... |
| Circulating fluidized bed boiler and method of operation | 20090314226 | 20091224 |
| A circulating fluidized bed boiler having improved reactant utilization. The circulating fluidized bed boiler includes a circulating fluidized bed having a dense bed portion and a lower furnace portion above the dense bed portion. At least one secondary air and recirculated flue gas injection device is downstream of the circulating fluidized bed for providing mixing of the reactant and the flue gas in the furnace above the dense bed. The present invention also includes methods of operating a fluidized bed boiler.
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| Power generation system | 20090313995 | 20091224 |
| A power generation system comprising: at least one solar collector arranged to heat deliver energy to a fluid so as to boil the fluid to form a vapour at least one prime mover arranged to receive the vapour and to be driven thereby so as to drive a load, and a condenser for returning the vapour to a liquid phase, and a compressor for compressing/pressurising the fluid, the power generation system further including a gas pressure reduction station for reducing the pressure of natural gas, and wherein the cold generated at the gas pressure reduction station is supplied to the condenser.
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| No-vent liquid hydrogen storage and delivery system | 20080314050 | 20081225 |
| A hydrogen storage and delivery system is provided having an orifice pulse tube refrigerator and a liquid hydrogen storage vessel. A cooling system, coupled to the orifice pulse tube refrigerator, cools the vessel and abates ambient heat transfer thereto in order to maintain the liquid hydrogen in the vessel at or below its saturation temperature. Hydrogen boil-off, and the necessity to provide continuous venting of vaporized hydrogen are minimized or avoided. In a preferred embodiment, the hydrogen storage vessel has a toroidal shape, and the pulse tube refrigerator is a two stage pulse tube refrigerator and extends within a central void space defined at the geometric center of the toroidal storage vessel. Also in a preferred embodiment, the cooling system includes first and second thermal jackets,... |
| Cooler for transformer using generation cycle | 20080314077 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to a cooler for a transformer using a generation cycle to eliminate the heat applied to the transformer. The insulation oil heated in the transformer gasifies the refrigerant in the refrigerant boiler and the insulation oil is cooled by the latent heat of evaporation of the refrigerant. The gasified refrigerant exhausts out the heat in the condenser and it becomes liquefied. The liquefied refrigerant returns to the refrigerant boiler by the refrigerant feeding pump or by gravity. The present invention is very effective with respect to operating cost and reliability.
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| Nitrogen rejection column reboiler configuration | 20080314079 | 20081225 |
| A process is provided for denitrogenation of a crude LNG stream. A crude LNG stream comprising between about 1% and 10% nitrogen, and the remainder methane and heavier hydrocarbons, is expanded in a means for expansion, and cooled. Resultant crude LNG stream is introduced into nitrogen rejection column, wherein nitrogen content of LNG is reduced. A nitrogen-enriched vapor stream is withdrawn from top of the column, and a nitrogen-diminished liquid stream is withdrawn from bottom of the column. The nitrogen-diminished bottoms LNG stream is pumped to higher pressure and then divided into two streams. The second stream is reduced in pressure and then passed through reboiler heat exchanger, thus cooling the crude LNG stream. Partially vaporized second stream is reinjected into column at a level above... |
| Disposable coffee maker | 20080314254 | 20081225 |
| A disposable coffee pot includes a lower section containing water which is heated by an external heat source. Pre-packaged ground coffee beans are located above and isolated from the water until the temperature of the water is elevated. When the bottom of the coffee pot is heated by a heat source, the water is allowed to boil increasing the pressure in the lower section causing that boiling water to rise out of the lower section. The heat applied to the coffee pot also ruptures a partition wall separating the water from the coffee beans, to allow the hot water to contact the beans and form a coffee extract. The coffee is extracted and then accumulated in an upper section through a pipe so that it is... |
| Pigment dispersants, their production process, and their use | 20080314292 | 20081225 |
| A pigment dispersant contains (a) 5 to 30 wt % of aromatic and/or heterocyclic vinyl monomer units, (b) 10 to 30 wt % of monomer units having acid groups, (c) 40 to 80 wt % of (meth)acrylate ester monomer units, and (d) 5 to 30 wt % of monomer units having poly(C2-6-alkylene glycol) chains or mono(C1-22-alkyl)ether chains of said glycol, said poly(C2-6-alkylene glycol) chains or mono (C1-22-alkyl)ether chains having a number average molecular weight of from 150 to 1,500. A sum of the monomer units (a) to (d) amounts to 100 wt %. The pigment dispersant has an acid value of from 30 to 300 mgKOH/g, a number average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 30,000, and a content of organic compounds, boiling points of which... |
| Hybrid energy system | 20080314726 | 20081225 |
| A hybrid method for producing energy from a carbonaceous material including the steps of: heating the carbonaceous material under a reduced oxygen atmosphere in a distillation plant to generate distillate vapours; processing the resulting distillate vapours; transferring the char residue from the distillation plant to a power station boiler; and combusting the char residue in the power station boiler for the generation of electrical power. The char residue is transferred to a power station boiler while the char residue retains heat from the heating in the distillation plant. An integrated energy conversion system including: a distillation plant for the destructive distillation of carbonaceous material to afford distillate vapours and a char residue; a power station boiler; a means of transferring the char residue at a temperature... |
| Process and system for the purification of trichlorosilane and silicon tetrachloride | 20080314728 | 20081225 |
| The invention concerns a process (and a corresponding plant) for the purification of trichlorosilane and/or silicon tetrachloride comprising the following steps of treating technical grade trichlorosilane and/or technical grade silicon tetrachloride: complexation of the boron impurities (trichloride BCI3) and other metallic impurities by addition of diphenylthiocarbazone and/or triphenylchloromethane, with the formation of complex macromolecules having high boiling point, first column distillation of the complexation step products, wherein the complexed boron impurities, together with other metallic impurities are removed as bottoms, and second column distillation of the tops of the previous distillation, wherein electronic grade trichlorosilane (plus dichlorosilane possible present) and/or silicon tetrachloride are obtained as tops and phosphorus chlorides PCI3 and phosphorus containing compounds, arsenic chlorides AsCI3 and arsenic containing compounds, aluminium compounds, antimony compounds and... |
| Treated oils having reduced densities and viscosities | 20080314796 | 20081225 |
| A treated oil, such as a treated heavy oil, which has a viscosity which is lower than the viscosity of the oil prior to the treatment thereof (i.e., the initial oil). The temperature at which 80 mass % of the treated oil has boiled is within 25° C. of temperature at which 80 mass % of the oil prior to the treatment thereof has boiled. Thus, the treated oil and the oil prior to the treatment thereof, have distillation curves or boiling point curves which are the same as or approximate to each other.
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| Process to prepare a base oil | 20080314800 | 20081225 |
| Process to optimize the yield of base oils from a Fischer-Tropsch derived feed by performing the following steps (a) performing a hydroconversion/hydroisomerisation step on part of the Fischer-Tropsch derived feed; (b) performing a hydro-conversion/hydroisomerisation step on another part of the Fischer-Tropsch feed at a conversion greater than the conversion in step (a); and (c) isolating by means of distillation a fraction boiling in the base oil range from the two reaction products obtained in steps (a) and (b) and performing a pour point reducing step on said fraction.
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| Method of producing lower alcohols from glycerol | 20080315151 | 20081225 |
| A reactive-separation process converts glycerin into lower alcohols, having boiling points less than 200° C., at high yields. Conversion of natural glycerin to propylene glycol through an acetol intermediate is achieved at temperatures from 150° to 250° C. at pressures from 1 and 25 bar. The preferred applications of the propylene glycol are as an antifreeze, deicing compound, or anti-icing compound. The preferred catalyst for this process in a copper-chromium.
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| Emergency core cooling system | 20080317193 | 20081225 |
| An emergency core cooling system is provided with a hybrid safety system composed of an active safety system and a static safety system for ensuring the safety against a severe natural phenomenon such as a giant earthquake and a mega hurricane. An emergency core cooling system for a boiling water reactor includes four safety divisions in total: three safety divisions for an active safety system having a high pressure reactor core cooling system, a low pressure reactor core cooling system, a residual heat removal system, and an emergency diesel generator; and one safety division for a static safety system having an isolation condenser, a gravity drop reactor core cooling system, and a static containment vessel cooling system.
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| Emission control system internal to a boiler | 20080317652 | 20081225 |
| This invention is an emission control system wherein the boiler hosts a reactor which contains one or more catalysts for the purpose of reducing NOx and/or CO in the emissions. The reactor containing the NOx/CO catalysts may be placed at a place where the temperature is in the range of 300-1000° F. The hot flue gas can be diverted using control dampers and blended with colder flue gas inside the boiler to achieve the desired flue gas temperature for the selected catalyst. NOx is removed by the SCR catalyst inside the boiler upon injecting a suitable reducing agent (e.g. ammonia, or hydrocarbons). The CO and NOx catalysts may be used in any order. The emission control system is an integral part of the boiler, and the... |
| Alloy-coated boiler part and method of welding self-fluxing alloy-coated boiler part | 20080318078 | 20081225 |
| [Means for Solving Problems] Super alloy coating (15) is applied over rapid temperature rise region width (C), where thermal shock cracking may occur at a welding operation, at end portions subjected to weld joint including the vicinity thereof. On the other hand, self-fluxing alloy coating (16) is applied on any remaining regions other than the rapid temperature rise region width (C). While over a half proportion of each of the alloy coatings (15, 16) occupied by an Ni-enriched Ni—Cr component, the super alloy coating (15) has the contents of B and Si suppressed to equal or less than 0.1% and equal or less than 0.5%, respectively, and in the self-fluxing alloy coating (16), the content of each of B and Si is in the range of... |
| Fuel composition containing a hydrocarbon fraction and ethanol | 20080307699 | 20081218 |
| The invention relates to an aqueous fuel composition having a homogeneous liquid phase, a so called microemulsion, containing a liquid hydrocarbon fraction, ethanol and an additive with an emulsifying and solubilizing ability. The composition comprises a) 70-95% by weight of an hydrocarbon fraction having a boiling point within the range from 130 to 425° C., b) 2-25% by weight of ethanol, c) 0.002-0.8% by weight of water, and d) 0.2-25% by weight of an additive comprising 5-100% by weight of an nitrogen-containing surfactant, such as an amine surfactant, an ether amine surfactant, an amine oxide surfactant and an amido surfactant, and optionally an alcohol having a hydrocarbon group of 5-24 carbon atoms. Preferably the additive comprises 5-90% by weight of the nitrogen-containing surfactant and 10-95% by... |
| Integration of lng regasification with refinery and power generation | 20080307789 | 20081218 |
| Contemplated plants thermally integrate operation of a refinery component, and most preferably of a hydrocarbon splitter with LNG regasification to provide refrigeration duty and with a power cycle to provide the reboiler duty of the component. It should be noted that such configurations advantageously allow operation of the splitter at a reduced temperature and at reduced pressure, thereby increasing separation efficiency, while the power output is boosted using air intake chilling. Most notably, such process advantages are achieved by satisfying the heating duty of LNG regasification.
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| Recovery boiler plant and a method in a recovery boiler | 20080308019 | 20081218 |
| A recovery boiler plant, which comprises a recovery boiler, wherein in the first part (1a) flue gases travel in a first direction (F1). The furnace also comprises a second part (1b), where the flue gases proceed in a second direction (F2), which second direction differs from the first direction (F1). In addition, the invention relates to a method in a recovery boiler.
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| Method and apparatus for treating boil-off gas in an lng carrier having a reliquefaction plant, and lng carrier having said apparatus for treating boil-off gas | 20080308175 | 20081218 |
| Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for treating boil-off gas generated in an LNG storage tank of an LNG carrier for transporting LNG in a cryogenic liquid state, the LNG carrier having a boil-off gas reliquefaction plant, wherein an amount of boil-off gas corresponding to a treatment capacity of the reliquefaction plant among the total amount of boil-off gas generated during the voyage of the LNG carrier is discharged from the LNG storage tank and reliquefied by the reliquefaction plant. The boil-off gas treating method and apparatus can maintain an amount of boil-off gas discharged from an LNG storage tank at a constant level by storing in the LNG storage tank, instead of discharging and burning, surplus boil-off gas which has not been returned to... |
| Purification of aqueous solutions of organic acids | 20080308402 | 20081218 |
| The invention relates to a method and a device for the purification of an aqueous solution of an organic acid having a boiling point at atmospheric pressure of less than 450° C., which-further has approximately 275 g carboxylate ions/1 or less, preferably 250 g carboxylate ions/1 or less, and preferably less than 1% by weight ionic impurities, calculated on the basis of the total solution. In particular, the invention relates to a method and a device for the continuous purification and concentration, on an industrial scale, of an aqueous solution of an organic acid having a boiling point at atmospheric pressure of less than 450° C. According to the method, this solution is subjected to two or more distillation steps, the first distillation step being carried... |
| Process for producing hydrorefined gas oil, hydrorefined gas oil, and gas oil composition | 20080308459 | 20081218 |
| A process of the present invention for producing a hydrotreated gas oil has a step for obtaining a product oil having a total aromatic content of 3% by volume or less by hydrogenating a hydrotreated oil including 95% by volume or more of fraction having a boiling point range of 150-380° C., a sulfur content of 2-15 ppm by mass, a total aromatic content of 10-25% by volume, and a naphthene of 20-60% by volume in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst; and a step for obtaining, by hydrogenating the above-described product oil in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst containing a crystalline molecular sieve component, a product oil satisfying the conditions that the content of petroleum fraction having a boiling point range of lower than... |
| Method and apparatus for regenerating adsorbents used in the purification of fuel | 20080308464 | 20081218 |
| A method of regenerating an adsorbent used to remove nickel and/or vanadium impurities from fuel comprise washing the adsorbent with a low boiling solvent, heating the adsorbent in a device to a temperature of about 300° C. to about 700 C wherein the adsorbent comprises nickel and/or vanadium impurities, and fluidly mixing the adsorbent with a carrier gas stream to remove at least a portion of the nickel and/or vanadium impurities from the adsorbent.
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| Substrate treating apparatus | 20080308530 | 20081218 |
| A substrate treating apparatus for heating a treating solution formed of a chemical and a diluent, and immersing substrates in the treating solution for treatment. The apparatus includes a treating tank for storing the treating solution, a heater for heating the treating solution, a temperature detector for detecting temperature of the treating solution, a temperature controller for controlling the heater so that a detected temperature of the treating solution reaches a set temperature, a supplementing device for supplement the treating tank with the diluent, a concentration detector for detecting concentration of the treating solution, and a concentration controller, operable only when the temperature detector detects the treating solution being in a temperature range close to the set temperature, for controlling the supplementing device to adjust an... |
| System and method for determining coolant level and flow velocity in a nuclear reactor | 20080310576 | 20081218 |
| A boiling water reactor includes a reactor pressure vessel having a feedwater inlet for the introduction of recycled steam condensate and/or makeup coolant into the vessel, and a steam outlet for the discharge of produced steam for appropriate work. A fuel core is located within a lower area of the pressure vessel. The fuel core is surrounded by a core shroud spaced inward from the wall of the pressure vessel to provide an annular downcomer forming a coolant flow path between the vessel wall and the core shroud. A probe system that includes a combination of conductivity/resistivity probes and/or one or more time-domain reflectometer (TDR) probes is at least partially located within the downcomer. The probe system measures the coolant level and flow velocity within the... |
| Process for the production of ge by reduction of gecl4 with liquid metal | 20080311027 | 20081218 |
| The invention relates to the manufacture of high purity germanium for the manufacture of e.g. infra red optics, radiation detectors and electronic devices. GeCl4 is converted to Ge metal by contacting gaseous GeCl4 with a liquid metal M containing one of Zn, Na and Mg, thereby obtaining a Ge-bearing alloy and a metal M chloride, which is removed by evaporation or skimming. The Ge-bearing alloy is then purified at a temperature above the boiling point of metal M. This process does not require complicated technologies and preserves the high purity of the GeCl4 in the final Ge metal, as the only reactant is metal M, which can be obtained in very high purity grades and continuously recycled.
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| Ultrasound contrast agent | 20080311046 | 20081218 |
| An ultrasound contrast agent composed of at least one kind of low-boiling water-insoluble substance (with a boiling point lower than 37° C.) and at least one kind of high-boiling water-insoluble substance (with a boiling point higher than 37° C.). The former vaporizes to absorb ultrasonic energy upon application of ultrasound, thereby causing the latter to vaporize secondarily, with the resulting bubbles producing an echo image. It is less liable to bumping and hence safe.
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| Process for the production of doped metal oxide particles | 20080311291 | 20081218 |
| Process for the production of doped metal oxide particles, wherein the doping component is present on the surface in the form of domains, wherein in a first reaction zone, an oxidizable and/or - hydrolysable metal compound as dopant together with an atomization gas is atomised into a flow of metal oxide particles in a carrier gas, wherein the mass flow of the metal oxide particles und - the mass flow of the dopant are selected such that the doped metal oxide particles contain 10 ppm to 10 wt. % of the doping component, where the quantity of dopant to be introduced is calculated as the corresponding oxide, and wherein the temperature in the first reaction zone is - selected such that it is below the boiling... |
| Method for surface treatment of substrate and method for forming fine wiring | 20080311312 | 20081218 |
| The present invention related to a method for surface treatment and a method for forming fine wiring and more particularly, to a method for surface treatment of a substrate, including: preparing a substrate on which a fine wiring is to be formed; and treating the surface of the substrate with a fluorine containing liquid having a low boiling point, and a method for forming fine wiring using the same method. According to the present invention, not only the spreading of ink droplets but also the deterioration of the interface adhesion is avoided.
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| Carbon nano-tube (cnt) thin film comprising an amine compound, and a manufacturing method thereof | 20080311424 | 20081218 |
| A carbon nano-tube CNT thin film and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. In detail, the CNT thin film comprises a plastic substrate; and a CNT composition being coated over the plastic substrate, in which the CNT composition includes a CNT; and an amine compound of boiling point lower than 150° C. used as a dispersion solvent. When the CNT composition is coated over the plastic substrate, an amine compound is contained in its dispersion liquid. This amine compound is then removed after the CNT composition is coated over the plastic substrate.
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| Steam temperature control in a boiler system using reheater variables | 20080302102 | 20081211 |
| A technique of controlling a boiler system such as that used in a power generation plant includes using manipulated variables associated with or control inputs to a reheater section of the boiler system to control the operation of the furnace, and in particular to control the fuel/air mixture provided to the furnace or the fuel to feedwater ratio used in the furnace or boiler. In the case of a once-through boiler type of boiler system, using the burner tilt position, damper position or reheater spray amount to control the fuel/air mixture or the fuel to feedwater flow ratio of the system provides better unit operational efficiency.
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| Refrigerating control system using non-azeotropic refrigerant | 20080302116 | 20081211 |
| As the state of interior room temperature is high and low boiling point constituent is not condensed, cooling capability of high boiling point refrigerant performs in maximum.
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| Method for extraction of nicotine from tobacco raw material | 20080302377 | 20081211 |
| These advantages are achieved by the proposed extraction method with low-boiling organic solvents what results in lower consumption of chemicals, lower temperature, shorter time required for the process and additional purification of the target product and eliminates needs for high pressure to be used in technological process.
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| Multi-use durable coffee pot system | 20070295218 | 20071227 |
| A highly heat resistant durable coffee pot system for use in preparing beverages and in cooking. The system consists of a cylindrical hollow pot body (6) with pot handle (5), and spout (9) manufactured of carborundum material. A separate lid (4) is provided, incorporating a lid handle (3) for grasping the lid which fits snugly over the pot body opening. Safety hanger eyes (10) employed within the pot body, a stainless steel safety hanger (2) attaching to said eyes, and a hook (1) is provided to allow the pot to be suspended by its hanger. Also employed is a threaded screw-top filter bottle (8) with corresponding threaded filter cap (7). The filter bottle contains numerous small perforations. The bottle floats freely in the pot when agitated... |
| Reversible grill | 20070295224 | 20071227 |
| A reversible grilling device is used for grilling, broiling, frying, baking, boiling and steaming. It is a single element made of rigid heat conductive material with one side being flat and the other side having a plurality of nesting recesses for spherical and ovate food products. A plurality of orifices cut through the element in the areas of the nesting recesses and in the areas away from the nesting recesses. Either surface can be used to prepare foods while providing fat and grease drainage.
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| Energy and steel recovery system | 20070295248 | 20071227 |
| An energy and steel recovery system has a suspension column and a plurality of suspension burners operably disposed therein wherein the burners are spaced from one another along the length of thereof. The suspension column includes a mechanism for receiving tires onto one of the burners and feeding the tires to an adjacent downwardly disposed burner to further combust the same. The column is configured to provide for a number of zones including heating, drying, volatizing, combusting and ashing which are collectively referred to herein as a “fractionation process.” A first conduit includes a first end communicably connected to the suspension column and a second end communicably connected to a boiler wherein air flow passes from the boiler to the suspension column. A second conduit includes... |
| Method for reducing nitrogen oxide emissions of a recovery boiler, and a recovery boiler | 20070295249 | 20071227 |
| A method for reducing nitrogen oxides of a recovery boiler, and a recovery boiler, where the furnace of the recovery boiler is supplied with primary air from primary air nozzles, black liquor from liquor nozzles, secondary air from secondary air nozzles above the primary air nozzles but still below the liquor nozzles, tertiary air from tertiary air nozzles above the liquor nozzles, and quaternary air from quaternary air nozzles above the tertiary air nozzles. Black liquor is supplied to the furnace from first liquor nozzles and second liquor nozzles, which liquor nozzles are arranged substantially on the same level with respect to the height of the furnace, and the droplet size of liquor fed from the second liquor nozzles is substantially smaller than the droplet size... |
| Multi-fluid cooling system, cooled electronics module, and methods of fabrication thereof | 20070295480 | 20071227 |
| A multi-fluid cooling system and methods of fabrication thereof are provided for removing heat from one or more electronic devices. The cooling system includes a multi-fluid manifold structure with at least one first fluid inlet orifice and at least one second fluid inlet orifice for concurrently, separately injecting a first fluid and a second fluid onto a surface to be cooled when the cooling system is employed to cool one or more electronic devices, wherein the first fluid and the second fluid are immiscible, and the first fluid has a lower boiling point temperature than the second fluid. When the cooling system is employed to cool the one or more electronic devices and the first fluid boils, evolving first fluid vapor condenses in situ by direct... |
| Thermosyphon for operation in multiple orientations relative to gravity | 20070295488 | 20071227 |
| Some aspects provide a chamber to hold a fluid, the chamber including an evaporation surface and a condensation wall having a condensation surface, and a heat dissipator coupled to the condensation wall. The evaporation surface is to evaporate the fluid and the condensation surface is to condense the evaporated fluid in a case that the apparatus is in a first orientation and in a case that the apparatus is in a second orientation that is rotated substantially ninety degrees from the first orientation around an axis that does not intersect the evaporation surface. In some aspects, the evaporation surface comprises structures to facilitate boiling nucleation.
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| Methods for producing a crude product from selected feed | 20070295645 | 20071227 |
| Methods of producing a crude product are described. A method includes providing a feed and a supported inorganic salt catalyst to a contacting zone. The feed has at total content, per gram of feed, of at least 0.9 grams of hydrocarbons having a boiling range distribution between 343° C. and 538° C. Contact of the supported inorganic salt catalyst with the feed in the presence of a hydrogen source and steam is performed such that the supported inorganic salt catalyst becomes fluidized, and a total product that includes a crude product is produced. The crude product has a total content of at least 0.2 grams per gram of crude product of hydrocarbon have a boiling range distribution between 204° C. and 343° C.
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| Modular boiler control | 20070295830 | 20071227 |
| A modular boiler system includes a boiler control, a first boiler in operative connection with the boiler control, and a temperature sensor in operative connection with the first boiler. The system also features at least one secondary boiler in operative connection with the master boiler. The boiler control is operatively connected to only the first boiler and it enables the first boiler to control a boiler parameter of the first boiler and the at least one secondary boiler.
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| Refrigerant compositions | 20070295928 | 20071227 |
| Refrigerant compositions are provided which include: (a) pentafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluorocyclopropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 60 to about 70% by weight based on the weight of the composition; (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane or 1,1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 26 to 36% by weight based on the weight of the composition; and (c) an ethylenically unsaturated or saturated hydrocarbon, optionally containing one or more oxygen atoms, having a boiling point from −12° C. to +10° C., or a mixture thereof, or a mixture of one or more of the hydrocarbons with one or more other hydrocarbons or ethers, said mixture having a bubble point from −12° C. to +10° C., in an amount from about 1%... |
| Refrigerant compositions | 20070295929 | 20071227 |
| Refrigerant compositions are provided which include: (a) pentafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluorocyclopropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 60 to about 70% by weight based on the weight of the composition; (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane or 1,1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 26 to 36% by weight based on the weight of the composition; and (c) an ethylenically unsaturated or saturated hydrocarbon, optionally containing one or more oxygen atoms, having a boiling point from −12° C. to +10° C., or a mixture thereof, or a mixture of one or more of the hydrocarbons with one or more other hydrocarbons or ethers, said mixture having a bubble point from −12° C. to +10° C., in an amount from about 1%... |
| Refrigerant compositions | 20070295930 | 20071227 |
| Refrigerant compositions are provided which include: (a) pentafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluorocyclopropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 60 to about 70% by weight based on the weight of the composition; (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane or 1,1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 26 to 36% by weight based on the weight of the composition; and (c) an ethylenically unsaturated or saturated hydrocarbon, optionally containing one or more oxygen atoms, having a boiling point from −12° C. to +10° C., or a mixture thereof, or a mixture of one or more of the hydrocarbons with one or more other hydrocarbons or ethers, said mixture having a bubble point from −12° C. to +10° C., in an amount from about 1%... |
| Refrigerant compositions | 20070295931 | 20071227 |
| Refrigerant compositions are provided which include: (a) pentafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluorocyclopropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 60 to about 70% by weight based on the weight of the composition; (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane or 1,1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 26 to 36% by weight based on the weight of the composition; and (c) an ethylenically unsaturated or saturated hydrocarbon, optionally containing one or more oxygen atoms, having a boiling point from −12° C. to +10° C., or a mixture thereof, or a mixture of one or more of the hydrocarbons with one or more other hydrocarbons or ethers, said mixture having a bubble point from −12° C. to +10° C., in an amount from about 1%... |
| Modified boiler wall tube tool having inhibiting means | 20070296133 | 20071227 |
| A boiler wall tube tool is disclosed and comprises a pair of opposed clamp members, means for securing the members to a boiler wall, and means for inhibiting ejection of the members from the boiler wall. Each one of the members comprises an aperture formed centrally therethrough for receiving securing means that is inserted through each of the apertures. Securing means may comprise a threaded bolt and a threaded nut, wherein the nut may be fixed or floating. Inhibiting means may comprise a pin having a stop formed at an end thereof, or a bolt having a threaded end formed at an end thereof. In the bolt type inhibiting means, the threaded end is threadably coupled to a nut, wherein the nut may be fixed or... |
| Compact sulfur recovery plant and process | 20070297970 | 20071227 |
| A compact sulfur recovery system is disclosed which includes an upflow orientation for the gases through a primary structure including a catalytic partial oxidation reaction zone, a first temperature-control zone, a first Claus catalytic reaction zone, a second temperature-control zone, a first liquid sulfur outlet, and a first effluent gas outlet. The upward flow of the gases puts the hottest gases in contact with the tubes and tube sheet in the waste heat boiler where there is greater confidence in having liquid water in most continuous therewith. In some embodiments, a secondary structure follows the primary structure and comprises a second Claus catalytic reaction zone, a third temperature-control zone, a second liquid sulfur outlet, and a second effluent gas outlet. One or more components of the... |
| Topical herbal formulations | 20070298135 | 20071227 |
| An herbal formulation is described as an effective treatment of burn injuries and chronic wounds. The herbal formulation comprises an extract of Paris and Sanguisorba prepared by infusing Paris and Sanguisorba in a liquid medium having a boiling point of no more than 160° C.
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| Process for production of carbostyril compound | 20070299262 | 20071227 |
| In more detail, the invention provides an improved process for preparing the carbostyril compound (1) by heating the compound (4) with a high boiling solvent in hydrochloric acid under reflux to give the compound (5) safely; and then acylating the compound (5).
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| Method for obtaining 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene using isomerization and crystallization processes | 20070299293 | 20071227 |
| a second crystallization step (solution crystallization process) of mixing the product of the first crystallization step with a solvent to form crystals.
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| Heat transfer for ocean thermal energy conversion | 20070289303 | 20071220 |
| For OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion), rather than transfer huge quantities of cold water from deep in the ocean to the surface to provide a heat sink for a heat engine or for desalination, this invention provides a method of using small masses of low-boiling-point fluids to absorb heat in a heat exchanger near the ocean surface using the latent heat of evaporation and then depositing the latent heat of condensation in a deep ocean heat exchanger, using the cold seawater as a heat sink. The condensed liquid is pumped back to the ocean surface. The heat engine (turbine) and generator can be at the ocean surface, or it can be in deep ocean. By using a fluid that transfers heat by evaporation and condensation, much... |
| Highly concentrated flowable pigment composition and process for its manufacture | 20070289501 | 20071220 |
| The invention pertains to a highly concentrated pigment comprising: from 75 to 95% by weight, preferably from 78 to 95% by weight, most preferred from 80 to 95% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a pigment; from 0 to 20% by weight, preferably from 5 to 18% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a resin; the total of pigment and resin being from 85 to 98% by weight of the composition; and from 1 to 15% by weight, preferably from 2 to 15% by weight, most preferably from 5 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a C10-C18 alcohol, a liquid hydrocarbon having a boiling point higher than 80° C. at 105 Pa,... |
| Apparatus and method for manufacturing alternative combustion fuel for industrial boiler | 20070289510 | 20071220 |
| Disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing alternative combustion fuel for an industrial boiler, which is capable of easily forming an ionic bond between water and oil, of directly conducting a combustion process using a burner without the need for a preheating process to a predetermined temperature before the combustion, and of decreasing the discharge of air pollutants, such as sulfur gas, nitrogen gas, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and dioxin.
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| Energy efficient method for exothermic reactions | 20070289901 | 20071220 |
| An energy efficient process scheme for a highly exothermic reaction-distillation system in which the reactor is external to the distillation column and the feed to the reactor is a mixture of at least one liquid product stream from the distillation column with or without other liquid/vapor reactants. The reactor is operated under adiabatic and boiling point conditions and at a pressure that results in vaporizing a portion of the liquid flow through the reactor due to the heat of reaction. Under these conditions, reaction temperature is controlled by reactor pressure. The pressure (and hence the temperature) is maintained at a sufficiently high level such that the reactor effluent can be efficiently used to provide reboil heat for the distillation column.
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| Method and system of removing moisture and toxic gas components from exhaust gas | 20070292306 | 20071220 |
| A method of removing moisture and toxic gas components from exhaust gas, comprises making exhaust gas, exhausted from an LNG burning boiler, flow through coolant contained in a dehydrating tower to cool it to such a temperature as to solidify moisture and nitrogen oxides but not carbon dioxide, thereby solidifying moisture and nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas to separate from the exhaust gas; introducing the solidified moisture and nitrogen oxides into a solid-liquid separator thereby separating the moisture or the nitrogen oxides from the coolant; and making the coolant be contained in a cooling tower so as to be cooled, and then making the coolant be contained in the dehydrating tower again so as to be circulated.
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| Biodegradable compositions, articles prepared from biodegradable compositions and manufacturing methods | 20070292643 | 20071220 |
| Biodegradable compositions that include a foamed gelling hydrocolloid system to which a firming agent and a fibrous material, with or without other optional components, are added. When articles prepared from such compositions are coated with a suitable coating, they are impervious to boiling water and able to withstand microwave heating.
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| Method for controlling the temperature of exothermic catalytic reactions | 20070292965 | 20071220 |
| A method for controlling the temperature of an exothermic reaction and the simultaneous production of steam is based upon the use of heat exchangers (5a) crossed by boiling water along an internal path, extending between an inlet opening (5h) for boiling water and an outlet opening (5f).
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| Integrated fluidized bed ash cooler | 20070283902 | 20071213 |
| An integrated fluidized bed ash cooler for a fluidized bed boiler, particularly a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler, employs at least two fluidized bed sections positioned in series along a solids flow path. Each section contains fluidizing means, the first section along the solids path being separated from a following section with a threshold. The first section contains means for measuring a bed temperature in the vicinity of the fluidizing means and at a higher elevation within the fluidized bed. Means are provided for removing oversized bed material from the first section to facilitate the removal of ash while minimizing the possibility of ash plugging during operation.
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| Industrial evaporation apparatus | 20070283904 | 20071213 |
| It is an object of the present invention, in the case of an apparatus in which a liquid containing material having a lower boiling point than that of the liquid is made to flow down along an external surface of a guide, during which time the lower boiling point material is evaporated, to provide a specific apparatus that can be operated stably for a prolonged period of time on an industrial scale such that not less than 1 ton/hr of the liquid is subjected to the evaporation, and furthermore to provide a specific industrial evaporation apparatus in which there are no problems due to degeneration caused by some of the liquid residing in the apparatus for a prolonged period of time. The present inventors have reached... |
| Circulation system for sliding pressure steam generator | 20070283906 | 20071213 |
| A steam generator circulation system is provided and includes a boiler feed pump for forcing water through an economizer, and through the waterwall tubes of an evaporator. A separator receives a mixture of steam and water and sends the steam to a steam utilization unit such as a superheater. A valve is provided below the separator. If the valve is open, the saturated water from the separator is mixed with feedwater and recirculated through the tubes of the evaporator. If the valve is closed, recirculation is terminated. At loads below the critical point, the valve below the separator system would be open and the boiler would operate like a natural circulation drum boiler. At loads above the critical point, the valve below the separator system would... |
| Boiler for making super heated steam and its use | 20070283907 | 20071213 |
| A boiler for making super heated steam by indirect heat exchange of water against a hot gas, said boiler being a vertically oriented vessel comprising a spirally formed conduit around the vertical axis of the vessel, which vessel is provided with an inlet for hot gas fluidly connected to the lower end of the conduit for upwardly passage of hot gas through the spirally formed conduit, an outlet for cooled gas fluidly connected to the upper end of the conduit, an inlet for fresh water and a vessel outlet for super heated steam, said vessel further provided with a water bath space in the lower end of the vessel and a saturated steam collection space above said water bath space, said spirally formed conduit comprising of... |
| Domed heat exchanger (igloo) | 20070284091 | 20071213 |
| A heat exchanger assembly for cooling an electronic device comprises a flange, a dome, a plurality of condensing tubes, a shroud and a boiler plate. The dome is semi-cylindrical in shape with flat axial ends. A plurality of spaced condensing tubes is disposed in a plurality of fan rows with each fan row being in a fan plane to facilitate more-efficient heat transfer. The distal ends of each of the condensing tubes are elongated along the associated fan plane to define the fan rows in a fan shape. In other words, each fan row contains one elongated, fan-shaped condensing tube. The condensing tubes in adjacent fan planes terminate in an arch extending concentrically about the center axis at the flat axial ends of the semi-cylindrical dome.... |
| Domed heat exchanger (porcupine) | 20070284092 | 20071213 |
| Three embodiments of a heat exchanger assembly for cooling an electronic device are shown respectively in FIGS. 1-2, 3 and 4 and each comprises a flange, a dome, a plurality of condensing tubes, a shroud, and a boiler plate. In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the dome is semi-spherical in shape and the distance measured axially along the center axis equals the distance measured laterally from or perpendicular to the center axis. In the second and third embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 and, 4, respectively, the distance measured axially along the center axis is greater than the distance measured laterally from or perpendicular to the center axis. The domes in the second and third embodiments are an ellipsoid and a semi-logarithmic body, respectively. In... |
| Activated carbon and evaporative fuel treatment apparatus using the activated carbon | 20060288872 | 20061228 |
| An activated carbon adsorbing and desorbing evaporative fuel has pores formed therein with the following rates: a rate of a pore whose pore diameter is smaller than or equal to 20 Å in which butane is apt to remain with respect to a pore whose pore diameter is smaller than or equal to 100 Å is less than or equal to 20%, and a rate of a pore whose pore diameter is greater than 20 Å and smaller than or equal to 25 Å that is effective in adsorbing low boiling point gas components with respect to the pore whose pore diameter is smaller than or equal to 100 Å is between 15 and 25%. An evaporative fuel treatment apparatus has a filling chamber filled with... |
| Arrangement in recovery boiler | 20060288963 | 20061228 |
| The invention comprises an economizer (21) located parallel with the boiler bank (11) in the second pass.
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| Compressed coconut organic material smoking medium and fuel | 20060288996 | 20061228 |
| SMOCONUT (with or without added wood chips) is produced by compressing processed coconut material into a compact solid dehydrated material. It is positioned primarily as smoking medium and alternative fuel for the following applications: COOKING, SMOKING and GRILLING OF FOOD. FUEL FOR WOOD FED FIREPLACE FUEL FOR WOOD FIRED BOILERS FUEL FOR KILNS FURNACES FUEL FOR ANY SIMILAR COOKING AND FUEL APPLICATIONS. SMOKING MEDIUM FOR AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS AS PEST CONTROL AND INSECT REPELLANT SMOKING MEDIUM FOR MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS
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| Process of mild hydrocracking including a dilution of the feedstock | 20060289338 | 20061228 |
| The invention relates to a process for FCC pretreatment by mild hydrocracking of a hydrocarbon feedstock that comprises a vacuum distillate fraction or a deasphalted oil or else a mixture of these two fractions, said primary feedstock, to produce gas oil and an effluent having an initial boiling point of more than 320° C., said effluent (FCC feedstock) then being subjected to a catalytic cracking, process in which at least 85% by weight of said primary feedstock ends above 375° C. and at least 95% by weight of said primary feedstock ends below 650° C., whereby the mild hydrocracking is performed under an absolute pressure of 2 to 12 MPa and at a temperature of between 300 and 500° C., characterized in that the hydrocarbon feedstock... |
| Method for cooking in a pan | 20060289459 | 20061228 |
| A cooking method for a cooking device with at least one cooking container, such as in the form of a pan or similar, which can be filled at least partly with a fluid cooking medium, especially water or milk, so that the cooking product can be cooked, especially boiled or poached in the cooking medium, including the following steps: selecting semi-automatic cooking or fully automatic cooking by an operator, selecting a cooking product and/or of a cooking process by an operator, automatically filling a first cooking container with a cooking medium in an amount determined as a function of the selected cooking product and/or selected cooking process, automatically heating the cooking medium in the first cooking container to a temperature determined as a function of the... |
| Compact heat exchanging device based on microfabricated heat transfer surfaces | 20060289662 | 20061228 |
| A lightweight compact self-contained microchannel heat exchanger includes a multi-sided heat transfer member having an array of parallel microgrooves (or rows of micropins) on each of the side, and positioned in thermal contact with the heat generating object to be cooled. A fluid distribution unit having a developed system of feed channels and exhaust channels is mounted to the micropatterned surface for guiding an incoming cold working fluid to remove heat from the microgrooves (or micropins). The heat exchanging device includes in one embodiment a pair of double-sided heat transfer plates having an array of microgrooves extending on each of its opposed surfaces, the fluid distribution unit being sandwiched between the double-sided heat transfer plates. The heat transfer plates and distribution units may be stacked to... |
| Process for corrosion control in boilers | 20060290935 | 20061228 |
| A corrosion control process is described. The process is especially useful in the control of chloride corrosion in waste to energy boilers. Corrosion of high temperature surfaces can be assessed by the monitor and controlled introduction of treatment chemicals by targeted in furnace injection reduces corrosion while maximizing combustion efficiency. A corrosion monitor is also described. Before and following selection of corrosion control chemicals and the locations for targeted in furnace injection, injection regimen and chemical selection and introduction parameters are monitored with the aid of the method and apparatus of the invention to adjust one or more control parameters to reduce corrosion. A preferred method will employ a treatment chemical that comprises an SO2 or SO3 reagent, e.g., sulfuric acid, sulfur, a sulfate salt or... |
| Fuel channel characterization method and device | 20060291608 | 20061228 |
| An apparatus to measure external dimensions of a fuel channel of a boiling water reactor, having a rigid frame which has a lower seat to accept a nozzle of a nuclear fuel assembly, the rigid frame extending an entire length of the nuclear fuel assembly, an inspection arrangement including ultrasonic transducers placed upon the rigid frame, the ultrasonic transducers supported by the rigid frame, the ultrasonic transducers configured to generate and receive ultrasonic signals imparted into a medium and generate an electrical signal upon receipt of the ultrasonic signal, a signal processing arrangement configured to evaluate electrical signals received from the inspection arrangement, and a series of leads connected to the arrangement of ultrasonic transducers, the series of leads taking the electrical signals generated by the... |
| Organic electrolytic solution and lithium battery employing the same | 20060292451 | 20061228 |
| An organic electrolytic solution includes a lithium salt; an organic solvent including a high dielectric constant solvent and a low boiling point solvent; and an additive of a hetero ring compound including a cyano group and an alkenyl group as substituents. The organic electrolytic solution and the lithium battery employing the organic electrolytic solution suppress the reduction decomposition of a polar solvent to improve the capacity retention ratio of the battery. Thus, the charge/discharge efficiency and lifespan of the battery can be improved.
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| Method for separating triethanolamin from a mixture obtainable by ammonia and ethylene oxide reaction | 20060293541 | 20061228 |
| Process for separating triethanolamine continuously by distillation from a mixture of monoethanolamine, diethanolamine and triethanolamine together with ethanolamine ethers and water obtained by reaction of ammonia with ethylene oxide in the liquid phase under superatmospheric pressure and at elevated temperature, in which the mixture is distilled in two stages. The low-boiling fraction and the high-boiling fraction are taken off and discharged in the first stage and the intermediate-boiling fraction comprising >99.4% by weight of triethanolamine and <0.2% by weight of diethanolamine is distilled in the second stage. The distillation of the mixture is preferably carried out in a first column and a second column connected to this or in a dividing wall column.
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| Cryogenic air separation with once-through main condenser | 20060283208 | 20061221 |
| A cryogenic air separation system wherein nitrogen vapor from a higher pressure column and oxygen liquid from a lower pressure column each pass down through a once-through main condenser in heat exchange relation and some but not all of the oxygen liquid is vaporized such that the oxygen liquid and vapor exit the condenser in a liquid to vapor mass flowrate ratio within the range of from 0.05 to 0.5 whereby the need for a recirculation pump to ensure avoidance of oxygen boiling to dryness is eliminated.
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| Frying/boiling stand with hoist | 20060283335 | 20061221 |
| A frying/boiling stand with hoist includes a hoist supported for rotation by opposed end frames. The hoist includes an axle, a centrally located spindle hood, and axle housings extending between the spindle hood and the opposed end frames. The axle centrally supports a cable having a lower hook, the cable forming a coil within the spindle hood. The hoist has a crank mounted on an end portion of the axle for turning the axle. A stop is located on one end frame for engaging the hoist. A food item is suspended by said hook over a fryer/boiler for raising and lowering by turning the axle crank. The food item, upon completion of cooking, is hoisted from the fryer/boiler by the hoist by turning the axle and... |
| Method and apparatus for controlling soot blowing using statistical process control | 20060283406 | 20061221 |
| A statistical process control system employs a consistent soot blowing operation for a heat exchange section of, for example, a fuel burning boiler, collects heat absorption data for the heat exchange section and analyzes the distribution of the heat absorption data as well as various parameters of the heat absorption distribution to readjust the soot blowing operation. The statistical process control system may set a desired lower heat absorption limit and a desired upper heat absorption limit and compare them, respectively, with an actual lower heat absorption limit and an actual upper heat absorption limit to determine the readjustment to be made to the soot blowing operation. Alternatively, the statistical process control system may be used to determine permanent slagging of the heat exchange section.
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| Method for removing vapor within heat pipe | 20060283578 | 20061221 |
| A method for removing vapor within a heat pipe includes providing a predetermined amount of working fluid injected into the heat pipe. An opening is reserved at one end of the heat pipe. The opening is communicated with a vacuum environment. A normally off is maintained between the opening and the vacuum environment to isolate the vacuum environment from the heat pipe, such that at the instant the isolation status is relieved, the vacuum level of the vacuum environment is maintained at a certain range. The isolation status between the opening of the heat pipe and the vacuum environment is intermittently relieved for several times. Within the duration while the isolation status between the opening and the vacuum environment is relieved, the working fluid is evaporated... |
| Composition and therapeutic uses thereof | 20060283700 | 20061221 |
| A physiologically ingestible composition comprising microstructured water consisting essentially of hydrogen and oxygen atoms and having a boiling point higher than the boiling point of double distilled water is used. The physiologically ingestible composition may be administered to reduce fatigue in a mammal.
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| Apparatus and method for installing a heating system in a building | 20060283966 | 20061221 |
| A kit of component parts, and a method for using this kit, are disclosed for installing a boiler for a heating system in a building. The kit comprises prefabricated inlet and outlet manifolds for multiple heating circuits and parts to construct a framework, attachable to the boiler, for holding the manifolds and other parts of the boiler and heating system.
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| Bubble purging system and method | 20060284925 | 20061221 |
| A method and system for purging bubbles from a fluid chamber of a micro-fluid ejection head containing a plurality of fluid chambers, an ejection actuator respectively associated with each of the fluid chambers, and a common fluid supply area for the fluid chambers. According to this exemplary method, one or more of the ejection actuators are pulsed with energy sufficient to expand a bubble present in one of the fluid chambers without substantially boiling the fluid in the common fluid supply area. A first temperature of the ejection head is maintained for a first period of time during bubble expansion so that the bubble in the fluid chamber is urged away from the fluid chamber. The ejection head temperature is decreased over a second period of... |
| Low moisture, low water activity caramel, caramel composite products and process for preparation | 20060286212 | 20061221 |
| New caramel compositions suitable for use with crisp bases such as cookies and crackers are provided. The new caramel compositions are able be packaged over long periods of storage in direct contact with a crisp base comprised of a cookie or cracker without adversely affecting the texture of either the crisp base or the caramel. They comprise a cooked mixture prepared from: liquid triglyceride, monosaccharide, disaccharide, polyol, milk solids, and emulsifier. The caramel exhibits an Aw of less than 0.42. Processing entails: mixing ingredients comprising liquid triglyceride, monosaccharide, disaccharide, polyol, milk solids, and emulsifier in a heating vessel; heating the ingredients to form a uniform heated mixture while scraping the vessel during heating to prevent scorching; and increasing the heat to boil the ingredients to a... |
| Antimicrobial salt solutions for cheese processing applications | 20060286229 | 20061221 |
| Antimicrobial formulations and solutions for food safety and quality applications are disclosed. Because some of these formulations and solutions contain a substantial concentration of salt, they are adaptable to a variety of food-processing applications, such as for chilling brine applications, disinfecting meat baths/rinses, beef injection brines, poultry chill tanks, brines used in cheese manufacture, as a wash to kill salmonella and other bacteria on hard-boiled eggs or egg shells, and as a wash to disinfect produce, which can become contaminated with salmonella and other pathogenic bacteria in the field. These uses of concentrated salt solutions that depress the freezing point of the solution provide a low temperature bath or shower in which food products can be cooled. One embodiment comprises between 25 ppm and 100,000 ppm... |
| Dilutable products | 20060286256 | 20061221 |
| A retorted liquid soup concentrate package (of about 70 to 100 g contents) expressible from the package when opened and dilutable with boiling or near boiling water (at a dilution ratio water/concentrate of from 1.9:1 to 2.5:1) to a lump free ready to eat soup form at at least 55° C. (preferably 60 to 65° C.) and a target volume less than 400 mls (preferably 250-300 mls).
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| Method for making a spice sugar cube | 20060286277 | 20061221 |
| A method for making a high quality spice sugar cube. The spice sugar cube consists essentially of sugar or a sugar substitute and at least one spice. A quantity of spice and a volume of sugar are measured. A first portion of about one third of the volume of sugar is dissolved in water to create a sugar water solution. The sugar water solution is heated until the solution reaches a temperature between 215 and 235 degrees Fahrenheit resulting in an amount of the water evaporating (e.g., boiling out) from the solution. The solution is than allowed to cool to between 80 and 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The quantity of spice is then mixed into the solution, and then the remaining portion of the volume of sugar... |
| Mehtod and device for obtaining highly reactive calcium sorbents and/or of binding materials | 20060287197 | 20061221 |
| A method and apparatus is provided for fabrication of highly reactive calcium sorbents and/or binding materials, from powdered calcium carbonate and/or fly-ashes coming from coal combustion, especially in boilers with fluidised bed furnaces. A method is provided in which ashes with chemical by weight containing from 25% up to 45% SiO2, from 3% up to 25% Al2O3, from 10% up to 40% CaO, from 5% up to 15% SO3, beneficially with 51% addition of Portland cement or slag or clinker as activator, are beneficially pre-mixed with calcium carbonate and then the mixture or ashes are mechanically deagglomerated and activated through free particles collisions at the speed at least 8 m/sec. A device is provided including a container closed with cover and the chamber, in which the... |
| Process for the production of n-alkylaminoalkyl (meth)acrylates | 20060287550 | 20061221 |
| The present invention is to provide a method of producing an N-alkylaminoalkyl(meth)acrylate containing a small amount of low boiling components, especially, containing a small amount of raw components, without any complicated operations or special apparatuses. The method of producing an N-alkylaminoalkyl(meth)acrylate comprising the steps of: (A) performing the reaction between the (meth)acrylic acid ester and the N-alkylaminoalkyl alcohol in a presence of a catalyst to obtain a reaction solution containing the N-alkylaminoalkyl(meth)acrylate; (B) distilling out components which have lower boiling points than the N-alkylaminoalkyl(meth)acrylate from the reaction solution obtained by the step (A); and (C) distilling the N-alkylaminoalkyl (meth)acrylate; and further comprising the step of: (D) adjusting water concentration at a range from 0.01 to 1 wt %. in the reaction solution which is located after... |
| Process for making xylene isomer using a deheptanizer with a side draw recycle | 20060287563 | 20061221 |
| In processes for recovering one or more xylene isomers and isomerizing the remaining isomers for recycle, the isomerate is distilled to provide a toluene-containing overhead, a mid-boiling fraction containing C8 aromatics and a bottoms fraction containing C8 aromatics and C9+ aromatics. The mid-boiling fraction is recycled to the unit for recovering the sought xylene isomers and has sufficiently low content of C9+ aromatics that the separation feed to the unit for recovering the sought xylene isomers contains up to about 500 ppm-mass C9+ aromatics. The processes provide a high quality xylene isomer product while achieving at least one of debottlenecking, energy savings and capital savings.
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| Process and apparatus for the production of diesel fuels by oligomerisation of olefinic feed streams | 20060287565 | 20061221 |
| This invention provides a process for the production of diesel boiling range hydrocarbons, the process including at least the steps of obtaining an olefinic feed stream from one or more hydrocarbon producing processes wherein the olefinic feed stream contains branched short chain olefins having a chain length of from three to eight carbon atoms, and contacting the feed stream with a shape selective medium pore acid zeolite catalyst in a pressurised reactor at elevated temperature so as to convert said short chain olefins to higher hydrocarbons. The invention also provides an apparatus for carrying out the process and recovering the catalyst for reuse.
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| Boiler plug | 20060277756 | 20061214 |
| The invention relates to an apparatus for quickly and inexpensively plugging leaks in the tubing of low pressure steam boilers. The invention uses a cap containing a gasket channel of the same diameter as the edge of the tube. The underside cylindrical wall of the cap contains an aperture in common with that of the top of the cap. A threaded rod is passed through the cap and connected to an identical plug on the other end of the tube. Simultaneously tightening hex nuts on the two rods seals the tubing ends.
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| Thermochemical water splitting power generation process and system | 20060277917 | 20061214 |
| A process and system of power generation utilizes the instantaneous combustion nature of hydrogen and oxygen in a combustion chamber to generate heat, of which hydrogen is generated by splitting water through thermochemical reaction process. The heat generated in combustion chamber is used to heat the water in boiling chamber surrounding the combustion chamber so as to produce steam vapor for outputting as a kind of power source, which can be used to drive any conventional steam driven power generation device to produce electricity as well as mechanical power. The combustion chamber is formed around the reaction chamber, such that portion of the heat generated in the combustion chamber can be imparted to reaction chamber to sustain the thermochemical reaction for continuous hydrogen production. Throughout this... |
| Two-stage hydrodesulfurization of cracked naphtha streams with light naphtha bypass or removal | 20060278567 | 20061214 |
| A process for the selective hydrodesulfurization of olefinic naphtha streams containing a substantial amount of organically-bound sulfur and olefins. The olefinic naphtha stream is selectively desulfurized in a first hydrodesulfurization stage. The effluent stream from this first stage is sent to a separation zone wherein a lower boiling naphtha stream and a higher boiling naphtha stream are produced. The lower boiling naphtha stream is sent through at least two more separation zones, each at a lower temperature than the preceding separation stage. The higher boiling naphtha stream, which contains most of the sulfur moieties, is passed to a second hydrodesulfurization stage wherein at least a fraction of the sulfur moieties are removed.
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| Inkjet printhead integrated circuit with suspended heater element spaced from chamber walls | 20060279610 | 20061214 |
| An inkjet printhead integrated circuit that has a plurality of nozzles 3 and a bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle 3. The bubble forming chamber of each nozzle having at least one side wall 6 and at least one heater element 10 suspended within each of the bubble forming chambers respectively. Each heater element 10 is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. The heater element 10 spaced from the at least one side... |
| Inkjet printhead intergrated circuit with non-buckling heater element | 20060279611 | 20061214 |
| An inkjet printhead integrated circuit that has a plurality of nozzles 3 and a bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle respectively. At least one heater element 10 suspended in each bubble forming chamber 7 to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. The heater element is configured such that the strain of thermal expansion is not relieved by bending about its thinnest cross sectional dimension. The heater elements are formed by depositing a thin strip of heater material, usually... |
