Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
204158200 | Processes of purifying materials | 27 |
20080264773 | In vitro prophylactic on site ion-exchange purification process. - This invention describes a method and apparatus for the In Vitro treatment process of purifying and maintaining the sterility of water thereby replacing existing transient technology that is flawed by repeated handling inside and outside the medical environment where this technology is intended for use i. e. hemodialysis clinics, trauma centers, burn centers, general medical institutions the pharmaceutical packager and other locations and applications where purified sterile water is required. | 10-30-2008 |
20090020412 | DEFOAMING METHOD - A defoaming method capable of destroying foams generated when a container is filled with drink, or the like, efficiently at a high speed and destroying foams effectively even in the case of a container having a narrow mouth. Liquid surface ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090090614 | Thermophoretic fractionalization of small particles - Described is a method for fractionalizing nanoparticles according to the conductivity of the particle, thus enabling the production of large numbers of particles with uniform conductivity. The method is based on a modified thermophoresis process wherein a temperature gradient is produced in a mixture of particles and the most conductive particles are selectively deposited on a warm surface. In contrast to conventional thermophoresis methods, the temperature gradient that drives the fractionalization process is produced using a light source. | 04-09-2009 |
20090277774 | TREATMENT OF FLUIDS WITH WAVE ENERGY FROM A CARBON ARC - A method and apparatus for treating a fluid using a wave energy uses a gas-sparged pipe configured to create a flow of the fluid in a thin film along a vortex path from a first end to a second end of the gas-sparged pipe, a first electrode and a second electrode that are at least partially disposed within the gas-sparged pipe, spaced apart from one another, and axially aligned with one another along a central axis of the gas-sparged pipe from the first end to the second end. The electrodes are used to create an open electrical arc to provide the wave energy directly exposing the fluid as the fluid flows along the vortex path in close proximity to and surrounding the electrical arc such that only a gas separates the fluid from the open electrical arc. | 11-12-2009 |
20100170779 | GAS CONVERSION SYSTEM - A gas conversion system for removing carbon dioxide from gases includes a duct through which gases are circulated. The duct has a port for introducing a reaction agent into the duct to the gases. An electron beam emitter is positioned relative to the duct for directing an electron beam into the duct to cause components of the carbon dioxide and the reaction agent to react to remove carbon dioxide from the gases and release oxygen. | 07-08-2010 |
20110000782 | ALUMINUM RECOVERY PROCESS - Disclosed are processes and electrolytic cells that can be used to extract and thereby recover aluminum from aluminum-containing waste, including an aluminum dross that is suitable for disposal in a land-fill. The disclosed processes and cells use ionic liquids as an electrolyte. | 01-06-2011 |
20120097523 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PURIFYING SILICON - [Objects] To improve productivity and reduce thermal energy consumption in manufacturing of high purity silicon as a raw material for metallurgical grade pure silicon. | 04-26-2012 |
20120168300 | PHOTOREACTOR - The present invention relates to a reactor for the photocatalytic treatment of liquid or gaseous streams, which reactor comprises a tube through which the stream to be treated flows, wherein, in the tube, there are arranged at least one light source, at least one flat means M | 07-05-2012 |
20120279849 | PHOTOCATALYST COMPRISING TiO2 AND ACTIVATED CARBON MADE FROM DATE PITS - A method is provided for adsorbing organic molecules, pollutants, or both, by contacting the organic molecules, pollutants, or both, with a photocatalyst. The photocatalyst can be made by a method that includes preparing activated carbon by calcining date pits to form a precursor material, and then impregnating the precursor material with titanium dioxide. | 11-08-2012 |
20120292178 | DUAL ELEMENT PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present technology provides an illustrative method for treating air. The method includes providing untreated air and producing an oxygen-enriched sample from the untreated air. The method further includes generating ozone in the oxygen-enriched sample to produce an ozone-enriched sample and contacting the ozone-enriched sample and a fraction of the untreated air to produce a treated sample. The fraction of the untreated sample includes a fraction removed from the untreated air when producing the oxygen-enriched sample. The method also includes removing ozone from the treated sample to form a purified sample of air. | 11-22-2012 |
20130313104 | AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM USING ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DIODES AND PHOTOCATALYST-COATED SUPPORTS - An air cleaning system may provide effective and evenly distributed removal of organic contaminants from airflow. An ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV LED) source may emit ultraviolet light onto a photocatalyst on a support in airflow where airflow is between the UV LED source and the photocatalyst. | 11-28-2013 |
20130313105 | Method and Device for Treating Opaque Fluids with UV Radiation - The present invention relates to a method for treating opaque fluids, comprising the steps of placing a treatment unit inside a volume of fluid to be treated, which treatment unit comprises a UV radiation member capable of emitting UV radiation, 5 radiating said volume of fluid with UV radiation, whereby said UV radiation is capable of creating radicals in said fluid, which radicals react with matter in the fluid, thereby treating it. | 11-28-2013 |
20140061027 | FLUID TREATMENT APPARATUS - A fluid treatment apparatus comprising: a reactor vessel defining a chamber and having an inlet and an outlet to allow fluid to flow through the chamber; a UV light source adapted to transmit light within the chamber; and a plurality of catalyst members comprising a catalytic outer surface, the catalyst members being freely contained within the chamber, wherein the apparatus is adapted to cause the catalyst members to move around within the chamber as fluid flows through the chamber. | 03-06-2014 |
20140076712 | PLASMA POUCH - A device with a pouch having a pouch wall with an inner side and an outer side, the pouch wall defining an interior of the pouch. A plurality of electrodes embedded in the pouch wall with at least one electrode partially exposed within the interior of the pouch. The plurality of electrodes generate plasma within the interior of the pouch in response to application of an voltage to the plurality of electrodes. | 03-20-2014 |
20150053546 | METHODS OF DETERMINING EXPOSURE TO UV LIGHT - Methods of determining the dose of UVC light delivered to a sample comprising a low optical transmission complex fluid are provided. Also provided are methods of inactivation of an organism, such as a spore, a bacteria or a virus, in a sample comprising dose of UVC light delivered to a sample comprising a low optical transmission complex fluid. | 02-26-2015 |
20160145123 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF LIQUID WASTE WATERS - A device, a system, and a method for the treatment of liquid effluents by means of electric discharges is provided. The electric discharge that is set up in the treatment device following upon application of voltage pulses has characteristics in terms of amplitude and duration of the pulses such as not to incur in phenomena of dissipation of energy but rather as to emit ultraviolet radiation for further treatment of the effluent. | 05-26-2016 |
204158210 | Organic material purified | 11 |
20080296145 | Method for Improving the Color Number - The present invention relates to a process for purifying a composition (I) at least comprising cyclododecanone. The process according to the invention for purifying a composition (I) at least comprising cyclododecanone comprises at least step (i)
| 12-04-2008 |
20080308408 | METHOD FOR INCREASING AN AMOUNT OF EFFECTIVE CONSTITUENTS FROM A PLANT IN A SOLVENT - A method for increasing an amount of effective constituents from a plant in a solvent is provided. The method comprises steps of treating the solvent with a far-infrared radiating (FIR) material and extracting the effective constituents from the plant by the treated solvent for increasing the amount of the effective constituents dissolved in the solvent. | 12-18-2008 |
20090166178 | METHODS FOR STERILIZING MATERIALS CONTAINING BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE AGENTS - Provided are methods for sterilizing a material comprising a biologically-active agent comprising irradiating said material with ionizing radiation at a dose of about 5 kGy to about 25 kGy while maintaining said material in an atmosphere comprising at least 95% by volume inert gas and at a temperature of about 4° C. or lower. Also provided are sterilized materials comprising a biologically-active agent, wherein said materials exhibit substantially the same amount of biological activity as a non-sterilized control. | 07-02-2009 |
20100051444 | SELF-SUSTAINING CRACKING OF HYDROCARBONS - The present disclosure provides a simple and efficient method for the self-sustaining radiation cracking of hydrocarbons. The method disclosed provides for the deep destructive processing of hydrocarbon chains utilizing hydrocarbon chain decomposition utilizing self-sustaining radiation cracking of hydrocarbon chains under a wide variety of irradiation conditions and temperature ranges (from room temperature to 400° C.). Several embodiments of such method are disclosed herein, including; (i) a special case of radiation-thermal cracking referred to as high-temperature radiation cracking (HTRC); (ii) low temperature radiation cracking (LTRC); and (iii) cold radiation cracking (CRC). Such methods were not heretofore appreciated in the art. In one embodiment, a petroleum feedstock is subjected to irradiation to initiate and/or at least partially propagate a chain reaction between components of the petroleum feedstock. In one embodiment, the treatment results in hydrocarbon chain decomposition; however, other chemical reactions as described herein may also occur. | 03-04-2010 |
20100200392 | Photodegradation Catalyst and Photodegradation Catalyst Precursor Comprising Metal Halide or Metal Oxyhalide - A photodegradation catalyst or a photodegradation catalyst precursor comprises a plurality of domains of an oxide of a first metal distributed in a substrate of a halide or oxyhalide of a second metal, wherein the mole percentage of the halide or oxyhalide of the second metal is above 50%. Additionally, a method of preparing a photodegradation catalyst or a photodegradation catalyst precursor, a photodegradation catalyst or a photodegradation catalyst precursor obtained from the method and a method of treating organic pollutants or substances in air or water by using the photodegradation catalyst or the photodegradation catalyst precursor are illustrated. | 08-12-2010 |
20100224480 | Method for Photocatalytic Separation from Surfactant-Containing Dispersions - The invention relates to a method for photocatalytic separation of a dispersed substance from a surfactant-containing dispersion. The surfactant-containing dispersion contains at least one dispersant, one dispersed substance, one surfactant and one photocatalyst. Irradiation of the photocalyst causes the decomposition or modification of the surfactant allowing for the separation of the dispersed substance from the dispersant. | 09-09-2010 |
20110100795 | System and Method for Making Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes - Purified single-walled carbon nanotubes are created by placing a sample of unpurified single-walled carbon nanotubes in a chamber and irradiating the sample of unpurified single-walled carbon nanotubes in the chamber with a microwave field. Each purified single-walled carbon nanotube created is a semiconductor. | 05-05-2011 |
20120138449 | METHOD OF REMOVING SULFUR FROM CRUDE OIL AND DIESEL USING IONIZING RADIATION - The present disclosure relates to a method and process to remove the remaining sulfur in four types of Arabian crude oils (Arabian Heavy) (AH) and straight-run diesel (SRD) by ionizing radiation. Radiation-induced desulfurization is not feasible for absorbed doses up to 200 kGy. Most of the organically bound sulfur and/or elemental sulfur and hydrogen sulfide still exist in the irradiated samples. Sulfur removal from crude oil and straight-run diesel was achieved by combining gamma-irradiation with other physical/chemical processes (i.e. liquid/liquid extraction and oxidation) which provided a considerable levels of total sulfur reduction in the investigated products (AH and SRD). The best removal processes for Arabian heavy crude oil and straight-run diesel resulted in reducing total sulfur content up to 36% (AH) and 78% (SRD) corresponding to (liquid process/200 kGy) and (liquid process/200 kGy) for AH and SRD, respectively. | 06-07-2012 |
20130256118 | Use of Nanopore Arrays For Multiplex Sequencing of Nucleic Acids - Described are techniques for optical detection of single molecule signals from a nanopore array for analysis of nucleic acid sequences. These techniques are useful for rapid multiplexed DNA sequencing. | 10-03-2013 |
20130341179 | Production of Methane from Abundant Hydrate Deposits - Methods of dissociating and recovering methane from solid hydrate deposits are provided. A method for recovering methane from a methane hydrate includes at least applying electromagnetic radiation to the methane hydrate to dissociate the methane-water bond. Further provided is an apparatus for dissociating methane from a methane hydrate. The apparatus includes at least: an electromagnetic spectrum power source; a probe connected to the electromagnetic spectrum power source; an antenna connected to the distal end of the probe is capable of focusing a radiated beam into a target area of a methane hydrate; and a control system in communication with and capable of controlling the electromagnetic spectrum power source, the probe, and the antenna. | 12-26-2013 |
20150114822 | Photocatalytic Oxidation Apparatus for Oxidizing Volatile Organic Compounds - The present invention provides a method of oxidizing VOCs to carbon dioxide and water in a photo catalytic environment by passing the VOC laden industrial effluent through a filter tube containing a porous inorganic substrate, impregnated and surface coated with TiO | 04-30-2015 |