Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
435300100 | Including off-gas trapping means | 13 |
20080206857 | Device and method for reducing bubble formation in cell culture - A device for minimizing the formation of bubbles or foam in cell culture is disclosed. The device has a manifold which directs the inflow of cells and cell culture media into a cell culture vessel so as to allow for displaced air or gas to vent from the cell culture vessel without mixing with the incoming cell culture media, thereby preventing the mixing of air and cell culture media and minimizing the formation of bubbles or foam inside the cell culture vessel. | 08-28-2008 |
20090233351 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRESSURE-DIFFERENCE BUBBLE TRANSFER, AND GAS EXCHANGE APPARATUS, ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASURING APPARATUS, TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON MEASURING APPARATUS, REACTOR AND CELL CULTURE APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - In order to control bubble removal or mixing in a flow channel, bubble transfer between flow channels ( | 09-17-2009 |
20100041130 | BIOREACTOR FOR PRODUCING SYNFUEL FROM CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL - A bioreactor for producing synfuel from carbonaceous material includes a stacked particle heap comprising biodegradable carbonaceous material, an aerobic microbial consortium fermenting the biodegradable carbonaceous material into synfuel, and a gas impermeable barrier operatively covering the stacked particle heap. The covered particle heap is purged with at least one non-oxygenated gas. The bioreactor also includes a supply of anaerobic microorganisms which biodegrade the carbonaceous material within the stacked particle heap into synfuel. The synfuel is mixed with at least one reactor byproduct. The reactor byproducts are separated from the synfuel, which may include synthetic petroleum, alcohol, oil, and/or a gaseous fuel containing methane. | 02-18-2010 |
20100136674 | Plant for Producing an Oxygen-Containing Additive as an Ecologically Beneficial Component for Liquid Motor Fuels - A plant for producing an oxygen-containing additive for liquid motor fuels comprises an anaerobic fermentation vessel, a gasholder, a system for removal of sulphuretted hydrogen, and a hotwell. The plant further comprises an aerobic fermentation vessel, a device for liquid substance pumping, a device for liquid aeration with an oxygen-containing gas, a removal system of solid mass residue after fermentation, a gas distribution device; a device for heavy gases utilization; a device for ammonia adsorption by water; a liquid-gas mixer; a cavity mixer, a system that serves superficial active and dispersant matters and a cooler; all of these being connected to each other by pipelines. The technical result being the implementation of a process for producing an oxygen containing additive, which after being added to liquid motor fuels, provides an ecologically beneficial component for motor fuels by ensuring the stability of composition fuel properties during long-term storage. | 06-03-2010 |
20100261266 | BIOLOGICAL DESULFURIZATION APPARATUS - Disclosed is a biological desulfurization apparatus including a reaction tower | 10-14-2010 |
20110217765 | Device for a Liquid Lock for a Fermentation Receptacle for Biological Material - A liquid lock is for a fermentation receptacle for production of biogas, the liquid lock being provided as an annular liquid filled vessel encircling an upper portion of the receptacle wall(s), an inner portion of a fabric being fastened to the receptacle, an edge portion of a receptacle cover encircling the inner fabric portion, and an outer fabric portion extending upwardly along the edge portion and fastened to the receptacle cover, and conduit connections are provided between an internal space in the receptacle and the liquid lock. | 09-08-2011 |
20110250678 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING GAS FROM ORGANIC WASTE - A system for producing gas from organic waste includes a pretreatment unit, which crushes organic waste; an oxidation unit, which oxidizes the crushed organic waste in an oxidation bath; an oxidation unit, which converts the oxidized organic waste into fluid by anaerobic digestion; and a stabilization unit, which divides the fluid into gas and liquid fertilizer when the fluid is supplied into a fluid-stabilizing bath. The oxidation bath has a transparent safety window, a coupler, a first pipe coupled to the coupler and connected to the oxidation pump, a second pipe, a pit formed in a bottom of the oxidation bath. An inorganic-material-discharging unit has one side seated in the pit and the other side exposed from above. A mixer is coupled to a lower inside wall of the oxidation bath corresponding to the pit, and includes first blades coupled to a mixing motor. | 10-13-2011 |
20110318823 | FERMENTATION APPARATUS - An apparatus for the fermentation of a vegetable product in the form of crushed material, includes a first tank for containing the crushed material and a second collection tank for the gaseous products generated from the crushed material's fermentation, a first piping system adapted to let communicate a part of the first tank, where the gaseous products are gathered, with the second tank, a second piping system adapted to let communicate the second and the first tank, the system having a outlet in the first tank where, in use, the liquid of the crushed material is present, first and second valves associated respectively to the first and second piping system to make the two tanks selectively communicating conditionally to the open/closed status of said valves. To allow fermentation in controlled environment there are provided an adjustment device adapted to finely adjust the gaseous product's pressure to one or more values programmed by a user inside the first and second tank when they are communicating and/or within the second tank when it is isolated. | 12-29-2011 |
20120009668 | Biogas Capture and/or Collection System - A biogas capture and/or collection system is provided and comprises one or more biogas capture and/or collection units (BCCU) that capture and/or collect biogas generated in one or more biogas generating chambers (BGC). The BCCUs maybe tubular conduits operatively linked to the BGCs or canisters removably linked with the BGCs and designed for reversible capture of the biogas generated therein. A waste input system operatively linked to the BGCs is used to feed waste from one or more sources of waste thereto. Biogas generation within the BGCs is optionally promoted by retention of at least part of the waste within for a time period sufficient for release of gases due to degradation or by using means for promoting microbial processing such as heating means, centers for applications not limited to electricity production, use as fuels and use for chemical synthesis. The gas utilization centers maybe located either locally at the individual sources of waste or at a centralized location. | 01-12-2012 |
20120122200 | BIOGAS PLANT SERVICE DEVICE - A biogas plant service device and an associated biogas plant with a service shaft for biogas plants includes a fermentation tank with a tank wall, a fermentation tank interior and a tank cover covering the fermentation tank interior. The service shaft has a service opening to carry out the assembly, disassembly and maintenance of the plant, such as, a stirrer. The service shaft is arranged on a tank roof covering the fermenter tank interior for sealing the tank roof. An assembly rod is provided extending into the fermentation mass in the fermentation tank interior from the service shaft and at a distance from the tank wall. The service shaft is fixed to a support frame which has a support section, with a fixing apparatus provided on the support section by means of which the support section can be aligned and fixed outside the fermentation tank interior. | 05-17-2012 |
20130029410 | DIGESTER TANK FOR A BIOGAS PLANT - The invention relates to a digester tank for a biogas plant. The interior of the digester tank is at least partially surrounded by media-tight, pressure-tight and thermally insulating walls. The digester tank has thermally insulating exterior wall segments. The thermally insulating exterior wall segments form a self-supporting polygonal ring. | 01-31-2013 |
20140045257 | METHODS FOR SEQUESTERING CARBON DIOXIDE INTO ALCOHOLS VIA GASIFICATION FERMENTATION - The present invention is directed to improvements in gasification for use with synthesis gas fermentation. Further, the present invention is directed to improvements in gasification for the production of alcohols from a gaseous substrate containing at least one reducing gas containing at least one microorganism. | 02-13-2014 |
20140329306 | ANAEROBIC DIGESTER SERVICE DEVICE WITH A SEPARATION CURTAIN - A digester tank has a servicing device that allows access to the interior of the digester tank. The sealing device may have a movable retention wall adapted to resist the pressure of the gas inside the digester by one or more of a) increasing the bending resistance of the retention wall, for example by inflating pockets in the wall, b) forcing the lower edge of the retention wall downwards, for example by weight, a mechanical arm or inflating pockets, and c) providing a mechanical structure within the retention wall, for example a non-moving cage-like structure. A sealing device with a fixed wall has a pipe with an isolation valve between the headspace of the tank and the inside of the sealing device. In operation, a seal may be formed across the separation curtain by raising the level of the liquid contents and closing the isolation valve. | 11-06-2014 |