| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4209490 |
Reactor coking simulator |
June 24, 1980 |
| A bench scale hydrocarbon reactor simulator accurately simulating full scale reactor coking conditions wherein the rate of coking may be measured by maintaining constant temperature of the reactor simulator exit gas by a temperature responsive circuit varying power supplied to a heater, |
| 4208387 |
Removal of sulfur dioxide from waste gases |
June 17, 1980 |
| Sulfur dioxide is removed from waste gases such as stack gases by contacting the gas stream with free tertiary amines having basic strengths greater than about pK 5 to form a coordinate covalent complex of the amine and the sulfur dioxide. The sufficiently stable complex is than thermall |
| 4199959 |
Solid adsorption air conditioning apparatus and method |
April 29, 1980 |
| A solid adsorption air conditioning apparatus and process using water or ammonia refrigerant in a generator-condenser-evaporator-adsorber cycle wherein the refrigerant is adsorbed on a solid adsorbent coated on the interior of a combination adsorber-generator module and then generated |
| 4191539 |
Method for feeding caking coal particles to a gasifier |
March 4, 1980 |
| An improved method for feeding caking coal particles to a fluidized bed gasifier, without prior pretreatment, is disclosed. The coal particles are entrained in a gaseous stream and injected directly into the bottom of the fluidized bed around the outer perimeter thereof at a plurality of |
| 4190202 |
High pressure pulsed water jet |
February 26, 1980 |
| A thrust generator combining gas driving either directly or through a hydraulic fluid with gas or hydraulic fluid cocking in a compact, lightweight thrust generator suitable for repetitive operation. The thrust generator has control fluid triggering of the power stroke and a floating |
| 4184547 |
Situ mining of fossil fuel containing inorganic matrices |
January 22, 1980 |
| A process for recovering underground fossil fuel deposits retained in an inorganic matrix wherein the deposit is contacted with an aqueous medium of anaerobic microorganisms for a time sufficient to produce particles of the deposit containing both the organic fossil fuel and inorganic ma |
| 4171017 |
Method of gas production from geopressurized geothermal brines |
October 16, 1979 |
| In accordance with the method of the present invention, methane and other similar fuel components are separated from the brine found in geopressurized geothermal zones by immersing gas permeable membranes selective for these fuel components into the brine in these zones, and permitti |
| 4169362 |
Solid adsorption air conditioning apparatus |
October 2, 1979 |
| A solid adsorption air conditioning apparatus for cooling and heating which is compact in size and particularly adapted to low capacity and which may be at least partially solar powered and air cooled. The apparatus utilizes water vapor as refrigerant working within a hermetically sealed |
| 4160067 |
Molten carbonate fuel cell corrosion inhibition |
July 3, 1979 |
| A high temperature molten carbonate fuel cell ferrous metal cell housing having about 2 to about 70 weight percent aluminum content in the cell housing surface wet seal area prior to cell operation providing corrosion inhibition during fuel cell operation. |
| 4151124 |
Sorbent composition and process for preparing it |
April 24, 1979 |
| A thermally regenerable sorbent composition for removal of oxides of nitrogen from a gas stream wherein the sorbent consists essentially of about 15 to 35 wt. percent Fe, about 15 to 35 wt. percent Co and greater than about 5 wt. percent Na. The process for removal of oxides of nitrogen |
| 4147456 |
Storage of fuel gas |
April 3, 1979 |
| A method is provided for storing fuel gas by pumping the fuel gas into the lower portion of a storage vessel and automatically forming a solid fuel gas hydrate due to the vessel being positioned beneath the surface of a body of water and providing a lower zone having higher pressure rela |
| 4141417 |
Enhanced oil recovery |
February 27, 1979 |
| A process for petroleum recovery from an underground deposit by injecting hydrogen-rich gas in the absence of added hydrogenation catalysts into the underground deposit, the gas and deposit being at temperatures of less than 300.degree. F., maintaining the hydrogen-rich gas in contact wi |
| 4121432 |
Solid adsorption air conditioning apparatus and method |
October 24, 1978 |
| A solid adsorption air conditioning apparatus and process for cooling and heating which is compact in size and particularly adapted to low capacity and which may be at least partially solar powered and air cooled. The apparatus and process utilizes water vapor as refrigerant working with |
| 4085972 |
Situ mining of fossil fuel containing inorganic matrices |
April 25, 1978 |
| A process for recovering underground fossil fuel deposits retained in an inorganic matrix wherein the deposit is contacted with an aqueous medium of anaerobic microorganisms for a time sufficient to produce particles of the deposit containing both the organic fossil fuel and inorganic ma |
| 4080424 |
Process for acid gas removal from gaseous mixtures |
March 21, 1978 |
| A hybrid physical-chemical absorbent process using the interrelation between a physical solvent and a H.sub.2 S selective chemical solvent for removal of CO.sub.2 and sulfur containing compounds, principally H.sub.2 S from a mixed gas stream. This process is especially useful in processe |
| 4080197 |
Process for producing lead |
March 21, 1978 |
| A process for production of lead from lead sulfide containing material wherein the lead sulfide containing material and oxygen containing gas is introduced into the headspace of a reactor. The formed lead drops to a pool in the bottom portion of the reactor and unreacted lead sulfide and |
| 4079171 |
Molten carbonate fuel cell electrolyte |
March 14, 1978 |
| An improved molten carbonate fuel cell electrolyte wherein the inert support matrix is predominately LiAl0.sub.2 having crystalline structure with an average L/D greater than about 3 and surface area greater than about 5 sq. meters/gram and the carbonates composition is a ternary lit |
| 4074858 |
High pressure pulsed water jet apparatus and process |
February 21, 1978 |
| A high pressure pulsed water jet apparatus and process operable in a vertical position especially suitable for automated pavement and rock fracture. The apparatus and process of this invention is used in combination with a thrust generator providing a substantially flat power stroke |
| 4057402 |
Coal pretreatment and gasification process |
November 8, 1977 |
| A process for converting a finely divided carbonaceous material, particularly coal, to a fuel gas. A finely divided or pulverized carbonaceous feed material, such as coal, is pretreated at a temperature of about 700.degree. - 800.degree. F in order to destroy the caking properties of |
| 4052850 |
Thrust generator |
October 11, 1977 |
| A hybrid hydraulic-pneumatic thrust generator wherein pneumatic action is used for cocking and for cushioning while hydraulic action is used for providing the driving force. The output can be increased by reducing the cocking or cushion gas pressure required to dislodge the poppet valve |
| 4037653 |
High-temperature thermal exchange process |
July 26, 1977 |
| High temperature thermal exchange between molten liquid and a gas stream is effected by generating in a confined flow passageway a plurality of droplets of molten liquid and by passing a gas stream through the passageway in heat exchange relationship with the droplets. The droplets a |
| 4023280 |
Valve for ash agglomeration device |
May 17, 1977 |
| A fluidized bed of material retained in a vessel receives a high velocity gas stream through a venturi orifice and passage to assist in the agglomeration of ash particles. The particles form a semi-fixed bed within the passage upstream from the venturi orifice. The particular dimensions |
| 4022665 |
Two phase anaerobic digestion |
May 10, 1977 |
| An improved two phase anaerobic digestion process in which an initial phase continually receives an organic feed for short detention times of less than two days under conditions which efficiently liquefy and breakdown the feed to lower molecular weight acids and other intermediates for |
| 4021183 |
Arrangement and method of burner ignition |
May 3, 1977 |
| An arrangement and method of burner ignition utilizing hydrogen which is stored, periodically released, and ignited in one fashion or another, to thus function as a pilot to ignite the burner. In accordance with the invention, the hydrogen is stored as a metal hydride in a pressure vesse |
| 4003821 |
Process for production of hydrocarbon liquid from oil shale |
January 18, 1977 |
| A process for producing hydrocarbon liquids in preference to gases from oil shale. The shale is introduced at the top of a reaction chamber which includes an upper oil shale preheat zone having a temperature not more than about 950.degree. F., a hydroretort reaction zone at a temperature |
| 3999384 |
Thrust generator |
December 28, 1976 |
| A hybrid hydraulic-pneumatic thrust generator wherein pneumatic action is used for cocking and for cushioning while hydraulic action is used for providing the driving force. The thrust generator of this invention has a relatively flat thrust pattern making is especially suitable as a dri |
| 3998939 |
Production of beta-lithium aluminate (LiAlO.sub.2) |
December 21, 1976 |
| A low pressure process for the production of beta-lithium aluminate (LiAlO.sub.2) in a two thermal stage reaction of alumina with liquid phase lithium carbonate comprising admixing powdered alumina with a carbonates composition selected from the group consisting of a ternary lithium- |
| 3994780 |
Anaerobic digestion with liberated enzyme biomass fractions |
November 30, 1976 |
| An improved anaerobic digestion of organic biomass by rupturing cells of microorganisms present in a digested biomass or untreated biomass fraction undergoing digestion to obtain a treated biomass fraction having liberated indigenous enzymes in place; and contacting such treated biomass |
| 3955556 |
Catalytic fluid heater |
May 11, 1976 |
| A catalytic fluid heater formed of a number of nested fluid heating chambers spaced from one another to provide therebetween a heating zone having a chimney effect such that a mixture of fuel gas and air is caused to flow through the heating zone from the bottom to the top thereof. A |
| 3954938 |
Removal of hydrogen sulfide from reducing gases |
May 4, 1976 |
| Hot reducing gases are cleaned of sulfur compounds without requiring cooling. A melt of molten lead and metal sulfide is contacted with the hot reducing gases to remove sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide. The lead and elemental sulfur are regenerated from the formed lead sulfide s |
| 3939803 |
High temperature boiler and method |
February 24, 1976 |
| A process for vaporizing liquid water which allows the use of relatively impure boiler feed water comprising providing a heat-carrying liquid at a predetermined elevated temperature to the boiler, providing liquid water to the boiler, transferring heat from the heat-carrying liquid direc |
| 3935825 |
Coal ash agglomeration device |
February 3, 1976 |
| An improved apparatus for withdrawing agglomerated solids from a fluidizing chamber housing a main, fluidized bed of finely divided solids which comprises at least one withdrawal chamber having a width less than the fluidizing chamber and positioned below the fluidized bed. This withdraw |
