| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 221 | High Velocity Electrostatic Coalescing Oil/Water Separator | US13491890 | 2012-06-08 | US20130327646A1 | 2013-12-12 | Gary W. Sams; Harry G. Wallace; Davis L. Taggart; David R. Manen; David A. Trevas |
| An apparatus and method for separating water from an oil-and-water mixture includes at least two elongated separator vessels oriented at an incline and connected to one another so that an upwardly flowing oil predominant fluid passes from the first separator vessel to the second separator vessel where further electrostatic separation of water from the oil predominant fluid occurs. Each vessel has an electrode at its upper end preferably connected to a different voltage source. The inlet to each vessel is located relative to the electrode to provide an up flow or a down flow vessel. Additionally, the first vessel may be at a different elevation than the second vessel. An additional vessel may be included with output from the first vessel bypassing the additional vessel, the second vessel, or both. Baffles may be added in the water collection portion of each vessel to reduce turbulence and settling distance. | ||||||
| 222 | METHOD FOR SCALING PLASMA REACTORS FOR GAS TREATMENT AND DEVICES THEREFROM | US13836440 | 2013-03-15 | US20130284588A1 | 2013-10-31 | Muhammad Arif Malik; Karl H. Schoenbach; Richard Heller |
| Systems and methods for the treatment of a gas are provided. A method includes providing multiple discharge chambers defined by dielectric sections, where each of the discharge chambers comprises sets of electrodes for producing electric fields in the discharge chambers, where the dielectric sections and the sets of electrodes are arranged to define a volume that inhibits the formation of volume-streamers and the discharge chambers are configured to either prevent pulsed electric fields generated in adjacent discharge chambers from substantially interacting or to allow interaction in constructive way. The method also includes directing the gas into the discharge chambers and treating the gas using a corona discharge in the discharge chambers produced by a pulsed electric field generated by each of the sets of the first and second electrodes in the discharge chambers, where the pulsed electric field is configured to produce the corona discharge to have surface-streamers and volume-streamers. | ||||||
| 223 | Systems and methods for recycling steelmaking converter sludge | US12984409 | 2011-01-04 | US08540798B2 | 2013-09-24 | Guilherme Santana Lopes Gomes; Victor Loureiro Dos Santos |
| Systems and methods for processing sludge from a fume scrubbing system that scrubs fumes from a steelmaking converter in a manner that separates/isolates a significant portion of the metallic iron particles in the sludge and prepares these particles for convenient handling. In an exemplary system, the system includes separating equipment that isolates metallic iron particles in the sludge and forming equipment that forms the isolated particles into briquettes that have relatively high mechanical resistance that allow the briquettes to maintain their integrity during handling and storage. The high-metallic-iron-content briquettes can be recycled in the steelmaking process, for example, as charging material for a basic oxygen converter or an electric arc furnace. Water used in the system can be recycled and reused within the system, thereby making the system environmentally friendly. | ||||||
| 224 | System and method for isotope selective chemical reactions | US12193510 | 2008-08-18 | US08535492B2 | 2013-09-17 | Mehlin Dean Matthews |
| A system providing selective spin modification and reaction in an electrolytic cell. An electrolytic cell is coupled to a magnet that provides a level-splitting magnetic field in a region of electrolyte adjacent to a working electrode, thus establishing a spin resonance for an unpaired electron associated with a chemical species in the region of electrolyte adjacent to the working electrode. The working electrode carries an excitation current produced by a switching source or amplifier. The excitation current produces an alternating magnetic field adjacent to the working electrode that alters the spin state population density for the unpaired electron associated with a chemical species within the electrolyte, thereby enhancing or inhibiting the reaction of the chemical species during subsequent electrolysis. | ||||||
| 225 | SURFACE CHARGE ENABLED NANOPOROUS SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE FOR DESALINATION | US13534855 | 2012-06-27 | US20120273362A1 | 2012-11-01 | John M. Cotte; Christopher V. Jahnes; Hongbo Peng; Stephen M. Rossnagel |
| A filter includes a membrane having a plurality of nanochannels formed therein. A first surface charge material is deposited on an end portion of the nanochannels. The first surface charge material includes a surface charge to electrostatically influence ions in an electrolytic solution such that the nanochannels reflect ions back into the electrolytic solution while passing a fluid of the electrolytic solution. Methods for making and using the filter are also provided. | ||||||
| 226 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATING IONS FROM FLUIDS | US13014496 | 2011-01-26 | US20120186980A1 | 2012-07-26 | Sundara Ramaprabhu; Ashish Kumar Mishra |
| Technologies are generally described for method and apparatus for separating ions, such as arsenic, from a fluid, such as water. The apparatus includes a capacitor. The capacitor includes a material having a nanoscale porous structure, such as a plurality of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), and metal oxide nanoparticles, such as magnetite, disposed over the nanoscale porous structure. A portable water purifier employing the capacitor can effectively remove ions from water with a low voltage applied to the capacitor. | ||||||
| 227 | Method for sorting nanoobjects and an apparatus fabricated thereby | US13147767 | 2010-01-27 | US20110284803A1 | 2011-11-24 | Vladimir Y. Butko |
| A method for sorting nanoobjects from the mixture comprising nanoobjects such as semiconducting and metallic carbon nanotubes and an apparatus fabricated thereby. An embodiment comprises an energy transfer to the mixture in a way that the degree in which nanoonobjects are heated and bonded to the surface of a substance depends on their electrical conductivities. The next embodiment comprises an electrolytic deposition of a material on the mixture in a way that the degree in which nanoanobjects are bonded to the surface of the substance by the deposited layer depends on their electrical conductivities. The above nanoobjects are sorted by selectively separating mostly the weaker bonded nanoobjects from the surface. Another embodiment comprises an energy transfer in a low pressure reactive gas medium to the mixture in a way that the degree in which nanoonobjects are heated and chemically modified depends on their conductivities. | ||||||
| 228 | System and method for isotope selective chemical reactions | US12109792 | 2008-04-25 | US08043486B2 | 2011-10-25 | Mehlin Dean Matthews |
| A system providing selective spin modification and reaction in an electrolytic cell. An electrolytic cell is coupled to a magnet that provides a level-splitting magnetic field in a region of electrolyte adjacent to a working electrode, thus establishing a spin resonance for an unpaired electron associated with a chemical species in the region of electrolyte adjacent to the working electrode. The working electrode carries an excitation current produced by a switching source or amplifier. The excitation current produces an alternating magnetic field adjacent to the working electrode that alters the spin state population density for the unpaired electron associated with a chemical species within the electrolyte, thereby enhancing or inhibiting the reaction of the chemical species during subsequent electrolysis. | ||||||
| 229 | RECOVERY OF MATERIALS FROM MIXTURES WITH IONIC LIQUIDS | US13045617 | 2011-03-11 | US20110220506A1 | 2011-09-15 | Manish S. Kelkar; Mark A. Scialdone; Mark Brandon Shiflett |
| A method for recovering for a material such as an absorbed solute from an ionic liquid is described. In the method, an electric field is applied to the ionic liquid to release the absorbed solute. | ||||||
| 230 | MOBILE MAGNETIC TRAPS AND PLATFORMS FOR MICRO/NANO PARTICLE MANIPULATION | US12950130 | 2010-11-19 | US20110124077A1 | 2011-05-26 | Ratnasingham Sooryakumar; Dhriti Sooryakumar; Gregory Vieira; Jeffrey J. Chalmers |
| Magnetic array platforms such as nano or micro-wire networks that produce trapping, manipulation, and transport of micro- or nano-scale particles such as non-biological entities such as magnetic particles and cells, viruses, DNA, proteins, and other biological entities having magnetic particles labeled or tethered thereto are provided. Methods of manipulating, transporting, and sorting micro- or nano-scale particles are described. | ||||||
| 231 | PROCESSING BIOMASS | US12719776 | 2010-03-08 | US20100179315A1 | 2010-07-15 | Marshall Medoff |
| Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials and/or starchy or sugary materials, to produce ethanol and/or butanol, e.g., by fermentation. | ||||||
| 232 | Porous Bodies and Methods | US12699736 | 2010-02-03 | US20100133106A1 | 2010-06-03 | Charles E. Ramberg; Stephen A. Dynan; Jack A. Shindle |
| Systems and methods for treating a fluid with a body are disclosed. Various aspects involve treating a fluid with a porous body. In select embodiments, a body comprises ash particles, and the ash particles used to form the body may be selected based on their providing one or more desired properties for a given treatment. Various bodies provide for the reaction and/or removal of a substance in a fluid, often using a porous body comprised of ash particles. Computer-operable methods for matching a source material to an application are disclosed. Certain aspects feature a porous body comprised of ash particles, the ash particles have a particle size distribution and interparticle connectivity that creates a plurality of pores having a pore size distribution and pore connectivity, and the pore size distribution and pore connectivity are such that a first fluid may substantially penetrate the pores. | ||||||
| 233 | Removal of Glycerin from Biodiesel Using an Electrostatic Process | US12261208 | 2008-10-30 | US20100108523A1 | 2010-05-06 | Gary W. Sams; William A. Summers; Sarabjit S. Randhava; Harry G. Wallace |
| A vertical electrostatic coalescer comprises a first and second electrode surface and a horizontally disposed foraminous surface. The first electrode surface and horizontally disposed foraminous surface are at ground potential. The first and second electrode surfaces share the same planar orientation relative to the central longitudinal axis of the vessel. The unique arrangement of the vessel and opposing pairs of first and second electrode surfaces provides for a substantially uniform voltage field around a perimeter of the vessel and an effective voltage field for coalescence within a center of the vessel. A circular-shaped distributor pipe or a distributor housing serves to absorb momentum of the incoming emulsion stream and distribute the stream into an interior of the vessel. | ||||||
| 234 | Droplet Actuator Structures | US12529041 | 2008-03-03 | US20100025250A1 | 2010-02-04 | Vamsee K. Pamula; Michael G. Pollack; Vijay Srinivasan; Philip Paik |
| The objective of this research is to model and design a microfluidic system that uses electrostatic fields to induce movement of discrete droplets of solution. Of particular interest is movement of droplets of H2O for use in biological testing with lab-on a-chip and μTAS systems. Using computer modeling, the electric-fields for planar electrode configurations positioned on an insulating substrate are calculated for a hemispherical drop of H2O on the substrate at various positions. From these electric-fields the force on the drop is calculated. These models show that electrostatic actuation of droplets of H2O is possible. However, as the complexity of the model increases the properties of the system become less desirable and actuation may not be possible. Using microfabrication techniques, the modeled microfluidic systems have been built for testing using a Kapton substrate with copper electrodes. Hexadecenyltrichlorosilane (HTS), a self-assembled monolayer, and its oxidant have been studied and found capable of providing hydrophobic and hydrophilic surface coatings for the systems. | ||||||
| 235 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLARIFYING WATER | US12106398 | 2008-04-21 | US20090260989A1 | 2009-10-22 | John J. Murray, JR. |
| An apparatus and method of producing and using aluminum slurry containing aluminum particles having an extremely small size. In particular, a particle size that is small enough to freely flow through water filtration filters. Once the aluminum particles react with phosphorus, phosphates, and other contaminants, the resulting particles are large enough to be trapped by filters such that the contaminants can be easily removed. The aluminum slurry is created by the use of a unique process which rapidly transforms electrically charged aluminum plates into slurry. The resulting slurry is then added to the body of water where it disperses throughout the water and flocculates with the contaminants. The resulting clumps produced by the reaction are large enough to be trapped by filters in the water treatment facility. | ||||||
| 236 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED AND APPARATUS FOR DEIONIZATION AND ELECTROCHEMICAL PURIFICATION AND REGENERATION OF ELECTRODES | US11718464 | 2005-10-28 | US20090127119A1 | 2009-05-21 | Matthew Ward Witte; Brian C. Large; Michael Andrew Lawler; James R. Fajt |
| An electrical system of an electrochemical purification apparatus is presented. The system includes a plurality of electrodes for deionizing fluids passing through the electrodes, a power supply connected to the electrodes, the power supply providing power to the electrodes while maintaining a predetermined current, a predetermined voltage, or a power within some range, a programmable logic controller, connected to the power supply, for controlling the power supply, and a monitoring device connected to the programmable logic controller for delivering data regarding the system to the programmable logic controller. | ||||||
| 237 | Sorting charged particles | US10666116 | 2003-09-18 | US07316320B2 | 2008-01-08 | Scott Sibbett; Gabriel P. Lopez |
| Charged particles may undergo two different separations within a single device, without manual intervention to effect the transfer of the particles between separations. In some embodiments, the device may be a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System. | ||||||
| 238 | Pollution control in wood products dryer | US11102763 | 2005-04-11 | US20050229780A1 | 2005-10-20 | Edward Spink; Robert Allan |
| Contaminant laden gas streams from wood product dryer operations, and other sources, are purified. The gas stream first is saturated with moisture by contacting the gas stream with fine liquid droplets which entrain particulates. The gas stream then is subjected to a plurality of separate particulate and liquid droplet removal steps before a droplet-free gas stream having substantially reduced particulate contaminant levels is passed to a burner for removal of volatile organic compounds from the gas stream. | ||||||
| 239 | Apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material | US113043 | 1993-08-27 | US5362371A | 1994-11-08 | James T. Candor |
| An apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material are provided, the apparatus comprising a crossflow filter apparatus for continuously removing liquid from a liquid bearing material comprising a housings, a filter disposed within the housing to form a crossflow chamber in the housing on one side of the filter and a filtrate chamber in the housing on the other side of the filter, and an electrode unit disposed in one of the chambers for creating an electrostatic field arrangement that enhances the flow of liquid from the liquid bearing material in the crossflow chamber through the filter into the filtrate chamber, the electrode unit providing a plurality of electrostatic fields that have different intensities that serially act on each section of the liquid bearing material as each section of the liquid bearing material moves from one end of the crossflow chamber to the other end of the crossflow chamber. | ||||||
| 240 | Apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material | US842898 | 1992-02-27 | US5259940A | 1993-11-09 | James T. Candor |
| An apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material are provided, the apparatus comprising a pair of electrode units having portions thereof disposed adjacent each other and defining an inlet to the adjacent portions and an outlet from the adjacent portions, structure for feeding the liquid bearing material into the inlet, structure for moving the liquid bearing material from the inlet to the outlet so that sections of the material serially move from the inlet to the outlet while being disposed between the adjacent portions, structure for vibrating the liquid bearing material between the adjacent portions of the electrode units as the material is moving from the inlet to the outlet whereby a vibratory field arrangement is applied to the material, and structure for creating a voltage between the pair of electrode units so as to create an electrostatic field arrangement between the adjacent portions of the pair of electrode units for acting through the material that is disposed therebetween to remove liquid from that material, the structure for vibrating the liquid bearing material having structure for simultaneously providing different vibratory field actions to different sections of the material that are serially disposed between the inlet and the outlet so that different intensities of the vibratory field arrangement serially act on each section of the material as each section of the material moves from the inlet to the outlet, the structure for vibrating the liquid bearing material comprising at least one of the electrode units. | ||||||
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