31st week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150209671 | METHOD, COMPUTER, AND PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING GAME - A controller collectively transmits game view data of a game having a set of a plurality of rounds to a user terminal. The game view data corresponds to a first subset of rounds including a predetermined number of rounds in the plurality of rounds. The controller collectively transmits game view data corresponding to a second subset of rounds to the user terminal responsive to detecting that the first subset of the rounds is completed. The second subset of rounds includes the predetermined number of rounds subsequent to the completed rounds. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209672 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - To reduce a labor for searching game content sought by a player. A game program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute, when game content that has been encountered by the player is displayed on a screen, and when the player performs an operation to designate the game content, processing of guiding the player to a play event where the player can encounter the designated game content, and making a game progress, in which the player can encounter the game content in the guided play event. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209673 | LOCALISATION AND MAPPING - A method generates a three-dimensional map of a region from successive images of that region captured from different positions. The method includes detecting feature points within the captured images; designating a subset of the captured images as a set of keyframes each having respective sets of measurement data representing image positions of landmark points detected as feature points in that image, where each keyframe is connected to at least one other keyframe in the set; and detecting whether candidate measurement data associated with a keyframe may be removed from the set of measurement data for that keyframe by detecting whether each keyframe, in the set of keyframes without the candidate measurement data, is still directly or indirectly connected to all of the other keyframes in the set of keyframes by a sequence of one or more connections. And in this case, the method includes removing that candidate measurement data. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209674 | Code-Based Enabling of Product Capabilities - A first code may be obtained by a computing system. The computing system may support a first interactive media product and a second interactive media product. The first interactive media product and the second interactive media product may be thematically associated. It may be determined that activating the first code enables a first capability in the first interactive media product, and also enables a second capability in the second interactive media product. The first code may be activated, and based on activation of the first code, the first capability in the first interactive media product and the second capability in the second interactive media product may be enabled. The first capability and the second capability may be different. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209675 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING GAME BOT ACCOUNT - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for detecting a game bot account in an online game. The method of detecting a game bot account in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may include: evaluating an asset value for each account in a game; calculating a rate of change for each account based on a currently-evaluated asset value and a previously-evaluated asset value; and detecting a game bot account based on the calculated rate of change for each account. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the game bot account is detected based on the rate of change for each account, making it possible to detect the game bot account effectively even if the game bot account is used in a new form. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209676 | Information Processing Apparatus - When a communication unit receives a connection request from a device, a selection screen generating unit provides a selection screen for selecting a registered user. A login user storage unit separately stores information identifying a primary user who logged in first and information identifying one or more secondary users who logged in second or thereafter. Specifically, the login user storage unit stores the information identifying the primary user in association with information indicating initial login. An application startup unit starts an application upon receipt of a start instruction from the device used by the primary user but does not start the application when given the start instruction from the device used by the secondary user. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209677 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ONLINE COMMENT CONTEST SERVICE - An online comment contest service is described. Comments are submitted by users of the online comment contest service and are entered in an online comment contest which is configured to operate for a predetermined duration of time, Attributes associated with the comments in the contest are tracked during the duration of time, where the attributes include a total number of ratings of that comment by the users, an average rating of that comment by the users, a total number of follow-up comments to that comment by the users, and a total number of times that comment was shared by the users via a third party destination. Winning comment(s) of a contest are determining based on at least the tracked attributes associated with each of the comments entered into that comment contest. A reward is provided to the winning users. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209678 | Gaming Platform System and Method for Interactive Participation by Players with Successes and Losses Transacted Using Bitcoin - A system and method is disclosed that is directed to a gaming platform that is adaptable for integration with existing competitive skill-based gaming system that will permit participating players to transact wins and losses in Bitcoin. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209679 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING FANTASY SPORTS TOURNAMENTS - Systems and methods for conducting fantasy sports tournaments are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes at least four key features that should be in the same tournament structure to produce an effective tournament. These features include the following: 1) entry fees must be a nominal (e.g., low cost, low risk for the consumer) cost to the consumer so the masses can afford to play; 2) the grand prize must be a multi-million dollar offering so the masses will enthusiastically desire to play; 3) participants must not be subjected to playing the entire field at the same time to discourage the masses (i.e., the tournament must be skill based); and 4) there must be a re-entry component that allows fantasy players an option to continue getting back into the tournament for as long as possible. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209680 | GAME METHOD AND GAME SYSTEM FOR SHARING GAME SCENE - Provided is a game method and game system for sharing a game scene. A game method of an App-and-Web hybrid type mobile game may include configuring a scene of the mobile game using a code of a webpage provided from a server of the mobile game, creating a link to an address of the webpage in response to a selection of a user, and sharing information on the scene with at least one other user associated with the user using the link. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209681 | VISUAL BACKGROUND SIMULATION - A visual background simulation allowing a user to create a wave simulation. The visual background simulation is composed of a sheet with at least three sides laid out flat on a surface and attached to the surface on one side. A player takes hold of the portion of the sheet opposite the side attached to the surface and lifting their arm high in the air runs towards and eventually past the attached side. This allows the sheet to billow and catch the air. Once past the attached side, the player may lower their arm and trap the air in a “tube” formed by the sheet and the surface. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209682 | PEACEKIN - A PeaceKin figurine has a three-dimensional head, neck, body, left and right arms, left and right spherical magnet hands, as well as a substantially flat base. The spherical magnet hands allow PeaceKin to attach to one another and appear to “hold hands” without having to interlock any components. PeaceKin can be easily pulled apart simply by pulling a PeaceKin away from another, and then reattached by placing the hands in proximity to each other. When two PeaceKin are facing each other with hands attached, they appear to be hugging because they are slightly leaning forward. When three or more are placed hand-to-hand, they form a circle of PeaceKin, each holding the hands of its neighbors. The PeaceKin can each be customized to appear like a person from a given country, nationality, ethnic group, profession, sports team, holiday costume, historical figure, celebrity, religious figure, archetypal figure, etc. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209683 | TOY - When one motor rotates a rotating disk, the rotating disk rotates a first moving body, and the rotating disk moves a second moving body from an initial position against a bias force of a bias unit, a protrusion of the rotating disk engages with allowance with a recess portion of the first moving body so that the rotating disk does not rotate reversely when the second moving body returns to the initial position. With this device, it is possible to move only either one of two moving bodies operated by one motor. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209684 | Construction elements and construction toy - This invention relates to construction components, and particularly to those used M to construction sets and puzzles. A constriction component has at least two interlocking joints, each of them is made in the form of a volumetric body with faces, at least part of which lie in the planes of the cube faces where cube face length is equal to <>, where protrusions are made on at least one of the aforementioned faces, having a height ≧<> and containing four sections, arranged individually in the planes of the cube faces and adjacent to the face on which protrusions are made, wherein each face of the interlocking joint, lying on the plane of the faces of the cube, lies either in the plane of one of the faces of another interlocking joint or in the plane parallel to the plane of one of the faces of the other interlocking, joint. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209685 | Base Module For A Starting Apparatus Of Boat Competitions - The invention is a base module for a starting apparatus of sport-purpose flatwater boat competitions, comprising a longitudinal holder arranged crosswise to the direction of motion of the boats, a level adjustment unit, a dynamic stabilizer, and a remote controlled start permitting unit having a mechanical drive unit. According to the invention, the longitudinal holder ( | 2015-07-30 |
20150209686 | NORMAL PRESSURE-TYPE MULTIPLE-EFFECT DESALINATION DEVICE USING SOLAR HEAT AND MULTIPLE HEAT SOURCES - The present invention relates to an multi-effect solar distiller with multiple heat sources. More particularly, the present invention relates to an multi-effect solar distiller with multiple heat sources capable of evaporating and distilling sea water using the solar thermal energy, evaporating the sea water using waste heat generated from a power generation facility in addition to the solar thermal energy, evaporating and distilling the sea water even by condensation heat generated at the time of condensing steam, and using a plurality of absorption reflectors to allow non-used sunlight to maximally evaporate the sea water by being reflected from the sea water surface. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209687 | Microfluidic Chip for Steam Distillation - A microfluidic chip for steam distillation includes a chip body and a condenser. The chip body includes a steam inlet and a steam outlet. The steam inlet is connected to the steam outlet by a micro channel. The micro channel includes a first channel, a second channel, and a receiving space having an enlarged cross sectional area larger than a cross sectional area of each of the first and second channels. The first channel connects the steam inlet with the receiving space. The second channel windingly connects the steam outlet with the receiving space. The condenser includes a condensing channel inlet and a condensing channel outlet. The condenser further includes a condensing channel windingly connecting the condensing channel inlet with the condensing channel outlet. The steam outlet | 2015-07-30 |
20150209688 | DISTILLATION SYSTEM - Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for extracting essential oil from plant material. A distillation chamber is coupleable in fluid receiving communication with a steam source via a first valve and the distillation chamber has a first temperature sensor and a vapor outlet. Steam from a steam source and essential oil vapor operably exit a distillation chamber through a vapor outlet. A condenser is in fluid receiving communication with a vapor outlet of a distillation chamber and steam and essential oil vapor are condensed in the condenser to form liquid water and essential oil product, respectively, that operably exit through a liquid outlet. A controller is configured to control a first valve based on readings from a first temperature sensor. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209689 | SUBLIMATION PURIFICATION APPARATUS - The invention relates to an apparatus for purifying OLED materials by sublimation. Conventional sublimation purification apparatuses are batch type, where one sublimation purification process is performed by loading one source material into the processor chamber, and then unloading a purified material from the process chamber. These processes are manually performed, and thus it is not possible to continuously produce purified materials for OLED. Therefore, it is difficult to increase throughputs and productivity. According to the invention, loading the source materials and unloading the purified materials is performed automatically, thus enabling a continuous process of purifying source materials for OLED. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209690 | MICROFLUIDIC SEPARATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A device and method for making a microfluidic separation device. A microfluidic separation device could include a microfluidic column having an inlet, the microfluidic column being configured to hold a first fluid and the microfluidic column including a porous portion, and an outlet attached to the microfluidic column, the outlet being configured to output a second fluid. The method may include providing a microfluidic column having an inlet, configuring the microfluidic column to hold a first fluid, forming a porous portion in the microfluidic column, and attaching an outlet to the microfluidic column. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209691 | FLUOROPOLYMER FINE FIBER - A layer of fluoropolymer fine fiber can be made. The fine fiber can be made by electrospinning from a solvent or a solvent blend. The layers of the invention are useful in general filtration of fluid streams including gaseous and liqiud streams. The fine fiber layers are also useful as hydrophobic filtration layers that can be used to separate water from a hydrocarbon stream. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209692 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING PROCESS WATER IN A HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION PROCESS - Hydrothermal carbonization allows the production of charcoal from biomass. However, this biomass can at the beginning of the carbonization process contain constituents which are not suitable for carbonization. Apart from large contaminants such as broken glass, etc., these constituents are, in particular, sand and clay, with the clay not being able to be removed by simple filtration methods because of its fineness. The invention therefore provides for process water to be taken from the reaction space and subjected to purification in a sedimentation filter after the carbonization reaction has commenced and the clay is no longer held in the biomass. The process water is then sprayed back into the reaction space in order to keep the biomass/process water mixture in motion and avoid sedimentation of the clay at the bottom of the reaction space. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209693 | METHOD FOR SEQUESTERING HEAVY METAL PARTICULATES USING H2O, CO2, O2, AND A SOURCE OF PARTICULATES - Methods of sequestering toxin particulates are described herein. In a primary processing chamber, a carbon source of toxin particulates may be combined with plasma from three plasma torches to form a first fluid mixture and vitrified toxin residue. Each torch may have a working gas including oxygen gas, water vapor, and carbon dioxide gas. The vitrified toxin residue is removed. The first fluid mixture may be cooled in a first heat exchange device to form a second fluid mixture. The second fluid mixture may contact a wet scrubber. The final product from the wet scrubber may be used as a fuel product. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209694 | Headshaft - Disclosed are apparatus and methods for treating wastewater. In one example there is provided a wastewater treatment system. The wastewater treatment system comprises a settling basin having a first sidewall and a second sidewall, a first headshaft mount disposed on the first sidewall, a second headshaft mount disposed on the second sidewall, a headshaft comprising a shaft extending between and engaging the first headshaft mount and the second headshaft mount and including a bull sprocket and a collector headshaft sprocket | 2015-07-30 |
20150209695 | REFLECTOR FOR AN ACOUSTOPHORETIC DEVICE - An apparatus includes a flow chamber having at least one inlet and at least one outlet. At least one ultrasonic transducer is located on a wall of the flow chamber, which operates to create a multi-dimensional acoustic standing wave in the flow chamber. A reflector is located on the wall on the opposite side of the flow chamber from the at least one ultrasonic transducer. The reflector is formed from a thin structure that provides a pressure release boundary, such as a plastic film/air interface. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209696 | Suspension Processing Device Using Ultrasonic Waves - A suspension processing method using ultrasonic waves has problems in that movement of solids in liquid do not follow movement of the sound field. Accordingly, application to a field that requires a high suspension processing performance or a high flow rate process is difficult. In order to achieve the high suspension processing performance, a design of adopting a long and large oscillator and the like is required. A suspension processing device ( | 2015-07-30 |
20150209697 | WATER INTAKE FILTER - The filter composes a case and a removing cap mechanically connected by vertical uprights as well as cylindrical filtering net placed between the case and the cap. The case is made as a truncated perforated hollow cone, and a non square full slot along its big bass periphery. The slot forms a continuous contour to place the filtering net end. The uprights are attached to the cap by a set of screws. This version makes the filter durable, reliable and repairable. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209698 | FILTER ELEMENT HAVING VENT TUBE AND FILTER ASSEMBLY - A filter element may include a tubular member, including a first end portion, with the first end portion being substantially open, at least partially defining an inlet port configured to provide flow communication into a first chamber of the tubular member, and at least partially defining an outlet port configured to provide flow communication from a second chamber. The tubular member may further include a second end portion, with the second end portion being located at an end of the tubular member opposite the first end portion. The tubular member may also include at least one outlet aperture, at least one inlet aperture, and a vent tube extending longitudinally between the first end portion and the second end portion. The vent tube may be configured to provide flow communication between the first end portion and the second end portion of the tubular member. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209699 | FILTER ELEMENT HAVING END CAP SEAL AND FILTER ASSEMBLY - A filter element may include a tubular member including an end portion at least partially defining an inlet port configured to provide flow communication to a filter medium of the filter element, and at least partially defining an outlet port configured to provide flow communication from the filter medium. The filter element may further include a filter medium associated with the tubular element, and an end cap associated with the end portion of the tubular member and the filter medium. The end cap may include a plate transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tubular member, and a sealing wall coupled to the plate and extending transverse to the plate. The sealing wall may include a seal portion configured to be compressed between a filter canister and a portion of a filter base to provide a seal between the filter canister and the portion of the filter base. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209700 | STACK OF MEMBRANE FILTER POCKETS COMMONLY POTTED AT THEIR CORNERS - A filter element for cleaning liquids, having a stack of at least two filter membrane pockets, which are substantially flat and include a flexible, liquid-permeable filter material for retaining waste particles and/or microbes, wherein each filter membrane pocket has a substantially polygonal shape with at least three corners and a corresponding number of edges, wherein the filter membrane pockets are stacked with a defined distance and aligned with each other, wherein aligned corners of the filter membrane pockets are embedded in a casting covering only part of the adjacent edges such that the casting for each corner is spaced from the castings of the neighbouring corners. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209701 | FILTER FOR MATERIAL SUPPLY APPARATUS OF AN EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCE - A filter is used in a target material supply apparatus and includes a sheet having a first flat surface and a second opposing flat surface, and a plurality of through holes. The first flat surface is in fluid communication with a reservoir that holds a target mixture that includes a target material and non-target particles. The through holes extend from the second flat surface and are fluidly coupled at the second flat surface to an orifice of a nozzle. The sheet has a surface area that is exposed to the target mixture, the exposed surface area being at least a factor of one hundred less than an exposed surface area of a sintered filter having an equivalent transverse extent to that of the sheet. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209702 | SIMULTANEOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR FILTRATION AND WASHING AT PORE CONTROLLABLE FIBER FILTER - Disclosed is a pore adjusting filtering apparatus including: a cylinder having a plurality of holes and in which a screw is rotatably installed; an endless track coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the cylinder; a fiber yarn bundle support rod inserted into the endless track; a fiber yarn bundle fitted with and supported by the fiber yarn bundle support rod; a fiber yarn bundle support net for supporting the fiber yarn bundle; a cleaning separator fixedly installed at an upper outer side of the cylinder, for supporting the fiber yarn bundle support net; and an ejector installed on an upper outer side of the cylinder, for removing contaminants by ejecting water to the fiber yarn bundle while the fiber yarn bundle and the fiber yarn bundle support net are separated from each other. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209703 | SCREW FILTER PRESS - Described is a screw filter press comprising a screw shaft, which has at least one coil turn and two screw shaft ends, the shaft axis of which is oriented parallel to the gravity vector and which is supported on one side via the upper screw shaft end thereof and which is connected to a rotary drive, and which is enclosed coaxially, at least in its lower partial area in a so-called filter area by a cylindrical filter tube, which is provided with openings and at which a filtrate space adjoins radially, to which underpressure can be applied. The invention is characterized in that a sliding tube, which radially surrounds the screw shaft in the direction of the upper screw shaft end in a fluid-tight manner, follows coaxially to the filter tube at the same inner diameter as the filter tube, that provision is made between the at least one coil turn of the screw shaft and the sliding tube for a radial play and that the at last one coil turn of the screw shaft adjoins the filter tube in the area of the filter tube either indirectly or directly at the inner wall. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209704 | FILTER ELEMENT HAVING COVER PORTION AND FILTER ASSEMBLY - A filter element may include a tubular member, and tubular member may include a partition at least partially defining first and second chambers. The tubular member may further include an end portion at least partially defining an inlet port configured to provide flow communication into the first chamber, and at least partially defining an outlet port configured to provide flow communication from the second chamber. The tubular member may further include a cover portion at the end portion of the tubular member, with the cover portion extending from the partition. The cover portion may be configured to at least partially cover a longitudinal end of the second chamber. The filter element may further include a filter medium associated with at least one outlet aperture and the at least one inlet aperture of the tubular member. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209705 | FILTER BASE SYSTEM AND FILTER ASSEMBLY - A filter base system may include a mounting bracket configured to be coupled to a machine, and an extension coupled to the mounting bracket. The filter base system may further include a filter assembly coupler associated with the extension. The filter assembly coupler may include an inlet passage configured to provide flow communication from the machine to the filter element, and an outlet passage configured to provide flow communication from the filter element to the machine. The filter assembly coupler may also include a receiver including a receiver passage extending transverse to longitudinal axes of the inlet and outlet passages. The filter assembly coupler may further include a base plug including a base plug body including a plug surface configured to cooperate with the filter element, such that orientation of the filter element with respect to the filter assembly coupler depends on orientation of the base plug in the receiver. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209706 | Lid for liquid filtration - The proposed invention is a tilt-to-pour personal consumed liquid filtering lid that attaches to the top of liquid containers, such as cups, bottles and mugs where the consumer tilts the container over to drink or pour out the lid edge outlet or neti pot style spout outlet. A liquid filter holding section that holds a liquid filter is attached underneath the tilt-to-pour filter lid. The tilt filter lid is manufactured such that the filter holding section liquid inlet is oriented toward the tilt filter liquid outlet. When the liquid container is tilted over, toward the tilt filter lid liquid outlet side, liquid flows from the liquid container into and through the liquid filter inlet, then flows into the liquid filter holding section through the liquid filter and then the liquid flows out through the liquid outlet. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209707 | Active Filter Technology for Photoresist Dispense System - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for filtering photoresist liquids that may be dispensed into a process chamber used to manufacture semiconductor devices. The system may include one or more active filter devices that distribute electrical or mechanical energy into a fluid conduit. The energy may be used to remove particles or molecules based on their size, weight, ionic charge, molecular weight, or a combination thereof. The energy sources may include, but are not limited to, electromagnetic, acoustic, pneumatic, and/or mechanical vibration sources. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209708 | Flexible Air Filter Assembly - An air filter assembly is provided having a first end plate defining an air inlet and a slot, and a second end plate defining an air outlet. A flexible duct is disposed between the first and second end plates. A rectangular filter angularly disposed between the first and second end plates and supported by the first and second surfaces. The flexible duct can be a tube formed of one of a coated fabric and a polymer sheet. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209709 | Filter Element - In respect of the object of specifying a filter element which can be used as an inertial separator and, while being of compact construction, can be used in small installation spaces, said filter element displaying a low level of flow resistance, the highest possible dust-holding capacity and the best possible separating-off action, a filter element which is configured in the form of an inertial separator, that is to say has means which separate off particles by deflection of a flow medium, is characterized in that the means comprise, or have, nonwoven fabric. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209710 | AIR QUALITY CONTROLLED AIR FILTERING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an air filtering system and method that continuously monitors and samples the air to measure the amount or concentration of suspended particulate matter in an area. Based on the information collected the air filtering system determines the need for and the amount and volume of air filtering that is required. In this way, the air filtering system only operates at the needed capacity to filter the air, and dynamically responds in real time to the fluctuating air contamination levels that occur during various work processes within the space, room or building. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209711 | PURIFICATION COLUMN - A purification column is provided in which fluid is purified by flow through a purifying component. The column includes an annular wall defining a bore which, in use, contains the purifying component. The column further includes an inlet port to the bore comprising a first aperture through the annular wall, the inlet port being adjacent one end of the column. The column further includes an outlet port from the bore comprising a second aperture through the annular wall, the outlet port being adjacent the same end of the column as the inlet port. The column further includes a flow guidance device within the bore and removably connected to the inlet and outlet ports for guiding the fluid to the purifying component from the inlet port and for guiding the fluid from the purifying component to the outlet port. The flow guidance device maintains separation of the fluid flows to and from the purifying component. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209712 | METHOD OF SYNERGISTIC DESICCATION - Synergy between component parts of desiccants is disclosed that teaches how to augment performance of desiccants in the reduction of humidity. Single component desiccants lack the synergistic effect. The problem of single component deficiency is solved by the disclosed methods that generally engage the synergy between humidity attracting substances and polymeric substances. Synergy is observed in the improved desiccation being greater than the sum of the desiccating effects of the component parts. Resultant products are dual purpose in that they can be used both as desiccants and component parts of packaging materials. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209713 | METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CAPTURING CARBON DIOXIDE - A method of capturing carbon dioxide, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a cellulosic material which carries an amino compound; and (b) contacting the cellulosic material with a composition comprising carbon dioxide; wherein a portion of the heat energy produced in step (b) is captured. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209714 | Siloxane Removal from Gases Using Lignite-Enhanced Activated Carbons and Adsorbent Media Used Therefor - A method of removing siloxanes from a gas stream includes flowing the gas stream that carries siloxanes through an adsorbent media to remove at least part of the siloxanes from the gas stream, wherein the adsorbent media comprises lignite-based activated carbon. A spent adsorbent media is provided that contains the lignite-based activated carbon through which a gas stream containing siloxanes has been at least partially purified, and which may be regenerated. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209715 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FILTER FOR THE ADSORPTION OF VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS | 2015-07-30 |
20150209716 | REGENERATIVE AIR DRYER - A regenerative air dryer system including a plurality of air dryer modules, wherein air dryer modules of the plurality of air dryer modules have different air flow rates. A controller selectively operates different combinations of air dryer modules of the plurality of air dryer modules so that a selected combination of air dryer modules has a combined air flow rate based on system air flow requirements. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209717 | PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF SILOXANES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS FROM GAS STREAMS - The present invention is directed to an improved process for removing siloxanes from a biogas feed comprising (i) passing a gas feed through an adsorbent bed having an adsorbent having an inert surface to adsorb onto the adsorbent at least a portion of the siloxanes in the gas feed; and (ii) regenerating the adsorbent by removing siloxanes from the adsorbent. The adsorbent surface is rendered inert or nearly inert preferably via calcination. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209718 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION FROM RELATIVELY HIGH CONCENTRATION CO2 MIXTURES - A system and method of reducing the net carbon dioxide footprint of an industrial process that generates power from the combustion of hydrocarbon fuels in which ambient air is admixed with up to 50% by volume of an effluent gas from the power generator of the industrial process, in order to substantially increase the CO | 2015-07-30 |
20150209719 | METHOD FOR REMOVING AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS FROM COKE OVEN GAS HAVING BIODIESEL AS WASHING LIQUID AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - The invention relates to a process for removing aromatic hydrocarbons from coke oven gas (COG), in which biodiesel is conveyed in a circuit as scrubbing liquid. The coke oven gas (COG) is brought into contact with the biodiesel in a first gas scrubbing stage to separate off aromatic hydrocarbons. The biodiesel enriched in aromatic hydrocarbons is then taken off from the first gas scrubbing stage, heated and regenerated by stripping with steam. The biodiesel which has been regenerated by stripping is then, after cooling, fed back into the first gas scrubbing stage. According to the invention, the coke oven gas (COG) purified in the first gas scrubbing stage is fed to a further, second gas scrubbing stage to which a more highly stripped substream of the biodiesel is fed as scrubbing liquid. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209720 | AMOUNT OF SEAWATER CONTROL DEVICE FOR SCRUBBER, AMOUNT OF SEAWATER CONTROL METHOD FOR SCRUBBER, AND AMOUNT OF ALKALI CONTROL DEVICE AND AMOUNT OF ALKALI CONTROL METHOD - An amount of seawater control device controls an amount of seawater supplied to a scrubber that purifies sulfur oxide contained in exhaust gas by bringing the sulfur oxide into contact with seawater. The control device includes a minimum amount of seawater converter which calculates a minimum amount of seawater necessary for an absorption reaction of the sulfur oxide by the seawater, an amount of seawater correction converter which calculates a corrected amount of seawater which is an amount of seawater at which the sulfur oxide contained in the exhaust gas discharged into atmosphere from the scrubber is equal to or less than a set variable, a summing element which calculates a set amount of seawater by summing the minimum amount of seawater and the corrected amount of seawater, and a pump control device which implements control such that seawater corresponding to the set amount is supplied to the scrubber. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209721 | Solid-State Membrane Module - A module for separating oxygen from an oxygen-containing gaseous mixture comprising planar solid-state membrane units, each membrane unit comprising planar dense mixed conducting oxides layers, planar channel-free porous support layers, and one or more planar intermediate support layers comprising at least one channeled porous support layer. The outer rim circumscribing the planar solid-state membrane units comprises a dense mixed conducting oxide layer and a channel-free porous support layer. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209722 | Electrocatalytic Process For Carbon Dioxide Conversion - An electrocatalytic process for carbon dioxide conversion includes combining a Catalytically Active Element and Helper Catalyst in the presence of carbon dioxide, allowing a reaction to proceed to produce a reaction product, and applying electrical energy to said reaction to achieve electrochemical conversion of said reactant to said reaction product. The Catalytically Active Element can be a metal in the form of supported or unsupported particles or flakes with an average size between 0.6 nm and 100 nm. the reaction products comprise at least one of CO, HCO | 2015-07-30 |
20150209723 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT APPARATUS, SHIP, AND EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT METHOD - An exhaust gas treatment apparatus and method that absorbs gas by bringing the gas and a liquid into contact with each other has a plurality of scrubbers that each include an absorption tower main unit in which an internal space is formed. A spray apparatus sprays liquid in a predetermined vertical region of the internal space, and a gas supply apparatus introduces the gas into the absorption tower main unit. A number of first passages branch from a pipe supplying the liquid to the exhaust gas treatment apparatus and are connected to the spray apparatuses of the scrubbers. A number of second passages branch from a pipe supplying the gas to the exhaust gas treatment apparatus and are connected to the gas supply apparatuses of the scrubbers. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209724 | HEAT-STABLE SALT REMOVING SYSTEM, CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERING SYSTEM AND HEAT-STABLE SALT REMOVING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a heat-stable salt removing system comprises a desulfurizing unit that causes a sulfur oxide contained in exhaust gas to be absorbed by at least part of an absorbing liquid circulating through a carbon dioxide recovering system, and that emits the exhaust gas from which the sulfur oxide is removed, the absorbing liquid. A heat-stable salt removing system comprises an anion removing unit that removes an anion from the absorbing liquid obtained after the desulfurizing unit causes the sulfur oxide to be absorbed. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209725 | MERCURY RE-EMISSION CONTROL - A method for reducing mercury emission and/or re-emission in cleaned flue gas through control of dissolved mercury species concentration within a wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) system is disclosed. One method for reducing mercury emission and/or re-emission through control of dissolved mercury species concentration is to measure the dissolved mercury species concentration of an aqueous alkaline slurry used in a WFGD system and/or measuring mercury concentration of cleaned flue gas from a WFGD system and comparing the same to a predetermined dissolved mercury species concentration value and/or a predetermined mercury concentration value. If the comparison reveals the measured dissolved mercury species concentration or mercury concentration is above the predetermined values therefor, the amount of cyclodextrin additive supplied to the system is increased. If the comparison reveals the measured dissolved mercury species concentration or mercury concentration is below the predetermined values, the amount of cyclodextrin additive supplied to the system is decreased. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209726 | HONEYCOMB CATALYTIC ASSEMBLIES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - In one aspect, catalytic assemblies are described herein. A catalytic assembly, in some embodiments, comprises a plurality of honeycomb catalyst segments bonded to one another by a bonding material, the honeycomb catalyst segments comprising an outer peripheral wall and a plurality of inner partition walls defining flow channels extending longitudinally through the catalyst segments, wherein the outer peripheral wall and inner partition walls have dispersed throughout a chemical composition comprising 50-99.9 weight percent an inorganic oxide composition and at least 0.1 weight percent a catalytically active metal functional group. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209727 | METHOD FOR THE SELECTIVE OXIDATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPONDS IN OFF-GAS FURTHER COMPRISING SULPHUR DIOXIDE - A method for cleaning a sulphur dioxide containing off-gas by selective oxidation of carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds in the off-gas with reduced formation of sulphur trioxide comprising the step of contacting the off-gas with an oxidation catalyst consisting of palladium and vanadium oxide supported on a carrier. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209728 | EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EMISSIONS OF MONO-NITROGEN OXIDES (NOX) AND CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) FROM FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING (FCC) UNITS - A process for controlling emissions from a regenerator vessel that is part of a fluid catalytic cracking unit including a reactor, where the process includes setting a predetermined temperature value in a control unit, wherein the predetermined temperature is the desired temperature within the regenerator vessel. The process also preferably includes controlling the actual temperature within the regenerator vessel by using the predetermined temperature value set in the control unit to appropriately increase or decrease the amount of catalyst being recycled within the reactor. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209729 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING HYDROCARBON STORAGE IN A CATALYTIC DEVICE - A method of estimating hydrocarbon storage in a catalytic device of an exhaust gas treatment system includes calculating an amount of hydrocarbons absorbed in the catalytic device per unit volume of exhaust gas over a period of time, calculating an amount of hydrocarbons desorbed in the catalytic device per unit volume of exhaust gas over the period of time, and calculating an amount of hydrocarbons oxidized in the catalytic device per unit volume of exhaust gas over the period of time. The amount of hydrocarbons oxidized in the catalytic device and the amount of hydrocarbons desorbed in the catalytic device are subtracted from the amount of hydrocarbons absorbed in the catalytic device to determine the amount of hydrocarbons stored in the catalytic device. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209730 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING REAGENT QUALITY - In a method for estimating the quality of an urea based reagent in terms of urea concentration, the reagent is injected upstream of a SCR catalyst in an exhaust aftertreatment system. A demanded NOx conversion rate is set substantially lower than a currently estimated maximum NOx conversion rate of the SCR catalyst. An actual NOx conversion rate is monitored for a certain time period. The urea concentration of the reagent is estimated based on comparing the monitored actual NOx conversion and the demanded NOx conversion during the time period. A corresponding system is also disclosed. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209731 | PERMEATE CHANNEL ALTERATIONS FOR COUNTER CURRENT FILTRATION FOR USE IN CROSS-FLOW FILTRATION MODULES USEFUL IN OSMOTIC SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to modification to permeate channels and permeate materials in a cross-flow filtration system to improve performance in counter current filtration having both retentate channels and permeate channels wherein a solution is pumped through one of the channels and drawn through a membrane to one of the other channels to assist in positive pressure driven filtration by using the osmotic pressure, concentration, or preferential solubility difference between the retentate and permeate flow streams thereby increasing or altering the flux through the membrane separating the flow streams. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209732 | CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANCE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a cation exchange membrane having a stable ion exchange performance during usage, being excellent in basic properties such as membrane resistance and ion transportation as well as strength, and useful for electrodialysis and a method for producing the same. The cation exchange membrane is composed of a polyvinyl alcohol copolymer including an anionic group-containing anionic polymer segment and a vinyl alcohol polymer segment, and having a microphase separation structure having a domain size (X) in a range from 0 nm2015-07-30 | |
20150209733 | Process for Preparing Membranes - A process for preparing a composite membrane comprising the steps: a)applying a radiation-curable composition to a porous support; b)irradiating the composition and thereby forming a gutter layer of cured polymer; and c)forming a discriminating layer on the gutter layer; wherein the radiation-curable composition comprises a partially crosslinked, radiation-curable polymer comprising epoxy groups and siloxane groups, a photoinitiator and is substantially free from mono-epoxy compounds. Composite membranes and gas separation cartridges are also claimed. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209734 | Molecular Filter - A molecular filter is provided where the filter comprises of sheets of few layered graphene, few layered oxidized graphene and edge-functionalized graphene oxide. The water molecules are drawn into the filter based on the different hydrophobic and hydrophilic characters of the layers. The water molecule travels through the layers and gaps between the sheets and the direction can be modified based on the arrangement and ratios of the sheet materials. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209735 | POROUS POLYAMIDE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE HAVING VERY SMALL PORE DIAMETER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - [Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polyamide hollow fiber membrane having such properties that the transmission of fine particles through the membrane can be prevented effectively, the membrane has an excellent water transmissibility, the entire surface of the membrane has excellent hydrophilicity, and impurities such as metal elements are rarely eluted through the membrane. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209736 | COMPOSITE SEPARATION MEMBRANE - The present invention provides a composite separation membrane having a separation layer formed of SPAE on the surface of a porous support membrane wherein the porous support membrane and a coat of SPAE are firmly adhered with each other so that separation property and water permeation property continue for a long period. The present invention is a composite separation membrane having a separation layer on the surface of a porous support membrane, characterized in that said porous support membrane contains 50% by mass or more of polyphenylene ether, and that said separation layer is formed of a sulfonated polyarylene ether copolymer constituted from a repeating structure of a specific hydrophobic segment and a specific hydrophilic segment. The composite separation membrane of the present invention is suitable as a liquid treating membrane such as a nanofiltration membrane and a reverse osmosis membrane. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209737 | Fiber orienting technology for a fill plate - An apparatus and method for accelerating food product in order to cause the product to be stretched aligning the fibers of the product. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209738 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING FLUIDS - A liquid treatment method includes mixing a liquid with an agent to form a mixture, aging the mixture to obtain to a predetermined condition in at least one of the liquid and the agent, and dispensing the aged mixture. An interaction between the liquid and the agent causes the predetermined condition to occur. Also, a majority of the aging occurs while the mixture is in a dynamic state. A related system includes a mixer receiving a liquid and a drag reducing agent and an aging module connected to the mixer. The mixer disperses the drag reducing agent in the liquid to form a mixture and the aging module has a flow path along which the mixture flows. The flow path has a distance sufficient for a majority of the aging to occur while the mixture is in a dynamic state, wherein the aging changes the drag reducing agent to a predetermined condition. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209739 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FEEDING AT LEAST ONE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE INTO A MAIN PROCESS STREAM - The present invention concerns a method and a device for feeding at least one chemical substance into a main process stream. The method of the invention comprises the steps of providing a concentrated stream of said chemical substance, mixing said concentrated stream with a diluent stream to provided a diluted stream of said chemical substance, injecting said diluted stream of said chemical substance into said main process stream, wherein said mixing of said concentrated stream with said diluent stream is effected by injecting a jet of either one of said concentrated stream or said diluent stream into the respective other stream. The device of the invention comprises a first pipe segment ( | 2015-07-30 |
20150209740 | CONTAINER-MIXER - A container-mixer including a container designed to receive at least one fluid; and a pump comprising a pump body which defines at least one fluid intake orifice and at least one fluid delivery orifice, wherein the at least one intake orifice and the at least one fluid delivery orifice of the pump body open into the interior of the container such that the fluid circulates directly and without a duct between the container and the pump body, the pump body defining a circulation space for circulation of fluid in a direction of circulation (A) from the at least one inlet orifice of the circulation space towards an outlet orifice of the circulation space, the pump comprising a deformable membrane which is held in the circulation space substantially parallel to the direction of circulation (A), the membrane being actuated so as to vibrate. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209741 | Polymer Mixer - A polymer mixer comprising an impeller formed from a series of rotating discs mounted to a drive shaft and driven by an electric motor. Polymer is piped through a mixing chamber to the inlet of the rotating discs that creates a high shear mixing zone. Dilution water is also piped to the high shear mixing zone which is a concentric hole in the center of the discs which serves as a liquid inlet when the discs are spinning. The discs are in close proximity creating high velocity and turbulence via centrifugal force. An open design between the discs allows the disc surface to pass the solution molecules multiple times before the molecules exit the perimeter, creating a shearing affect by the high speed surface in the solution. Discs of smaller diameter are coupled to the high shear discs to further mix and recirculate more viscous solutions. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209742 | MULTI PLANE MIXER AND SEPARATOR (MPMS) SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a multi plane mixer and separator (MPMS) system. The system comprises a base frame of predetermined shape configured to form a base for the MPMS system. A motor is mounted to the base frame for rotating the MPMS system. A ball joint mechanism is fixed to the motor using a link and other end of the ball joint mechanism is coupled to a fork. A container holding frame is connected to the fork using bars, wherein said container holding frame is capable of tilting up to 120° with respect to the base frame. And an MPMS container of predetermined shape detachably mounted on the container holding frame for mixing fluids of different density. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209743 | Microfluidic Mixing Device - A microfluidic mixing device includes a body having a base, a sealing cover, and a thermally conductive member. The base includes a compartment. A chip access opening is defined in an end of the compartment. An engagement opening is defined in the other end of the compartment. The base further includes a gas port intercommunicated with the compartment. The sealing cover is detachably mounted to the base to seal the chip access opening. The thermally conductive member is mounted to the base and seals the engagement opening. A gas passage is defined between the thermally conductive member and an inner periphery of the base, is located in the compartment, and intercommunicates with the gas port. A pressure control module is connected to the gas port of the base. A heating module is coupled to the thermally conductive member. A cooling module is coupled to the thermally conductive member. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209744 | EXPANDED COLOR SPACE ARCHITECTURAL PAINT AND STAIN TINTING SYSTEM - White-pigmented and unpigmented base paints and stains are custom-tinted using an automated colorant dispenser having a minimum fluid dispensing quantity less than 0.01 fluid ounce (<0.3 cm | 2015-07-30 |
20150209745 | METHODS OF FABRICATING POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND AND POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPACTS - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of forming polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”), wherein the PDC includes a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table in which at least one Group VIII metal is at least partially alloyed with phosphorus and/or at least one other alloying element to improve the thermal stability of the PCD table. The disclosed PDCs may be used in a variety of applications, such as rotary drill bits, machining equipment, and other articles and apparatuses. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209746 | CATALYSTS SYSTEMS - Described are catalyst compositions, oxidizable-gas burner systems, methods of oxidizing oxidizable gas, and methods of preparing catalyst compositions and oxidizable-gas burner systems | 2015-07-30 |
20150209747 | REACTOR AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING HYDROGEN SULPHIDE - The present invention relates to a reactor and to a process for synthesis of hydrogen sulphide from elemental sulphur and hydrogen at elevated pressure and elevated temperature. The invention further relates to the use of the reactor for preparation of hydrogen sulphide in high yield and with a low H | 2015-07-30 |
20150209748 | EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR A STEAM REFORMER AND BEARING THEREFOR - An exhaust system for a steam reformer comprises at least one longitudinal collecting tube, wherein along the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal collecting tube ports for connection to catalyst tubes are provided, which in the connected condition are aligned parallel to each other and vertically to the longitudinal collecting tube, a transverse collector which is connected to the at least one longitudinal collecting tube and has a longitudinal axis which extends vertically to the at least one longitudinal collecting tube and vertically to the catalyst tubes, wherein the longitudinal collecting tube is formed as hot exhaust system and the transverse collector is formed as cold exhaust system. The transverse collector is arranged on a side of the longitudinal collecting tube facing away from the ports centrally to the longitudinal collecting tube. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209749 | Method for Monitoring the Level of an Ethylene Polymerization Catalyst Slurry - An apparatus may include a mud pot and a reflectometer to monitor a level of an interface between liquid diluent and catalyst slurry in the mud pot using reflectometry. The apparatus may include a mixing tank and a conduit to transfer catalyst slurry from the mud pot to the mixing tank. The apparatus may include a polymerization reactor and a conduit to provide catalyst slurry from the mixing tank to the polymerization reactor. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209750 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A SLURRY OF PULVERIZED SOLID MATERIAL IN LIQUID OR SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE - Method for making a slurry of a pulverized solid in liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide. The method includes making a water-pulverized solid slurry at ambient pressure and pressurizing the water-pulverized solid slurry to a high pressure. The pressurized water-pulverized solid slurry is mixed in a pressurized chamber with liquid or supercritical CO | 2015-07-30 |
20150209751 | Method for Determining a Stickiness Temperature of a Resin - Methods and systems for controlling a polymerization reactor in a non-sticking regime are disclosed. An exemplary method includes measuring parameters for the polymerization reaction including a reactor temperature and a concentration of an induced condensing agent (ICA) in a polymerization reactor. An equivalent partial pressure ((PICA)equiv) of the ICA is calculated. The polymerization reactor operation is located in a two dimension space defined by a reactor temperature dimension and a ((PICA)equiv) dimension. The location in the two dimensional space is compared to an non-sticking regime, defined as the space between an upper temperature limit (UTL) curve and a lower temperature limit (LTL) curve. Parameters of the polymerization reactor are adjusted to keep the reactor within the non-sticking regime. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209752 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME DETECTION OF MOLECULAR ACCUMULATIONS AND/OR MONITORING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF A MOLECULAR MICROARRAY - The invention relates to a method for producing a microarray, wherein the production of this array is detected in real time from the accumulation of the product molecules being produced. The invention further relates to a microarray produced by this method, and to a device for the real-time detection of molecular accumulations on an array surface during the production of microarrays. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209753 | MONOLITHS WITH ATTACHED RECOGNITION COMPOUNDS, ARRAYS THEREOF AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein are monoliths with attached recognition compounds which selectively bind ligands, methods of preparing such monoliths, arrays thereof and uses thereof. For example, monoliths provide herein can be used in columns and arrays thereof. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209754 | APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING BYPASS IN AMMONIA OXIDATION BURNERS OF INDUSTRIAL PLANTS WITH BURNER DIAMETERS OF 2-7 M IN NATURAL- OR FORCED-CIRCULATION BOILERS - Burner basket system for ammonia oxidation burners for industrial plants with burner diameters of 2-7 m in a natural- or forced-circulation boiler suitable for minimizing gas slip and for minimizing wave formation contents in the burner basket and loss of contents in the burner basket, wherein the burner basket has a wall anchored in the ammonia oxidation burner and the burner basket has a gas-permeable bottom plate, placed on internal fittings of the forced circulation boiler, wherein the wall and the gas-permeable bottom plate are not mechanically connected to each other, and the wall of the burner basket tapers conically towards the bottom plate at an angle of 5-20° from the perpendicular, and in all operating states of the ammonia oxidation burner there is a peripheral gap in the range from 5 to 10 mm between the wall and the gas-permeable bottom plate. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209755 | SEALS FOR USE WITH FOIL SUPPORTED AND CATALYST STRUCTURES - Described herein are flexible seals for directing fluid flow in a tubular reactor, such as a reformer, for enhancing heat transfer and reactor efficiency. The seals can be made of corrugated metal foil that is expandable in the radial direction for accommodating the expansion and contraction of reactor components in the tubular reactor during operation. The seals can block or redirect fluid flow through the reactor. Fluid is directed to the interior of the reactor by the seals and bypass around the outer circumference of the reactor components is reduced or eliminated. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209756 | MAGNETIC CORE-SHELL PARTICLES WITH HIGH SEPARATION EFFICIENCY - Functionalized magnetic core-shell particles which are present predominantly in the form of isolated, essentially spherical individual particles, the core of which consists essentially of one or more magnetic iron oxides, the shell of which consists essentially of impervious, amorphous silicon dioxide, and the functionalization of which consists of amino or epoxy group units on the surface of the particles, and which additionally
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20150209757 | SEPARATING AGENT - Provided is a novel separating agent obtained by using core/shell particles as a support and fixing any of various ligands to the support by physical adsorption. The separating agent contains a support and a ligand fixed to the surface of the support by physical adsorption, and is characterized in that the support is core/shell particles each formed of a core constituted of a nonporous inorganic substance and a porous shell, the shell having a pore diameter of 30 nm or larger, the shell being constituted of a hydrolyzate of a polyalkoxysiloxane, and the ligand is an optically active polymer, an optically inactive polyester, a protein, or a nucleic acid. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209758 | SYNTHESIS OF CO2-ONE ADSORBENT FOR CO2 REMOVAL - A new adsorbent CO | 2015-07-30 |
20150209759 | ALKANE DEHYDROGENATION CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION - The invention relates to a catalyst composition comprising: (i) a porous metal oxide catalyst support, (ii) a precious metal comprises at least one of platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), rhenium (Re), ruthenium (Ru) and iridium (Ir), and (iii) tin (Sn), and (iv) zinc (Zn), and/or (v) an alkaline earth metal, wherein the catalyst composition is obtained or obtainable by a process comprising (a) depositing the precious metal, Sn, Zn and/or the alkaline earth metal on the porous metal oxide catalyst support to obtain a catalyst precursor and (b) subjecting the catalyst precursor to calcination in an environment comprising oxygen to obtain a catalyst, wherein step (a) comprises the step of (a1) contacting the porous metal oxide catalyst support with a solution comprising a salt of the precious metal and a salt of tin (Sn) and a salt of zinc (Zn) and/or a salt of the alkaline earth metal. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209760 | Exhaust-Gas-Purification Catalyst Carrier - Provided is an exhaust-gas-purification catalyst carrier that contains a ceria-zirconia complex oxide having a pyrochlore phase and a novel exhaust-gas-purification catalyst carrier that exhibit excellent OSC performance at any temperature region of a low temperature (around 400° C.) and a high temperature (around 800° C.). Proposed is the exhaust-gas-purification catalyst carrier containing a ceria-zirconia complex oxide which has a pyrochlore phase and is 7.0 m | 2015-07-30 |
20150209761 | Vertically Aligned Arrays of Carbon Nanotubes Formed on Multilayer Substrates - Multilayer substrates for the growth and/or support of CNT arrays are provided. These multilayer substrates both promote the growth of dense vertically aligned CNT arrays and provide excellent adhesion between the CNTs and metal surfaces. Carbon nanotube arrays formed using multilayer substrates, which exhibit high thermal conductivity and excellent durability, are also provided. These arrays can be used as thermal interface materials. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209762 | Hydrogenation Catalysts with Cobalt and Alkaline-Earth Metal Modified Supports - A process for selective formation of ethanol from acetic acid by hydrogenating acetic acid in the presence of a catalyst comprising a modified support having cobalt and an alkaline earth support modifier. The active metals may include a first metal of palladium, platinum, and combinations thereof and a second metal of copper, iron, nickel, zinc, silver, chromium, tin, and combinations thereof. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209763 | CATALYST FOR PREPARING CHIRAL SELECTIVE AND CONDUCTIVE SELECTIVE SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF - It relates to a type of catalysts for preparation of chirality-selective and conductivity-selective single-walled carbon nanotubes. The catalysts have chemical compositions of AB | 2015-07-30 |
20150209764 | CATALYST FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON FROM SYNGAS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST, METHOD FOR REGENERATING CATALYST, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON FROM SYNGAS - The present invention provides a catalyst for producing a hydrocarbon from a syngas, including one of a cobalt metal and a combination of a cobalt metal and cobalt oxides; zirconium oxides; and a noble metal; supported by a catalyst support mainly composed of silica, wherein a content of impurities in the catalyst is less than or equal to 0.15 mass %; a producing method and regenerating method thereof; and a producing method of the hydrocarbon by using the catalyst. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209765 | JOINED STRUCTURE COMPRISING CUBE- OR QUADRATIC PRISM-SHAPED ROCK SALT-TYPE OXIDE NANOPARTICLE AND FINE METAL PARTICLE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A method of continuously generating a joined structure: comprising a cube- or quadratic prism-shaped rock salt-type oxide nanoparticle and a metal nanoparticle, and having high crystallinity, in a gas phase, the method is characterized in that alloy nanoparticles composed of a noble metal and a base metal and having a particle size of 1 to 100 nm are generated in an inert gas; and brought into contact with a hot oxidizing gas, while the nanoparticles are heated at a high temperature together with the inert gas, to oxidize a base metal component in the alloy nanoparticles floating in the gas, and to simultaneously allow phase separation of the metal component, whereby the joined structure. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209766 | HYDROTREATING CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The current invention provides a hydrotreating catalyst comprising of metals of at least one each from Group VIB, preferably molybdenum and Group VIII, preferably nickel, of the periodic table supported on alumina modified with small amounts of modifying elements well dispersed on the surface so as to retain the physico-chemical characteristics of the support and result in high performance for hydrodesulphurization catalyst, and a commercially viable process for producing such a catalyst. The present invention also discloses a commercially viable method for modifying alumina in the powder form without affecting the porous structure of the support obtained. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209767 | PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING ULTRASTABLE Y-TYPE RARE EARTH MOLECULAR SIEVE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a phosphorus-containing ultrastable Y-type rare earth (RE) molecular sieve and the preparation method thereof. The method is: based on Na Y molecular sieve as a raw material, obtaining “one-exchange one-roast” RE-Na Y-type molecular sieve through the steps of exchanging with RE, pre-exchanging with dispersing, and the first calcination; and then performing ammonium salt exchange, phosphorus modification, and the second calcination on the “one-exchange one-roast” RE-Na Y-type molecular sieve, wherein the sequence of the RE exchange and the pre-exchange with dispersing is unlimited, and the sequence of the ammonium salt exchange and the phosphorus modification is unlimited as well. The obtained molecular sieve contains RE oxide 1-20 wt %, phosphorus 0.1-5 wt %, and sodium oxide no more than 1.2 wt %, and has a crystallization degree of 51-69% and a lattice parameter of 2.449-2.469 nm. Heavy oil conversion rate can be increased by using the molecular sieve as an active component in a catalytic cracking catalyst. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209768 | CATALYST COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC HYDROCARBON USING THE CATALYST COMPOSITION - It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst that is excellent in stability even at a high catalyst-regeneration temperature. It is another object of the present invention to provide a process for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon from a lower hydrocarbon by using the above catalyst. The catalyst composition comprises molybdenum, a second metal that is not molybdenum, and a crystalline metallosilicate, wherein the content of molybdenum is 1 to 20% by weight in terms of a molybdenum atom, and the content of the second metal is 2 to 20% by weight in terms of a metal atom. | 2015-07-30 |
20150209769 | HYDROCARBON TRAP WITH INCREASED ZEOLITE LOADING AND IMPROVED ADSORPTION CAPACITY - A hydrocarbon trap is provided for reducing cold-start hydrocarbon emissions. The trap comprises a monolithic flow-through substrate having a porosity of at least 60% and including a zeolite loading of at least 4 g/in | 2015-07-30 |
20150209770 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL BIOMASS PYROLYSIS CATALYST AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A multi-functional catalyst for the conversion of biomass contains zeolite ZSM-5, zeolite USY, a metallic component, a basic material and a binder. The metallic component may be Cu, Ni, Cr, W, Mo, a metal carbide, a metal nitride, a metal sulfide or a mixture thereof. The basic material may be an alkaline-exchanged zeolite or an alkaline earth-exchanged zeolite having from about 40 to about 75% of exchanged cationic sites. | 2015-07-30 |