公开(公告)号：US06616735B1

公开(公告)日：2003-09-09

申请号：US09710466

申请日：2000-11-10

申请人： John H. Burban ,  Robert O. Crowder

发明人： John H. Burban ,  Robert O. Crowder

IPC分类号： B01D5322

CPC分类号： F04B39/16 ,  B01D53/268 ,  B01D63/02 ,  B01D63/04 ,  B01D2313/22

摘要： A compressed gas system utilizing a membrane air dryer is shown wherein, during unloading, additional sweep gas is provided to the membrane air dryer to prevent excess moisture from being introduced into the accumulator at the end of each unloading cycle. A membrane air drier for use in such system is also described.

摘要翻译： 示出了利用膜空气干燥器的压缩气体系统，其中在卸载期间，向膜空气干燥器提供额外的吹扫气体，以防止在每个卸载循环结束时多余的水分被引入蓄能器。 还描述了用于这种系统的膜空气干燥器。

公开(公告)号：US06604558B2

公开(公告)日：2003-08-12

申请号：US10032983

申请日：2001-12-28

申请人： Richard A. Sauer

发明人： Richard A. Sauer

IPC分类号： B01D5322

CPC分类号： B64F1/28 ,  A62C3/06 ,  A62C3/08 ,  B64D37/32 ,  Y02T50/82

摘要： A multicomponent, ground based system for reducing the hazard of explosion of aircraft fuel in the on board tanks of aircraft. The system is adapted to provide a supply of scrubbed fuel having a low concentration of dissolved oxygen. The scrubbed fuel can be supplied from bulk storage tanks to dispensing stations nearby the aircraft loading and boarding positions at an airport. The system also includes equipment adapted to wash the ullage of the aircraft fuel tanks to remove excess oxygen above the fuel in the tanks. The system further includes a gas cleaning unit to strip excessive amounts of volatile organic compounds from gas exhausted during operation of the system thereby producing environmentally benign atmospheric emissions. The system also includes redundant sources of inert gas so that the system can continue to operate in the contingency that one of the inert gas sources temporarily ceases to operate.

公开(公告)号：US06572683B2

公开(公告)日：2003-06-03

申请号：US09991349

申请日：2001-11-20

申请人： Kentaro Yoshida ,  Takeshi Hikata ,  Nobuyuki Okuda ,  Takashi Uemura

发明人： Kentaro Yoshida ,  Takeshi Hikata ,  Nobuyuki Okuda ,  Takashi Uemura

IPC分类号： B01D5322

CPC分类号： B01D67/0072 ,  B01D53/228 ,  B01D69/10 ,  B01D69/12 ,  B01D71/02 ,  B01D71/022 ,  B01D71/025 ,  B01D2325/04 ,  B01D2325/20 ,  C01B3/505 ,  C01B2203/0405 ,  C01B2203/047 ,  C01B2203/0475 ,  Y10S55/05

摘要： A substance separation structure comprises a base material including a porous material having a continuous hole with an opening of the hole formed on at least one surface, a porous layer, formed to fill up the opening, having a hole smaller than the hole of the base material and a permeable membrane of not more than 1 &mgr;m in thickness formed on at least one surface of the base material formed with the porous layer to selectively permeate ions or neutral elements or molecules, and the surface roughness of at least one surface of the base material formed with the porous layer is not more than 0.3 &mgr;m in Rmax. The surface of the base material is polished with abrasive grains containing a porous material so that the opening of the base material can be filled up with the porous layer, and the permeable membrane is formed by ion plating.

公开(公告)号：US06572679B2

公开(公告)日：2003-06-03

申请号：US10105861

申请日：2002-03-25

申请人： Richard W. Baker ,  Ingo Pinnau ,  Zhenjie He ,  Andre R. Da Costa ,  Ramin Daniels ,  Karl D. Amo ,  Johannes G. Wijmans

发明人： Richard W. Baker ,  Ingo Pinnau ,  Zhenjie He ,  Andre R. Da Costa ,  Ramin Daniels ,  Karl D. Amo ,  Johannes G. Wijmans

IPC分类号： B01D5322

CPC分类号： B01D53/228 ,  B01D69/02 ,  B01D71/32 ,  B01D71/44 ,  B01D71/52 ,  B01D71/64 ,  C01B3/501 ,  C01B2203/147

摘要： A process for treating a gas mixture containing at least an organic compound gas or vapor and a second gas, such as natural gas, refinery off-gas or air. The process uses two sequential membrane separation steps, one using membrane selective for the organic compound over the second gas, the other selective for the second gas over the organic vapor. The second-gas-selective membranes use a selective layer made from a polymer having repeating units of a fluorinated polymer, and demonstrate good resistance to plasticization by the organic components in the gas mixture under treatment, and good recovery after exposure to liquid aromatic hydrocarbons. The membrane steps can be combined in either order.

公开(公告)号：US06569226B1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-27

申请号：US09967890

申请日：2001-09-28

申请人： Stephen E. Dorris ,  Tae H. Lee ,  Uthamalingam Balachandran

发明人： Stephen E. Dorris ,  Tae H. Lee ,  Uthamalingam Balachandran

IPC分类号： B01D5322

CPC分类号： B01D67/0041 ,  B01D53/228 ,  B01D69/141 ,  B01D71/02 ,  B01D71/022 ,  B01D71/024 ,  B01D2325/027 ,  B01D2325/04 ,  B01D2325/26 ,  B01D2325/28 ,  C01B3/501 ,  C01B3/505 ,  C01B2203/0405 ,  C01B2203/041 ,  C01B2203/0475 ,  C01B2203/048 ,  C01B2203/0485 ,  C01B2203/0495 ,  C04B35/117 ,  C04B35/4682 ,  C04B35/47 ,  C04B35/488 ,  C04B35/638 ,  C04B2235/404 ,  C04B2235/408 ,  C22C29/12

摘要： A membrane for separating hydrogen from fluids is provided comprising a sintered homogenous mixture of a ceramic composition and a metal. The metal may be palladium, niobium, tantalum, vanadium, or zirconium or a binary mixture of palladium with another metal such as niobium, silver, tantalum, vanadium, or zirconium.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于从流体中分离氢的膜，其包括陶瓷组合物和金属的均匀混合物。 金属可以是钯，铌，钽，钒或锆或钯与另一种金属如铌，银，钽，钒或锆的二元混合物。

公开(公告)号：US06544404B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-08

申请号：US08484114

申请日：1995-06-07

申请人： Terry J. Mazanec ,  Thomas L. Cable

发明人： Terry J. Mazanec ,  Thomas L. Cable

IPC分类号： B01D5322

CPC分类号： H01M8/1246 ,  B01D53/228 ,  B01D53/326 ,  B01D71/02 ,  B01D71/022 ,  B01D71/024 ,  B01D2325/12 ,  B01D2325/26 ,  B01J8/009 ,  B01J12/007 ,  B01J19/2475 ,  B01J2208/00044 ,  B01J2208/00106 ,  B01J2208/00309 ,  B01J2208/00336 ,  B01J2208/00345 ,  B01J2208/00548 ,  B01J2208/00628 ,  B01J2219/00058 ,  B01J2219/00063 ,  B01J2219/00117 ,  B01J2219/00123 ,  B01J2219/00126 ,  B01J2219/00132 ,  B01J2219/00164 ,  B01J2219/00186 ,  C01B3/36 ,  C01B3/386 ,  C01B13/0255 ,  C01B13/0288 ,  C01B2203/0261 ,  C01B2203/1035 ,  C01B2203/1241 ,  C01B2203/1258 ,  C01B2210/0003 ,  C01B2210/0012 ,  C01B2210/0071 ,  C01B2210/0075 ,  C01C3/0216 ,  C01C3/0225 ,  C01C3/0233 ,  C01G45/006 ,  C01G49/0018 ,  C01G49/009 ,  C01G51/006 ,  C01G53/006 ,  C01P2002/34 ,  C01P2002/54 ,  C01P2004/80 ,  C01P2006/12 ,  C01P2006/40 ,  C04B35/01 ,  C25B3/02 ,  C25B5/00 ,  H01M8/12 ,  H01M8/1231 ,  Y02E60/525 ,  Y02P70/56

摘要： The invention relates to a process for the separation of oxygen from an oxygen-containing fluid using novel membranes, formed from perovskitic or multi-phase structures, with a chemically active coating. The process exhibits exceptionally high rates of oxygen flux. The process uses membranes that are conductors of oxygen ions and electrons, which are substantially stable in air over the temperature range of 25° C. to the operating temperature of the membrane.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及使用由钙钛矿型或多相结构形成的具有化学活性涂层的新型膜从含氧流体中分离氧的方法。 该过程表现出非常高的氧气通量。 该方法使用作为氧离子和电子的导体的膜，其在空气中在25℃的温度范围内基本上稳定到膜的操作温度。

公开(公告)号：US06537465B2

公开(公告)日：2003-03-25

申请号：US09750082

申请日：2000-12-29

申请人： Christian Friedrich Gottzmann ,  Ravi Prasad ,  Joseph Michael Schwartz

发明人： Christian Friedrich Gottzmann ,  Ravi Prasad ,  Joseph Michael Schwartz

IPC分类号： B01D5322

CPC分类号： B01J19/006 ,  B01D53/228 ,  B01J19/2475 ,  B01J2219/00094 ,  B01J2219/00157 ,  B01J2219/00159 ,  B01J2219/00777 ,  C01B3/382 ,  C01B13/0251 ,  C01B2203/0244 ,  C01B2203/0811 ,  C01B2203/82 ,  C01B2210/0046 ,  C01B2210/0062 ,  Y02P20/129

摘要： Methane is formed into synthesis gas through a combination of a partial oxidation reaction and a steam reforming reaction. Oxygen for the partial oxidation reaction is obtained by contacting air with an oxygen transport membrane and recovering the oxygen transported through the membrane. To increase the oxygen flux through the membrane, steam is utilized as a sweep gas on the anode side of the membrane. The steam reduces the oxygen partial pressure on the anode side increasing the flux. The efficiency and cost benefit of the process is enhanced by utilizing in-line combustors to heat gases being delivered to the oxygen transport membrane. Membrane integrity is enhanced by conducting the reactions in a reactor that is remote from the oxygen transport membrane.

公开(公告)号：US06494082B1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-17

申请号：US09720043

申请日：2000-12-15

申请人： Kunitaka Mizobe

发明人： Kunitaka Mizobe

IPC分类号： B01D5322

CPC分类号： G01M3/3236

摘要： A method and an apparatus confirms airtightness of a closed space in a housing provided with a steam movement control device. The apparatus includes an air feed passage and an air exhaust passage, which communicate with an interior of the housing. The air feed passage connects to a gas injection device, which supplies a gas at a predetermined pressure. The air exhaust passage connects to a pressure gauge. In the method, while gas at a predetermined pressure is injected into the housing through the air feed passage, pressure measurement is performed in the air exhaust passage from the housing, and a measured pressure value is compared with an injection pressure value. When the measured pressure value is substantially equal to the injection pressure value, airtightness in the housing is maintained. When the measured pressure value is lower than the injection pressure value, airtightness has been lost.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和装置确认了设置有蒸汽运动控制装置的壳体中的封闭空间的气密性。 该装置包括与壳体的内部连通的供气通道和排气通道。 空气供给通道连接到气体注入装置，该气体注入装置以预定压力供应气体。 排气通道连接到压力表。 在该方法中，当通过空气供给通道将预定压力的气体注入到壳体中时，在来自壳体的排气通道中进行压力测量，并将测量的压力值与喷射压力值进行比较。 当测量的压力值基本上等于喷射压力值时，保持壳体中的气密性。 当测量的压力值低于注射压力值时，气密性已经丧失。

公开(公告)号：US06458190B2

公开(公告)日：2002-10-01

申请号：US09729197

申请日：2000-12-05

申请人： Pierre Olivier Dolle ,  Christian Monereau

发明人： Pierre Olivier Dolle ,  Christian Monereau

IPC分类号： B01D5322

CPC分类号： B01D53/227 ,  B01D2317/022

摘要： This installation comprises subgroups of permeators (SG1 to SG3), each subgroup comprising a permeator (4A to 4C) or several permeators mounted in parallel, and having an inlet (12A to 12C), a permeate outlet (14A to 14C) and a non-permeate outlet (16A to 16C). The non-permeate outlet of a first subgroup (SG1, SG2) is connected to the inlet of a second subgroup (SG2, SG3), and at least one of the subgroups has closure elements (22A to 22C) for its permeate outlet when the real feed flow rate is below the nominal feed flow rate by a predetermined quantity.

摘要翻译： 该装置包括渗透器（SG1至SG3）的子组，每个亚组包括一个平行安装的渗透器（4A至4C）或多个渗透器，并具有入口（12A至12C），渗透物出口（14A至14C） - 精液出口（16A至16C）。 第一亚组（SG1，SG2）的非渗透出口连接到第二亚组（SG2，SG3）的入口，并且至少一个亚组具有用于其渗透物出口的封闭元件（22A至22C） 实际进料流量低于标称进料流量预定量。

公开(公告)号：US06425936B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-30

申请号：US09590377

申请日：2000-06-09

申请人： Jack Sammons ,  David M. Goddard

发明人： Jack Sammons ,  David M. Goddard

IPC分类号： B01D5322

CPC分类号： B01D67/0072 ,  B01D53/228 ,  B01D67/0058 ,  B01D69/02 ,  B01D69/141 ,  B01D71/022 ,  B01D71/028 ,  B01D71/70 ,  B01D71/82 ,  B01D2323/24 ,  B01D2325/02 ,  B01D2325/08 ,  B01D2325/20 ,  C01B3/503 ,  C01B13/0255 ,  C01B2210/0046 ,  C01B2210/0062 ,  Y10S55/05 ,  Y10S977/888 ,  Y10S977/902 ,  Y10S977/926

摘要： A gas separator, a method for producing the gas separator, and a method for separating gases based on a property of inelasticity of the gases. The inventive gas separator is a permeable porous material for separating a mixture of gases by selectable pore size exclusion, comprising pores formed with at least one nanostructured compound. In other words, the inventive porous material can be used to separate a mixture of gases based upon the different working diameter of each of the gases. By selecting specific nanostructured compounds, the porous material can be tailored to contain pores of a predetermined size which allow gases having a working diameter smaller than the size of the pores to pass through the material while preventing the passage of gases having a working diameter greater than the size of the pores.

摘要翻译： 气体分离器，气体分离器的制造方法以及气体的非弹性性的气体分离方法。 本发明的气体分离器是用于通过可选择的孔径排阻来分离气体混合物的可渗透多孔材料，其包括由至少一种纳米结构化合物形成的孔。 换句话说，本发明的多孔材料可用于基于每种气体的不同工作直径来分离气体混合物。 通过选择特定的纳米结构化合物，可以调整多孔材料以容纳预定尺寸的孔，其允许具有小于孔尺寸的工作直径的气体通过材料，同时防止具有大于 孔的大小。