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8182592 Shell feed type gas separation membrane module  
A gas separation membrane module has a vessel housing a hollow fiber element including a hollow fiber bundle consisting of a number of hollow fiber membranes (1) and a tube sheet (2) holding one...
8182590 Ultrathin porous nanoscale membranes, methods of making, and uses thereof  
A process for forming a porous nanoscale membrane is described. The process involves applying a nanoscale film to one side of a substrate, where the nanoscale film includes a semiconductor...
8182591 Dryer unit for compressed air and other gaseous media  
A vertically directed dryer unit (10) for compressed air, comprising a dryer cartridge (22) which, together with a housing (16, 18, 20), defines an inlet head area (92) and an outlet head area...
8182686 Hollow fiber membrane separation device  
A hollow fiber membrane separation device with two flow spaces, of which a first space is formed by the capillary tube passages of a hollow-fiber bundle cast at its ends into a sealing compound,...
8177889 Gas removal device  
A gas removal device 1 includes a decompression chamber 2 with an inlet 11 and an outlet 12 through which a liquid to be degassed flows therein and thereout, and a degassing element 5 that is...
8167982 Dryer unit for compressed air and other gaseous media  
A vertically directed dryer unit for compressed air, comprising a dryer cartridge which, together with a housing, defines an inlet head area and an outlet head area. A plurality of hollow membrane...
8157999 Method and apparatus for the filtration of biological solutions  
A system, method and device are disclosed for bio-processing a feed stream and providing a constant output by operating a continuous single-pass tangential-flow process. The single-pass process...
8147587 Enhanced mercury capture from coal-fired power plants in the filtration baghouse using flue gas temperature as process control knob  
A system and associated method for improved mercury removal from a flow containing combustion exhaust. The system includes a filtration arrangement through which the flow proceeds to remove...
8147594 Air dryer for a brake system  
An air dryer includes a housing with an air inlet, an air outlet and a liquid drain outlet; and a membrane separator having surfaces extending between a first and second ends of the membrane. A...
8142546 Artificial lung  
An artificial lung includes a housing, a tubular hollow fiber membrane bundle contained in the housing and providing a multiplicity of hollow fiber membranes having a gas exchange function, a gas...
8142662 Dehydrating system and method for control of spare membrane unit  
A dehydrating system is designed to maintain the availability of a plant having the dehydrating system using a water separation membrane by allowing a water separation membrane unit to be replaced...
8133307 Dehumidification type air system  
A dehumidification type air system is configured such that a switching valve and an air-used device are connected through a dehumidifying member made of a polymer permeation membrane with moisture...
8117822 Carbon-free gas turbine  
The carbon-free gas turbine is a power-producing turbine driven by the combustion of hydrocarbon fuels with oxygen. The carbon-free gas turbine includes at least one combustor for combusting...
8114199 Sweep air system for membrane air dryer  
A membrane dryer includes a shell having an inner tube and an outer tube and a bundle of hollow fibers supported in the shell. A dryer air inlet into the hollow fibers and a sweep air outlet from...
8110027 Heated blanket for air separation module  
An air separation module and blanket has an air separation module having an air inlet, an oxygen outlet and a nitrogen outlet. At least one tank has air separation elements for separating oxygen...
8104748 Hollow fiber system  
Disclosed is a hollow fiber system for a humidifier, including hollow fibers that are permeable to steam. A first air flow can be conducted within the hollow fibers while a second air flow can be...
8101009 Separation membrane by controlled annealing of polyimide polymers  
This abstract discusses membranes needed to separate fluids for the production of oxygen-enriched air, nitrogen-enriched-air, for the separation of carbon dioxide from hydrocarbons, and the...
8100385 Humidifier  
In a humidifier including a hollow fiber membrane bundle housed in a case, the hollow fiber membranes exchange water therethrough between the first and second gases flowing inside and outside the...
8083834 High permeability membrane operated at elevated temperature for upgrading natural gas  
The present invention discloses a new process of treating natural gas using high gas permeability polybenzoxazole polymer membranes operated at high temperatures that can provide sufficient dew...
8075671 Supported metal membrane with internal cooling for H2 separation  
A method and apparatus for separation of H2 gas from a gaseous mixture utilizing an H2 gas permeable metallic membrane supported directly on a porous substrate made up of at least one porous...
8075773 Hollow fiber membrane module, hollow fiber membrane module unit, and water treatment method  
A hollow fiber membrane module, a hollow fiber membrane module unit using the hollow fiber membrane module, and a water treatment method using the module or the module unit enable the efficient...
8070860 Pd menbrane having improved H2-permeance, and method of making  
An H2-permeable membrane system (117) comprises an electroless-deposited plating (115) of Pd or Pd alloy on a porous support (110, 110′). The Pd plating comprises face-centered cubic crystals c...
8066799 Method of making a crosslinked fiber membrane from a high molecular weight, monoesterified polyimide polymer  
The present disclosure relates to a high molecular weight, monoesterified polyimide polymer. Such high molecular weight, monoesterified polyimide polymers are useful in forming crosslinked polymer...
8066801 Sweep air system for membrane air dryer  
A membrane dryer includes a shell having an inner tube and an outer tube and a bundle of hollow fibers supported in the shell. A dryer air inlet into the hollow fibers and a sweep air outlet from...
8056731 Membrane structure and method of making  
A membrane structure is provided. The membrane structure includes a polymer layer having a plurality of pores; and a ceramic layer disposed on the polymer layer. The ceramic layer has a plurality...
8048209 Degassing device and end-cap assembly for a filter including such a degassing device  
A degassing device (203) comprises a first chamber (21) having an inlet for a liquid, and a second chamber (22) having an opening (23) closed by a hydrophobic membrane (24) and an outlet (25) for...
8048198 High performance mixed matrix membranes incorporating at least two kinds of molecular sieves  
The present invention discloses a new type of high performance mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) and methods for making and using the same. The MMMs comprise a continuous polymer matrix and at least...
8043411 Devices, systems and methods for reducing the concentration of a chemical entity in fluids  
A device for removal of at least a portion of carbon dioxide from an aqueous fluid includes at least one membrane through which carbon dioxide can pass to be removed from the fluid and immobilized...
8038960 Reformer  
A reformer that produces reformed gas from a hydrocarbon material includes a reforming chamber having an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder; a reforming catalyst filled in the reforming chamber;...
8038770 Separator for degassing fluid  
A separator for a hydraulic system is provided, including a substrate and a membrane. The substrate includes a substrate outer surface and a gas side expulsion area. The expulsion area is for...
8034160 Non-cryogenic nitrogen generators and methods of use  
This invention relates to gas generators and methods for their use. In some embodiments, the invention relates to devices and methods of generating a gas enriched in a specific component. In other...
8034161 Carbon dioxide gas removal from a fluid circuit of a dialysis device  
The present invention is directed to degassing devices for dialysate circuits. One embodiment has a first housing and a second housing positioned within the first housing in an annular...
8025159 Agent for increasing rejection with a permeable membrane, process for increasing the rejection, permeable membrane and process for water treatment  
An agent for increasing the rejection with a permeable membrane which comprises an ionic macromolecule having a weight-average molecular weight of 100,000 or greater; a process for increasing the...
8002875 System and method for separating hydrogen gas from a mixed gas source using composite structure tubes  
A hydrogen purification system that is used to separate hydrogen gas from a mixed gas source. The hydrogen purification system includes a hydrogen separator. Within the hydrogen separator is a...
7998254 Membrane module  
A helically wound hollow membrane module having a core with a plurality of helically wound layers of semi-permeable hollow fibers wound on the core. The fiber wind angle with respect to any one...
7998247 Gas separation membrane comprising a substrate with a layer of coated inorganic oxide particles and an overlayer of a gas-selective material, and its manufacture and use  
A gas separation membrane and a method of manufacturing such gas separation membrane that comprises a porous substrate treated with a layer of metal-coated inorganic oxide particles and with the...
7972415 Membrane-based compressed air breathing system  
A breathing air purification device and method having a carbon-monoxide free sweep stream. Water vapor is removed from a compressed air stream using a membrane dryer, comprising, a membrane having...
7972417 Hydrogen gas separator system having a micro-channel construction for efficiently separating hydrogen gas from a mixed gas source  
A hydrogen purification method that is used to separate hydrogen gas from a source gas. A hydrogen separator into which flows the source. Within the hydrogen separator is at least one hydrogen...
7959711 Gas separation membrane system and method of making thereof using nanoscale metal material  
A method of manufacturing such gas separation membrane system that includes applying to a surface of a porous substrate a layer of a nanopowder of a gas-selective metal and, thereafter,...
7947116 Hydrogen separation process  
A method for separating a hydrogen-rich product stream from a feed stream comprising hydrogen and at least one carbon-containing gas, comprising feeding the feed stream, at an inlet pressure...
7938868 Staged system for producing purified hydrogen from a reaction gas mixture comprising a hydrocarbon compound  
The inventive stage system for producing hydrogen consists of at least two upstream/downstream stages, respectively, each of which comprises, optionally, a catalytic reactor (C1 to C5) followed by...
7938890 Separating gas using immobilized buffers  
A layered structure can be formed having immobilized or segregated pH buffering groups that can be used to separate carbon dioxide or other gases. The pH buffering groups can be immobilized within...
7938891 Using ionic liquids  
Carbon dioxide or other gases can be separated from gas streams using ionic liquid, such as in an electrochemical cell. For example, a membrane can contain sufficient ionic liquid to reduce ionic...
7938884 Integral sweep controller for gas membrane separation device  
A method and apparatus are provided for controlling the amount of purging that occurs within a membrane separation device. The membrane separation device includes a membrane separation component...
7922902 Hollow fiber membrane module, hollow fiber membrane module unit, and water treatment method  
A hollow fiber membrane module, a hollow fiber membrane module unit using the hollow fiber membrane module, and a water treatment method using the module or the module unit enable the efficient...
7922795 Ultrathin nanoscale membranes, methods of making, and uses thereof  
A nanoscale membrane exposed on opposite sides thereof and having an average thickness of less than about 100 nm, and a lateral length to thickness aspect ratio that is more than 10,000 to 1 is...
7918921 Gas separation membrane module assembly with residue manifold  
A gas-separation membrane module assembly and a gas-separation process using the assembly. The assembly includes a set of tubes, each containing gas-separation membrane elements, arranged within a...
7909917 Porous structure with seed crystal-containing layer for manufacturing zeolite membrane, zeolite membrane, and method for manufacturing zeolite membrane  
A porous substrate with a seed crystal-containing layer for manufacturing a zeolite membrane includes: a ceramic porous substrate, and a seed crystal-containing layer containing a zeolite powder to...
7883571 Purification method and junction for related apparatus  
Purification method and apparatus for purifying a gas stream by oxygen removal. The apparatus includes primary and secondary oxygen separation zones and tubular electrically driven oxygen...
7879137 Lithographic projection apparatus, purge gas supply system and gas purging method  
A lithographic projection apparatus (1) includes a support configured to support a patterning device (MA), the patterning device configured to pattern the projection beam according to a desired...