New Patents gases from methane by treating the feedstream in at least one distillation zone and a controlled freezing zone. The freezing zone produces...
New Patents gases from methane by treating the feedstream in at least one distillation zone and a controlled freezing zone. The freezing zone produces a carbon dioxide slush which is melted and fed into a distillation section. The apparatus used to practice the process is preferably in a single vessel.
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in the catalytically supported thermal combustion zone and minimize N O x emissions under all load conditions.
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EVACUATED BALLOON FOR SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION
CONTINUOUS COKING OF RESIDUAL OIL AND PRODUCTION OF GASEOUS FUEL AND SMOKELESS SOLID FUELS FROM COAL
Emmanuel Bliamptis
Tsoung Y Yan, Darrell D Whitehurst assigned to Mobil Oil Corporation Coal and residual oil are simultaneously processed in a reactor with a combustion zone at the b o t t o m and a fluidized bed on top of it. The residual oil is injected into heat exchange relationship with the top of the fluidized bed where it is cracked with heat generated by the combustion.
4534165 CATALYTIC COMBUSTION SYSTEM L Berkley Davis, Milton B Hilt, Coli Wilkes assigned to General Electric Co :9,
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A catalytic combustor comprises a pilot zone having means to introduce fuel therein; upstream o f said pilot zone and communicating therewith a catalytically supported thermal combustion zone comprising a plurality of catalytically supported thermal combustion sections each comprising a solid oxidation catalyst, means for introducing air into said section and means to introduce fuel into said section; and means to control the rate of fuel flow in each of the means to introduce fuel into a catalytically supported thermal combustion section and the means to introduce fuel into the pilot zone. The combustor is operated by staging the fuel supply in order to maximize the a m o u n t of combustion
A large cylindrically-shaped balloon-like structure having hemispherical ends with fins utilized in conjunction with airflow thereacross based upon Bernoulli's principle for maneuvering and maintaining stability. The balloon is compartmentalized, contains a uniquely designed structural support system, and contains p u m p s for evacuating the air therein. The structure may be used for any lifting application. In particular solar-energy is collected through a transparent portion of the structure and reflected from shaped surfaces that direct solar energy on energy converting panels. The electrical energy generated is utilized to operate an evacuation system, while the remainder of the electrical energy is beamed by microwaves to a receiving station on earth.
4534849 M E T H O D FOR ABOVEGROUND SEPARATION, VAPORIZATION AND RECOVERY OF OIL FROM OIL SHALE Ray C Edwards assigned Engineering Corporation