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    • Vapor-compression evaporation system and method 
      Holtzapple, Mark T.; Noyes, Gary P.; Rabroker, George A. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2010-05-04)
      According to one embodiment of the invention, a vapor-compression evaporation system includes a plurality of vessels in series each containing a feed having a nonvolatile component, a mechanical compressor coupled to the ...
    • Vapor-compression evaporation system and method 
      Holtzapple, Mark T.; Noyes, Gary P. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2007-08-07)
      According to one embodiment of the invention, a vapor-compression evaporation system includes a plurality of vessels in series each containing a feed having a nonvolatile component. A first set of the plurality of vessels ...
    • Vapor-compression evaporative air conditioning systems and components 
      Holtzapple, Mark T.; Davison, Richard; Rabroker, Andrew G. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2004-02-03)
      Novel vapor compression evaporative cooling systems which use water as a refrigerant are provided, as are methods for using same. Also provided are novel compressors, compressor components, and means for removing noncondensibles ...
    • Vapor-compression evaporative air conditioning systems and components 
      Holtzapple, Mark T.; Davison, Richard; Rabroker, Andrew G. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2006-08-22)
      Novel vapor compression evaporative cooling systems which use water as a refrigerant are provided, as are methods for using same. Also provided are novel compressors, compressor components, and means for removing noncondensibles ...
    • Vapor-compression evaporative air conditioning systems and components 
      Holtzapple, Mark T.; Davison, Richard; Rabroker, Andrew G. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2002-08-06)
      Novel vapor compression evaporative cooling systems which use water as a refrigerant are provided, as are methods for using same. Also provided are novel compressors, compressor components, and means for removing noncondensibles ...
    • Variable Rate Low Density Parity Check Decoder 
      Pourjabar, Sara; Choi, Gwan Seong (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 6/14/2022)
      A method includes receiving a first data frame and a second data frame from a communication channel; decoding the first data frame using a first portion of an extended parity-check matrix (PCM); and decoding the second ...
    • Variants of phosphotriesterase for the hydrolysis and detoxification of nerve agents 
      Raushel, Frank M.; Bigley, Andrew N. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2019-05-28)
      Variants of phosphotriesterase have been created that exhibit enhanced hydrolysis of V-type and G-type nerve agents over wild-type phosphotriesterase. V- and G-type nerve agents have an SP and RP enantiomer. The SP enantiomers ...
    • Variants of the lantibiotic MU1140 and other lantibiotics with improved pharmacological properties and structural features 
      Hillman, Jeffrey D.; Smith, James Leif; Wilson-Stanford, Shawanda R. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2018-05-08)
      The invention provides improvements of lantibiotics useful for reducing the numbers of microbes or the reproduction of microbes in or on subjects or objects. One embodiment of the invention provides variants of antibiotics ...
    • Vascular prosthesis for leak prevention during endovascular aneurysm repair 
      Maitland, Duncan J.; Landsman, Todd L.; Horn, John; Nash, London; Yeh, Chung (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2019-11-26)
      An embodiment includes a process for treating an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) endoleak with a shape memory polymer (SMP) foam device. First, a bifurcated stent graft is placed within the aneurysm while a micro guidewire ...
    • Vascular Prosthesis For Leak Prevention During Endovascular Aneurysm Repair 
      Maitland, Duncan J.; Landsman, Todd L.; Horn, John; Nash, London; Yeh, Chung (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2022-05-24)
      An embodiment includes a process for treating an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) endoleak with a shape memory polymer (SMP) foam device. First, a bifurcated stent graft is placed within the aneurysm while a micro guidewire ...
    • Versatile student desk 
      Benden, Mark E. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2016-02-09)
      A seat and desk assembly has a seat integrated with a desk by a interconnecting base and floor. One or both of the seat or desk can be disconnected from the assembly and used independently. Removable panels for the desk ...
    • Vis-NIR equipped soil penetrometer 
      Morgan, Cristine; Ge, Yuefeng; Brown, David; Bricklemyer, Ross (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2019-07-02)
      Soil penetrometers capable of measuring soil reflectance along the direction of insertion of the penetrometer are provided. The penetrometer can house an array of sensors, such as, for example, a Vis-NIR reflectance sensor, ...
    • Volume array coil with enforced uniform element currents for improved excitation homogeneity 
      Mcdougall, Mary P.; Wright, Steven M. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2018-05-15)
      Each of the coils in a transmit coil array of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is electrically connected to a common voltage point by a transmission line. By controlling the electrical length of the transmission line ...
    • Water sources for automotive devices 
      Andrews, Craig C.; Cisar, Alan J.; Salinas, Carlos; Murphy, Oliver J.; Appleby, John A. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2004-10-19)
      The present invention provides a self-replenishing liquid water source onboard an automobile for supplying liquid water to an electrolyzer, such as an on-board hydrogen generator useful for the suppression of unwanted ...
    • Water sources for automotive electrolyzers 
      Andrews, Craig C.; Appleby, John A.; Cisar, Alan J.; Salinas, Carlos; Murphy, Oliver J. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2002-10-15)
      The present invention provides a self-replenishing liquid water source onboard an automobile for supplying liquid water to an electrolyzer, such as an on-board hydrogen generator useful for the suppression of unwanted ...
    • Water-soluble nanoparticles with controlled aggregate sizes 
      Sun, Dazhi; Everett, William Neil; Sue, Hung-jue; Miyatake, Nobuo (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2012-01-24)
      A method of forming dispersed water-soluble quantum dots and tuning water-soluble quantum dot aggregate size by providing a plurality of water-soluble quantum dots in a dispersion, the plurality of water-soluble quantum ...
    • Wavelength-tunable traveling-wave semiconductor ring-laser 
      Su, Chin (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992-11-17)
      A traveling-wave ring-laser (10) to provide improved power stability single longitudinal mode characteristics, narrow lasing linewidth and smooth wavelength tuning. The ring-laser comprises an optical amplifier (12) that ...
    • Wet cyclone particle collector 
      Pierson, Raymond M.; Szarek, Matthew P.; Stroka, Thomas G.; Mcfarland, Andrew R. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2012-10-23)
      A wet cyclone particle collector is disclosed. The wet cyclone particle collector includes a cyclone unit, a liquid delivery unit and a sample collection unit. The cyclone unit draws a gas sample into a cyclone chamber and ...
    • Wyner-Ziv coding based on TCQ and LDPC codes 
      Xiong, Zixiang; Yang, Yang (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2008-08-19)
      An encoder employs a trellis coded quantization (TCQ) unit and a compression unit. The TCQ uses a set of polynomials that have been selected to maximize granular gain. The TCQ unit operates on a block of samples from a ...
    • Wyner-Ziv coding based on TCQ and LDPC codes 
      Yang, Yang; Xiong, Zixiang (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2012-06-26)
      An encoder employs a trellis coded quantization (TCQ) unit and a compression unit. The TCQ uses a set of polynomials that have been selected to maximize granular gain. The TCQ unit operates on a block of samples from a ...