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Vapor-compression evaporation system and method
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 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 ...
Gerotor apparatus for a quasi-isothermal Brayton cycle engine
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2010-04-13)
According to one embodiment of the invention, an engine system comprises a housing, an outer gerotor, an inner gerotor, a tip inlet port, a face inlet port, and a tip outlet port. The housing has a first sidewall, a second ...
Gerotor apparatus for a quasi-isothermal Brayton cycle engine
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2010-06-01)
According to one embodiment of the invention, a gerotor apparatus includes an outer gerotor having an outer gerotor chamber, an inner gerotor, at least a portion of which is disposed within the outer gerotor chamber, and ...
Integrated biofuel production system
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2012-04-10)
According to an embodiment, a biomass conversion subsystem produces methane and/or alcohol and residual biomass. A pyrolysis or a gasification subsystem is used to produce thermal energy and/or process gasses. The thermal ...
Method for heat recovery from pre-treated biomass
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2012-03-20)
According to one embodiment, a method for heat treatment of a biomass includes allowing biomass in a pretreatment reactor to undergo a pre-treatment reaction process. The pre-treatment reaction process yields pretreated ...
Gerotor apparatus for a quasi-isothermal Brayton cycle engine
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2014-09-02)
According to one embodiment of the invention, a gerotor apparatus includes an outer gerotor having an outer gerotor chamber, an inner gerotor, at least a portion of which is disposed within the outer gerotor chamber, and ...
High-efficiency jet ejector and propulsive jet
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2010-08-24)
According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for altering fluid flow includes a main body having a first fluid flowing therethrough, a plurality of conduits disposed within the main body to form a plurality of ...
Alternative paths to alcohols and hydrocarbons from biomass
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2012-07-31)
A method of producing alcohols, hydrocarbons, or both from biomass by converting biomass into a carboxylic acid, reacting the carboxylic acid with an olefin to produce an ester and hydrogenolyzing the ester to produce ...
Open brayton bottoming cycle and method of using the same
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2016-08-30)
According to one embodiment, an open brayton bottoming cycle includes a heat exchanger configured between a compressor and an expander. The heat exchanger is configured to receive heat from a heat source and supply at least ...
Electric machine having a high-torque switched reluctance motor
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2010-02-16)
According to one embodiment of the present invention, an electric machine comprises a stator and a rotor. The stator has at least one stator pole with a first leg and a second leg. The rotor has at least one rotor pole. ...