American Air Liquide, Inc.

American Air Liquide, Chicago Research Center

Air Liquide America, L.p.

Christine E Boisrobert

Kevin C Spencer

Steven A Fisher

Pascal Schvester

Karen S Sabatini

Patricia A Rojak

Richard A Sauer

Carol Ann Schnepper

Miles S Bajcar

Robert W Conners

Tsz-Ching J Yuan

Michael Thaler

John-Luc Hubert

A method of improving the aroma and flavor of coffee, which entails contacting the same with a noble gas, mixture of noble gases or mixture containing at least one noble gas during at least a portion of any stage of processing or storage.

Method of improving the aroma and flavor of coffee using noble gases

Systems and processes are described for sanitizing a food product with ozone gas. The ozone gas is generated using a low pressure, low volume ozone gas generator and is delivered to a fluid injector. The fluid injector receives high pressure carrier fluid from a carrier fluid source and causes the ozone to be entrained in a stream of carrier fluid. The entrainment is created by passing the carrier fluid through a venturi diffuser inside the injector which creates a negative pressure in the sanitizing fluid line, thus drawing the sanitizing fluid into the carrier fluid and creating a highly homogenized fluid jet. The fluid jet is then injected into a container which contains a food product to be sanitized by the ozone. The container may also be provided with a mixing paddle to vigorously mix the food product while the ozone/carrier fluid jet is injected into the food product, which further ensures that the food product is contacted with sanitizing ozone gas. The container can be sealed to be pressurized by the ozone/carrier fluid jet by selective opening and closing of a vent. The ozone/carrier fluid jet may also be selectively humidified before injection into the container.

Process and equipment for sanitizing and packaging food using ozone

A method for regulating enzyme activity, which entails contacting one or more enzymes with a gas containing one or more noble gases or mixtures thereof.

Method for regulating enzyme activities by noble gases

A process for producing high fructose corn syrup from glucose containing syrup, which entails isomerizing the glucose containing syrup through an enzymatic reaction to make high fructose corn syrup, wherein the enzymatic reaction occurs in a gas containing solution which comprises at least one gas selected from the group consisting of noble gas.

Method of producing high fructose corn syrup from glucose using noble

A method for regulating enzyme activity, which entails contacting one or more enzymes with a gas containing one or more noble gases or mixtures thereof. The activity of an enzyme on a substrate can be improved by contacting the enzyme with a noble gas under specific temperatures and pressures. The preferred noble gases are krypton, neon, xenon, argon or mixtures of these gases. The enzymes whose activity can be improved are hydrolases, lyases, isomerases and ligases.

Method for improving enzyme activities with noble gases

A method of detecting at least one noble gas through a semi-permeable membrane, allowing the permeating noble gas to contact an enzyme, the activity of which is changed by the noble gas, and detecting the change in enzyme activity.

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Christine E Boisrobert