Unitel Technologies, Inc.

Envirokure, Inc.

University of Chicago

Syngest, Inc.

Xytel Technologies Partnership

United Technologies Corporation

United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

The United States of America As Represented by the Department of Energy

National Tank Company

Acid Technologies, LLC

Cement-lock L.l.c.

Cement-lock Group, L.l.c.

Sarabjit Singh Randhava

Richard L Kao

Surjit Singh Randhava

Gregory J Dicosola

Todd Harvey

Devon K Hooper

Sushil K Bhalla

Michael A Laughlin

Sikander Singh Randhava

Amirali G Rehmat

Anthony L Lee

Michael C Mensinger

Ajaib Singh Randhava

Santi Kulprathipanja

Anil Rajaram Oroskar

Gary W Sams

Rathin Datta

Peter R Pujado

Michael Krumpelt

YuPo J Lin

Shih-Perng Tsai

Seth W Snyder

Shabbir Ahmed

Kenneth J Schmitt

Jamie Allen Hestekin

Michael P Henry

William A Summers

Harry G Wallace

John P Kopasz

Scott Erickson

Bonnie Shifrin

Shaw-Yaw Kang

Betty K Ishida

Edward H Stribling, Iii

Mary H Chapman

Richard Li-chih Kao

Processes for manufacturing organic fertilizer products, such as liquid and solid organic fertilizer, from animal manure are disclosed, together with the fertilizer products produced therefrom.

Process for manufacturing liquid and solid organic fertilizer from animal manure

Modular, portable processes and apparatus for the production of tight gas (including shale gas) and tight oil (including shale oil) and for the conversion of tight oil into a plurality of marketable fuels are described which enable easy deployment and start-up and are specifically useful in remote areas. Furthermore, these modular processes and apparatus are configured to use co-produced tight gas as a source of processing energy. Another feature of the modular processes is to substantially reduce the use of fracking water and process water. In some embodiments modular processes include (A) Purified Salt Production; (B) Modular Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) Production; (C) Hydrogen Production by Autothermal Reformer; (D) Optimized Hydraulic Fracturing; (E) Desalting with Bi-Electric Configuration with an Interchanger; (F) Desalter Water Recovery and Recyclling; (G) Precut Column with a Gas-Fired Heater; (H) Crude Distillation with a Gas-Fired Heater; (I) Hydrodesulfurization using Reactive Distillation; and (J) Vacuum Distillation.

Modular processes for the production of tight gas and tight oil and for tight oil refining

Process for manufacturing liquid and solid organic fertilizer from animal waste

This invention relates to a new process for making fatty acids directly from a feedstock consisting of phytoplankton in water without the need to a) thermally separate, dewater and dry the phytoplankton, and b) extract the immobilized lipids. Our method is much less expensive than the current practice of making fatty acids from phytoplankton, because we bypass the costly and energy intensive operations associated with a) dewatering and drying the biomass, and b) extracting the immobilized lipids. As such, this invention greatly enhances the economic viability of making biofuels and bioproducts from phytoplankton.

Fatty acids from phytoplankton

The invention provides extraction of immobilized oil from an oil-containing feed using a food grade solvent. The food grade solvent may include ethyl acetate or ethyl lactate. The solvent may also include an ethanol co-solvent with the ethyl acetate or ethyl lactate. The solvent may be recaptured within the system and reused in the process.

Extraction of immobilized oil using mixtures of food grade solvents

This invention discloses a method for making a dimethylether (DME) product from a synthesis gas (syngas) in the presence of a catalyst in a fluid pluralized bed reactor operating in the gas phase. The reactions generate a significant amount of heat and the heat management is balanced between supplying quench recycle syngas to the pluralized sections along the reactor and also by controlling the preheat temperature of the reactant streams. Gas phase fluidization of the catalyst is controlled so that the pluralized reactive zones are maintained in a backmix configuration.

Synthesis of DME using a fluid pluralized bed reactor

This invention provides a process for making ammonia from biomass. The biomass may be first reacted with oxygen and steam to generate a biosyngas comprising hydrogen (H) and carbon monoxide (CO) as the active components. The gasification step may be regulated to reduce the amount of methane in the biosyngas that may leave the gasifier.

Process for producing ammonia from biomass

Disclosed herein is a process for the production of fuel grade DME from carbonaceous fuels, including a pressurized multi-stage progressively expanding fluidized bed gasifier and an oxyblown autothermal reformer to produce a synthesis gas (syngas) with desirable hydrogen to carbon monoxide molar ratio, which then undergoes gas-phase DME one-step direct synthesis in a fluid pluralized bed reactor over an attrition resistant bifunctional catalyst. The crude DME thus obtained is purified in a two column distillation unit to produce a fuel grade DME having a purity greater than 99.98 mole %.

Process and method for the producton of dimethylether (DME)

A vertical electrostatic coalescer comprises a first and second electrode surface and a horizontally disposed foraminous surface. The first electrode surface and horizontally disposed foraminous surface are at ground potential. The first and second electrode surfaces share the same planar orientation relative to the central longitudinal axis of the vessel. The unique arrangement of the vessel and opposing pairs of first and second electrode surfaces provides for a substantially uniform voltage field around a perimeter of the vessel and an effective voltage field for coalescence within a center of the vessel. A circular-shaped distributor pipe or a distributor housing serves to absorb momentum of the incoming emulsion stream and distribute the stream into an interior of the vessel.

Removal of glycerin from biodiesel using an electrostatic process

The present invention relates to a membrane contactor assisted extraction system and method for extracting a single phase species from multi-phase working solutions. More specifically one preferred embodiment of the invention relates to a method and system for membrane contactor assisted water (MCAWE) extraction of hydrogen peroxide (HO) from a working solution.

Membrane contactor assisted water extraction system for separating hydrogen peroxide from a working solution, and method thereof

Methods for extraction of carotenoids from carotenoid-containing plant material using an extraction solvent comprising ethyl lactate. The invention is also directed to products obtained thereby. In the method, a sample of dry, particulate carotenoid-containing plant material is contacted with the ethyl lactate extraction solvent to extract the carotenoids. The method also includes the use of an ethyl lactate-ethanol blend as the extraction solvent. After extraction, the solvent containing the extracted carotenoids is separated from the extracted plant solids and treated to separate the dissolved carotenoids from the extraction solvent and obtain a carotenoid-containing concentrate. The concentrated carotenoid product may be used directly or may be subjected to further treatment. After removal of the dissolved carotenoids, the extraction solvent can be recycled for further use.

Extraction of carotenoids from plant material

A method for reforming a sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel in which the sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel is mixed with HO and an oxidant, forming a fuel/HO/oxidant mixture. The fuel HO/oxidant mixture is brought into contact with a catalyst composition comprising a dehydrogenation portion, an oxidation portion and a hydrodesulfurization portion, resulting in formation of a hydrogen-containing gas stream.

Autothermal hydrodesulfurizing reforming method and catalyst

A method and apparatus determines an inbound traffic intensity of a visitable site, wherein the inbound traffic intensity factor is representative of a measure of meaningful visits to a visitable site in a given time period. The inbound traffic intensity factor is determined by obtaining visitor information including the number of visits to the visitable site during the given time period as well as the duration of each visit and using both the number visits and the time spent during each visit to quantify the traffic to the site during the time period.

Method for making time-sensitive determinations of traffic intensity for a visitable site

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