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Active Patents
7,314,847 Regenerable sorbents for CO2 capture from moderate and high temperature gas streams
7,288,136 High Capacity Immobilized Amine Sorbents
7,159,841 Piezoelectric axial flow microvalve
7,096,722 Method and Apparatus for Detecting Combustion Instability in Continuous Combustion Systems
7,033,419 Method for High Temperature Mercury Capture From Gas Streams
7,007,474 Energy recovery during expansion of compressed gas using power plant low-quality heat sources
6,981,516 Fail save shut off valve for filtering systems employing candle filters
6,994,930 Direct Fired Reciprocating Engine and Bottoming High Temperature Fuel Cell Hybrid
6,959,589 Ultrasound Analysis of Slurries
6,908,497 Solid sorbents for removal of carbon dioxide from gas streams at low temperatures
6,815,386 Use of Phosphates to Reduce Slag Penetration in Cr2O3-Based Refractories
6,793,910 Process to Accomplish Autothermal or Steam Reforming Via a Reciprocating Compression Device
6,743,405 Low temperature sorbents for removal of sulfur compounds from fluid feed streams
6,681,938 Device and method for separating minerals, carbon and cement additives from fly ash
6,672,725 Transpiration purged optical probe
6,672,502 Method for Making Devices Having Intermetallic Structures and Intermetallic Devices Made Thereby
6,670,608 Gas Sampling System for a Mass Spectrometer
6,635,375 Planar Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell with Staged Indirect-Internal Air and Fuel Preheating and Reformation
6,630,116 Method to Remove Ammonia Using a Proton-Conducting Ceramic Membrane
6,623,880 Fuel Cell-Fuel Cell Hybrid System
6,576,092 Method for removal of mercury from various gas streams
6,547,854 Amine enriched solid sorbents for carbon dioxide capture
6,498,282 Method for Processing Aluminum Spent Potliner in a Graphite Electrode ARC Furnace
6,475,310 Oxidation Resistant Alloys, Method for Producing Oxidation Resistant Alloys
6,468,499 Method of generating hydrogen by catalytic decomposition of water
6,425,504 One-Piece, Composite Crucible With Integral Withdrawal/Discharge Section
6,387,337 Carbon Dioxide Capture Process With Regenerable Sorbents
6,361,893 Planar Fuel Cell Utilizing Nail Current Collectors for Increased Active Surface Area
6,342,102 Apparatus and Method for Increasing the Diameter of Metal Alloy Wires Within a Molten Metal Pool
6,267,849 Method for the Photocatalytic Conversion of Gas Hydrates Inventors
6,146,432 Pressure Gradient Passivation of Carbonaceous Material Normally Susceptible to Spontaneous Combustion
6,059,560 Periodic Equivalence Ratio Modulation Method and Apparatus for  Controlling Combustion Instability
6,058,709 Dynamically Balanced Fuel Nozzle and Method of Operation
6,056,796 Rigid Porous Filter
6,056,125 Cross Flow Cyclonic Flotation Column for Coal and Minerals Beneficiation
6,033,794 Multi-Stage Fuel Cell System Method and Apparatus
5,948,722 Method for Producing Iron-Based Catalysts
5,895,508 Down-Flow Moving-Bed Gasifier with Catalyst Recycle
5,827,903 Separation of Catalyst from Fischer-Tropsch Slurry
5,809,769 Control of Oscillation Attenuation Via the Control of Fuel-Supply Line Dynamics
5,799,238 Method of Making Multi-Layered Titanium Ceramic Composites
5,798,088 Method for Producing Elemental Sulfur from Sulfur-Containing Gasses
5,791,889 Combustor Oscillating Pressure Stabilization and Method
5,728,953 Cable Load Sensing Device
5,721,186 Method for Producing Catalysts from Coal
5,706,645 Removal of Oxides of Nitrogen from Gases in Multi-Stage Coal Combustion
5,693,588 Reduction of Spalling in Mixed Metal Oxide Desulfurization Sorbents by Addition of a Large Promoter Metal Oxide
5,613,244 Process for Preparing Liquid Wastes
5,593,593 Process for Removing Sulfate Anions From Waste Water
5,564,620 Forming Metal-Intermetallic or Metal-Ceramic Composites by Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis
5,560,420 Process for Casting Hard-Faced, Lightweight Camshafts and Other Cylindrical Products
5,552,353 Process for Producing Advanced Ceramics
5,500,100 Method for Removing Magnesium From Aluminum Magnesium Alloys With Engineered Scavenger Compound
5,494,648 Process for Removing Thorium and Recovering Vanadium From Titanium Chlorinator Waste
5,490,416 Method of Determining Elastic and Plastic Mechanical Properties of Ceramic Materials Using Spherical Indenters
5,457,301 Capacitor Discharge Process for Welding Braided Cable
5,456,066 Fuel Supply System and Method for Coal-Fired Prime Mover
5,455,079 Surface Hardening of Titanium Alloys with Melting Depth Controlled by Heat Sink
5,453,243 Method for Producing Titanium Aluminde Weld Rod
5,449,568 Indirect-Fired Gas Turbine Bottomed with Fuel Cell
5,413,878 An Improved System and Method for Networking Electrochemical Devices
5,387,275 Process for Removing Copper in a Recoverable Form From Solid Scrap Metal
5,369,214 Method for Selective Dehalogenation of Halogenated Polyaromatic Compounds
5,366,817 Process for Mitigating Corrosion and Increasing the Conductivity of Steel Studs in Soderberg Anodes
5,348,921 Method for Reducing Sulfate Formation During Regeneration of Hot-Gas Desulfurization Sorbents
5,337,289 Phased-Array Ultrasonic Surface Contour Mapping System and Method for Solids Hoppers and the Like
5,333,044 Fluorescent Image Tracking Velocimeter
5,324,394 Recovery of Li From Alloys Al-Li and Li-Al Using Engineered Scavenger Compounds
5,312,462 Moist Caustic Leaching of Coal
5,265,664 Fixture for Forming Evaporative Pattern Casting (EPC) Process Patterns
5,259,862 Continuous Production of Granular or Powder Ti, Zr and Hf or Their Alloy Products
5,256,368 Pressure-Reaction Synthesis (PRS) of Titanium Composite Materials
5,214,015 Synthesis of Iron Based Hydrocracking Catalysts
5,198,002 Gas Stream Clean-Up Filter and Method for Forming Same
5,170,670 Three Axis Velocity Probe System
5,167,676 Apparatus and Method for Removing Particulate Deposits from High Temperature Filters
5,144,251 Three-Axis Particle Impact Probe
5,139,991 Oxyhydrochlorination Catalyst
5,139,958 Method and Device for the Determination of Low Concentrations of Oxygen in Carbonaceous Materials
5,104,520 Apparatus and Method for Separating Constituents
5,061,363 Method for Co-Processing Waste Rubber and Carbonaceous Material
5,022,892 Fine Coal Cleaning Via the Micro-Mag Process
5,020,457 Destruction of Acid Gas Emissions
4,867,868 Selective Flotation of Inorganic Sulfides from Coal
4,775,387 Sulfur Removal and Comminution of Carbonaceous Material
4,769,504 Process for Converting Light Alkanes to Higher Hydrocarbons
4,769,045 Method of Desulfurization of Hot Product Gases from Coal Gasifier
4,696,680 Method and Apparatus for the Selective Separation of Gaseous Coal Gasification Products by Pressure Swing Adsorption
4,695,372 Conditioning of Carbonaceous Material Prior to Physical Beneficiation
4,667,097 Compensated Vibrating Optical Fiber Pressure Measuring Device
4,587,113 Removal of Sulfur and Nitrogen Containing Pollutants from Discharge Gases
4,526,272 Laterally Bendable Belt Conveyor
4,523,465 Wireless Remote Liquid Level Detector and Indicator for Well Testing
4,466,747 Ash Level Meter for a Fixed-Bed Coal Gasifier
4,466,360 Loop-Bed Combustion Apparatus
4,465,135 Fire Flood Method for Recovering Petroleum from Oil Reservoirs of Low Permeability and Temperature
4,451,826 Single Transmission Line Data Acquisition System
4,447,297 Combined Fluidized Bed Retort and Combustor

For more information on Patents and Licenses, please contact: Lisa Baker at 304-285-4555 or e-mail Lisa.Baker@netl.doe.gov or R. Diane Newlon at 304-285-4086, R Diane.Newlon@netl.doe.gov, or Paula Turner at 541-967-5966 or e-mail Paula.Turner@netl.doe.gov.