Carl David Richardson

US Patent:

6818043, Nov 16, 2004

Filed:

Jan 23, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/350999

Inventors:

Ramsay Chang - Los Altos CA
Frank Meserole - Austin TX
Carl Richardson - Austin TX

Assignee:

Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

B01D 5310

US Classification:

95 37, 95 36, 95 62, 95 65, 95 72, 95107, 95133, 95134, 95143, 95273, 96 27, 96 52, 96 74, 96108, 423 99, 4232132, 423240 S

Abstract:

A method for efficiently removing vapor-phase contaminants from gas streams is described. A powdered adsorbent such as activated carbon is ground into a fine powder by wet grinding to form a slurry. Chemicals are added to the slurry to impregnate the sorbent to enhance sorbent effectiveness. The slurry chemical mixture is sprayed into the gas stream in the form of small droplets which evaporate to produce an aerosol of fine adsorbent particles. Vapor-phase contaminants in the gas stream adsorb onto the fine adsorbent particle surfaces and the adsorbent particles are removed from the gas stream by a conventional particle collection method.

US Patent:

D2907470, Jul 7, 1987

Filed:

Nov 1, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/794405

Inventors:

Robert H. Tigner - Arlington TX
Carl C. Richardson - Fort Worth TX

Assignee:

A.R.A. Manufacturing Company of Delaware, Inc. - Grand Prairie TX

US Classification:

D23142

US Patent:

55058540, Apr 9, 1996

Filed:

Sep 9, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/302432

Inventors:

Robert L. Glover - Southlake TX
Robert E. Moser - Palo Alto CA
Frank Meserole - Austin TX
Carl Richardson - Round Rock TX
Gerard B. Maybach - Getzville NY
Gordon Maller - Louisville KY
Timothy Hanley - Holly Springs NC
Thomas King - Wyomissing PA

Assignee:

Electric Power Research Institute - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

B01D 6502
B01D 1712

US Classification:

210739

Abstract:

A continuous filtration system for supplying an uninterrupted supply of filtrate from a solids-containing industrial process suitable for use by on-line automatic analyzers is provided. The continuous filtration system, which is particularly useful for filtering flue gas desulfurization process slurry to produce a solids-free filtrate for autoanalysis, includes a pair of filters connected in series which concurrently receive a tangential flow of slurry into the filter head that is discharged perpendicularly through a filtrate head. An automatic flushing system is provided to keep the filter membranes free of solid particles. An optional autoanalyzer for unfiltered slurry may also be included in the system.

US Patent:

20210223224, Jul 22, 2021

Filed:

Dec 14, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/121520

Inventors:

- San Marcos TX, US
Carl R. Richardson - Kyle TX, US

Assignee:

Texas State University - San Marcos TX

International Classification:

G01N 33/12
G01N 27/12

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of evaluating a meat sample by measuring electricity conducted from water in the meat sample and correlating the evaluation to a property of the meat sample. The water forms (e.g., free water, immobilized water, and bound water) can be evaluated by measuring electricity conducted from water in the meat sample. The property of the meat sample can include, without limitation, a color of the meat sample, or a tenderness of the meat sample.