Pavol C Pranda

7569093, Aug 4, 2009

Mar 31, 2006

11/394208

Pavol Pranda - Lisle IL, US
William A. Von Drasek - Oak Forest IL, US
Kenneth A. Mulderink - Countryside IL, US

American Air Liquide, Inc. - Fremont CA

B01D 46/00

95 23, 95279, 95286, 96413, 7386323, 7386325, 7386331, 7386324, 55523, 55302

A filtering system for monitoring fluid emissions from a process includes a plurality of filter assembly sections arranged in a parallel fluid flow manner with respect to each other so as to selectively receive a sample fluid (e. g. , a sample gas) entering at an inlet of the system. Each filter assembly section includes a filter unit to filter particulate materials from a fluid flowing through the filter, first and second valves disposed at upstream and downstream locations of the filter unit, and a blowback flow path configured to selectively direct a cleaning fluid through the filter unit in a direction that opposes a direction in which the sample fluid flows through the filter unit. Each filter assembly section can be selectively isolated from other portions of the system so as to prevent the sample fluid from flowing through the filter assembly section while allowing a cleaning fluid to be delivered through the blowback flow path of the filter assembly section.

7730727, Jun 8, 2010

Aug 15, 2006

11/464810

Quan Yuan - Mt. Prospect IL, US
Tailai Hu - Greenville SC, US
Pavol Pranda - Lisle IL, US

American Air Liquide, Inc. - Fremont CA

F02C 3/30
F02C 6/00

60775, 60 39182

Apparatuses and methods for cogeneration ducting applications in which at least a desired effective flow stream control is maintained for stable combustion. A flow stream is directed through a flow control system to achieve the desired effective uniform flow rate and composition.

7914279, Mar 29, 2011

Aug 18, 2005

11/206730

M. Usman Ghani - Bolingbrook IL, US
Florian Gautier - Route de Vins, FR
Frederick W. Giacobbe - Naperville IL, US
Pavol Pranda - Lisle IL, US
Nicolas Perrin - Bourg la Reine, FR

American Air Liquide, Inc. - Fremont CA

F23M 3/00

431 9, 431350, 431351

Apparatus and methods for improved combustion of oxygen and a mixture of a non-gaseous fuel, which includes providing: 1) a source of a mixture of non-gaseous fuel and conveying gas; 2) a source of oxygen; 3) a burner operatively associated with a combustion chamber; 4) a fuel duct in fluid communication with the source of mixed non-gaseous fuel and conveying gas; 5) a tubular oxygen lance fluidly communicating with the source of oxygen; and 6) at least two injection elements in fluid communication with the source of oxygen. The fuel duct includes a portion that extends along an axis towards the burner. The lance is disposed along the axis and has a diameter D. The injection elements are configured to inject oxygen into, and mix therewith, a flow of the mixture upstream of, or at, the burner. At least one of the injection elements receives oxygen from the lance. The injection elements are spaced apart by a distance X, which is greater than the length of diameter D.

7950217, May 31, 2011

Jun 8, 2006

11/423132

Tailai Hu - La Grange PK IL, US
Pavol Pranda - Lisle IL, US

American Air Liquide, Inc. - Fremont CA

F02C 7/08

60 3952, 60772

Systems and methods for exhaust gas recirculation in which at least a desired effective oxygen concentration is maintained for stable combustion at increased recirculation rates. Oxygen-enriched gas is injected into the recirculated exhaust gas to achieve the desired effective oxygen concentration.

8246343, Aug 21, 2012

Nov 26, 2007

11/945034

M. Usman Ghani - Newark DE, US
Florian Gautier - Leval, FR
Rajani K. Varagani - Bear DE, US
Susie Levesque - Newark DE, US
Bernard Labegorre - Paris, FR
Frederic Camy-Peyret - Paris, FR
Sylvain Grillon - Meudon, FR
Pavol Pranda - Hockessin DE, US

L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude - Paris

F23M 3/00

431 9, 431 8, 431 10, 431116, 431284, 431351

In one embodiment, a method for generating heat energy includes injecting a stream having a concentration of at least 50% oxygen (Ostream) into a primary gas stream through a mixer, the mixer discharging the Ostream as two or more spaced jets traversing the primary stream, thereby enriching the primary gas stream. The method further includes mixing fuel with the enriched primary gas stream, thereby forming a fuel stream; and combusting the fuel stream, thereby forming a flue gas stream.

8393138, Mar 12, 2013

May 20, 2011

13/112299

Tailai Hu - Greenville SC, US
Pavol Pranda - Hockessin DE, US

American Air Liquide, Inc. - Fremont CA

F02C 7/08

60 3952, 60 39182

Systems and methods for exhaust gas recirculation in which at least a desired effective oxygen concentration is maintained for stable combustion at increased recirculation rates. Oxygen-enriched gas is injected into the recirculated exhaust gas to achieve the desired effective oxygen concentration.

8529849, Sep 10, 2013

Jun 17, 2011

13/163075

Pavol Pranda - Hockessin DE, US
Robert A. Gagliano - Cochranville PA, US
Tony M K Thampan - Bear DE, US

American Air Liquide, Inc. - Fremont CA

B01J 8/00
B01J 10/00

422650, 422641, 422312, 422240, 422220, 422180

An improved reactor tube which includes a reactor tube, wherein the reactor tube is at least partially filled with at least one porous media catalyst, and at least one shape memory alloy element located within the reactor tube, wherein; at a first temperature, the shape memory alloy element has a first configuration, at a second temperature, the shape memory alloy element has a second configuration is provided.

20040041310, Mar 4, 2004

May 5, 2003

10/429363

Vladimir Hlavacek - Clarence NY, US
Pavol Pranda - Mishawaka IN, US

C21C005/32

266/225000

A continuous hot rod () for removing portions of a target material (), comprises: an elongated lance formed of a fuel material (); a reel for providing a continuous source of fuel material (); a source of oxidizer (); a conduit () for establishing a controllable flow of oxidizer from the source through the lance; and a sleeve () with a layer formed of a material containing chlorine and/or fluorine, and/or a second layer formed of carbon and/or Grafoil which contribute to focus a flame; whereby, when the hot rod is ignited and used to remove portions of a target material, the chlorine and/or fluorine in the sleeve material will react chemically with the target material to form gaseous reaction products, and the reel will provide a continuous source of fuel material.