122results about "Nitric oxide" patented technology

Systems and methods for nitric oxide generation are provided. In an embodiment, an NO generation system can include a controller and disposable cartridge that can provide nitric oxide to two different treatments simultaneously. The disposable cartridge has multiple purposes including preparing incoming gases for exposure to the NO generation process, scrubbing exhaust gases for unwanted materials, characterizing the patient inspiratory flow, and removing moisture from sample gases collected. Plasma generation can be done within the cartridge or within the controller. The system has the capability of calibrating NO and NO2 gas analysis sensors without the use of a calibration gas.

The present invention relates to a process for the capture of a noble metal, especially of rhodium and / or platinum, lost by volatilization from a catalyst to a high heated gas stream (including local heating due to a highly exothermic reaction) by contacting the highly heated gas stream containing the volatilized noble metal with a first oxide element comprising an oxide of formula A2O3, especially Nd2O3, as well as the use of an oxide of formula A2O3, especially Nd2O3 for capture of such a noble metal or catchment devices comprising an oxide of formula A2O3, especially Nd2O3. This process is especially useful in relation to the industrial processes like the Ostwald process (showing a highly exothermic reaction) where a catalyst containing rhodium and platinum is used. In selected circumstances these oxides may also act on the decomposition of unwanted N2O arising in said Ostwald process.

A burner basket assembly of an ammonia oxidation reactor, wherein the burner basket assembly comprises a burner basket inner side wall, a gas-permeable bottom plate, wherein between the burner basket inner side wall and the bottom plate a circumferential radial clearance is present, an L-shaped clearance cover profile which comprises a horizontal clearance cover plate and a vertical clearance cover plate which has a certain length, wherein the horizontal and the vertical clearance cover plate are mechanically fixed to each other, and wherein the L-shaped cover profile during operation is displaceable in a vertical direction in view of the burner basket inner side wall, a support ring which is mechanically fixed to the burner basket inner side wall, an upside-down positioned L-shaped locking profile, comprising a horizontal locking plate and a vertical locking plate which are mechanically fixed to each other, wherein the horizontal locking plate is mechanically fixed to the support ring, wherein the L-shaped locking profile, the support ring and the respective part of the burner basket inner side wall limit a ring-shaped gap into which at least a top part of the vertical clearance cover plate is located, and wherein between the support ring and the vertical clearance cover plate a distance is arranged which is such that the vertical displacement of the vertical clearance cover plate in view of the burner basket inner side wall is limited by the support ring and at all times during the operation of the burner basket, collision between the L-shaped clearance cover profile and the L-shaped locking profile is avoided.

In an example method, a solution is introduced to an interior opening of a nitric oxide permeable polymeric object. The solution includes a solvent and S-nitroso-1-adamantanethiol dissolved in the solvent. The solution is allowed to soak in the interior opening of the nitric oxide permeable polymeric object for a time up to 12 hours. The solution is then removed from the interior opening of the nitric oxide permeable polymeric object.

There is provided a method for the synthesis of nitrogen oxides (NOx) comprising the steps of providing a gas mixture comprising oxygen and nitrogen; and heating the gas mixture to a temperature of at least 2300 K at a pressure of 10-100 bar in a thermal reactor forming a gas mixture comprising NOx. There is also provided a method for the production of HNO3.

The present application relates to a kind of purification method of nitric oxide gas, comprising the following steps: crude nitric oxide gas is imported into extraction column, and the extraction phase obtained after extraction is imported into resolution column for temperature resolution;Nitric oxide gas resolved is imported into ethanol absorption tower after alkali washing tower and condenser;Again imported into the adsorption tower filled with 13X molecular sieve;After adsorption, the gas is collected into product collection bottle, and the purity of more than 99.99% nitric oxide product is obtained.The present application uses ferrous sulfate solution as extractant, extracts refined nitric oxide, realizes the efficient extraction of nitric oxide by the coordination reaction of ferrous ion and nitric oxide in the purification process, then uses ethanol as absorbent, utilizes the significant difference in solubility of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide in ethanol, can selectively absorb the nitrous oxide impurity difficult to remove, finally uses 13X molecular sieve to further remove nitrous oxide, which is beneficial to reduce disproportionation reaction and improve product purity.

Disclosed is an apparatus for conversion of ammonia into oxides of nitrogen which may comprise an adiabatic burner (108), a set of platinum / rhodium alloy catalytic gauzes (102A), (102B), and (102C), a waste heat recovery boiler (WHRB) (110), an absorption tower (302A), (302B), (302C), (302D) and (302E), a NaOH tank (306) and a surge tank (304). Further, the adiabatic burner may be configured to carry out catalytic oxidation of air and ammonia, using catalytic gauzes (102A), (102B), and (102C) of platinum / rhodium alloy. Further, the mixture of air and ammonia may be selectively oxidized to oxides of nitrogen, which may be absorbed in an alkali medium in the absorption tower (302A), (302B), (302C), (302D) and (302E), to yield sodium nitrites and nitrates.

The invention relates to a process for producing nitric acid comprising at least one step for treating a gaseous effluent containing N2O, said process comprising at least the following steps in this order: - a step in which ethanol is added to the gaseous effluent; - a step for treating the gaseous effluent which is a decomposition step of the N2O on a catalytic bed containing at least one catalyst comprising an iron-exchanged ferrierite zeolite, at a temperature below 400°C. The invention also relates to a nitric acid production unit.

The present disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling the electrical generation of nitric oxide. In some aspects, a system for generating nitric oxide comprises a plasma chamber housing two or more electrodes in communication with a resonant high voltage circuit configured to send a signal to the plasma chamber for generating nitric oxide in a product gas from a flow of a reactant gas, and a controller configured to generate a pulse width modulation signal having multiple harmonic frequencies to excite the resonant high voltage circuit. The controller is configured to adjust the duty cycle of the pulse width modulation signal, the controller selecting the duty cycle based on a target voltage before plasma formation and a target current after plasma formation in the plasma chamber.

The application discloses a method for generating nitric oxide gas, and belongs to the field of gas preparation and medical treatment, and is characterized in that the method for generating nitric oxide gas is to mix liquid medicament with solid medicament, to make the liquid medicament and the solid medicament react chemically, so as to generate nitric oxide gas with a certain concentration, the effective component of the solid medicament is nitrosyl iron sulfate, and the liquid medicament is one or a mixture of several kinds of alkali solution or slurry and salt solution or slurry. The application further discloses a corresponding device for generating nitric oxide gas.

Provided herein are method of treating a patient with nontuberculous mycobacteria by administering nitric oxide to the patient for at least 100 days to increase functional capacity and quality of life of the patient.

The present invention relates to a catalyst system comprising more than one catalyst network, wherein at least one of the catalyst networks contains at least one noble metal wire consisting of a binary PtRh alloy. The binary PtRh alloy consists of 3.4-4.6 wt. % of rhodium, impurities and the remainder platinum. The catalyst system does not comprise a catalyst network containing a noble metal wire made of a further binary PtRh alloy comprising more than 7 wt. % of rhodium. The invention also relates to a method for the catalytic oxidation of ammonia, in which a catalyst system according to the invention is used.

Disclosed herein is a system and method comprising an apparatus for delivering a therapeutic amount of nitric oxide to a subject, the apparatus comprising at least one air inlet; a first receptacle configured to host a first source of nitric oxide; a second receptacle configured to host a second source of nitric oxide; a control unit configured to communicate with the first receptacle and the second receptacle and to selectively couple the at least one air inlet to at least one of the first receptacle or the second receptacle to deliver the nitric oxide from the first or the second source; a first outlet coupled to the first receptacle to deliver nitric oxide; and a second outlet coupled to the second receptacle to deliver nitric oxide. The first source can be provided to a ventilator and the second source can be provided to an ECMO device.

The present invention describes a method for producing precious metal meshes for ammonia oxidation. The method according to the invention allows for the robust and simple production of distortion-free meshes through a special winding process.

The sterilization systems and methods presented herein include a reaction vessel in which nitric oxide is generated on demand from a nitric oxide donor in solution, and the nitric oxide so generated is moved from the reaction vessel through a surge vessel into a sterilization chamber via a negative pressure gradient, where residual nitric oxide is then adsorbed or catalytically destroyed.

Nitric oxide precursors for providing nitric oxide are provided. The nitric oxide precursors comprise a reaction product of a thiolactone, a primary amine, and a nitrosating compound. The nitric oxide precursors are capable of decomposing to form nitric oxide.

The invention relates to a method for trapping precious metals, in particular rhodium, lost due to volatilization from a catalyst to a high-temperature gas stream, including local heating due to a high exothermic reaction, by reacting a high-temperature gas stream containing the volatilized precious metals with a catalyst comprising at least one oxide, the first oxide element is preferably selected from oxides of the formula ABO3, in particular in the form of perovskite or the RP phase thereof / An + 1BnO3n + 1 (n = integer, preferably n = 1, 3). This process is particularly suitable for industrial processes, such as the Ostwald process (manifest as highly exothermic reactions), in which a catalyst containing rhodium (and platinum) is used. In selected cases, these oxides may also act on the decomposition / conversion of unwanted N2O produced in the Ostwald process. Other aspects of the invention relate to the use of said oxides for trapping rhodium, or devices comprising such oxides for use in trapping rhodium.

The present disclosure relates to a recovery system for recovering volatile precious metals from a gas phase, particularly for selectively recovering Pt and / or Pd, but not Rh from a gas phase. The recovery system is characterized in that it comprises a plurality of woven or knitted metallic silver gauzes stacked on top of each other, or a plurality of layers of a ceramic or glass support coated with metallic silver, or a combination of both. The present disclosure further relates to a method for recovering volatile precious metals from a gas phase. The present disclosure further relates to a system for the catalytic conversion of ammonia into nitric oxide comprising a recovery system according to the recovery system of the disclosure. The present disclosure further relates to the use of the system of the disclosure for the catalytic conversion of ammonia into nitric acid, for the catalytic ammonia into nitric oxide. The present disclosure further relates to method for revamping a system for the catalytic conversion of ammonia into nitric oxide, the system comprising a catalytic system comprising one or more precious metals selected from the group consisting of Pd, Pt and Rh.

The disclosure pertains to a nitric acid production process and plant wherein tail gas is recycled to the burner and O2 is supplied to the absorption section in a certain molar ratio to the ammonia feed.

Systems and methods for nitric oxide generation are provided. In an embodiment, an NO generation system comprises a controller and disposable cartridge that can provide nitric oxide to two different treatments simultaneously. The disposable cartridge has multiple purposes including preparing incoming gases for exposure to the NO generation process, scrubbing exhaust gases for unwanted materials, characterizing the patient inspiratory flow, and removing moisture from sample gases collected. Plasma generation can be done within the cartridge or within the controller. The system has the capability of calibrating NO and NO2 gas analysis sensors without the use of a calibration gas.

A system for delivering a therapeutic amount of nitric oxide can include a reservoir including a restrictor with a length of at least 0.5 inches and at most 2 inches covered by a metal sheath, a gas supply, and a delivery conduit. A delivery conduit can include at least one cartridge and a patient interface. The at least one cartridge can include a surface-active material and a reducing agent.

A reactor may have a catalyst bed for the catalytic treatment of a gas stream, with the catalyst bed extending substantially over a cross section of the reactor. Gas to be treated may axially fly through the catalyst bed. A carrier structure for the catalyst bed that is at least partly floatingly mounted in the reactor may include a sieve element and, radially outwardly, carrier elements fixedly joined to the reactor wall below the sieve element. The sieve element provides a resting surface for the catalyst bed. The sieve element terminates, radially outwardly, at a distance from the reactor wall. The carrier structure also includes support elements for the sieve element that are floatingly mounted in the reactor. An improved floating mounting is thus provided where not only the sieve element itself but also further parts of the carrier structure are mounted to prevent stresses due to thermal expansion.

Provided are methods for delivering NO to patients, systems for delivering NO to patients, devices for generation and storage of NO, and methods for generating NO. Described are systems providing single-step and dual-step dilution of high concentration NO for delivery to a patient without generating toxic levels of NO2. Also described are NO storage cartridges for use in the systems.

The present disclosure relates to a nitric acid production process and apparatus in which the off-gas is recycled to a burner and O2 is fed to an absorption section in a molar ratio to the ammonia feed.

A nitric oxide precursor for providing nitric oxide is provided. The nitric oxide precursor comprises a reaction product of a thiolactone, a primary amine, and a nitrosating compound. The nitric oxide precursor is capable of decomposing to form nitric oxide.