Lin Y Li

6649561, Nov 18, 2003

Feb 26, 2001

09/792982

Joseph J. Sangiovanni - West Suffield CT
Zissis A. Dardas - Worcester MA
Mariana A. Ioneva - East Hartford CT
Lin Li - Richardson TX

United Technologies Corporation - Hartford CT

B01J 2300

502300, 502350, 502351, 4273762, 4273764, 427315, 427318, 427327, 427436, 428651, 428660, 428457, 428459, 428472, 4284721, 423608, 423610, 501 12, 501134, 516 90

A titania-coated honeycomb catalyst matrix is provided for the ultraviolet-photocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants in a flowing fluid. A honeycomb-shaped skeletal structure ( ) has a thin, lightweight substrate ( ) of metal or ceramic, typically an aluminum alloy, and a surface coating ( ) of photocatalyst, such as titania. The photocatalyst ( ) is bonded to the substrate ( ) via a thin oxide layer ( â) on the substrate. The oxide layer ( â) may be grown on the substrate. The photocatalyst coating ( ) is made by mixing ( ) titania powder in a TiO sol-gel to form a titania slurry. The substrate with oxide layer is coated ( ) with the titania slurry and then heat treated ( ). The photocatalyst coating ( ) is typically applied to substrate sheets ( ) preformed for assembly into a honeycomb-shaped skeletal structure ( ) having an array of parallel cells ( â). The coated sheets ( ) may have troughs ( ) and crests ( ), and be stacked ( ) with intermediate parting sheets ( ).

20120323633, Dec 20, 2012

Jun 16, 2011

13/162240

Pawan R. Chowdhary - Montrose NY, US
Youssef Drissi - Ossining NY, US
Mary E. Helander - North White Plains NY, US
Kaan K. Katircioglu - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Lin Li - Colleyville TX, US
Min Min Qiu - Beijing, CN
Karthik Sourirajan - White Plains NY, US
Karthik Subbian - BKarnataka, IN
Takashi Yonezawa - Kanagawa-ken, JP

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06Q 10/00

705 731, 705 711

A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for providing an integrated solution to a set of supply chain optimization problems. In one embodiment, the method comprises defining a distribution network, vehicle routing, inventory positioning, and environmental sustainability for a supply chain; and combining an optimization of the distribution network, the vehicle routing, the inventory positioning, and the environmental sustainability into a single problem. In an embodiment, the optimization of the distribution network, the vehicle routing, the inventory positioning, and the environmental sustainability are combined into a single problem by using analytical engines. In one embodiment, these analytical engines include an inventory positioning engine to identify an inventory policy, a network analysis engine to identify a network structure, a vehicle routing engine to identify routes for delivering products, and a sustainability engine to quantify energy use and carbon emissions of defined actions.

20200197867, Jun 25, 2020

Apr 23, 2018

16/607015

- Newark NJ, US
- Minnetonka MN, US
Lin Li - Kearny NJ, US
Thomas J. McEvoy - Tofte MN, US

B01D 61/36
B01D 63/04
C02F 1/44

Exemplary embodiments in desalination by direct contact membrane distillation present a cylindrical cross-flow module containing high-flux composite hydrophobic hollow fiber membranes. The present embodiments are directed to a model that has been developed to describe the observed water production rates of such devices in multiple brine feed introduction configurations. The model describes the observed water vapor production rates for different feed brine temperatures at various feed brine flow rates. The model flux predictions have been explored over a range of hollow fiber lengths to compare the present results with those obtained earlier from rectangular modules which had significantly shorter hollow fibers.