Abstract: Provided is an adsorbent used for removing carbon dioxide from a gas comprising carbon dioxide, the adsorbent comprising a cerium oxide and having an average pore diameter of 50 nm or less, the average pore diameter measured by the BET method using argon gas as an adsorption gas.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an adsorbent used for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing carbon dioxide, the method including a reaction step of reacting a mixture containing tetravalent cerium and at least one kind selected from the group consisting of urea, a urea derivative and an amide compound.

Abstract: Provided is an adsorbent used for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing carbon dioxide, the adsorbent containing cerium oxide, in which a lattice constant of the cerium oxide is 0.5415 nm or more.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor configured to suppress damage to a core thereof accompanying vibrations during an operation of the reactor and to reduce noise, while fixing an assembly of a coil and the core to a casing. A reactor includes: a coil, a magnetic core and a coil, a casing and a sealing resin portion. The reactor includes a support portion that is attached to the casing and arranged so as to overlap an upper face of an outer core portion of the magnetic core exposed from the coil, and, together with the sealing resin portion, prevents detachment of the assembly from the casing, the sealing resin portion is interposed between an upper face of the outer core portion and a lower face of the support portion, and the outer core portion and the support portion are not in direct contact with each other.

Abstract: A reactor includes: a coil having winding portions; a magnetic core including inner core portions and a pair of outer core portions sandwiching the inner core portions; end surface interposed members including main body portions between end surfaces of the winding portions and outer core portions, and resin filling holes communicating with interiors of the winding portions; inner resin portions where spaces between inner circumferential surfaces of the winding portions and inner core portions are filled; and outer resin portions covering part of the outer core portions and are connected to the inner resin portions through the resin filling holes. At least one of the pair of outer core portions and an end surface interposed member are formed integrally. The end surface interposed member includes a core holding portion extending to the outer core portion side and interposed between the core holding member and the main body portion.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor having a coil including a winding portion; a magnetic core including an inner core portion and an outer core portion; an inner resin portion; an outer resin portion covering the outer core portion; an inner interposed member forming multiple resin flow paths between the winding portion and the inner core portion; an end surface interposed member has a through hole into which the inner core portion is inserted and a resin filling hole that is continuous in an axial direction of the coil with at least one flow path among the multiple resin flow paths. A gap plate is interposed between the outer core portion and the inner core portion such that a space between the flow path continuous with the resin filling hole and another flow path covered by the outer core portion among the plurality of resin flow paths is not blocked.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor that can be manufactured without holding an assembly when the assembly is fixed to a mounting plate via a bonding layer. The reactor includes a coil, a magnetic core, an interposed insulating member, a metal mounting plate, and a bonding layer. The interposed insulating member is provided with an inwardly interposed portion, a first interposed end face portion, and a second interposed end face portion. The interposed insulating member is obtained by combining a plurality of divided pieces that includes a divided piece having the first interposed end face portion, and a divided piece having the second interposed end face portion. The divided pieces are respectively provided with engaging portions that engage with each other, and the first interposed end face portion and the second interposed end face portion are each provided with a leg piece that separates the coil from the mounting plate.

Abstract: A CO2 removal device includes: a CO2 capturing material which captures H2O and CO2 in a gas; a reaction container which contains the CO2 capturing material; an H2O measuring unit for measuring the concentration of H2O in the gas; an H2O concentration adjustment device which adjusts the concentration of H2O on the basis of information obtained by the H2O measuring unit; a gas introduction path introducing the gas into the reaction container from the H2O concentration adjustment device and bringing the gas into contact with the CO2 capturing material; a first gas discharge path discharging the gas from the reaction container after the gas has been brought into contact with the CO2 capturing material; and a second gas discharge path discharging the gas that has been desorbed from the CO2 capturing material from the reaction container.

Abstract: A reactor including: a coil that includes a winding portion; a magnetic core that includes an inner core portion that is located inside the winding portion and an outer core portion that is located outside the winding portion; an inner interposed member that is interposed between an inner surface of the winding portion and the inner core portion; and an end surface interposed member that is interposed between an end surface of the winding portion and the outer core portion. The inner interposed member is provided with first positioning portions that engage with the end surface interposed member and are located so as to respectively face a first pair of surfaces of the outer core portion to position the outer core portion, the first pair of surfaces being composed of a pair of surfaces that face each other.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor configured to suppress damage to a core thereof accompanying vibrations during an operation of the reactor and to reduce noise, while fixing an assembly of a coil and the core to a casing. A reactor includes: a coil, a magnetic core and a coil, a casing and a sealing resin portion. The reactor includes a support portion that is attached to the casing and arranged so as to overlap an upper face of an outer core portion of the magnetic core exposed from the coil, and, together with the sealing resin portion, prevents detachment of the assembly from the casing, the sealing resin portion is interposed between an upper face of the outer core portion and a lower face of the support portion, and the outer core portion and the support portion are not in direct contact with each other.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor configured to hold constituent components of the reactor at predetermined positions relative to each other during the manufacturing process thereof so as to increase productivity. The reactor includes: a coil having winding portions; magnetic cores formed by combining a plurality of core pieces and gap members interposed between the core pieces, and includes portions that are located inside the winding portions; interposed members interposed between inner surfaces of the winding portions and the magnetic cores, and include a core holding portion that secures gaps between the plurality of core pieces, and position the core pieces; a casing that houses a combined body that includes the coil, the magnetic cores, and the interposed members; and a sealing resin portion that fills the casing and seals the combined body. The gap members are formed using a constituent resin of the sealing resin portion.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor that can be manufactured without holding an assembly when the assembly is fixed to a mounting plate via a bonding layer. The reactor includes a coil, a magnetic core, an interposed insulating member, a metal mounting plate, and a bonding layer. The interposed insulating member is provided with an inwardly interposed portion, a first interposed end face portion, and a second interposed end face portion. The interposed insulating member is obtained by combining a plurality of divided pieces that includes a divided piece having the first interposed end face portion, and a divided piece having the second interposed end face portion. The divided pieces are respectively provided with engaging portions that engage with each other, and the first interposed end face portion and the second interposed end face portion are each provided with a leg piece that separates the coil from the mounting plate.

Abstract: A CO2 removal device includes: a CO2 capturing material which captures H2O and CO2 in a gas; a reaction container which contains the CO2 capturing material; an H2O measuring unit for measuring the concentration of H2O in the gas; an H2O concentration adjustment device which adjusts the concentration of H2O on the basis of information obtained by the H2O measuring unit; a gas introduction path introducing the gas into the reaction container from the H2O concentration adjustment device and bringing the gas into contact with the CO2 capturing material; a first gas discharge path discharging the gas from the reaction container after the gas has been brought into contact with the CO2 capturing material; and a second gas discharge path discharging the gas that has been desorbed from the CO2 capturing material from the reaction container. The CO2 removal device allows for the reduction of energy consumption in removing CO2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a reactor with which a sensor for measuring the physical quantity (temperature or the like) of the reactor and an external apparatus can be connected to each other in a stable manner. The reactor 1A of the present invention includes a coil 2, a magnetic core 3 at which the coil 2 is disposed, and a case 4 storing a combined product 10 made up of the coil 2 and the magnetic core 3. The case 4 includes a bottom plate portion and a side wall portion 41 surrounding the combined product 10. The side wall portion 41 is made of an insulating resin. A connector hooking portion 44 on which a connector portion 72, which is coupled via a line 71 to a sensor such as a temperature sensor for measuring the physical quantity of the reactor 1A is hooked is integrally molded with the side wall portion 41 by the resin structuring the side wall portion 41.

Abstract: In regenerating carbon dioxide capturing material, the amount of regeneration gas supplied to a carbon dioxide recovery column is reduced for higher energy efficiency and shortened regeneration time. A carbon dioxide recovery apparatus includes a carbon dioxide sorbing column, a heating unit, and first, second, and third channels. The carbon dioxide sorbing column contains a carbon dioxide capturing material. The heating unit heats the carbon dioxide capturing material. A carbon-dioxide-containing gas is introduced via the first channel into the carbon dioxide sorbing column. The regeneration gas is introduced via the second channel into the carbon dioxide sorbing column. A gaseous mixture containing a gas desorbed from the carbon dioxide capturing material is recovered via the third channel. The heating unit preheats the carbon dioxide capturing material, and then the regeneration gas is introduced into the carbon dioxide sorbing column to recover carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide capturing material.

Abstract: Provided is a carbon dioxide capturing material that captures a large amount of carbon dioxide, less suffers from decrease in an amount of the captured carbon dioxide even after firing, and has excellent heat resistance. The carbon dioxide capturing material separates and recovers carbon dioxide from a carbon-dioxide-containing gas. The capturing material includes an oxide containing Ce and Al. The oxide contains Ce in a highest content among metal elements in the oxide and contains Al in a content of 0.01% by mole to 40% by mole.

Abstract: A reactor 1 of the present invention includes a coil 2, a magnetic core 3 at which the coil 2 is disposed, and a case 4 storing a combined product 10 made up of the coil 2 and the magnetic core 3. The case 4 includes a bottom plate portion and a side wall portion 41A surrounding the combined product 10. The side wall portion 41A is made of an insulating resin. A hook portion 43a on which a line 71, which is coupled to a sensor 7 for measuring the physical quantity of the reactor 1, such as a temperature sensor, is hooked is integrally molded with the side wall portion 41A by the resin structuring the side wall portion 41A. Allowing the line 71 to be hooked on the hook portion 43a and fixed thereto, the sensor 7 can be prevented from being displaced or coming off because of the line 71 being pulled or the like. Thus, the sensor 7 can be maintained at a proper position.

Abstract: A reactor comprising a coil including a pair of coil elements and a magnetic core including a pair of inner core portions, outer core portions that connect the inner core portions to form a closed magnetic circuit, and a case that houses an assembly of the coil and the magnetic core, wherein the gap between the outer peripheral surface of the coil and the inner peripheral surface of the side wall portion of the case is 0 mm to 1.0 mm.

Abstract: To provide a reactor with which resin can fully be packed between a core and a coil with ease, and in which the core can easily be handled when the reactor is manufactured. The reactor includes: a coil 10 formed with paired coil elements 10A and 10B that are made of a spirally wound wire, the coil elements being coupled to each other in a paralleled state; internal core portions 22 that are fitted into the coil elements 10A and 10B to structure a part of an annular core 20; and exposed core portions 24 that are exposed outside the coil elements 10A and 10B to couple the internal core portions 22 to each other, to thereby form the rest of the annular core 20. The reactor includes an external resin portion that covers at least a part of an assembled product 1A made up of the coil 10 and the core 20. An interval between the inner end face 24f of the exposed core portion 24 and the end face of the coil 10 is 0.5 mm to 4.0 mm, whereby the resin can easily be packed between the coil 10 and the core 20.

Abstract: A small reactor capable of appropriately measuring the temperature of a coil is provided. The reactor includes a coil 2 including a pair of coil elements 2a and 2b and a magnetic core including a pair of inner core portions 31 disposed in the respective coil elements 2a and 2b and outer core portions that connect the inner core portions 31 to form a closed magnetic circuit. Each of the coil elements 2a and 2b has an end face shape having a rounded corner portion 21, which is a corner portion of a rectangle that is rounded. A temperature sensor 7 is disposed in a trapezoidal space between the rounded corner portions 21 of the coil elements 2a and 2b that face each other. The temperature sensor 7 is pressed so as to contact the rounded corner portions 21 by the sensor holder portion 54 provided on an insulator, and is capable of appropriately measuring the temperature of the coil 2.