Abstract: A method and an apparatus which continuously separate and measure mercury in an exhaust gas in accordance with each chemical conformation and display a measurement result in real time. According to the method and the apparatus, water-soluble mercury in a gas is absorbed into an absorption solution (7), the gas and the absorption solution (7) are then separated from each other, the water-soluble mercury in the absorption solution (7) is reduced to be converted into gaseous metal mercury and led to an analyzer (20), and metal mercury in the gas which is not absorbed into the absorption solution (7) is led to an analyzer (22) in the form of gas. As a result, the water-soluble mercury and the non-water-soluble mercury contained in the gas can be captured and measured/analyzed in respective measurement systems in accordance with each chemical conformation. In addition, a concentration of the metal mercury and that of the water-soluble mercury in the gas can be continuously monitored in real time.

Abstract: A heat storage tank includes a tank body having a cylindrical opening portion at one end side, and a coolant passage portion for defining therein flow passages communicating with the tank body. The tank body stores a coolant of a liquid-cooled engine therein while being thermal insulated, and the coolant flows into and flows out of the tank body through the flow passages. The coolant passage portion includes an insertion portion that is inserted into the opening portion in its axial direction. At least two O-rings are provided between the opening portion of the tank body and the insertion portion to seal a clearance therebetween, and are lined in the axial direction to be separated from each other in the axial direction by a predetermined distance. Accordingly, the heat storage tank can improve sealing performance of the coolant.

Abstract: In the inventive heat storage tank, the welded portion 15 between the inner tank 11 and the outer tank 12 is not encircled by the housing 20 but opens outward in the radial direction of the tank body port 13, and a gap 3 is provided in the axial direction of the tank body port 13 between the welded portion 15 and a par of the housing 20 opposed to the welded portion 15 in the axial direction of the tank body port 13. Also, there is an elastic member 29 between the periphery 18 of the pipe-inserting hole 17 in the flow-straightening member 16 and the flange 26.

Abstract: In the inventive heat storage tank, the welded portion 15 between the inner tank 11 and the outer tank 12 is not encircled by the housing 20 but opens outward in the radial direction of the tank body port 13, and a gap 3 is provided in the axial direction of the tank body port 13 between the welded portion 15 and a par of the housing 20 opposed to the welded portion 15 in the axial direction of the tank body port 13. Also, there is an elastic member 29 between the periphery 18 of the pipe-inserting hole 17 in the flow-straightening member 16 and the flange 26.

Abstract: A heat storage tank includes a tank body having a cylindrical opening portion at one end side, and a coolant passage portion for defining therein flow passages communicating with the tank body. The tank body stores a coolant of a liquid-cooled engine therein while being thermal insulated, and the coolant flows into and flows out of the tank body through the flow passages. The coolant passage portion includes an insertion portion that is inserted into the opening portion in its axial direction. At least two O-rings are provided between the opening portion of the tank body and the insertion portion to seal a clearance therebetween, and are lined in the axial direction to be separated from each other in the axial direction by a predetermined distance. Accordingly, the heat storage tank can improve sealing performance of the coolant.

Abstract: A double-layer vacuum container includes: an inner container having a bridging member supported by an outer container in a bridging manner; the outer container through which the bridging member extending from the inner container is externally exposed; and a cover member for externally covering the portion of the outer container through which the bridging member is exposed and for sealing a space inside the cover member and a space between the inner container and the outer container in a vacuum state between the cover member and the outer container. With such a structure of the double-layer vacuum container, the inner container other than a lip is supported by the outer container with a good heat retaining property to prevent the displacement or damage of the inner container.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus which continuously separate and measure mercury in an exhaust gas in accordance with each chemical conformation and display a measurement result in real time. According to the method and the apparatus, water-soluble mercury in a gas is absorbed into an absorption solution (7), the gas and the absorption solution (7) are then separated from each other, the water-soluble mercury in the absorption solution (7) is reduced to be converted into gaseous metal mercury and led to an analyzer (20), and metal mercury in the gas which is not absorbed into the absorption solution (7) is led to an analyzer (22) in the form of gas. As a result, the water-soluble mercury and the non-water-soluble mercury contained in the gas can be captured and measured/analyzed in respective measurement systems in accordance with each chemical conformation. In addition, a concentration of the metal mercury and that of the water-soluble mercury in the gas can be continuously monitored in real time.

Abstract: A boiler tube protector having a cylindrical or semi-cylindrical shape and adapted to be attached around an outer peripheral face of a boiler tube with mortar, which boiler tube protector includes a plurality of ceramic bodies closely arranged along their parting planes, wherein the parting planes includes a restraining portion for restraining slippage of each of the ceramic bodies.

Abstract: A method of attaching a boiler tube protectors having a cylindrical or semi-cylindrical shape around an outer peripheral face of a boiler tube with mortar, which boiler tube protectors, are a plurality of ceramic bodies closely arranged along their parting planes, wherein the parting planes includes means for restraining slippage of each of the ceramic bodies along the parting planes.

Abstract: An aluminum material for brazing, comprising a core made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and a layer coated on the surface of the core. The layer is made of zinc or an alloy of zinc-and-aluminum and a brazing alloy having a melting point which is lower than that of the core by a predetermined value. The zinc or the alloy of zinc-and-aluminum and the brazing alloy have different melting points. Also disclosed are a method of manufacturing an aluminum material for brazing and a method of manufacturing an aluminum alloy heat exchanger by use of the Al material for brazing.

Abstract: A device for straightening a welding wire which includes a box-shaped frame of a generally rectangular configuration through which a welding wire is fed, and a plurality of pairs of wire straightening rollers mounted on the frame in longitudinally spaced-apart aligned relation along the path of wire feed, the pairs of rollers each having roller surfaces in transversely spaced-apart opposed relation, and the adjacent pair of rollers being located at a desired phase angle relative to each other.