Abstract: An adapter arranged for interposition between a manifold and a first test instrument and detachably supporting a second test instrument in a selected angular orientation includes a stationary bar and a rotatable body attached to the stationary bar that has a mounting surface arranged to detachably support the second test instrument. The adapter also includes a means for securing the rotatable body in a selected angular relationship with respect to the stationary bar and providing a stabilized sealed connection between the rotatable body and the stationary bar.

Abstract: A method for tailoring naturally occurring zeolite materials with silane compounds and using such silane tailored naturally occurring zeolite solid sorbent materials to remove benzenes and alkyl benzenes (BTEX) from contaminated water streams is described.

Abstract: An improved method for acidizing an oil bearing formation in the presence of water bearing zones having high permeability is described. An aqueous fluid is pumped into the formation preceding the injection of stimulation material. This fluid contains hydroxyethylcellulose, a fluorescent dye and an organic acid anhydride, which during hydrolysis reduces the pH and the viscosity of the solution making it retrievable without damage to the formation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a street legal mobile mounted tube bundle pulling apparatus which is moveable from a lifting position to a travelling position. A longitudinal track is attached to the bed of the vehicle. A sled which is contiguous with said track supports a turntable. A vertical telescoping column is mounted on the turntable. A bundle pulling apparatus is attached to the vertical telescoping column. Hydraulic cylinders are used for actuating both the turntable and the sled. By actuating the sled the telescoping column and bundle pulling apparatus which is a majority of the mass can be dragged to and between a rearward lifting position and a forward travelling position.

Abstract: An improved apparatus and process for oxidizing industrial spent caustic streams, whereby oxidation of spent caustic occurs in a unitary processing tower with three chambers that cooperate simultaneously to oxidize the caustic in the first chamber; to separate the caustic from the oxidizing gas in the second chamber; and, in the third chamber, to pass gas and cooled caustic through a mass transfer apparatus that cools and cleans the gas and releases the caustic and gas into a gas-liquid separation zone of the upper chamber. An alternative embodiment of the invention involves spatially separating the upper chamber from the other two chambers.

Abstract: Contamination can be removed from equipment of a chemical processing flow path by pumping through the plant an aqueous solution at an elevated temperature of an extractant, such as terpene, and a surfactant mixture which traps contaminants for disposal in an environmentally acceptable manner.

Abstract: Disclosed is an a mobile emergency eyewash and bodysplash apparatus for delivering water for cleaning chemical irritants from eyes or skin. The apparatus includes a water tank housing which holds a water tank. A second housing contains a drench nozzle and eyewash fountain, both of which are connected by tubing to the water tank. The second housing is slidably and rotatably mounted on top of the water tank housing. The apparatus generally is positioned in the back of a pickup truck, so that during operation, the drench nozzle and eyewash fountain housing is slidably moved from the top of the water tank housing and rotated into place on the side of the truck. A panel on the second housing is opened to reveal the drench nozzle and eyewash fountain.

Abstract: A protective device for a fluid-filled submersible electric motor powering a downhole pump in a well bore disposed between the motor and pump and forming a sealed assembly with the motor is described. The upper interior portion of the device is sealed to preclude the entry of well fluid and a vent near the lower end of its housing accommodates equalization of pressure between the interior of the device and the well bore with minimum contamination of the motor fluid. The protective device embodies a sealed chamber filled with motor fluid that communicates with the motor first by moving upward from a variable capacity chamber through an internal passageway and then downward through an annular passageway to the motor. An improved assembly for housing and orienting the operational parts of the device is also described.

Abstract: An improved process for the decontamination of process equipment and vessels is described wherein an extractant material for the contaminant and a surfactant are vaporized, heated with steam, to condense on the internal surfaces of the vessel to trap contaminants, such as benzene, for removal from the vessel to allow safe entry for humans for inspection and maintenance.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a cover which is supported or suspended from a self-supporting, open air framework constructed over a vessel. The cover is sealed to the vessel.

Abstract: The present invention provides aqueous processes which create new chemical compositions of matter prepared by reacting, in the presence of aqueous ammonia or other source of reactive NH.sub.2 groups, an alkali metal hydroxide to raise pH above 12, and further reacting with the addition of a mineral acid. The reactants are added as quickly as possible to obtain a highly exothermic reaction which, when reacted in the described manner will then contain ammonia in solution and form new polymeric water complexes. The mineral acid can be selected from, a phosphorus species, or a halogen species, or a nitrogen species, or a sulfur species, or a carbon species, or a combination of these acid species.

Abstract: An invention for removing arsenic from contaminated soil is described. The process of this invention involves contacting contaminated soil with a carbonated solution either formed by bubbling carbon dioxide through water or dissolving in alkali metal carbonate in water for contact of the contaminated soil. The supernatent solution resulting can then be treated to remove the arsenic, preferably with reverse osmosis, for further use of the water and the decontaminated soil returned to the environment.

Abstract: A tube bundle cleaner capable of cleaning vertical tube bundles by remote actuation by an operator is provided. To prevent binding of the flexible fluid supply conduit which supplies hydroblasting fluid to the manifold upon which the cleaning lances are mounted, a bight portion of the conduit extends toward the open end of the housing which slidably carries the manifold.

Abstract: A vision inspection system capable of high resolution of distanced portions of the same part is provided, allowing for dimensional calculations to be made on large parts with high resolution. A process for inspection of a part is provided, comprising the steps of: mapping a first portion of the part; mapping a second portion of the part; defining a first reference coordinate corresponding to a first reference point located on the first portion of the part; defining a second reference coordinate corresponding to a second reference point located on the second portion of the part; determining the number of coordinates between the first reference coordinate and the second reference coordinate; calculating a constant corresponding to a third portion of the part, wherein the third portion of the part is not mapped; and adding the constant to the number of coordinates between the first and the second reference coordinates.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a safety release disconnection for a fluid conduit. The connection includes a pin and a U-shaped slot with an ejector spring adjustably biased by a loading nut. Check valves are provided in both connection elements and are opened by contact or interfacing of the valves. A rigid moment arm points in a direction perpendicular to the direction that a vehicle pulls away from the filling stand. A pull away while the system is connected to the vehicle will trigger the safety release disconnection.

Abstract: A process is described for the removal of guaiacol and substituted guaiacols from naturally occurring cresylic acid feed by heating the feed with a strong base, particularly sodium hydroxide, to produce a purified cresylic acid product essentially free of guaiacol and other methoxy aromatic compounds without significant loss of cresylic acid product.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a valve system which upon disconnection essentially eliminates the release of liquids and vapors to the atmosphere. The invention includes a precision machined poppet and valve seat such that the leading end of the poppet and the end of the valve housing are flush when the valve is closed and such that the sides of the poppet are flush with the surface of the valve seat. Fluids and vapors are eliminated as the valve closes. The valve is not sealed until after closing. The invention is normally used with two flushly abutting valves which close sequentially for the elimination of liquids and vapors.

Abstract: A semiactive heave compensation system for marine vessels, especially floating offshore drilling rigs, is described. The system can be installed in its entirety or can be used to modify existing passive systems by including heave and compensating sensors a microprocessor and a responsive operator to act upon the compensation elements of the system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of removing accumulated ash from a precipitator which includes the step of blasting the precipitator with air entrained with a particulate. The particulate is the fines accumulated from processing iron ore to make steel which is comprised of wustite, spinel, larnite and bredigite (sintered iron ore fines).

Abstract: A process for treating arsenic-containing aqueous waste is described wherein the aqueous waste, treated if necessary to minimize the presence of materials which reduce the efficiency of reverse osmosis membranes, is passed through an ultrafilter to remove solids followed by a chemical treatment to adjust the pH to range from about 6 to 8 and to add antiscalants and antifouling materials, then following to subject the chemically treated filtrate to a reverse osmosis process to result in a permeate stream having less than about 50 parts per billion arsenic.