Abstract: Malodorous gas containing (1) ammonia and/or amines and (2) hydrogen sulfide is deodorized by reacting the gas with oxygen in the presence of activated carbon having supported thereon at least a metal compound selected from the group consisting of vanadium compounds, molybdenum compounds and tungsten compounds.

Abstract: A process for controlling emissions resulting from hot coke being discharged from an oven of a battery of coke ovens from the beginning of discharge until the time when the coke arrives at a quenching station. The coke from the oven passes through a coke guide and a fume hood into an open-top, one-spot quenching car. The hood covers the car during discharge and is connected to an exhaust system, including a gas cleaning device, which draws air into the hood in an amount sufficient to control emissions and for combustion of the volatile matter and other combustibles emitted from the coke during the time coke is discharged into the quenching car and for a short period of time thereafter. During the movement of the open-top, one-spot quenching car from under the hood to the quenching station, the visible emissions given off by the hot coke are less than 40% opacity.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for converting a substance containing organic matter into hydrocarbon vapors and solids residue by feeding the substance into the upstream portion of a substantially cylindrical retort having a substantially horizontal longitudinal axis, substantially conveying the substance through the retort toward the downstream portion thereof, heating the retort by means of a fluidized bed of heated particles to a sufficient temperature to convert the substance into hydrocarbon vapors and solids residue and removing the hydrocarbon vapors and solids residue from the retort.

Abstract: Filter for removal of ozone from air, e.g. in aircraft cabins, comprising a porous and preferably light weight and thermally stable substrate, particularly an organic polymer such as polybenzimidazole, containing a film or coating of manganese dioxide. The article can be formed by treating the substrate with a permanganate solution under conditions to reduce the permanganate to MnO.sub.2.

Abstract: A support for a cylindrical block of deodorizer product is in the form of a cylindrical cage formed of two identical parts each of which has a cylindrical shape with a closed end and an open end defined by an end collar, the end collars of the two parts being interengageable by means of male and female engagement means carried by both end collars for rendering the two cage parts integral as a single cylindrical cage.The suspension hook is integrally formed with a connection sleeve which has a larger diameter portion capable of engaging on the end collars of the two cage halves and a smaller diameter portion capable of engaging on and sliding along either cage half over a portion other than the said end collar thereof and the narrower diameter portion includes catch engagement means for permitting sliding engagement of the connecting sleeve along the cage in one direction only.

Abstract: A crystal substrate of <111> silicon is doped by being exposed to a liquid etal solvent. The substrate is carried in a cavity in a refractory boat, and the solvent is carried in a perforation of a cover for the boat. The boat is heated to a certain temperature in a non-oxidizing atmosphere and is moved to place the substrate cavity under the cover perforation whereby the solvent and substrate come in contact. The temperature is raised and held to allow the desired substrate-solvent solution to form, then is reduced and held to allow supersaturation and eventually precipitation of the doped substrate. The boat is next moved to remove the cavity from beneath the perforation, is allowed to cool to room ambient, and is removed from the non-oxidizing atmosphere. The doped substrate is then cleaned as desired to remove any attached solvent.

Abstract: A multistage catalytic reactor for purifying exhaust gas has a passage for communicating exhaust gas to first and second catalyst bed assemblies, and a valve for automatically maintaining flow of the gas solely through the first catalyst bed assembly in response to a first operating condition and for automatically passing the gas through the first and second catalyst bed assemblies in response to a second operating condition, shifting of said valve being free of external control.

Abstract: A used lubricating oil reclamation apparatus in which filters, heat exchangers, a vaporizer unit, pumps and other necessary equipment are all contained in a wheeled cabinet. The oil to be reclaimed is pumped through a warming heat exchanger, a first filter, a vaporizer unit, and further filters, after which appropriate additives are mixed into the decontaminated oil in a mixing tank. A vacuum is maintained on the vaporizer unit to exhaust the vapours from it via the heat exchanger and a condensate tank.

Abstract: Apparatus for contacting contaminated water with ultra-violet light to eliminate potentially harmful organisms as well as to provide air cooling necessary for efficient operation of the UV lamp and simultaneous production of ozone in the apparatus for secondary disinfection of the water, the water after treatment by the ultraviolet light being discharged into a water storage tank, and the irradiated air that contains the ozone being discharged into the tank into contact with the water for carrying out the secondary disinfection.

Abstract: A method for operating a battery of horizontal coke ovens which are connected to primary and secondary gas-collecting mains extending alongside the battery, wherein dust-laden gas which occurs during charging of an oven is caused to flow through the secondary main while the velocity of the gas in the secondary main is maintained at a level which will prevent settling of the dust and the temperature within the secondary main is maintained at a level which will prevent condensation of tars.

Abstract: A device for sealing a steel door of a coke oven, the structure provides a sealing member disposed over the entire periphery of the steel door, said member closing the opening formed in the wall of the body of the coke oven. The sealing member includes a deformable covering material and a spring disposed within said covering material, the combination forming an elastic member, the deformable covering material being biased by the spring against the surface of the body of the coke oven about the periphery of the opening closed by the steel door, the sealing member being carried on the door. The invention further provides a deformable tar-receiving cover which prevents accumulation of tar between the door and the sealing member.

Abstract: A battery of horizontal coke ovens which are connected to two gas-collecting mains extending alongside the battery, one of said mains having means for cleaning dust-laden gases emitted from the coke ovens during charging with coal without the use of a flushing liquor and incorporating means for inhibiting the condensation of tar-based matter in the gas. The invention also relates to a method for operating such a battery of horizontal coke ovens.

Abstract: Powders, such as talc, can be sterilized by passing a sterilant containing gas through the powder while it is being stirred.

Abstract: An elongated tubular body is provided including opposite end walls and a longitudinally central transverse partition dividing the interior of the body inwardly of the end walls into opposite end portions of the interior. A pair of tube sections are disposed lengthwise within the body between and sealed against the opposite sides of the partition and the opposing end walls with the outer surfaces of the tube sections spaced inwardly of the opposing inner surfaces of the body to define annular chambers extending about the tube sections inwardly of the body. The body includes exhaust gas inlet structure opening laterally into one of the chambers and exhaust gas outlet structure opening laterally outwardly from the other chamber. The tube sections each include exhaust gas passage openings formed therein at points spaced thereabout and longitudinally therealong and the partition includes exhaust gas passage openings formed therethrough communicating the interiors of the chambers.

Abstract: A method of sterilizing with a mixture of ethylene oxide gas and an inert gas which makes possible reuse of the ethylene oxide for an indefinite number of successive sterilization cycles. The gas mixture is refortified with ethylene oxide when necessary. A portion of it is periodically vented when the increasing proportion of air produces a mixture which approaches the region of flammability of the mixture and is replaced with the inert gas to reduce the proportion of air in the mixture.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for steam sterilizing articles having an inner chamber for receiving said articles and an outer space between the outer wall of the chamber and the inner wall of the chamber. A constant pressure difference is maintained between the chamber and the outer space. This constant pressure difference permits the thermodynamic optimum steam flow to the chamber with a minimum of energy losses.

Abstract: A process for converting relatively ash-free solid polymeric wastes to more valuable liquid, solid, and gaseous products which comprises mixing rubber and/or plastic wastes at high temperatures in a refractory petroleum stream and catalytically cracking the mixture.

Abstract: Apparatus for sterilizing laboratory and hospital glassware, liquids, instruments, garments and the like comprising a sterilizer enclosure having a steam jacket surrounding the same, a source of steam and means, connected in parallel, to supply steam to said jacket at one of two predetermined pressures, means for interconnecting said jacket and said interior of said sterilizer, and means responsive to a predetermined temperature setting for the interior of the sterilizer to selectively initiate and discontinue the supply of steam to said jacket in response to the temperature in said sterilizer.

Abstract: Method and apparatus to internally sterilize a tube of packing material in which a sterile product is being introduced. The sterilizing agent is introduced into the tube in liquid form wherein it is vaporized. When it is vaporized, it rises upwardly in the tube of packing material and condenses on the interior surface of the tube of material.

Abstract: A closure for an opening of a coking oven includes a door receivable in an opening of a circumferentially complete frame mounted on the coking oven, with a clearance therefrom. The clearance is sealed by a sealing member adjustably mounted on the door and contacting a contact surface of the frame in the closing position of the door. The contact surface of the frame and the sealing member are protected from deposition of volatile byproducts of the coking process thereon by an outwardly projecting circumferentially complete stepped ridge provided on the frame in between the open end of the opening and the contact surface of the frame. At least one groove may circumferentially surround the open end of the opening, and the door may have regions juxtaposable with the steps of the ridge and with the groove and having configurations complementary to the ridge and the groove to define a labyrinthine passage for the volatile byproducts between the open end and the contact surface of the frame.