Abstract: In a gas generator for gasifying solid granular fuels to obtain combustible gaseous compounds for producing synthesis gas or H2-suitable raw gas, a fluidized bed formed of the fuels moves through a closed reaction vessel with a sluice mounted at the top for continuously introducing the fuels and with a closure mounted below the funnel-shaped constriction of the bottom for discharging the ash formed into an ash sluice, wherein above the funnel-shaped constriction of the bottom a revolving grate is arranged, through which the gasifying medium can be introduced from below into the fluidized bed, and through which the ash formed can be discharged into the ash sluice via the funnel-shaped constriction and an adjoining tubular portion. To achieve a continuous operation of the revolving grate, a bulk-material slide valve is mounted in the tubular portion.

Abstract: Upon cooling to 15 to 45° C., a process for the treatment of raw product gas generated by pressure gasification of solid fuels comprises the removal of HCN and NH3 in a preliminary stage, of H2S and COS and possibly other sulfur-containing compounds in a first stage and of CO2 in a second stage by physisorption with cold oxygenate, and the pure product gas is supplied to the direct reduction of iron ore as reduction gas and/or as fuel gas. An improvement of the process consists in that recycle gas loaded with CO2 and steam, which is branched off from the circuit of the recycle gas of the direct reduction of iron ore, is admixed to the desulfurized product gas upon removal of the steam contained therein.

Abstract: Upon cooling to 15 to 45° C., a process for the treatment of raw product gas generated by pressure gasification of solid fuels comprises the removal of HCN and NH3 in a preliminary stage, of H2S and COS and possibly other sulfur-containing compounds in a first stage and of CO2 in a second stage by physisorption with cold oxygenate, and the pure product gas is supplied to the direct reduction of iron ore as reduction gas and/or as fuel gas. An improvement of the process consists in that recycle gas loaded with CO2 and steam, which is branched off from the circuit of the recycle gas of the direct reduction of iron ore, is admixed to the desulfurized product gas upon removal of the steam contained therein.

Abstract: In a gas generator for gasifying solid granular fuels to obtain combustible gaseous compounds for producing synthesis gas or H2-suitable raw gas, a fluidized bed formed of the fuels moves through a closed reaction vessel with a sluice mounted at the top for continuously introducing the fuels and with a closure mounted below the funnel-shaped constriction of the bottom for discharging the ash formed into an ash sluice, wherein above the funnel-shaped constriction of the bottom a revolving grate is arranged, through which the gasifying medium can be introduced from below into the fluidized bed, and through which the ash formed can be discharged into the ash sluice via the funnel-shaped constriction and an adjoining tubular portion. To achieve a continuous operation of the revolving grate, a bulk-material slide valve is mounted in the tubular portion.

Abstract: A nutritional supplement preparation is provided that includes minerals and trace elements such as vitamin D, calcium, magnesium, selenium, copper, zinc and chromium, as well as at least one catalyst and/or active ingredient, preferably in powder form, which increases and/or improves and/or accelerates the absorption of the minerals and/or trace elements.

Abstract: The inventive reactor contains a fixed bed into whose lower area an oxygen-containing gasifying agent is introduced. Said gasifying agent moves upwards in the fixed bed. Product gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide is guided out of the reactor over the fixed bed, through a discharge channel. At least one cyclone is located in the reactor for separating solids from the product gas. Said cyclone has an inlet for the dust-laden product gas coming from the fixed bed, a discharge line for product gas and a solids removal line leading into the fixed bed. Said cyclone discharge line is connected to the discharge channel of the reactor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a powder for preparation of a probiotic yogurt food. The powder contains probiotic cultures with a prespecified proportion of living probiotic lactic-acid bacteria and a thermogenetic-lipolytic resorption-enhancing agent, in particular pepper extract, to intensify the resorptive processes in the intestine, as well as a capillary-dilating agent, in particular nicotinic acid, to achieve dilation of the capillaries in the intestinal tract.

Abstract: A nutritional supplement preparation is provided that includes minerals and trace elements such as vitamin D, calcium, magnesium, selenium, copper, zinc and chromium, as well as at least one catalyst and/or active ingredient, preferably in powder form, which increases and/or improves and/or accelerates the absorption of the minerals and/or trace elements.

Abstract: The invention relates to a powder for preparation of a probiotic yogurt food. The powder contains probiotic cultures with a prespecified proportion of living probiotic lactic-acid bacteria and a thermogenetic-lipolytic resorption-enhancing agent, in particular pepper extract, to intensify the resorptive processes in the intestine, as well as a capillary-dilating agent, in particular nicotinic acid, to achieve dilation of the capillaries in the intestinal tract.

Abstract: A support system for bath tubs or shower tubs, which are provided with a tub rim which in particular extends around the tub, comprises at least one support rail which can be secured to a wall and support members which can be provided between the tub and the floor. In this arrangement, the surfaces of the wall and/or of the support rail facing the tub rim are covered, at least regionally, with an acoustic decoupling layer. The support members have at least one acoustically decoupling insulating element and an acoustically decoupling sectional element is provided, which can be positioned between the tub rim and the region confronting it of a support wall which can be erected beneath the tub rim.

Abstract: In a microwave resonator for continuous spectroscopic gas analysis with a microwave cavity having dimensions depending on the operating frequency and a setting for a low quality Q of its base mode and microwave reflectors disposed at its opposite ends and including a round hollow conductor part and a co-axial conductor part separated by a pressure-tight dielectric window, an internal conductor part is axially movably supported in the coaxial conductor part by the microwave reflector at one end of the co-axial conductor part, the other reflector being axially movable for tuning the resonator to a maximal absorption frequency and a by-pass line extends past the co-axial conductor part in the area of the dielectric window and has a short branch connected to the co-axial conductor part and including a restrictor for supplying only a relatively small flow of gas from the bypass line to the conductor part of the microwave resonator.

Abstract: A machine tool for machining a workpiece fed in a transporting direction through the machine tool has a support surface for the workpiece and at least one upper rotary tool positioned above the support surface. At least one lower rotary tool is positioned below the support surface. A supporting device for supporting the workpiece during machining with the at least one lower rotary tool has a pressing device with at least one first pressing member upstream of the lower rotary tool and at least one second pressing member downstream of the lower rotary tool. The supporting device further includes at least one abutment member positioned above the pressing device. The workpiece is pressed upwardly by the at least one first and second pressing members against the at least one abutment member during machining.

Abstract: A blade head for cutting and planing blades has a blade holder having a plurality of receiving grooves for receiving a cutting and planing blade. The receiving grooves are distributed over the circumference of the blade holder. A plurality of pressurizing elements is positioned in each of the receiving grooves for securing the cutting and planing blade in the receiving groove. At least one adjusting member is positioned in each of the receiving grooves for forcing the pressurizing elements against one another such that the pressurizing elements exert a clamping pressure on the cutting and planing blade. The pressurizing elements have a substantially cylindrical shape with wedge-shaped end faces and a circumferential surface having at least one planar clamping surface. Adjacent ones of the pressurizing elements abut one another with their end faces. The blade holder has clamping counter surfaces cooperating with the planar clamping surfaces of the pressurizing elements.

Abstract: Fine-grained fuels are gasified in a fluidized state with a mixture of gasifying agents which comprise oxygen, water vapor and/or carbon dioxide. NH.sub.3 is substantially entirely removed from the product gas from the gasifier. All or part of the NH.sub.3 is combusted and any remaining NH.sub.3 is added to the exhaust gas from the combustor. In a preferred embodiment the content of nitrogen oxides and/or NH.sub.3 in the exhaust gas from the combustor and NH.sub.3 is supplied to the combustor at such a controlled rate that the contents of nitrogen oxides and NH.sub.3 in the exhaust gas to which NH.sub.3 has been admixed are minimized.

Abstract: Fuels are gasified in a fluidized state by a treatment with oxygen-containing gas and water vapor in a gasifying reactor. A solids mixture which contains ash and fine-grained fuels is combusted in a heating-up phase, which precedes the gasification and in which the temperature in the reactor is increased approximately to the temperature desired for the gasification. In a succeeding inertizing phase the supply rate of oxygen-containing gas is decreased and an inert gas is fed to the reactor until the product gas no longer contains free oxygen whereas the temperature is maintained virtually constant. In the succeeding gasification the fuel supply rate is increased and, after an adjusting time, the temperature is maintained virtually constant at the value desired for the gasification in the range from 600.degree. to 1500.degree. C. The gasification temperature is controlled by a change of the fuel supply rate.

Abstract: In a rotary-grate gas producer operated under a pressure from 10 to 100 bars, the fuel constitutes a fixed bed, which slow descends. The mixture of gasifying agents contains water vapor and oxygen is supplied to the fixed bed through a rotary grate and through an ash layer, which is disposed on the rotary grate. In order to ensure that the ash will have a particle size in a desired range, a first pressure (p1) is measured below the rotary grate and a second pressure (p2) is measured approximately at the top of the ash layer. The pressure difference (p1-p2) is compared with a setpoint, which is associated with the current ratio of water vapor to oxygen in the mixture of gasifying agent. Said ratio is increased when the pressure difference is insufficient and the ratio is decreased if the pressure difference is excessive.

Abstract: The lock container is connected to a reactor, which serves to gasify or to combust solid fuels. The lock container serves to remove ash from the reactor. A pressure of at least 2 bars prevails in the reactor. The lock container is pressurized and pressure-relieved in alternation. The pressure relief line communicates with a filter element, which is permeable to gas and substantially impermeable to solids and is disposed within the lock container. When the lock container is filled to the usual level during a pressure relief, at least one half of the filter element is surrounded by ash. The filter element may be tubular.

Abstract: A method for analyzing a gas by means of microwave absorption including the steps of: generating a microwave at at least one frequency; continuously sweeping the microwave frequency over the absorption frequency of a known pure gas component; transmitting the microwave frequency to a measuring cell containing the gas to be measured and to a reference cell containing the known pure gas component; detecting an absorption measurement signal from the measuring cell; detecting an absorption reference signal from the reference cell; integrating the intensity of the measurement signal; and applying an alternating Stark voltage with a phase shift to the measuring cell and to the reference cell. Also provided is an apparatus which may be used in conjunction with this method.

Abstract: An apparatus for the analysis of gaseous media, the apparatus composed of a microwave transmitter; a microwave receiver; a measuring cell disposed between the transmitter and the receiver, composed of at least one Stark chamber, and having a gas inlet and a gas outlet; at least one Stark electrode disposed in, and electrically insulated from, the chamber; and a plurality of mutually spaced holders holding the electrode in a predetermined position in the chamber.

Abstract: A method for analyzing a gaseous medium with respect to a component having a characteristic absorption frequency spectral line, including the steps of generating microwave radiation at a selected frequency, generating a first Stark voltage selected to have a value such that a reference signal produced by subjecting the component to the microwave radiation and the first Stark voltage has a zero passage, resulting from the change in polarity between the spectral line and the Stark voltage lines, at a frequency coinciding with the characteristic absorption frequency spectral line, and regulating the microwave radiation frequency as a function of frequency shifts of the zero passage of the reference signal.