Abstract: Methods for producing a glass ribbon include drawing a quantity of molten material from a forming vessel into a glass ribbon with the forming vessel positioned within a first portion of a housing located within an upper chamber. The methods further include drawing the glass ribbon along a draw path passing through a second portion of the housing at least partially located within a lower chamber. The methods further include venting gas from an interior of housing through a wall of the second portion of the housing. In one example, the method further includes maintaining a pressure difference between the lower chamber and the upper chamber. In another example, the method includes maintaining a pressure difference between the interior of the housing and the upper chamber.

Abstract: Methods for producing a glass ribbon include drawing a quantity of molten material from a forming vessel into a glass ribbon with the forming vessel positioned within a first portion of a housing located within an upper chamber. The methods further include drawing the glass ribbon along a draw path passing through a second portion of the housing at least partially located within a lower chamber. The methods further include venting gas from an interior of housing through a wall of the second portion of the housing. In one example, the method further includes maintaining a pressure difference between the lower chamber and the upper chamber. In another example, the method includes maintaining a pressure difference between the interior of the housing and the upper chamber.

Abstract: Methods for producing a glass ribbon include drawing a quantity of molten material from a forming vessel into a glass ribbon with the forming vessel positioned within a first portion of a housing located within an upper chamber. The methods further include drawing the glass ribbon along a draw path passing through a second portion of the housing at least partially located within a lower chamber. The methods further include venting gas from an interior of housing through a wall of the second portion of the housing. In one example, the method further includes maintaining a pressure difference between the lower chamber and the upper chamber. In another example, the method includes maintaining a pressure difference between the interior of the housing and the upper chamber.

Abstract: A method of producing ethanol, which comprises of starch obtained from continuously cultivated unicellular green algae strains which reproduce through a single cell clone cultivation method that cyclically produces starch extra-cellularly. Only the starch is recovered and goes through a saccharification and fermentation process for the production of ethanol. The algae are left for continual reprocessing. The obtained starch is then saccharified and fermented to produce ethanol. This production method is available and feasible in any part the world, from tropical areas to high latitude areas because it is controlled not by natural climatic conditions but in an environment that is monitored and controlled by humans. The continuous production process from these Chlorella algae strains can reduce the production cost of ethanol production as well as contribute to reducing industrial wastes and carbon dioxide to contribute to the earth's environmental wellbeing.

Abstract: A method of producing ethanol, which comprises of starch obtained from continuously cultivated unicellular green algae strains which reproduce through a single cell clone cultivation method that cyclically produces starch extra-cellularly. Only the starch is recovered and goes through a saccharification and fermentation process for the production of ethanol. The algae are left for continual reprocessing. The obtained starch is then saccharified and fermented to produce ethanol. This production method is available and feasible in any part the world, from tropical areas to high latitude areas because it is controlled not by natural climatic conditions but in an environment that is monitored and controlled by humans. The continuous production process from these Chlorella algae strains can reduce the production cost of ethanol production as well as contribute to reducing industrial wastes and carbon dioxide to contribute to the earth's environmental wellbeing.

Abstract: An improved jacket material for insulated electric cable wherein the jacket contains one or more additives of an ion exchange resin and/or an ionic scavenging compound for neutralizing or capturing ionic impurities.

Abstract: This invention relates to a separation means and method for enriching a hydrogen atmosphere with at least one heavy hydrogen isotope by using a solid titaniun alloy hydride. To this end, the titanium alloy hydride containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of vanadium, chromium, manganese, molybdenum, iron, cobalt and nickel is contacted with a circulating gaseous flow of hydrogen containing at least one heavy hydrogen isotope at a temperature in the range of -20.degree. to +40.degree. C and at a pressure above the dissociation pressure of the hydrided alloy selectively to concentrate at least one of the isotopes of hydrogen in the hydrided metal alloy. The contacting is continued until equilibrium is reached, and then the gaseous flow is isolated while the temperature and pressure of the enriched hydride remain undisturbed selectively to isolate the hydride. Thereafter, the enriched hydrogen is selectively recovered in accordance with the separation factor (S.F.