Abstract: A technique that can detect a target substance in a sample with higher sensitivity and at lower cost than a conventional technique is provided, which is a target substance detection method including: in a first reaction field, forming a complex by sandwiching a target substance between a first trapping substance immobilized on a solid phase and a second trapping substance labeled with the labeling substance, and separating a moiety including the labeling substance from the complex and moving it through a liquid filled in a tubular channel by a centrifugal force; and detecting the moiety including the labeling substance by light scattered by the moiety including the labeling substance.

Abstract: A condensing device includes: a gas separator, to which a mixed gas is to be supplied, and which is configured to separate the mixed gas into a first gas and a second gas; a decompression device configured to decompress the second gas; and a cooling device configured to cool the second gas, in which the condensing device is configured so that, through the gas separator, Joule-Thomson coefficient of the second gas becomes larger than Joule-Thomson coefficient of the mixed gas.

Abstract: An acid gas adsorption device includes an acid gas adsorption part in contact with an acid gas flow passage. The acid gas adsorption part includes: an acid gas adsorption material capable of adsorbing an acid gas; and a deterioration inhibitor. The solubility of an acid gas to be a target in the deterioration inhibitor at 25° C. is 0.1 mol/kg or more. The vapor pressure of the deterioration inhibitor at 25° C. is 30 Pa or less.

Abstract: An acid gas capture system includes: an acid gas adsorption part including an acid gas adsorption material capable of adsorbing an acid gas contained in a gas to be treated and capable of desorbing the adsorbed acid gas; a housing part, which includes a first flow passage to which the gas to be treated is supplied, and which houses the acid gas adsorption part so that the acid gas adsorption part is positioned in the first flow passage; and a return part including a return flow passage through which at least part of the acid gas desorbed from the acid gas adsorption material and discharged from the acid gas adsorption part is allowed to be returned to the first flow passage of the housing part.

Abstract: An acid gas capture system includes: an acid gas adsorption part including an acid gas adsorption material capable of adsorbing an acid gas contained in a gas to be treated and capable of desorbing the adsorbed acid gas; a housing part, which includes a flow passage to which the gas to be treated is to be supplied, and which is configured to house the acid gas adsorption part so that the acid gas adsorption material is positioned in the flow passage; a heating medium supply part capable of supplying a heating medium having a pressure above an atmospheric pressure to the flow passage; and a capture part capable of capturing a captured gas containing the heating medium having passed through the acid gas adsorption part and the acid gas desorbed from the acid gas adsorption material, from the housing part.

Abstract: A method of capturing an acid gas includes: an adsorption step; a desorption step; and a cooling step in the stated order. In the adsorption step, an acid gas is caused to be adsorbed to an acid gas adsorption material by supplying a gas to be treated containing the acid gas to an acid gas adsorption device including the acid gas adsorption material. In the desorption step, the acid gas is caused to be desorbed from the acid gas adsorption material by heating the acid gas adsorption device. In the cooling step, the acid gas adsorption device is cooled with a cooling medium having a temperature less than an outside air temperature.

Abstract: An acid gas capture system includes: a plurality of acid gas adsorption devices each including an acid gas adsorption material; and a fluid supply line. The fluid supply line allows distribution and supply of a fluid to the plurality of acid gas adsorption devices. The fluid supply line includes a branching portion and a plurality of flow dividing portions. The plurality of flow dividing portions each connect the branching portion and each of the plurality of acid gas adsorption devices to each other. A resistor is provided to each of the plurality of flow dividing portions.

Abstract: A method of capturing an acid gas includes an adsorption step and a desorption step. In the desorption step, the acid gas is caused to be desorbed from the acid gas adsorption material by heating the acid gas adsorption device. The desorption step includes a first desorption step and a second desorption step after at least the first desorption step. In the first desorption step, a first desorption gas is supplied to the acid gas adsorption device so that an acid gas desorbed from the acid gas adsorption material is captured together with the first desorption gas. In the second desorption step, a second desorption gas with lower humidity than humidity of the first desorption gas is supplied to the acid gas adsorption device so that an acid gas desorbed from the acid gas adsorption material is captured together with the second desorption gas.

Abstract: A acid gas adsorption device includes acid gas-adsorbable particles and an organic binder. The acid gas-adsorbable particles are each capable of adsorbing an acid gas. The organic binder is capable of binding the acid gas-adsorbable particles. The organic binder is soluble in an aprotic polar solvent and is substantially insoluble in a protic polar solvent.

Abstract: An acid gas adsorption device includes a first adsorption portion and a second adsorption portion. The second adsorption portion is arranged on a downstream side of the first adsorption portion in a direction of passage of a target gas to be treated so as to be spaced apart from the first adsorption portion. The first adsorption portion includes first flow passages, and the second adsorption portion includes second flow passages. A first desorption gas flow passage communicating with the first flow passages and the second flow passages is defined between the first adsorption portion and the second adsorption portion in the direction of passage of the target gas to be treated.

Abstract: A method of producing a liquid fuel includes: causing a raw material gas containing at least a carbon oxide and hydrogen to flow into a reactor storing a catalyst; and producing the liquid fuel from the raw material gas through a conversion reaction in the presence of the catalyst. The raw material gas further contains oxygen. The ratio of the concentration of carbon monoxide to the concentration of carbon dioxide in the carbon oxide is 0.9 or less.

Abstract: A liquid fuel production system includes: a liquid fuel-synthesizing portion configured to advance a conversion reaction from a raw material gas containing at least hydrogen and a carbon oxide to a liquid fuel; a raw material gas-supplying portion configured to supply the raw material gas to the liquid fuel-synthesizing portion; and a raw material gas-circulating portion configured to resupply a remaining raw material gas, which contains the hydrogen and the carbon oxide that are unreacted, and an acidic by-product of the conversion reaction, from the liquid fuel-synthesizing portion to the raw material gas-supplying portion, wherein the raw material gas-supplying portion includes a mixing portion configured to mix an amine compound and the remaining raw material gas in the presence of water vapor, and a moisture-removing portion configured to remove a neutralized product of the amine compound and the acidic by-product together with condensed water of the water vapor.

Abstract: A liquid fuel production system including: a gas-adsorbing/desorbing portion; a heating medium-supplying portion configured to supply, to the gas-adsorbing/desorbing portion, a heating medium for heating the gas-adsorbing/desorbing portion; a liquid fuel-synthesizing portion including a first gas flow path storing a catalyst that advances a conversion reaction from a raw material gas to a liquid fuel, and a second gas flow path through which a temperature-controlling gas that controls a temperature of the first gas flow path is flowed, the liquid fuel-synthesizing portion being configured to flow a first outflow gas out of the first gas flow path, and to flow a second outflow gas out of the second gas flow path; and a heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between the second outflow gas and the heating medium to heat the heating medium. The second outflow gas contains a condensable gas.

Abstract: A liquid fuel production system including: a gas-adsorbing/desorbing portion; a heating medium-supplying portion configured to supply, to the gas-adsorbing/desorbing portion, a heating medium for heating the gas-adsorbing/desorbing portion; a liquid fuel-synthesizing portion including a first gas flow path storing a catalyst that advances a conversion reaction from a raw material gas to a liquid fuel, and a second gas flow path through which a temperature-controlling gas that controls a temperature of the first gas flow path is flowed, the liquid fuel-synthesizing portion being configured to flow a first outflow gas out of the first gas flow path, and to flow a second outflow gas out of the second gas flow path; and a heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between the first outflow gas and the heating medium to heat the heating medium. The first outflow gas contains a condensable gas.

Abstract: A method of producing a liquid fuel includes: causing a raw material gas containing at least a carbon oxide and hydrogen to flow into a reactor storing a catalyst; and producing the liquid fuel from the raw material gas through a conversion reaction in the presence of the catalyst. The raw material gas further contains an inert gas. A ratio of a concentration of carbon monoxide to a concentration of carbon dioxide in the carbon oxide is 0.9 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a management apparatus 30 including: a concentration acquisition unit 31 configured to acquire a first concentration which is a concentration of an acidic gas when a gas containing the acidic gas is introduced into an acidic gas adsorber that adsorbs the acidic gas and a second concentration which is a concentration of the acidic gas after being processed in the acidic gas adsorber; a captured amount calculation unit 32 configured to calculate a captured amount of the acidic gas adsorbed by the acidic gas adsorber based on the first concentration and the second concentration; and a management unit 33 configured to conduct management to replace the acidic gas adsorber based on a regeneration timing of the acidic gas adsorber determined based on the calculated captured amount. The present invention thereby provides a management apparatus etc. that facilitate the management of an acidic gas adsorber and save costs.

Abstract: An acid gas adsorption device includes: an acid gas adsorption part and one case. The acid gas adsorption part includes an acid gas adsorption material capable of adsorbing an acid gas. The acid gas adsorption part includes: a first adsorption portion; and a second adsorption portion arranged on a downstream side of the first adsorption portion in a direction of passage of a fluid. The first adsorption portion includes a first acid gas adsorption material having a relatively small adsorption force for adsorbing the acid gas and a relatively large adsorption capacity for the acid gas. The second adsorption portion includes a second acid gas adsorption material having a relatively large adsorption force for adsorbing the acid gas and a relatively small adsorption capacity for the acid gas. The one case houses the first adsorption portion and the second adsorption portion together.

Abstract: An acid gas adsorption device includes: an acid gas adsorption part that allows passage of a fluid in a predetermined direction; and one case. The acid gas adsorption part includes an acid gas adsorption material capable of adsorbing an acid gas. The acid gas adsorption part is divided into at least: a first adsorption portion including an upstream end surface in the direction of passage of the fluid; and a second adsorption portion arranged on a downstream side of the first adsorption portion in the direction of passage of the fluid. The one case houses the first adsorption portion and the second adsorption portion together. The first adsorption portion and/or the second adsorption portion is divided into a plurality of blocks in a direction intersecting with the direction of passage of the fluid.

Abstract: Even though no light source is provided in the vicinity of each curved apex of a main face, the brightness difference depending on the location on the main face is reduced, and a light guide plate that contributes to electric power saving can be provided. A display and a traffic sign including the display that can keep a small brightness difference depending on the location on the main face, and reduce the power consumption. The ratio of the area of the first diffusion dots and second diffusion dots within the second diffusion region is greater than the ratio of the area of the first diffusion dots within the first diffusion region. Even though no light source unit is provided at a curved section, the brightness difference (the unevenness of brightness) depending on the location on the entire main face is reduced, and electric power saving can be achieved.

Abstract: A display screen changeover apparatus changes a screen display when displaying HTML contents on a display screen of a television receiver. A contents analysis part analyzes display setting information with respect to the television receiver based on address information given to the HTML contents. A display setting part sets a display of the HTML contents with respect to the display screen based on a result of analysis obtained by the contents analysis part.