Abstract: A fire fighting device having a probe for monitoring the temperature in a fire-risk area; a tank for supplying an extinguishing substance; and a dispenser for feeding the extinguishing substance from the tank to the fire-risk area; the fire fighting device also having a control connecting the probe to the tank, and which produces a chemical reaction inside the tank.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for reducing the carbon dioxide contained in combustion smokes which comprises at least one smoke inlet conduit (2) inside at least one operating chamber (3) and at least one ejection conduit (4) for the gases treated. The at least one chamber (3) comprises at least one plant (10) arranged along the smoke path between the inlet conduit (2) and the ejection conduit (4). The smokes strike the plant (10) surfaces during their circulation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process (1) for the combustion of materials (X), comprising the steps of: (a) inserting the preferably compacted materials (X) in a reaction chamber (3) and closing the chamber (3); (b) injecting a flow of combustible gas and a corresponding flow of a comburent gas, which are in the correct stoichiometric ratio to each other, into the reaction chamber (3), so as to activate combustion of the materials (X); (c) continuing the thermochemical reaction of the oxidizable elements, for example carbon, with the oxygen present, without introducing any more gases; (d) injecting comburent gas to feed the thermochemical reactions of the oxidizable elements present in the materials (X), until the increase in temperature stops; (e) opening a throttle valve (5) to expel the gases, while continuing to introduce comburent gas at a substantially constant pressure until all remaining carbon has been oxidized, the strongly bound oxides have been subjected to pyrolysis and the metals present ha

Abstract: Waste is treated in a furnace (6) which is pressurized by injecting thereinto either air which is strongly enriched with oxygen (even up to 100%), so that the temperature of oxidation of said waste, after a starting step wherein external fuel and said combustion supported are used, reaches so high values as to cause a substantial sublimation of said waste and its complete molecular cracking. The vapors resulting from the hyperbaric sublimation process are then submitted to a rapid adiabatic expansion or semi-adiabatic expansion in a suitable volume (23) to cause a first strong cooling of said gases, down to values which may be then abated by usual heat-dissipating systems (25-26).

Abstract: A miniaturized apparatus for air conditioning comprising an assembly made up of a Peltier effect thermoelectric device, in the form of bimetallic or plurimetallic plates connected to a low voltage D.C. power supply, the opposed cold and hot surface of which are in contact with respective heat exchangers, said assembly being contained in a housing in which two distinct and separate conduits are provided for the forced flow of air through the respective ones of said heat exchangers.