Abstract: Provided is a package for sodium-sulfur batteries in which the inner temperature can be suitably controlled even when it is installed in the place where temperatures and direction of wind change violently. Specifically, there is provided a package 101 for sodium-sulfur batteries in which air guiding plates 106a, 106b are provided being inclined obliquely and downwardly toward wall faces 109a, 109b between bottom surfaces of module batteries 4a, 4b and wall faces 109a, 109b, and in addition, flow rectifying plates 107a, 107b are provided being inclined obliquely and upwardly toward space 8 from the upper surface of module batteries 4a, 4b.

Abstract: Provided is a package for sodium-sulfur batteries in which the inner temperature can be suitably controlled even when it is installed in the place where temperatures and direction of wind change violently. Specifically, there is provided a package 101 for sodium-sulfur batteries in which air guiding plates 106a, 106b are provided being inclined obliquely and downwardly toward wall faces 109a, 109b between bottom surfaces of module batteries 4a, 4b and wall faces 109a, 109b, and in addition, flow rectifying plates 107a, 107b are provided being inclined obliquely and upwardly toward space 8 from the upper surface of module batteries 4a, 4b.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for continuously producing erythritol by cultivating erythritol-producing microorganisms under aerobic conditions. The process comprises the steps of: maintaining the concentration of dissolved oxygen in a culture broth in a fermentation tank at not less than 0.2 ppm; separating a part of the culture broth into a concentrated liquid in which the concentration of cells is increased and a clarified liquid by a cell separator; returning the concentrated liquid to the fermentation tank; controlling an amount of the clarified liquid to be extracted outside an erythritol-producing system and an amount of the culture broth and/or the concentrated liquid to be extracted outside the producing system such that the concentration of the cells in the culture broth in the fermentation tank may be kept in a range from 40 to 200 g/l when calculated as a weight of dried cells; and recovering erythritol from the clarified liquid.