Abstract: A power generation facility in an embodiment includes: a boiler; a high-pressure turbine to which steam generated in the boiler is introduced; a low-pressure turbine provided downstream of the high-pressure turbine; and a condenser that condenses steam discharged from the low-pressure turbine. The power generation facility further includes: a feed pipe that leads feedwater in the condenser to the boiler; a heat storage and steam generation device that has a heat storage function that uses surplus energy generated in an own system to store heat, and a steam generation function that has part of feedwater led by the feed pipe introduced thereinto and turns the feedwater into steam by the stored heat; and a steam supply pipe that supplies steam generated in the heat storage and steam generation device to an own system.

Abstract: The ring mounting jig is a ring mounting jig for mounting a retaining ring made of metal having a first end portion, a second end portion having an outer diameter larger than that of the first end portion, and a first groove and a second groove provided in a circumferential direction of an outer peripheral surface of each of the first end portion and the second end portion, to the second groove on a shaft having the first end portion and the second end portion, without mounting a retaining ring made of metal having an inner diameter before expansion smaller than an outer diameter of the first end portion to the first groove from the first end portion. The ring mounting jig includes a ring expanding jig, a shaft fixing jig, a ring pushing jig, and a ring fitting jig.

Abstract: A flat glass production apparatus includes a molten glass ribbon supply part supplying a continuous flow of molten glass to a forming part as a glass ribbon of a formable temperature; the forming part including a plurality of tension rollers for forming the glass ribbon of the formable temperature supplied from the molten glass ribbon supply part into a glass ribbon of an unformable temperature; and a carriage part carrying out the glass ribbon of the unformable temperature on a downstream side of the forming part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to production of a flat glass, which can improve the surface smoothness of a flat glass in the moving direction and which prevents formation of stripes on the flat glass. A fixed bed 15 comprising a plurality of supports 12 arranged in such a state that they will not move at least in a direction in parallel with the moving direction of a glass ribbon 13, and having grooves 12B to let loose the steam generated by vaporization of a steam film forming agent formed between the respective supports 12, is used, and the amount of the steam let loose from the grooves is adjusted in accordance with the glass temperature distribution in the moving direction of the glass ribbon 13 which moves on the fixed bed 15.

Abstract: In an apparatus for manufacturing thin sheet glass, comprising a forming body 12 including a main body having a cross-sectional shape converging downwardly, the main body being configured to converging streams of molten glass into a single glass ribbon at a lower converged edge portion thereof, the streams of the molten glass flowing down along both surface of the main body; and edge members, the edge members being configured to restrict a width of the molten glass, wherein the glass ribbon formed by the forming body 12 is downwardly pulled to form thin sheet glass; the apparatus further includes a non-contact support member disposed in the vicinity of the lower converged edge portion of the main body, the non-contact support member being configured to form a thin gas layer on a supporting surface thereof, wherein the glass ribbon is supported over an entire width thereof in a non-contact way by the non-contact support member in a course wherein the glass ribbon is downwardly pulled.

Abstract: The present invention relates to production of a flat glass, which can improve the surface smoothness of a flat glass in the moving direction and which prevents formation of stripes on the flat glass. A fixed bed 15 comprising a plurality of supports 12 arranged in such a state that they will not move at least in a direction in parallel with the moving direction of a glass ribbon 13, and having grooves 12B to let loose the steam generated by vaporization of a steam film forming agent formed between the respective supports 12, is used, and the amount of the steam let loose from the grooves is adjusted in accordance with the glass temperature distribution in the moving direction of the glass ribbon 13 which moves on the fixed bed 15.

Abstract: The present invention relates to production of a flat glass, which can improve the surface smoothness of a flat glass in the moving direction and which prevents formation of stripes on the flat glass. A fixed bed 15 comprising a plurality of supports 12 arranged in such a state that they will not move at least in a direction in parallel with the moving direction of a glass ribbon 13, and having grooves 12B to let loose the steam generated by vaporization of a steam film forming agent formed between the respective supports 12, is used, and the amount of the steam let loose from the grooves is adjusted in accordance with the glass temperature distribution in the moving direction of the glass ribbon 13 which moves on the fixed bed 15.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvement in a method of supplying a glass ribbon in a molten state to be supplied from a glass melting furnace to a flat glass forming apparatus, which can further improve the smoothness of a flat glass after formed. A glass ribbon 13 supplied from a glass melting furnace 14 to a flat glass forming apparatus 15 is stretched between one pair of tension rollers 24A and 24B in an S-shape and the tension rollers 24A and 24B are rotated while applying a surface pressure to the glass ribbon 13 face via a thin layer of a steam film generated by vaporization of a steam film forming agent. By means of rotation of the tension rollers 24A and 24B, the face of the glass ribbon 13 still in a molten state is polished via the steam film 18.

Abstract: A machine tool has a support table provided on an upper surface of a bed to support a work, a Z-axis saddle, a machining unit mounted on the Z-axis saddle and provided with a machining head, a compartment cover arranged on the bed to compartment a region and a machine region, an opening window provided on the compartment cover to permit the machining head to go in and out therethrough, and a seal member in the form of a closed ring to be mounted on an inner peripheral edge of the opening window of the compartment cover, wherein an entire periphery of an outer peripheral surface of the machining head is brought into sliding contact with an inner peripheral edge of the seal member in a state, in which the machining head is moved into the machining region from a tool exchange position within the machine region.

Abstract: A machine tool has a support table provided on an upper surface of a bed to support a work, a Z-axis saddle, a machining unit mounted on the Z-axis saddle and provided with a machining head, a compartment cover arranged on the bed to compartment a region and a machine region, an opening window provided on the compartment cover to permit the machining head to go in and out therethrough, and a seal member in the form of a closed ring to be mounted on an inner peripheral edge of the opening window of the compartment cover, wherein an entire periphery of an outer peripheral surface of the machining head is brought into sliding contact with an inner peripheral edge of the seal member in a state, in which the machining head is moved into the machining region from a tool exchange position within the machine region.

Abstract: In an apparatus for manufacturing thin sheet glass, comprising a forming body 12 including a main body having a cross-sectional shape converging downwardly, the main body being configured to converging streams of molten glass into a single glass ribbon at a lower converged edge portion thereof, the streams of the molten glass flowing down along both surface of the main body; and edge members, the edge members being configured to restrict a width of the molten glass, wherein the glass ribbon formed by the forming body 12 is downwardly pulled to form thin sheet glass; the apparatus further includes a non-contact support member disposed in the vicinity of the lower converged edge portion of the main body, the non-contact support member being configured to form a thin gas layer on a supporting surface thereof, wherein the glass ribbon is supported over an entire width thereof in a non-contact way by the non-contact support member in a course wherein the glass ribbon is downwardly pulled.

Abstract: The present invention relates to production of a flat glass, which can improve the surface smoothness of a flat glass in the moving direction and which prevents formation of stripes on the flat glass. A fixed bed 15 comprising a plurality of supports 12 arranged in such a state that they will not move at least in a direction in parallel with the moving direction of a glass ribbon 13, and having grooves 12B to let loose the steam generated by vaporization of a steam film forming agent formed between the respective supports 12, is used, and the amount of the steam let loose from the grooves is adjusted in accordance with the glass temperature distribution in the moving direction of the glass ribbon 13 which moves on the fixed bed 15.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvement in a method of supplying a glass ribbon in a molten state to be supplied from a glass melting furnace to a flat glass forming apparatus, which can further improve the smoothness of a flat glass after formed. A glass ribbon 13 supplied from a glass melting furnace 14 to a flat glass forming apparatus 15 is stretched between one pair of tension rollers 24A and 24B in an S-shape and the tension rollers 24A and 24B are rotated while applying a surface pressure to the glass ribbon 13 face via a thin layer of a steam film generated by vaporization of a steam film forming agent. By means of rotation of the tension rollers 24A and 24B, the face of the glass ribbon 13 still in a molten state is polished via the steam film 18.

Abstract: A slurry sampling device (3) for sampling a slurry in which solid particles are dispersed has upper and lower blocks (105, 109), and a rotator (102) for collection which is rotatably held between the blocks and has a plurality of through holes (111) each having a volume corresponding to the amount of sample to be collected. The upper and lower blocks are provided with slurry conduits (101, 108) and carrier fluid conduits (107, 110) which can be communicated with the through holes so that slurry and carrier fluid can flow therethrough. Arc-shaped long grooves (113, 114) are provided on portions of the upper and lower blocks where ends of the slurry conduits (101, 108) come into contact with, or are adjacent to, the rotator, so that at least one of the through holes is thereby constantly in contact with the long grooves.

Abstract: A method for dust removal from a solid-gas contact reactor for dust-laden exhaust gases which includes a packing section composed of packings each having a plurality of passages formed in the flow direction of the gases to be handled. Jets of gas for cleaning use are issued from a bank of stationary or movable nozzles installed in the reactor against the face at the inlet end of the packing section so as to blow off economically and efficiently the dust and other particulate matter that have settled from the gases on the packing section and have grown or bridged as a deposit thereon. The distance from the nozzles to the face of the packing section to be cleaned ranges from 0.2 to 1.0 meter, and the gas jet velocity at the inlet of the same section ranges from 5 to 40 m/sec.

Abstract: A rectangular-solid packaged catalyst assembly made up of a plurality of rectangular-solid unit catalysts stacked and assembled together, the unit catalysts having a honeycomb structure with a multiplicity of gas passages each. Heat-resistant packings are used to cover at least the vertices and the neighboring areas of the faces of the unit catalysts other than the gas-passage faces and also to cover the edges of the gas-passage faces surrounding the gas passages, the packings being integrally secured to the unit catalysts and packaged together in a rectangular-solid housing. Retaining strips are placed over the packings on the edges of the gas-passage faces on at least either the gas inlet or outlet ends of the unit catalysts and are securely attached to the housing.

Abstract: In a first processor unit the relationship between the amount of nitrogen oxides in a combustion exhaust gas and a numerical value representing an amount of combustion, e.g. - fuel flow rate or the like, is stored. In a second processor unit the ratio of ammonia to nitrogen oxides as a function of the combustion exhaust gas temperature is stored. A numerical value corresponding to the actual measured amount of combustion is inputted to the first processor unit to derive the amount of nitrogen oxides in the combustion exhaust gas. The actual measured combustion exhaust gas temperature is inputted to the second processor unit to derive the ratio of ammonia to nitrogen oxides. The optimum amount of ammonia to be injected is derived by multiplying the amount of nitrogen oxides, derived by means of the first processor unit, by the ratio of ammonia to nitrogen oxides derived by means of the second processor unit.

Abstract: A process for treating a waste gas containing SO.sub.2 and HCl which comprises determining the amount of HCl in said waste gas and supplying at least one magnesium salt selected from the group consisting of MgSO.sub.4, MgSO.sub.3, MgO, MgCO.sub.3 and Mg(HSO.sub.3).sub.2 in an amount corresponding to the amount of HCl additionally supplying CaCO.sub.3 or Ca(OH).sub.2 as an absorbent for SO.sub.2 to a column for treating said waste gas.