Abstract: To compose a composite filter for obtaining water having a high purity usable as water for life and water for medicine from water in which impurities are mixed. Furthermore, to compose an apparatus for obtaining water having a high purity using the filter. Moreover, to configure the apparatus so as to facilitate exchange of the filter. That is, water having a high purity can be obtained by allowing raw water to permeate through a composite filter which consists of a first layer 11 made of fibers, a second layer 12 made of ion exchange resin, a third layer 14 made of activated carbon and a fourth layer 16 made of an unwoven textile. These first layer, second layer, third layer and fourth layer are configured as separate independent filters respectively so that each filter can be exchanged independently. Furthermore, different kinds of filters can be combined dependently on purposes of use.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for separating particles and dissolved matter from a fluid stream. Specifically, the present invention includes a first pressure source which transports untreated fluid into a separator annulus with a filter element disposed therein. The untreated fluid is placed under appropriate pressure sufficient to produce turbulent flow, increased particle kinetics and/or cavitation physics allowing the desired fluid to penetrate and pass into and through the filter media. The filtered fluid is then transported to a collection tank. The contaminant particulate matter retained on the exterior of the filter media may be removed by the instantenous reverse pressurization of the separator annulus by a second pressure source thereby removing the contaminant particles away from contact with the filter media, and which may then be transported to a waste collection tank or a concentrator for further treatment.

Abstract: A hydrocyclone bundle comprising a plurality of hydrocyclone liners and a plate assembly for use in liquid-liquid separation is disclosed. The hydrocyclone bundle may be used in new or existing separators. The hydrocyclone liners may be oppositely positioned within the hydrocyclone bundle. The plate assembly may collect and distribute overflow and underflow effluents from the hydrocyclone liners.

Abstract: A device and method for an extracorporeal blood treatment is described. The device comprising at least one exchanger equipped with at least one first inlet for the blood to be treated, a first fluid outlet and a second fluid outlet, an input line for blood to be treated connected to the first inlet of the exchanger, a blood output line (or venous line) connected to the first outlet of the exchanger, at least one treatment unit comprising at least one first fluid inlet and at least one first fluid outlet, the second outlet of the exchanger being in fluid communication with the first inlet of the treatment unit, where the first outlet from the treatment unit is in fluid communication with the input line and the second outlet of the treatment unit is in fluid communication with a first waste liquid discharge line.

Abstract: A process is disclosed that relates to the removal of impurities and the recovery of a mother liquor and wash filtrate from an oxidizer purge stream produced in the synthesis of carboxylic acid, typically terephthalic. More particularly, the process involves the removal of impurities and the recovery of a mother liquor and wash filtrate from an oxidizer purge stream and then routing the mother liquor and or wash filtrate to an oxidation zone.

Abstract: The invention provides a non-cyclic, meso-frequency traveling wave electro-kinetic system capable of use in purification/separation and/or refrigeration/heat pump processes. In particular, the invention provides an adsorption system that can be used for fine or bulk chemical separations of liquid and gaseous materials. Similarly, the adsorption system can be readily adapted to function as a refrigeration/heat pump unit for use in heating and cooling systems. This reusable adsorption system provides high efficiency purification and/or cooling/heating with low energy demands and no moving parts. The invention can function in parallel or in series with other similar such adsorption units (though it can also operate as a single unit).

Abstract: A method is provided for removing an inorganic ionic species or organometallic ion contaminant, or combination contaminants, including such as arsenic, chromium, bromide, bromate, perchlorate, and/or others from water which contains an unacceptably high concentration of the contaminant(s). The method includes treating the water with an ion exchange resin, preferably a magnetic ion exchange resin such as MIEX® Resin, which is capable of adsorbing the inorganic ionic species contaminant(s), and regenerating and recycling the ion exchange resin back to the process. The method produces potable water from ground water containing such contaminants and eliminates breakthrough and chromatographic peaking problems observed with conventional ion exchange systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and methods for removing metals, e.g., ionic cobalt from an electroless plating operation, preferably to levels less than 5 ppm. The metals can then be either landfilled or regenerated for electrowinning and reuse. The invention utilizes an ion exchange media comprised of a silica backbone and functionalized with phosphonate groups.

Abstract: Deionisation and clarification process of the aqueous medium used in an electroerosion machine and product for this process, where the electroerosion machines are comprised of a purification circuit for this aqueous medium, which includes an ion exchange phase between some cationic and anionic resins with the aqueous dielectric medium, which has a conductivity of less than 40 ?S/cm, and to which a solution of oxalic acid and phosphoric acid in distilled/deionised water is added in the approximate proportion of oxalic acid between 0.18 and 0.035 moles and phosphoric acid between 1.28 and 2.5 moles per liter of solution.

Abstract: Methods are described for removing contaminates from aqueous industrial wastewater process streams, specifically industrial laundries to yield a less contaminated aqueous effluent for discharge to a sewer and reduce the sludge generated therefrom. A premixed medium/high molecular weight and medium/high charged cationic coagulant solution polymer and an inorganic aluminum species is injected into the wastewater, and after at least a two second delay, a high molecular weight highly charged anionic flocculent polymer solution is injected into the wastewater which reduces sludge generation, while maintaining or exceeding effluent quality. Also, no coagulant, flocculent or sludge aids are needed to attain the results and the sludge can be dewatered in a plate and frame press.

Abstract: Waste in a black or gray water holding tank is treated by an oxygen activated biocide by the addition of tetra acetyl ethylene diamine (TAED) and a peroxygen compound. Hydrogen peroxide and/or peracetic acid are released over a period of time and thus maintained in the wastewater solution. Peracetic acid under controlled release conditions dissipates prior to the wastewater being deposited in a wastewater treatment plant.

Abstract: A method for cleaning the fountain solution of a printing press with an automatically emptying separator (16), separates the dirt particles and oil residues from fountain solution and supplies them, as a mixture of dirt and fountain solution, to a dirt and fountain solution container (24) and passes the remaining fountain solution into a fountain solution storage tank (20). The dirt and fountain solution mixture in the dirt and fountain solution mixture container (24) is caused to settle in layers and the layer, containing the fountain solution, is transferred by an overflow (26) in to the fountain solution storage tank (20).

Abstract: An electrode forming method with an excellent yield, includes: (a) forming an adhesion preventing member having a predetermined pattern on a base member: (b) forming a conductive layer on the base member and the adhesion preventing member; and (c) forming an electrode having a predetermined pattern by removing the conductive layer on the adhesion preventing member in a state in which the adhesion preventing member is disposed on the base member. Adhesion between the adhesion preventing member and the conductive layer is smaller than adhesion between the base member and the conductive layer.

Abstract: A method of making a read sensor while protecting it from electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage involves forming a severable shunt during the formation of the read sensor. The method may include forming a resist layer over a plurality of read sensor layers; performing lithography with use of a mask to form the resist layer into a patterned resist which exposes left and right side regions over the read sensor layers as well as a shunt region; etching, with the patterned resist in place, to remove materials in the left and right side regions and in the shunt region; and depositing, with the patterned resist in place, left and right hard bias and lead layers in the left and right side regions, respectively, and in the shunt region for forming a severable shunt which electrically couples the left and right hard bias and lead layers together for ESD protection.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for polishing silica and silicon nitride on a semiconductor wafer comprising the steps of planarizing the silica with a first aqueous composition comprising by weight percent 0.01 to 5 carboxylic acid polymer, 0.02 to 6 abrasive, 0.01 to 10 polyvinylpyrrolidone, 0 to 5 cationic compound, 0 to 1 phthalic acid and salts, 0 to 5 zwitterionic compound and balance water, wherein the polyvinylpyrrolidone has an average molecular weight between 100 grams/mole to 1,000,000 grams/mole. The method further provides detecting an endpoint to the planarization, and clearing the silica with a second aqueous composition comprising by weight percent 0.001 to 1 quaternary ammonium compound, 0.001 to 1 phthalic acid and salts thereof, 0.01 to 5 carboxylic acid polymer, 0.01 to 5 abrasive and balance water.

Abstract: Disclosed are a head member having an ink-repellent film high in ink repellency, a method of ink-repellent treatment for the head member and an apparatus for the same. A head member (15) including a plurality of ejection ports (14) to eject ink comprises an ink-repellent film (25) on a surface having the ejection ports (14) open thereon, the ink-repellent film made of fluorocarbon resin subjected to plasma polymerization on the surface. An ink-repellent treatment method includes the steps of: disposing the head member (15) in a chamber (31) maintained in a vacuum state; introducing gaseous linear perfluorocarbon as a material of an ink-repellent film into the chamber (31); and depositing an ink-repellent film (14) made of fluorocarbon resin obtained by subjecting the perfluorocarbon to plasma polymerization on the surface of the head member (15) to perform the ink-repellent treatment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of fabricating an imprint mold for molding a structure. The method includes directing a first and a second flux for forming a first material and a second material, respectively, to a substrate to form a layered structure having alternating layers of the first and the second material. The method also includes controlling a thickness of the first and the second layers by controlling the first and the second flux and cleaving the layered structure to form a cleavage face in which sections of the layers are exposed. The method further includes etching the exposed sections of the layers using a etch procedure that predominantly etches one of the first and the second materials to form the mold having an imprinting surface with at least one indentation for molding the structure. At least one of the fluxes is controlled so that at least one of the layers has a thickness that varies along a portion of a length of the at least one layer.

Abstract: A combined wet etching method for stacked films which is capable of performing etching processes in a collective manner while controlling an amount of side-etching on each of stacked films and of making uniform side edges. In the wet etching method, two or more types of etching methods are performed in combination, on stacked films containing first and second films being deposited sequentially on a substrate and each having a different film property. The two or more types of wet etching methods include, at least, a first wet etching method in which side-etching on the first film is facilitated more than side-etching on the second film and a second wet etching method in which side-etching on the second film is facilitated more than side-etching on the first film.

Abstract: Combination of nanolithography and wet chemical etching including the fabrication of nanoarrays of sub-50 nm gold dots and line structures with deliberately designed approximately 12-100 nm gaps. These structures were made by initially using direct write nanolithography to pattern the etch resist, 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHA), on Au/Ti/SiOx/Si substrates and then wet chemical etching to remove the exposed gold. These are the smallest Au structures prepared by a wet chemical etching strategy. Also, Dip-Pen Nanolithography (DPN) has been used to generate resist layers on Au, Ag, and Pd that when combined with wet chemical etching can lead to nanostructures with deliberately designed shapes and sizes. Monolayers of mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHA) or octadecanethiol (ODT), patterned by DPN, were explored as etch resists. They work comparably well on Au and Ag, but ODT is the superior material for Pd. MHA seems to attract the FeCl3 etchant and results in nonuniform etching of the underlying Pd substrate.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling a dimension of an etched feature. The method includes: measuring a mask feature formed on a top surface of a layer on a substrate to obtain a mask feature dimension value; and calculating a mask trim plasma etch time based on the mask feature dimension value, a mask feature dimension target value, a total of selected radio frequency power-on times of a plasma etch tool since an event occurring to a chamber or chambers of a plasma etch tool for plasma etching the layer, and an etch bias target for a layer feature to be formed from the layer where the layer is not protected by the mask feature during a plasma etch of the layer.

Abstract: Methods for removing black silicon or black silicon carbide from a plasma-exposed surface of an upper electrode of a plasma processing chamber are provided. The methods include forming a plasma using a gas composition containing a fluorine-containing gas, and removing the black silicon or black silicon carbide from the surface with the plasma. The methods can also remove black silicon or black silicon carbide from surfaces of the components in the chamber in addition to the upper electrode.

Abstract: The present approach pertains to colloidal chemistry and methods of manufacturing magnetic fluid such as ferrofluid. In particular, the present approach is directed to methods of manufacturing magnetic fluid that is resistant to aggregation and clumping, and is more stable over time. The process according to the present approach comprises sedimentation of magnetic particles; mixing the magnetic particles with an aqueous acetic acid solution, a surface-active agent and a polarizing composition; applying pulsed magnetic fields; removing excess surface-active agents and polarizing composition; ferrite desalination; and peptization of the surface-active agent in a non-polar, dispersing fluid. Magnetic fluids made according to the process of the present approach can be used, e.g., for ferrofluidic seals, inclinometers, accelerometers, or as magnetic lubricants.

Abstract: To provide a further improvement of luminescence performance such as an extension of a continuation time of a light accumulation luminescence or a luminescence by ultraviolet rays, by a control of the structure of the artificial stone. A noctilucent/luminescent artificial stone including a transparent aggregate, at least one kind of a light accumulation material and a luminescent material by ultraviolet rays along with a resin is characterized by that the luminescence performance of the artificial stone is higher than that of the included light accumulation material or luminescent material by ultraviolet rays per se.

Abstract: A phosphor with high efficiency having an excitation band corresponding to light of the ultraviolet-visible (300 to 550 nm) wavelength region emitted from a light emitting element which emits blue or ultraviolet light is provided. Commercially available CaO [3N], Si3N4 [3N], and Eu2O3 [3N] are prepared, respective materials are weighed and mixed to have a mol ratio of CaO:Si3N4:Eu2O3=1.4775:1:0.01125, and then the mixture is heated to 1600° C. by a heating rate of 15° C./min under a nitrogen atmosphere and retained and fired at 1600° C. for three hours. Thereafter, the raw materials are cooled down from 1600° C. to 200° C. for an hour to thereby produce a phosphor having a composition formula Ca1.58Si3O1.63N4.35:Eu0.024.

Abstract: An Eu-activated phosphor that maintains high wavelength conversion efficiency and suppresses deterioration with time due to vacuum ultraviolet irradiation, as well as a plasma display panel having superior display performance by suppressing sticking image caused by deterioration of the phosphor with time is provided. The europium-activated phosphor where a divalent europium ratio of each phosphor particle constituting the phosphor is lower at and in a vicinity of a particle surface than for the particle as a whole.

Abstract: There is presented an electroluminescent phosphor powder of copper-activated zinc sulfide particles that has a size distribution with a D50 value of less than 12 ?m, and more preferably less than 10 ?m. The powder is preferably made by a method that includes the steps of combining copper-doped zinc sulfide with sulfur, zinc oxide and a chloride-containing flux to form a first mixture; preliminarily firing the first mixture and milling the preliminarily fired first mixture to form a milled material having a D50 value of less than or equal to about 5 ?m; blending the milled material with sulfur, zinc oxide and a chloride-containing flux to form a second mixture; firing the mixture in a first firing step at a temperature in a range of about 1020° C. to about 1080° C. to form a hexagonal zinc sulfide material; inducing defects into the hexagonal zinc sulfide material; firing the hexagonal zinc sulfide material in a second firing step at a temperature in a range of about 650° C. to about 850° C.

Abstract: This invention relates to the synthesis and isolation of colloidal silver particles through the use of thermomorphic polymers and the resulting composition. It further relates to the use of the resulting composition in the preparation of inks for printing with silver-containing inks.

Abstract: The present invention introduces a novel route toward microstructural orientation into organic films, using multiple hydrogen-bonding to self-assemble chromophore molecules into electro-optic films in a net polar orientation. High-quality, thick films (up to micrometers) with molecular net dipole orientations can be fabricated under vacuum in hours. The film microstructure is intrinsically acentric; and the orientation is robust.

Abstract: An iris assembly for a prosthetic eye comprising a button having a frontside surface. An iris member is joined to the button frontside surface and has an iris image disposed thereon. The iris image is provided using digital image capture, storage, enhancement, and printing techniques, and is provided onto a suitable substrate. A cornea piece is made from a clear material, and is joined to the iris member frontside surface. Prior to joining, the iris member is encapsulated with a clear protective film thereover that operates to protect the iris image from unwanted smudging or other type of distortion during the step of joining the cornea piece. The iris assembly yields an accurate reproduction of the iris portion of a patient's natural eye in a manner that is both time efficient and cost effective.

Abstract: A method for precipitation of finely divided solid particles comprising a) Dissolving a compound C in a fluid A to provide a solution A; b) Thermostatization of said solution A to a temperature ranging between ?50°0 C. and 200° C.; c) Adding a fluid B to said solution A until a pressure P is obtained, characterized in that said fluid B at a pressure P is miscible with said solution A and acts as a co-solvent to form a solution AB; d) Adding an inert gas to solution AB so as to maintain the pressure P; and e) Reducing the pressure of said solution AB so as to produce the precipitation of said compound C, and wherein the method permits particles of average size less than 20 ?m, with a narrow distribution ranging between 1 and 100 ?m, from a solution, and not a mix, that contains the compound C precipitated.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for making very fine particles containing at least an active principle inserted in a host molecule and a device for implementing said method. The method is characterized in that it consists in forming a solution of the active principle in a first liquid solvent and of a product formed by the host molecules in a second liquid solvent, then in contacting the resulting solutions with a supercritical pressure fluid, so as to precipitate the host molecules which are dissolved therein.

Abstract: In a reciprocating (RS) injection unit environment, as shown in FIG. 1, a controller of the injection unit is arranged to continuously rotate the screw during both conventional plasticizing operation and shot injection. In this way the RS unit is more efficient, utilizing less energy and producing greater resin output. The injection unit includes a non-return valve adjacent a nozzle, which non-return valve is either configured to rotate with the screw to reduce wear or presented as a ball check style noon-return valve. In an injection molding environment, the rotating screw includes flights that allow granules of resin to melt and mix in spaces between adjacent flights, but the flights are arranged substantially to inhibit excessive displacement of resin around the flights.

Abstract: An injection molding shooting pot shot size control apparatus is configured to be installed in a coinjection hot runner with a coinjection nozzle, the coinjection nozzle having at least two melt channels ending at the same gate includes a valve inlet and a valve outlet. An adjustable melt control mechanism, preferably in the form of a hydraulically actuated wedge, is configured to (i) be disposed in a cavity plate adjacent to a hot runner assembly, and allow the shot size position to be set while the mold is open, and (ii) permit the charged shooting pot cylinder to decompress the melt when the wedge is pulled away from the shooting pot piston.

Abstract: A novel nano thermometer, which can be used for temperature measurement of a wide temperature range, in a micrometer size environment, and a method for producing the same. The nano thermometer is a carbon nanotube filled with a continuous columnar gallium, which enables measurement of environmental temperature by length change of the columnar gallium, and is produced by mixing Ga2O3 powder and carbon powder uniformly, and performing heat treatment for this mixed powder at a temperature range of 1200 to 1400° C. under an inert gas flow.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming nonwoven webs comprising coated fibers. The method of forming the nonwoven web generally comprises the steps of forming fibers from a melt fibrillation process, forming at least one fluid stream containing a coating substance, applying the coating substance onto the surface of the fiber, and depositing the coated fibers on a surface to form a web. Typically, the fibers are coated in flight. Preferably, the melt fibrillation process to form the fibers is a melt film fibrillation process. A melt film fibrillation process generally includes the steps of providing a polymeric melt, utilizing a central fluid stream to form an elongated hollow polymeric film tube, and using air to form multiple nanofibers from the hollow tube. The nonwoven web may comprise a layer having a significant number of nanofibers with diameters less than one micron.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an airbag assembly and a trim component for vehicle including the step of providing a first mold structure having a first surface formed therein, a second mold structure having a second surface formed therein and a third mold structure having a third surface formed therein. The first mold structure and the second mold structure are positioned to define a first cavity. A first material is introduced into the first cavity to form a substrate. The substrate and the third mold structure are positioned to define a second cavity. A second material is introduced into the second cavity to form at least one of a portion of an airbag assembly and an outer layer overmolded onto the substrate. Additionally, a scrim material may be disposed within the second cavity to produce a hinge having an embedded layer of scrim material.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a synthetic resin hollow molded body includes a first injection molding process, a positioning process and a second injection molding process in which each of the contact portions of the first split assembly member, second split assembly member, and the third split assembly member is made to contact the corresponding contact portion and each of the contact portions is joined with the corresponding contact portion by a second injection between the first die and the second die.

Abstract: An apparatus for bonding a transmission line to the central bore of a downhole tool includes a pre-formed interface for bonding a transmission line to the inside diameter of a downhole tool. The pre-formed interface includes a first surface that substantially conforms to the outside contour of a transmission line and a second surface that substantially conforms to the inside diameter of a downhole tool. In another aspect of the invention, a method for bonding a transmission line to the inside diameter of a downhole tool includes positioning a transmission line near the inside wall of a downhole tool and placing a mold near the transmission line and the inside wall. The method further includes injecting a bonding material into the mold and curing the bonding material such that the bonding material bonds the transmission line to the inside wall.

Abstract: Coinjection molding shooting pot cooling apparatus and method are configured to cool a shooting pot cylinder which, in combination with a shooting pot piston, injects a melt through a coinjection nozzle having at least two melt channels ending at the same gate. Preferably, a heat sink sleeve is disposed to contact an outer surface of a rear portion of the shooting pot cylinder. The heat sink sleeve is configured to remove sufficient heat from the shooting pot cylinder to increase the viscosity of the melt therein, thus reducing melt leakage between the shooting pot piston and the shooting pot cylinder.

Abstract: Servo side shuttle apparatus and method for a molding machine includes structure and/or steps whereby a shuttle plate has a portion always disposed inboard of a perimeter of a first mold half of the molding machine. Drive structure is preferably configured to drive the shuttle plate only in one plane across a molding face of the first mold half. A plurality of gripping structures are coupled to the shuttle plate and are respectively configured to remove a corresponding plurality of molded articles from a corresponding plurality of mold cavities (or cores). The drive structure is also configured to drive the shuttle plate to cause the plurality of gripping structures to be moved in a direction which is diagonal with respect to an array direction of the plurality of mold cavities (or cores).

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention includes an assembly for stripping a medium from a mold cavity. The assembly may include at least one stripper shoe, a head structure, and a flexible plunger connecting the head structure and the at least one stripper shoe. The flexible plunger may include cutouts or openings along the length of the plunger to induce increased flexibility. The flexible plunger may include a first bending stiffness at one end of the plunger and a second bending stiffness the opposite end of the plunger. The cutouts may be configured such that the second bending stiffness is substantially less than the first bending stiffness. By increasing the flexibility of the plungers, the usable life of the assembly may be prolonged while maintaining product quality.

Abstract: A blow molded structure comprising a body made out of a first polymeric material and an integrally molded, coextruded living hinge made out of a second, more flexible polymeric material. A method of making a blow molded article having a coextruded living hinge.

Abstract: A system provides for high level disinfection or sterilization of an endoscope having a first portion adapted for immersion and a second portion not adapted for immersion. The system includes a container having a first basin sized and adapted to receive the first portion of the endoscope for immersion, a separate and adjacent second basin sized and adapted to receive the second portion of the endoscope, a wall between the first basing and the second basin, and a trough in an upper portion of the wall between the first basin and second basin through which a tube connecting the first portion of the endoscope and the second portion of the endoscope may extend.

Abstract: A pathology distribution system 10 is provided for automated sample container 14, 15 distribution. The system 10 comprises a loading station 500 for loading samples in primary containers 14 of different types, a sample handling station 16 for receiving the containers 14 and identifying the container types and samples therein, and a container distribution station 38 for distributing the containers in areas or racks in the distribution station 38 marked for analyzing processes prescribed for the samples therein.

Abstract: A microsystem for determining clotting time of blood and a low-cost, single-use device for use therein are provided wherein the device has no moving parts or expensive optical sensors or magnets. The device includes a microfluidic channel and a microsensor at least partially in fluid communication with the channel. By analyzing changes in the sensor as a drop of blood flows down the microfluidic channel, the time at which the blood clots can be determined.

Abstract: Process for controlling the combustion zone of a fluidized bed process comprising a regeneration zone and a reaction zone, the catalyst circulating between these two zones, and the regeneration zone comprising a combustion stage of the coke deposited on the catalyst in the reaction zone, control of the combustion zone being performed on the basis of a characteristic variable of the operation of said combustion zone, said characteristic variable being the object of automatic regulation by acting on the catalyst throughput, characterized in that the value of the catalyst throughput or of any control variable connected unequivocally to the catalyst is determined based on information on the operating values of the combustion zone, at least one of which corresponds to an independent evaluation of the level of coke deposited on the catalyst.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to solve problems of conventional ozone-scavenging materials and to provide an ozone-scavenging material capable of effectively decomposing/removing ozone at low cost. To attain the above object, the present invention provides an ozone-scavenging material characterized in that a metal having ozone-decomposing ability or an oxide thereof is supported on an organic polymer base having a polymer side chain having an ion exchange group on the backbone of a polymer. Said ozone-scavenging material can be prepared by introducing a polymer side chain having an ion exchange group onto the backbone of an organic polymer base, bringing the resulting organic polymer material into contact with a salt of a metal having ozone-decomposing ability to support the ion of said metal on the ion exchange group, and then precipitating fine particles of said metal or an oxide of said metal on the organic polymer material by oxidation or reduction.

Abstract: The invention provides a NOx removal system for use in a boiler for realizing further reduction in NOx. Loading means for loading a reducing agent is provided at the outlet of a gas passageway in the boiler body, and a NOx removal catalyst is provided downstream of the loading means.

Abstract: An apparatus subjects water to waves from an RF plasma. This allows continuous production of “activated water” characterized by cluster sizes below about 4 molecules per cluster, water having pH below 4 or above 10, or water having ORP of less than ?350 mV or more than +800 mV. The basic frequency of the plasma is preferably between 0.44 MHz and 40.68 MHz, and the plasma is preferably modulated at a frequency between 10 kHz and 34 kHz. Flow rates typically range from 20 l/hr to about 2000 l/hr. Activated water can be used for many purposes, including antimicrobial cleaning of worktable, floor, wall, knife, transport and other surfaces, for example, in meat processing facilities and hospitals.

Abstract: A photocatalytic coating oxidizes volatile organic compounds that adsorb onto the coating into water, carbon dioxide, and other substances. When photons of the ultraviolet light are absorbed by the coating, reactive hydroxyl radicals are formed. When a contaminant is adsorbed onto the coating, the hydroxyl radical oxidizes the contaminant to produce water, carbon dioxide, and other substances. A humidity sensor or a temperature sensor detects the humidity or temperature, respectively, of the air entering the air purification system. Information about the optimal microwave wavelength and intensity for various humidity and temperature levels are stored in a control of a microwave actuator. The microwave actuator determines the optimal wavelength or intensity based on the sensed humidity and temperature level and sends a signal to a magnetron to emit a microwave of the desired wavelength or intensity.