Abstract: A portable device for transporting or storing pharmaceuticals under refrigeration. The pharmaceuticals can be in a medication container or medical device, such as a syringe. A user chills the entire device or a cooling component within the device, and then places the pharmaceutical item inside the device and closes the device around it. The pharmaceutical device may then be transported while being kept at a reduced temperature by the device.

Abstract: A child-resistant multi-step tear-access blister package having at least one product well containing a product. The product is accessed by tearing the blister package from a peripheral edge toward the product well. A step in addition to tearing is required to access the product, thereby elevating the cognitive skill necessary to access the product above those of a typical small child. In the disclosed exemplary embodiment, the additional step involves weakening a tear-resistant channel blocking a tear path from the peripheral edge of the package to the product well. More particularly, initial tearing of the package toward the product well is interfered with by the presence of the tear-resistant channel interrupting the tear path. The tear-resistant channel may be bent or snapped to permit tearing therethrough and to permit continued tearing of the blister package toward the product well to access the product.

Abstract: An improved child-resistant blister package is provided in which the lidding component includes a tear-resistant nonwoven layer and a barrier layer. The nonwoven layer can be a melt-spun continuous filament nonwoven web. The lidding component used in peel off-push through blister packages of the invention contains fewer layers, can be processed at higher blister package sealing temperatures and has improved puncture resistance compared to lidding components used in child-resistant packages known in the art. In addition, in peel off-push through and peel-open package designs of the present invention, the lidding peels more cleanly from the blister component compared to packages known in the art which have a tendency to tear during peeling.

Abstract: A shock absorbing packaging material has a pair of inner frame members on which shock absorbing films are stretched to cover window holes and an outer frame member holding the pair of inner frame members in an opposed state. The outer frame member has a tube surrounding the outer peripheral edges of the pair of inner frame members, a one side support piece formed by extending one opening edge of the tube, and the other side support piece formed by extending the other opening edge of the cylindrical body. The pair of inner frame members are disposed in the hollow portion of the tube, and the outer peripheral part of the one inner frame member is supported by the one side support piece folded to the inside of the tube.

Abstract: A wafer storage container includes an outer peripheral portion located outside an outer peripheral edge of a wafer, and a placing portion which extends from a position lower than an uppermost surface of the outer peripheral portion to a radial inside of the wafer and on which the wafer is placed at a position lower than the uppermost surface of the outer peripheral portion. The placing portion includes a first inclined surface which descends toward the radial inside of the wafer and can be brought into contact with only the outer peripheral edge of the wafer when the wafer is placed and a second inclined surface which is on a rear side of the first inclined surface, ascends toward the radial inside of the wafer, and can be brought into contact with only the outer peripheral edge of a lower wafer when a plurality of wafer storage containers are stacked.

Abstract: A method for processing asphaltenes is disclosed. The method can include separating asphaltenes from an asphaltene-containing composition and oxidizing the separated asphaltenes to form oxidation products. Alternatively, the method can include oxidizing asphaltenes within an asphaltene-containing composition without first separating the asphaltenes. Once formed, the oxidation products can be combined with other hydrocarbons. The amount of oxidation can be limited to an amount sufficient to produce a mixture suitable for the desired application. This method can be used to upgrade asphaltenes from a variety of sources, including oil sands. The oxidation step can be performed, for example, by introducing an oxidizing agent and, in some cases, a catalyst into the asphaltenes. A solvent or miscibility agent also can be introduced to improve mixing between the oxidizing agent and the asphaltenes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-75 prepared using a tetramethylene-1,4-bis-(N-methylpyrrolidinium)dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in catalysts for hydrocarbon conversion reactions.

Abstract: A pretreatment process is described for heavy hydrocarbon oil feedstock, such as oils extracted from tar sands. The feedstock is passed through a heated, continuous flow electron or x-ray treatment zone. The process is designed to allow the feedstock to be conditioned with ozone-containing air, steam or a hydrogen donor gas prior to electron/x-ray treatment. The ozone-containing air stream may be the stream produced in the electron treatment zone. After conditioning, the heavy oil is heated to a specified temperature and uniformly treated with high-energy beams of electrons or x-rays. A key feature of the invention is the electron/x-ray treatment zone may use multiple accelerators or a beam splitter to ensure acceptable dose distributions in the flowing feedstock. Another key feature is the recirculation of volatiles back into the feedstock.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for recovering product from reactor effluent of a reactor for a hydrocarbon feedstream. An indigenous C4 stream is used as lean oil in a demethanizer, which facilitates significant cost and operational savings. C4 bottoms from a downstream depropanizer is used as lean oil recycle.

Abstract: A process and apparatus are provided for generating at least two types of steam having different purities in steam reforming processes in which at least two steam reforming units (steam reformers) (are operated in parallel. The first steam stream having a higher purity than that of the second steam stream. The steam reformers operated in parallel are combined to form groups of at least two steam reformers (groups) within which the high purity steam is generated in one of the steam reformers by vaporization of degassed and demineralized water and low purity steam is generated in at least one of the other steam reformers by vaporization of degassed impurity-containing water (dirty water). The dirty water is formed at least in part from the condensate (process condensate) produced within a group, and is predominantly made up of water.

Abstract: 1,3,5 (2H2,4H2,6H2) tripropanediamine N,N,N?,N?,N?,N? hexamethyl is used to scavenge sulfur compounds from hydrocarbons. A novel method of making the triazine comprises autocondensing (CH3)2N CHCH2CH2N?CH2.

Abstract: A process to prepare new catalysts made from mixed metal oxides of transition metals, which involves the preparation of precursors and synthesis of these materials in oxide form from the preparation of a sol-gel formed from inorganic salts of these metals. An advance in the preparation of these catalysts made of mixed transition metal carbides and nitrides is proposed, providing an alternative way to the process of synthesis by solid-state reaction. The final product, in extruded form, has textural and mechanical properties superior to those obtained by the known techniques in the state of the art, and with better catalytic activity for hydrotreatment reactions.

Abstract: This invention provides a method with an apparatus used during the steps of the method to dismantle capsules, the method comprising steps as firstly putting the capsules into a pressure vessel, secondly filling the pressure vessel with compressed air, to make the high-pressure air get into the capsules through the gap between the capsule body and the capsule cap, then quickly lowering the air pressure inside the pressure vessel, to generate a pressure difference between inside and outside of each capsule, making the compressed air inside each capsule expand, and at last the expansion force make the capsule body and the capsule cap be separated. Compared with the convention method of manually dismantling capsules, this method has many advantages such as more quickly dismantling, more efficiently separation of druggery and so on.

Abstract: A method for selective separation of particles from a particle-containing material includes preparing a slurry of the particle-containing material and a dispersant, passing the slurry through a hydraulic classifier in a first direction, establishing a particle flow in a direction that is different from the first direction, and recovering particles having a mean particle size of about 2-7 ?m. The flow of particles defines a cross-current flow relative to the slurry feed direction. The method further includes providing the classifier with an interior divider assembly defining at least one inclined channel. The divider assembly typically includes a plurality of substantially parallel dividers separating the classifier into multiple channels having a substantially equal internal volume. A hydraulic classifier for separating particles having a mean particle size of from about 2-7 ?m in accordance with the present method is provided also.

Abstract: A screening panel 10 comprises a peripheral frame 12 consisting of a pair of mutually laterally spaced side members 14, 16, which are integral with a pair of mutually axially spaced end members 18, 20. The side members 14, 16 and end members 18, 20 define corners of the panel 22.1, 22.2, 22.3 and 22.4 and the peripheral frame 12 where they meet. A plurality of mutually spaced ribs 15 extend across the periphery of the panel 10 to define a screening surface. The side members and end members are rectangular in cross-section, thereby defining substantially flat upper peripheral surfaces 12.1, outer peripheral surface 12.2 and lower peripheral surface 12.3 of the peripheral frame 12 and thus also the panel 10. The panel 10 includes locating recesses 24 provided at or near to the corners 22.1, 22.2, 22.3 and 22.4 of the panel 10. The panel 10 also has separate securing recesses in the form of semi-circular grooves 30 formed in the lower surface 12.

Abstract: A remote water meter monitoring system is provided. A mesh network-type transceiver unit is coupled to a water meter housing having a water counting mechanism inside to transmit water consumption information as well as other sensor information, such as backflow detection, water pressure, and water metrics (e.g., residual chlorine and temperature) to a central server system via a bridge device and a corresponding mesh network. Mechanical energy from the water flowing through the water meter housing is converted to electrical energy via an energy conversion unit. An electrically powered shut off valve is remote addressable via the transceiver unit.

Abstract: The invention is a biomass carrier used in the biological purification of waste water. The design of the biomass carrier is characterized by a surface morphology designed to produce a specific pattern of variations in bio-film thickness, resulting in optimized bio-film conditions for simultaneous nitrification-de-nitrification and biodegradation of trace organic contaminants.

Abstract: A portable water filtering assembly includes a soft bag which is composed of a first part and a second part. At least one holding member is connected to an inside of at least one of the first and second parts so as to hold a water filtering device. The water filtering device is connected with an inlet tube and an outlet tube. Two pouches are respectively connected with the first and second parts so as to receive the inlet tube and the outlet tube. Each of the first and second parts has an opening in a side thereof and the opening communicates with the pouch corresponding thereto. A door pivotably closes the opening and the inlet and outlet tubes can extend from the openings when in use.

Abstract: A filter assembly includes a head housing having a water inlet and a water outlet, and a valve disposed in the housing and defining inlet and outlet passageways, and having a first key formation. A cartridge is provided having separate inlet and outlet ports each engageable in a corresponding one of the passageways, and a complementary key formation for engaging the first key formation for ensuring proper engagement of the ports in the passageways. The valve is rotatable in the housing between an open position in which feed water passes through the inlet passageway and into the cartridge, and treated water flows to the outlet passageway, and a closed position in which water is prevented from flowing to and from the valve. The inlet and outlet passageways and the first key formation are generally linearly aligned.

Abstract: The apparatus for the purification of organic molecules, comprising a hollow body of substantially elongated shape, open at the ends and internally defining at least one transit duct for a fluid mix, at least one functionalised permeable support housed inside the duct and having a basic permeable material to which is associated at least one chemical agent suitable for trapping, during the transit of the mix, at least one organic molecule to be purified, characterized in that the chemical agent is associated with the basic permeable material by chemical reaction between a first functional group on the molecular structure of the chemical agent and a second functional group on at least one between the molecular structure of the basic permeable material and the molecular structure of a binder associable with the basic permeable material, the first functional group and the second functional group being selected between an aminic functional group, a carboxylic functional group, a succinimidic functional group, a th

Abstract: Some analyzers cannot measure blood analytes from a sample of whole blood, but can measure the analytes in plasma extracted from the whole blood. Some embodiments of the invention provide a disposable apparatus that is suitable for extracting plasma from whole blood received from a blood supply. The blood supply includes one of a tube containing blood, a syringe containing blood, a drop of blood on the skin resulting from a pin prick, a vein, an artery, and an arterial line. The apparatus includes a housing, and arranged within the housing is a porous membrane, a filtration chamber, and a plasma collection chamber. The porous membrane forms a barrier between the whole blood and the plasma extracted from the whole blood. The filtration chamber receives the whole blood for plasma extraction, and the plasma collection chamber collects the plasma extracted from the whole blood. The apparatus also includes a blood flow path within the housing, and the blood flow path includes the filtration chamber.

Abstract: A seawater desalination system is provided using a jet technique, which comprises a filter apparatus, a sonic energy treatment apparatus, and a desalination apparatus. After being coarse-filtered and fine-filtered, the seawater enters the sonic energy treatment apparatus. After being treated by the sonic energy treatment apparatus, the seawater is stored in a water storage tank in the form of small molecular clusters, and then pumped into a reverse osmosis membrane. After osmosis, the water becomes freshwater and stored in a freshwater tank. During the process, the reverse osmosis membrane can be replaced by a distillatory. The system has the advantages of a simple structure of the seawater desalination apparatus, less investment, low cost, and stable performance. The seawater is not only desalinated, but also chain-shortened into water of small molecular clusters, which is easily absorbed and utilized by human body.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for filtering a liquid sample. A vessel defines a reservoir. An insert is at least partially and slidably positioned within the reservoir. The insert defines a collection volume, and the collection volume is in fluid communication with the reservoir. A separation element is positioned to partition the collection volume from the reservoir.

Abstract: A filter apparatus including a housing (2) and a filter insert (4), with an inlet opening formed on the housing (2) and an outlet fitting (6) mounted on a housing wall. The outlet fitting (6) has a contact face (7) for contact with the housing (2) and is provided with a tubular segment (13), which protrudes through an opening (9) of the housing, and a mounting element (22) is attached to the tubular segment (13) such that a region (10) of the housing (2) surrounding the opening (9) is clamped between the contact face (7) of the outlet fitting (6) and the mounting element (22).

Abstract: A composite filter material comprising a filter layer and a support layer bonded together. The filter layer is formed of a flexible, liquid-permeable non-woven fabric having a plurality of openings sized to permit liquids and silt particles to pass through the filter layer while preventing sand particles from passing through the filter layer. The support layer is formed of a flexible, liquid-permeable material having a grab tensile strength greater than that of the filter layer, the support layer having a plurality of openings such that the support material is at least as permeable to liquids as the filter fabric. In another embodiment, the composite filter material further comprises a drainage panel bonded to at least one of the filter layer or the support layer. The drainage panel has a laterally-extensive backing grid and a plurality of spaced-apart support members projecting from the backing grid whereby fluid may flow through the backing grid and between the support members.

Abstract: Nanometer scale structures, and methods of making the same are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to saturating various fluid media with oxygen, for example for aeration and can be used for the food industry, pharmaceutics, perfumery and cosmetics, physio- and aromotherapy, water supply systems, fishing and agriculture, including producing beverages, good additives, drugs, novel perfume and cosmetic products, inhalation and bathing, for improving the habitat and increasing a productivity of fish and other useful animals and microorganisms in aquariums, ponds, pools and for producing means for processing plants and animals. The inventive method for processing a fluid medium consists in passing an oxygen-containing gas flow which is pre-saturated by phyto-excretes of vegetating or cut plants through said medium.

Abstract: A biological removal method of phosphorus and nitrogen includes supplying a mixture gas into a gas holder. Inflow water and return water are supplied into the gas holder to make the mixture gas dissolved in the inflow water and the return water. The return water was provided from a granulation biological reaction tank. The inflow water and the return water including the dissolved mixture gas are transported to the granulation biological reaction tank. A nitrogen-based component is removed from the inflow water and the return water using methan-oxidizing bacteria granulated in the granulation biological reaction tank. Treated water without the nitrogen-based component is transported to an anoxic tank for treatment, and discharged from the anoxic tank.

Abstract: Provided is a process and apparatus for separating a multi-component feed stream wherein a porous separator is used to effectively create, via permeation and phase change, at least three fractions of differing compositions.

Abstract: To provide a method for separating component, wherein a part of components is separated from a mixed composition which includes water and acid, without causing degression in the characteristics of the zeolite crystal is aimed for. The aim is solved by a method for separating a component from a mixed composition which includes water and organic acid such as acetic acid by using zeolite crystal, and wherein the mixed composition is brought into vapor 16; and the vapor 16 of the mixed composition is heated by a ribbon heater 13 up to a temperature of not inducing capillary condensation of the vapor 16 of the mixed composition when the vapor 16 of the mixed composition comes into contact with the zeolite crystal 11.

Abstract: A method that comprises providing a polymerized sol-gel material (PSG) and linking an enzyme to a surface of the PSG via covalent linkage is provided. The surface of the PSG is derivatized with a linker that comprises a functional group for linking itself to the surface of the PSG and a functional group for linking itself with the enzyme. The linked-enzyme PSG, or microreactor, is an effective means of at least partially digesting a substrate, such as a biological substrate. The activity of the enzyme of the microreactor may be significantly enhanced, up to 200-fold to over 2000-fold, for example, relative to the activity of the enzyme free of the microreactor. The microreactor is thus an effective vehicle for digesting a substrate such as a biomolecule, a protein, an oligonucleotide, a peptide, a steroid, and/or an organic acid, after which, any remaining substrate and one or more digestion product(s) may be separated and detected.

Abstract: A composite semipermeable membrane, which comprises a separating functional layer comprising polyamide formed on a porous substrate film, wherein the separating functional layer comprising polyamide has a mean pore radius of 0.25 nm to 0.35 nm and a vacancy content of 0.2 nm3% to 0.3 nm3%, measured by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy.

Abstract: A method and system for treating a distilled ethanol or alcoholic spirit wherein the spirit is contacted with ozone and granular activated carbon in sequence to provide an ozonated distilled spirit product of improved purity, aroma, taste or character.

Abstract: Hydrocarbon stimulation fluids are often used to increase the permeability and productivity of oil and gas reservoirs. The fluid itself is made up of a mixture of hydrocarbons and various chemicals designed to induce gel formation and gel breaking. The successful removal of these chemicals from the fluid has been achieved, through a process of acid-washing and filtration. This will allow the fluid to be re-used many times for further fracturing processes.

Abstract: A portable waste disposal system for cementuous slurry comprises a collapsible wire cage, a waterproof containment bag inside the wire cage and a filtration bag inside the waterproof containment bag. The system enables the cementuous slurry generated during the plastering of a swimming pool and pumped from inside a swimming pool to a location adjacent the pool be disposed of quickly and safely. The liquid generated during the process may be neutralized and left on site, thereby avoiding transport of such liquid.

Abstract: Provided is a submerged-type, electrosorption-based desalination apparatus for water purification and method, comprising applying a DC voltage of 0.1 to 2.0 volts to a carbon electrode of the reactor to thereby adsorb inorganic ions on the carbon electrode, and reversely applying the same DC voltage having opposite polarity to recycle regeneration solution to the outside of the apparatus or into the treatment tank, thereby enhancing a recovery rate. In addition, in order to improve desalination efficiency, the reactor used in the desalination apparatus may be embodied in various forms of T-shaped, linear type, single, composite, and ion exchange membrane electrodes. Therefore, the present invention may be applied to remove inorganic ions from industrial wastewater, sea water, and brackish water, which contain large amounts of inorganic ions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of water containing a contaminant, said process comprising the steps of: (a) adding a sufficient quantity of hydrogen peroxide to the water; and (b) radiating the water with ultraviolet rays during a sufficient time for allowing decomposition of the contaminant until said treatment is achieved.

Abstract: There is described a water disinfection apparatus comprising a channel for defining a flow of water, and plural ultraviolet light sources, each comprising an elongate ultraviolet lamp unit comprising at least one ultraviolet bulb and defining an elongate lamp unit axis; and a microwave unit comprising a microwave energy source for exciting the at least one ultraviolet bulb. In use, at least part of the elongate lamp unit encounters the flow of water.

Abstract: A cooling water reforming method of the invention includes making ozone micro/nanobubbles contained in cooling water in a cooling tower. A cooling apparatus of the invention includes an ozone micro/nanobubble generation section for generating ozone micro/nanobubbles in cooling water in a cooling tower so as to make ozone micro/nanobubbles contained in the cooling water. The ozone micro/nanobubble generation section includes an ozone generator for generating ozone, and a micro/nanobubble generator for generating ozone micro/nanobubbles in the cooling water by using the ozone.

Abstract: A process is disclosed that relates to the recovery of a metal catalyst from an oxidizer purge stream produced in the synthesis of carboxylic acid, typically terephthalic. More particularly, the process involves recovery of a metal catalyst from an oxidizer purge stream through the use of a pressure filter, the combining of water with a mother liquor to recover the metal catalyst and then subjecting an aqueous mixture so formed to a single stage extraction with an extraction solvent to produce an extract stream comprising organic impurities and a raffinate stream comprising the metal catalyst.

Abstract: Desalination apparatus based on porous restraint panels fabricated from a number of different layers of metal, thermoplastic, or other substances are used as sophisticated heat exchangers to control the growth of gas hydrate. The gas hydrate is produced after infusion of liquid hydrate-forming material into water to be treated, which liquid hydrate-forming material can also be used to carry out all the refrigeration necessary to cool seawater to near the point of hydrate formation and to cool the porous restraint panels. Hydrate forms on and dissociates through the porous restraints. The composite restraint panels can also be used in gaseous atmospheres where, for instance, it is desired to remove dissolved water.

Abstract: Fluid filtration devices, systems and methods are disclosed. The device comprises, for example, an influent feed tube; an influent receiving bowl in fluid communication with the influent feed tube; and a plurality of radial arms having filters therein configured to rotate about an axis within the influent receiving bowl. The fluid filtration devices, which can be configured to filter a wide variety of fluids, comprises: an influent feed tube; an influent receiving bowl in fluid communication with the influent feed tube; and a plurality of radial arms having filters therein configured to rotate about an axis within the influent receiving bowl.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for separating blood into blood components using a separation vessel satellite bags mounted on a centrifuge rotor and a balancing assembly for the centrifuge to compensate for changes to the center of gravity.

Abstract: A modular folding shoe rack includes first and second side rails; first and second arms pivotably connected with the side rails at a first end of the arms; a first crossbar connected with the opposite ends of the arms; and a second crossbar connected with the side rails. Each side rail may also include complementary male/female connectors at its opposite ends to allow for connection of one side rail to another, resulting in a modular design.

Abstract: A pedestal comprising (i) a pedestal base whose upper surface defines at least two pairs of open channels, (ii) horizontal lower support members placed in the channels, and (iii) at least one block component which is fitted slidably over one or more of the lower support members. Two or more block components can be used together, and upper support members can be placed in channels in the upper surfaces of the block components so that they are at right angles to the lower support members. The pedestals are particularly useful in the catering and hospitality industry for supporting food and beverage containers, tableware, flower vases and sculptures.

Abstract: An exemplary flat panel display includes a display panel, a supporting member, and a base portion. The supporting member includes a main body portion and a bending portion extending substantially toward a front side of the display panel. The base portion adjoins the main body portion and the display panel has a jointing portion pivotally connected to the bending portion. The jointing portion of the display panel is located within a top half region of the display panel, such that the display panel and the supporting member define an accommodating space therebetween.

Abstract: A support rod for curtains and the like has telescoping sections the ends of which are threaded for being screwed onto respective receivers mountable on facing walls in axial alignment. The receivers are fixed to the walls by fasteners which are concealed within the bore of at least one of the rod section or its mating receiver. A decorative flange may be mounted between each receiver and its respective rod section.

Abstract: The invention relates to a height-adjustable support for false floors, in particular for exhibitions, trade fairs, etc., having a foot (3) for bearing on the underlying surface, and a head (4) on which the covering panels (1) end up located, and having a spindle arrangement which connects the foot and head and of which the spindle, a threaded rod (5), is mounted in a bearing (9) such that it can be rotated at the head (4), but cannot be displaced axially, and interacts, in the foot (3), with a mating thread (8) provided in a fixed manner therein as a spindle nut, it being possible for the spindle drive to be driven by means of a handle (16). In order to allow straightforward height adjustment to be carried out even when all but one covering panel have already been laid at a supporting point, the handle is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the spindle.

Abstract: An elastic strap storage apparatus including a first set of cross members, and a second set of cross members attached to the first set of cross members. The first set of cross members and the second set of cross members have stops on each end of the cross member.

Abstract: A hoist for positioning a load (40) includes a plurality of lift cylinders (15), a plurality of position sensors, a plurality of electronically controlled valves, a user input device (22), and a hoist controller (20). Each of the hydraulic hoist cylinders is coupled at one end to the hoist and at an opposite end to the load at a lifting point (45). Each of the position sensors is associated with one of the hoist cylinders and operable to provide position data for the associated hoist cylinder. The electronically controlled valves are hydraulically coupled to the hoist cylinders for extending and retracting the associated hoist cylinders. The user input device is operable by a user to specify load data. The hoist controller is operable to receive the load data from the input device and the position data from the position sensors and in response thereto to control the electronically controlled valves so as to position the load according to the load data.