Abstract: A braking system resetting mechanism for a hoisted structure includes a guide rail (14) and a brake member (10). Also included is a brake member actuation mechanism (12) operatively coupled to the brake member and configured to magnetically engage the guide rail to actuate the brake member from a non-braking position to a braking position. Further included is an outer structure having a slot (64) configured to guide the brake member actuation mechanism, wherein the slot includes a first angled region and a second angled region that intersect at an outer location. Also included is a spring loaded lever (202) operatively coupled to the outer structure and configured to engage the brake member actuation mechanism during a resetting operation, wherein the spring loaded lever biases the brake member actuation mechanism toward the outer location of the slot of the outer structure to disengage the brake member actuation mechanism from the guide rail.

Abstract: A rope lifting tool for belt-shaped ropes provided with an uneven surface pattern on one or both of its opposing wide sides, includes a first guide for guiding the rope lifting tool along a first guide rail; a second guide for guiding the rope lifting tool along a second guide rail; an upright plate, and an inclined plate at an acute angle relative to the upright plate, the upright plate and the inclined plate having a wedge shaped space between them; and a plurality of wedge members placed adjacent each other inside the wedge-shaped space. A rope gap for receiving an end of a belt-shaped rope is formed between each wedge member and the upright plate, which rope gap is narrowable by wedging of the wedge member in the wedge shaped space. A rope lifting arrangement includes the rope lifting tool.

Abstract: An elevator system may include at least two elevator shafts and at least one elevator car. A vertically extending rail may be disposed in each elevator shaft, and the elevator car may travel along the vertically extending rail. Each rail may be formed with a rotatable segment such that the rotatable segments can be aligned relative to one another in a transfer plane. Thereafter, the elevator car may travel between the elevator shafts along the segments. In some cases, the vertically extending rail may form part of a linear drive that causes the elevator car to move without the use of cables.

Abstract: A supersized elevator for use in building a large ship or an offshore plant is provided. The supersized elevator includes an elevator structure (100), an elevator cage (200) configured to accommodate passengers and heavy articles, a counterweight (230) configured to maintain a weight balance with the elevator cage (200), a wire rope (220) configured to interconnect the elevator cage (200) and the counterweight (230), and a winding machine (210) configured to wind the wire rope (220). A wind shield module (800) configured to prevent a tail cable (910) from being affected by a strong wind is vertically installed on one inner side surface of the elevator structure (100).

Abstract: A portable lift is provided. The portable lift includes a top frame assembly, a carriage frame, a base frame, and a hoist mechanism. The top frame assembly is secures top ends of a pair of stringers together. The base frame assembly secures bottom ends of the pair of stringers together forming the portable lift frame. The carriage frame includes a plurality of wheel assemblies each having a plurality of wheels. The plurality of wheels releasably retain to and slidably engage with a stringer of the pair of stringers. The hoist mechanism includes a motor, a spool rotatable by the motor, a pulley secured to the top frame assembly, and a hoist cable wrapped around the spool and running from the spool through the pulley and secured to the carriage frame.

Abstract: A machine room-less elevator includes a car (5) configured to ascend and descend in a hoistway of an architectural structure, a counter weight (14) configured to ascend and descend reversely to the car, a rope (7) configured to suspend the car and the counter weight, and a hoisting machine (6) configured to drive the rope. A support beam assembly, which is configured to bear not a load of the architectural structure but at least loads of the car, the counter weight, the rope, and the hoisting machine, is supported on a top-story floor beam assembly (4) of the architectural structure.

Abstract: A rope hoist which hoists and lowers a cargo via a wire rope includes: a frame structure which rotatably supports a wheel; a rope drum mechanism which is provided on one side of the frame structure in a width direction, and includes a drum motor which rotates the rope drum; a counterweight which is provided on another side of the frame structure in the width direction and is arranged in a state of having a space with respect to the frame structure; and a control unit which is attached to a side of the counterweight opposite to the rope drum mechanism in the width direction and inverter-controls the drum motor, to the rope drum mechanism side of the counterweight, a braking resistor part which processes regenerative electric power in the inverter control is attached in a state of being located in the space.

Abstract: A tool for handling a long and heavy object, in particular a wind turbine rotor blade, includes a clamping unit which can be fixed to the rotor blade. The clamping unit has a first clamp and a second clamp spaced from the first clamp with respect to a longitudinal direction of the object. A first rod unit is rotatably coupled to the first clamp of the clamping unit at a first coupling site is also and coupled to a traverse. A second rod unit is rotatably coupled to the second clamp of the clamping unit at a second coupling site and is also coupled to the traverse via by a rope. A The length of a rope section between the second rod unit and the traverse is adjustable by a winch.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rope grab arrangement comprising a rope grab for advancing a rope, the rope grab arrangement being configured to provide an increased friction between the rope grab and the rope for allowing use of multitude of different types of ropes. The invention also relates to a portable power driven arrangement comprising such a rope grab arrangement.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method and apparatus are described for moving heavy objects while providing for precise movements and alignments along any desired path, making the apparatus ideally suited for moving heavy equipment including tunnel boring equipment or structures, such as land drilling rigs. In certain embodiments, an apparatus may include at least two load bearing subassemblies. Each load bearing subassembly can include a support structure configured to support a load, a bearing mat; and a plurality of linear actuators coupled between the support structure and the bearing mat. The plurality of linear actuators may be configured to raise, shift, and lower the load relative to the bearing mat or reference base to move the load.

Abstract: A brake system for a forklift truck includes a double brake mechanism, having a mechanical brake mechanism further including a foot brake pedestal, a foot pedal, a brake pump having a push rod, a rotation shaft connected to the foot brake pedestal, with the foot pedal being connected to the rotation shaft by a link, a connecting seat on the rotation shaft, wherein the connecting seat is connected to an end of the push rod of the brake pump, a compression spring and a spring sleeve are slidably mounted relative to the rotation shaft and configured to compress the compression spring upon rotation of the rotation shaft, and having an electrical brake mechanism further including a micro switch that receives a signal from a foot pedal movement sensor, wherein the micro switch sends a switch signal to a controller that controls a drive motor of the forklift truck.

Abstract: A wall trim and molding removal tool assembly with a panel that has a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge, and a second lateral edge. The panel has a bend therein extending between the first and second lateral edges. The panel has an opening therein positioned between the bend and the front edge. The opening has a forward edge and a rearward edge. The forward edge is adjacent to the front edge. A tab is attached to the forward edge of the opening in the panel. The tab is angled upwardly from the panel. The tab has an upper surface and a lower surface and an angle is formed between the upper surface and the top side that is between 135° and 175°. A grip is attached to the rear edge and extends away therefrom.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring safety of work vehicles and worksites. Work vehicles and worksites may be provided with target object sensor units for detecting a condition regarding safety determinative aspects of the work vehicle or worksite. The target object sensor units communicate data regarding the safety determinative aspects to a data acquisition and communication unit that produces safety status data. The safety status data is analyzed to determine whether to issue a notification to a notification unit to alert workers of an unsafe condition. The data acquisition and communication unit transmits the safety status data to a server/processing unit for further analysis. The server/processing unit may track the safety status data regarding each worksite or work vehicle and generate statistical data regarding the safety status data. The server/processing unit may communicate with user interface to display notifications and statistical data.

Abstract: A keg connector for coupling a dispensing line and gas line to a keg is disclosed having a closure with a sealed dispensing opening and gas opening. The connector has a mono-block body with a top plate structure having a perimeter, upper surface, lower surface, and clamping system. The clamping system has two clamping legs jutting from the lower surface of the top plate, and two levers jutting out of the upper surface of the top plate, each lever has a coupled end fixed to the opposite portions of the perimeter of the top plate as the hinge ends of the two legs. The connecter has a dispensing tube with an upstream portion jutting out of the lower surface of the top plate, and a gas tube with a downstream portion jutting out of the lower surface of the top plate parallel to the upstream portion of the dispensing tube.

Abstract: An appliance for dispensing a beverage is disclosed. The appliance has a housing that defines an inner space for a beverage keg. The keg extends along a gravitational direction, X1, parallel to the gravity field, from a top position to a bottom position, wherein the top position is higher in the gravity field than the bottom position when the appliance is in use. A pressure unit pressurizes the interior of the keg. A tap unit dispenses beverages from the keg driven by pressure. A cooling unit cools the beverage in the keg. The cooling unit is suitable for cooling a specific cold area of the keg's outer wall to a temperature lower than any other point of the keg. The cold area of the keg is located in the top third portion of the keg according to the X1 direction.

Abstract: A system for wirelessly charging an illuminated tap handle includes a tap handle and a wireless power unit. The tap handle includes a receiver coupling device, at least one light-emitting diode (LED) light, a transparent body, handle attachment, a handle chipset, and a personal-area network module. The handle attachment attaches the tap handle to existing beer tower opposite of the transparent body so that the existing beer tower can be operated through the tap handle. The transparent body is illuminated by the LED light that is communicably coupled to the handle chipset along with the personal-area network module. A transmitter coupling device of the wireless power unit communicably coupled with the receiver coupling device so that the handle chipset, the LED light, and the personal-area network module can be electrically powered as the transmitter coupling device is electrically connected to an external electrical outlet.

Abstract: Liquid dispensing tap 1 connectable to a liquid container 70, e.g. a bag in box, for controlled dispensing of a liquid therefrom. The tap comprises a housing 10 forming an inlet of the tap and comprising a dispensing chamber wall portion 13 delimiting a dispensing chamber 14 with a valve seat 16 at an axial end and forming a lateral dispensing outlet 17 in communication with the dispensing chamber 14. The tap 1 comprises a plunger 30 with a stem 31 and a valve portion 32, the stem having an actuator engagement portion 33 outside said dispensing chamber and extending along an axis 15 through a bore 18 in the dispensing chamber wall portion and through the dispensing chamber. The plunger moves axially between a closed and an open position. A manually operable plunger actuator 50 engages said engagement portion of the stem to open the tap.

Abstract: A refuelling coupling having a shut off valve for a refuelling system has an annular member equipped with a connector for a pressure refuelling nozzle. A main sleeve extends down from the annular member within the skirt. The sleeve has an annular valve seat and a circular cylindrical distal end section. The seat has a conical face facing obliquely inwards and downwards. Below the valve seat, a plurality of peripherally arranged openings are provided in the end section. An end cap is screwed on across the very end of the lower portion, closing it with ports in the end cap. It also has an inner sleeve extending back up centrally to the level of the valve seat. The end cap is open inwards of the inner sleeve.

Abstract: A noseband for a horse bridle is specifically designed, structured and configured to direct the cheekpieces along the sides of the horse's face and away from the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and nerves that run along the cheek bones, thereby avoiding TMJ damage, while also eliminating pressure at the horse's poll and back of the ears. A cheekstrap holds the cheekpieces snug against the opposite sides of the horse's face to discourage lateral (side-to-side) movement of the mandible (i.e., lower jaw) and undesirable displacement of the tongue out of the sides of the mouth while also assisting to hold the cheekpieces away from the TMJ and cheekbones.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) package that uses polysilicon inter-tier connections to provide for a low parasitic capacitance in MEM device signals, and a method of formation. In some embodiments, the MEMS package has a CMOS substrate with one or more semiconductor devices arranged within a semiconductor body. A MEMS substrate having an ambulatory element is connected to the CMOS substrate by a conductive bonding structure. The conductive bonding structure is arranged on a front-side of the MEMS substrate at a location laterally offset from the ambulatory element. One or more polysilicon vias extend through the conductive MEMS substrate to the bonding structure. The one or more polysilicon vias are configured to electrically couple the MEMS substrate to the CMOS substrate. By connecting the MEMS substrate to the CMOS substrate using the polysilicon vias, the parasitic capacitance and form factor of the MEMS package are reduced.

Abstract: A microelectromechanical system comprising an assembly of layers stacked in a stacking direction comprises an active layer made of single-crystal silicon comprising an active structure, and first and second covers defining a cavity around the active structure, the active layer interposed between the first and second covers, the second cover comprising a single layer made of single-crystal silicon. The assembly comprises a decoupling layer made of single-crystal silicon and comprising: an attaching element fastened to a carrier, a frame encircling the attaching element in the plane of the decoupling layer, and a mechanical decoupling structure connecting the frame and the attaching structure, the mechanical decoupling structure allowing the attaching element to be flexibly joined to the frame. The frame is secured to the silicon layer of the second cover and at most one film of silicon dioxide is interposed between the frame and silicon layer of the second cover.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a CMOS structure, including a substrate, a metallization layer over the substrate, a sensing structure over the metallization layer, and a signal transmitting structure adjacent to the sensing structure. The sensing structure includes an outgassing layer over the metallization layer, a patterned outgassing barrier over the outgassing layer; and an electrode over the patterned outgassing barrier. The signal transmitting structure electrically couples the electrode and the metallization layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a MEMs package having a heating element configured to adjust a pressure within a hermetically sealed chamber by inducing out-gassing of into the chamber, and an associated method. In some embodiments, the MEMs package has a CMOS substrate having one or more semiconductor devices arranged within a semiconductor body. A MEMs structure is connected to the CMOS substrate and has a micro-electromechanical (MEMs) device. The CMOS substrate and the MEMs structure form a hermetically sealed chamber abutting the MEMs device. A heating element is electrically coupled to the one or more semiconductor devices and is separated from the hermetically sealed chamber by an out-gassing layer arranged along an interior surface of the hermetically sealed chamber. By operating the heating element to cause the out-gassing layer to release a gas, the pressure of the hermetically sealed chamber can be adjusted after it is formed.

Abstract: The invention relates to compact and lightweight disposable accumulators for generating electric energy with extremely high energy densities (>1 kWh/kg and >k Wh/liter), which are of immense interest in many areas of application. One possibility for implementing such energy accumulators consists in using metal hydrides in hydrogen generators in which hydrogen is generated by hydrolytically splitting off a proton from water in conjunction with the metal hydride. The chemical energy stored in the hydrogen can then be converted into electric energy in a fuel cell in a second step. Only half of the generated hydrogen originates from the metal hydride during the hydrolysis reaction; the water used for the hydrolysis process supplies the other half.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for processing a gas mixture comprising methane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, nitrogen, argon and traces of olefins and oxygenates. Methane, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, and optionally hydrogen, can be recovered from the gas mixture in a very efficient way.

Abstract: Among other things, the present invention encompasses the applicant's recognition that epoxide carbonylation can be performed industrially utilizing syngas streams containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide and varying amounts carbon dioxide. Contrary to expectation, the epoxide carbonylation reaction proceeds selectively in the presence of these mixed gas streams and incorporates excess CO in the syngas stream into valuable chemical precursors, resulting in hydrogen streams substantially free of CO. This is economically and environmentally preferable to performing WSGR which releases the excess carbon as CO2. The integrated processes herein therefore provide improved carbon efficiency for processes based on coal or biomass gasification or steam methane reforming.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an oxygen-generating composition comprising an oxygen source and a mixed-metal oxide of formula: (Li,Fe,Mg)O.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an oxygen-generating composition comprising an oxygen source and a mixed-metal oxide of formula: (Fe,Mg)O.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an oxygen-generating composition comprising an oxygen source and mixed-metal oxide of formula: (Li,Fe,Mg)O, wherein said mixed-metal oxide is in at least partially crystalline form.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an oxygen-generating composition comprising an oxygen source and mixed-metal oxide of formula: (Fe,Mg)O, wherein said mixed-metal oxide is in at least partially crystalline form.

Abstract: Commercial production of sulfuric acid is almost entirely accomplished nowadays using the contact process. And the trend is to increase conversion efficiency and reduce emissions of unconverted sulfur dioxide. By using a special combination of contact catalyst beds, a single contact single absorption (SCSA) system can be engineered to achieve the conversion and emission capabilities of conventional double contact double absorption systems. Thus, the complexity and cost of incorporating a second absorption tower and associated heat exchanger in the system can be omitted. In the SCSA system, the initial catalyst bed or beds comprise vanadium oxide catalyst and the last catalyst bed or beds comprise platinum catalyst operating at a much lower temperature than the initial beds.

Abstract: A silicon nitride powder having a specific surface area of 4.0 to 9.0 m2/g, a ? phase proportion of less than 40 mass %, and an oxygen content of 0.20 to 0.95 mass %, wherein a frequency distribution curve obtained by measuring a volume-based particle size distribution by a laser diffraction scattering method has two peaks, peak tops of the peaks are present respectively at 0.4 to 0.7 ?m and 1.5 to 3.0 ?m, a ratio of frequencies of the peak tops ((frequency of the peak top in a particle diameter range of 0.4 to 0.7 ?m)/(frequency of the peak top in a particle diameter range of 1.5 to 3.0 ?m)) is 0.5 to 1.5, and a ratio D50/DBET (?m/?m) of a median diameter D50 (?m) determined by the measurement of particle size distribution to a specific surface area-equivalent diameter DBET (?m) calculated from the specific surface area is 3.5 or more.

Abstract: A molten iron-assisted method for producing aluminum nitride (AlN) and a device thereof are disclosed. Pure aluminum is introduced into a vacuumed molten iron bath continuously for producing a molten iron bath having the aluminum, then nitrogen is introduced into the molten iron bath having the aluminum. Production of AIN is controlled by having the concentration of aluminum in the molten iron bath having the aluminum controlled. At the time AIN is formed continuously in the molten iron bath having the aluminum, AIN floats to the surface of the molten iron bath having the aluminum. Ar and N2 may be blown and dust is removed by static electrons thereafter, such that pure aluminum nitride powder can be collected. Finally, the used gas is recycled and reused.

Abstract: Methods and processes are provided to make clinoptilolite into a water-soluble solvolyzed form with electrolytes suitable for various administration routes for use in the detoxification and rejuvenation in environment arena, nutraceutical arena, and pharmaceutical arena This process includes oral, topical, tablet, pill formulas, biotech delivery and intravenous. Absorption of water-soluble solvolyzed clinoptilolite fragments can aid in detoxification by binding to heavy metals, viruses and environmental toxins and can reduce reactive oxygen species and inflammation related to metals. The process and method described can provide an increase in energy, increase in growth factors that aid in hair, skin, and nail growth, and can provide an increase in focus, concentration, and memory.

Abstract: A new crystalline molecular sieve designated SSZ-105 is disclosed. SSZ-105 is synthesized using N,N-dimethylpiperidinium cations as a structure directing agent. SSZ-105 is a disordered aluminosilicate molecular sieve comprising at least one intergrown phase of an ERI framework type molecular sieve and an LEV framework type molecular sieve.

Abstract: A method for making a new crystalline molecular sieve designated SSZ-105 is disclosed. SSZ-105 is synthesized using N,N-dimethylpiperidinium cations as a structure directing agent. SSZ-105 is a disordered aluminosilicate molecular sieve comprising at least one intergrown phase of an ERI framework type molecular sieve and an LEV framework type molecular sieve.

Abstract: A method of synthesizing chabazite zeolites with controlled aluminum distribution. The method utilizes a source of an organic structure-directing agent, a source of an inorganic structure-directing agent, a source of aluminum and a source of silicon to form a synthesis gel which is subjected to a crystallization process to crystallize a chabazite zeolite with controlled aluminum distribution. A chabazite zeolite structure with controlled aluminum distribution. The structure contains zeolite crystal lattice framework containing silicon, aluminum, and oxygen; and extra-framework positions containing non-divalent chemical species such that each aluminum atom in the zeolite crystal lattice framework is in an isolated configuration.

Abstract: Described herein are stable aqueous dispersions of alumina and methods of preparing the same.

Abstract: Layered double hydroxides having a high surface area (at least 125 m2/g) and the formula (I) [Mz+1-xM?y+x(OH)2]a+(Xn-)a/n+bH2O.c(AMO-solvent)??(I) wherein M and M? are different and each is a charged metal cation (and must be present), z=1 or 2; y=3 or 4, 0<x<0.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium titanate powder for an electrode of an energy storage device, an active material containing the same, and an energy storage device using the active material. The lithium titanate powder comprises Li4Ti5O12 as a main component, and wherein, when a volume surface diameter calculated from specific surface area determined by the BET method is DBET and a crystallite diameter calculated from half-peak width of (111) plane of Li4Ti5O12 by the Scherrer equation is DX, DBET is 0.1 to 0.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a purification method to give dodecacarbonyl triruthenium (DCR) which serves as a raw material for chemical vapor deposition and does not cause the contamination of a thin film with impurities even when used to form a ruthenium thin film. The present invention relates to a method in which the dissolved oxygen concentration in the solvent is made 0.2 mg/L or less in at least a dissolution stage, and an organic ruthenium compound including DCR as a raw material for chemical vapor deposition is purified by a recrystallization method. The present invention allows a trace amount of impurities to be separated from DCR. When a ruthenium thin film is formed by use of DCR thus obtained, the formed film is hardly contaminated with impurities. Additionally, the purification method of the present invention is also applicable for recovering/purifying DCR after being used for the formation of a ruthenium thin film.

Abstract: A filtering device includes a pleated filter that includes a filter base having folds that repeatedly form mountains and valleys and having a cylindrical shape whose direction of an axis is a ridge line direction of the folds and in which the mountains are located outward in a radial direction, an untreated-water nozzle through which untreated water is ejected toward an outer circumferential surface of the pleated filter, a case that includes an outer tubular portion provided so as to surround the pleated filter and including a nozzle opening of the untreated-water nozzle therein, a filtered-water flow path that leads filtered water having passed through the pleated filter from the inside of the cylinder of the pleated filter to the outside of the case, and a discharge flow path through which discharge water that is not filtered by the pleated filter is discharged to the outside of the case. The pleated filter is configured to rotate in a direction about the axis.

Abstract: A bottle cap having an integrated circuit wherein a frequency can be transmitted to structure water. When the bottle cap is twisted open, a current is created in the circuit strip and the RF chip transmits a predetermined frequency. Particular predetermined frequencies are known to affect the structure of water contained in the bottle, specifically to a healthy hexagonal structure.

Abstract: Methods and processes are provided to make clinoptilolite into a water-soluble hydrolyzed form with electrolytes suitable for various administration routes for use in the detoxification and rejuvenation in environment arena, nutraceutical arena, and pharmaceutical arena This process includes oral, topical, tablet, pill formulas, biotech delivery and intravenous. Absorption of water-soluble hydrolyzed clinoptilolite fragments can aid in detoxification by binding to heavy metals, viruses and environmental toxins and can reduce reactive oxygen species and inflammation related to metals. The process and method described can provide an increase in energy, increase in growth factors that aid in hair, skin, and nail growth, and can provide an increase in focus, concentration, and memory.

Abstract: Raw water G containing arsenic in an amount exceeding an environmental standard value is poured into a treatment bath filled with particulate carriers. The raw water G in the treatment bath is treated at a flow rate which does not allow production of ferric hydroxide in a suspended form in the raw water while adding an acidic iron solution to the raw water G so that the pH value of the raw water G is adjusted to 6.5-7.5. A ferric hydroxide membrane is produced on the entire surfaces of the carriers by contact oxidation reaction of dissolvable ferrous ions in the raw water G having the adjusted pH value, to cause the arsenic in the raw water G to be adsorbed on the ferric hydroxide.

Abstract: In a submerged discharge device, a pair of electrodes is arranged in a liquid in a reservoir to receive an alternating voltage from an alternating power source, thereby generating a submerged discharge using a discharger arranged in the liquid between the pair of electrodes. A surface of this pair of electrodes has a coating that ensures the submerged discharge generated by the discharger. This may reduce the area of contact between the surface of the pair of electrodes and the liquid in the treatment vessel to reduce the consumption of the pair of electrodes.

Abstract: A multi-function water treatment container for magnetizing water comprises a base, a connection barrel, a son bottle body, a first magnetic element, a second magnetic element, a cap, and a mother bottle body. The N, S poles of the first magnetic element and the N, S poles of the second magnetic element are corresponding to each other and a repelling magnetic field is generated. When shaking the container, the water molecules may be affected by magnetic waves with low frequencies to make the water become the magnetizing and resonating water. The water molecules may become finer. After being cut by the magnetic fields and vibrating with the frequencies, the activity of the water may be enhanced and the molecule arrangement may be more orderly. Furthermore, the oxygen content, the solubility, and the permeability of the water molecules are enhanced substantially so as to being absorbed more easily by human body.

Abstract: Provided is a fluid processing apparatus using a crystallization promoting medium (CPM) as a fluid processing medium. The apparatus comprises one or more column bed units in parallel connection, wherein the column bed units may be connected in parallel with a bypass flow path having a check valve, and except the first column bed unit, each of the column bed units is provided with a check valve upstream thereof. Also provided is a method for improving the efficiency of a CPM-based fluid processing apparatus having only one column bed unit.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dispersant for treatment of water. The dispersant is used in a membrane separation process of water containing an organic compound having a phenolic hydroxy group and prevents a reduction in amount of the water permeating a separation membrane, which is caused by deposition of the organic compound onto the surface of the separation membrane. Provided are a dispersant for treatment of water containing an organic compound having a phenolic hydroxy group wherein the dispersant contains a polymer compound having a carbonyl group and a structure including a nitrogen atom bonded to a carbonyl carbon atom; and a method for treatment of water containing an organic compound having a phenolic hydroxy group, wherein the method includes adding the dispersant to the water.

Abstract: Non-emulsifying compositions may contain one or more sorbitan esters; one or more non-ionic surfactants; and one or more amphoteric surfactants, wherein the ratio of the one or more sorbitan esters to the one or more non-ionic surfactants to the one or more amphoteric surfactants is in the range of 1:1:1 to 1:5:3. Methods may include contacting an emulsion with a treatment fluid, the treatment fluid containing one or more sorbitan esters, one or more non-ionic surfactants, and one or more amphoteric surfactants, wherein the ratio of the one or more sorbitan esters to the one or more non-ionic surfactants to the one or more amphoteric surfactants is in the range of 1:1:1 to 1:5:3; and separating the emulsion into an aqueous phase and an oleaginous phase.