Abstract: A method for accelerating evaporation of brine in plateau salt lakes includes introducing downward wind to a brine surface; and changing the downward wind to transversal wind horizontally flowing outward when the wind contacts with the brine surface, to accelerate evaporation of the brine. Said method is simple in operation, can accelerate the evaporation of the brine, and can realize industrialized brine production at low cost. It is less prone to form salt deposits in concentrated brine, and is also easy to separate salt crystals precipitated from brine. Said device has a simple and reliable structure; low costs for the manufacture, use, and maintenance thereof; and improved evaporation of brine. Said device is convenient to be used in plateau salt-lake regions and easy to be relocated and with a minimal contact area with brine, it is essentially impossible to form salts deposits on the surface of the device.

Abstract: A method comprising reacting an aluminum mineral polymorph or a gallium mineral polymorph with an acid at an aluminum metal to acid molar ratio or gallium metal to acid molar ratio sufficient to produce M13 nanoscale clusters, M nano-agglomerates, or a M13 slurry, wherein M is Al or Ga.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a non-destructive process for removing metals, metal ions and metal oxides present in alumina-based materials without destroying alumina, allowing the regeneration of alumina-based catalysts. Known conventional procedures and/or methods for removing metals, metal ions and metal oxides present in alumina-based materials use some inorganic acid or its mixtures to carry out digestion, which modifies the properties of alumina and those of any other element contained in the material, destroying alumina and preventing its reuse. The present disclosure is characterized by using an extracting agent that sequesters metals, metal ions and/or metal oxides present in alumina-based materials without modifying their properties. The employed extracting agent is an alcohol. The non-destructive process introduced in the present invention reaches metal (M) removal rates of at least 42% when using a continuous flow reactor and of at least 27% when a batch reactor is employed.

Abstract: A method for producing stannous sulfide, the method including: 1) heating a tin-containing material to 200-600° C., and mixing sulfur with the tin-containing material heated, to yield a product; and 2) distilling the product in a vacuum furnace at a pressure of 1-500 pascal.

Abstract: A preparation method according to the present invention includes use of an amine-based coupling agent to prepare plate-type manganese dioxide nanoparticles. The plate-type manganese dioxide nanoparticles thus prepared can be suitably mixed with a carbon-based conductive material and are thus useful a positive electrode material for pseudo-capacitors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treatment of a slurry comprising a liquid and particles suspended in the liquid. The method comprising the steps of providing a slurry to be treated; subjecting the slurry to a separating stage in which the particles of the slurry are divided into at least two subsets, a first subset being generally less difficult to dewater than a second subset; feeding a pressure filter with a flow of the first and second subsets, wherein in a first feeding step, a major part of the flow is defined by the first subset and in a subsequent second feeding step, a major part of the flow is defined by the second subset.

Abstract: Systems for and methods of monitoring and analyzing deposit in an industrial water system are provided. The methods comprise heating a substrate while the substrate contacts industrial water in the industrial water system to form deposit on the substrate. A series of digital images of the substrate while the substrate contacts the industrial water in the industrial water system is created. A region of interest in the series of digital images of the substrate is defined. A deposit feature in the region of interest in the series of digital images of the substrate is identified. The deposit feature in the region of interest in the series of digital images of the substrate is analyzed to determine a deposit trend of the substrate in the industrial water system. Generally, the systems are configured so as to be capable of carrying out one or more of the methods.

Abstract: A system and method are provided in at least one embodiment to process water to produce gas that can be separated into at least two gas flows using a water treatment system having a disk-pack rotating in it to cause out gassing from the water. In a further embodiment, the method and system use the gas released from the water to produce substantially fresh water from the processed salt water.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates a system for the treatment of water. The water treatment system may be linked an aquatic protection system or a water filtration system.

Abstract: A vacuum airlift system for treating an aqueous effluent includes an upflow liquid portion, where the upflow liquid portion is configured to retain a fluid, and a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid portion, where the fluid inlet is positioned at about a bottom of the upflow liquid portion. The vacuum airlift system can also include a downflow liquid portion, where the downflow liquid portion is fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid portion, and a fluid outlet, the fluid outlet being fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid portion, where the fluid outlet is positioned at about a bottom of the downflow liquid portion. The vacuum airlift system can also include a photobioreactor fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid portion such that the fluid is configured to pass through the upflow liquid portion, into the downflow liquid portion, and into the photobioreactor.

Abstract: A water quality measurement device 1 includes a twin tube excimer lamp 2. The inflow pipe 3 is connected to one end of the inner tube 21 of the excimer lamp 2, and the outflow pipe 4 is connected to the other end of the inner tube 21 of the excimer lamp 2. The detector 5 that measures the conductivity of sample water is interposed in the outflow pipe 4. In the water quality measurement device 1, sample water sequentially flows through the inflow pipe 3, the inner tube 21 of the excimer lamp 2, and the outflow pipe 4. Hence, the channel in the water quality measurement device 1 can be simplified. Additionally, the sample water is oxidized by being irradiated with UV light in the inner tube 21 of the excimer lamp 2. Hence, it is possible to irradiate the sample water with UV light from the excimer lamp 2 efficiently.

Abstract: A method for removing silica in salt water, including adjusting salt water containing silica ions to a pH of 9 or more, and then bringing the salt water into contact with a selective adsorbent for silica ions. Preferably, the salt water is passed through an adsorption tower filled with the adsorbent at an LV of 0.5 to 20 m/h. The adsorbent is a metal hydroxide adsorbent or a strongly basic anion exchanger having a glucamine group.

Abstract: This disclosure provides techniques for treatment of aqueous matrices using electrolysis to produce soluble metals. An aqueous matrix of interest is passed through an electrolysis device with at least one consumable electrode, which dissolves under applied current, transferring a desired reagent to the aqueous matrix of interest. In one embodiment, the electrolysis device is used in a water delivery network to passivate hexavalent chromium (Cr6) and/or convert it to trivalent chromium; the electrode can be made of food-grade metal tin, which is electrolyzed to form a stannous reagent, which then reacts with the Cr6. The disclosed techniques provide for Cr6 passivation without requiring the use of concentrated acids or other harmful substances. Long term reagent generation efficiency can be enhanced through the use of cleaning processes which maintain a fresh electrode surface in contact with the aqueous matrix of interest.

Abstract: A desalination battery includes a container configured to contain a saline water solution having a first concentration c1 of dissolved salts; first and second intercalation hosts, arranged to be in fluid communication with the saline water solution, at least the first intercalation host including expanded graphite having a plurality of graphene layers with an interlayer spacing between the graphene layers in z-direction greater than 0.34 nm; and a power source configured to supply electric current to the first and second intercalation hosts such that the first and second intercalation hosts reversibly store and release cations and anions from the saline water solution located between the plurality of graphene layers to generate a fresh water solution having a second concentration c2 of dissolved salts and a brine solution having a third concentration c3 of dissolved salts within the container such that c3>c1>c2.

Abstract: A method for treating wastewater containing fluoroquinolone antibiotics by activating peroxyacetic acid heterogeneously with lanthanum ruthenate perovskite (LaRuO3) catalyst. The method includes: adding peroxyacetic acid to wastewater containing ciprofloxacin, mixing to obtain a peroxyacetic acid solution, adjusting a pH of the peroxyacetic acid solution; and adding lanthanum ruthenate perovskite to the peroxyacetic acid solution to obtain a mixed solution, and stirring the mixed solution in a constant temperature shaker, and removing the ciprofloxacin at a normal temperature.

Abstract: A catalyst for wastewater treatment is disclosed. The catalyst includes a porous carrier, iron oxide impregnated into the pores of the porous carrier, and platinum impregnated into the pores and mixed with the iron oxide in the pores. Also disclosed are a method for preparing the catalyst and a method for wastewater treatment using the catalyst.

Abstract: Provided is an aquifer storage and recovery system, in which microbes extracted from an underground aquifer are involved in an assimilable organic carbon (AOC) removal mechanism and applied to an aerobic reactor, and a predetermined portion of assimilable organic carbon in raw water is removed through the aerobic reactor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for sewage treatment. The SBR is applicable to an energy-producing sewage treatment system. The SBR includes a treatment tank and a hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The treatment tank removes ammonium contained in supernatant liquid using anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria. The hybrid bacterial strain screening tank screen anammox bacteria granules out by passing the supernatant liquid discharged from the treatment tank through the hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The SBR generates biogas using the anammox bacteria and reduces the nitrogen content in the supernatant liquid. The SBR can separate the anammox bacteria granules with high separation efficiency, thereby shortening sewage treatment time and recycling activated sludge, resulting in a dramatic decrease in the amount of waste sludge.

Abstract: The invention relates to a household appliance for the implementation of a method enabling the instant production of mineral water with a selected composition and flavour, upon request, from tap water. The tap water circulates through a filtering unit, a demineralisation unit and a remineralisation unit comprising at least one secondary input, connected to a fluidic microfeeding device, downstream from which a portion of the circuit is a static mixer. An inlet valve and the outlet valve are arranged to operate in parallel and simultaneously.

Abstract: A water-treatment cartridge (3) for a water-treatment device, wherein the water-treatment device comprises a head with a port for feeding water for treatment to the cartridge and a port for discharging water from the cartridge (3) after treatment. The water-treatment cartridge (3) according to the invention comprises an inlet channel for feeding water for treatment to the cartridge (3) for making a fluid communication with the port of the head for feeding water for treatment to the water-treatment cartridge (3), and an outlet channel for discharging water after treatment from the water- treatment cartridge (3) for making a fluid communication with the port for discharging water after treatment from the water-treatment cartridge (3), at least one water-treatment bed, which the at least one water-treatment bed is in a fluid communication with the inlet channel for feeding water for treatment and with the outlet channel for discharging water after treatment.

Abstract: A system for urban organic solid waste pyrolysis-gasification coupled with drying includes a sludge feeding and storage device, a pre-drying device, a cyclone separator, a specific cloth bag for sludge and a flue gas waste heat recovery device sequentially connected. The cyclone separator and a sludge outlet of the specific cloth bag for sludge are connected with a cyclone fluidized bed gasification furnace. The cyclone fluidized bed gasification furnace is connected with a high-temperature separator. The high-temperature separator is connected with a secondary combustion chamber. High-temperature flue gas generated by the secondary combustion chamber serves as a heat source of the pre-drying device. Ash generated by the high-temperature separator and secondary combustion chamber is sent to an ash bin after being cooled by a cold slag conveyor.

Abstract: A filter assembly separating organic waste from water includes a first annular filter element defining an axis. The first annular filter element is defined by a first annular coil of flat wire and an optional second filter element is defined by a second annular coil of flat wire, being generally helical in the axial direction. A cylindrically or frustoconical filter membrane is concentrically disposed between the first and second annular filter element. The filter membrane is porous having aperture size of less than a nano-particulate size of the organic waste, but greater than a nano-particulate size of the water molecule. The second annular filter includes adjustable porosity for selectively preventing particles from reaching the filter membrane and selectively cleaning the membrane by reversed flow of water through the membrane. The assembly generates radial and distal flows and differential pressure forces, for use in high throughput industrial, agricultural and municipal facilities.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet glass production process for properly producing sheet glass having a convex shape in section in a width direction orthogonal to the advancing direction of a glass ribbon. A glass ribbon G2 advancing on molten metal 22 is heated so as to have both edge portions G2B heated more intensely than a central portion G2A in a width direction thereof in an upstream zone of the molten metal bath, and a plurality of rolls 23 are rotated in contact with both edge portions G2B of the glass ribbon G2 such that upstream rolls 23A in an advancing direction F1 have a lower peripheral speed than downstream rolls 23B in the advancing direction.

Abstract: A glass shaping method capable of grinding and/or polishing a fine brittle material more stably than conventional methods is provided. The glass shaping method of the present invention comprises: a mold forming step of shaping a surface of a base material having a higher melting temperature than a glass softening point to form a mold 10; a glass molding step of sealing softened glass into a groove 15 formed in a surface of the mold 10 by the forming step to mold a glass substrate 17; a glass processing step of cutting, grinding and/or polishing the glass substrate 17, with the mold 10 being fixed, to form a glass shaped article 1; and a step of eliminating only the base material 16 of the mold 10 after the glass processing step to remove the glass shaped article 1 from the mold.

Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate on which is deposited a stack of layers including n silver-based metal functional layers and n+1 dielectric sets of layers, with n?3 and each silver-based metal functional layer being placed between two dielectric sets of layers. The dielectric set of layers located below the first silver-based metal functional layer starting from the substrate and the dielectric set of layers located above the last silver-based metal functional layer starting from the substrate each include a high-refractive-index layer, the value of the index?2.15 at the wavelength of 550 nm; the value of the refractive index of at least one of the high-index layers?2.40 at the wavelength 550 nm; and the value of the ratio of the optical thickness of each of the high-refractive-index layers to the optical thickness of the dielectric set of layers in which it is included is included between 0.25 and 0.55.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of increasing the strength of a glass substrate for optical filters and a tempered-glass optical filter using a tempered glass substrate manufactured using the same, in which the glass substrate for optical filters is subjected to chemical tempering so that a compressive stress (CS) and a depth of layer (DOL) of the glass substrate are adjusted to increase the bending strength thereof.

Abstract: A window panel includes: a substrate having a thickness of less than 100 ?m and including a first surface and a second surface facing each other in a thickness direction; first ions dispersed in the substrate and each having a first ion radius; and second ions dispersed in the substrate and each having a second ion radius which is greater than the first ion radius, wherein the second ions generate a compressive stress, the compressive stress is reduced with depth from the first surface or the second surface within a range from the first surface or the second surface to a ½ point of the thickness.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a chemically strengthened glass having excellent transparency and strength and being scratch resistant. The present invention pertains to a chemically strengthened glass that: has a compressive stress layer on the surface thereof; has a visible light transmittance of at least 70% when the thickness thereof is converted to 0.8 mm; has a surface compressive stress of at least 600 MPa; has a compressive stress depth of at least 80 ?m; and contains a ?-spodumene.

Abstract: A system for reducing NOx emission levels during the manufacture of cement clinker having a calciner unit with the following features: an upper portion; a lower portion; a NOx reduction zone in the lower portion; a tertiary air inlet in the upper portion for introducing tertiary air into the upper portion; a main calciner meal inlet located above the NOx reduction zone for introducing a main calciner meal portion into the upper portion; a first cooling calciner meal inlet located in the NOx reduction zone for introducing a first cooling calciner meal portion into a periphery of the NOx reduction zone; and a fuel inlet located in or below the NOx reduction zone for introducing fuel into the reduction zone.

Abstract: Lightweight molding produced from a dry mixture including graphite particles and a binder for setting of the dry mixture by water, alkali and/or aqueous salt solution, where the proportion by mass of the graphite particles in the dry mixture is more than 0.05, the binder includes magnesia binder, cement, caustic calcined magnesite, lime and/or clay powder, the density of the lightweight molding is in the range from 0.1 g/cm3 to 3.5 g/cm3 and the lightweight molding has a thermal conductivity of at least 0.5 W/mK.

Abstract: Cement composite boards comprising cellulose filaments (CF) and/or CF-containing pulp, are described. The composite boards have at least an improved modulus of rupture when compared with similar board that are free of CF. Methods for producing the CF and/or CF-containing pulp reinforced cement boards are also described. The CF cement composite board comprises: cellulose filaments (CF) and/or CF-containing pulp, and cement, wherein the CF has an aspect ratio of 200 to 5000, comprising a weight % of CF is from 1% to 20% by weight of the composite board. The composite boards herein described may have a modulus of rupture of more than 7 MPa.

Abstract: A plasterboard includes a first layer of plaster and a second layer of plaster, wherein the first layer includes activated carbon; the second layer includes a scavenging agent, wherein a content of scavenging agent in the first layer, expressed as percentage by weight of dry matter, is less than a content of scavenging agent in the second layer, and wherein the second layer is free of activated carbon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a refractory batch, to a method for producing an unshaped refractory ceramic product from the batch, and to an unshaped refractory ceramic product obtained by said method.

Abstract: An aluminum nitride-based sintered compact includes: aluminum nitride crystal particles containing Mg; composite oxide containing a rare earth element and Al, the composite oxide having a garnet crystal structure; and composite oxynitride containing Mg and Al. Particles of the composite oxide and particles of the composite oxynitride are interspersed between the aluminum nitride crystal particles. The composite oxide may include Y. A content of Mg in the aluminum nitride crystal particles may fall in a range of 0.1 mol % or more and 1.0 mol % or less, based on a total of all metal elements contained in the aluminum nitride crystal particles taken as 100 mol %. A semiconductor holding device includes the aluminum nitride-based sintered compact; and an electrostatic adsorptive electrode.

Abstract: A preform for making a component of a braking system having a fibre-reinforced ceramic composite material, obtained by forming and subsequent pyrolysis of a pre-preg is described. Also described is a component of a braking system made wholly or in part from the preform, and a method for making a preform in a fibre-reinforced ceramic composite material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pre-impregnated fibre-reinforced composite material in laminar form, obtained impregnating a fibrous mass with a polymeric binder composition and intended to be subjected to successive forming and pyrolysis operations to produce a fibre-reinforced composite ceramic material. The polymeric binder composition is based on one or more resins chosen from the group consisting of siloxane resins and silsesquioxane resins, and can optionally comprise one or more organic resins. The polymeric binder composition is a liquid with viscosity between 55000 and 10000 mPas at temperatures between 50° C. and 70° C. The polymeric binder composition forms a polymeric binding matrix, not cross-linked or only partially cross-linked that fills the interstices of the fibrous mass. The invention also relates to a method for making said pre-impregnated fibre-reinforced composite material in laminar form.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a porous ceramic composite structure with high mechanical strength and a wide range of porosity which makes flow rate of fluid highly tunable. The porous ceramic composite structure comprises a dense ceramic sheath and one or more inner porous ceramic bodies. The ceramic sheath provides good mechanical properties, protects the one or more inner porous ceramic bodies, and allows the one or more inner porous ceramic bodies to undergo a wide range of porosity changes while still maintaining excellent mechanical properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid foam, to a process for producing a hybrid foam and a hybrid foam obtainable by this process and to the use of the hybrid foam for adhesive bonding, filling and/or insulating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a redispersible dispersion powder, to the redispersible dispersion powder obtainable by this process, to an aqueous dispersion obtainable by step (1) of this process, and to a building material composition comprising the redispersible dispersion powder and/or the aqueous dispersion, to the use of the redispersible dispersion powder in a building material composition and to the use of the aqueous dispersion for production of a redispersible dispersion powder.

Abstract: A protective coating system includes a substrate that has an exterior surface exhibiting a degree of valley/hill surface irregularity including a plurality of hills and a plurality of valleys and a first coating layer formed directly on to the exterior surface of the substrate and that conforms to the exterior surface of the substrate such that the first coating layer has a non-uniform coating thickness over the substrate. The protective coating system further includes a second coating layer formed directly on to the exterior surface of the first coating layer. The second coating layer includes a plurality of pores within the second coating layer. Still further, the protective coating system includes a third coating layer formed within at least some of the plurality of pores within the second coating layer.

Abstract: A calcium sulfate urea (UCS) fertilizer granule and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. The granule can include urea, calcium sulfate, and a calcium sulfate urea adduct. The granule can contain 33 wt. % to 40 wt. % elemental nitrogen, 2 wt. % to 5 wt. % elemental calcium, and 2 wt. % to 5 wt. % elemental sulfur.

Abstract: A product, system and method for an improved plant fertilizer made from harvested skimmate from a reservoir filed with a reduced sodium, artificial ocean water solution and live fish that produce fish excrement (reclaimed as skimmate). The skimmate contains a reduced concentration of sodium as a result of being harvested from a reduced sodium aquatic solution. The harvested skimmate is mixed with one or more additives to produce an improved fertilizer that may be certified as organic.

Abstract: Today's funeral practices are unsustainable, toxic, and polluting. Both cremation and the manufacture and transport of caskets, grave liners, and headstones emit greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. In fact, the very last thing that most of us will do on this earth is poison it. As a response, a system and method called recomposition that gently and naturally returns humans to the earth after death.

Abstract: Provided is a cultivating material composition including a cultivating substrate and a bio-cellulose film, wherein the bio-cellulose film is in contact with the cultivating substrate, such that highly increased yield and quality of crops, a shorter harvest period, less water and nutrient sources, and low cost can be achieved.

Abstract: A composting bin adapted to embedding at least partially below a ground surface; the bin forming an enclosure including side portions and a base portion; the side portions and the base portions provided with holes to allow ingress and egress of worms while excluding vermin; the holes further allowing nutrients exuded by composting material placed in the bin to leach into surrounding soil.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, disclosed herein is a fertilizer capsule comprising one or more cores, wherein each of the one or more cores independently comprises one or more fertilizer additives and a binder, and wherein each of the one or more cores comprises from 10 wt % to 99 wt % of the binder Also in accordance with the present invention, disclosed here is a method of producing a fertilizer core via an extrusion process.

Abstract: A handheld tool configured to procure fuel is described. Embodiments of the fuel procurement tool include a handhold having a cutting mechanism located proximate one end of the handhold. Typically, the cutting mechanism can include at least one cutter link having a depth gauge, a top plate, and a gullet formed between the depth gauge and the top plate. The fuel procurement tool can be implemented to procure kindling from a piece of wood.

Abstract: Provided is an emulsion explosive composition having voids/bubbles formed from one or more noble gases dispersed therein. Also provided is a method of manufacturing an emulsion explosive composition that includes mechanically and/or pneumatically infusing an emulsion explosive composition with a noble gas so as to create voids/bubbles formed from one or more noble gases. The noble gases can be contained within closed-cell micro-spheres that are dispersed throughout the emulsion explosive composition.

Abstract: Gas generants comprising copper are provided that have improved slagging ability. In certain aspects, the gas generants include a fuel, an oxidizer comprising basic copper nitrate, and a large particle size endothermic slag-forming component, such as aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3). The gas generants may be cool burning, e.g., having a maximum flame temperature at combustion (Tc)?about 1,900K (1,627° C.). The disclosure also provides methods of enhancing slag formation for a gas generant composition that comprises copper. Such methods enhance slag formation during combustion of the gas generant composition by at least 50%.

Abstract: A composition comprising olefin oligomers of one or more olefin monomers, the olefin monomers comprising a branched C10 olefin monomer comprising i) 3-propyl-1-heptene, ii) 4-ethyl-1-octene, iii) 5-methyl-1-nonene, or iv) any combination thereof. A composition comprising substantially hydrogenated olefin oligomers, wherein the olefin oligomers are oligomers of one or more olefin monomers, the olefin monomers comprising a branched C10 olefin monomer comprising i) 3-propyl-1-heptene, ii) 4-ethyl-1-octene, iii) 5-methyl-1-nonene, or iv) any combination thereof. A process comprising a) contacting 1) a catalyst system and 2) a monomer feedstock comprising a branched C10 olefin monomer comprising i) 3-propyl-1-heptene, ii) 4-ethyl-1-octene, iii) 5-methyl-1-nonene, or iv) any combination thereof in a reaction zone; and b) forming olefin oligomers.