Abstract: A water-treating ceramic filter module comprising a filter unit, and a housing containing the filter unit; the filter unit comprising pluralities of cylindrical honeycomb structures each having pluralities of flow paths partitioned by porous ceramic cell walls and extending in one direction, and sheet-shaped connecting members connecting the honeycomb structures in series in the flow path direction; each connecting member having pluralities of penetrating holes for achieving the communication of the corresponding flow paths of adjacent honeycomb structures, to constitute pluralities of communicating flow paths; the communicating flow paths being composed of first communicating flow paths plugged only at one-side end, and second communicating flow paths plugged only at the other-side end; and the housing has an inlet on the side of the one-side end for receiving the water to be treated from outside, and an outlet on the side of the other-side end for discharging the treated water.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for composite part fabrication. One embodiment is a method for fabricating a composite part. The method includes selecting an end caul comprising a structure of sintered material surrounding volumes of unsintered particles, creating a laminate comprising fibers within a resin matrix, placing the end caul in contact with an end of the laminate, and processing the laminate.

Abstract: A microporous membrane is made by a dry-stretch process and has substantially round shaped pores and a ratio of machine direction tensile strength to transverse direction tensile strength in the range of 0.5 to 5.0. The method of making the foregoing microporous membrane includes the steps of: extruding a polymer into a nonporous precursor, and biaxially stretching the nonporous precursor, the biaxial stretching including a machine direction stretching and a transverse direction stretching, the transverse direction stretching including a simultaneous controlled machine direction relax.

Abstract: A particulate filter having a honeycomb structure of a matrix of interconnected porous walls including inlet cells and outlet cells defining a plurality of inlet channels and outlet channels, respectively, wherein at least a portion of the outlet cells are larger than any of the inlet cells, and a cross-sectional shape of at least some of the outlet channels is rectangular. Honeycomb extrusion dies, honeycomb bodies, honeycomb structures, and methods of manufacture are described, as are other aspects.

Abstract: Disclosed are ceramic bodies comprised of composite cordierite-mullite-aluminum magnesium titanate (CMAT) ceramic compositions having high cordierite-to-mullite ratio and methods for the manufacture of same.

Abstract: A ceramic foam filter for use in filtering non-ferrous metals and manufacturing method for same are disclosed. The ceramic foam filter includes calcined alumina as a core material and silica as a binder. Alternatively, the ceramic foam filter includes calcined alumina as a core material and boric oxide as a binder.

Abstract: Provided are a wiring base plate and the like including an insulating substrate including a first surface portion including an aluminum oxide-based sintered body and a mullite-based sintered body; and a metallization layer including a second surface portion, the second surface portion containing at least one of a manganese compound and a molybdenum compound and being in contact with the first surface portion of the insulating substrate; wherein the second surface portion of the metallization layer and the first surface portion of the insulating substrate contain at least one of a manganese silicate phase and a magnesium silicate phase.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric according to the present invention is formed so that constituent fibers of the nonwoven fabric have an average fiber diameter of less than 1 ?m and the number of fibers having fiber diameters ranging from 2 times up to 10 times the average fiber diameter of the constituent fibers is in a range of 2 to 20% of a total number of the constituent fibers. When the nonwoven fabric according to the present invention is used as a filter layer constituting an air filter, for example, it is possible to achieve high collection efficiency while reducing clogging (packing) between fibers to solve problems that may occur in using the conventional nanofiber nonwoven fabric (such as an increase in pressure loss and a decrease in service life).

Abstract: A display device includes a base, a light emitting device on a first surface of the base, and a plate-like inorganic layer on a second surface of the base, the plate-like inorganic layer including a first plate-like inorganic particle with a first size and a second plate-like inorganic particle with a second size different from the first size.

Abstract: The welding chip heats and melts the first welded part and the second welded part, and includes a projected part, a first extension part, and a second extension part. The projected part has a tubular shape with a bottom. One end of the tubular shape extending in a predetermined direction opens and the other end of the tubular shape is closed. The projected part is pushed into the first welded part and the second welded part in the predetermined direction from the opening one end of the tubular shape. The first extension part has a shape extending from a tube outer surface of the projected part and extending annularly around the predetermined direction. The second extension part has a shape extending from the first extension part to the opening one end of the projected part in the predetermined direction and extending annularly around the predetermined direction.

Abstract: An underdrain block for filtering water includes a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls connecting the top wall to the bottom wall to define an internal chamber. The bottom wall contains a plurality of orifices that allow liquid and solid materials to enter and exit the internal chamber. An underdrain filtering system can be formed by securing an underdrain lateral, which is formed from one or a plurality of underdrain blocks, to a filter floor. Also included is a method of preparing an underdrain lateral for providing even distribution of backwash water along the underdrain lateral and a method of validating even distribution of backwash water across an underdrain lateral.

Abstract: A device for separating liquids such as oil and water includes a hydrophobic and oleophilic mesh that allows oil to pass through while preventing water from passing through. The mesh can be fabricated simply from inexpensive materials by coating a mesh with a hydrophobic polymer.

Abstract: A gaseous emissions treatment component is made by extruding a green ceramic mix through a die to form an extrusion having a honeycomb substrate with elongate cells extending its length and with the cells bounded by walls dividing adjacent cells from one another. Molten metal for use in induction heating of the component is placed in selected cells and is solidified by cooling.

Abstract: A porous body is provided with enhanced fluid transport properties that is capable of performing or facilitating separations, or performing reactions and/or providing areas for such separations or reactions to take place. The porous body includes at least 80 percent alpha alumina and has a pore volume from 0.3 mL/g to 1.2 mL/g and a surface area from 0.3 m2/g to 3.0 m2/g. The porous body further includes a pore architecture that provides at least one of a tortuosity of 7.0 or less, a constriction of 4.0 or less and a permeability of 30 mdarcys or greater. The porous body can be used in a wide variety of applications such as, for example, as a filter, as a membrane or as a catalyst carrier.

Abstract: A copper ingot of the present invention which is casted by a belt-caster type continuous casting apparatus includes: 1 ppm by mass or less of carbon; 10 ppm by mass or less of oxygen; 0.8 ppm by mass or less of hydrogen; 15 ppm by mass to 35 ppm by mass of phosphorus; and a balance of Cu and inevitable impurities, and includes inclusions formed of oxides containing carbon, phosphorus, and Cu.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tangential flow separator element for separating a fluid medium for treatment into a filtrate and a retentate, said separator element having a monolithic rigid porous support (2) of rectilinear structure and having a single channel (3) arranged therein for passing the flow of the fluid medium for treatment, the outside surface (5) of the support presenting a profile that is constant. According to the invention, the monolithic rigid porous support (2) defines obstacles (9) to the flow of the fluid for filtering, which obstacles extend from the inside wall (31) of said channel (3), are identical in material and porous texture to the support, and present continuity of material and of porous texture with the support, said obstacles (9) generating variations in the flow section of the channel.

Abstract: A method for removing contaminants from an process stream that includes the use of reticulated material to filter the process stream. The reticulated material also facilitate process stream flow distribution in process units. The reticulated material can be packed with a void space between a substantial number of the reticulated material that can be varied to enhance filtration and flow distribution. The method of filtering also provides a method of removing contaminants leaving process equipment. The methods can be used on a variety of process streams and process equipment. The reticulated material can include ceramics, metallic materials, and chemical vapor deposition elements. The reticulated material can be of various shapes and sizes, and can also be catalytically active.

Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic osseoconductive bone substitute material, the bone substitute material, intervertebral disk implants containing the substitute bone material, and to methods of using the bone substitute material.

Abstract: A process for recovering performance of a component of an aftertreatment system. The component includes an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is positioned upstream relative to an exhaust gas flow through the aftertreatment system, and the outlet is positioned downstream relative to the exhaust gas flow through the aftertreatment system. The process includes removing the component from the aftertreatment system. The process also includes regenerating the component, such as subjecting the component to an acid wash and/or heat treating the component. The process further includes reinstalling the component into the aftertreatment system with the inlet positioned downstream relative to the exhaust gas flow through the aftertreatment system and the outlet positioned upstream relative to the exhaust gas flow through the aftertreatment system.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems, devices and methods for cooling a surface with a plurality of ejectors. The fluid provided to the micro-ejectors includes vapor formed at the surface. The vapor provides the driving force for driving fluid through the micro-ejectors.

Abstract: A method for producing a composite filter tube and filter element made of a multilayer metal mesh and metal powders, including: knitting to obtain metal meshes of different mesh numbers, obtaining a layered structure by means of a lamination method, then putting the layered structure in a vacuum furnace for sintering processing, sintering a metal composite layer to obtain a composite filter sheet and tube made of a multilayer metal mesh and metal powders with a multilayer metal mesh as a structure support layer and a metal powder sinter structure as a filter layer, then rolling the composite filter sheet and tube into a tubular filter element by using a shaping machine, and welding to obtain a composite filter tube and filter element product made of a multilayer metal mesh and metal powders.

Abstract: An exhaust purification device purifies an exhaust gas exhausted from an internal combustion engine. The exhaust purification device has a three-way catalytic agent that is located in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and a particulate filter that is located downstream of the three-way catalytic agent in the exhaust passage and that collects an exhaust particulate. The particulate filter is provided with cells that includes sealed-inlet cells of which upstream ends are sealed and through cells through which an upstream side and a downstream side of the particulate filter communicate with each other. The particulate filter is arranged at a location where a temperature of the exhaust gas reaching an upstream end of the particulate filter is higher than or equal to a combustion temperature of the exhaust particulate, when the three-way catalytic agent is in an active state and when the internal combustion engine is operated.

Abstract: A porous metal mold for a wet pulp molding process is disclosed herein. The porous metal mold comprises a first surface where a paper-pulp-fiber layer is disposed for forming a finished paper-shape product or a semi-finished paper-shape product; a cavity, formed on the first surface, for shaping the finished paper-shape product or the semi-finished paper-shape product; and a second surface. The porous metal mold is made by integrally sintering a plurality of metal particles, and after the sintering at least one pore is formed between at least two of the metal particles so that at least one through hole between the first surface and the second surface of the porous metal mold, for exhausting water or moisture contained in the paper-pulp-fiber layer disposed on the first surface.

Abstract: A filter outer cylinder container is a hollow container, and a filter medium is mounted in the container. Fluid passage holes, opened in a side surface member of the filter outer cylinder container, are located at or above a fixed height from a bottom portion of the filter outer cylinder container, whereby a machining liquid is stored in the filter outer cylinder container, so that the filter medium can be always submerged in the machining liquid.

Abstract: The honeycomb filter includes a honeycomb substrate having porous partition walls defining a plurality of cells and plugging portions. In a cross section, the cells are arranged so that a periphery of an inlet plugged cell including an open end whose shape is a square in which a length of one side is L1 is surrounded with four rectangular outlet plugged cells each including an open end whose shape is a rectangle in which a length of one side is L1 and a length of the other side is L2 (L1>L2) and four square outlet plugged cells each including an open end whose shape is a square in which a length of one side is L2. A partition wall center distance a, a partition wall center distance b and a partition wall thickness t satisfy the following equation (1): 0.95<b/at<1.90 ??(1).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb filter capable of preventing depth filtration and achieving a combination of high collection efficiency and low pressure loss.

Abstract: A porous ceramic filter having one or more coatings of elemental or compounds of iron, manganese, aluminum, titanium, or mixtures thereof deposited on the surface of the pores.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to porous ceramic articles and a method of making the same. The porous ceramic articles have microstructure of sinter bonded or reaction bonded large pre-reacted particles and pore network structure exhibiting large pore necks. The method of making the porous ceramic articles involves using pre-reacted particles having one or more phases. A plastic ceramic precursor composition is also disclosed. The composition includes a mixture of at least one of dense, porous, or hollow spheroidal pre-reacted particles and a liquid vehicle.

Abstract: A microfluidic device (100) made from glass, ceramic or vitroceramic, comprises an upper layer (122), a lower layer (124) and an intermediate layer (114), the intermediate layer (114) comprising an upper face (114b) and a lower face (114a), the lower face (114a) comprising a first open structured surface defining a first microfluidic channel (126) and the upper face (114b) comprising a second open structured surface defining a second microfluidic channel (112); the lower surface of the intermediate layer (114) cooperating with a first planar layer closing the first microchannel (126); the upper face (114b) of the intermediate layer (114) cooperating with a second planar layer (130), closing the second microfluidic channel (112) in a sealed manner, and the second planar layer constituting an intermediate layer (130) which cooperates, on its face opposite the intermediate layer (114), with another layer (122) comprising on its inner face (122a) a structured surface defining a third microfluidic channel (128).

Abstract: Product formed from a ceramic material, at least part of the said product not being formed from amorphous silica and including pores and satisfying the following criteria (a), (b) and (c): (a) at least 70% by number of the said pores are frustoconical tubular pores extending substantially parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction; (b) in at least one cross-section plane, the mean size of the cross sections of the said pores is greater than 0.15 ?m and less than 300 ?m; (c) in at least one cross-section plane, at least 50% by number of the pores have a convexity index Ic of greater than 87%, the convexity index of a pore being equal to the ratio Sp/Sc of the surfaces Sp and Sc delimited by the perimeter and by the convex envelope of the said pore, respectively.

Abstract: A mold and die metallic material, an air-permeable member for mold and die use, and a method for making the same are provided. The mold and die metallic material is made by forming a mixed material containing stainless steel fibers with an equivalent diameter of 30-300 ?m and a length of 0.4-5.0 mm, and stainless steel powder, heat sintering a green body of the mixed material, and heating the sintered body thus obtained in a nitrogen atmosphere and nitrided; wherein average open pore diameter thereof is 3-50 ?m.

Abstract: A method for preparing a porous fluoropolymer precursor includes combining a fluoropolymer and a removable additive to form a composition, the removable additive having a thermal decomposition temperature greater than a sintering temperature of the fluoropolymer, compressing the composition to form a preform, and sintering the preform to form the porous fluoropolymer precursor. A method for preparing a porous fluoropolymer includes disposing the porous fluoropolymer precursor in a removing agent, contacting the removable additive with the removing agent, and removing, by the removing agent, the removable additive from the porous fluoropolymer precursor to form the porous fluoropolymer, wherein the porous fluoropolymer comprises a plurality of pores formed by removing the removable additive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to method for forming a porous ceramic material, the method comprising the steps of: providing a suspension of polymer-coated ceramic particles in a first solvent; contacting the suspension with a second solvent, whereby a ceramic material precursor is formed from the polymer and ceramic particles, heating the ceramic material precursor to at least partially decompose the polymer within the precursor into solid deposits, and then sintering the ceramic material precursor to form a porous ceramic material.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a plurality of cells and porous cell walls. The plurality of cells include exhaust gas introduction cells and exhaust gas emission cells. The porous cell walls supports an SCR catalyst. The exhaust gas introduction cells include first exhaust gas introduction cells and second exhaust gas introduction cells. The second exhaust gas introduction cells each have a cross sectional area larger than a cross sectional area of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells. Each of the exhaust gas emission cells has a cross sectional area equal to or larger than the cross sectional area of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells.

Abstract: A gas diffusion screen assembly is adapted for residing in a torch cup of a gas shielded electric arc torch. The gas diffusion screen assembly comprises a first concave mesh screen, a second convex mesh screen, and an electrode collar. The collar interconnects the first and second mesh screens, and defines an opening for receiving an electrode of the electric arc torch.

Abstract: A collapsible device for filtering air comprising a base, a fan functionally attached to the base, an air filter releasably attached to the base, and a substantially air impermeable outer sleeve is provided.

Abstract: There is provided a silica membrane 1 formed on a porous substrate. A desorbed ionic strength of water having a temperature of 500° C. in a temperature-programmed desorption analysis of water of the silica membrane is 2,000,000/g. The silica membrane 1 is manufactured by allowing a silica sol having a water concentration of 0.03 to 3 mass % to adhere to a porous substrate by an ethanol solvent, drying the silica sol by sending air having a dew point of ?70 to 0° C., and firing the dried silica sol at 200 to 400° C.

Abstract: In one preferred form of the present invention there is provided a roof rain gutter system. The roof rain gutter system comprises a drainage pipe for being positioned within and extending along a gutter. A coarse heavy filler material is placed on top of the drainage pipe for allowing the passage of rain water. A rain guttering component is positioned above a drop outlet of the gutter for directing water flowing through the drainage pipe downwardly into the drop outlet. The rain guttering component is adapted to surround the drop outlet to assist with preventing the passage of coarse heavy filler material through the drop outlet.

Abstract: A frit (44) includes a porous support structure having a plurality of void spaces, where a plurality of secondary particles (46) are filled in the void spaces, the secondary particles (46) being dimensioned with respect to the void spaces such that the frit (44) retains packing materials with diameters of less than about 2.5 microns. Preferably one or more frits (44) are received in a high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) chromatographic column, where the column includes fittings and filter assemblies for receiving frits (44) at its inlet and outlet. The frit (44) can be constructed from a porous support structure with void spaces or pores that are filled with secondary particles (46) smaller those used to manufacture the support. The particles (46) contained in the void spaces are large enough to be retained by the support, but small enough to create a finer network of interconnected channels within the support's void spaces that are capable of retaining sub-2.5 micrometer particles.

Abstract: A method for removing a filter cake from a filtering device having a housing that defines a filtration flowpath through which a filtrate flows, the housing having at least one inlet and at least one outlet, the filter cake being deposited on at least one cylindrical filter element disposed within the filtering device, the at least one cylindrical filter element comprises at least one filter material and at least one rebound element, the at least one rebound element having a first flange extending from a head region and a second flange extending from a foot region, the at least one rebound element having a structured surface with at least two recesses mutually parallel in the longitudinal direction of the at least one rebound element, the at least two recesses are formed extending between the first flange and the second flange.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb shaped porous ceramic body in which a strength deteriorates less than before after a separation layer is formed, a manufacturing method for the porous ceramic body, and a honeycomb shaped ceramic separation membrane structure. A honeycomb shaped porous ceramic body 9 includes a honeycomb shaped substrate 30 and an intermediate layer. At least a part of the intermediate layer of the honeycomb shaped porous ceramic body 9 has a structure in which aggregate particles are bonded to one another by a component of an inorganic bonding material. The inorganic bonding material is titania.

Abstract: A method for the production of a hydrophilic polymer membrane (1), in particular for the production of a porous membrane for filtration or for use in functional textiles, whereby at least one hydrophilization additive (3) is used as a starting material for the membrane production, optionally, at least one additional aggregate, is/are admixed into an in particular hydrophobic polymer membrane material (2), whereby the membrane material (4) that has the hydrophilization additive (3) and optionally the additional aggregate is extruded to form a polymer film (5) that is charged with the hydrophilization additive (3) and optionally the additional aggregate, and whereby the polymer film (5) is stretched, in particular in a monoaxial and/or biaxial manner for pore formation.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing low soluble iron, medium flow rate diatomite filter aids and such filter aids are disclosed. Sodium aluminate is used as an additive. As compared to either straight calcined or soda ash flux-calcined diatomite filter aids of similar permeabilities made from the same ore, the disclosed filter aids have much lower iron solubilities. For instance, disclosed filter aids of about 0.3 to about 2.0 Darcy were made using an alkali aluminate as an additive/flux agent to have an EBC soluble iron content of less than 100 ppm versus more than 140 ppm for similar filter aids that were made from the same ore and flux-calcined with soda ash.

Abstract: The present application presents the development of a method for enhancing filtration capabilities of ceramic elements by chemically binding a hydrophilic compound throughout the porous structure of a ceramic element. An enhanced ceramic filter includes a ceramic element with chemically bound hydrophilic molecules. The enhanced ceramic filter is used in a system for the separation of non-polar compounds from aqueous mixtures. An aqueous mixture is passed through the enhanced ceramic filter, allowing water to permeate, and concentrate to exit the filter.

Abstract: A treatment device for stormwater is provided that comprises a container which in use contains a growing medium and a hydrodynamic separator located within the container. The hydrodynamic separator comprises a separation chamber, an inlet duct extending from the outside of the container to the separation chamber, a solids outlet; and a liquid outlet that opens into the container. In use, liquid flow containing solids enters the separation chamber through the inlet duct and is caused to swirl within the separation chamber, thereby causing solids to exit the separation chamber through the solids outlet and liquid to exit the separation chamber through the liquid outlet and to flow into the growing medium.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nanopolymetallic reducing agent filler comprising 20%-70% iron powder, 10%-30% tourmaline power, 2%-15% copper power, 3%-10% bamboo charcoal powder, 2%-15% kaoline, 2%-15% magnesite powder, 2%-15% pyrolusite powder, and 10%-30% zeolite powder. All percentages described above are by weight. A process of forming the nanopolymetallic reducing agent filler is also provided, including grinding and ball milling raw materials of each component respectively into powder particles of 10 nm-100 ?m, which are then mixed uniformly by weight percentage and granulated to form a granular mixture, and sintering the granular mixture at high temperature or cold pressing it into a granular filler.

Abstract: A filter medium comprises: a) 55 to 80 percent by weight of activated carbon particles having a D50 of 70 to 130 micrometers and a D10 of 25 to 50 micrometers; b) 5 to 20 percent by weight of first catalytic activated carbon particles having a D50 in a range of 20 to 40 micrometers and a D10 of 2 to 20 micrometers; and c) 10 to 30 percent by weight of a thermoplastic binder that binds at least the activated carbon particles and the catalytic activated carbon particles into a porous unitary body, wherein the percent by weight of components a)-c) is based upon a total weight of components a)-c). A water filtration system including the filter medium is also disclosed.

Abstract: A porous body consists essentially of a plurality of ceramic particles having an average size ranging from 8 to 100 nm. The ceramic particles are bonded to adjacent ceramic particles with a strength sufficient to render the porous body self-supporting. The porosity ranges from 30 to 70 vol. % and the average pore size ranges from 5 to 50 nm. The porous body may be manufactured by preparing a dispersion comprising the ceramic particles and a polymer matrix material in a solvent, removing the solvent by heating and/or evaporation, forming a preform of the dried material, and firing the preform to remove the polymer matrix material and bond the ceramic particles to each other. The porous body is useful as a filter element in a system adapted to remove nanoscale particles from a fluid stream.

Abstract: A filter used for filtering molten metal and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The filter comprises open-pored porous material, binder and refractory material. The refractory material is bonded on the open-pored porous material by the binder, wherein the weight proportion of the binder is at least 50% and the weight proportion of the refractory material is not more than 50%. The filter has enhanced mechanical property and high temperature resisting property, while its preparation method is more cost-efficient than usual ones.

Abstract: A water treatment composition capable of effectively adsorbing pollutants from water is described. The composition includes magnetic extractants, which comprise magnetite nanoparticles containing functional groups. The composition is used to remove from water and aqueous streams oils and other contaminants. A process for removing contaminants from water and apparatus used in the process are also described.