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A method for utilizing whole crude oil as a feedstock for the pyrolysis furnace of an olefin production plant wherein the feedstock after preheating is subjected to mild catalytic cracking conditions until substantially vaporized, the vapors from the mild catalytic cracking being subjected to severe cracking in the radiant section of the furnace.

Methods and apparatus for separating mold sections, removing a lens product from the separated mold sections, and transferring the lens product to a processing tray are provided and include contacting assembled mold sections with a warm fluid to break fused portions between the mold sections, and using one or more wedge shaped elements to pry apart and separate the mold sections, one from the other. A vacuum head having multiple vacuum ports is employed for lifting the newly molded lens product from a mold section and for releasing the lens from the vacuum head into a processing tray. A cylinder of flowing air directed around the circumference of the lens is effective to maintain the lens in an unfolded position as the lens is being released into the processing tray. A tray set including multiple trays holding multiple lenses is provided and includes features for enabling visual and / or mechanical distinction of the trays and lenses held thereby.

The present invention discloses a catalytic reaction method. Said method can make the catalytic reaction be implemented in the supergravitational field. Said method utilizes the rotary bed supergravitational field equipment as reactor, on the rotor of said rotary bed supergravitational field equipment a porous catalyst layer and / or a porous filler layer are fixed, and the described catalytic reaction is homogeneous reaction or heterogeneous reaction. Said invention cal reduce catalyst consumption, raise utilization rate of catalyst, raise stability of catalyst and can reduce denergy consumption, etc.

The invention discloses a high-specific-surface-area boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode which comprises an electrode substrate. A boron-doped diamond layer is arranged on the surface of the electrode substrate. Or, a transition layer is arranged on the surface of the substrate, and then a boron-doped diamond layer is arranged on the surface of the transition layer. Metal particles are distributed in the diamond layer, and tiny holes and / or pointed cones are distributed on the surface of the diamond layer. Compared with a traditional plate electrode, the boron-doped diamond electrode contains a large number of tiny holes and pointed cones and has the extremely high specific surface area, and the large current intensity is provided through the low current intensity; and meanwhile, due to the different electrode configurations of the substrate and modification of surface graphene and / or carbon nano tubs (CNT), the mass transfer process can be greatly improved, the current efficiency and the electrochemical property are greatly improved, and the BDD electrode with high electrocatalytic activity and high using efficiency is prepared. The electrode can be widely applied in the fields of electrochemical wastewater purification treatment, electrochemical biosensors, strong oxidant electrochemical synthesis, electrochemical detection and the like.

A catalyzed interconnect for an SOFC electrically connects an anode and an anodic current collector and comprises a metallic substrate, which provides space between the anode and anodic current collector for fuel gas flow over at least a portion of the anode, and a catalytic coating on the metallic substrate comprising a catalyst for catalyzing hydrocarbon fuel in the fuel gas to hydrogen rich reformate. An SOFC including the catalyzed anodic inter-connect, a method for operating an SOFC, and a method for making a catalyzed anodic interconnect are also disclosed.

The treatment apparatus is pressurized and operates on a continuous flow of fluids which are subjected to hydrodynamic waves, acoustic ultrasonic waves in combination with injected ozone and electro chemical treatment. The treatment system provides a cost efficient and environmentally friendly process and apparatus for cleaning and recycling fluids as contaminated as frac water, used to stimulate gas production from shale formations, as well as other types of fluids having various levels of contaminants such as aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and suspended solids. The calcium carbonate scaling tendency is reduced to an acceptable level without the use of acids, ion exchange materials, or anti scaling chemicals which is of economical and environmental significance and benefit. The treatment apparatus is modular in construction and compact in overall configuration. The treatment apparatus and associated equipment and electrical power generator is sized and configured to be mounted within a truck trailer body.

Disclosed is a process for the treatment of a plant fluid effluent containing odor compounds including an alkyl mercaptan or an alkyl thiol, an amine compound, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and mixtures thereof by contacting the plant effluent in either a counterflow or cocurrent flow process. In the process, the effluent is contacted with an aqueous solution comprising a peracid compound. When contacted with the peracid, odor compounds in the effluent are oxidized and converted from the gaseous phase into a chemically modified highly aqueous soluble phase in the aqueous treatment. In this way, odor removal from the gas is preferred and odor compounds are efficiently transferred into the aqueous treatment solution. The use of such a process produces a significant improvement in odor quality index as measured by a conventional process using an expert panel when compared to conventional treatment methods.

A catalyst for preparing low-carbon olefins by one-step conversion of synthetic gas and a preparation method thereof relate to catalysts; the catalyst is made from 20-60% of a zirconium-based solid solution,30-70% of a double-micropore zeolite molecular sieve and 0.1-10% of metal oxides; the preparation method comprises: adding salt compounds of at least one element from IA, IIIA, VIIB, IB, IIB and the like into deionized water or alcohol to obtain solution A having a mass concentration of 0.1-15%; adding the zirconium-based solid solution into the solution A, heating, drying by distillation, and drying to obtain solid powder; adding the solid powder and the double-micropore zeolite molecular sieve into ethylene glycol, ultrasonically dispersing, and moving a filtered and washed sample to a vacuum drying box, drying at 50-100 DEG C for 2-24 h, calcining in a muffle furnace, and tableting obtained solid sample to obtain the catalyst.

The present invention relates to a process for the production of an elemental material, comprising the step of reacting a halide of the elemental material with a reducing agent in solid form in a fluidized bed reactor at a reaction temperature which is below the melting temperature of the reducing agent. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the elemental material is titanium and the titanium is produced in powder form. The invention also relates to the production of alloys or intermetallics of the elemental materials.

The invention relates to an olefin two-phase hydroformylation method, which consists of three parts: polyether guanidine mesylate ionic liquid (PGMILs) with room temperature solidifiable characteristics, complex catalysts (Rh-TPPTS) formed by RhCl3.3H2O or dicarbonylacetylacetonato rhodium and triphenylphosphine sodium trithionate (TPPTS), and reactants of C6-C14 straight chain 1-olefin, wherein the Rh-TPPTS is dissolved in the PGMILs to form a lower layer catalyst phase, the C6-C14 straight chain 1-olefin or product aldehyde forms an upper layer organic phase, the selectivity of high-carbon aldehyde is 85 to 99 percent, the mol ratio of normal aldehyde to isomerism aldehyde is 2.0 to 2.4, the PGMILs phase containing Rh-TPPTS can be cyclically used for 35 times, the activity and the selectivity are unchanged, the accumulated conversion number (TON) reaches higher than 30000, rhodium flowing to the product phase is 0.04 percent to 0.07 percent, and ultra-long-period catalysis activity and selectivity can be realized.

The invention belongs to the fields of chemical engineering and metallurgy and in particular relates to a process system which adopts a circulating fluid bed to carry out magnetization roasting on limonite, siderite, sedimentary hematite and other refractory iron ore powder bodies. The process system adopts a high-efficiency low-resistance reactor of the circulating fluid bed to carry out the magnetizing roasting to the iron ore powder body; firstly, roasted tail gas in a combustion chamber releases latent heat of unreacted reducing gas through combustion; secondly, the roasted tail gas exchanges heat with the cold iron ore powder body through a multilevel cyclone preheater to reclaim heat; and finally a fluidizing cooler is adopted to reclaim sensible heat of high-temperature roasting ore. The process system has the advantages of high magnetizing roasting efficiency and full heat reclaiming and utilization in the roasting process and the like, can reduce energy consumption of the refractory iron ore powder body in the process of magnetizing roasting and improve the economical efficiency of the refractory iron ore in the process of magnetizing roasting.

The invention provides an integrated internal circulation type denitrification and decarburization bio-membrane reactor and an operating method thereof. The main body of the reactor consists of an anoxic zone on the lower part, an aerobic zone on the upper part and a settling zone on the periphery of the aerobic zone; a composite filler is filled in the anoxic zone, and a water inlet pipe is communicated with the bottom of the anoxic zone; the aerobic zone is partitioned into a filler zone for adding a carrier on the upper part and a mud-water mixing zone on the lower part by adopting an orifice plate, the anoxic zone and the aerobic zone are partitioned through an impermeable partition plate, and a plurality of aeration pipes are arranged at the bottom of the aerobic zone and provided with air inlet pores; and the settling zone consists of three parts, namely a clean water zone, a contact settling zone and a sludge returning zone which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom, wherein the bottom of the sludge returning zone is provided with a sludge returning seam and communicated with the bottom of the aerobic zone. The reactor realizes zero power consumption in sludge returning, and is compact in structure; and a back flushing system is not required in the contact settling zone, and additional agents and carbon sources are not required, so that the reactor is low in running cost.

The invention relates to a method for undergoing a chlorobenzene nitration reaction by using a micro-channel reactor, belonging to the technical field of application of organic synthesis. In the method, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, water and chlorobenzene are taken as initial reaction raw materials, and processes such as mixed acid preparation, mixed acid and chlorobenzene preheating, mixed acid and chlorobenzene reacting and the like are completed in a micro-channel reactor system. In the reaction, nitro-sulfuric mixed acid is taken as a nitrating agent, the effective concentration of sulfuric acid in the mixed acid is 50-90 percent, the molar ratio of the nitric acid to the sulfuric acid in the mixed acid is 1:1-1:10, the molar ratio of the chlorobenzene to the nitric acid is 1:1.0-1:2.0, the reaction temperature is 50-100 DEG C, and the reaction time is 30-120 seconds. The chlorobenzene transformation ratio is up to 97 percent, the selectivity of nitrochlorobenzene serving as a product is over 96.5 percent, and the ratio of ortho-para nitrochlorobenzene is over 0.6. A strengthened mixed micro-channel reactor adopted in the invention is particularly suitable for undergoing a continuous nitration reaction, and has the characteristics of stable temperature control and safe process.

The invention discloses an attapulgite clay porous porous ceramsite, a preparation method of the ceramsite, and a purpose of the ceramsite. The ceramsite is prepared from raw materials of attapulgite clay and biomass, and a binder of industrial soluble glass. The ceramsite is prepared through calcining and oxidizing. The attapulgite clay porous ceramsite prepared by the present invention has advantages of high porosity, large specific surface area, high strength, strong water resistance, high water absorption, high catalytic activity, and the like. The porous ceramsite prepared by the presentinvention can be applied as a carrier for a catalyst, and a filling material for an aerated biological filter.

A process for improving the yield and efficiency of an ethanol fermentation plant that receives organic fermentable feedstock material, prepares the feedstock for fermentation, ferments the feedstock with yeast to produce ethanol, and produces stillage as a byproduct of ethanol fermentation. The process steps which can be operated independently or in combination, may include, but are not limited to, degrading fatty acids in the fermentable feedstock material prior to fermentation; degrading cellulose and hemicellulose present in the feedstock prior to fermentation; adding a surfactant to the fermentable feedstock; separating a liquid fraction from the stillage; recycling the liquid fraction to be combined with the fermentable feedstock; recovering a solid fraction from the stillage; and introducing at least a portion of the solid fraction to an anaerobic digester to produce methane.

There is provided a system for pumping thermal energy. The system includes (a) a membrane permeator for removing vapor from a process gas and for providing a vapor-depleted process gas, and (b) a gas-liquid contactor for adding vapor from a liquid to a vapor-depleted gas to produce a vapor-added process gas. The system transfers a quantity of thermal energy from the liquid to the vapor-added process gas, and is also capable of upgrading the thermal energy to a higher temperature. The system may be used for various heat pump applications including chilling and waste heat or low level heat recovery.

The invention relates to a propane dehydrogenation to propylene catalyst and preparation and applications thereof. The propane dehydrogenation to propylene catalyst is characterized by being a composition prepared from Gamma-Al2O3, a kind or many kinds of chromium oxides, a kind or many kinds of rare earth oxides and a kind or many kinds of alkali metal oxides, wherein the Gamma-Al2O3 accounts for 30-95%, the chromium oxides account for 1-50%, the rare earth oxides account for 0-30%, and the alkali metal oxides account for 0-10%. The preparation process comprises the following steps of: adding active components, such as chromium, rare earth, alkali metal and the like into aluminum oxide grout, regulating the pH value of 1-5 to form gelatum with concentrated nitric acid, and spraying and drying to form microballoons; then roasting for 0-5 hours at 250-750 DEG C in a nitrogen atmosphere; and roasting for 0.1-20 hours at 250-1000 DEG C in an air atmosphere. The obtained catalyst is in a fluid bed reactor, and reaction conditions comprise 400-700 DEG C of temperature, 0.01-3MPa of absolute pressure and 10-10000 h-1 of volume hourly space velocity.

A microbial fuel cell is provided according to embodiments of the present invention including electricigenic microbes containing at least about 0.075 milligrams of protein per square centimeter of the anode surface area. In particular embodiments, the electricigenic microbes are disposed on the anode such that at least about 90% of the portion of the anode surface area has a layer of electricigenic microbes, the layer greater than about 1 micron in thickness. This thickness is indicative of the layer including at least a first stratum of electricigenic microbes in direct contact with the anode and a second stratum of electricigenic microbes in direct contact with the first stratum such that the second stratum is in indirect contact with the anode.

The present invention provides methods for purifying polymers. In each embodiment of the invention disclosed herein, a supercritical fluid is contacted with an organic solution that includes a polymer to be purified dissolved in an organic solvent. The supercritical fluid extracts the organic solvent from the organic solution. Impurities such as residual monomers and process solvents are removed with the organic solvent and supercritical fluid, thereby purifying the polymer. The methods of the invention are particularly suitable for use in the purification of biodegradable polymers for use in pharmaceutical applications.

The invention discloses a metal organic skeleton structure material load platinum catalyst. The metal organic skeleton structure material load platinum catalyst comprises a carrier and an active component loaded on the carrier, wherein the carrier is a metal organic skeleton structure material MIL-101, and the active component is platinum. The invention also discloses a preparation method of the metal organic skeleton structure material load platinum catalyst and a catalytic hydrogenation application thereof. The catalyst provided by the invention has a higher specific surface area and a larger porthole structure, the catalyst is suitable for application in a catalytic hydrogenation reaction, the catalyst is environmentally-friendly, the reaction conditions are gentle, and the catalyst is high in efficiency and good in stability.

An aircraft fuel deoxygenation system includes a boost pump, a contactor-separator, and a centrifuge-separator pump. The boost pump is adapted to receive fuel from a fuel source and inert gas from an inert gas source, and is configured to mix the fuel and inert gas and supply a fuel / gas mixture. The contactor-separator is coupled to receive the fuel / gas mixture and is configured to remove oxygen from the fuel and thereby generate and supply deoxygenated fuel with entrained purge gas and separated purge gas. The centrifuge-separator pump is coupled to receive the deoxygenated fuel with entrained purge gas and is configured to separate and remove the entrained purge gas from the deoxygenated fuel and supply the deoxygenated fuel and additional purge gas.

A process for cleaning the waste gas containing high-concentration NOx includes such steps as gathering the fume, coming in rotary filler bed, diffusing into rotary filler, spraying the absorptive liquid to filler, countercurrent absorption, mixing the treated gas with oxidant to oxidize NO to NO2, coming in rotary filler bed, absorbing by absorptive liquid, defrosting, and exhausting. Said absorptive liquid can be cyclically used. Its apparatus is also disclosed.

The present invention is directed to a catalyzed metallic substrate, such as a metal plate. There is a catalyst layer supported on the substrate surface. The article is useful as part of exhaust systems which can be used with small engines for applications such as motorcycles, lawn mowers, chain saws, weed trimmers and the like. The present invention includes methods to prepare the catalyzed metal substrate and methods of use of the catalyzed substrate.

The invention relates to a combined type ecological floating bed water purifying device used for in-situ purification treatment of polluted water in rivers and lakes. A floating body frame of a floating bed is provided with a grid-like bamboo charcoal floating bed main board made of bamboo charcoal pieces which are processed intensely by a compound enzyme biological promoter before being used, and when the bamboo charcoal pieces are used, the bamboo charcoal pieces can quite well adsorb nitrogen and phosphorus in the water and effectively promote the attached growth of indigenous microorganisms in the water; grid holes on the bamboo charcoal floating bed main board are used as planting holes of plants, and various aquatic plants or economic plants with water purification function can be mixedly planted; and biological fillers are arranged on the lower part of the floating bed, and biomass-based materials which are natural vegetable fibers are used by biofilm formation of microorganisms. The device can greatly improve the capability of removing nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matters from the eutrophication water of the ecological floating bed device and has the characteristics of simple structure, convenient mounting and control, high water flow impact resistance and the like, so that the device is quite suitable to be used for the in-situ purification treatment of water in natural rives, lakes and reservoirs and scenic water.

The invention provides a preparation method of cubic ultra-fine calcium carbonate particles. The method comprises the following steps: (1) adding a nucleation promoter to calcium hydroxide suspension liquid, wherein the nucleation promoter is selected from more than one of glucose, sucrose or sodium citrate; (2) carbonizing by introducing carbon dioxide until the pH value is 8-12, adding a crystal modifier and ageing for 0.5-10 hours, wherein the crystal modifier is selected from one of sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate or sodium hydroxide; (3) further introducing carbon dioxide and carbonizing until the pH value is 6.5-7.0; (4) coating by adding a coating agent, filtering and drying to obtain a product, wherein the coating agent is selected from a resin acid, a resin acid alkali metal salt, a fatty acid or a fatty acid alkali metal salt. According to the calcium carbonate particles, the particle sizes are 90-180nm, the calcium carbonate particles are in a cubic shape, and the specific surface area is 10-18m<2> / g. Thus, the cubic ultra-fine calcium carbonate particles can be used as functional fillers in coating, rubber, plastic and sealant industries.

The present invention relates to a synthetic method of graphitic carbon nitride material. The method involves a homogenous mixing of carbon nitride precursor and ammonium salt, and calcining the mixture to obtain a porous graphitic carbon nitride material. Wherein, the ammonium salt is any one or a combination of at least two which could release gaseous NH3 during thermolysis. The present invention uses thermolabile ammonium salt as a pore former; the thermolysis of ammonium salt could release soft gas bubbles during the calcination; the later burst of bubbles leads to the formation of nanoporous structure. The proposed method is template-free and environmentally-friendly, and the resultant material exhibits high photocatalytic activity in the field of gas and water decontamination.