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Absorbent articles and processes for making absorbent articles are provided. The process includes spraying onto a fibrous web a blend containing superabsorbent polymer particles, superabsorbent forming monomer, initiator and water, and subjecting the web to polymerization conditions. The resulting web is useful as an absorbent article particularly in disposable hygiene products.

A method of fracturing a formation with a fracturing fluid wherein the formation has particulate material that swells or migrates upon exposure to the fracturing fluid comprises preparing a fracturing fluid comprising (1) a thickening compound comprising a first surfactant selected from the group consisting of a cationic surfactant having only a single cationic group, an amphoteric surfactant and a mixture thereof; and, an anionic surfactant; and, (2) water, wherein no or essentially no inorganic salt is added to the fracturing fluid; and using the fracturing fluid to fracture the formation. A method for recycling a fracturing fluid is also provided.

A hydrogel polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer component including acrylic acid (salt) is post-neutralized so that each of polymer particles derived from a polymer produced by neutralizing the hydrogel polymer has an allowable neutralization ratio. The polymer as obtained by neutralizing the hydrogel polymer is reacted with a crosslinking agent reactive to a functional group of the polymer. The allowable neutralization ratio, for example, is a neutralization ratio which is not lower, by not less than 20 mole percent, or more than, at least 55 mole percent, than an average neutralization ratio of a mass of the polymer particles, and the post-neutralization is carried out so that a number of polymer particles having a non-allowable neutralization ratio outside the allowable neutralization range is not more than 10 in 200 polymer particles, thus obtaining a water-absorbent agent having high absorbency under no applied pressure and high pressure wherein the amount of water soluble component is lower compared with the conventional water-absorbent agent and a change in pH of a swollen gel is small.

The invention provides a board forming system comprising a forming table comprising a belt with a surface for conveying a backing layer; a mixer fitted with a mechanism capable of depositing cementitious slurry material over a top surface of the backing layer; and a slurry spreader positioned downstream of the mixer, wherein a portion of the slurry spreader comprises a plurality of apertures which are connected to a source of pressurized fluid. The slurry spreader is configured such that the pressurized fluid flows out of the slurry spreader through the apertures so as to provide a continuous film of fluid across an outer surface of the slurry spreader. The slurry spreader is positioned such that it can contact at least a portion of the cementitious slurry after the slurry exits the discharge and before the slurry is spread across the width of the backing layer such that the thickness of the slurry is approximately equal to the desired slurry thickness for board formation. The invention further provides methods for forming cementitious board comprising the use of the slurry spreader.

A method of manufacturing a cementitious composite including: (1) mixing an extrudable cementitious composition by first forming a fibrous mixture comprising fibers, water and a rheology modifying agent and then adding hydraulic cement; (2) extruding the extrudable cementitious composition into a green extrudate, wherein the green extrudate is characterized by being form-stable and retaining substantially a predefined cross-sectional shape; (3) removing a portion of the water by evaporation to reduce density and increase porosity; and (4) heating the green extrudate at a temperature from greater than 65° C. to less than 99° C. is disclosed. Such a process yields a cementitious composite that is suitable for use as a wood substitute. Particularly, by using higher curing temperatures for preparing the cementitious building products, the building products have a lower bulk density and a higher flexural strength as compared to conventional products. The wood-like building products can be sawed, nailed and screwed like ordinary wood.

A water-saving type shower head operable to reduce flow volume while maintaining a high discharge pressure. A diameter-reduced water passage 19 of a flow control member 20 disposed in a head portion 22 of a shower head body 12 has a first and a second water passage portions 40 and 41 provided on an entry side and an exit side thereof, respectively. The first water passage portion 40 has a small diameter, and the second water passage portion 41 has an inside diameter which is 1.5 to 3 times that of the first water passage portion 40. On an upstream side of the first water passage portion 40, a tapered diameter-reduced portion 43 reduced in diameter in a flow direction is formed, and on a downstream side of the second water passage portion 41, a diameter-increased portion 45 increased in diameter in the flow direction is formed.

The present invention provides a dispersant and foaming agent combination that is useful in the production of gypsum wallboard and other aqueous cementitious products, a method of forming a gypsum wallboard and a gypsum wallboard. The dispersant in the combination according to the invention is a naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from about 17,000 to about 47,000. The alkali is preferably an alkali metal and / or an alkaline earth metal. The aldehyde is preferably formaldehyde. The foaming agent used in the combination according to the invention is a soap, preferably an alkali salt of an alkyl ether sulfate and / or an alkyl sulfate. The combination of a high molecular weight dispersant and a foaming agent produces a gypsum wallboard core effect that more efficiently entrains air (i.e., creates void space), thereby lowering overall board weight without detrimentally affecting strength. A gypsum wallboard formed using the dispersant and foaming agent combination according to the invention exhibits a higher nail pull value than gypsum wallboard formed using a conventional dispersant and a foaming agent at the same solids loading ratio.

A composite particle that incorporates a material and is designed to undergo a reaction and / or mechanical or chemical change with the environment to increase in volume. The composite particle can be combined with a constraining matrix to create an expandable particle upon reaction. These particles can be used in stimulating wells, including oil and gas reservoirs.

The invention provides a water-saving drum washing machine comprising an outer drum, an inner drum disposed in the outer drum and a water inlet pipeline communicating with the inner drum. The inner drum and the outer drum are installed on a central shaft coaxially. The inner drum is a holeless inner drum. The inner wall of the inner drum is provided with a plurality of lifting devices; the central shaft is internally provided with a hollow structure; the water inlet pipeline and the lifting devices communicate with the hollow structure. The lifting devices are provided with a plurality of water outlets. The technical objective of saving water is mainly achieved by using the holeless inner drum and making the space between the inner drum and the outer drum free of water in a washing process. Since the holeless inner drum is used, the structure of the water-saving washing machine is redesigned for water feeding and water drainage of the washing machine; further a water feeding and drainage system, a washing and spinning system and an airing drying and drying system are improved.

The present invention provides methods of producing manufactured aggregates and other compositions from a particulate PCM slurry, suspension or emulsion by combining a cementitious binder and a adsorbent and / or absorbent with the PCM slurry. The PCM-containing composition can be produced in an agglomeration process. The ingredients can also be mixed to form a viscous mass which can be extruded or otherwise formed to produce useful products.

Dish washer is disclosed for efficient removal of humid air formed after drying dishes. The dish washer includes a cabinet which forms an exterior of the dish washer, a tub in the cabinet to form a washing chamber for washing dishes, a water jacket mounted to one sidewall of the tub to hold water supplied from an outside of the dish washer for condensing moisture in humid air formed after washing and drying of the dishes when the humid air is brought into contact thereto, and a condensing duct mounted to an inside or an outside of the water jacket for guiding the humid air to the water jacket in removing the moisture from the humid air.

The present invention describes improved methods and systems for treating waste water and solid waste, which may include the addition of catholyte and anolyte. The methods and systems of the present invention may be used to treat waste water and solid waste from animal farms, such as for example, hog farms, dairy farms, and cattle and sheep ranches. The methods and systems of the present invention may also be used to treat waste water from other sources, such as human waste or farm runoff from irrigation.

Molded fiber products using agriculture residues are economical and environmentally beneficial. Molded fiber manufacturing is different from molded pulp. The present invention discloses a method of and an apparatus for the manufacturing of molded fiber shaped body (10) using low consistency fiber slurry (12) subject to vacuum-forming and thermo-curing. The use of porous material as mold inserts for both vacuum-forming (101) and thermo-curing (102) stations provides improved productivity and enables ease of mold release. The incorporation of self-cleaning techniques further ensures consistent performance of the manufacturing system.

Carbon dioxide is recovered in concentrated form from a gas feed stream also containing oxygen by absorbing carbon dioxide and oxygen into an amine solution that also contains another organic component, removing oxygen, and recovering carbon dioxide from the absorbent.

The invention discloses an assembled integral building and a construction method thereof. The assembled integral building comprises a reinforced concrete wall and floor slabs, wherein the reinforced concrete wall is formed by hoisting and assembling prefabricated composite insulating wallboards integrally at a construction site; a board body of each prefabricated composite insulating wallboard comprises a structure layer, an insulating layer and a protective layer from the inside to the outside in turn; a reinforcement cage is arranged in the structural layer; steel meshes are arranged in the concrete of the protective layer; the structural layer, the insulating layer and the protective layer are anchored together by inserting connecting members in a dotted distribution; the left and right edges of the protective layer and the insulating layer protrude out of the structural layer; a lower edge of the protective layer extends downward to form a bulged opening; the top parts of the protective layer and the insulating layer upward protrude out of the structural layer; and an upper edge of the protective layer is provided with a notch which corresponds to the bulged opening of the prefabricated composite insulating wallboard adjacent to an upper layer. The building overcomes the defects of erecting shuttering on site, binding steel bars and concreting in a traditional construction method, speeds up the construction, and lowers the construction cost; and the construction quality of the building structure can be sufficiently guaranteed.

The invention relates to the field of tunnel grouting, in particular to a tunnel information tracing accurate grouting method, which solves the problems of thick reinforcing ring, large number of drilled holes, long construction period and the like of the traditional curtain grouting method adopted in current tunnel grouting. The method comprises the processes of grout stopping wall building, arrangement of orifice tubes and grouting tubes, measurement of the water burst of a drill hole, packer test, hole arrangement, drilling operation and grouting, wherein the hole arrangement and the grouting are performed according to the sequence from an advance geological drill hole to other outer ring holes to an inner ring hole to a working surface stabilizing hole to an access hole to a pipe-shed hole; and steps such as advance big pipe-shed construction of a working chamber and working surface stabilization by using a glass fiber anchor rod are saved. In the invention, a break through is made in the conventional construction philosophy, grouting design and geological change are tightly combined together, a grouting mechanism of 'crack blocking, water reduction, surrounding rock fixation and stratum stabilization' is adopted, the grouting holes are reduced by 30 to 40 percent, grouting quality is improved, the safe and quick construction is guaranteed, major water burst and mud burst accidents are eliminated, and the environment is protected maximally.

The invention discloses an assembled integral shear wall structure system and a construction method thereof. Prefabricated composite wallboards are hoisted and assembled integrally at a construction site; a board body of the prefabricated composite wallboards comprises a structural layer, an insulating layer and a protective layer from the inside to the outside in turn; a reinforcement cage is arranged in the structural layer; the insulating layer is an extruded polystyrene foam plastic board; steel meshes are arranged in the concrete of the protective layer; and anchor bolts in a dotted distribution are connected among the structural layer, the insulating layer and the protective layer. Vertical seams and horizontal seams of prefabricated composite walls adopt structural self-waterproofing, so that common quality problems such as leakage and cracks and the like in a traditional process are solved. The prefabricated composite walls simplify construction processes, speed up the construction, and lower the construction cost. Furthermore, products prefabricated in a factory have uniform specifications and unified quality, so that the construction quality of a building construction can be sufficiently guaranteed; the industrialization, standardization, and generalization of the building walls are realized; and the products can be widely applicable to the construction of reinforced concrete buildings in the construction industry.

The invention discloses a treatment method of sintering flue gas desulphurization wastewater, which completes the treatment on the sintering flue gas desulphurization wastewater through the following five steps of: 1. neutralization and coagulation: regulating the pH value of the sintering flue gas desulphurization wastewater to 8.5 to 9.5 by lye, and adding 0 to 200ppm of coagulating agents; 2. flocculation: adding 0 to 10ppm of coagulant aids for forming flocs; 3. precipitation and filter liquor separation; 4. biochemical treatment on filter liquor; and 5. deep treatment. The treatment method can be used for reducing the treatment cost of the desulphurization wastewater without generating influence on other treatment systems, thereby having good application and popularization prospects.

A gypsum composition containing a sulfonate-containing comb-branched copolymer is disclosed. The sulfonate-containing comb-branched copolymer comprises recurring units of a polyether macromonomer, an acrylic monomer, and a sulfonate monomer. The sulfonate-containing comb-branched copolymer not only increases the fluidity of gypsum slurry but also has reduced retardation on the gypsum setting.

A method for operating a downhole oil water separator and electric submersible pump includes measuring fluid pressure proximate one of the pump intake, separator intake and a bottom of a wellbore. At least one of flow rate and pressure is measured at the separator water outlet. Pump and a water outlet restriction are controlled to maintain an optimum fluid pumping rate and an optimum injection rate of separated water. A flow control system includes a controllable valve disposed in a water outlet of the separator. At least one of a pressure sensor and a flowmeter is operatively coupled to the water outlet. A controller is in signal communication with the at least one of a pressure sensor and flowmeter and in operative communication with the valve. The controller operates the valve to maintain at a selected pressure and / or a selected flow rate through the water outlet.

Apparatuses and systems for removing water vapor from a gas stream and for providing water purification, recovery and / or concentration. The apparatuses and systems employ a graphene oxide or a perforated graphene monolayer membrane to separate liquid water molecules and / or water vapor molecules from gasses, liquids, and other substances such as a wet muck or an aqueous sample. In one embodiment, an apparatus for removing water from a gas or liquid stream includes a first lumen, a second lumen, and a graphene oxide membrane separating the first lumen from the second lumen. Water molecules within a humid gas or liquid stream introduced into the first lumen pass through the graphene oxide membrane into a dry gas stream introduced into the second lumen.

A gypsum slurry is described that includes water, a hydraulic component comprising at least 50% calcined gypsum by weight based on the dry weight of the hydraulic component, foam, a defoamer and a polycarboxylate dispersant. In some embodiments of the invention, the defoamer is combined with the dispersant prior to being added to the gypsum slurry. The defoamer and dispersant can be added as a physical mixture, wherein the defoamer is attached onto the dispersant polymer, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, a gypsum building panel is made from the gypsum slurry.

The invention relates to the field of tunnel construction, in particular to a rapid construction method of a high-pressure water-rich fault zone of a tunnel, which solves a plurality of problems in the construction method of high-pressure water-rich fault zone tunnels under the guide of the traditional knowledge. A draining branch tunnel is additionally arranged between a main tunnel and a parallel heading, the water flow pressure of the hanging wall of a fault interface is reduced progressively, and a large amount of water is discharged from the main tunnel by adopting a guiding and non-clogging mode; when the water pressure of the main tunnel is reduced to 0.3-0.5MPa, an informationized tracking and accurate grouting method is used for grouting and reinforcing the main tunnel; and rapidly excavating and sealing technology is used for excavating the main tunnel and the parallel heading. The invention adopts the technology combining the water distribution and pressure reduction mode, the informationized tracking and accurate grouting method and the rapidly excavating and sealing technology for high-pressure water-rich shattered fault zones for the first time, breaks through the traditional concept that the water distribution and pressure reduction mode is opposite to the grouting and reinforcing construction method, solves the world-class problem of construction of the high-pressure water-rich fault zone of the tunnel, improves the construction progress and the construction efficiency, and ensures safe and rapid perforation of the tunnel.

The invention relates to a recycling treatment process for coal coking high-salinity wastewater. The process comprises the following steps: (1) fluorine removing; (2) silicon removing; (3) softening;(4) treatment with a multi-medium filter; (5) ultrafiltration; (6) resin softening; (7) FDG; (8) nanofiltration and salt separation; (9) reverse osmosis concentration; (10) advanced oxidation; (11) resin adsorption; and (12) evaporative crystallization. The process has the advantages that the process of pretreatment, nanofiltration salt separation, reverse osmosis concentration, advanced oxidationand evaporative crystallization is adopted, so that zero emission and quality-divided resource utilization of the coal coking high-salinity wastewater are realized.

The present invention has for its object to provide an economical cement additive capable of reducing the amount of water to be added to cement compositions and still capable of providing cement compositions with high fluidity, good processability, and a proper level of air-entraining ability resulting from sufficient foaming prevention, at low addition levels, a cement composition in which the above cement additive is used, and a polycarboxylic acid polymer excellent in dispersing effects on cement particles or inorganic powders or pigments and capable of being used with advantage as a cement additive or a dispersant for various uses.The invention provides, among others, a cement additive comprising, as main component, a polycarboxylic acid polymer (X) which has; repeating units (A), (B), (C) and (D), wherein none of the proportion of occurrence S1 of repeating unit (A) the proportion of occurrence T1 of repeating unit (B) and the proportion of occurrence E1 of repeating unit (C) is not equal to zero, the average number n of moles of an oxyalkylene group as added in repeating unit (B) is not less than 110, and that the weight average molecular weight of said polycarboxylic acid polymer is not less than 10000.

There is provided a method for detecting at least one odor in a gas sample, the method comprising at least partially reducing an amount of water present in the gas sample; and detecting the presence or absence of at least one odor in the sample. There is also provided a method for reducing losses of sensitivity of at least one gas sensor adapted to detect and / or measure at least one odor in a gas sample, the method comprising at least partially reducing an amount of water present in the gas sample before contacting the sample with the at least one sensor. Apparatuses for detecting and / or measuring odors in a gas sample are also provided.

Absorbent articles and processes for making absorbent articles are provided. The process includes spraying onto a fibrous web a blend containing superabsorbent polymer particles, superabsorbent forming monomer, initiator and water, and subjecting the web to polymerization conditions. The resulting web is useful as an absorbent article particularly in disposable hygiene products.

A system and method of maintaining the integrity of freshly harvested, or freshly cut fruits and vegetables. Specifically, the invention focuses on a distinct series of processes which confer a lower total microbial count, delay browning, improve general organoleptic properties, and decrease the amount of chemical contaminants on the exposed surfaces without the use of preservatives. Examples of such process may be applying a first produce integrity maintenance process, a second produce integrity maintenance process, application of an antibrowning agent to the produce by a produce antibrown agent applicator, exposing the produce to ultraviolet light by an ultraviolet light system, and applying an ozone treatment by an ozone treatment system.

The invention relates to a roof water control method based on presplitting and grouting modification. The roof water control method includes the following steps that first, the height of a water diversion fissure zone on the working surface is determined; second, fracturing and grouting are carried out before determining extraction of the working surface; third, fracturing horizon and grouting horizon are determined; fourth, the fracture and grouting plane range and thickness are determined; fifth, horizontal holes of a roof stratum are subjected to hydraulic fracturing, hydraulic fracturing is carried out on the rock stratum through horizontal branch holes of the construction ground, and an original continuous medium is fractured into a discontinuous medium; and sixth, roof stratum grouting is conducted, and the water-passing capacity of the rock stratum is greatly reduced. Thereby, the roof water control method fractures the rock stratum with good continuity into a discontinuity rockstratum, then a grouting technology is adopted to transform the rock stratum into a relatively weak waterproof protective layer to achieve the dual purposes of inhibiting upward development of the water diversion fissure zone and weakening the permeability of the rock stratum, and thus the water yield of aquifer underground water of a coal roof pouring into the coal face through the water diversion fissure zone is decreased.

The invention discloses an environment-friendly blast furnace slag treatment device based on bottom filter process and a treatment method thereof. The treatment device comprises a water slag granulation pool. The water slag granulation pool comprises a granulation pool entrance unit and a granulation pool exit unit. The granulation pool entrance unit is provided thereon with a granulator. The water slag granulation pool is provided inside with a granulation pool condensation / spray device. The granulation pool exit unit is connected with a filter tank. The downstream of the filter tank is connected with a cooling tower via an upper tower pump. The invention realizes energy conversation, discharge reduction and safe production, overcomes the problem of large occupied area of the conventional bottom filter process, and reduces the costs for construction and operation.