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Desalination methods that include carbonate compound precipitation are provided. In certain embodiments, feed water is subjected to carbonate compound precipitation conditions prior to desalination. In certain embodiments, desalination waste brine is subjected to carbonate compound precipitation conditions. In yet other embodiments, both feed water and waste brine are subjected to carbonate compound precipitation conditions. Aspects of embodiments of the invention include carbone dioxide sequestration. Embodiments of the invention further employ a precipitate product of the carbonate compound precipitation conditions as a building material, e.g., a cement. Also provided are systems configured for use in methods of the invention.

A system and method are disclosed for identifying monitoring and evaluating hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions. The system-may-be worn-by safety personnel to detect equipment conditions such as low power supply, environmental conditions such as ambient temperature and / or physiological conditions such as heart rate of a wearer. The system may further include a control unit having electronics operable to communicate signals associated with equipment, environmental and physiological conditions.

A system and method are disclosed for identifying monitoring and evaluating hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions. The system may be worn by safety personnel to detect equipment conditions such as low power supply, environmental conditions such as ambient temperature and / or physiological conditions such as heart rate of a wearer. The system may further include a control unit having electronics operable to communicate signals associated with equipment, environmental and physiological conditions.

The present invention relates to an integrated closed loop system for aquaculture in at least one culturing tank and using continuous bioreactor technology for the biological treatment and removal of organic material, nitrogen and phosphorous, comprising: an integrated, partially or wholly closed loop system for waste water treatment, where the water contains nitrogen containing compounds and / or substances, comprising at least one production unit of such nitrogen containing compounds and / or substances and using continuous bioreactor technology for the biological treatment and removal of organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorous from the said water at continuous flow, comprising: a) at least one suspended carrier bioreactor for bacterial growth under anoxic conditions to cause anaerobic denitrification, with one or several compartments, preceding b) at least one suspended-carrier bioreactor for bacterial growth under oxic conditions to cause aerobic nitrification, c) the denitrification taking place after the production unit, and d) the nitrification taking place prior to the production unit in a by-pass mode as part of the continuous flow.

A method for contamination-free transfer of liquid from one container to another, and devices to carry out the method are disclosed. Contamination-free transfer means that during the transfer process there is no (1) leakage of (a) the liquid, (b) air contaminated by the liquid, and (c) vapor from the liquid to the surroundings, and (2) surrounding contaminants from outside the containers that contact the liquid. The method's advantages include its simplicity, and the contamination-free transfer as defined above. The devices are adapted to effect contamination-free transfer of a hazardous drug to and from any container equipped with a standard connector port.

This invention relates to systems and methods for converting biomass into highly inert carbon. Specifically, some embodiments densify the carbon into anthracite-style carbon aggregations and store it in geologically stable underground deposits. The use of certain embodiments yield a net effect of removing atmospheric carbon via the process of photosynthesis and converting it into hard coal, which can be stored in underground beds that mimic existing coal deposits which are known to be stable for thousands of years.

An apparatus and method for the purification of contaminated water whereby the contamination level of the wastewater is automatically monitored and treatment self-adjusted and continued until the desired level of purification is reached. Specifically, if upon treatment a pre-set purification level is not obtained a water recycle control means completely precludes the uptake of additional contaminated water and recycles wastewater within the apparatus until the desired level of purification is obtained. The present invention more particularly pertains to an efficient, turn key, economical, movable, automatic and compact apparatus and method for treating a fluid with ozone comprising multiple pressurized contact columns which are arranged in a hybrid parallel and series column configuration, which utilizes a unique water recycle control system and piping arrangement to improve the efficiency of the mass transfer of ozone into the water and increase its solubility by increasing the contact time between the water phase and the gas phase. The apparatus and method of the present invention has the further advantage that it requires minimal installation and may be used to fulfill the clean and safe water needs of any hotel, resort, restaurant, hospital, light industry, commercial business, apartment complex or small city.

The present invention provides for the electrochemical generation of ozone for use in "point-of-use" applications. The electrochemical ozone generators or systems of the present invention may be used to provide disinfected water, ozone-containing water, and / or ozone gas. Disinfected water may be produced by introducing ozone gas into a potable or purified water source for the purpose of disinfecting or controlling the microorganisms in the water source. Ozonated water or ozone gas may be produced and provided for various anti-microbial and cleansing applications of the consumer, such as washing food, clothing, dishes, countertops, toys, sinks, bathroom surfaces, and the like. Furthermore, the ozone generator may be used to deliver a stream of ozone-containing water for the purpose of commercial or residential point-of-use washing, disinfecting, and sterilizing medical instruments and medical equipment. For example, the ozone-containing water may be used directly or used as a concentrated sterilant for the washing, disinfecting, and sterilizing of medical instruments or equipment. Ozone gas may also be used in many of the foregoing examples, as well as in the deodorization of air or various other applications. The invention allows the electrochemical ozone generator to operate in a nearly or entirely passive manner with simplicity of design.

The present invention relates to an integrated closed loop system for aquaculture in at least one culturing tank and using continuous bioreactor technology for the biological treatment and removal of organic material, nitrogen and phosphorous, comprising: an integrated, partially or wholly closed loop system for waste water treatment, where the water contains nitrogen containing compounds and / or substances, comprising at least one production unit of such nitrogen containing compounds and / or substances and using continuous bioreactor technology for the biological treatment and removal of organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorous from the said water at continuous flow, comprising: a) at least one suspended carrier bioreactor for bacterial growth under anoxic conditions to cause anaerobic denitrification, with one or several compartments, preceding b) at least one suspended-carrier bioreactor for bacterial growth under oxic conditions to cause aerobic nitrification, c) the denitrification taking place after the production unit, and d) the nitrification taking place prior to the production unit in a by-pass mode as part of the continuous flow.

This disclosure describes systems and methods for using environmental information in a hybrid positioning system. Some embodiments relate to a method for determining the position of a WLAN and satellite positioning system enabled device using characteristics of the environment in which the device is located, the method can include detecting WLAN APs in range of the device, obtaining environmental characteristics from a reference database based on the WLAN APs detected by the device, and determining whether to use the WLAN or satellite positioning system based on the environmental characteristics.

The invention discloses a microbiogenic cement and concrete and a production method thereof, which mainly mixes the Bacillus pasteurii solution for producing urease and an admixture of containing urea and mineral calcium salt and obtains the microbiogenic cement after reacting in a certain condition; adds admixture such as sand etc. into the mixture of mixing the bacterial solution and the mixture and reacts to generate the microbiogenic concrete. The microbiogenic cement or concrete of the invention can be used on protection and restoration of masonry ancient architectures and repair of cracks on concrete building or treatment of liquescent sandy soil. The invention provides a permanent method of safety, effectiveness and without environmental hazard for repair and strengthening technology of large quantity of civil architecture and structure; the invention has the advantages of the good effects, the good weatherability, the good permeability of gas and the good permeability of water and being especially suitable for treatment of the sandy soil; the invention is safe and environmental-friendly, and belongs to the environmental-friendly restoring material.

A process and plant for the thermocatalytic conversion of waste materials into reusable fuels and a fuel produced by the process, involving the steps of delivering melted waste material (11) to one or more pyrolysis chambers (26) via heated and valved manifolds (22) and effecting pyrolysis of the waste material into a gascous state in an oxygen purged and pressure controlled environment. Pyrolytic gases are, then transferred to a catalytic converter (29) where the molecular structure of the gaseous material is altered in structure and form, with gases then transferred to one or more condensers (30a) to distil and cool gases in to their respective fractions. After post pyrolysis treatment, fuel fractions thon form a useable fuel. Includes the melting of waste (plastic) material (11) before delivery into any of the pyrolysis chambers (26), making the movement of material into the catalytic tower (29) a semi-continuous operation, directing melted waste material into one or more, but preferably four, pyrolysis chambers (26a, b, c, d), making each chamber capable of independent operation, optionally mechanically removing waste char from the pyrolysis chamber (107) by use of an internet auger (112) or other suitable means.

This process is unique in photosynthetic carbon sequestration. An on-site biological sequestration system directly decreases the concentration of carbon-containing compounds in the emissions of fossil generation units. In this process, photosynthetic microbes are attached to a growth surface arranged in a containment chamber that is lit by solar photons. A harvesting system ensures maximum organism growth and rate of CO2 uptake. Soluble carbon and nitrogen concentrations delivered to the cyanobacteria are enhanced, further increasing growth rate and carbon utilization.

The invention discloses a desulfurization waste water zero discharging process. The process comprises a chemical dosing softening process and a microfiltration membrane treatment process; after incoming water is subjected to two-stage softening, nanofiltration and reverse osmosis separation are performed; sodium sulfate decahydrate with the purity of more than 99% is separated out by utilizing freezing crystallization; a reverse osmosis concentrated water regeneration sodium ion exchange device is utilized; sodium chloride with the purity of more than 98% is separated out by utilizing evaporative crystallization; solids are comprehensively utilized, and no liquid is discharged outside. The invention further provides a desulfurization waste water zero discharging system. According to the desulfurization waste water zero discharging process and the system, water in desulfurization waste water can be separated to be reutilized as domestic and industrial usable water, and other impurities in the desulfurization waste water are separated in solid form, so that pollutants harmful to the natural environment do not generate, and the problem that the desulfurization waste water pollutes the environment can be completely solved.

The invention discloses a comprehensive treating system for domestic wastes. Reutilizing comprehensive treatment for mixed wastes is realized by the system according to a comprehensive sorting technology and a combined anaerobic fermentation technology, wherein the advanced sorting techniques, such as, crushing, magnetic separating, sieving, air classifying, and the like, are adopted in the comprehensive sorting technology; reutilized products, such as metal, plastics, organic matters, and the like, are screened out; the screened organic matters are prepared into slurry together with sludge and excrements and are then subjected to the combined anaerobic fermentation; the reutilized products, such as methane, organic fertilizer, and the like, can be produced under the action of anaerobic fermentation; and after the methane is purified, the methane is used for generating power, domestic fuel or vehicle-mounted fuel. According to the technology, the intensified treatment for organic wastes, such as domestic wastes, sludge, excrements, kitchen wastes, and the like, can be realized. The comprehensive treating system is high in mechanical and automated degree. Compared with the prior art, the comprehensive treating system has the advantages of simplification, effectiveness, less labor power, and the like.

The present invention provides for the electrochemical generation of ozone for use in "point-of-use" applications. The electrochemical ozone generators or systems of the present invention may be used to provide disinfected water, ozone-containing water, and / or ozone gas. Disinfected water may be produced by introducing ozone gas into a potable or purified water source for the purpose of disinfecting or controlling the microorganisms in the water source. Ozonated water or ozone gas may be produced and provided for various anti-microbial and cleansing applications of the consumer, such as washing food, clothing, dishes, countertops, toys, sinks, bathroom surfaces, and the like. Furthermore, the ozone generator may be used to deliver a stream of ozone-containing water for the purpose of commercial or residential point-of-use washing, disinfecting, and sterilizing medical instruments and medical equipment. For example, the ozone-containing water may be used directly or used as a concentrated sterilant for the washing, disinfecting, and sterilizing of medical instruments or equipment. Ozone gas may also be used in many of the foregoing examples, as well as in the deodorization of air or various other applications. The invention allows the electrochemical ozone generator to operate in a nearly or entirely passive manner with simplicity of design.

The present invention provides a method for the remediation of harmful organics and / or heavy metal contaminated matrix in order to remediate harmful organics and / or heavy metal contaminated soil, sediment and / or sludge. The method involves the processes of biostimulation, bioaugmentation, rhizoremediation, phytoremediation and a passive biopile. The method comprises steps of: a) designing a microbial agent comprising pollutant degrading bacteria, plant promoting bacteria and / or biosurfactant producing bacteria; b) preprocessing the matrix; c) constructing a passive biopile; and d) capping the biopile with plants for phytoremediation. The method achieves internationally-dominant green and persistent remediation while achieving bioremediation / phytoremediation degrading the organics and removing heavy metal.

Relating to the technical field of resource recovery and recycling, the invention discloses a resource-based and harmless treatment method for kitchen waste. The method is directed at the problems of high salt content in fertilizer products, easy cause of soil salinization, and large equipment investment for anaerobic fermentation of total waste in existing kitchen waste treatment methods. The method comprises the steps of: (a) kitchen waste sorting; (b) water bath desalting: adding water, and conducting heating and stirring to dilute salt; (c) solid-liquid separation: dehydrating the waste; (d) solid material aerobic fermentation: crushing the dehydrated solid material into small particles, and conducting aerobic fermentation and drying treatment to obtain an organic fertilizer; and (e) waste liquid anaerobic fermentation: conducting oil-water separation on the waste liquid, recovering grease, subjecting sewage to anaerobic fermentation, making the produced biogas residue and biogas slurry into a liquid fertilizer, and taking the produced biogas as the fuel of a biogas boiler. The method provided by the invention is particularly suitable for resource-based and harmless treatment of kitchen waste.

The present invention relates to methods and devices for providing microbial control and / or disinfection / remediation of an environment. The methods generally comprise: generating a Purified Hydrogen Peroxide Gas (PHPG) that is substantially free of, e.g., hydration, ozone, plasma species, and / or organic species; and directing the gas comprising primarily PHPG into the environment such that the PHPG acts to provide microbial control and / or disinfection / remediation in the environment, preferably both on surfaces and in the air.

The technical field of the invention belongs to concrete and cement. The invention relates to a sialite binary wet cement and its package, transportation, storage and application. The sialite binary wet cement is composed of a “female body” as a primary component and a “male body” as a secondary component both of which are produced, stored, and transported separately, and are mixed together when they are used, wherein the “female body” and the “male body” each have a specific surface area of 2800-7500 cm2 / g, the “female body” is mainly composed of inorganic cementitious materials and water, and it is in slurry, paste or wet powder form during the whole period of its production, storage, transportation and usage; the “male body” is mainly composed of inorganic cementitious materials, and it can be a wet form or a dry powder form. When they are used, the “female body” and the “male body” are mixed together with a small amount of regulating agents. There is no generation of dust, SO2, NOx and CO2 during production and application of the sialite binary wet cement. Therefore heavy pollution of a traditional cement industry is avoided, and energy consumption and cost of product are decreased. The starting materials of the said cement mainly come from natural mineral, various slag and cinder. The said cement can be used for building, traffic, water conservancy, nine filling, timbering, and solidation of roadbed.

Fire prevention and suppression systems and breathable fire-extinguishing compositions are provided for rooms, houses and buildings, transportation tunnels and vehicles, underground and underwater facilities, marine vessels, submarines, passenger and military aircraft, space stations and vehicles, military installations and vehicles, and all other human occupied objects and facilities. The system provides a breathable hypoxic fire-preventative atmosphere at standard atmospheric or local ambient pressure. The system employs an oxygen-extraction apparatus supplying oxygen-depleted air inside a human-occupied area or storing it in a high-pressure container for use in case of fire. A breathable fire-extinguishing composition is introduced for constant fire-preventive environments, being mostly a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen and having oxygen content ranging from 12% to 17%. A fire-suppression system is provided employing a fire-extinguishing composition with oxygen concentration under 16%, so when released it creates a breathable fire-suppressive atmosphere having oxygen concentration of approximately 16% (or lower if needed) with possible addition of carbon dioxide. A technology for automatically maintaining a breathable fire-preventive composition on board a human-occupied hermetic object is provided by introducing inert ballast that automatically maintains oxygen content under the Hypoxic Threshold. An aircraft fire prevention and suppression systems are provided utilizing hypoxic fire extinguishing compositions for producing breathable atmosphere onboard having fire-retarding properties.

The invention discloses an oxidizing and gasifying hydrogen-making device and method of hypercritical water fluid-bed part of the biological waste, which is characterized by the following: adopting hypercritical water fluid-bed reactor to prevent slagging and blocking problem in the pipe flow reactor; using high-pressure separator to generate high-pressure water to adsorb carbon dioxide in the gas product; realizing the separation of the hydrogen from the carbon dioxide; making the separated high-density carbon dioxide concentrate to be disposed and do resoursing usage conveniently; compacting the device structure; simplifying and conveniencing the operation; improving the gasifying rate of the biological waste with less pollution in the liquid product; realizing the oxidizing and gasifying fusion in the reactor; improving the biological mass transmitting rate and system energy transmitting efficiency; transmitting the biological waste into high-quality hydrogen through the method; reducing the environmental pollution; realizing the dual goals to harness pollution and make hydrogen.

This is a method of water and wastewater treatment for removal of pollutants in at least two-step process comprising (a) treatment of water producing at least partially treated intermediate effluent, (b) treatment of the intermediate effluent with a sacrificial metal and producing ions of said sacrificial metal, and providing very thoroughly treated effluent, (c) recuperating sacrificial metal ions generated in the step (b) and recycling the recuperated ions in the step (a), the recuperated and recycled ions from the step (c) improve treatment efficiency of step (a) by additionally removing pollutants from the intermediate effluent using recuperated ions, resulting in cleaner intermediate effluent, and, therefore, the pollutant loading rate in step (b) is reduced, intermediate effluent is further treated more thoroughly, and the demand for the sacrificial metal in step (b) is reduced. Step (a) can preferably be a biological, biological-abiotic, physical chemical, or combination of these steps. Step (b) is preferably a spontaneous cementation-driven electrochemical process. The combination of said steps (a), (b) and (c) produces a synergistic effect resulting in improved removal of said pollutants and in reduced need in said sacrificial metal. For example, a drinking quality water can be very economically and reliably obtained from wastewater. In addition to the superb treatment efficiency and reduced reagent requirements, the waste sludge from the system is beneficially disposed in-sewers, in sanitary landfills or on land.

A threshold agent composition and methods of using the same to produce hypochlorite and other effluent streams from an electrochemical cell without the detrimental effects of hard water scaling are disclosed. The invention further discloses use of chemistries to prevent hard water scale formation in various electrochemical cells to enhance cell longevity without decreasing chlorine, hypochlorite or other effluent production.

An economically viable process and system for centrally processing multiple loads of laundry with minimum environmental impact. A system and method of laundering whereby successive loads of laundry may be washed while continuously providing effective soil removal comprising at least partially recycled wash water from at least one previous wash cycle. The system and the method of using the same comprises filtering wash water with at least one filter to form wash retentate and wash permeate. The use of wash permeate in successive washes provides for reuse of chemicals and water recovery. A similar arrangement may be used with regard to the rinse water. Advantageously, one embodiment of the invention provides for the use of rinse retentate as make up water in the wash loop which increases water recovery and chemical recovery. Ultimately, the invention can reduce the production of gray water and recover chemicals used in the laundering process.

The invention discloses a water system chargeable sodium-ion battery system. The system uses a concept of a 'rocking chair battery' of a lithium ion battery; and the entire battery system is formed by using sodium-based prussian blue matter as an embedded anode, titanium sodium phosphate as an embedded cathode, and sodium-contained inorganic salt solution as electrolyte. The system has the advantages of high discharge voltage, large specific capacity, good rate capability, long cycle life and the like, and further has the characteristics of green and environmental friendliness, and high security and no pollution. The system very hopefully becomes an electrochemical stored energy system with low price and environmental friendliness.

The active sludge-biomembrane compounding integral sewage treating method includes the first leading the sewage to be treated to the anoxic area through stirring for mixing sewage to be treated and active sludge, the subsequent leading the sewage to aerobic area with stuffing for aeration treatment with combined active sludge and biomembrane, and final leading the sewage to the precipitation area for natural deposition to separate sludge and water, leading out purified water, reflowing the mixed sludge liquid to the anoxic area and draining the residual sludge. The present invention also relates to the corresponding sewage treating apparatus. The present invention has the advantages of high treating capacity, resistance to impact load, simple operation, etc. and is especially suitable for use in medium and small towns.

The present invention describes a method for the purification of waters containing high levels of contaminants by sequentially intermixing with the contaminated water a first anionic polymer, a cationic polymer, and a second anionic polymer, and then separating the contaminants from the water.

The invention relates to a sewage disposal process monitoring and intelligent early-warning cloud system and a sewage disposal monitoring and early-warning method. The system comprises a sewage disposal process monitoring and intelligent early-warning cloud system body. The sewage disposal process monitoring and intelligent early-warning cloud system is characterized by comprising a distributed data collection terminal module and / or an on-spot photographing unit, and further comprising a process monitoring embedded data collection instrument and a cloud computing server, wherein the distributed data collection terminal module and the on-spot photographing unit are in communication with the process monitoring embedded data collection instrument separately, and the process monitoring embedded data collection instrument is in communication with the cloud computing server. The sewage disposal process monitoring and intelligent early-warning cloud system is simple in structure, all phases of a sewage disposal process can be monitored, multiple kinds of real-time data in a sewage biochemical process are provided for an operation unit, and with the assistance of the means of on-spot photographing, visual picture monitoring is conducted on a sewage disposal site, and the disposal effect of various biochemical disposal links is reflected in real time, which is beneficial to improving ofsewage biochemical disposal efficiency.