Abstract:
This invention relates to gas-impermeable, solid state materials fabricated into membranes for use in catalytic membrane reactors. This invention particularly relates to solid state oxygen anion- and electron-mediating membranes for use in catalytic membrane reactors for promoting partial or full oxidation of different chemical species, for decomposition of oxygen-containing species, and for separation of oxygen from other gases. Solid state materials for use in the membranes of this invention include mixed metal oxide compounds having the brownmillerite crystal structure.
Abstract:
A hydrocarbon gas to be decomposed, optionally mixed with water vapor, is allowed to flow through the gap between various porous tubes 4 constituting a group of porous tubes provided extending vertically in a decomposition reaction column 1 while air or oxygen is jetted homogeneously from the interior to the exterior of the porous tubes in the direction perpendicular to the stream of the hydrocarbon gas to be decomposed, optionally mixed with water vapor. The mixture is then ignited to form a diffusion flame layer B on the outer surface of the porous tubes 4. With the diffusion flame layer as a heat source, the hydrocarbon gas to be decomposed, optionally mixed with water vapor, undergoes pyrolysis.
Abstract:
A fluid purifying apparatus that includes a manifold that includes a first branch and a second branch, a first check valve coupled to the first branch of the manifold, and a purifier unit that includes a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled to the second branch of the manifold. Also, a fluid purifying apparatus that includes a vessel that includes a first interior compartment for containing a purifier material and a second interior compartment for containment of a fluid containing impurities, wherein the first interior compartment is separated from the second interior compartment by a fluid permeable support, and a rupturable seal.
Abstract:
With a method or a device for producing 1,2-dichloroethane or ethylene (di)chloride (EDC) with the use of a circulating reaction medium and a catalyst, whereby ethylene and chlorine are supplied to the reaction medium, the goal is to permit the catalytic chlorination of ethylene in a manner that is particularly gentle to the product. This is achieved in terms of the method and by other means in that the ethylene or chlorine gas are introduced into the reaction medium by means of microporous gas diffuser elements for producing gas bubbles with a diameter of 0.3 to 3 mm.
Abstract:
A nitriding method includes the steps of nitriding an object held under a nitriding gas atmosphere in a sealed furnace and applying vibration energy to one or both of the nitriding gas and the object W to facilitate nitriding. A nitriding apparatus includes a nitriding furnace for holding an object W to be nitrided in a sealed manner, means 30 for supplying a nitriding gas to the furnace, and means 2 for applying vibration to the atmosphere gas in the furnace 1 to faciliate nitriding. According to the method or apparatus, nitriding-resistant or complex-shaped materials can be nitrided at high efficiency and a nitrided layer can be formed at a lower temperature for a shorter time as compared with conventional processes.
Abstract:
A method for separating and concentrating charged species from uncharged or neutral species regardless of size differential. The method uses reversible electric field induced retention of charged species, that can include molecules and molecular aggregates such as dimers, polymers, multimers, colloids, micelles, and liposomes, in volumes and on surfaces of porous materials. The retained charged species are subsequently quantitatively removed from the porous material by a pressure driven flow that passes through the retention volume and is independent of direction thus, a multi-directional flow field is not required. Uncharged species pass through the system unimpeded thus effecting a complete separation of charged and uncharged species and making possible concentration factors greater than 1000-fold.
Abstract:
A continuous process for oxidation, in which the substance to be oxidized and the oxidizing gas flow countercurrently and the oxidizing gas is mixed with a split stream containing preoxidized substance before it enters the reactor. A Venturi nozzle is particularly suitable as the mixing organ in the reactor.
Abstract:
Ceramics of the composition:Ln1-xSryCax-yMO3-nullwhere Ln is an element selected from the f block lanthanides and yttrium or mixtures thereof; M is an element selected from the d block transition metals or mixtures thereof; 0.1nullxnull0.4; 0.01nullynull0.25 and null is a number that varies to maintain charge neutrality are provided along with methods of their use. These ceramics are useful in making and using gas-impermeable ceramic membranes that exhibit high electronic and ionic conductivity, low coefficients of expansion and high chemical and thermal stability under catalytic membrane reactor conditions. The ceramics provided are particularly useful for promotion of oxidation-reduction reactions and for separating molecular oxygen from oxygen containing gases.
Abstract translation:陶瓷的组成:<段落lvl =“0”> Ln1-xSryCax-yMO3-delta in-line-formula>其中Ln是从f块中选择的元素镧系元素和钇或混合物 的; M是选自d嵌段过渡金属或其混合物的元素; 0.1 <= x <= 0.4; 0.01 <= y <= 0.25,并且delta是维持电荷中性而变化的数字及其使用方法。 这些陶瓷可用于制造和使用气体不可渗透的陶瓷膜,其在催化膜反应器条件下表现出高电子和离子电导率,低膨胀系数和高的化学和热稳定性。 提供的陶瓷对于促进氧化还原反应和从含氧气体中分离分子氧是特别有用的。
Abstract:
An osmotic device that, following the imbibition water vapor, provides for the controlled release of a beneficial agent to a non-aqueous environment. The device comprises a hydrophilic formulation and a beneficial agent, surrounded by a wall. The wall is formed at least in part of a semipermeable hydrophobic microporous membrane having an average pores size between about 0.1 .mu.m and 30 .mu.m. The pores are substantially filled with a gas phase. The hydrophobic membrane is permeable to water in the vapor phase and the hydrophobic membrane is impermeable to an aqueous medium at a pressure less than about 100 Pa. The beneficial agent is released, for example, by osmotic pumping or osmotic bursting upon imbibition of sufficient water vapor into the hydrophilic formulation. The high water fluxes attendant with these vapor-permeable hydrophobic membranes facilitate the delivery of large quantities of beneficial agents without requiring large surface areas (quantities) of hydrophobic microporous membrane. In addition, use of vapor-permeable hydrophobic microporous membranes allow osmotic devices to be used in environments having limited water availability, such as air or soil.
Abstract:
The process that involves liquid phase catalytic oxidation of a mono- or poly-substituted alkyl aromatic compound comprises: (i) microdispersion of the air in the reactor at a pressure between 15 and 25 atmospheres and at a rate between 200 and 500 kg/sec.m.sup.2 ; and (ii) recycling the catalyst by evaporation of the purge that contains it and leaching the resulting paste with distilled water at 20.degree.-40.degree. C. to dissolve the catalyst separating it from the rest of the components. Aromatic carboxylic acids are basic products used in a large number of industrial fields.