Abstract:
This invention provides a new photocatalyst material producing apparatus and photocatalyst material producing method that can produce a large quantity of photocatalyst material of high quality by a chemical reaction in light high-field plasma in a highly oxidative high-concentration ozone medium state, instead of systems to produce a photocatalyst material by PVD and CVD, which are conventional dry deposition methods.In a photocatalyst material producing method and photocatalyst material producing apparatus according to this invention, a pair of facing electrodes are provided via a dielectric material in a discharge gap where gas mainly containing oxygen gas is supplied, and an AC voltage is applied between the electrodes to generate dielectric barrier discharge (silent discharge or creeping discharge) in the discharge gap. Thus, oxygen gas containing ozone gas is created and a metal or metal compound is modified to a photocatalyst material by the dielectric barrier discharge.
Abstract:
Antiviral agents containing sea lettuce or an organic solvent extraction fraction thereof as an active component, and feeds containing the antiviral agents are disclosed. In addition, a process for preparing the antiviral agents is disclosed.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process and system for the production of ethanol wherein a microalga capable of accumulating starch in the cells thereof is cultured, the culture solution containing the grown algal cells is concentrated, and ethanol is formed by maintaining the resulting slurry in a dark and anaerobic atmosphere while keeping its pH in the range of 6.0 to 9.0. This process and system can further include additional steps and units for subjecting the residual slurry, from which ethanol has been separated, to methane fermentation, burning it to generate carbon dioxide, and using the carbon dioxide in the microalga culturing step.
Abstract:
One ozone concentrating chamber is provided therein with a part of a cooling temperature range where ozone can be selectively condensed or an oxygen gas can be selectively removed by transmission from an ozonized oxygen gas, and a part of a temperature range where condensed ozone can be vaporized, and condensed ozone is vaporized by moving condensed ozone with flow of a fluid or by gravitation to the part where condensed ozone can be vaporized, whereby the ozonized oxygen gas can be increased in concentration. Such a constitution is provided that a particle material 13 for condensation and vaporization filled in the ozone concentrating chambers 11 and 12 has a spherical shape of a special shape with multifaceted planes on side surfaces, or an oxygen transmission membrane 130 capable of selectively transmitting an oxygen gas in an ozone gas is provided.
Abstract:
An ozonized gas having a pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure and having a predetermined concentration is supplied to adsorption/desorption columns (4) at a low temperature state of 0° C. or less and a high pressure and packed with silica gel (6) serving as an adsorbent. The adsorption/desorption columns (4) have been constituted so that at least three of a plurality of adsorption/desorption columns (4), i.e., adsorption/desorption columns (4-1, 4-2, and 4-3), are disposed in a serial cycle arrangement to constitute a main adsorption/desorption column group (99), and that an adsorption/desorption column (4-4) is disposed in parallel with the main adsorption/desorption column group (99) to constitute an auxiliary adsorption/desorption column (999). In a period in which none of the three columns of the main adsorption/desorption column group (99) is performing desorption processing, the auxiliary adsorption/desorption column (999) performs desorption processing. Therefore, the apparatus can continuously output high-concentration ozone at a high flow rate. By thus efficiently producing a high-concentration ozonized gas, the amount of the ozone capable of being output can be increased and the amount of discharge gas which is not permitted to be output can be reduced. That efficient production enables the apparatus for producing high-concentration ozone gas to be compact, satisfactorily operable, and inexpensive.
Abstract:
This invention provides a new photocatalyst material producing apparatus and photocatalyst material producing method that can produce a large quantity of photocatalyst material of high quality by a chemical reaction in light high-field plasma in a highly oxidative high-concentration ozone medium state, instead of systems to produce a photocatalyst material by PVD and CVD, which are conventional dry deposition methods.In a photocatalyst material producing method and photocatalyst material producing apparatus according to this invention, a pair of facing electrodes are provided via a dielectric material in a discharge gap where gas mainly containing oxygen gas is supplied, and an AC voltage is applied between the electrodes to generate dielectric barrier discharge (silent discharge or creeping discharge) in the discharge gap. Thus, oxygen gas containing ozone gas is created and a metal or metal compound is modified to a photocatalyst material by the dielectric barrier discharge.
Abstract:
Provided is an ozone concentrator including an ozone generator (3), adsorption/desorption columns (4) in which silica gel (6) cooled with a certain-temperature refrigerant (25) for concentrating ozone generated by the ozone generator (3) is packed, a refrigerating machine (23) for cooling the refrigerant (25), a vacuum pump (20) for enhancing a concentration of the ozone in one of the adsorption/desorption columns (4) by discharging mainly oxygen from the silica gel (6) adsorbing the ozone, a plurality of valves (8) to (13) for air pressure operations, for switching passages of gas that is allowed to flow in or flow out with respect to the adsorption/desorption columns (4), and ozone concentration meters (28, 29) for measuring the concentration of the ozone enhanced by the vacuum pump (20), in which a discharge line of the vacuum pump (20) is connected to another one of the adsorption/desorption columns (4), whereby the ozone is allowed to pass through another one of the adsorption/desorption columns again. Therefore, stable ozone of high concentration can be generated at a satisfactory energy efficiency without any temperature difference between upper and lower positions of adsorption/desorption columns.
Abstract translation:提供一种臭氧浓缩器,其包括臭氧发生器(3),吸收/解吸塔(4),其中用用于浓缩臭氧发生器(3)产生的臭氧的一定温度制冷剂(25)冷却的硅胶(6)被包装 ,用于冷却制冷剂(25)的制冷机(23),用于通过主要从硅胶(6)中排出氧气来提高其中一个吸附/解吸塔(4)中的臭氧浓度的真空泵(20) 吸附臭氧,多个用于空气压力操作的阀(8)至(13),用于切换相对于吸附/解吸塔(4)流入或流出的气体的通道,以及臭氧浓度计 (28,29),用于测量真空泵(20)增强的臭氧浓度,其中真空泵(20)的排放管线连接到另一个吸附/解吸塔(4),由此, 允许臭氧通过另一个吸附/ des orption列。 因此,可以以令人满意的能量效率产生高浓度的稳定的臭氧,而在吸附/解吸塔的上部和下部位置之间没有任何温差。
Abstract:
Provided is an ozone concentrator including an ozone generator (3), adsorption/desorption columns (4) in which silica gel (6) cooled with a certain-temperature refrigerant (25) for concentrating ozone generated by the ozone generator (3) is packed, a refrigerating machine (23) for cooling the refrigerant (25), a vacuum pump (20) for enhancing a concentration of the ozone in one of the adsorption/desorption columns (4) by discharging mainly oxygen from the silica gel (6) adsorbing the ozone, a plurality of valves (8) to (13) for air pressure operations, for switching passages of gas that is allowed to flow in or flow out with respect to the adsorption/desorption columns (4), and ozone concentration meters (28, 29) for measuring the concentration of the ozone enhanced by the vacuum pump (20), in which a discharge line of the vacuum pump (20) is connected to another one of the adsorption/desorption columns (4), whereby the ozone is allowed to pass through another one of the adsorption/desorption columns again. Therefore, stable ozone of high concentration can be generated at a satisfactory energy efficiency without any temperature difference between upper and lower positions of adsorption/desorption columns.
Abstract translation:提供一种臭氧浓缩器,其包括臭氧发生器(3),吸收/解吸塔(4),其中用用于浓缩臭氧发生器(3)产生的臭氧的一定温度制冷剂(25)冷却的硅胶(6)被包装 ,用于冷却制冷剂(25)的制冷机(23),用于通过主要从硅胶(6)中排出氧气来提高其中一个吸附/解吸塔(4)中的臭氧浓度的真空泵(20) 吸附臭氧,多个用于空气压力操作的阀(8)至(13),用于切换相对于吸附/解吸塔(4)流入或流出的气体的通道,以及臭氧浓度计 (28,29),用于测量真空泵(20)增强的臭氧浓度,其中真空泵(20)的排放管线连接到另一个吸附/解吸塔(4),由此, 允许臭氧通过另一个吸附/ des orption列。 因此,可以以令人满意的能量效率产生高浓度的稳定的臭氧,而在吸附/解吸塔的上部和下部位置之间没有任何温差。
Abstract:
The present invention discloses an anti-obesity agent comprising: D-cysteinolic acid represented by Formula I, as an active ingredient: Formula I:
Abstract:
A method for counting living cells of microbes in a fluid sample continuously while flowing the sample using an apparatus which comprises a system for supplying at a predetermined rate to the flow line of the sample a reagent, such as, a derivative of fluorescein, capable of reacting with one or more substances intrinsic of the living cell, such as enzyme, to form an accumulative fluorescent product within the living cells; a reactor inserted in the flow line of the sample and being provided for the reaction of the reagent with the cell-intrinsic substance in the living cells; a photometric detection system arranged subsequent to the reactor for detecting fluorescence emitted as individual luminous point from the fluorescent product in each of the living cells floating in the flowing sample upon irradiation of the fluorescent product by an exciting ray; and an electronic unit including a pulse counter for counting electric pulses produced from each fluorescence from the luminous point.