Abstract:
Filter media for treating contaminated water is produced from aluminum-based water treatment residuals (Al-WTR) commonly produced as a byproduct of water treatment plants. By processing the residuals into small granules, a superior green sorbent product is obtained with the functionality to adsorb contaminants, such as metals and certain nutrients in water. Biopolymers can be incorporated into the filter media to further enhance functionality and hydraulic characters.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for manufacturing portions of absorbent articles may include or facilitate conveying a substrate through a nip formed between a first device and a second device, transmitting vibrational energy from the second device toward the first device via the nip to alter the substrate, and cooling the second device by transferring thermal energy from the second device.
Abstract:
A hydrogen production system includes: a hydrogen compound slurry in which a hydrogen compound member is suspended in a solvent containing water; a first vessel; a second vessel having an internal temperature higher than that of the first vessel; a first passage connecting the first vessel and the second vessel; and a second passage connecting the first vessel and the second vessel and different from the first passage. The hydrogen production system is configured to allow the hydrogen compound slurry contained in the first vessel to move into the second vessel through the first passage, and the hydrogen compound slurry contained in the second vessel to move into the first vessel through the second passage.
Abstract:
A composition for capturing, removing, and in some cases recovering a pollutant or raw material wherein the composition includes a polymeric material, one or more metal or nonmetal materials in granular form, and preferably a small amount of a salt material.
Abstract:
Carbide-derived carbons are provided that have high dynamic loading capacity for high vapor pressure gasses such as H2S, SO2, or NH3. The carbide-derived carbons can have a plurality of metal chloride or metallic nanoparticles entrapped therein. Carbide-derived carbons are provided by extracting a metal from a metal carbide by chlorination of the metal carbide to produce a porous carbon framework having residual metal chloride nanoparticles incorporated therein, and annealing the porous carbon framework with H2 to remove residual chloride by reducing the metal chloride nanoparticles to produce the metallic nanoparticles entrapped within the porous carbon framework. The metals can include Fe, Co, Mo, or a combination thereof. The carbide-derived carbons are provided with an ammonia dynamic loading capacity of 6.9 mmol g−1 to 10 mmol g−1 at a relative humidity of 0% RH to 75% RH.
Abstract:
Porous nanocomposite fibers are fabricated by electrospinning a solution including a polymer, a solvent, and a nanomaterial. The resulting fibers can be used in the form of a filter to remove a variety of organic and inorganic contaminants from an aqueous environment, and provide a macroscopic matrix to facilitate separation of the nanomaterial from the aqueous environment.
Abstract:
A hydrogen absorbing and desorbing material formed by co-deposition of magnesium with a catalyst for the kinetic absorption and desorption of hydrogen. A hydrogen absorbing and desorbing material formed of an alloy of magnesium with a catalyst for the kinetic absorption and desorption of hydrogen in which the catalyst for the kinetic absorption and desorption of hydrogen forms a dispersed amorphous or nanocrystalline phase in the magnesium. A hydrogen absorbing and desorbing material having a catalytic surface formed by a process comprising the steps of depositing a layer of tantalum on the hydrogen absorbing and desorbing material and depositing a layer of palladium on the layer of tantalum. A hydrogen absorbing and desorbing material comprises a multilayer film having at least two layers of magnesium and at least two layers of catalyst for the kinetic absorption and desorption of hydrogen, in which the multilayer film comprises alternating layers of magnesium and catalyst.
Abstract:
An adsorbent for carbon dioxide may include a mesoporous inorganic oxide having a crystalline halide of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal supported thereto and a chemical species containing phosphorous (P), sulfur(S), or boron (B) supported thereto.
Abstract:
A method of dry coating oxidizable particles with activating particles. The method includes accreting at least portions of the activating particles onto surfaces of the oxidizable particles by mechanically induced juxtapositions to form composite particles; and abrading the composite particles to more evenly distribute the activating component over surfaces of the activating particles.
Abstract:
Filter media that includes activated carbon particulates and zinc oxide particles disposed on surfaces of the activated carbon particulates. The zinc oxide particles have an average crystallite dimension that is not greater than about 50 nm.