Abstract:
Processes and compositions are provided for decreasing emissions of mercury upon combustion of fuels such as coal. Various sorbent compositions are provided that contain components that reduce the level of mercury and/or sulfur emitted into the atmosphere upon burning of coal. In various embodiments, the sorbent compositions are added directly to the fuel before combustion; are added partially to the fuel before combustion and partially into the flue gas post combustion zone; or are added completely into the flue gas post combustion zone. In preferred embodiments, the sorbent compositions comprise a source of halogen and preferably a source of calcium. Among the halogens, iodine and bromine are preferred. In various embodiments, inorganic bromides make up a part of the sorbent compositions.
Abstract:
A device for controlling relative humidity in an environment with a solidified humectant composition. The solidified humectant composition is made from a humectant salt, water, and a carrier. The solidified humectant may be formed into a tablet with the aid of a binder, or it may be contained within a thermoformed felt material, a sachet, or a water permeable canister. In a preferred embodiment, the sachet is made of a micro-perforated polyester/paper/polyethylene material. Preferred humectant salts include CaCl2, K2CO3, LiCl2, NaCl, K2SO4, and combinations thereof. A preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the use of one or more of: an antimicrobial agent, activated carbon, a volatile organic, a moisture adsorber and an oxygen absorber, in combination with the solidified humectant salt.
Abstract translation:用于在具有固化的保湿剂组合物的环境中控制相对湿度的装置。 固化的湿润剂组合物由保湿剂盐,水和载体制成。 固化的湿润剂可以借助于粘合剂形成片剂,或者它可以包含在热成型的毡材料,小药囊或透水性罐内。 在优选的实施方案中,小袋由微孔聚酯/纸/聚乙烯材料制成。 优选的保湿盐包括CaCl 2,K 2 CO 3,LiCl 2,NaCl,K 2 SO 4及其组合。 本发明的优选实施方案包括与固化的保湿盐组合使用抗微生物剂,活性炭,挥发性有机物,吸湿剂和氧吸收剂中的一种或多种。
Abstract:
This invention relates generally to composite materials and to devices which may alter fluid parameters. Devices incorporating the composite materials of the invention are used to deliver, remove, and generate, fluid treatment agents, and combinations thereof. These materials and devices are applicable to many different fluid processing situations including drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, emission treatment, pollution cleanup, and sensing fluid composition. In its more particular aspects, the invention relates to the field of composites that may be widely tailored for many different treatment applications.
Abstract:
Base treated aluminas exhibit improved CO2 capacity over untreated aluminas. Base treated aluminas prepared by physically mixing alumina and base during forming have (1) a higher surface area, (2) less hydrothermal aging, (3) improved CO2 capacity and (4) lower cost than base treated aluminas produced by aqueous impregnation. A method for removing at least CO2 and water from a gas stream includes providing an adsorbent formed from a process comprising physically mixing activated alumina solids and solid salts of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals or ammonium ion; and contacting the gas stream with the adsorbent.
Abstract:
A method of regenerating a carbon dioxide gas absorbent includes heating a carbon dioxide gas absorbent containing lithium silicate, which has been absorbed a carbon dioxide gas, under a reduced pressure atmosphere to release the carbon dioxide gas.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a dry regenerable sorbent for carbon dioxide capture from flue gas produced by fossil fuel-fired power plants including industrial boilers before being released to atmosphere or from fuel gas stream such as syngas produced by conversion of fossil fuel (e.g. gasification), by dry regenerable sorbent technology. The dry regenerable sorbent comprises: 70 wt % or less of an active component selected from solid compounds capable of being converted to metal carbonates; 70 wt % or less of a support selected from solid porous non-metallic materials capable of imparting a required specific surface area to the sorbent; and 70 wt % or less of an inorganic binder selected from cement-like, clay-like, and ceramic-like binders capable of imparting mechanical strength to the sorbent, the total weight of the solid raw materials being 100 wt %.
Abstract:
A reaction-based process has been developed for the selective removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from a multicomponent gas mixture to provide a gaseous stream depleted in CO2 compared to the inlet CO2 concentration in the stream. The proposed process effects the separation of CO2 from a mixture of gases (such as flue gas/fuel gas) by its reaction with metal oxides (such as calcium oxide). The Calcium based Reaction Separation for CO2 (CaRS-CO2) process consists of contacting a CO2 laden gas with calcium oxide (CaO) in a reactor such that CaO captures the CO2 by the formation of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). Once “spent”, CaCO3 is regenerated by its calcination leading to the formation of fresh CaO sorbent and the evolution of a concentrated stream of CO2. The “regenerated” CaO is then recycled for the further capture of more CO2. This carbonation-calcination cycle forms the basis of the CaRS-CO2 process. This process also identifies the application of a mesoporous CaCO3 structure, developed by a process detailed elsewhere, that attains >90% conversion over multiple carbonation and calcination cycles. Lastly, thermal regeneration (calcination) under vacuum provided a better sorbent structure that maintained reproducible reactivity levels over multiple cycles.
Abstract translation:已经开发了一种基于反应的方法,用于从多组分气体混合物中选择性除去二氧化碳(CO 2 H 2),以提供与CO 2 CO 2相比耗尽的气流, 流中的入口CO 2 H 2浓度。 所提出的方法通过与金属氧化物(例如氧化钙)的反应来影响CO 2 CO 2从气体(例如烟道气/燃料气体)的混合物中的分离。 用于CO 2(CaS 2 CO 2)工艺的基于钙的反应分离包括将含CO 2的气体与氧化钙(CaO)接触, 在反应器中使得CaO通过形成碳酸钙(CaCO 3)而捕获CO 2。 一旦“消耗”,CaCO 3 3通过其煅烧再生,导致新鲜的CaO吸附剂的形成和CO 2的浓缩物流的逸出。 然后将“再生的”CaO再循环以进一步捕获更多的CO 2。 该碳酸化煅烧循环形成CaRS-CO 2 N 2工艺的基础。 该方法还确定了通过其他地方详细描述的方法开发的介孔CaCO 3 3结构的应用,其通过多次碳酸化和煅烧循环达到> 90%的转化率。 最后,在真空下的热再生(煅烧)提供了更好的吸附剂结构,其在多个循环中保持可重复的反应性水平。
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of absorbing water vapor and malodor from a cavity, for example a drawer or wardrobe or the inside of a shoe. This is achieved by placement in the cavity of a package permeable to water vapor and retaining a particulate dehumidifying compound, a particulate odor-combating compound, and a filler comprising starch or a starch derivative or cellulose or a cellulose derivative, or which acts as a thickener or gelling agent for the water inside the package.
Abstract:
The invention relates to bodies for separating out a component contained in a gas mixture. The gas mixtures may, for example, be crude gases which contain hydrocarbons, such as natural gas, or exhaust gas. According to the object which is set, the bodies according to the invention are intended to be able to separate components out of gas mixtures over longer periods of time with an approximately constant performance. The body according to the invention has regions which are active in the separation and are formed from a porous shell. These bodies which have a porous shell can be used in a device, and at least one bed formed from a bulk mass of these bodies may be present within a vessel, with the gas mixture being passed through this bed in order for the undesired component to be separated out. The invention is particularly advantageously suited to separating sulfur compounds out of gas mixtures.
Abstract:
The invention pertains to a continuous process for the conversion of inorganic solid starting particles which either are amorphous or possess a degree of order into inorganic solid product particles which (a) when the starting particles are amorphous, possess a degree of order, or (b) when the starting particles possess a degree of order, possess a different order, a different degree of order, or no order, which product particles are suitable for use in or as a catalyst, in or as a carrier, or in or as an adsorbent, in which process the starting particles are dispersed in a liquid thus forming a suspension. The suspension flows through at least two separate conversion vessels (3) which are connected in series and the suspension is agitated in each of these vessels (3). The invention furthermore relates to an apparatus suitable for carrying out the process according to the invention. This invention allows the processing of suspension with a high Solids to Liquid Ratio.