Abstract:
Process for purifying a stream comprising phosphoric acid and a first amount of impurities, wherein: a slurry of phosphoric acid crystals in a water mother liquor is formed; the phosphoric acid crystals are separated from the mother liquor by filtration in a wash column comprising at least one filtering element (4), while a packed bed of crystals coming from the slurry forms near said filtering element (4); the separated phosphoric acid crystals are washed in the wash column by bringing a washing liquid in countercurrent to the crystals in the bed up to a wash front, where the washing liquid recrystallizes, the bed being subjected to a movement in the direction of said wash front (6b); a purified stream comprising phosphoric acid and a reduced amount of impurities is formed by melting at least part of the washed crystals; the purified stream is extracted from the wash column through a product outlet of the wash column; characterized in that water is introduced into said wash column (1), between the wash front (6b) and the product outlet and/or in a melting circuit (8,10,11,21) producing at least part of the washing liquid, and wherein the introduction of the said water decreases the equilibrium temperature of the contents of the melting circuit (8,10,11,21).
Abstract:
Magnet wires wound in slots in a lamination stack of a dynamoelectric machine are encapsulated, in whole or in par, with plastic. The plastic may be thermally conductive and have features molded therein that enhance heat transfer. The plastic may stiffen the armature and increase its critical speed. Characteristics of the plastic, its geometry and its distribution may be varied to adjust spinning inertia and resonant frequency of the armature. The magnet wires may be compressed into the slots, by application of iso-static pressure or by the pressure of the plastic being molded around them. Larger magnet wire can then be used which increases the power of the electric motor using the armature having the larger magnet wire. A two or three plate mold may be used to mold the plastic around the armature. Balancing features can be molded in place. The plastic can have a base polymer that is a blend of two or more polymers and various thermally conductive fillings.
Abstract:
Magnet wires wound in slots in a lamination stack of a dynamoelectric machine are encapsulated, in whole or in par, with plastic. The plastic may be thermally conductive and have features molded therein that enhance heat transfer. The plastic may stiffen the armature and increase its critical speed. Characteristics of the plastic, its geometry and its distribution may be varied to adjust spinning inertia and resonant frequency of the armature. The magnet wires may be compressed into the slots, by application of iso-static pressure or by the pressure of the plastic being molded around them. Larger magnet wire can then be used which increases the power of the electric motor using the armature having the larger magnet wire. A two or three plate mold may be used to mold the plastic around the armature. Balancing features can be molded in place. The plastic can have a base polymer that is a blend of two or more polymers and various thermally conductive fillings.
Abstract:
The disclosure is of a process capable of continuous operation for eliminating or reducing the nitrate and/or nitrite content of nitrate and/or nitrite-contaminated water and for selective nitrogen formation by a combined biological/chemical-catalytic process for reducing nitrate and/or nitrite. In a first reactor in an advantageously designed reactor cascade, oxygen is removed from the water by chemical-catalytic means to produce anoxic conditions; in a second reactor, a selected highly efficient microbiological flora is deliberately introduced and allowed to colonise; and in a third reactor (and, if necessary, further reactors), further chemical-catalytic treatment is carried out.
Abstract:
Catalytic supports covered with rhodium, palladium or palladium and copper have been found to be highly suitable for use as catalysts in the method proposed for removing oxygen, nitrites and/or nitrates from aqueous systems or reducing the oxygen, nitrite and/or nitrate concentration in such systems. The oxidic support (preferably made from aluminium oxide) consists of spherical particles produced by spraying or dropping a sol into a zone containing a reactive gas. The sol droplets assume a spherical shape, are allowed to presolidify and then collected. The particles obtained following drying and calcining are then covered with the catalytically active substance(s).
Abstract:
The description relates to an abrasion-resistant carrier catalyst for removing the nitrite and/or nitrate content of polluted water with selective nitrogen formation. The catalytically active metal component is palladium and/or rhodium or palladium and a metal from the copper group. The carrier consists of aluminium oxide in the ''theta'' and ''kappa'' modification and has either one maximum pore diameter in the 700 to 1500 ANGSTROM range or two maxima in the 100 to 1500 ANGSTROM range. The description also relates to a continuously operable process for the removal or reduction of the oxygen, nitrate and/or nitrate content of water by catalytic hydration. The process is implemented using the novel carrier catalysts, the carriers being made of aluminium oxide of the theta and kappa modifications. The contamination of the catalyst is effectively prevented by the preferred use according to the fluidised bed process.
Abstract:
The description relates to a particularly abrasion-resistant catalyst carrier of special activated aluminium oxide. The aluminium oxide consists of either the ''gamma'' or the ''kappa'' modification and has no delta modification, or it consists of the ''kappa'' and ''theta'' modification and has no alpha modification. Carrier catalysts which contain catalytically active metals and/or metal compounds on the abrasion-resistant carrier are especially suitable for use in fluidised bed processes.
Abstract:
In a process for the catalytic treatment of aqueous liquids containing germs, e.g. for the catalytic removal of oxygen, nitrites or nitrates in drinking, commercial or waste water, the contamination of the catalyst can be prevented if the process is performed in a fluidised bed.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to an improvement in operation of wash columns, and more in particular to an apparatus for separating solid particles from a slurry and to a process for separating solid particles from a mother liquor slurry. The apparatus of the invention comprises a wash column (1), which comprises a melting circuit (8,10,11,21), wherein means (22,23) are present to introduce a compound or composition to said wash column between a wash front (6b) formed in said wash column in operation and a product outlet and/or in the melting circuit. The process of the invention comprises separating the liquid from the solid particles by filtration with the aid of at least one filtering element (4), while a packed bed of solid particles coming from the mother liquid slurry forms near said filtering element (4), and wherein a wash front (6b) forms which is obtained by bringing a washing liquid in counter current to the solid particles in the bed, the bed being subjected to a movement in the direction of said wash front (6b), while a product stream comprising the material of said solid particles is obtained by continuously discharging a portion of said washing liquid, wherein a portion of said bed is continuously disintegrated, characterized in that a compound or composition is introduced into said wash column (1) between the wash front (6b) and a product outlet and/or in a melting circuit (8,10,11,21), and wherein the introduction of the said compound or composition decreases the equilibrium temperature of the contents of the melting circuit (8,10,11,21), further characterized by the feature that the introduced compound or composition is completely miscible with the product suspension and/or molten product being present in the said melting circuit (8,10,11,21).
Abstract:
Process for the recovery of phosphate values from a waste solution Process for the recovery of phosphate values from a waste solution containing heavy metals and at least 25 % in weight phosphoric acid, wherein the waste solution is contacted with a reactant able to form an insoluble phosphate salt by reaction with the phosphoric acid contained in the solution, the insoluble phosphate salt is separated and the separated phosphate salt is dried and valorised or alternately converted back to phosphoric acid.