378 results about "Bulk water" patented technology

A beverage system for selectively delivering, in a same coffee extraction device, short coffee liquid extracts and long coffee liquid extracts comprising: cartridges containing ground coffee; a receiving device for receiving one cartridge at a time and pumping means or injecting water under pressure in the cartridge; means for opening the cartridge wherein these means comprises retaining means to retain the liquid under pressure in the cartridge and engaging means which engage the retaining means to open the cartridge and deliver the coffee liquid extract; wherein the system comprises at least a first cartridge adapted to deliver a short coffee liquid extract, wherein the system comprises at least a second cartridge which has substantially the same external configuration and shape as the first cartridge so as to be capable of being received in the same receiving device as the first cartridge and which is adapted to deliver a longer coffee liquid extract upon allowing a larger amount of water to flow there trough, wherein the second cartridge for the longer coffee liquid extract is configured so that water flows through it at a higher rate than in the first cartridge during extraction.

A thixotropic, smooth-flowing liquid, bulk-water-free dentifrice gel / paste that contains a stable mixture of at least one of amylopectin containing discrete solid particles and modified amylopectin containing discrete solid particles, uniformly suspended in and wetted by an inert essentially anhydrous organic hydroxylated liquid matrix material, and which dentifrice gel / paste is characterized by a high surface sheen. Preferably, the modified homopolysaccharide discrete particles contain esterified amylopectin and / or esterified amylose. The dentifrice gel / paste can be used as a toothpaste, a bleaching gel and a brushing gel.

A system, apparatus and method of processing and / or removing radioactive materials from a body of water that utilizes the buoyancy of the water itself to minimize the load experienced by a crane and / or other lifting equipment. In one aspect, the invention is a method comprising: a) submerging a container having a top, a bottom, and a cavity in a body of water having a surface level, the cavity filling with water; b) positioning radioactive material within the cavity of the submerged container; c) raising the submerged container until the top of the containment apparatus is above the surface level of the body of water while a major portion of the container remains below the surface level of the body of water; and d) removing bulk water from the cavity while the top of the container remains above the surface level of the body of water and a portion of the container remains submerged. The bulk water can be added back into the cavity to add neutron shielding after the container is placed in a staging area and prior to personnel performing the desired operations to the container. As a result, gamma radiation and neutron shielding of the container can be maximized for any crane capacity.

This invention provides a container and associated growing process that promotes the growth of at least two different, specialized types of roots and that provides the optimal conditions for these two types of roots. In particular, the container defines an upper section that promotes growth of a fine intricate web of roots that is surrounded by an organic, non-organic or mixed organic and non-organic nutrient-rich medium. This upper section is separated by a permeable medium divider that allows predetermined quantities of water to pass into the upper section (to maintain desired moisture in the nutrient medium (soil), while a lower / bottom section contains a reservoir of hydroponic water that may be relatively free of any nutrients (e.g. “non-nutrient” water). Extending from the upper root ball are a series of water-drinking straw-like roots that transpire water directly from the non-nutrient reservoir and that are continually exposed to massive amounts of atmospheric oxygen. A transport (capillary) device allows water to wick from the reservoir into the upper section to maintain a desired level of moisture in the upper roots, and carrying with it additional dissolved oxygen via evaporation and transpiration. The bottom section can be filled with an acceptable porous, water-storing medium such as gravel or rock wool. The permeable medium divider can include one or more capillary devices that allow transfer of water from the lower reservoir into the upper section. In certain embodiments, the divider can include a series of formations that allow it to sit in an elevated manner on a water-containing structure (such as a sponge-like medium).

A method of humidifying gases to 100% relative humidity and a humidifier to carry out such a method are provided to humidify gases for fuel cells and for other applications. The humidification of gases is thermally controlled and thermal energy is managed to provide an efficient system. A pre-humidifier accommodates a wide range of flow rates of dry gas to initially humidify and pre-heat the gas, and a boiler provides steam to mix with the effluent from the pre-humidifier to humidify the gas to saturation. A thermal insulator between the boiler and bulk water and / or pre-humidifier enhances the steam generation from the boiler and prevents direct heating of water or gases by heat from the boiler. Above the boiler, bulk water, and pre-humidifier, a mixing chamber further functions as a condenser and water separator. The mixing chamber provides a space for mixing gases and steam and separates saturated gases from condensed water. By vapor condensation during the mixing, the gas can be humidified completely to its dew point at given temperature and pressure conditions.

The present invention relates to the technical field of water affairs intelligent management, especially to an intelligent water affairs intelligent management system based on the internet. The systemcomprises an outdoor water pipe monitoring and early warning system, a terminal user metering and data uploading system, a monitoring station and a center server system; the intelligent water affairssystem can automatically calculate positions, leakage amounts and leakage events of leakage points according to the flow and the pressure difference between nodes to provide very valuable reference information for ground excavation, save a lot of manpower, materials and finances and effectively save water resources; the system can automatically regulate and distribute water pressure and flow supply between areas at different time periods of water utilization to achieve the supply balance of the areas and save a lot of water affairs manpower resources so as to save a lot of cost, omit or reduce the scene consumption time of water affair personnel and effectively save the manpower resources.

A buoyant hydrodynamic pump is disclosed that can float on a surface of a body of water over which waves tend to pass. The pump incorporates an open-bottomed tube with a constriction. The tube partially encloses a substantial volume of water with which the tube's constriction interacts, creating and / or amplifying oscillations therein in response to wave action. Wave-driven oscillations result in periodic upward ejections of portions of the water inside the tube that can be collected in a reservoir that is at least partially positioned above the mean water level of the body of water, or pressurized by compressed air or gas, or both. Water within such a reservoir may return to the body of water via a turbine, thereby generating electrical power (making the device a wave engine), or else the device's pumping action can be used for other purposes such as water circulation, propulsion, or cloud seeding.

The invention discloses extra-huge-volume concrete once continuous pouring multi-cycle real-time temperature control construction technology. Flow and flow rate of circulating water is automatically regulated by a concrete internal and external temperature real-time monitoring system. Hydration heat inside concrete is gradually reduced to balance the inside and outside temperature difference of the concrete, effectively prevent temperature difference stress inside and outside the concrete from generating a crack, and ensure that construction quality of "extra-huge-volume concrete" meets design and specification requirements. The extra-huge-volume concrete one-time continuous pouring multi-cycle real-time temperature control construction technology has the advantages of saving a lot of water resources, achieving green construction, and conforming to national energy saving and environmental protection policy orientation due to the fact that three communicated circulating water systems including water in a circulating pipe network, water in an entire storage thermal insulation maintenance pool of a base plate and recharge water come from a foundation pit rainfall and site rainwater collection system.

The invention relates to a new mixed micelle core-shell SiO2 / Fe3O4 nanometer solid phase extracting agent in the chemical analysis test instrument device field, which has the big specific surface area of the nanometer material, the strong magnetic separating property of the magnetic material, the good satiability of SiO2 shell layer and the good extraction property of the semi micelle and the absorption micelle, and is fit for the large scale batch preconditioning of bulk water sample, and has the small usage extracting agent, high efficient extraction, the simple operation, the high extracting speed, the friendly environment, the wide using range, the low cost and the reactivation property. Selecting bisphenol A(BPA), nonyl phenol(4-OP), octyl phenol (4-NP) as the represent of the hydrophobic pollution material and selecting perfluorine enanthic acid (PFHeA), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorine octane sulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorine n-nonanoic acid (PFDeA) or the like perfluorine compound as the represent of amphipathic nature pollution material, there are 0. 1g extracting agent and 50mg surface activator in 800ml environmental water simple, and the extracting ratio of the organic pollution materials is more than 90%.

The efficient composite hydrate anticoagulant is prepared by mixing non-ionic surfactant fatty-acid ester of polyol and fatty-acid ester of PVA in the weight ratio of 50-80 to 20-50 or mixing non-ionic surfactant fatty-acid ester of polyol and anionic surfactant in the weight ratio of 60-80 to 20-40. In oil and gas conveying pipeline, the fluid contains great amount of water and water will be likely to react with C1-C4 alkane in some condition to produce hydrate to form pipeline blocking agglomeration. The present invention can prevent the agglomeration effectively to make the conveying efficient, low in power consumption and economic.

The invention provides a safe, energy saved, economical and reliable method for treating converter gas. The invent comprises the steps of: cooling the converter gas to 130-170DEG C with indirect heat exchange, removing dust to purify the converter gas, detecting the converter gas. If the converter gas meets the reserved detection standard, converter gas is recovered; otherwise, the converter gas is discharged. The invention avoids the bulk water consumption during the process of cooling by using the indirect heat exchanger to cool the gas, and recover the physical sensible heat discharged during the cooling process of gas from 550DEG C to 150DEG C.

The present invention discloses multiphase transfer method for treating waste water with heavy metals in several forms. Multiphase transfer method including replacement, conversion, etc. is adopted to treat waste water with free mercury and compounds of Hg, Pb, Cr, Mn, Zn, Cd, As, Cu, etc. through flocculation, adsorption, etc. The treated water may be reused for closed loop circulation to eliminate water pollution and save water resource. The said water treating technological process may be used in the comprehensive treatment engineering of waste water with complicated heavy metal form. The present invention also discloses the apparatus for the said process.

A method is disclosed for production of a sterile thermoreversible hydrogel characterized by a known temperature Tmin at which the viscosity reaches at least a local minimum. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the method comprises dissolving the components in water within ±4° C. of Tmin; forming the thermoreversible hydrogel; and filtering the thermoreversible hydrogel at Tmin. The final sterilization can be obtained by filtering under aseptic conditions or by autoclaving or irradiation of the final product. In other embodiments, the components of the gel are dissolved in a sufficiently large quantity of water that reduces the gel viscosity or precludes formation of a thermoreversible hydrogel, and sufficient water is then removed under vacuum to produce the final thermoreversible hydrogel.

A method of humidifying gases to 100% relative humidity and a humidifier to carry out such a method are provided to humidify gases for fuel cells and for other applications. The humidification of gases is thermally controlled and thermal energy is managed to provide an efficient system. A pre-humidifier accommodates a wide range of flow rates of dry gas to initially humidify and pre-heat the gas, and a boiler provides steam to mix with the effluent from the pre-humidifier to humidify the gas to saturation. A thermal insulator between the boiler and bulk water and / or prehumidifier enhances the steam generation from the boiler and prevents direct heating of water or gases by heat from the boiler. Above the boiler, bulk water, and prehumidifier, a mixing chamber further functions as a condenser and water separator. The mixing chamber provides a space for mixing gases and steam and separates saturated gases from condensed water. By vapor condensation during the mixing, the gas can be humidified completely to its dew point at given temperature and pressure conditions.

The invention discloses a thermochemical sulfur-iodine circulating hydrogen production whole-process method and device. According to the invention, a Bunsen reaction section is coupled with an HIx and H2SO4 two-phase separation section, and an HIx purification section is coupled with a concentration section. High-temperature mixed gas of the H2SO4 decomposition tower is directly introduced into the H2SO4 concentration tower, and a large amount of water in the H2SO4 solution is quickly vaporized under the condition of no external heat source, so that the purpose of concentrating the H2SO4 solution is achieved; the high-temperature mixed gas continues to enter a downstream HIx purification and concentration tower, a large amount of water in an HIx system is vaporized and taken away, and the purpose of concentrating the HI solution is achieved. H2SO4 mingled in an HIx system is converted into SO2 in an oxygen-enriched environment and is taken away, so that the purpose of purifying the HI solution is achieved. After hydrogen in the condensing tower is separated, the residual iodine-containing liquid is recycled and returns to the Bunsen reaction separation tower, and the investment and the energy consumption can be reduced by more than 40% compared with the traditional sulfur-iodine hydrogen preparation method.

A process of separating a purified propylene oxide from a crude epoxidation product produced, preferably, in an epoxidation reaction of propylene with hydrogen peroxide. The process involves removing bulk water, bulk methanol, and unreacted propylene from the crude epoxidation product and thereafter subjecting the resulting propylene oxide product to extractive distillation with water as an extraction solvent. Under distillation conditions, including a bottoms temperature of greater than about 55° C. and less than about 75° C., an overhead or side-cut distillate stream containing a purified propylene oxide is obtained with low yield loss of propylene oxide to propylene glycols and other glycol heavies. The purified propylene oxide can be further purified in a finishing distillation to obtain propylene oxide meeting commercial grade purity requirements.

The invention discloses a sludge drying treatment device. The sludge drying treatment device comprises a settling tank, a sludge inlet pipe, a sludge outlet pipe and a drying tank, and the sludge drying treatment device comprises a settling tank, a drying box, a transferring box and a collection box, wherein the top of one side of the settling tank is communicated with the sludge inlet pipe, the settling tank is communicated with the drying box by virtue of the sludge outlet pipe communicated with the other side of the settling tank, the drying box is communicated with a conveying box by virtue of a discharging pipe, a compression apparatus is arranged at the junction of the conveying box and the discharging pipe, and the middle-upper side of a material inlet of the conveying box is provided with a cutting apparatus. By virtue of the sludge drying treatment device, a great amount of water is removed in a settling and filtering manner by virtue of the settling tank, then the residual water in the sludge is removed in a drying manner by virtue of the drying box, the sludge containing little water is compressed into a columnar shape by virtue of the compression apparatus and then is cut into cakes by virtue of the cutting apparatus, the residual little water in each sludge cake is removed in a drying manner by virtue of a hot fan in the conveying process in the conveying box, the sludge drying effect is good, the burning of the sludge is facilitated, the economic benefit is high, and the application and popularization are facilitated.

A method and apparatus for inline, controlled water separation from a multiphase hydrocarbon production stream. The method includes the steps of directing the multiphase hydrocarbon production stream to a gas / liquid separator in order to separate into a gas stream and a liquid stream. The level of liquid in the gas / liquid separator is monitored and controlled. The liquid stream removed from the gas / liquid separator is directed to an enlarged pipe section in order to separate into an oil portion and a water portion. The level of the oil portion in the enlarged pipe section is monitored and controlled. The water portion from the enlarged pipe section is directed to a liquid-liquid cyclone centrifugal separator in order to separate into a water stream and a hydrocarbon concentrated stream. The water stream from the liquid cyclone centrifugal separator is directed to at least one de-oiling hydrocyclone separator. The oily water stream is directed back to the production stream for further processing and the water stream is delivered for disposal.

The invention provides a prussian blue-like derivative and a preparation method and application thereof. The chemical formula of the prussian blue-like derivative is NaxM1 [Fe (CN) 6] y.nH2O, x is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2, y is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1, n is 0.1-2, and M1 is a transition metal element. The water content in the product isgreatly reduced in the forming process of the phase due to no large amount of water source and water environment by regulating and controlling the water content in the material and combining a ball milling method so that the sodium content is increased; then by-products of the reaction are removed by adopting a water washing mode; the phase of the prussian blue-like material is formed in the ballmilling process, the water washing process has no obvious influence on the water content and the sodium content of the prussian blue-like derivative, and the phase of the prussian blue-like material is formed in the ball milling process, and thus the water washing process has no obvious influence on the water content and the sodium content of the prussian blue-like derivative.

The invention discloses a submerged aeration water culturing machine which can be applied to the fields of cultivation and environmental protection and is used for improving water quality, comprising a float, a locating rod and a water culturing mechanism. The invention is characterized in that the water culturing machine is provided with an aeration mechanism; the aeration mechanism comprises an air pump and an air distributing device; the water culturing mechanism comprises a driving motor and a reduction gear and blades which are connected with the driving motor; the aeration mechanism and the water culturing mechanism can be operated separately or simultaneously, and the optimal working mode can be selected according to actual requirements. The culturing mechanism in the invention can guide a large amount of water from the water bottom to the water surface to form circulating water flow; the aeration mechanism can deliver a large number of micro bubbles to the water body, thus improving oxygen content of water, taking away harmful gas in water, and accelerating ecological purification of water; and the water culturing mechanism is characterized by energy saving and low noise.

A laminated board is secured to the inner wall of a cavity wall construction to establish a defined spacing between the inner and outer walls and prevent excess mortar from bridging to the inner wall. The laminated board has a series of spaced sockets into which fasteners may project into the face of the inner wall or framing thereof to secure the outer wall. The board is installed prior to the construction of the outer wall and establishes a minimum spacing or gap between the walls based upon the thickness of the board. The outer wall is constructed immediately adjacent to the outer face of the laminated board. The board is impervious and eliminates bridging by the mortar, eliminates transfer of bulk water from the exterior finish to the inner wall and provides an air conduit to exhaust even the minimal amounts of vapor that will occur in the cavity.

An embodiment of the current invention provides a method for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging or spectroscopy, comprising: (a) selectively exciting exchangeable solute protons or protons of exchangeable solute-based water molecules within a frequency range in a subject using at least one frequency-selective radio frequency (RF) pulse, wherein the frequency range encompasses characteristic resonance frequencies of the exchangeable solute protons or protons of exchangeable solute-based water molecules, wherein the frequency range is substantially non-overlapping with a characteristic resonance frequency of bulk water protons in the subject, wherein the at least one frequency selective RF pulse performs a substantially minimal excitation on the bulk water protons, and wherein the at least one frequency-selective RF pulse, sometimes in combination with a time period that separates the at least one frequency-selective RF pulse, magnetically labels the exchangeable solute protons or the exchangeable solute-based water molecules; (b) allowing a portion of the magnetically labeled exchangeable solute protons to exchange with the bulk water protons or allowing the magnetically labeled exchangeable solute-based water molecules to exchange with bulk water molecules;

The invention discloses a dry-hang external wall insulation board and a novel application thereof as a dismounting-free building template. The dry-hang external wall insulation board comprises a panel, upper and lower wall boards, two side wall boards, a bottom plate and an insulation core material, wherein the panel is arranged at the top ends of the wall boards; the outer side surface of the upper wall board extends out of the upper side surface of the panel; a bulk water slope is arranged between the top edge of the outer side surface of the upper wall board and the bottom edge of the upper side surface of the panel; the lower side surface of the panel extends out of the outer side surface of the lower wall board; the part of the panel, extending out of the lower wall board forms a pressure plate mounted by being matched with the bulk water slope; a pressure plate slope is arranged between the bottom edge of the lower side surface of the panel and the top edge of the outer side surface of the lower wall board; a pouring connection piece is embedded between the panel and the bottom plate; the pouring connection piece comprises a fixing rod, a nut at the outer end of the fixing rod and a screw rod matched with the nut; the nut is arranged at the end of the bottom plate; the screw rod extends out of the bottom plate; a U-shaped opening positioning sleeve is arranged on the screw rod; fastening nuts are arranged at the two ends of the U-shaped opening positioning sleeve. The dry-hang external wall insulation board is suitable for dismounting-free self-insulation self-decoration templates of cast-in-situ shear walls and beam columns.

The invention discloses an intelligent microbial toilet comprising a toilet lid, a toilet seat and a toilet device; the toilet device comprises a toilet body, a control device, a ventilation device, astirring device, a microbial strain and a photoelectric induction sensor; excrement is degraded by adopting the microbial strain and the traditional flushing manner is replaced; and compared with thetraditional flushing type toilet, the intelligent microbial toilet disclosed by the invention has the advantages that a large amount of water resources are saved, environmental pollution caused by excrement discharge is reduced, the chance of disease propagation can be reduced, the satisfaction degree of users is greatly improved, and the cost is low.

A laminated board is secured to the inner wall of a cavity wall construction to establish a defined spacing between the inner and outer walls and prevent excess mortar from bridging to the inner wall. The laminated board has a series of spaced sockets into which fasteners may project into the face of the inner wall or framing thereof to secure the outer wall. The board is installed prior to the construction of the outer wall and establishes a minimum spacing or gap between the walls based upon the thickness of the board. The outer wall is constructed immediately adjacent to the outer face of the laminated board. The board is impervious and eliminates bridging by the mortar, eliminates transfer of bulk water from the exterior finish to the inner wall and provides an air conduit to exhaust even the minimal amounts of vapor that will occur in the cavity.

A pH-weighted chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method and system are provided that works by indirectly measuring the NMR signal from amine protons found on the backbones of amino acids and other metabolites, which resonate at a frequency of +2.8-3.2 ppm with respect to bulk water protons. The technique uses a modified magnetization transfer radiofrequency saturation pulse for the generation of image contrast. A train of three 100 ms Gaussian pulses at high amplitude (6 uT) or Sinc3 pulses are played at a particular frequency off-resonance from bulk water prior to a fast echo planar imaging (EPI) readout, with one full image acquired at each offset frequency. This non-invasive pH-weighted MRI technique does not require exogenous contrast agents and can be used in preclinical investigations and clinical monitoring in patients with malignant glioma, stroke, and other ailments.

A process of separating a purified propylene oxide from a crude epoxidation product produced, preferably, in an epoxidation reaction of propylene with hydrogen peroxide. The process involves removing bulk water, bulk methanol, and unreacted propylene from the crude epoxidation product and thereafter subjecting the resulting propylene oxide product to extractive distillation with water as an extraction solvent. Under distillation conditions, including a bottoms temperature of greater than about 55° C. and less than about 75° C., an overhead or side-cut distillate stream containing a purified propylene oxide is obtained with low yield loss of propylene oxide to propylene glycols and other glycol heavies. The purified propylene oxide can be further purified in a finishing distillation to obtain propylene oxide meeting commercial grade purity requirements.

An embodiment of the current invention provides a method for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging or spectroscopy, comprising: (a) selectively exciting exchangeable solute protons or protons of exchangeable solute-based water molecules within a frequency range in a subject using at least one frequency-selective radio frequency (RF) pulse, wherein the frequency range encompasses characteristic resonance frequencies of the exchangeable solute protons or protons of exchangeable solute-based water molecules, wherein the frequency range is substantially non-overlapping with a characteristic resonance frequency of bulk water protons in the subject, wherein the at least one frequency selective RF pulse performs a substantially minimal excitation on the bulk water protons, and wherein the at least one frequency-selective RF pulse, sometimes in combination with a time period that separates the at least one frequency-selective RF pulse, magnetically labels the exchangeable solute protons or the exchangeable solute-based water molecules; (b) allowing a portion of the magnetically labeled exchangeable solute protons to exchange with the bulk water protons or allowing the magnetically labeled exchangeable solute-based water molecules to exchange with bulk water molecules;(c) repeating (a) and (b) a plurality of times to enhance a population size of the magnetically labeled exchangeable solute protons or the magnetically labeled exchangeable solute-based water molecules; (d) irradiating the subject under observation with a water excitation RF pulse that is adapted to excite the bulk water protons; (e) recording a magnetic resonance (MR) signal from the subject under observation in response to the water excitation RF pulse; and (f) analyzing the recorded MR signal to estimate a quantity associated with the exchangeable solute protons or the exchangeable solute-based water molecules.