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5506036 Easy-to-recycle laminated material for packaging use
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across the parts being cleaned. A fluid recirculating cylinder has a first fluid port and a second fluid port connected in the flow system. A fluid piston is in the cylinder between said ports. A pneumatic cylinder has a further piston between a fast pneumatic port and a second pneumatic port. A driving member is connected between the pistons for reciprocal movement caused by air from a source alternately introduced to the pneumatic ports to cause the fluid piston to pump fluid through the chamber and back to the recirculating cylinder. A shuttle valve is connected between the air source and the pneumatic ports. Two actuators are responsive to different positions of the driving member for switching the shuttle valve alternately to direct air from the supply to the pneumatic ports and exhaust used air. A plurality of one way valves are in the system to insure that the fluid pumped by the piston exhibits unidirectional flow through the chamber. A filter is connected in the fluid flow system upstream of the chamber.
5505794 METHOD FOR HEAT TREATING METALLIC MATERIALS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Nakayama Ryoji; Takeshita Takuo; Kubo Shouichi Omiya, JAPAN assigned to Mitsubishi Materials Corporation The present invention presents a method and an apparatus for heat treating a metallic material by performing hydrogen absorption in or desorption from the metallic material. The method includes the steps of recovering the hydrogen gas released from a desorption step and recycling it to a hydrogen absorbing step. Hydrogen recovering can be performed either in a device containing a hydrogen absorbing alloy or in a second heat treating furnace containing the metallic material. Various controlling devices are used to regulate the process of heat treating and recovering of hydrogen gas.
5505920 PROCESS FOR TREATMENT OF WASTE GAS FROM A CYCLOHEXANE OXIDATION REACTOR Kollar John; Borger Gotz-Gerald; Stenger Matthias Wyckoff, NJ, UNITED STATES assigned to Bayer Aktiengesellschaft; Redox Technologies Inc The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of waste gas discharged from a cyclohexane oxidation reactor used in the manufacture of adipic acid, said waste gas containing mainly nitrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, acetic acid, and up to 10% by weight
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cyclohexane, as well as other gases or vapors, by (a) scrubbing the waste gas from the cyclohexane oxidation reactor with acetic acid in a first absorption step to reduce the amount of cyclohexane to a residual content of less than about 1% by weight, (b) scrubbing the waste gas from the fust absorption step with water in a second absorption step to reduce the amount of acetic acid to a residual content of less than about 1% by weight, and (c) subjecting the scrubbed waste gas from the second absorption step to an oxidation step to oxidize carbon monoxide and other oxidizable components of the waste gas to carbon dioxide and water.
5505987 PROCESSES FOR IMPROVING THE BOND BETWEEN HYDRATING CEMENT-BASED MATERIALS AND EXISTING CEMENT-BASED SUBSTRATES Jennings Hamlin; Kelzenberg Anthony; Hodson Simon K Evanston, IL, UNITED STATES Cement compositions and processes for improving the bond between new hydrating cement-based materials and the surface of old cement-based substrates are disclosed. A mechanically and chemically integral bond is created between the surfaces of the cement-based materials by moistening the old cement-based surface, exposing the moist surface to carbon or carbonate sources (such as with carbon dioxide) and then applying a new hydrating cement-based material thereon. The treatment of the surface of the cement-based substrate as described above creates an aqueous phase chemistry thereon which is compatible to the aqueous phase chemistry of the hydrating cement-based materials applied thereafter. The compatibility of the aqueous phase chemistries results in a mechanically and chemically integral bond formed between the surface of the old cement-based surface and the hydrating cement-based materials. The bond interface may be characterized by low calcium hydroxide concentrations, the presence of amorphous, noncrystalline material, a low water/cement ratio, greater than 90% of all voids being less than 0.15 mm in diameter, and a low total air content of the interface. The present invention is particularly applicable to the repairing, resurfacing and topping of existing concrete highways, roads and surfaces.
5506036 EASY-TO-RECYCLE LAMINATED MATERIAL FOR PACKAGING USE Bergerioux Claude Tetra Pak
Shizuoka, JAPAN assigned to AB
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A laminated material for packaging containers comprising polyvinyl alcohol or other water-soluble, thermoplastic resin layers disposed on both sides of a paperboard base material layer and other thermoplastic synthetic resin layers laminated thereon. An aluminum foil layer 5 may be provided over a polyolefm adhesive resin layer. The paper pulp can be readily separated from the polyethylene and other thermoplastic synthetic resins during the recycling process.
heavy metal content of the cellulosic component of the municipal solid waste which may contaminate the produced lactic acid or inhibit the fermentation of the sugars obtained from such waste. In another, the heavy metal content of the cellulosic component of municipal solid waste is removed via an ionic exchange process, afler hydrolysis with sulfuric acid. A process for an economical, energy efficient production of lactic acid from municipal solid waste is also disclosed.
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METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR MONITORING BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES
HETEROGENEOUS POLYMERIZATION IN CARBON DIOXIDE
Karlslunde, DENMARK assigned to Helmo Kim BioBalance A/S A method for controlling and/or optimising a process in which a biological system comprising mixed cultures of microorganisms, biodegradable material, one or more biogenic fluorophores and optionally other soluble and/or insoluble and/or suspended substances in an aqueous environment is subjected to one or several separation processes and/or to chemical reactions and/or to biological treatment so as to obtain as a final product purified water which has a substantially lower content of biodegradable matter than the biological system, which method comprises monitoring the microbiological activity of the biological system and/or fluctuations thereof by on-line measurement of fluorescent emission and/or variations therein for at least one of the fluorophores in the system when irradiated with light and controlling one or several parameters of the process by using results from the measurement as measured variable(s) in an on-line automatisation system.
5506123 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE PROCESSING FACILITY AND COMMERCIAL LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION PROCESS Chieffalo Rodger; Lightsey George R Birmingham, AL, UNITED STATES assigned to Controlled Environmental Systems Corporation A method of processing waste is disclosed wherein the municipal solid waste is segregated and processed to recover reusable rubber, metal, plastic, glass and the remaining organic portion of the waste stream is used to make lactic acid and other chemicals. One process utilizes a pretreatment step with dilute sulfuric acid to reduce the
DeSimone Joseph M; Maury Elise; Combes James R; Menceloglu Yusuf Chapel Hill, NC, UNITED STATES assigned to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The heterogeneous polymerization of water-insoluble polymer in CO2 is disclosed. The method comprises providing a heterogeneous reaction mixture comprising C02, a monomer, and a surfactant, then polymerizing the monomer to form a water-insoluble polymer.
5506792 SYSTEM FOR OPERATING APPLICATION SOFTWARE IN A SAFETY CRITICAL ENVIRONMENT Adelson Alexander; Eisenberg Alan J; Farrelly Richard Peekskill, NY, UNITED STATES assigned to Base 10 Systems Inc A system and method for operating application software in a safety critical environment comprises providing a data processor having an operating system for effecting processing operations and an intermediate shell which interacts with the operating system and application software to emulate a safety critical environment to the application software. The application software is run by interacting solely with the intermediate shell to effect a safety critical environment therefor.
5507350 FIRE EXTINGUISHING WITH DRY ICE Primlani Indru J Renton, WA, UNITED STATES A remote fire fighting method provides for remote and early response delivery of solid carbon dioxide in capsules
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across the parts being cleaned. A fluid recirculating cylinder has a first fluid port and a second fluid port connected in the flow system. A fluid piston is in the cylinder between said ports. A pneumatic cylinder has a further piston between a fast pneumatic port and a second pneumatic port. A driving member is connected between the pistons for reciprocal movement caused by air from a source alternately introduced to the pneumatic ports to cause the fluid piston to pump fluid through the chamber and back to the recirculating cylinder. A shuttle valve is connected between the air source and the pneumatic ports. Two actuators are responsive to different positions of the driving member for switching the shuttle valve alternately to direct air from the supply to the pneumatic ports and exhaust used air. A plurality of one way valves are in the system to insure that the fluid pumped by the piston exhibits unidirectional flow through the chamber. A filter is connected in the fluid flow system upstream of the chamber.
5505794 METHOD FOR HEAT TREATING METALLIC MATERIALS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Nakayama Ryoji; Takeshita Takuo; Kubo Shouichi Omiya, JAPAN assigned to Mitsubishi Materials Corporation The present invention presents a method and an apparatus for heat treating a metallic material by performing hydrogen absorption in or desorption from the metallic material. The method includes the steps of recovering the hydrogen gas released from a desorption step and recycling it to a hydrogen absorbing step. Hydrogen recovering can be performed either in a device containing a hydrogen absorbing alloy or in a second heat treating furnace containing the metallic material. Various controlling devices are used to regulate the process of heat treating and recovering of hydrogen gas.
5505920 PROCESS FOR TREATMENT OF WASTE GAS FROM A CYCLOHEXANE OXIDATION REACTOR Kollar John; Borger Gotz-Gerald; Stenger Matthias Wyckoff, NJ, UNITED STATES assigned to Bayer Aktiengesellschaft; Redox Technologies Inc The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of waste gas discharged from a cyclohexane oxidation reactor used in the manufacture of adipic acid, said waste gas containing mainly nitrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, acetic acid, and up to 10% by weight
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cyclohexane, as well as other gases or vapors, by (a) scrubbing the waste gas from the cyclohexane oxidation reactor with acetic acid in a first absorption step to reduce the amount of cyclohexane to a residual content of less than about 1% by weight, (b) scrubbing the waste gas from the fust absorption step with water in a second absorption step to reduce the amount of acetic acid to a residual content of less than about 1% by weight, and (c) subjecting the scrubbed waste gas from the second absorption step to an oxidation step to oxidize carbon monoxide and other oxidizable components of the waste gas to carbon dioxide and water.
5505987 PROCESSES FOR IMPROVING THE BOND BETWEEN HYDRATING CEMENT-BASED MATERIALS AND EXISTING CEMENT-BASED SUBSTRATES Jennings Hamlin; Kelzenberg Anthony; Hodson Simon K Evanston, IL, UNITED STATES Cement compositions and processes for improving the bond between new hydrating cement-based materials and the surface of old cement-based substrates are disclosed. A mechanically and chemically integral bond is created between the surfaces of the cement-based materials by moistening the old cement-based surface, exposing the moist surface to carbon or carbonate sources (such as with carbon dioxide) and then applying a new hydrating cement-based material thereon. The treatment of the surface of the cement-based substrate as described above creates an aqueous phase chemistry thereon which is compatible to the aqueous phase chemistry of the hydrating cement-based materials applied thereafter. The compatibility of the aqueous phase chemistries results in a mechanically and chemically integral bond formed between the surface of the old cement-based surface and the hydrating cement-based materials. The bond interface may be characterized by low calcium hydroxide concentrations, the presence of amorphous, noncrystalline material, a low water/cement ratio, greater than 90% of all voids being less than 0.15 mm in diameter, and a low total air content of the interface. The present invention is particularly applicable to the repairing, resurfacing and topping of existing concrete highways, roads and surfaces.
5506036 EASY-TO-RECYCLE LAMINATED MATERIAL FOR PACKAGING USE Bergerioux Claude Tetra Pak
Shizuoka, JAPAN assigned to AB
PatentsALERT
A laminated material for packaging containers comprising polyvinyl alcohol or other water-soluble, thermoplastic resin layers disposed on both sides of a paperboard base material layer and other thermoplastic synthetic resin layers laminated thereon. An aluminum foil layer 5 may be provided over a polyolefm adhesive resin layer. The paper pulp can be readily separated from the polyethylene and other thermoplastic synthetic resins during the recycling process.
heavy metal content of the cellulosic component of the municipal solid waste which may contaminate the produced lactic acid or inhibit the fermentation of the sugars obtained from such waste. In another, the heavy metal content of the cellulosic component of municipal solid waste is removed via an ionic exchange process, afler hydrolysis with sulfuric acid. A process for an economical, energy efficient production of lactic acid from municipal solid waste is also disclosed.
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5506317
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR MONITORING BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES
HETEROGENEOUS POLYMERIZATION IN CARBON DIOXIDE
Karlslunde, DENMARK assigned to Helmo Kim BioBalance A/S A method for controlling and/or optimising a process in which a biological system comprising mixed cultures of microorganisms, biodegradable material, one or more biogenic fluorophores and optionally other soluble and/or insoluble and/or suspended substances in an aqueous environment is subjected to one or several separation processes and/or to chemical reactions and/or to biological treatment so as to obtain as a final product purified water which has a substantially lower content of biodegradable matter than the biological system, which method comprises monitoring the microbiological activity of the biological system and/or fluctuations thereof by on-line measurement of fluorescent emission and/or variations therein for at least one of the fluorophores in the system when irradiated with light and controlling one or several parameters of the process by using results from the measurement as measured variable(s) in an on-line automatisation system.
5506123 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE PROCESSING FACILITY AND COMMERCIAL LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION PROCESS Chieffalo Rodger; Lightsey George R Birmingham, AL, UNITED STATES assigned to Controlled Environmental Systems Corporation A method of processing waste is disclosed wherein the municipal solid waste is segregated and processed to recover reusable rubber, metal, plastic, glass and the remaining organic portion of the waste stream is used to make lactic acid and other chemicals. One process utilizes a pretreatment step with dilute sulfuric acid to reduce the
DeSimone Joseph M; Maury Elise; Combes James R; Menceloglu Yusuf Chapel Hill, NC, UNITED STATES assigned to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The heterogeneous polymerization of water-insoluble polymer in CO2 is disclosed. The method comprises providing a heterogeneous reaction mixture comprising C02, a monomer, and a surfactant, then polymerizing the monomer to form a water-insoluble polymer.
5506792 SYSTEM FOR OPERATING APPLICATION SOFTWARE IN A SAFETY CRITICAL ENVIRONMENT Adelson Alexander; Eisenberg Alan J; Farrelly Richard Peekskill, NY, UNITED STATES assigned to Base 10 Systems Inc A system and method for operating application software in a safety critical environment comprises providing a data processor having an operating system for effecting processing operations and an intermediate shell which interacts with the operating system and application software to emulate a safety critical environment to the application software. The application software is run by interacting solely with the intermediate shell to effect a safety critical environment therefor.
5507350 FIRE EXTINGUISHING WITH DRY ICE Primlani Indru J Renton, WA, UNITED STATES A remote fire fighting method provides for remote and early response delivery of solid carbon dioxide in capsules
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