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Peer-to-Peer Redundant File Server System and Methods

Peer-to-peer redundant file server system and methods include clients that determine a target storage provider to contact for a particular storage transaction based on a pathname provided by the filesystem and a predetermined scheme such as a hash function applied to a portion of the pathname. Servers use the same scheme to determine where to store relevant file information so that the clients can locate the file information. The target storage provider may store the file itself and / or may store metadata that identifies one or more other storage providers where the file is stored. A file may be replicated in multiple storage providers, and the metadata may include a list of storage providers from which the clients can select (e.g., randomly) in order to access the file.
Owner:OVERLAND STORAGE

Disposable bioreactor systems and methods

Accordingly, in one embodiment of the invention, a bioreactor system is presented and includes a disposable container for housing biomaterials for processing, the disposable container including at least one input port, at least one exhaust port, at least one harvest port, and the integrity of the sterile environment is protected with sterile filters attached to all external open ports a structure for supporting the disposable container, one or more sensors for sensing one or more parameters of the biomaterials in the container, a heater for heating the contents of the container, the heater having a thermostat and mixing system arranged with the system such that biomaterials contained in the disposable container are mixed.
Owner:GLOBAL LIFE SCI SOLUTIONS USA LLC

Disposable bioreactor systems and methods

Accordingly, in one embodiment of the invention, a bioreactor system is presented and includes a disposable container for housing biomaterials for processing, the disposable container including at least one input port, at least one exhaust port, at least one harvest port, and the integrity of the sterile environment is protected with sterile filters attached to all external open ports a structure for supporting the disposable container, one or more sensors for sensing one or more parameters of the biomaterials in the container, a heater for heating the contents of the container, the heater having a thermostat and mixing system arranged with the system such that biomaterials contained in the disposable container are mixed.
Owner:GLOBAL LIFE SCI SOLUTIONS USA LLC

Method and apparatus for sorting particles

A method and apparatus for sorting particles moving through a closed channel system of capillary size comprises a bubble valve for selectively generating a pressure pulse to separate a particle having a predetermined characteristic from a stream of particles. The particle sorting system may further include a buffer for absorbing the pressure pulse. The particle sorting system may include a plurality of closely coupled sorting modules which are combined to further increase the sorting rate. The particle sorting system may comprise a multi-stage sorting device for serially sorting streams of particles, in order to decrease the error rate.
Owner:CYTONOMEST

Materials and process for enhancing selective separations

Use of a Maillard reaction product as an adjuvant in a variety of applications including solid-liquid separations, corrosion inhibition, emulsification, dust suppression, slow release fertilization, viscosity modification and others and especially as a depressant or collector in separation processes, including the selective separation of solids and / or ionic species from aqueous media, such as in the process of froth flotation.
Owner:GEORGIA PACIFIC CHEM LLC

Dissimilar materials sorting process, system and apparata

An automated system for sorting dissimilar materials, and in particular for sorting plastics from other materials and for sorting different types of plastics from one another comprises, depending upon the embodiment, combinations of a sizing mechanism, a friction separation, an air separator, a magnetic separator, a dielectric sensor sortation bed, shaker screening, a ballistic separator, an inductive sensor sortation system and a float / sink tank. The dielectric sensor sortation system may be either analog or digital, depending upon the particular implementation. One or more float / sink tanks can be used, depending upon the embodiment, each with a media of a different specific gravity. The media may be water, or water plus a compound such as calcium chloride. In addition, multiples of the same general type of module can be used for particular configurations. A heavy media system or a sand float process can be used either alternatively or additionally.
Owner:VALERIO THOMAS A

Beneficiation method for recycling specularite

The invention discloses a benefication method for recovering specularite. The method comprises the processes of primary grinding, grading, primary low intensity magnetic separation, and tailings discarding by primary high intensity magnetic separation; rough concentrate pre-classification by the primary low intensity magnetic separation and the primary high intensity magnetic separation, secondary grinding, secondary low intensity magnetic separation to obtain concentrates, secondary high intensity magnetic separation to obtain concentrates; and selective flocculation desliming secondary conducted on high intensity magnetic separation tailings (middlings), and anionic reverse flotation. The method further comprises the step of arranging a cylindrical slag separating sieve before the primary high intensity magnetic separation. With the advantages that the iron concentrate grade and the iron recovery are high, the loss of granular iron minerals is low, the mineral process flow is short, concentrates and tailings can be obtained in advance and the energy consumption of the benefication is low, the invention can be used not only for selecting specularite ores, but also for selecting weakly magnetic iron minerals, such as hematite, goethite, siderite, limonite, and the like.
Owner:SINOSTEEL MAANSHAN INST OF MINING RES

Membrane bioreactor, process and aerator

A reactor has an aerobic tank, an anoxic tank and a sealed membrane tank with conduits for circulating mixed liquor between them. Permeation starts when the mixed liquor reaches a high level and stops when the mixed liquor reaches a low level. A sensor, for detecting the mixed liquor level, may stop and start permeation. Pressure builds in the membrane tank when membrane air is on. Transmembrane pressure is also provided by gravity flow or siphon. Membrane air generates an air lift which drives the mixed liquor circulation. The total amount of air provided by an air source is divided and varied in time between the membrane aerator and the process aerator. The process aerator acts as a screening inlet to the conduit to the membrane tank. Chemical maintenance cleaning is provided by gravity flow.
Owner:ZENON TECH PARTNESHIP

Method and apparatus for co2 sequestration

A method and apparatus for sequestering CO2 using algae comprises a plurality of vertically suspended bioreactors, each bioreactor being translucent and including a flow channel formed by a plurality of baffles. A culture tank contains a suspension of water and at least one algae and includes a plurality of gas jets for introducing a CO2-containing gas into the suspension. The culture tank is in fluid communication with an inlet in each channel for flowing the suspension through the channel in the presence of light. A pump pumps the suspension into the channel inlet.
Owner:KERTZ MALCOLM GLEN

Systems and methods for producing biofuels from algae

The invention provides systems and methods for producing biofuel from algae wherein the algae and fishes are co-cultured in a body of water. The methods further comprise inducing the algae to accumulate lipids by environmental stress, and concentrating the algae prior to extraction of the algal oil. The systems of the invention comprise at least one growth enclosure, means for concentrating algae, and means for subjecting algae to environmental stress.
Owner:LIVEFUELS

Vanadium titano-magnetite screen method

The invention relates to a screen method for vanadium titano-magnetite with high quality, belonging to the ore screen field. The method adopts three stage-grinding and stage-concentration process for magnetic separation, wherein the field intensity of one-stage magnetic separation is 3000-4000 Gs; the field intensity of two-stage magnetic separation is 1800-2200 Gs; and the field intensity of three-stage magnetic separation is 1300-1700 Gs. The recovery rate of the screened iron ore concentrate and the titanium ore concentrate is high and the screened cost of the screened iron ore concentrate and the titanium ore concentrate is low, thus providing a new selection for the low grade vanadium titano-magnetite resource and having a broad application prospect.
Owner:四川安宁铁钛股份有限公司

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for extracting non-polar lipids from an aqueous algae slurry and lipids produced therefrom

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for extracting non-polar lipids from microalgae are achieved using a lipid extraction device having an anode and a cathode that forms a channel and defines a fluid flow path through which an aqueous slurry is passed. An electromotive force is applied across the channel at a gap distance in a range from 0.5 mm to 200 mm to cause the non-polar lipids to be released from the algae cells. The non-polar lipids can be extracted at a high throughput rate and with low concentrations of polar lipids such as phospholipids and chlorophyll.
Owner:ORGINOIL INC

Treatment process and system for wastewater, process waters, and produced waters applications

A method for the removal of contaminants from a contaminated water stream, by pretreating the contaminated water stream to yield a pretreated water stream, wherein pretreating comprises passing the contaminated water stream to at least one electrocoagulation cell wherein coagulation of contaminants is promoted, yielding an electrocoagulated stream; and separating coagulated contaminants from the electrocoagulated stream.An electrocoagulation reactor comprising a plurality of electrodes positioned parallel to each other and provided with a means of energizing each electrode; a fluid inlet for an inlet stream comprising contaminated water; a fluid outlet for an outlet stream comprising electrocoagulated products; a flow distributor system; and a gas distribution system for injecting a gas into the electrocoagulation reactor. An electrocoagulation system for treating a contaminated water stream, the system comprising at least one electrocoagulation reactor.
Owner:ITS ENGINEERED SYST

Passenger location information system, portable information terminal, and server

The present invention provides a passenger location information system that provides information on the current location of a user during a trip in real time and in a mode suitable for each user. A configuration is provided in which passenger location information, at least including information on the ends (station, stop, etc.) of a transportation line interval in which a portable information terminal is located, is output at a predetermined time on a user terminal 1 such as a mobile phone terminal connectable to a network. In addition, using notification means such as a ringing tone or a vibrator, the user terminal 1 notifies the user, under a condition set by the user in advance, that the user is approaching a destination to prevent the user from riding past a destination due to dozing.
Owner:LENOVO INNOVATIONS LTD HONG KONG

Methods for removing heavy metals from water using chemical precipitation and field separation methods

A two-step chemical precipitation process involving hydroxide precipitation and sulfide precipitation combined with “field separation ” technology such as magnetic separation, dissolved air flotation, vortex separation, or expanded plastics flotation, effectively removes chelated and non-chelated heavy metal precipitates and other fine particles from water. In the first-step, the non-chelated heavy metals are precipitated as hydroxides and removed from the water by a conventional liquid / solids separator such as an inclined plate clarifier to remove a large percentage of the dissolved heavy metals. The cleaned water is then treated in a second precipitation step to remove the residual heavy metals to meet discharge limits. In the second precipitation step, any metal precipitant more effective than hydroxide for metal precipitation can be used. The invention improves metal removal, lowers cost because fewer chemicals are used, produces less sludge, and reduces the discharge of toxic metals and metal precipitants to the environment. Magnetic separation is preferred for the separation of particles precipitated in the second stage. Similar methods can be employed for separation of other particulates from water. Particulates can also be removed by causing them to adhere to particles of expanded plastic, forming a floc lighter than water, so that the floc can be removed by flotation.
Owner:CORT CHERYL J

Animal waste effluent treatment

Animal waste such as fecal material from swine, chicken, turkey, and cattle is converted into useful forms such as fertilizer, other types of soil builders, and even nutrient feed additives. Devices, systems, and methods are provided that allow economical conversion and in many instances, alleviate the production and release of undesirable gases such as sulfide and ammonia. In one embodiment, undesirable anaerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria are killed at a greater rate than desirable soil compatible aerobic bacteria. The use of low temperature killing diminishes off gassing commonly associated with other techniques, and the use of gas trapping additives such as zeolites provides enhanced soil building qualities such as slow release of nitrogen and slow release of moisture to soil. The methods allow convenient adjustment of composition, allowing conversion of waste into tailored designer fertilizer suited for particular soils. Other embodiments provide other soil building qualities as well as nutrient qualities for feedstock used in animal husbandry such as aquaculture.
Owner:SHEETAB SR RICHARD G

Control system and process for wastewater treatment

A system and process is provided for optimizing chemical additions, mixing energy, mixing time, and other variables while treating a contaminated liquid stream. Samples from the contaminated liquid stream are tested to determine the optimal parameter for each variable, including type and amount of the chemicals to be added, chemical sequence, mixing energy, mixing time, temperature, and pressurization. A system of mixers, a flotation chamber, and a dewatering subsystem are designed to achieve optimal turbidity of the wastewater stream. The system can be modified in real-time in response to a continually changing contaminated liquid stream via a controller and set of sensors, valves, and ports.
Owner:WORLD WATER TECH

Structurally-modified polymer flocculants

This invention is directed to structurally-modified water-soluble polymers prepared by initiating polymerization of an aqueous solution of monomers under free radical polymerization conditions to form a polymer solution and adding at least one structural modifier to the polymer solution after at least 30 % polymerization of the monomers has occurred, and to use of the water-soluble cross-linked polymers as flocculating agents.
Owner:ONDEO NALCO

Apparatus of produced water treatment, system and method of using the apparatus, and method of water reuse by using the same

An apparatus of produced water treatment, to be adopted in an in-situ recovery method of producing bitumen from oil sand, the apparatus capable of removing the oil from produced water, the produced water of being left by separating the bitumen from bitumen-mixed fluid having been recovered from the oil sand, the apparatus having: a vessel for receiving the produced water; a submerge type filtration membrane module, installed in the vessel, for filtering the produced water in the condition of the membrane being submerged in the produced water; and a bubble generator for generating bubbles to be forwarded toward the submerged filtration membrane in the produced water.
Owner:TOYO ENG CORP +1

Azetidinium-functional polysaccharides and uses thereof

The present invention relates to polysaccharides that have been modified by providing azetidinium functionality thereto. Such functionality can be provided by crosslinking a polysaccharide with a resin having azetidinium functional groups. In one or more aspects, the polysaccharide can comprise one or more of starch, guar gum, alginate or derivatives thereof. Polysaccharides having azetidinium functionality according to the present invention are suitable for multiple uses. Such uses include, but are not limited to, removal of one or more solid materials from a liquid, beneficiation of an ore, removal of metallic ions from a liquid; providing oil from bitumen; and removal of mercury from synthetic gypsum. Other uses of the functionalized polysaccharides of the present invention include hydroseeding, dust control and corosion control.
Owner:GEORGIA PACIFIC CHEM LLC

Ink set, ink container, inkjet recording method, recording device, and recorded matter

ActiveUS20080182085A1High metallic mirror surface glossMaterial nanotechnologyMeasurement apparatus componentsPolymer chemistryPigment
An ink set, comprising: an oil based ink composition containing a metallic pigment; and at least one or more oil based ink compositions selected from a group consisting of a chromatic color ink composition containing chromatic color pigment, a black ink composition containing black pigment, and a white ink composition containing white pigment.
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP

Bituminous froth hydrocarbon cyclone

An apparatus to perform a process to remove water and minerals from a bitumen froth output of a oil sands hot water extraction process comprises: (i) a cyclone body having an elongated conical inner surface defining a cyclone cavity extending from an upper inlet region with a diameter DC to a lower apex outlet with a diameter DU; (ii) an inlet means forming an inlet channel extending into the upper inlet region of the cyclone cavity; and (iii) a vortex finder forming an overflow outlet of a diameter (DO) extending into the upper inlet region of the cyclone cavity toward the lower apex outlet and having a lower end extending an excursion distance below the inlet channel; wherein a fluid composition entering the inlet channel into the cyclone cavity is urged by force of gravity and velocity pressure downward toward the lower apex and variations in density of the constituent components of the fluid composition cause the lighter component materials to be directed toward the overflow outlet of the vortex finder.
Owner:GARNER WILLIAM NICHOLAS +2

Flotation pillar special for fly ash

The invention relates to a special flotation column of coal fly ash, an ore pulp distributor is arranged at the top part of a cylinder body of the special flotation column, a plurality of layers of bubble plates are arranged in the cylinder body, a multi-point rotary flow device and a multi-point fly ash overflow hole are arranged at the lower part of the cylinder body, an ore pulp distributing pipe is arranged at the periphery of the ore pulp distributor, a circulating pipeline is arranged at the periphery of the cylinder body, the upper end of the circulating pipeline is connected and communicates with the ore pulp distributing pipe, the lower end is connected and communicates with the rotary flow device, an interface of the ore pulp distributing pipe and a feed and discharge port are respectively connected with the both ends of a circulating pump, a high carbon ash balance overflow plate and a high carbon ash overflow collection port are further arranged at the upper part of the flotation column, and the fly ash overflow hole is provided with a fly ash automatic regulation box by the connection of the pipeline. The special flotation column is applicable to various requirements, the decarburization effect is good, the continuous operation is stable and reliable, the quality of fine coal is high and the processing ability is great, thus saving energy, increasing efficiency and saving investment.
Owner:贵州安顺惠海粉煤灰开发有限公司
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