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The present invention is a fuel cell power plant that includes a fuel cell having a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), which is disposed between an anode support plate and a cathode support plate, and porous water transport plates adjacent the anode and cathode support plates. The porous water transport plates have interdigitated flow channels for the reactant gas streams to pass therethrough and conventional flow channels for a coolant stream to pass therethrough. The fuel cell power plant also has means for creating a pressure differential between the reactant gas streams and the coolant stream such that the pressure of the reactant gas streams is greater than the coolant stream. Incorporating the interdigitated flow channels into the porous water transport plates and operating the fuel cell at a pressure differential allows the coolant water to saturate the water transport plates thereby forcing the reactant gases into the anode and cathode support plate. This, in turn, increases the mass transfer of such gases into the support plates, thereby increasing the electrical performance of the fuel cell. Current densities of about 1.6 amps per square meter are achieved with air stochiometries of not over 2.50.

A novel method is set out of preparation of radioactive diagnostic radiopharmaceutical in a stable, shippable, lyophilized form by an apparatus designed to rapidly flash freeze and dehydrate a radiopharmaceutical composition to minimize auto radiolysis. The method proposes rapid cooling and removal of ambient vapor, and then ultra cold removal when the potential of explosive liquid oxygen is eliminated. The radioactive diagnostic radiopharmaceutical requires no further cold or refrigerated storage, including with respect to shipping, subsequent to stabilization. The preferred composition can be reconstituted “on site” by the addition of a suitable diluent to bring the radiopharmaceutical complex into solution at a desired concentration.

Incorporation of a microbial cell suspension throughout a fibrous network provides a physical environment that allows greater removal of water during lyophilization or desiccation thereby yielding a device with improved stability and recovery of viable microbial cells. Strands of appropriate fibers in a tightly knit network absorb aqueous cell suspensions by a capillary effect rather than absorption. When vapor pressure is decreased by vacuum during lyophilization or by air moved during desiccation, the surface tension is affected at the fiber/water interface, which results in increased water removal, by a “reverse capillary” effect. Thus bound and free water removal is increased. Therefore, incorporation of the use of a network of fibers in conjunction with a preservation matrix containing sensitive microbial cells provides a means of producing a preserved product with increased stability at both extreme and routine storage temperatures and greater efficacy for the end user. The invention also provides a means for recovery of viable microbial cells by direct inoculation to solid or liquid culture media as recommended for use in performance or quality control testing of culture media, stains, identification kits, maintenance of stock cultures and in the evaluation of bacteriological procedures. Additionally, the device can be used to mimic clinical specimens in clinical or industrial proficiency testing surveys that test the ability of laboratory technologists to properly perform diagnostic procedures.

The present invention relates to construction materials and more specifically, to a continuous composite exterior insulation system and cladding used in the construction of building walls and structure, to control heat transfer, rain-water penetration, air and water vapor transmission while providing fire protection to a building enclosure. This invention relates to a thermal upgrade of existing and new buildings. The wall substrate is arranged for receipt of subsequent layers of cladding materials. Thermo-grid of insulated composite strapping is mounted on the surface of the said wall and a layer of continuous insulation e.g. polyurethane foam is applied between the thermo-grid strapping leaving a thin air gap between it and the next layer of the fire protective composite.

Fuel Cell Having a Hydrophilic Substrate Layer A fuel cell power plant includes a fuel cell having a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), disposed between an anode support plate and a cathode support plate, the anode and/or cathode support plates include a hydrophilic substrate layer having a predetermined pore size. The pressure of the reactant gas streams is greater than the pressure of the coolant stream, such that a greater percentage of the pores within the hydrophilic substrate layer contain reactant gas rather than water. Any water that forms on the cathode side of the MEA will migrate through the cathode support plate and away from the MEA. Controlling the pressure also ensures that the coolant water will continually migrate from the coolant stream toward the anode side of the MEA, thereby preventing the membrane from becoming dry. Proper pore size and a pressure differential between coolant and reactants improves the electrical efficiency of the fuel cell.

For operation, PEMFCs require among other things a compressor for the cathode air, and a system for removing the water which is generated on the cathode side as a result of the electrochemical reaction. According to an embodiment of the present invention the removal of water is supported in that the fuel cell is made to rotate by way of an electric motor so that the water contained in the cathodes of the fuel cell can be extracted by centrifugal force. To this effect the air channels on the cathode side are arranged so as to extend radially or in a spiral shape from the inside towards the outside. In this way the efficiency of the fuel cell can be significantly improved.

The invention provides a resourceful treatment process of tar residue. The resourceful treatment process is characterized in that demulsification dehydration, solvent extraction and centrifugal separation are taken as the core, distillate oil, obtained at the temperature of 200-230 DEG C, of coal tar is used as a main extracting agent, a small amount of crude benzene and industrial naphthalene areadded so as to form a composite extracting agent, and the proportion of all the components used in the process is as follows: 90-95wt/% of the distillate oil, obtained at the temperature of 200-230 DEG C, of the coal tar, 4.1-9.7wt/% of the crude benzene and 0.3-0.9wt/% of the industrial naphthalene; a technology of combining heat extraction and centrifugation is adopted under the conditions thatthe temperature of the demulsification dehydration is 35-55 DEG C, extraction temperature is 55-60DEG C, the pressure is 101.325kPa, the pump circulating flow rate is 15-20m<3>/h, the extraction timeis 3-4h, the centrifuge rotating speed is 2500-3000r/min, and the like, so that the recovery rate of tar in the tar residue reaches up to 95% or above. The resourceful treatment process is verified to be capable of well adapting to the raw material tar residue with water content of 20-60% in the aspect of raw material adaptability; the extracting agent used in the process does not need to be recovered after oil-water-residue separation is finished, can be directly used as an oil product component in the oil so as to be stored and utilized, and does not need to be recycled, so that the separation link is simplified, waste is avoided, and energy is saved; the resourceful treatment process effectively solves the problems of the tar residue in the aspects of energy utilization and environment-friendly treatment.

The invention relates to a method for improving the removal of water in a composition containing microfibrillated cellulose. According to the invention, a cationic polyelectrolyte that has a low molecular weight and a molecular weight of less than 10000 is provided in the composition containing microfibrillated cellulose.

An efficient strong press filter for removing water from material is composed of the endless material conveying netted band and its power unit, guide rollers, the deviation correcting unit and S-shaped press region, where there are press bearing table, upper and lower press plates, and releasing and stretching unit for netted band.

A method and apparatus for drying produce in a centrifugal drier is described. The drier includes a housing and a drum configured to receive a multi-volume basket. The method includes loading produce into a first volume and a second volume of the multi-volume basket. The basket may include perforated walls, a closed lower end, and an open upper end. The interior volume of the basket is divided into at least a first volume and a second volume by a perforated inner divider that is oriented concentrically to the basket walls. The first volume is disposed inside the inner divider. The second volume is disposed between the inner divider and the basket walls. A drive assembly rotates the drum and the basket, loaded with produce in the first and second volumes, to cause fluids to drain out of the produce to yield dried produce.

The invention provides a sludge biological drying method, which comprises the following steps: 1)removing impurity and homogenizing; 2)performing acidolysis treatment on sludge; 3)conditioning surface active substance; 4)adding a filler: adding the filler crude wood chip in the processed sludge and fully stirring; and 5)adding a composite microbe preparation: adding a composite microbe preparation in processed sludge, wherein the composite microbe preparation is prepared by carbon source and composite microbe inocula according to mass part of 2: 1. An employed ventilation mode is intermittence ventilation by a blower, under condition of certain ventilation quantity, ventilation rate is adjusted from large rate to small rate, and the moisture clearance of the material is increased by 3%. drying method is carried out on the sludge by employing an addition method of an acidulate agent and microbe, fiber component and protein component in sludge can be partially hydrolyzed to nutrition component which can be rapidly used by thalline, drying efficiency is increased, and drying effect is improved.

Some embodiments are directed to a deflector for use with a vehicle air intake system that directs air from a vehicle exterior to a vehicle interior. The deflector can include a base configured for attachment to a region of an interior wall of an air compartment adjacent a perimeter of a drain. The deflector can also include a barrier wall connected to the base and including an inner surface that is disposed over the drain when the base is attached to the interior wall of the air compartment. The barrier wall can be shaped to define a concavity between the drain and the inner surface. The barrier wall can define an air stream opening that is disposed to direct air traveling from the drain and through the concavity toward a section of the interior wall of the air compartment that opposes a shield.

A chemoenzymatic process for the production of fatty acid esters comprising partially esterifying one or more fatty acid esters, under mild temperatures with an enzymatic catalyst, and optionally in the presence of one or more inert solvents, with a 1- to 5-fold molar excess of one or more water-containing aliphatic alcohols with boiling points between 60° C. and 120° C., then removing the water and unreacted alcohol(s) from the resulting pre-esterification product, followed by additional esterification up to 99.7%, chemically-catalyzed with, e.g., an acid or tin salt at slightly higher temperatures, optionally using one or more inert solvents, with a 1- to 4-fold molar excess of the same one or more aliphatic alcohols as employed in the preliminary esterification step.

The present invention relates to a desiccation apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a hollow drum mounted for revolution about a substantially longitudinal axis, the drum comprising a shell having an interior surface and an exterior surface; and a means to generate airflow through the hollow drum.

A method for removing water molecules from a vacuum chamber for carrying out a process on a target object in vacuum includes the steps of introducing into the vacuum chamber a water molecule removal gas including at least a reduction gas which reduces the water molecules to produce hydrogen molecules and a halogen-based gas which reacts with the produced hydrogen molecules to produce acid, exhausting gases in the vacuum chamber measuring an amount of water molecules present inside the vacuum chamber, and determining whether or not the measured amount of water molecules is greater than or equal to a threshold value, wherein if the measured amount of water molecules is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the water molecule removal gas is introduced into the vacuum chamber in the introducing step.

The invention provides hydrogen for polycrystalline silicon production, an impurity removal method and system and a polycrystalline silicon production method and system. The impurity removal method comprises the following steps of introducing hydrogen for polycrystalline silicon production into boiling trichlorosilane to enable part of internal water to react with trichlorosilane; enabling a gas phase escaping from the trichlorosilane to be in contact with sprayed and atomized trichlorosilane so as to enable residual water vapor to react with trichlorosilane to obtain a dewatered gas phase; and condensing the dewatered gas phase to liquefy the vaporized trichlorosilane in the dewatered gas phase so as to obtain the impurity-removed hydrogen for polycrystalline silicon production. According to the invention, on the premise that external impurities are not introduced, the moisture in the hydrogen for polycrystalline silicon production is dried to be less than 1PPm.