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A cascaded wafer scrubbing system and method are provided. The cascaded wafer scrubbing system includes an array of rows of brush pairs. Each row includes a plurality of counter-rotating brush pairs that are arranged horizontally and longitudinally, and configured to receive and process a wafer in a vertical orientation through wafer preparation zones defined by each pair of brushes. Below and between the pairs of brushes is a track that is configured to apply a rotation to the wafer and to transition the wafer in a vertical orientation through the brush pairs. Nozzles dispense fluids on and over the brush pairs, and the brush pairs are configured such that fluids are dispensed through the brush pairs. Nozzles dispense a curtain of fluid between each wafer preparation zone, and the cascaded wafer scrubbing system is configured to progress from dirtiest to cleanest as the wafer transitions through each wafer preparation zone.

A process for flocculating and dewatering oil sands fine tailings is provided, comprising: adding the oil sands fine tailings as an aqueous slurry to a stirred tank reactor; adding an effective amount of a polymeric flocculant to the stirred tank reactor containing the oil sands fine tailings and operating the reactor at an impeller tip speed for a period of time that is sufficient to form a gel-like structure; subjecting the gel-like structure to shear conditions in the stirred tank reactor for a period of time sufficient to break down the gel-like structure to form flocs and release water; and removing the flocculated oil sands fine tailings from the stirred tank reactor when the maximum yield stress of the flocculated oil sands fine tailings begins to decline but before the capillary suction time of the flocculated oil sands fine tailings begins to substantially increase from its lowest point.

The invention provides a curing agent comprising a plant-based nitrite derived from plant material comprising nitrate and a process for preparing the curing agent comprising contacting a plant material with an organism capable of converting nitrate to nitrite. The curing agent can be used to preserve or cure meat or meat products.

Methods of preparing a controlled release fertilizer include obtaining an amino acid fermentation byproduct liquor, and converting ammonium in the amino acid fermentation byproduct liquor to magnesium ammonium phosphate to obtain the controlled release fertilizer.

The invention provides a method for consistently producing a hydrogen gas separator with a good performance balance. The method includes the process for preparing a porous substrate and the process for forming a silica coat on the substrate by chemical vapor deposition in which a reaction is brought about between a silica source provided to one side of the substrate and an oxygen-containing gas supplied to the other side of the substrate. The vapor deposition process is carried out using as the silica source a silicon compound (a) with Si-Z-Si bonds (Z is O or N) in the molecule.

The invention provides a novel process of making cheese comprising the production of a coagulum which is caused to disagregate into small curd particles in an in-line continuous flow process, separation of the curd particles from the whey and subsequent heating and mechanical working of the curd particles into a cheese mass.

A coffee grinder has a housing that includes a ring burr, a shaft extending through the ring burr, a frustoconical burr, and an interlocking plug. An internal bore of the frustoconical burr has an upper cylindrical surface adjacent the top end, an interlocking portion adjacent the bottom edge, and a tapered side surface. The interlocking plug is shaped to extend through the internal bore of the frustoconical burr, and includes an upper cylindrical portion that fits through the upper cylindrical surface, and a lower portion that includes a sidewall surface which is also tapered such that the sidewall surface interlocks with the side surface of the frustoconical burr.

The present invention's vibration/shock amelioration device, as typically embodied, has a geometric device axis and includes two axial endplates, an intermediate support structure, and at least six truncated-conical resilient (e.g., elastomeric) elements. The intermediate support structure is equidistant between the endplates and lies in a geometric bisector plane that is perpendicular to the device axis. Each resilient element has a geometric conical axis, a larger-diameter axial end, and a smaller-diameter axial end. The resilient elements are fixed between the support structure and an endplate and are arranged symmetrically with respect to the device axis whereby the conical axes intersect the device axis at oblique angles and the smaller-diameter axial ends are closer to the bisector plane than are the larger-diameter axial ends. The intermediate support structure can include a single rigid piece, or a composite unit having a pair of rigid members and a resilient (e.g., elastomeric) member sandwiched therebetween.

A method of producing solid composite lipid/drug nanoparticles that includes the steps of: (1) dissolving a lipid and a drug in a suitable organic solvent to form a solution; (2) emulsifying the solution in a liquid to form an emulsion having a discontinuous phase of micelles comprising the organic solvent, the drug and the lipid, and a continuous phase comprising the liquid; and (3) contacting the emulsion with a supercritical fluid under conditions suitable to keep the supercritical fluid in a supercritical state, whereby the supercritical fluid extracts the organic solvent from the micelles, causing them to precipitate as organic-solvent free solid composite lipid/drug nanoparticles suspended or dispersed in the liquid.

The invention provides an edible fungus planting bag growth well and a mounting method thereof. The growth well consists of an insertion tube, a sleeve ring, an upper baffle plate, a filter pad, a lower baffle plate and an erector, wherein the insertion tube is taper cone-shaped, the diameter of an opening of the insertion tube is less than that of the sleeve ring, the connection inner ends of the insertion tube and the sleeve ring both have a ring of ladder-shaped protruding platform, the upper baffle plate and the lower baffle plate are arranged in the sleeve ring, the filter pad is arranged between the upper baffle plate and the lower baffle plate, and air holes are arranged on the upper baffle plate and the lower baffle plate. When the growth well is used, the erector is inserted in the insertion tube of the growth well and drives the insertion tube to be inserted in the planting bag, and the fungi are planted in the growth well while inoculating. The growth well has the advantages that: the sealing effect is good, and the problem of cross infection in the growth period is solved; the growth cycle is easily controlled; the quality of the grown edible fungi is stable, and the yield is improved by over 50 percent; and the automated control is realized, the labor consumption is reduced, and the production cost is lowered.

An improved alkali earth metal stearate composition is disclosed and is prepared by reacting a fatty acid component including at least about 80% by weight stearic acid and at least about 5% by weight palmitic acid with an alkali hydroxide to form an alkali soap. An aqueous metal salt solution is then added to the soap to form the improved alkali earth metal stearate. The improved alkali earth metal stearate includes a significant amount of the dihydrate form of the stearate.

A high-performance, energy-saving, automatic cooper-melting apparatus, includes peripherals containing a tank acting as a main body. The tank has a top capped by an upper stirring device that has a top equipped with a lid. The lid has a lower surface with a sealing pad attached thereto. The sealing pad is centrally installed with a stirring motor. The stirring motor is centrally installed with a post. The post is equipped peripherally with stirring rollers. The tank contains a probe connected to an electric cord whose two ends are connected to an air suspension blower and a DCS detecting device, respectively. The tank contains a screen plate. The tank has one lateral provided with an air pipe and an opposite lateral provided with a liquid pipe. The air pipe has one end fixed with an air pipe stirrer, and the liquid pipe has one end fixed with a liquid pipe stirrer.

A system for creating software applications and for operating these software applications on a plurality of different devices is provided. The system includes a number of functional units that may be repeatedly instantiated in the same application or in different applications, wherein each functional unit defines a delimited UI area of a graphical user interface. Each functional unit has a specific part and a generic part. In this case, the specific part defines a number of UI elements having a predefined set of UI state variables. The generic part is set up to transform the values of the UI state variables into a device-independent and application-independent form and to export the values in this form as a state data record and to import such a state data record and to allocate the values contained therein to the UI state variables of the UI elements.

The invention relates to an edible mushroom growth device and a use method thereof. The edible mushroom growth device comprises a planting bag, a cultivation substrate, a sealing layer, a growth well, a pocket and an installation device, wherein the sealing layer is a layer of soft airproof cloth, the cultivation substrate is sealed in the planting bag, the planting bag is provided with the growth well, the growth well is arranged in the cultivation substrate through the sealing layer, and the pocket is arranged on one end of the planting bag and is in a binding status. During use, the installation device can be installed in an insertion pipe, the insertion pipe is driven by the installation device, the insertion pipe is inserted into the planting bag, a lantern ring is arranged outside the sealing layer, and then, the installation device is pulled out; strains are planted in the growth well, a lower baffle plate, a filter pad and an upper baffle plate are arranged in the lantern ring, and the strains are cultivated to grow. The invention has advantages of favorable sealing effect, easy control of growth period, and favorable quality of growing edible mushrooms. According to the invention, automatic control can be realized, labor force is reduced, and production cost is lowered.

The present invention provides compositions useful as a replacement for cellulose ether in cement, plaster or mortar compositions comprising i) nonionic or substantially nonionic vinyl or acrylic brush polymers having pendant or side chain polyether groups, and having a relative weight average molecular weight of from 140,000 to 50,000,000 g/mole, and ii) aromatic cofactors containing one or more phenolic groups, such as catechol tannins, phenolic resins, polyphenolics, and napthhols or, in combination, one or more aromatic groups with at least one sulfur acid group, such as naphthalene sulfonate aldehyde condensate polymers, poly(styrene-co-styrene sulfonate) copolymers, and lignin sulfonates, preferably branched cofactors, including phenolic resins, aldehyde condensate polymers and lignin sulfonates. The compositions may comprise a dry powder blend of i) and ii), one dry powder of both i) and ii), or an aqueous mixture.