Ebara Corporation

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Ichiro Kamiya

Ryoichi Shinjo

Yukiko Nishioka

Yuzo Narasaki

Minoru Harada

Yoshihiro Ishii

Tetsuo Kuroda

Koichi Kosaka

Hidemitsu Otsuka

Takeshi Murakami

Yoshio Sato

Yumiko Noda

Manabu Toshimitsu

Haruki Sato

Manabu Morishita

A desalination apparatus capable of obtaining fresh water stably at low cost by utilizing low-temperature waste, wherein the desalination apparatus including a heat exchanger cooperating with an evaporation can so as to subject a low-temperature waste heat and raw water in the evaporation can to heat exchange and generate water vapor in the evaporation can ; a condenser cooperating with a raw water tank so as to receive the water vapor from the evaporation can , cool the water vapor by subjecting the water vapor and raw water in the raw water tank to heat exchange and obtain distilled water ; a distilled water tank for storing the distilled water ; vacuum means for evacuating the evaporation can and depressurizing the inside thereof so as to promote generation of water vapor in the evaporation can ; and raw water supply means for supplying raw water to the evaporation can.

Desalination method and desalination apparatus

A method and an apparatus for measuring the moisture content of the soil in order to enable pF value based control of irrigation in cultivation on the soil, as well as a method and an apparatus which use the first-mentioned method and apparatus to enable pF value based control of irrigation. To attain these objects, the invention provides a method for measuring the pF value (soil moisture tension) of the soil, comprising the steps of (a) preliminarily determining the correlation between pF value and volumetric water content of the soil to be measured, (b) measuring the volumetric water content of the soil, and (c) converting the value of the volumetric soil water content of the soil measured in the above step (b) to the corresponding pF value on the basis of the correlation between pF value and volumetric water content predetermined in the above step (a). Also a method and an apparatus for controlling the irrigation of the soil based on the measurement of the pF value by the method.

Soil pf value measuring method, and irrigation control method and irrigation control device

A desalination apparatus and method utilizing solar energy provided with a solar heat collector for heating a heating medium with solar energy, a heat exchanger cooperating with an evaporation can so as to subject the heating medium and raw water in the evaporation can to heat exchange and generate water vapor therein, a condenser cooperating with a raw water tank so as to receive the vapor from the evaporation can, cool the vapor by subjecting the vapor and raw water in the raw water tank to heat exchange and obtain distilled water.

Desalination apparatus and method of operating the same

A discharge reactor that generates silent discharge and/or creeping discharge between dielectric and high voltage electrode and/or grounded electrode, said dielectric being located between high voltage electrode and grounded electrode, and which generates clean ozone in the discharge space 1 as it passes through said discharge space 1 or as it is held within said discharge space 1, which discharge reactor is characterized in that the dielectric is made of highly purified quartz glass (SiO.sub.2) or single-crystal sapphire which is a highly purified crystallized aluminium oxide or high-purity alumina ceramics which is the firing of highly purified aluminum oxide. Further, in order to obtain cleaner and highly concentration ozone, at least the electrode or electrodes in the area of the discharge space which is to be exposed to discharge are made of a high-purity aluminum material and at least the area of the discharge space which is to be exposed to discharge is further coated with an anodic oxidation film.

Discharge reactor

In an electric discharge type ozonizer using highly pure oxygen gas having a purity of not lower than 99.99% as a raw material gas, the pressure of a gas in the discharge space of a discharger is raised to a level higher than atmospheric pressure by at least 1.1 kgf/cm.sup.2, and/or in which a liquid-cooled discharger is used, and the temperature of the cooling liquid is set at a level not lower than 15.degree. C., whereby the ozonizer is capable of stably producing ozone gas at a high ozone concentration without causing lowering of the ozone concentration with time.

Ozonizer

The present invention provides a method for deodorizing and refreshing petroleum group solvent used in a dry cleaning apparatus, and a dry cleaning apparatus using such a method, which can maintain the circulating solvent in a fresh condition for a long time, eliminate a bad smell of the solvent, provide highly stable cleaning ability and good cleaning finish, and prevent ignition and explosion of the solvent to ensure safety. In the dry cleaning apparatus, the petroleum group solvent in a solvent storage tank 2 is pumped by a circulating pump 5, is supplied to a cleaning bath 8 through a filter 6 and carbon absorbent 7 and then is returned from the cleaning bath 8to the solvent storage tank 2 through a button trap 3, and an ozone generating device 10 is provided for generating ozone gas and a diffuser 11 for pouring the ozone gas produced by the ozone generating device 10 into the petroleum group solvent as fine bubbles are arranged to be contacted with a bottom surface of the solvent storage tank 2 or the button trap 3.

Method for deodorizing and refreshing for dry cleaning

The present invention provides a method for deodorizing and refreshing petroleum group solvent used in a dry cleaning apparatus, and a dry cleaning apparatus using such a method, which can maintain the circulating solvent in a fresh condition for a long time, eliminate a bad smell of the solvent, provide highly stable cleaning ability and good cleaning finish, and prevent ignition and explosion of the solvent to ensure safety. In the dry cleaning apparatus, the petroleum group solvent in a solvent storage tank 2 is pumped by a circulating pump 5, is supplied to a cleaning bath 8 through a filter 6 and carbon absorbent 7 and then is returned from the cleaning bath 8 to the solvent storage tank 2 through a button trap 3, and an ozone generating device 10 is provided for generating ozone gas and a diffuser 11 for pouring the ozone gas produced by the ozone generating device 10 Into the petroleum group solvent as fine bubbles are arranged to be contacted with a bottom surface of the solvent storage tank 2 or the button trap 3.

Method for deodorizing and refreshing for dry cleaning and dry cleaning

A ceramic hydrodynamic bearing used as a radial or a thrust bearing in a spindle motor for a hard disk driver. The bearing includes a ceramic bearing base having hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves. A sliding surface of the bearing base is irradiated with an energy beam with a high energy density to remove said material, thereby forming hydrodynamic pressure generating groove, and at the same time the grooves are coated with a modification layer that is formed by melting the ceramic material that constitutes said ceramic bearing base with the energy beam and by solidifying said ceramic bearing base.

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Tokyo, Japan

Ichiro Kamiya