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Westates Carbon

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Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd

James Richard Graham

Cheng Jian Yuan

John G Huntington

Merlin H Moseman

James R Hatfield

Thomas J Hirt

Jianyuan Cheng

An activated carbon-metal oxide matrix is disclosed. The activated carbon-metal oxide matrix may be obtained by a method including the steps of: preoxidizing a carbon material, grinding the preoxidized carbon material; mixing the ground preoxidized material with a metal oxide to form a carbon mixture; extruding the carbon mixture; carbonizing and activating the extrudate. The activated carbon-metal oxide matrix may be used to remove odorous compounds, acidic gases, and volatile organic compounds from a gas.

Activated carbon for odor control

Activated carbon for odor control and method for making same

An activated carbon/metal oxide filter element is disclosed. The filter element may be prepared by blending an activated carbon, a metal oxide, and a binder to form a filter media mixture, shaping the filter media mixture into a filter body. The filter body may be calcined to form a filter element. The activated carbon/metal oxide filter element may be used to remove odorous compounds, acidic gases, and volatile organic compounds from a gas.

An activated carbon-metal oxide matrix is disclosed. The activated carbon-metal oxide matrix may by obtained by a method including the steps of: preoxidizing a carbon material, grinding the preoxidized carbon material; mixing the ground preoxidized material with a metal oxide to form a carbon mixture; extruding the carbon mixture; carbonizing and activating the extrudate. The activated carbon-metal oxide matrix may be used to remove odorous compounds, acidic gases, and volatile organic compounds from a gas.

An activated carbon coated with an intumescent material which will expand at an elevated temperature and render the activated carbon resistant to oxidation. The activation carbon can be in granulated form, including pelletized, and impregnated. The intumescent material is preferably attached to about 10% of the exterior surface of the activated carbon and when exposed to a certain elevated temperature the intumescent material will expand and cover all or almost all of the exterior surface of the activated carbon thereby preventing its burning. The amount of intumescent material is not operable for causing a detrimental reduction in the adsorption capacity of the activated carbon when the coated activated carbon is at temperatures below the certain designed elevated temperature.

Oxidation resistant activated carbon and method of preparation

This invention relates to a method of producing benzene carboxylic acids from an aromatic material, especially coal, by the oxidation of the aromatic material in an aqueous alkaline mixture containing an aliphatic organic acid promoter agent with a source of gaseous oxygen. Use of the aliphatic organic acid promoter agent results in a surprising and unexpected increase in the benzene carboxylic acid yield which is higher than that obtained without the promoter agent. A finely divided coal, potassium carbonate, water, and aliphatic carboxylic acid promoter agent are charged to a feed tank (10) where they are mixed with an agitator (14). A slurry pump (18) pumps the mixture through a preheater (20) to an autoclave (30). Air is continuously fed to the autoclave (30) by a gas compressor (34). The coal slurry is oxidized in the autoclave (30) while being agitated by a mixer (36). Gaseous products, and in particular carbon dioxide, is continuously removed from the autoclave (30) through a vent conduit (42). Benzene carboxylic acid salts produced in the autoclave (30) are removed and cooled in a cooler (52) and stored in a product tank (54).

Process for producing benzene carboxylic acids from aromatic material

This invention relates to a method of producing an aqueous solution which comprises soluble benzene carboxylic acid salts which is substantially free of soluble humic acid salts. A first aqueous solution (22) which comprises soluble humic acid salts and soluble benzene carboxylic acid salts is reacted with carbon dioxide (32) and an inorganic chemical (34) selected from the group consisting of magnesium bicarbonate, magnesium carbonate, a double salt of magnesium carbonate, and mixtures thereof in a mixing zone (30) under conditions operable for converting the soluble humic acid salts to precipitated magnesium humic acid salts while maintaining the soluble benzene carboxylic acid salts in solution. The reacted first aqueous solution (36) is then separated in a separation zone (40) into (i) a second aqueous solution (44) which comprises the soluble benzene carboxylic acid salts and which is at least substantially free of soluble humic acid salts, and (ii) a mixture (42) which comprises precipitated magnesium humic acid salts.

Process for producing benzene carboxylic acid salts from aromatic

An improved method for reducing the halogen content of a particulate polyolefin formed by catalytic polymerization of an olefin in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst is taught which comprises the steps of causing the polyolefin in the dry state to flow into a gas phase fluidized bed, contacting the polyolefin in the fluidized bed with a gas comprising 0.05% to 0.2% alkylene oxide, 5% to 30% water, and the balance inert gas such that the alkylene oxide reacts with halogens present in the polyolefin to form an alkylene halohydrin, removing the alkylene halohydrin from the fluidized bed and thus reducing the halogen content of the polyolefin. The improvement comprises regenerating the alkylene oxide by contacting the inert gas containing alkylene halohydrin with a caustic solution in alcohol or water and recovering therefrom alkylene oxide formed by the reaction of the alkylene halohydrin and the caustic solution.

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James Richard Graham