Jgc Corporation

Kansai Paint Company, Ltd.

Keiichiro Watanabe

Tomiaki Yamada

Tsuneo Sazanami

Noriyuki Suzuki

Masahiro Sakamoto

Takamitsu Iida

Fusao Nishida

Tadashi Asanabe

Kintaro Tsuda

Takehiko Takeda

Tsutomu Yanagihara

Katsuhiko Adachi

Eiichi Hasegawa

Toshihiro Ueno

Katsuaki Ohsato

Eiko Asahara

A continuous alcohol manufacturing process using yeast comprising a zone where a conventional yeast (Yeast B) which has an alcohol producing activity is mainly present (zone of Yeast B); a zone disposed in the fore part of said zone of Yeast B where a yeast (Yeast A) which has an alcohol producing activity and is superior in sugar resistance as compared with Yeast B is mainly present (zone of Yeast A); and a zone disposed in the rear part of said zone of Yeast B where a yeast (Yeast C) which has an alcohol has an alcohol producing activity and is superior in alcohol resistance as compared with Yeast B is mainly present (zone of Yeast C), wherein a substrate solution is supplied to said zone of Yeast A thereby to effect alcohol fermentation; the resulting fermentation liquid is introduced in said zone of Yeast B thereby to effect alcohol fermentation; the resulting fermentation liquid is further introduced in said zone of Yeast C thereby to effect alcohol fermentation; and then a product alcohol broth is obtained from said zone of Yeast C.

Continuous alcohol manufacturing process using yeast

Continuous fermentation with yeast to produce alcohol is carried out by continuously passing a carbohydrate-containing substrate liquid through a vessel packed with a thin film means having yeast immobilized therein. Surfaces of the thin film means extend in the direction of flow within the vessel to provide elongated parallel passages. The thin film means occupies from 10 to 65% of the volume of the vessel and preferably has a thickness of 0.1 to 3 mm. Preferably, the thin film means is formed by mixing an aqueous yeast suspension with a photo-crosslinkable resin and subjecting the mixture to radiation to photo-crosslink the resin.

Continuous alcohol fermentation process using immobilized yeast

The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising at least a metal salt of heteropoly-acid, which is composed of a sort of heteropoly-acid and one or more metals selected from a group of the first transition metals of the periodic table. The catalyst of the present invention exhibits high activity and selectivity in the catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides with ammonia at a temperature of from 250.degree. to 550.degree. C. and offers high resistivity to the poisonous effect of sulfur oxides. It does not entail a wasteful use of the reducing agent, because the catalyst of the present invention does not accelerate the reaction of the reducing agent such as ammonia with oxygen coexisting in the waste gas to be treated, which results in the elimination of the undesired excessive consumption of the reducing agent. Therefore, this invented catalyst may provide a commercially advantageous process for removing harmful constituents, nitrogen oxides from a waste gas which contains the same and additionally, in some cases, sulfur dioxides.

Catalyst for reducing nitrogen oxides in a waste gas and a process for

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Yokohama, Japan

Keiichiro Watanabe