Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.

Alantum Corporation

Alantum Europe Gmbh

University of Toronto

Inco Limited

Cvrd Inco Limited

Vale International S.a.

Shadi Saberi

Dirk Naumann

Lloyd Matt Timberg

Gunnar Walther

Alexander Böhm

Tilo Büttner

Alexander Boehm

Thomas Weissgärber

Jungsuk Bae

Eric Bain Wasmund

Arne Boden

Hans-Dietrich Böhm

Burghardt Klöden

Armen Markarian

Rinaldo A Stefan

Tilo Buettner

Rene Poss

Aaron Fernandes

Dirk Neumann

Kenneth Stark Coley

Randy Shaubel

Yu-Ling Cheng

Dejan Radivojevic

Stanislaw Tadeusz Kolaczkowski

Babak Saberi

Alexander BÖHM

Tilo BÜTTNER

Described are methods and devices for the treatment of fecal matter. A column reactor is used to smolder fecal matter to produce and a volatile components stream and smoldered media. The volatile components stream may be subject to catalysis to reduce the emission of noxious substances and/or generate heat energy. Also described is the use of a turntable for removing smoldered media from the column reactor.

Treatment of fecal matter by smoldering and catalysis

A metallic foam body containing an alloy skin which is up to 50 &#x3bc;m thick can be obtained by a process including (a) providing a metallic foam body comprising a first metallic material; (b) applying a second metallic material which contains a first metallic compound that is leachable as such and/or that can be transformed by alloying into a second metallic compound that is leachable and different from the first metallic compound on a surface of the foam body (a), by coating the metallic foam body with an organic binder and a powder of the second metallic material; (c) forming a skin on foam body (b) by alloying the first and the second metallic material; and (d) leaching out with a leaching agent at least a part of the first and/or the second metallic compound.

Surface modified metallic foam body, process for its production and use thereof

Disclosed are a radiating wall catalytic reactor for providing heat from the inside wall surfaceof a reaction chamberby radiationto support an overall endothermic gas phase chemical reaction taking place in the reaction chamber, and a process for carrying out a chemical reaction in the reactor. The reaction chamberis provided with an entrance portfor introducing a gaseous reactant(s) in a continuous manner into the chamberand an exit portto enable the gaseous product(s) to leave the chamberin a continuous manner. The reaction chamberincludes a plurality of catalyst segments (A), which has one void segment (B)on either side of it; and the reaction chamberis made of a material(s) that is (are) suitable to resist a temperature of 700&#xb0; C. or more.

Radiating wall catalytic reactor and process for carrying out a chemical reaction in this reactor

The invention relates to a method for fabricating an open-porous metal foam body with a nickel base alloy, to a metal foam body fabricated this way as well as advantageous applications for the separation of specific components and pollutants from fluid flows. On the occasion, according to the set object open-porous metal foam bodies which have improved mechanical properties, and in addition an enlarged specific surface and/or increased surface roughness are to be provided. During fabricating it is proceeded such that an open-porous base foam body made of nickel or a nickel base alloy is coated with a liquid binding agent. Subsequent to this, a mixture of a powdery nickel base alloy and an organic component the temperature of phase transformation of which is at least 30 degrees centigrade from its solid phase to the liquid phase is deposited. The temperature should then be below the respective temperature of phase transformation. By means of thermal treatment the binding agent and the organic component are expelled, a portion of the powder particles is sintered, and a further portion of the powder particles is connected with the surface of the base foam body in a material-fit manner via sintering bridges.

Method for fabricating an open-porous metal foam body, metal foam body fabricated this way as well as its applications

The invention relates to an apparatus for the separation of particles contained in exhaust gases of internal combustion engines in which the exhaust gas flow is guided through a filter medium in which particles can be absorbed and held back. The invention should improve the separation in a cost effective manner with respect to conventional particle filters. In accordance with the invention, the filter medium () is made from a metal open-pore foam having at least two layers () which each have a thickness, porosity and/or pore size in the flowthrough direction through the filter medium which differ from one another. In one embodiment, the particle filter includes first and second filter medium layers where the first filter medium has a mean pore size larger than a mean pore size of the second filter medium, and the first filter medium has a thickness that increases in a direction of the exhaust gas flow inlet passage of the filter housing.

Apparatus for the separation of particles contained in exhaust gases of internal combustion engines

A process for the production of extra fine spherical metal powders by chemical vapor deposition and dissolution techniques, including metal carbonyls, wherein the metal containing process gas is propelled upwardly through a heated reactor. By employing an upward gas flow as opposed to the conventional downward gas flow, a closer approximation of theoretical plug-flow velocity profiles are achieved thusly resulting in a desirably narrower size particle distribution obviating or reducing the need for subsequent classification techniques.

Process for producing metal powders

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