General Electric Company

Merck + Co., Inc.

Pepsico, Inc.

Youssef El-Shoubary

Subash C Seth

Rudy Maes

Bang M Kim

Mark Edward Dausch

Norman Zethward Shilling

Ned A Speizer

Donald E Woodmansee

Joseph Duane Tobbe

Dwight William Jacobus

Andrew Joseph Spanyer

William F Lavosky

Jimmy Lynn Webb

Andrew Philip Shapiro

Donald Franklin Foust

Paul A Siemers

James A White

John A Eaton

Donald Richard Dickerson, Jr

Seth Alexander Capello

Herriot Moise

Daniel A Abramowicz

Taher Shabbir Dawoodi

Richard A Mizenko

Norman Z Shillling

Robert Martin Lowery

In at least some embodiments, a carbonated beverage is formed by filling a container with a beverage liquid, adding solid carbon dioxide, sealing the container, and then limiting the development of overpressure within the container. In some embodiments, overpressure within a container may be limited by an adsorber material element. In some embodiments, overpressure within a container may be limited through agitation of a sealed container.

Post fill carbonation with container overpressure limitation

An adsorption powder useful for the removal of mercury and other metals, as well as furans, dioxins and other organic compounds from gaseous streams. The powder may be characterized as containing a carbon-based powder and an effective amount of cupric chloride suitable for removing metals and organic compounds from high temperature and moisture gaseous streams. The powder may contain calcium hydroxide, sulfur, potassium permanganate, potassium iodide, and combinations thereof.

Adsorption powder containing cupric chloride

A carbon-based, adsorption powder containing an effective amount of cupric chloride suitable for removing mercury from a high temperature, high moisture gas stream, wherein the effective amount of cupric chloride ranges from about 1 to about 45 wt percent. Additional additives, such as potassium permanganate, calcium hydroxide, potassium iodide and sulfur, may be added to the powder to enhance the removal of mercury from the gas stream.

Carbon-based adsorption powder containing cupric chloride

An adsorption powder for removing mercury and other metals, dioxins, furans and other organic compounds from metal- and organic compound-comtaminated soil and method therefor. The adsorption powder may be characterized as containing from about 1 to 97% of carbon, from about 1 to 97% of calcium hydroxide, from about 1 to 97% of cupric chloride, and from about 1 to 60% of KI impregnated carbon. The method of the invention may be characterized by the steps of: a) placing metal- and organic compound-contaminated soil in a kiln/drum; b) heating the kiln/drum to form a gas, wherein the gas contains the metal- and organic contaminated soil; c) transferring the gas to an exhaust cleaning unit/afterburner and the soil to a cooling unit; d) heating the gas in the cleaning unit/afterburner; e) cooling the gas and adding the adsorption powder thereto to produce a powder-containing gas component; f) transferring the powder-containing gas component to a baghouse; and g) releasing the substantially mercury-free gaseous component to the atmosphere.

Adsorption powder for removing mercury from high temperature, high moisture gas streams

There is disclosed an adsorption powder effective for capturing mercury from a high temperature, high moisture gas stream comprising: about 1-97% carbon; about 1-97% of alkaline material; about 1-97% cupric chloride impregnated carbon, and about 1-60% carbon impregnated with KI . Additionally, a method of removing mercury from high temperature, high moisture gas streams, using the adsorption powder of the invention, is disclosed.

Adsorption power for removing mercury from high temperature high moisture gas streams

A method and adsorption powder useful for the removal of mercury and other metals, as well as furans, dioxins and other organic compounds from high temperature and high moisture gaseous streams. The method utilizes an adsorption powder characterized as containing a carbon-based powder and an effective amount of cupric chloride suitable to remove metals and organic compounds. The powder may contain calcium hydroxide, sulfur, potassium permanganate, potassium iodide, and combinations thereof.

Method of adsorbing metals and organic compounds from vaporous streams

There is disclosed an adsorption powder effective for capturing mercury from a high temperature, high moisture gas stream comprising: about 1-97% carbon; about 1-97% calcium hydroxide; about 1-97% cupric chloride impregnated carbon, and about 1-60% carbon impregnated with KI . Additionally, a method of removing mercury from high temperature, high moisture gas streams is disclosed.

Process for adsorption of mercury from gaseous streams

The appliance comprises a container for receiving the soiled articles, a circulation pump for distributing a hot liquid to the container, a drain positioned in the container and connected to the pump for emptying the liquid from the container upon completion of a cycle and a hydroclone connected to the drain and the pump, for removing soil from the liquid such that about ninety percent (90%) of the liquid distributed to the container during one cycle can be utilized during at least one subsequent cycle. Another embodiment includes a dishwasher having a normal operating cycle, the dishwasher comprising a container for accommodating a plurality of articles, a circulation pump for delivering a liquid to the container and for circulating the liquid within the container, a diverter connected to the circulation pump for diverting at least a portion of the circulating liquid to a hydroclone while returning at least about ninety percent (90%) of the liquid diverted to the hydroclone to the circulating liquid, the returned liquid having at most about 0.02% solids contained therein.

Reduced energy cleaning appliance

The present invention relates to a process for cleaning mercury-contaminated soils that is simple, efficient and safe to use. This process can also be used to clean soils contaminated with additional metals, such as zinc, copper and lead, at a lower pH. The invention involves treating contaminated soils with solid hypochlorite in a continuous counter-current process.

Process for cleaning mercury-contaminated soils

The present invention relates to a process for treating contaminated water to precipitate metals without increasing the total dissolved solids content. In particular, the invention relates to the use of phosphoric acid and calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide to adjust the pH of chromium contaminated groundwater during the treatment process without increasing the total dissolved solids (TDS).

Method for treating metal contaminated water

A variable volume oven that can be modified to adjust its volume according to the cooking load. The volume of the oven is able to be adjusted by providing a heating element that is vertically adjustable within the oven to a position that provides better convective and radiative heating to the cooking load.

Variable volume oven

The present invention relates to a process for cleaning mercury-contaminated soils that is simple, efficient and safe to use. This process can also be used to clean soils contaminated with additional metals, such as zinc, copper and lead, at a lower pH. The present invention involves screening the contaminated soil to remove unwanted materials, leaching the contaminated soils with hypochlorite in a screw reactor, thickening, leaching with hypochlorite and sodium chloride, thickening again and then separating the mercury-containing liquids from the clean soil. This invention also relates to a process which uses sulfide to treat the mercury-containing liquids.

Disclosed is a low-temperature process for regenerating carbon adsorbents utilized in flue gas desulfurization where carbon loss is minimized. The carbon adsorbent is soaked or washed in a basic reducing solution having a pH greater than 7.0 at room temperature to remove sulfur-containing compounds from carbon.

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North Brunswick, NJ, United States of America

Youssef El-Shoubary