A gas generator including a housing, an igniter disposed inside the housing, a combustion chamber accommodating the igniter, a gas discharge port provided in the housing, and a filter having a cylindrical shape and disposed between the combustion chamber and the gas discharge port. The filter is positioned inside the housing such that a portion of at least one end surface of two end surfaces in an axial direction of the filter is supported by contact, an outer area positioned outward in a radial direction of the portion that is supported by contact is adjacent to a predetermined space, and a predetermined outer peripheral area of an outer peripheral surface of the filter near the at least one end surface is supported by contact. According to such a configuration, it is possible to suppress a short path of combustion gas in a gas generator equipped with a filter.

A device for holding a target gas comprises a compartment configured to hold the target gas. The device further comprises a gas generator configured and arranged to release the target gas in the compartment in response to a control signal. The device further comprises a reference sensor sensitive to the target gas and arranged to supply a sensor signal representing a concentration of the target gas in the compartment. A control unit is provided and configured to control the release of the target gas from the gas generator by way of the control signal, dependent on the sensor signal. The gas generator and the reference sensor are arranged in the compartment.

Systems and methods related to loading and unloading stations for simultaneous unloading of a first fluid from at least one storage tank in a vessel and loading of a second fluid into a storage tank of the same vessel are provided. In at least one aspect, a loading and unloading station includes a first connector for fluid connection to a storage tank of the vessel for unloading the first fluid, and a source of the second fluid. The station also includes a second connector for fluidly connecting the source of the second fluid with a storage tank of the vessel for loading the second fluid. The station further includes a first thermal linkage between the first fluid being unloaded and the second fluid being loaded that facilitates heat transfer between the first fluid and the second fluid at the loading and unloading station.

Systems and methods related to loading and unloading stations for simultaneous unloading of a first fluid from at least one storage tank in a vessel and loading of a second fluid into a storage tank of the same vessel are provided. In at least one aspect, a loading and unloading station includes a first connector for fluid connection to a storage tank of the vessel for unloading the first fluid, and a source of the second fluid. The station also includes a second connector for fluidly connecting the source of the second fluid with a storage tank of the vessel for loading the second fluid. The station further includes a first thermal linkage between the first fluid being unloaded and the second fluid being loaded that facilitates heat transfer between the first fluid and the second fluid at the loading and unloading station.

A reactive process for converting hydrogen sulfide into hydrogen gas and sulfur and a reactor for effecting such process.

Provided are a method of producing high-purity molybdenum hexafluoride in good yield and a reaction apparatus therefor.

The method of producing molybdenum hexafluoride, in a production apparatus for molybdenum hexafluoride including a fixed bed that is for mounting metallic molybdenum and that extends inside a reactor from an upstream side to a downstream side of the reactor, a fluorine (F.sub.2) gas inlet provided on the upstream side of the reactor, and a reaction product gas outlet provided on the downstream side of the reactor, comprises bringing metallic molybdenum into contact with fluorine (F.sub.2) gas, where the fixed bed for mounting metallic molybdenum is tilted.

A gas generator including a first igniter, a second igniter, a partition wall that partitions inside a housing into a first space that contains a first gas generating agent and a second space that contains a second gas generating agent, and an inner cylindrical member that houses the first igniter and includes a communication portion at a first end portion, the gas generator further including a closing member that closes a third space that is formed between an inner wall surface of the inner cylindrical member and an outer wall surface of the fixing portion and that connects the communication portion with the first space, the closing member being inhibited from deforming due to pressure from a side of the first space and allowing deformation due to pressure from a side of the third space that negates a closed state between the first space and the third space.

A gas generator including a first igniter, a second igniter, a partition wall that partitions inside a housing into a first space that contains a first gas generating agent and a second space that contains a second gas generating agent, and an inner cylindrical member that houses the first igniter and includes a communication portion at a first end portion, the gas generator further including a closing member that closes a third space that is formed between an inner wall surface of the inner cylindrical member and an outer wall surface of the fixing portion and that connects the communication portion with the first space, the closing member being inhibited from deforming due to pressure from a side of the first space and allowing deformation due to pressure from a side of the third space that negates a closed state between the first space and the third space.

A processing facility is provided. The processing facility includes an asphaltenes and metals (AM) removal system configured to process a feed stream to produce a power generation stream, a hydroprocessing feed stream, and an asphaltenes stream. A power generation system is fed by the power generation feed stream. A hydroprocessing system is configured to process the hydroprocessing feed stream to form a gas stream and a liquid stream. A hydrogen production system is configured to produce hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the gas feed stream. A carbon dioxide conversion system is configured to produce synthetic hydrocarbons from the carbon dioxide, and a cracking system is configured to process the liquid feed stream.

A processing facility is provided. The processing facility includes an asphaltenes and metals (AM) removal system configured to process a feed stream to produce a power generation stream, a hydroprocessing feed stream, and an asphaltenes stream. A power generation system is fed by the power generation feed stream. A hydroprocessing system is configured to process the hydroprocessing feed stream to form a gas stream and a liquid stream. A hydrogen production system is configured to produce hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the gas feed stream. A carbon dioxide conversion system is configured to produce synthetic hydrocarbons from the carbon dioxide, and a cracking system is configured to process the liquid feed stream.