An operating method for a batch process, the batch process comprising a plurality of operating phases and within each phase there is provided at least one operating mode, one of the modes of each phase being a standby mode or its equivalent, wherein a transition from a first phase to a second phase requires that the first phase be initialised to its standby mode or equivalent and upon completion of the phase change the second phase enters its standby mode or equivalent.

An operating method for a batch process, the batch process comprising a plurality of operating phases and within each phase there is provided at least one operating mode, one of the modes of each phase being a standby mode or its equivalent, wherein a transition from a first phase to a second phase requires that the first phase be initialised to its standby mode or equivalent and upon completion of the phase change the second phase enters its standby mode or equivalent.

The present invention relates to an apparatus (100) for extracting toner from a toner cartridge comprising an inlet opening (1), a first outlet opening (2) for discharging toner, and a second outlet opening (3) for discharging toner cartridges. The apparatus (100) also comprises: a toner cartridge opening device (10) configured to break a toner cartridge so that the toner may be removed from inside said toner cartridge; a separating device (20) connected to said opening device (10) for receiving broken toner cartridges from said opening device, and configured to separate toner from a respective toner cartridge broken by said opening device (10), said separating device (20) being further configured to separately convey the broken toner cartridge to said second outlet opening (3) and toner separated from said broken toner cartridge to said first outlet opening (2).

Disclosed are a kitchen waste treatment system and a method thereof. The kitchen waste treatment system includes a control module, a drying module, an air extraction module, a grinding module and a temperature sensor all connected with the control module. The control module is for sending a first control signal, a second control signal and a third control signal according to a current working process in a determination that it is turned on normally. The drying module is for drying kitchen waste. The air extraction module is for extracting air from the kitchen waste. The grinding module is for grinding the kitchen waste. The temperature sensor is for detecting a temperature of the drying module. The control module is further for sending a stop command to the drying module in a determination that the temperature is higher than a preset temperature threshold.

A solar panel cutting unit according to an embodiment can separate layers of a solar panel from each other at once. The solar panel cutting unit separates thin layers of a solar panel from each other and includes a frame, a panel transporting mechanism that is provided at the frame and lowers the solar panel in a vertical direction such that adhesion lines of the thin layers are arranged downward, a pair of guide roller units that is positioned below the panel transporting mechanism and guides and lowers the solar panel, and a wire cutting mechanism that includes a pair of support rollers and cutting wires which connect the support rollers to each other and extend in the same direction as the adhesion lines such that the wire cutting mechanism separates the thin layers of the solar panel from each other.

Ozone-based methods and systems for treatment of solid waste that contains pathogens, and requires apparent volume reduction, include using dual treatment chambers, lift transporters that cascade the preliminarily treated solid waste, and agitation within the second (high ozone concentration) treatment chamber. The steps include feeding solid waste into a shredder chamber to reduce its apparent volume; and then to a first treatment chamber for preliminary ozone molecular interaction with the solid waste, and to a second treatment chamber with an agitator, via at least one lift transporter, to both cascade and agitate to enhance efficacy.

A waste treatment apparatus includes: a body having a spherical shape and configured to accommodate a waste therein; and a stirring unit configured to stir the waste accommodated in the body. The stirring unit includes: a main shaft horizontally and rotatably disposed at a center portion in the inside of the body; a plurality of main shaft stirring blades having a flat plate shape, the plurality of main shaft stirring blades mounted on a surface of the main shaft; a plurality of support rods assembled to the main shaft at a predetermined interval, the plurality of support rods extending perpendicularly toward an inner peripheral surface of the body; and a plurality of stirring blades each having a rectangular flat plate shape, the plurality of stirring blades being mounted on distal ends of the plurality of support rods on an inner peripheral surface side of the body.

A waste treatment apparatus includes: a body having a spherical shape and configured to accommodate a waste therein; and a stirring unit configured to stir the waste accommodated in the body. The stirring unit includes: a main shaft horizontally and rotatably disposed at a center portion in the inside of the body; a plurality of main shaft stirring blades having a flat plate shape, the plurality of main shaft stirring blades mounted on a surface of the main shaft; a plurality of support rods assembled to the main shaft at a predetermined interval, the plurality of support rods extending perpendicularly toward an inner peripheral surface of the body; and a plurality of stirring blades each having a rectangular flat plate shape, the plurality of stirring blades being mounted on distal ends of the plurality of support rods on an inner peripheral surface side of the body.

A dismantling procedure selecting apparatus includes a dismantling information storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of dismantling information respectively including a plurality of predetermined dismantling procedures for a plurality of dismantled objects each used as a reference for dismantling an object to be dismantled, a whole detector that captures a whole image of the object to be dismantled, a detail detector that captures an image of at least a portion of the object to be dismantled, and a dismantling procedure deriving unit that extracts a first feature as a feature of the object to be dismantled based on data obtained by capturing an image by at least one of the whole detector and the detail detector, obtains a degree of matching between the first feature and each of a plurality of second features that are respectively features of a plurality of dismantled objects, and selects a dismantling procedure associated with one of a plurality of the dismantled objects having a second feature having a highest degree of matching among a plurality of second features.

A method for recovering lithium from lithium ion battery scrap according to this invention comprises subjecting lithium ion battery scrap to a calcination step, a crushing step, and a sieving step sequentially carried out, wherein the method comprises, between the calcination step and the crushing step, between the crushing step and the sieving step, or after the sieving step, a lithium dissolution step of bringing the lithium ion battery scrap into contact with water and dissolving lithium contained in the lithium ion battery scrap in the water to obtain a lithium-dissolved solution; a lithium concentration step of solvent-extracting lithium ions contained in the lithium-dissolved solution and stripping them to concentrate the lithium ions to obtain a lithium concentrate; and a carbonation step of carbonating the lithium ions in the lithium concentrate to obtain lithium carbonate.