There is provided a Czochralski puller installation for Si monocrystalline ingot growth, including: a Czochralski puller; a SiOx dust filter system; and a vacuum pump connected downstream of said SiOx dust filter system, the SiOx dust filter system including at least a first filtration branch having a first SiOx filter unit, and at least a second filtration branch having a second SiOx filter unit, the first filtration branch and the second filtration branch being disposed in parallel and connected to a common first connection point upstream of first and second upstream valves and to a common second connection point downstream of first and second downstream valves, the first and the second filtration branches being connected through a bypass branch having a needle valve for pressure equilibration between the first and the second filtration branches.

In order to increase the operable range of a DC plasma torch in an abatement apparatus, the apparatus comprises a power control configured for controlling the power of the plasma torch by selective control of the plasma source gas flow regulator.

The present invention relates to a device and a method for recovering a large and dry precipitated solid inorganic final product (3D), consisting of phosphorus, nitrogen and an element X selected from the alkaline-earth metals, from a first fluid (1) consisting of at least one divalent cation X2+ mixed with a second fluid (2) containing phosphorus and nitrogen, said device including at least one first reactor (19) which is intended for a primary crystallization reaction, has any shape, and is connected to a second spiral-shaped reactor (20) for secondary crystallization/deposition.

An adsorbent composition having a bismuth material on a support containing at least one of a metal oxide, a metalloid oxide or an activated carbon and methods of making and using the same. The adsorbent composition is useful for adsorbing arsine from a fluid stream.

A biogas cleaning method for purifying a biogas waste stream to form a combustible clean biofuel uses a biogas cleaning system that includes a gas control system, a deoxidizer catalyst bed, a hydrosulfurization catalyst bed, a hydrogen sulfide adsorption bed and a thermal sensor controller. The biogas cleaning method includes using a biogas source to introduce a biogas waste stream into the biogas cleaning system, blending hydrogen with the biogas waste stream, combusting the blended hydrogen and biogas stream to remove oxygen, hydrogenating the heated biogas waste stream to convert sulfur species to hydrogen sulfide and adsorbing the hydrogen sulfide from the biogas stream. In some embodiments, a biogas cleaning system also includes a sulfur polisher adsorption bed, a chlorine removal adsorption bed, a siloxane removal adsorption bed, a heat exchanger loop and a biogas precooler. Some embodiments of a biogas cleaning method can also include precooling the biogas waste stream, adsorbing siloxanes from the biogas waste stream and adsorbing hydrogen chloride from the biogas stream.

An inlet assembly for a an abatement burner includes: an inlet conduit operable to convey an effluent gas stream to be treated from an inlet aperture via a bore to an outlet aperture for treatment; and a lance conduit operable to convey a fuel gas from a gas inlet aperture via a gas bore to a gas outlet aperture positioned within the bore for mixing with the effluent gas stream, a cross-sectional area of the gas bore increasing towards the gas outlet aperture. In this way, the expansion caused by the increasing cross-sectional area of the gas bore enhances the mixing of the fuel gas with the effluent gas stream which provides for improved destruction and removal efficiencies (DRE), which enables the inlet assembly to be operated with reduced quantities of fuel gas, while still maintaining required levels of DRE.

A method for recovering germanium from exhaust gas, includes: a first step of bringing the exhaust gas into contact with circulating water to move germanium; a second step of supplying the circulating water and a soluble iron salt to a reception tank; a third step of neutralizing the circulating water; and a fourth step of settling a precipitate in the circulating water. The first step to the fourth step are set as one cycle and are repeatedly executed in two or more cycles. In the second step of a second or subsequent cycle, at least a part of the precipitate obtained as the soluble iron salt in the fourth step is injected into the reception tank. The precipitate is taken out after executing the first step to the fourth step in a predetermined number of cycles.

A method for recovering germanium from exhaust gas in a manufacturing step of an optical fiber preform, the method includes: a first step of allowing the exhaust gas to pass through a separation device and separating germanium from the exhaust gas. The exhaust gas is gas exhausted in a dehydration and consolidation step of optical fiber preform manufacturing.

Disclosed is a method for phosphorus absorption by hydration and fluorine recovery for a fume exiting a kiln in a kiln process for the production of phosphoric acid, comprising the following steps: a fume containing P.sub.2O.sub.5 and fluorine exiting a kiln is introduced into a hydration tower, the fume performs heat and mass transfer with the spraying liquid, with most of the phosphoric acid produced being absorbed into the spraying liquid; the phosphoric acid solution falling from the spraying finally enters the acid solution circulating and spraying system; the fume discharged from a fume outlet then passes through a phosphoric acid mist capturing tower and a mist removing and separating tower successively, such that the phosphoric acid mist entrained in the fume exiting the hydration tower is further captured.

Provided is a water quality analysis device capable of keeping the device in a clean state without leaving an operation at the time of device power supply activation to an operator and without wasting time and wash water. The water quality analysis device is configured such that: a memory 21 capable of storing a stored content in a cut-off state of the device power supply is provided; the states of the vessels, such as an IC reactor 1 and a TC reactor 2, in which sample water is injected at the time of an analysis operation are sequentially stored in the memory 21; contents of the memory 21 are read at the time of the device power supply activation; and a cleaning operation is automatically executed according to prescribed procedures with the states read for each reactor 1 and 2 as a starting point. Thus, even after the power supply interruption due to, e.g., power outage, the device is kept in a clean state with minimum necessary operations.