The invention relates to a method of reducing carbon dioxide and metal-containing dust and, more particularly, to a method of simultaneously reducing carbon dioxide and metal-containing dust by passing an off-gas, which contains carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide and metal-containing dust, through a reactor in which a sulfur-oxidizing microorganism is grown using carbon dioxide as a carbon source to produce sulfuric acid, and producing metal sulfates (MeSO.sub.4) by reaction of the produced sulfur acid with metal components present in the off-gas.

The present disclosure is directed to a catalytic composite that comprises porous supported catalyst particles durably enmeshed in a porous fibrillated polymer membrane. The supported catalyst particles are composed of at least one metal or metal oxide catalyst dispersed on a porous support substrate. In some embodiments, the porous fibrillated polymer membrane is perforated or otherwise contains mechanically formed holes therein. The supported catalyst particles have a large particle population based, at least in part, a D90 value greater than 60 microns. The catalytic membrane composite may be used in filtration applications to remove air-polluting substances such as SOx, NOx, dioxin/furan, CO, and others and convert them into non-polluting or less-polluting gas components. Additionally, the catalytic article may be in the form of a filter bag, a honeycomb, a monolith or any other suitable geometrically structured forms.

Novel radioactive iodide molecular traps, in which one or more metal atoms are functionalized by coordinating to an amine containing two or more nitrogens, and methods of using the molecular traps to capture radioactive iodide.

The invention discloses a visible light responsive titanium dioxide nanowire/metal organic skeleton/carbon nanofiber membrane and preparation method and application thereof. A CNF (Carbon Nano Fiber)/TiO.sub.2 nano-wire/MIL-100 (represented as CTWM) membrane material is prepared and an MIL-100 material is used for adsorbing waste gas to enhance the photocatalytic effect of titanium dioxide on the membrane material; a CNF/TiO.sub.2/MIL-100 membrane catalyst sufficiently utilizes the adsorption capability of MIL-100 on the waste gas, the photocatalytic degradation performance of the TiO.sub.2 and high electrical conductivity of CNF to effectively prolong the service life of photoelectrons and promote the photocatalytic activity of the photoelectrons.

A catalyst for decomposing an organic substance, the catalyst having a body which has a plurality of pores and the body contains a perovskite-type composite oxide represented by A.sub.xB.sub.yM.sub.zO.sub.w, where the A contains at least one selected from Ba and Sr, the B contains Zr, the M is at least one selected from Mn, Co, Ni, and Fe, 1.001≤x≤1.1, 0.05≤z≤0.2, y+z=1, and w is a positive value that satisfies electrical neutrality. The average pore diameter of the plurality of pores is 49 nm to 260 nm and the pore volume of each of the plurality of pores is 0.08 cm.sup.3/g to 0.37 cm.sup.3/g.

Systems and methods in accordance with the present invention provide for the efficient distillation of ethanol in an ethanol plant including a beer column. Heat is captured in the distillation process and utilized to drive operations in the ethanol plant.

The invention provides a method and system for separating xenon-krypton mixed gas by hydrate formation process. The system is mainly composed of a gas hydrate generating unit, a heat exchanging unit and a gas-water separating unit: pre-cooled xenon-krypton mixed gas is injected from a bottom of a reaction tower, xenon gas in the mixed gas and water attached to a porous tray generate a xenon gas hydrate; and water is injected from a top of the tower to wet the porous tray, a generated hydrate particle is washed and collected to the bottom of the tower simultaneously to form a hydrate slurry, after passing through the heat exchanging unit, the xenon gas hydrate in the slurry is decomposed to form a gas phase flow and a water phase flow, and then enters the gas-water separating unit, and the xenon gas is separated from decomposed water.

Disclosed herein are methods and systems for the removal of volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides from off-gas, which systems comprise a source of ammonia, means for introducing ammonia into a catalytic article having an SCR functionality; a catalytic article having both an oxidation and an SCR functionality, the catalytic article comprising a catalyst substrate and a catalyst composition comprising at least one platinum group metal and/or at least one platinum group metal oxide, at least one oxide of titanium and at least one oxide of vanadium, wherein the washcoat is located in and/or on the walls of the catalyst substrate: means for measuring the amount of NO.sub.x and/or the ammonia slip between the outlet end of the catalytic article and the stack or at the stack, at least one carbon monoxide source, and means for introducing carbon monoxide into the catalytic article.

A system, method, or apparatus for controlling the ignition of a volatile organic compound cloud. The system can include a laser source configured to emit one or more laser beams, one or more fume cells, and a conveyor carrying one or more confectionery products. The system is configured to etch the one or more confectionery products using the one or more laser beams. The etching creates a volatile organic compound cloud above the one or more confectionery products. The system is also configured to control one or more factors of the system, where the one or more factors include at least one of laser power, laser wavelength, geometry of laser beam, etch geometry, or fume extraction air flow. The system is further configured to ignite the volatile organic compound cloud based on the controlled one or more factors.

The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a filter element and a catalyst, where the filter element is configured to remove particulate from a stream that includes at least one of a gas and/or a vapor to form a filtered stream of the gas and/or the vapor, the catalyst is configured to receive the filtered stream and react a compound in the filtered stream to form an upgraded stream of the gas and/or the vapor, further including an upgraded compound, and both the filter element and the catalyst are configured to be substantially stable at temperatures up to about 500° C.