The methods and systems are disclosed which leverage sulfur abatement resources present at most refineries or other hydrocarbon processing plants, such as natural gas processing plants to capture and treat sulfur-containing byproducts, such as SO.sub.2, generated during the regeneration of spent HDP catalysts. Thus, the disclosed methods and systems allow for converting hazardous waste spent catalyst to a salable product at it source while simultaneously capturing the sulfur oxides removed from the catalyst and converting them to a useful product instead of a resultant waste stream requiring management and/or disposal. Thus, spent sulfur bearing refinery wastes, such as HDP catalyst, can be roasted or regenerated at the refinery site to convert the hazardous sulfur-bearing wastes into one or more salable products.

Provided herein are metal organic frameworks comprising metal nodes and N-donor organic ligands. Methods for capturing chemical species from fluid compositions comprise contacting a metal organic framework characterized by the formula [M.sub.aM.sub.bF.sub.6-n(O/H.sub.2O).sub.w(Ligand).sub.x(solvent).sub.y].sub.z with a fluid composition and capturing one or more chemical species from the fluid composition.

This invention relates to a process and apparatus for growing agricultural products with a reduced abundance of radioactive carbon-14 (.sup.14C) by employing centrifugal separation of atmospheric gases to selectively remove carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) with .sup.14C. Agricultural products with reduced .sup.14C content can be grown in controlled environments with filtered atmospheric gases for the benefit of reducing harmful damage to human DNA that is unavoidable with our current food chain, due to the natural abundance of .sup.14C in atmospheric gases. Bilateral and unilateral compression helikon vortex apparatus provide efficient and economical removal of CO.sub.2 with .sup.14C from atmospheric gases with a single filtration pass, which is ideally suited for large scale agricultural production.

A methanisation unit includes a culture substrate to be used in a method for methanising liquid effluents with structured packing, the culture substrate being made up of more than 50% of wood elements, of which at least one dimension is greater than 80 mm, the porosity of the culture substrate being greater than 50%. Embodiments relate to a method for preparing a culture substrate intended to be used in a methanisation unit according to the invention, and a methanisation method in a methanisation unit.

Systems and methods of sequestering carbon dioxide in concrete are described herein. The methods include combining water and a foaming agent to form a foaming agent mixture, adding a gas comprising carbon dioxide to the foaming agent mixture in a first mixing chamber, mixing the water, the gas comprising carbon dioxide and the foaming agent to form a foam mixture in the first mixing chamber, the foam mixture comprising a plurality of foam bubbles containing the at least a portion of the carbon dioxide, combining the foam mixture with concrete materials in a second mixing chamber so that the foam mixture contacts the concrete materials, the concrete materials comprising cement, and mixing the foam mixture and the concrete materials in the second mixing chamber to form the concrete having the carbon dioxide sequestered therein.

[Problem]

To provide a microorganism deodorizing device capable of sufficiently exhibiting a decomposition-deodorization function while suppressing an increase in manufacturing cost, even in a large-scale device including a large-sized deodorizing tank.

[Solution]

A deodorizing tank 1 of a microorganism deodorizing device 1A forms an airflow passage 20 through which air passes from a chamber unit 3 to an opening portion 19; and the airflow passage 20 is provided with a deodorizing unit 5 in which a foam material 17 is filled, a ventilation resistance layer 4 arranged close to or adjacent to the deodorizing unit 5 and configured to increase ventilation resistance of the air flowing through the airflow passage 20, and a chamber unit 3 arranged close to or adjacent to the deodorizing unit 5 and/or the ventilation resistance layer 4 as a chamber which temporarily stores the air fed to the deodorizing tank 1; and the air is fed to the deodorizing unit 5 in a state of being spread in the chamber unit 3 over a substantially entire surface of the deodorizing unit 5 as a result of that the ventilation resistance of flow of the air flowing through the airflow passage 20 is increased by the ventilation resistance layer 4.

The present invention relates to a method for upgrading biogas generated by a biological process wherein at least carbon dioxide is removed from the bio-gas. More specifically the present invention relates to method for upgrading a biogas comprising a first absorption step wherein the liquid effluent is subjected to a second absorption step and a flash step and the gas streams resulting therefrom are recycled. The present invention also relates a biogas upgrading plant.

Disclosed is an absorbent containing an amine for absorption of an acid gas in a biogas, and a biogas purification system using the same.

A closed-loop, bioregenerative water purification system including a gravity-independent anaerobic membrane bioreactor capable of operating in the presence and absence of gravity, the bioreactor including an anaerobic bioreactor, a first membrane filtration unit, and a second membrane filtration unit, wherein the anaerobic bioreactor is configured to receive organic waste and hygiene water as inputs and break them down into constituent components using anaerobic microbes, wherein the first membrane filtration unit is configured to receive effluent output from the anaerobic bioreactor, return concentrate to the anaerobic bioreactor, and output permeate to the second membrane filtration unit, and wherein the second membrane filtration unit is configured to receive the permeate output from the first membrane filtration unit, separate biogas from the permeate, and output nutrient-rich water.

A synthetic fuel production system and related techniques are disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments, the disclosed system may be configured to produce a liquid fuel using carbon dioxide extracted from the air and hydrogen generated from aqueous solutions by electrochemical means (e.g., water electrolysis). In production of the fuel, the disclosed system may be configured, in accordance with some embodiments, to react the carbon dioxide and hydrogen, for example, to form methanol. The disclosed system also may be configured, in accordance with some embodiments, to utilize one or more subsequent reaction steps to produce a given targeted set of hydrocarbons and partially oxidized hydrocarbons. For example, the disclosed system may be used to produce any one (or combination) of: ethanol; dimethyl ether; formic acid; formaldehyde; alkanes of various chain length; olefines; aliphatic and aromatic carbon compounds; and mixtures thereof, such as gasoline fuels, diesel fuels, and jet fuels.