A process for polymerizing ethylene in a high-pressure polymerization system having a continuously operated polymerization reactor and a reactor blow down system having an emergency valve, a reactor blow down vessel containing an aqueous medium and a reactor blow down dump vessel, wherein the process includes the steps of monitoring the polymerization system for a disturbance, opening the emergency valve when a disturbance occurs to allow the content of the polymerization system to expand into the reactor blow down vessel, contacting the content of the polymerization system in the reactor blow down vessel with the aqueous medium to obtain an aqueous polymer slurry, separating the polymer slurry and gaseous components, and transferring the polymer slurry to the reactor blow down dump vessel.

The invention discloses a horizontal supercritical fluid autoclave and an apparatus thereof, and the autoclave including an autoclave body, an end cover, a material frame, a wedge block and a wedge block driving device, wherein the autoclave body is horizontally arranged, and the wedge block driving device can drive the wedge block to move in the radial direction, so that the wedge block can be clamped into a clamping groove at the inner wall of the open end of the autoclave body to lock the end cover or can be separated from the clamping groove of the autoclave body to open the cover. The end cover is small in size and light in weight, and the wedge block type cover mechanism with quick unlocking and locking is adopted; and the structure is simple, the opening/closing of the end cover is simpler and more convenient, and the installation space is saved.

Described herein is a reactor (1) includes: a first reaction volume (V1), a second reaction volume (V2), wherein: the first reaction volume (V1) is in fluid communication with an inlet port for an oxidizer agent (OX_IN), an inlet port for at least one first reactant (R1_IN) and an outlet port for at least one reaction product (P1_OUT), said second reaction volume (V2) is in fluid communication with an inlet port for at least one second reactant (R2_IN), an outlet port for at least one second reaction product (P2_OUT) and is furthermore in thermal exchange relationship with said first reaction volume (V1), wherein, during operation, in said first reaction volume (V1) an oxidation reaction occurs between said at least one first reactant and said oxidizer agent with the formation of said at least one first reaction product, and in said second reaction volume (V2) a gasification reaction occurs of said second reactant with the contribution of a thermal energy flow exchanged between the first and the second reaction volumes (V1, V2) with formation of said at least one second reaction product.

The invention discloses a horizontal supercritical fluid foaming autoclave with an internal stirring device, comprising a horizontal autoclave body, an end cover, a stirring driver and a stirring paddle, wherein a stirring shaft of the stirring driver passes through the autoclave body and is connected with the stirring paddle positioned inside the autoclave body. The stirring driver of the invention can drive the stirring paddle to rotate, drive the fluid in the autoclave body to generate convection circulation, increase convection heat transfer, improve a uniform distribution degree of the temperature in the autoclave, enable the temperature in each position in the autoclave body to be consistent, ensure the consistency of the shape and parameters of foamed products, and improve the yield of the products.

The invention discloses a horizontal supercritical fluid autoclave and an apparatus thereof, and the autoclave including an autoclave body, an end cover, a material frame, a wedge block and a wedge block driving device, wherein the autoclave body is horizontally arranged, and the wedge block driving device can drive the wedge block to move in the radial direction, so that the wedge block can be clamped into a clamping groove at the inner wall of the open end of the autoclave body to lock the end cover or can be separated from the clamping groove of the autoclave body to open the cover. The end cover is small in size and light in weight, and the wedge block type cover mechanism with quick unlocking and locking is adopted; and the structure is simple, the opening/closing of the end cover is simpler and more convenient, and the installation space is saved.

The present invention provides systems, apparatuses, and methods for the treatment of containerized waste, such as hazardous, radioactive and/or mixed waste. The apparatuses and methods employ a combination of thermal decomposition and specialized lances.

The invention discloses a liquefaction device of hard bone, comprising: outer cavity having upper end detachably sealed with upper cover, and lower end openable/closable sealed with lower sealing cover, first liquefaction cavity coaxially slidably disposed in outer cavity, stainless steel cage disposed coaxially in first liquefaction cavity, second liquefaction cavity fixed to outer sidewall of outer cavity such that lower end portion of outer cavity is located in second liquefaction cavity. The invention also provides a method for co-production of bone collagen polypeptide and ultrafine bone powder based on liquefaction device, including: selecting hard bones, crushing; performing first-stage and second-stage liquefaction to obtain liquid phase and solid phase; centrifuging, concentrating, drying liquid phase to obtain bone collagen polypeptide; drying, coarsely and superfine pulverizing solid phase to obtain ultrafine bone powder. The invention has effects of simplifying process, improving production efficiency, and reducing production and equipment investments.

A method of forming a ceramic-metal composite part is described herein. The method includes maintaining molten metal in an interior of a housing in a liquefied state, the interior including a first chamber, a second chamber, and a port defined therebetween. The method further includes sealing the port such that the molten metal in the first chamber is maintained at a first liquid level, suspending a part at a height within the first chamber above the first liquid level, forming a pressure differential between the first chamber and the second chamber, unsealing the port such that molten metal from the second chamber flows into the first chamber, and resealing the port when the molten metal in the first chamber reaches a second liquid level such that the ceramic part is submerged in the molten metal.

A method for supercritical fluid extraction of metal from a source, the method comprising: providing a reactor chamber; providing a source comprising a target metal; optionally, providing a chelating agent; providing a solvent; adding the source comprising the target metal, the chelating agent and the solvent into the reactor chamber; adjusting the temperature and pressure in the reactor chamber so that the solvent is heated and compressed above its critical temperature and pressure; optionally, providing mechanical agitation to the reactor chamber; recovering a chelate comprising the target metal.

A system for treatment of a biomass material, said system comprising: a first vessel (3) in which said biomass material is treated under a first pressure; a second vessel (5) in which said biomass material is received and held at a second pressure which is lower than the first pressure; a transporting pipe (7) connecting an outlet (9) of the first vessel (3) with an inlet (11) of the second vessel (5) for transporting the biomass material from the first vessel to the second vessel; and a valve (15; 15′; 15) arranged in said transporting pipe (7), said valve being configured for controlling the flow of biomass material and fluid in the transporting pipe (7), wherein said transporting pipe (7) is asymmetrically connected to an outlet (33′; 33) of said valve (15; 15′; 15) such that a generated jet stream of biomass material delivered out from the outlet (33′; 33) of the valve (15; 15′; 15) is received closer to a transporting pipe longitudinal central axis (A1) than if the outlet (33′; 33) of the valve (15; 15′; 15) and the transporting pipe (7) would have been connected symmetrically.