Provided is a method and system for making powdered Fe.sub.16N.sub.2. The method can include sealing iron powder and a fixed amount of ammonia (NH.sub.3) gas within a pressure vessel. The pressure of the fixed amount of ammonia gas in the pressure vessel can be elevated so that Fe.sub.16N.sub.2 can be formed from the iron powder. Use of a pressure vessel and a fixed amount of ammonia gas can provide economic and environmental benefits such as higher conversion rates of iron powder into Fe.sub.16N.sub.2, reduced ammonia gas use, and reclamation of used ammonia gas.

Provided is a method and system for making powdered Fe.sub.16N.sub.2. The method can include sealing iron powder and a fixed amount of ammonia (NH.sub.3) gas within a pressure vessel. The pressure of the fixed amount of ammonia gas in the pressure vessel can be elevated so that Fe.sub.16N.sub.2 can be formed from the iron powder. Use of a pressure vessel and a fixed amount of ammonia gas can provide economic and environmental benefits such as higher conversion rates of iron powder into Fe.sub.16N.sub.2, reduced ammonia gas use, and reclamation of used ammonia gas.

A SCWO reactor fouling prevention and mitigation system that includes at least one feedstock tee which provides a feedstock to the SCWO reactor, at least one feedstock tee pressure sensor, such that each of the at least one feedstock tee has one of the at least one feedstock tee pressure sensor, at least one pressure sensor proximate a SCWO reactor inlet, and at least one pressure sensor proximate a SCWO reactor outlet. Also included is a controller which triggers a Clean In Place (CIP) procedure when there is a pressure difference between any two of the following, the SCWO reactor inlet, the at least one feedstock tee, and the SCWO reactor outlet. The CIP procedure includes washing a portion of the SCWO reactor with a fluid supplied through the at least one feedstock tee.

A SCWO reactor fouling prevention and mitigation system that includes at least one feedstock tee which provides a feedstock to the SCWO reactor, at least one feedstock tee pressure sensor, such that each of the at least one feedstock tee has one of the at least one feedstock tee pressure sensor, at least one pressure sensor proximate a SCWO reactor inlet, and at least one pressure sensor proximate a SCWO reactor outlet. Also included is a controller which triggers a Clean In Place (CIP) procedure when there is a pressure difference between any two of the following, the SCWO reactor inlet, the at least one feedstock tee, and the SCWO reactor outlet. The CIP procedure includes washing a portion of the SCWO reactor with a fluid supplied through the at least one feedstock tee.

A CVD or PVD coating device comprises a housing and a gas inlet organ secured to the housing via a retaining device, the gas inlet organ having a gas outlet surface with gas outlet openings. The retaining device is only secured at its horizontal edge to the housing so as to stabilize the retaining device with respect to deformations and temperature. The gas inlet organ is secured, at a plurality of suspension points, to the retaining device by means of a plurality of hanging elements distributed over the entire horizontal surface of the retaining device. The retaining device has mechanical stabilization elements formed by a retaining frame having vertical walls that are interconnected at vertical connection lines. An actively cooled heat shield is situated between the retaining device and the gas inlet organ.

A CVD or PVD coating device comprises a housing and a gas inlet organ secured to the housing via a retaining device, the gas inlet organ having a gas outlet surface with gas outlet openings. The retaining device is only secured at its horizontal edge to the housing so as to stabilize the retaining device with respect to deformations and temperature. The gas inlet organ is secured, at a plurality of suspension points, to the retaining device by means of a plurality of hanging elements distributed over the entire horizontal surface of the retaining device. The retaining device has mechanical stabilization elements formed by a retaining frame having vertical walls that are interconnected at vertical connection lines. An actively cooled heat shield is situated between the retaining device and the gas inlet organ.

A device for synthesising and studying compounds under controlled temperatures and pressures includes: a body delimiting a vacuum chamber including temperature-regulation means and vacuum-application means, and having one or more viewing windows enabling the inside of the chamber to be observed from the outside; temperature-regulation means that are intended for regulating the temperature inside the vacuum chamber; and vacuum-application means that are intended for regulating the pressure in the vacuum chamber; wherein it includes, inside the vacuum chamber, a sealed structure delimiting a sealed chamber having one or more viewing window facing said one or more windows in said body, and at least one pipe that is in fluid communication firstly with the inside of said sealed chamber and secondly with an outlet that is made in the body and provided in order to be connected to one or more sources of gas for synthesising said compound or sample.

A device for synthesising and studying compounds under controlled temperatures and pressures includes: a body delimiting a vacuum chamber including temperature-regulation means and vacuum-application means, and having one or more viewing windows enabling the inside of the chamber to be observed from the outside; temperature-regulation means that are intended for regulating the temperature inside the vacuum chamber; and vacuum-application means that are intended for regulating the pressure in the vacuum chamber; wherein it includes, inside the vacuum chamber, a sealed structure delimiting a sealed chamber having one or more viewing window facing said one or more windows in said body, and at least one pipe that is in fluid communication firstly with the inside of said sealed chamber and secondly with an outlet that is made in the body and provided in order to be connected to one or more sources of gas for synthesising said compound or sample.

The invention relates to a pipetting apparatus for pipetting laboratory samples into a pipetting container which can be connected to the pipetting apparatus, which pipetting container is in particular designed according to the invention, comprising a container side and a first connection section, by means of which the pipetting container can be connected to the pipetting apparatus, and comprising an information carrying device with at least one information section, which carries information, on this container side; the pipetting apparatus comprising an electric information reading device, by means of which information contained on the information reading device can be read when the pipetting container is connected to the pipetting apparatus, and which comprises at least one electric sensor device, which comprises at least one sensor section, opposite to which a measuring space is formed, wherein the sensor device is configured to read the information content of at least one information section when the latter is arranged in the measuring space. The invention furthermore relates to the pipetting container or adapter element, which can be used with the pipetting apparatus, and a method for the production thereof.

The invention discloses a method for producing bio-fuel (BF) from a high-viscosity biomass using thermo-chemical conversion of the biomass in a production line (10) with pumping means (PM), heating means (HM) and cooling means (CM). The method has the steps of 1) operating the pumping means, the heating means and the cooling means so that the production line is under supercritical fluid conditions (SCF) to induce biomass conversion in a conversion zone (CZ) within the production line, and 2) operating the pumping means so that at least part of the production line is in an oscillatory flow (OF) mode. The invention is advantageous for providing an improved method for producing biofuel from a high-viscosity biomass. This is performed by an advantageous combination of two operating modes: supercritical fluid (SCF) conditions and oscillatory flow (OF).