An atmospheric water harvesting generator includes an adsorbent with a nanopore structure and a moisture-condensing substrate with an amphiphilic structure such that water can be efficiently harvested from the atmosphere even in a dry climate, the generator is easy to operate with little power, and the flow of air can be controlled with a simple control to efficiently and continuously harvest water.

The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for the biological processing of hydrocarbon-containing substances. In particular embodiments, the systems and methods herein relate to pre-digestion of hydrocarbon containing substances and further processing of the same to produce hydrocarbon fuels, fertilizer, and other products.

The present invention is a laboratory condenser adapted to be interchangeable from functioning as a reflux condenser to functioning as a distillation condenser as by inversion, and related methods of reflux and distillation that may be carried out by its use.

The present invention provides a method of upgrading mixed waste plastic pyrolysis oil comprising the steps of providing a pyrolysis oil stream derived from mixed waste plastic, subjecting the pyrolysis oil stream to fractional condensation to obtain three pyrolysis oil fractions, determining properties of the pyrolysis oil fractions, determining an adjusted proportion of the pyrolysis oil fractions to be fed to a hydro-upgrading section for obtaining a product with a predetermined product specification, feeding the pyrolysis oil fractions in the adjusted proportion to a pyrolysis oil hydro-upgrading section to perform a hydro-upgrading operation, adjusting one or more control parameters of the pyrolysis oil hydro-upgrading section according to the adjusted proportion of the pyrolysis oil fractions and the predetermined product specification; and separating an hydro-upgrading section outlet stream to obtain a product stream with the predetermined product specification. In this way, the upgrading of the pyrolysis oil can be tailored and adapted to the great variability of properties of pyrolysis oil derived from mixed plastic waste pyrolysis in order to obtain a uniform commercial-grade fuel that can achieve a premium market value. The process may comprise in-situ hydrogen generation by water electrolysis powered by solar photovoltaic energy.

A method for producing cannabinoid-containing crystals includes providing a CBGA-containing plant material that includes at least 2% CBGA by dry weight. The CBGA-containing plant material is exposed to a fluid in a supercritical state to extract components of the CBGA-containing plant material. A fraction of the extracted components is coalesced. The coalesced fraction of the extracted components includes cannabinoid-containing crystals containing at least one of CBGA and a cannabinoid derivative of CBGA from the carbon dioxide.

A system and method for recovering a sterilization agent from waste gaseous mixture, comprising a gas separator to wash waste gas comprising a gaseous mixture of a sterilization agent, insert dilution gases, and water vapor, from plurality sterilization chambers, with water, thereby producing a water-gaseous sterilization agent mixture collected at bottom section of the gas separator, and inert dilution gases exhausted at top section of the gas separator; a pressure reducing valve; a first tank or gas evaporator to produce gaseous sterilization agent and water vapor; a first condenser to produce condensed water vapor and separate the gaseous sterilization agent from the condensed water vapor; a water tank to receive the condensed water vapor; a separation pump for raising pressure of the gaseous sterilization agent; a second condenser to cool the gaseous sterilization agent causing the sterilization agent to condense into liquid; and a second tank for storing the liquid sterilization agent.

A method and system for recovering a sterilization agent and nitrogen from a waste gaseous mixture, comprising: pressure reducing valve for reducing pressure of waste gas from sterilization chambers to a first predefined pressure; a first condenser to receive the gaseous mixture and cool it to a temperature below boiling point and above freezing point of the water vapor at the first predefined pressure, to produce condensed water vapor; a first tank for storing the condensed water vapor; a separation pump for raising pressure of the gaseous mixture to a second predefined pressure; a second condenser to cool the gaseous mixture to a temperature below boiling point and above freezing point of the sterilization agent at the second predefined pressure, to condense the sterilization agent into liquid, and to discharge the nitrogen gas remaining in the gaseous mixture; a second tank for storing the sterilization agent; a compressor to compress the discharged nitrogen gas and increase pressure of the discharged nitrogen gas to a preset pressure value; and a third tank or storing the nitrogen gas for reuse.

A polymerization process may include: polymerizing a monomer having 4 or less carbons and a comonomer having 6 or more carbons in the presence of an inert isomer/saturate of the comonomer to yield a product stream comprising a polymer, unreacted monomer, unreacted comonomer, and the inert isomer/saturate of the comonomer; separating the product stream into (a) a polymer stream and (b) an unreacted components stream; and separating the unreacted components stream in a distillation column into (a) an overhead stream comprising the unreacted monomer and (b) a bottoms stream comprising the comonomer and the inert isomer/saturate of the comonomer, wherein a concentration of C5− hydrocarbons in the overhead stream is higher than a concentration of the C5− hydrocarbons in the unreacted components stream, and wherein a concentration of C6+ hydrocarbons in the bottoms stream is higher than a concentration of the C6+ hydrocarbons in the unreacted components stream.

A cooling system utilizes an organic ionic salt composition for dehumidification of an airflow. The organic ionic salt composition absorbs moisture from an inlet airflow to produce an outlet airflow with a reduce moisture from that of the inlet airflow. The organic ionic salt composition may be regenerated, wherein the absorbed moisture is expelled by heating with a heating device. The heating device may be an electrochemical heating device, such as a fuel cell, an electrochemical metal hydride heating device, an electrochemical heat pump or compressor, or a condenser of a refrigerant cycle, which may utilize an electrochemical pump or compressor. The efficiency of the cooling system may be increased by utilization of the waste heat the cooling system. The organic ionic salt composition may circulate back and forth or in a loop between a conditioner, where it absorbs moisture, to a regenerator, where moisture is desorbed by heating.

This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing production and distribution of liquid water extracted from air. In certain embodiments, a system is provided that includes a plurality of local water generation units (110) including a first local water generation unit and a second local water generation unit. The first and second water generation units each include a controller that is configured to control a production rate of liquid water extracted from the air, a local water collection unit, and a local transceiver. A principal water supply unit (120) is in fluid communication with at least one of the local water collection units. The principal water supply unit is configured to store at least part of the liquid water extracted from the air and to maintain a principal water level at a reservoir of the principal water supply unit based on one or more operational parameters for water distribution.