An adsorption structure provided in a flow path through which a fluid flows includes a plurality of cells that are structural units and are arranged side by side in the flow path, and the cells each include an inorganic adsorbent material that adsorbs a component included in the fluid. The cells are cuboids, the plurality of cells are arranged to be in a lattice form in a plane orthogonal to a flow path direction in which the flow path extends, and are arranged to be alternately stacked in the flow path direction. The cells each have a collision portion with which a flow of the fluid changes in a direction intersecting with the flow path direction in which the flow path extends. The collision portion is a surface intersecting with the flow path direction.

A gas separation unit for the separation of a first gas, carbon dioxide, from a mixture, by using an adsorption/desorption process using a loose particulate sorbent material arranged in at least two stacked layers. The primary heat exchange piping is arranged on the two outer edges of the layer within the cavity extending along a longitudinal direction. Further, an essentially parallel array of secondary heat exchange pipes is provided, the secondary heat exchange pipes extending along a transverse direction. The first diameter of the secondary heat exchange pipes is at least twice as large as the second outer diameter of the secondary heat exchange pipes and the secondary heat exchange pipes are in thermal contact with sheets of metal which extend oscillating between pairwise adjacent secondary heat exchange pipes.

The present development is a method for capturing and purifying CO.sub.2 from a flue gas stream using a metal aluminate nanowire absorbent and then regenerating the absorbent. After the CO.sub.2 is adsorbed into the absorbent, the adsorbent is regenerated by subjecting the CO.sub.2 saturated adsorbent to a dielectric barrier discharge plasma or to a microwave plasma or to a radio frequency (RF) plasma while ensuring that the external temperature does not exceed 200° C.

The present disclosure is directed to a gas phase adsorption device comprising a large annulus and a small annulus block wherein the small annulus block is concentrically positioned inside the large annulus block. The present disclosure is also directed to a method for the storage of gas.

An object is to provide an adsorbing material using activated carbon fiber, suitable for motor vehicle canisters, and enabling reduction in pressure loss. Another object is to provide a formed adsorber using activated carbon fiber, with improved mechanical strength, and having excellent effects of an adsorbing material for canisters. The formed adsorber for canisters satisfies the following conditions (1) to (3). (1) The formed adsorber includes: an adsorbing material including activated carbon fiber; and a binder. (2) A ratio of a content of the binder to a content of the adsorbing material including the activated carbon fiber is 0.3 to 20 parts by weight of the binder to 100 parts by weight of the adsorbing material including the activated carbon fiber. (3) The activated carbon fiber has a fiber size of 13.0 μm or larger.

A method and system for manufacturing and using a self-supporting structure in processing unit for adsorption or catalytic processes. The self-supporting structure has greater than 50% by weight of the active material in the self-supporting structure to provide a foam-geometry structure providing access to the active material. The self-supporting structures, which may be disposed in a processing unit, may be used in swing adsorption processes and other processes to enhance the recovery of hydrocarbons.

The present invention discloses a sack comprising a second container and a first container, an activated carbon filter that is positioned between said first and second containers and a sealable rubberized zipper and the activated carbon filter is positioned such that it may absorb at least a portion of odor and moisture from items stored inside sack. In addition, an antimicrobial material may be infused into the material of the sack.

The present disclosure describes an evaporative emission control canister system that includes: one or more canisters comprising at least one vent-side particulate adsorbent volume comprising a particulate adsorbent having microscopic pores with a diameter of less than about 100 nm; macroscopic pores having a diameter of about 100-100,000 nm; and a ratio of a volume of the macroscopic pores to a volume of the microscopic pores that is greater than about 150%, and having a retentivity of about 1.0 g/dL or less. The system may further include a high butane working capacity adsorbent. The disclosure also describes a method for reducing emissions in an evaporative emission control system.

The invention relates to a method to produce a particulate activated carbon material for capturing CO.sub.2 from air,

wherein the particulate activated carbon is impregnated with alkali carbonate salt such as K.sub.2CO.sub.3; and wherein the impregnated particulate activated carbon either has, determined using nitrogen adsorption methods, a pore volume of at least 0.10 cm.sup.3/g for pore sizes of at least 5 nm and a pore volume of at most 0.30 cm.sup.3/g for pore sizes of less than 2 nm or is based on a mixture of different alkali carbonate salts, or has a particular pore surface for pore sizes in the range of 2 nm-50 nm.

In an aspect, a method for forming a microcolumn comprises steps of: (a) providing a sacrificial fiber; (b) forming a microcolumn body around said sacrificial fiber; and (c) removing said sacrificial fiber from said microcolumn body such that a hollow channel is formed within said microcolumn body via removal of said sacrificial fiber. In any embodiment of the methods disclosed herein for forming a microcolumn, said hollow channel extends through said microcolumn body and is continuous between a first end and a second end. The first end may be an inlet and the second end may be an outlet, for example, allowing for a mobile phase to enter the hollow channel via the first end and exit via the second end.