A device for separating a fluid component from a fluid, in particular compressed air of a vehicle, is provided. The device has a first container for containing the fluid, the first container being arranged to separate at least a part of one or more components contained in the fluid from the fluid, and a second container, the second container being arranged to separate at least a part of one or more components contained in the fluid from the fluid. The two containers are interconnected by a throttle device adapted to throttle a transfer of at least a part of the fluid from the first container into the second container.

A system for separating a fluid component from a fluid, in particular compressed air of a vehicle, is provided. The system has a first container for containing the fluid, the first container being arranged to separate at least a part of one or more components contained in the fluid from the fluid, an exhaust connected to the first container through which the at least part of the one or more separated components can be exhausted, an air treatment unit connected to the first container to supply air treated in the air treatment unit to the first container, and a supply of an emulsion breaking substance to the fluid in the first container.

A method including adding to or positioning in a vehicle air conditioning system a solid form adsorbent. The solid form adsorbent includes a plurality of discrete adsorbent particles spatially bound in place by point bonding with a binder. At least about 25% of the external surface area of a majority of the particles is not sealed off by the binder and is available for adsorption.

An activated carbon filter for reducing hydrocarbon emissions, includes a plurality of channels, the channels being suitable for the flow of gases therethrough and at least part of the surface of the channel walls having activated carbon for absorbing and/or adsorbing substances, in particular hydrocarbons; and a filter peripheral wall on the outer periphery of the activated carbon filter; wherein the filter peripheral wall comprises a barrier layer, in particular in the form of a coating on the outer surface of the filter peripheral wall, preventing or at least significantly reducing the penetration, in particular the diffusion, of gases and/or substances, in particular hydrocarbon-containing gases, through the filter peripheral wall.

A photocatalyst filtration system for a vehicle includes a housing having an airflow path, and a filter configured to filter air flowing in the airflow path, the filter having a first photocatalyst and a second photocatalyst. The system further includes a first ultraviolet (UV) light source disposed proximate the filter and configured to energize the first photocatalyst, and a second UV light source disposed proximate the filter and configured to produce light having a shorter wavelength than light produced by the first UV light source, and configured to energize the second photocatalyst. One of the first photocatalyst or the second photocatalyst is configured to remove odor from the air. The other of the first photocatalyst or the second photocatalyst is configured to remove bacteria from the air.

A spacer for a body of a refrigerant tank—such as a modulator—in an automotive HVAC device is provided. In embodiments, the spacer is flexible to enable it to be inserted into the modulator, and expanded out against the walls of the modulator when released therein. The spacer inhibits a desiccant bag from contacting the inner wall of the modulator, namely the location where a hole (e.g., for an inlet or outlet) is provided. The spacer can be a cage that surrounds a lower portion of the desiccant bag. And end of the desiccant bag can wrap around a flange of the cage, and be attached to the flange by mechanical fastening (e.g., through a slot), or by welding, or other means.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an exhaust gas treatment apparatus may include: a preprocessor configured to primarily remove harmful substances from exhaust gas produced by combustion; and a postprocessor configured to further remove harmful substances from preprocessed gas, which is the exhaust gas from which the harmful substances have been primarily removed by the preprocessor, wherein the postprocessor may include a postprocessor housing having a preprocessed gas inlet through which the preprocessed gas is introduced and a postprocessed gas outlet through which postprocessed gas from which harmful substances have been further removed by the postprocessor is discharged and forming a flow path of the preprocessed gas therein, and a diffuser disposed adjacent to the preprocessed gas inlet and configured to diffuse the preprocessed gas introduced through the preprocessed gas inlet.

A metal lattice for a carbon dioxide scrubber includes a metal lattice body defining a plurality of intersecting ligaments, wherein nodes are formed at intersections of the plurality of intersecting ligaments, wherein a node density of the metal lattice body varies.

The present invention relates to a process and an apparatus for utilizing fossil energy with low carbon emissions, which belongs to a technical field of clean energy and climate mitigation. The present invention is applicable for utilizing fossil, biomass and other carbon-containing fuels in coastal and marine areas to produce clean energy with low carbon emissions to atmosphere and low cost. The process comprises the main steps of carrying out the oxygen enriched combustion and using seawater to scrub the flue gas once to realize carbon capture, and the scrubbing water is recovered to a water quality in accordance with legal requirements and then is discharged into the ocean to realize carbon storage of ocean natural alkalinity, so that the resources of carbon sink and carbon pool in natural ocean are used to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in a safe and environment-friendly form.

The disclosure relates to an activated carbon scrubber apparatus 300 and a method of its operation for carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) removal from a controlled environment. The scrubber apparatus is configured to switch between: an adsorption configuration in which it is configured to provide CO.sub.2-rich gas from the controlled environment to a sorbent bed 302 comprising activated carbon for CO.sub.2 adsorption, and to return the treated gas to the controlled environment; and a regeneration configuration in which it is configured to provide a regenerating gas from outside of the controlled environment to the sorbent bed to desorb CO.sub.2 and regenerate the activated carbon, and to discharge CO.sub.2-rich gas outside of the controlled environment. The method comprises alternately operating the scrubber apparatus in the adsorption configuration and the regeneration configuration over a plurality of cycles, wherein the scrubber apparatus is operated at a cycle frequency of between 4 and 30 cycles per hour. A heater 303 is controlled to heat the sorbent bed in the regeneration configuration.