Methods and systems for treating a liquid material. A liquid is emplaced in a treatment zone: microwave energy and ultrasonic energy are collectively applied to the treatment zone to effect release of a gaseous material from the liquid material.

A transformational energy efficient technology using ionic liquid (IL) to couple with monoethanolamine (MEA) for catalytic CO.sub.2 capture is disclosed. [EMmim.sup.+][NTF.sub.2.sup.] based catalysts are rationally synthesized and used for CO.sub.2 capture with MEA. A catalytic CO.sub.2 capture mechanism is disclosed according to experimental and computational studies on the [EMmim.sup.+][NTF.sub.2.sup.] for the reversible CO.sub.2 sorption and desorption.

A transformational energy efficient technology using ionic liquid (IL) to couple with monoethanolamine (MEA) for catalytic CO.sub.2 capture is disclosed. [EMmim.sup.+][NTF.sub.2.sup.] based catalysts are rationally synthesized and used for CO.sub.2 capture with MEA. A catalytic CO.sub.2 capture mechanism is disclosed according to experimental and computational studies on the [EMmim.sup.+][NTF.sub.2.sup.] for the reversible CO.sub.2 sorption and desorption.

A substance is treated using a device having: (a) a volute or cyclone head, (b) a throat connected to the volute or cyclone head, (c) a parabolic reflector connected to the throat, (d) a first wave energy source comprising a first electrode within the volute or cyclone head that extends through the outlet into the opening of the throat along the central axis, and a second electrode extending into the parabolic reflector and spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode, and (e) a second wave energy source disposed inside the throat, embedded within the throat or disposed around the throat. The substance is directed to the inlet of the volute or cyclone head and irradiated with one or more wave energies produced by the first and second wave energy sources as the substance passes through the device.

An emission reduction device for cooking fumes produced from smoking, frying and roasting is provided, which includes a purifying-tank shell. One end of the purifying-tank shell is provided with an air inlet and other end of the purifying-tank shell is provided with an air outlet. The device further includes a nebulizer, an ultrasonic coagulating unit, and an electrostatic deposition unit, which are sequentially arranged in the purifying-tank shell from the air inlet to the air outlet. A box body is connected to the air outlet of the purifying-tank shell, the box body is provided with a photocatalytic oxidation unit, a plasma catalytic oxidation assembly and an end filter unit therein. An exhaust port is installed on a rear side of the box body. Two sides of the ultrasonic coagulating unit are each provided with a flow rectifier which is longitudinally and slidably arranged in the purifying-tank shell.

A degasser for at least partially degassing a gas-containing liquid, in particular for a sample separation device, includes a liquid accommodation volume for accommodating the gas-containing liquid during degassing, a negative pressure chamber in which a negative pressure, compared to the liquid accommodation volume, is to be generated, a gas permeable membrane separating the liquid accommodation volume from the negative pressure chamber and arranged so that ultrasound forces at least part of gas of the gas-containing liquid to move through the membrane by a combination of the negative pressure and the ultrasound, and an ultrasound source including an electroactive material and configured for generating ultrasound for actuating the gas-containing liquid and/or the gas permeable membrane.

An apparatus having an air pump configured to take in ambient air and discharge it via an air-pump air-outlet port; the air-pump air-outlet port configured to introduce air into an ambient-air conduit that has a first end and a second end; the ambient-air-conduit first end being fixedly attached to the air-pump air-outlet port; the ambient-air-conduit second end configured to directly or indirectly introduce ambient air into a distribution manifold that has a plurality of distribution-manifold air-outlet ports; at least one metallic ambient-air conduit having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is fixedly attached to and configured to receive ambient air from a distribution-manifold air-outlet port; the metallic-ambient-air-conduit second end configured to introduce ambient air into an electrified liquid-phase composition having gallium and silver components that reside in a reaction chamber; the reaction chamber being at least partially submerged in an ultrasonic bath that introduces ultrasonic radiation into the reaction chamber; the at least one metallic ambient-air conduit further configured to receive and pass an electrical current into the electrified liquid-phase composition having gallium and silver components; and a conveyor element configured to convey solid-phase carbon-containing reaction products that are received from within the reaction chamber.

A degasser for at least partially degassing a gas-containing liquid, in particular for a sample separation device, includes a liquid accommodation volume for accommodating the gas-containing liquid during degassing, a negative pressure chamber in which a negative pressure, compared to the liquid accommodation volume, is to be generated, a gas permeable membrane separating the liquid accommodation volume from the negative pressure chamber and arranged so that ultrasound forces at least part of gas of the gas-containing liquid to move through the membrane by a combination of the negative pressure and the ultrasound, and an ultrasound source including an electroactive material and configured for generating ultrasound for actuating the gas-containing liquid and/or the gas permeable membrane.

An atmospheric water generation system comprises water vapor consolidation systems configured to increase the relative humidity of a controlled air stream prior to condensing water from the controlled air stream. The water vapor consolidation system comprises a fluid-desiccant flow system configured to decrease the temperature of the desiccant to encourage water vapor to be absorbed by the desiccant from an atmospheric air flow. The desiccant flow is then heated to encourage water vapor evaporation from the desiccant flow into a controlled air stream that circulates within the system. The humidity of the controlled air stream is thereby increased above the relative humidity of the atmospheric air to facilitate condensation of the water vapor into usable liquid water.

A fluid device 10 that separates microparticles in a fluid using ultrasonic waves, the fluid device 10 includes an inflow flow path 20 through which the fluid flows; a separation flow path 30 into which the fluid flows from the inflow flow path 20; a first outflow flow path 40 that causes the fluid to flow out from the separation flow path 30; a second outflow flow path 50 that causes the fluid to flow out from the separation flow path 30; and an ultrasonic transmitter 60 that transmits the ultrasonic waves to the separation flow path 30 and at least one of the inflow flow path 20 and the first outflow flow path 40, and forms a standing wave along a first direction in each flow path to which the ultrasonic waves were transmitted.