In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for efficiently managing bulk material are provided. The disclosure is directed to systems and methods for efficiently combining additives into bulk material being transferred about a job site. The systems may include a support structure used to receive one or more portable containers of bulk material, and a mulling device disposed beneath the support structure to provide bulk material treatment capabilities. Specifically, the mulling device may facilitate mixing of coatings or other additives with bulk material that is released from the portable containers, as well as transfer of the mixture to an outlet location.

The system, in one aspect, includes a first bulk storage container for holding a first bulk dry flowable material having a first dispensing assembly coupled with a first outlet, and a second bulk storage container for holding a second bulk dry flowable material having a second dispensing assembly coupled with the second outlet. The system, in one aspect, may further include a mixed storage vessel, as well as a controller in communication with the first dispensing assembly and the second dispensing assembly, the controller programmed to cause the first dispensing assembly to discharge the first amount of the first dry flowable material to the mixed storage vessel and cause the second dispensing assembly to discharge the second amount of the second dry flowable material to the mixed storage vessel over a comparable time period based upon weight based readings the controller receives from first and second load cells.

A device for mixing powders by cryogenic fluid, characterised in that it comprises at least: a chamber for mixing powders, comprising a cryogenic fluid; a chamber for supplying powders in order to allow the powders to be introduced into the mixing chamber; means for agitation in the mixing chamber so as to allow the mixing of the powders placed in suspension in the cryogenic fluid.

A device for mixing powders by a cryogenic fluid, characterised in that it comprises: a chamber for mixing the powders, comprising a cryogenic fluid, provided with means for forming a fluidised powder bed; a chamber for supplying powders in order to allow the powders to be introduced into the mixing chamber; a chamber for supplying cryogenic fluid in order to allow the cryogenic fluid to be introduced into the mixing chamber; a system for generating vibrations in the fluidised powder bed; and a system for controlling the system for generating vibrations.

The invention relates to a solid-material method for producing calcium dipropionate in a pressure-resistant solid-state mixing reactor by charging calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide or calcium carbonate or mixtures of these calcium compounds, and adding propionic acid by a reaction directly in the solid phase under a pressure that is increased above normal pressure.

The disclosed technology relates to a method of selecting a material composition and/or designing an alloy. In one aspect, a method of selecting a composition of a material having a target property comprises receiving an input comprising thermodynamic phase data for a plurality of materials. The method additionally includes extracting from the thermodynamic phase data a plurality of thermodynamic quantities corresponding to each of the materials by a computing device. The extracted thermodynamic quantities are predetermined to have correlations to microstructures associated with physical properties of the material. The method additionally includes storing the extracted thermodynamic quantities in a computer-readable medium. The method further includes electronically mining the stored thermodynamic quantities using the computing device to rank at least a subset of the materials based on a comparison of at least a subset of the thermodynamic quantities that are correlated to the target property.

Disclosed are novel solutions in which a preexisting sediment capping system is integrated with improvements such as a cap ingredient processing and delivery apparatus, cap processing method and novel compositional cap product, whereby a hazardous site is remediated by delivering at least one novel cap composition layer over the contaminated subaqueous waterway or terrestrial substrate floor. One embodiment includes a powdered activated carbon (PAC) based cap layer produced by the system and methodology disclosed, the cap layer ingredients comprising predetermined ratio amounts of dry PAC and dry powdered 2-Hydroxypropyl guar gum (HGG) used as a safe and effective delivery ingredient, blended in a cap processing and delivering apparatus with a dewatered sand semi-slurry, the processed resulting capping composition being delivered in a manner such that a novel PAC cap layer is provided to a cap placement area in need of remediation.

A device for continuously mixing a first powder and a second powder, includes a first metering device for continuously metering the first powder, and a second metering device for continuously metering the second powder, a mixer designed to mix the first powder metered by the first metering device and the second powder metered by the second metering device so as to supply a continuous stream of powder mixed according to a determined ratio, and a sampling device designed to sample a fraction of the stream of mixed powder.

The invention relates to a mixing conveyor for an injection molding system, in particular a thixomolding injection molding system, or the like for conveying a granule-powder mixture, comprising the following: a mixing container (10), with at least one feed (11, 13) for granular material (12) and/or powdery material (14); and at least one mixing device (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) which is designed to mix the granular material (12) and the powdery material (14) to form a granule-powder mixture; and a mixing container outlet (15), which can be arranged in particular in the vicinity of a melting area (51) of the injection molding system (50) or the like, and is designed to discharge the granule-powder mixture or to feed it to the injection molding system (50) or the like for at least partial melting.

A bulk cargo blending hopper has a hollow interior volume that is selectively communicated with a source of vacuum pressure. A first conduit has a first end that is connected to the housing of the hopper and communicates with the interior volume of the housing of the hopper. An opposite second end of the first conduit is configured for communication with a source of bulk cargo that is separate from the hopper. A second conduit has a first end that is also connected to a portion of the housing of the hopper and communicates with the interior portion of the housing. A second end of the second conduit is also connected to a portion of the housing of the hopper and communicates with the interior volume of the housing of the hopper.