The invention relates to a reactor and to a method for continuous polymerization, in which said reactor for the continuous production of polymers, particularly synthetic rubbers, contains at least one substantially tubular reactor housing (4), wherein said reactor housing (4) has a drive shaft (30) that is connected to at least one agitator (38) arranged such that it can rotate inside the reactor housing (4), and the agitator contains at least one, and preferably two, three or four helical mixing elements (24) which are designed to be preferably close to the wall or to come into contact with the wall.

A device for converting cellulose to sugar comprises a reactor chamber with a plurality of control components, and a control assembly. The control assembly is operatively connected to the reactor chamber, a chive assembly and control components to transmit and receive interoperability signals. The device has an inlet hopper with a detector, a crusher, an outlet hopper, a sensor assembly, a steam inlet, and a carbon dioxide inlet. The inlet hopper is configured to receive and analyze proportion data of matters in a feedstock and catalyst mixture via the detector. The crusher receives and grinds the mixture from the inlet hopper to induce chemical reaction for producing sugar. The outlet hopper is configured to determine a proportion data of matter in the grinded mixture. The control assembly is configured to determine adjustments need to be performed on the components and chive assembly to optimize the sugar production.

A device for converting cellulose to sugar comprises a reactor chamber with a plurality of control components, and a control assembly. The control assembly is operatively connected to the reactor chamber, a chive assembly and control components to transmit and receive interoperability signals. The device has an inlet hopper with a detector, a crusher, an outlet hopper, a sensor assembly, a steam inlet, and a carbon dioxide inlet. The inlet hopper is configured to receive and analyze proportion data of matters in a feedstock and catalyst mixture via the detector. The crusher receives and grinds the mixture from the inlet hopper to induce chemical reaction for producing sugar. The outlet hopper is configured to determine a proportion data of matter in the grinded mixture. The control assembly is configured to determine adjustments need to be performed on the components and chive assembly to optimize the sugar production.

The present invention provides methods for decomposing and extracting compositions for the recovery of petroleum-based materials from composites comprising those petroleum-based materials, comprising subjecting the compositions and/or composites to microwave radiation, wherein the microwave radiation is in the range of from about 4 GHz to about 18 GHz. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.

The present invention provides methods for decomposing and extracting compositions for the recovery of petroleum-based materials from composites comprising those petroleum-based materials, comprising subjecting the compositions and/or composites to microwave radiation, wherein the microwave radiation is in the range of from about 4 GHz to about 18 GHz. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.

A method and a system for treatment of a spent chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst and an alkaline wastewater, where the method includes: 1) mixing the catalyst with a concentrated brine for hydrolysis reaction until residual activity of the catalyst is completely eliminated, to obtain an acidic hydrolysate and an acid-soluble oil; 2) mixing the acidic hydrolysate with a lye containing the alkaline wastewater for neutralization reaction until this reaction system becomes weak alkaline, to obtain a neutralization solution; 3) fully mixing the neutralization solution with a flocculant, carrying out sedimentation and separation, collecting the concentrated brine at an upper layer for reuse in the hydrolysis reaction, and collecting concentrated flocs at a lower layer; 4) dehydrating the concentrated flocs to obtain concentrated brine for reuse into the hydrolysis reaction, and collecting a wet solid slag; and 5) drying the wet solid slag to obtain a dry solid slag.

The present utility model provides a device for continuously producing sugar by hydrolyzation using a lignocellulosic raw material. The device comprises: an acid solution output unit, a raw material mixing unit, a feeding unit, a main reaction unit, and a discharging unit. The device is a genuine continuous hydrolyzation sugar-producing device, which can achieve continuous feeding, continuous reaction, and continuous discharging in terms of time, and can effectively reduce labor intensity, increase production efficiency, and increase sugar yields and sugar concentrations.

The present utility model provides a device for continuously producing sugar by hydrolyzation using a lignocellulosic raw material. The device comprises: an acid solution output unit, a raw material mixing unit, a feeding unit, a main reaction unit, and a discharging unit. The device is a genuine continuous hydrolyzation sugar-producing device, which can achieve continuous feeding, continuous reaction, and continuous discharging in terms of time, and can effectively reduce labor intensity, increase production efficiency, and increase sugar yields and sugar concentrations.

An apparatus is provided for processing reusable fuel comprising: a continuous material supply assembly; a heated airlock feeder configured to continuously receive and process the material supply received therein; a reactor configured to receive the processed material from the heated airlock feeder; and a vapor refining system configured to process vapor supplied by the reactor. The apparatus may comprise a char disposal system configured to eliminate char from the reactor. The apparatus may also comprise a thermal expansion system configured to allow thermal expansion of the reactor. A cooling system may be configured to receive processed fuel from the reactor.

A microwave thermosolar method and device used in a tubular reactor (110) includes a conveyor for substrates defined as materials thus conveyed. According to this method, a step is provided for circulating an electric current in the conveyor in order to produce heat in this conveyor by Joule effect and optionally to cause, in the substrates, at least some of the following: curing, pyrolyses, gasifications, fusions and chemical reactions including oxidation-reduction reactions, under the action of the electric current.