Oxalic acid is employed in a precursor mixture containing at least one milled alpha alumina powder having a particle size of 0.1 to 6 microns, boehmite powder that functions as a binder of the alpha alumina powders, and at least one burnout material having a particle size of 1-10 microns to provide a porous body having enhanced pore architecture in which extrusion cracks can be reduced. The presence of oxalic acid in such as precursor mixture can reduce and even eliminate NOx emission during a high temperature heat treatment process.

The present invention relates to a zeolite absorbent comprising at least one FAU zeolite with hierarchical porosity and comprising barium or barium and potassium, and the external surface area of which is greater than 20 m.sup.2.Math.g.sup.1, and the non-zeolite phase content being between 6% and 12% by weight with respect to the total weight of the absorbent. The present invention also relates to the use of such a zeolite absorbent as an adsorption agent, as well as the method for separation of para-xylene from aromatic isomer fractions with 8 carbon atoms.

The present invention relates to the field of solid materials for the adsorption of lithium. In particular, the present invention relates to a new method for the preparation of a crystallized and shaped solid material, preferably in extruded form, of the formula (LiCl).sub.x.2Al(OH).sub.3,nH.sub.2O, wherein n is between 0.01 and 10, x is between 0.4 and 1, wherein it comprises a step a) of precipitation of boehmite under specific temperature and pH conditions, a step of bringing into contact the precipitate obtained with LiCl, at least one acid extrusion-kneading shaping step, wherein the method also comprises a final hydrothermal treatment step, all of which makes it possible to increase the lithium adsorption capacity, the adsorption kinetics, as well as the lithium/boron selectivity of the materials obtained with respect to the materials of the prior art, when it is used in a lithium extraction method of saline solutions.

A method of making an activated carbon honeycomb filter article, as defined herein, including: extruding a batch mixture to form an extruded honeycomb body, the batch including: an activated carbon powder; a first organic binder powder; a rheological plasticizing liquid; a porous inorganic binder powder; an extrusion aid; and water by superaddition, drying the extruded honeycomb body; and heat treating the dried honeycomb body. Also disclosed is an honeycomb filter article, having: an activated carbon; a porous inorganic binder powder; a BET surface area of from 950 m.sup.2/g to 1600 m.sup.2/g; a cell density of from 50 to 2000 cpsi; and a density of from 0.5 to 0.8 g/cm.sup.3.

A method of making an activated carbon honeycomb filter article, as defined herein, including: extruding a batch mixture to form an extruded honeycomb body, the batch including: an activated carbon powder; a first organic binder powder; a rheological plasticizing liquid; a porous inorganic binder powder; an extrusion aid; and water by superaddition, drying the extruded honeycomb body; and heat treating the dried honeycomb body. Also disclosed is an honeycomb filter article, having: an activated carbon; a porous inorganic binder powder; a BET surface area of from 950 m.sup.2/g to 1600 m.sup.2/g; a cell density of from 50 to 2000 cpsi; and a density of from 0.5 to 0.8 g/cm.sup.3.

Provided are a composition and a manufacturing method of a solid CO.sub.2 sorbent having excellent physical properties and chemical reaction characteristics, particularly having an excellent mid-temperature range activity for a fluidized bed process, for use in collecting a CO.sub.2 source (pre-combustion or pre-utilization) in syngas application fields such as integrated coal gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power systems, synthetic natural gas (SNG) and synthetic liquid fuel (CTL).

An engine control system configured to operate an engine is configured to predict an expected duty cycle including an expected demand from the engine, and calculate two or more future operating conditions, each future operating condition including engine control parameters that, when used to control the engine, are expected to result in the engine meeting the expected demand. One of the future operating conditions is selected, and a present operation of the engine is adjusted in response to the selected future operating condition. A vehicle and/or offroad diesel apparatus may comprise the engine control system.

A biomass-based porous carbon composite material and preparation thereof and an application thereof in CO.sub.2 adsorption are provided. In the biomass-based porous carbon composite material, with a pulping black liquid solid as a precursor, by arc treatment, porous carbon structures capable of physically adsorbing CO.sub.2 and basic substances capable of chemically adsorbing CO.sub.2 are obtained; with lignin in the precursor as the carbon source, and sodium hydroxide, sodium salts, and small-molecular carbohydrate degradation products in the precursor as the template and activator, porous carbon structures are obtained by arc thermal carbonization and self-activation; the basic substances are obtained by allowing sodium hydroxide and sodium salts in the precursor to undergo arc thermal decomposition. Further, the present disclosure relates to an application of the biomass-based porous carbon composite material in CO.sub.2 adsorption.

Provided is a novel continuous single-step method of manufacturing a multilayer sorbent polymeric membrane having superior productivity, properties and performance. At least one layer of the polymeric membrane comprises sorbent materials and a plurality of interconnecting pores. The method includes: (a) coextruding layer-forming compositions to form a multilayer coextrudate; (b) casting the coextrudate into a film; (c) extracting the film with an extractant; and (d) removing the extractant from the extracted film to form the multilayer sorbent polymeric membrane. The sorbent membrane of this disclosure can find a wide range of applications for use in filtration, separation and purification of gases and fluids, CO.sub.2 and volatile capture, structural support, vehicle emission control, energy harvesting and storage, electrolyte batteries, device, protection, permeation, packaging, printing, and etc.

Provided is a manufacturing method for monolithic structure that is a porous body formed of polysaccharide being a naturally-occurring polymer, has continuous pores with an average pore diameter suitable for biomolecule separation, and allows formation into arbitrary shape. The polysaccharide monolithic structure is manufactured by a method including a first step of obtaining a polysaccharide solution by dissolving polysaccharide into a mixed solvent of a first component and a second component at temperature lower than a boiling point of the mixed solvent, and a second step of obtaining polysaccharide monolithic structure by cooling the polysaccharide solution, wherein the first component is a solvent selected from lactate, and the second component is a solvent selected from water, lower alcohol, and a combination thereof. The monolithic structure obtained is a porous body having continuous pores with an average pore diameter of 0.01 to 20.0 micrometers, and a thickness of 100 micrometers or more.