Method for treating water to reduce the dissolved silica content thereof, the method being characterised in that it comprises at least one step of adsorbing the dissolved silica, the step consisting in passing the water through a reactor housing an adsorbent granular material consisting of grains of iron hydroxide (III) and/or iron oxyhydroxide (III) and at least one step of regenerating the adsorbing power of the granular material, the step consisting in bringing the granular material into contact with a base and at least one chloride.

The present invention relates to a lectin-macromolecular carrier coupling complex for separating glycosylated exosomes from a clinical sample, which comprises a macromolecular carrier and lectins coupled to the outer side of the macromolecular carrier. The complex may simply, conveniently, rapidly, and accurately separate glycosylated exosomes from a clinical sample with a high separation efficiency and a good repeatability; and the separated exosomes are intact in morphology without rupturing or cracking, may be directly used for liquid detection of glycosylated exosomes, or directly used for immunology-related detection, or directly used for gene detection or analysis after extracting related nucleic acids from the exosomes.

A plurality of carbonation plots are positioned in communication with atmospheric carbon dioxide to facilitate sequestration thereof via ambient weathering. The carbonation plots include a composition rich in metal oxides, which are positioned within the environment, such as on non-arable land, and exposed to the environment to react with carbon dioxide in the air and form metal carbonates. After about one year of exposure, the composition is recollected and calcined to produce a carbon dioxide stream and replenish the metal oxides, which can be redistributed in the carbonation plots to sequester additional carbon dioxide. The systems and methods of the present disclosure enable capture and redistribution of carbon dioxide for industrial-scale uses for very abundant quarry minerals and enable large-scale low-cost carbon capture projects for municipalities or corporations. CO.sub.2 removal from air via these methods and systems have a similar or lower cost than CO.sub.2 removal using DAC with synthetic sorbents or solvents.

The invention is directed to a system and method of reducing, reacting, and/or removing an oxidant or unwanted chemical species from a chemical stream. Particularly, the system and method include the use of one or more reductants that react with the undesired chemical species. The reductant and the chemical stream are added to a reactor and allowed to react for a desired amount of time. The reductant will reduce, react with, and/or remove the chemical species from the stream. The excess reductant and reaction products are then removed from the reactor, as described in more detail herein below.

The invention is directed to a system and method of reducing, reacting, and/or removing an oxidant or unwanted chemical species from a chemical stream. Particularly, the system and method include the use of one or more reductants that react with the undesired chemical species. The reductant and the chemical stream are added to a reactor and allowed to react for a desired amount of time. The reductant will reduce, react with, and/or remove the chemical species from the stream. The excess reductant and reaction products are then removed from the reactor, as described in more detail herein below.

Method and systems for desorbing NH.sub.3 from an NH.sub.3-adsorbent material by exposing the adsorbent material to microwave radiation are described. Also described are methods for increasing an NH.sub.3 cracker's NH.sub.3 utilization and reducing the chance of downstream process contamination. Also described are methods of producing high pressure, high purity H.sub.2 from NH.sub.3.

An apparatus for collecting a gaseous pollutant from air may comprise multiple vertical panel-beds each containing a solid sorbent; a fan to pass the air through the multiple vertical panel-beds and over the solid sorbent; an outlet gate configured to release the solid sorbent from the multiple vertical panel-beds after the fan passes the air over the solid sorbent; a regeneration vessel configured to regenerate the released solid sorbent by recovering the gaseous pollutant from the released solid sorbent; and a conveyor configured to return the regenerated solid sorbent to the multiple vertical panel-beds.

An apparatus for collecting a gaseous pollutant from air may comprise multiple vertical panel-beds each containing a solid sorbent; a fan to pass the air through the multiple vertical panel-beds and over the solid sorbent; an outlet gate configured to release the solid sorbent from the multiple vertical panel-beds after the fan passes the air over the solid sorbent; a regeneration vessel configured to regenerate the released solid sorbent by recovering the gaseous pollutant from the released solid sorbent; and a conveyor configured to return the regenerated solid sorbent to the multiple vertical panel-beds.

The present invention provides a liquid-absorbing raw material processing system and its operation method. The liquid-absorbing raw material processing system is composed of a cutting module, a bulk pulping module, a salt slurry processing module, and a liquid-absorbing raw material manufacturing module, which are connected in series. The operating method of the liquid-absorbing raw material processing system is to process absorptive articles such as diapers or sanitary napkins, etc., which are retained and made into fluff liquid-absorbing raw materials through the purification and separation steps performed by the modules of the liquid-absorbing raw material processing system.

A process for selective capture of CO.sub.2 from gaseous mixture comprising of: (a) spraying a bio-amine cluster; (b) capturing CO.sub.2 through bio-amine cluster; and (c) desorption of CO.sub.2 through solar assisted electro de-amination, wherein the bio-amine cluster is comprises of: an amine cluster comprising of a quaternary Isobutylamine (IB) with amine terminated Poly(L-lactide) as the chelating agent; a cluster stabilizing agent; a cluster micelle stabilizing agent; and a carbonic anhydrase (CA) functionalized matrix in 0.05-0.2 wt % of total wt % of bio-amine cluster and wherein the CA is obtained from a source selected from the group consisting of Bacillus thermoleovorans, Pseudomonas fragi, Bacillus stearothermophilus and Arthrobacter sp. and a process for production of bio-amine cluster.