Embodiments of the invention include a filtration element. In an embodiment, the invention includes a filtration element for an airplane cabin that includes a first media portion upstream from a second media portion. The first media portion can include activated carbon. The second media portion can include a catalyst material. Other embodiments are also included herein.

In accordance with some embodiments herein, a filtering product is provided. The filtering product includes titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2), cetrimonium bromide (CTAB) and ascorbic acid (C.sub.6H.sub.8O.sub.6). The filtering product may be used for filtering smoke of a water pipe. Alternatively and/or additionally, the filtering product may be used for filtering gas.

A process is described, as well as a plant, for treating a raw vent gas (4,4′) containing bitumen vapours and released by a piece of equipment (1) of a polymer-bitumen membranes production line, in which operations are carried out involving a filler powder (3), such as an operation of mixing the filler powder (3) with the bitumen (2), during which the raw vent gas (4,4′) is changed from a substantially powder-free raw vent gas (4), into a raw vent gas (4′) containing the filler powder (3). The process includes steps of first conveying the raw vent gas (4,4) into a gas-washing device (20) along with a solution (9) of a surfactant; contacting the raw vent gas (4,4) with the solution (9) and removing the powder from the powder-containing gas (4′), releasing a purified vent gas (5) that is substantially free from the filler powder; conveying the purified vent gas (5) into a boiler (40) and burning the bitumen vapours. In a preferred exemplary embodiment, it is conveyed in the gas-washing device only the powder-containing gas (4′) produced during the operations of the piece of equipment (1) that involve the filler powder (3), while in the remainder steps the substantially powder-free raw vent gas (4) is directly conveyed into the boiler (40) by a direct vent line (50) that can be automatically selected. In a preferred exemplary embodiment, the gas-washing device comprises a tank (25) configured to form inside a predetermined head of the washing solution (9) and having an inlet port for the raw vent gas arranged below the liquid head. The process prevents the powder from quickly reaching the boiler (40) making the burner and the heat-exchange surfaces ineffective.

A system and related method for air filtration and therapeutic relief are provided. The system includes a base layer, a substrate and a plant medium layer, which can be live, preserved or dormant moss. In some instances, the system also includes one or more netting layers. The system can also include a watering system, or air circulation system, or both.

Disclosed in certain embodiments are sorbents for capturing heavy hydrocarbons via thermal swing adsorption processes.

Disclosed in certain embodiments are sorbents for capturing heavy hydrocarbons via thermal swing adsorption processes.

Disclosed are polymer compositions comprising activated carbon and method of making the polymer compositions that are used for sorption of formaldehyde from air, gas or liquids. The activated carbon is entrained in at least one base polymer with optional channels throughout.

Disclosed are polymer compositions comprising activated carbon and method of making the polymer compositions that are used for sorption of formaldehyde from air, gas or liquids. The activated carbon is entrained in at least one base polymer with optional channels throughout.

To produce a calcium carbonate in a controlled form while carbon dioxide gas is efficiently used. A method for producing a calcium carbonate comprises a carbon dioxide gas absorption step of allowing an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution at a concentration of 5 to 21% to absorb carbon dioxide gas to give an aqueous sodium carbonate solution at a concentration of 4 to 24%; a hydration step of reacting calcium oxide with an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution at a concentration of 0 to less than 6% to give a lime milk that is a suspension of calcium hydroxide having a BET specific surface area of 5 to 40 m.sup.2/g; and a carbonation step of adding the aqueous sodium carbonate solution to the lime milk and performing reaction.

An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a diesel engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a first washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt), manganese (Mn) and a first support material; a second washcoat region comprising a platinum group metal (PGM) and a second support material; and a substrate having an inlet end and an outlet end; wherein the second washcoat region is arranged to contact the exhaust gas at the outlet end of the substrate and after contact of the exhaust gas with the first washcoat region.