Disclosed herein is a wastewater treatment reactor that makes use of activated carbon as the adsorbent. The wastewater treatment reaction is suitable for use in an electrochemical advanced oxidation process and includes a cathode and anode, where the cathode is arranged to incorporate activate carbon and carbon brushes. Also disclosed herein are methods making use of the reactor for adsorption of contaminants and its regeneration.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel metal-organic framework with a dicarboxylic acid having a terphenyl skeleton as an organic ligand and a gas storage method using such a metal-organic framework. A metal-organic framework comprising a carboxylate ion of formula (I) and a multivalent metal ion bonded to each other. (In formula (I), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently are a hydroxy group or an unsubstituted or substituted C1-6 alkyl group. R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 each independently are an unsubstituted or substituted C1-6 alkyl group. R.sup.20 is an unsubstituted or substituted C1-6 alkyl group. Provided that, as substituents on R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.10, R.sup.11, and R.sup.20, a carboxy group (COOH) and a carboxylate ion group (COO—) are excluded. In addition, R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 are not a methyl group at the same time.)

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The present invention relates to a molding comprising a zeolitic material having framework type MWW, wherein the framework structure comprises Ti, Si, and O, wherein the zeolitic material further comprises Zn and an alkaline earth metal M, the molding further comprising a binder, wherein the molding exhibits a specific Lewis acidity. Further, the present invention relates to the method of preparation of said molding and the use thereof.

This disclosure provides a method of making a high-fixed-carbon material comprising pyrolyzing biomass to generate intermediate solids and a pyrolysis vapor; condensing the pyrolysis vapor to generate pyrolysis liquid; blending the pyrolysis liquid with the intermediate solids, to generate a mixture; and further pyrolyzing the mixture to generate a high-fixed-carbon material. A process can comprise: pyrolyzing a biomass-comprising feedstock in a first pyrolysis reactor to generate a first biogenic reagent and a first pyrolysis vapor; introducing the first pyrolysis vapor to a condensing system to generate a condenser liquid; contacting the first biogenic reagent with the condenser liquid, thereby generating an intermediate material; further pyrolyzing the intermediate material in a second pyrolysis reactor to generate a second biogenic reagent and a second pyrolysis vapor; and recovering the second biogenic reagent as a high-yield biocarbon composition. The process can further comprise pelletizing the intermediate material. Many process and system configurations are disclosed.

A porous polymer aerogel, wherein the aerogel has greater than 5 wt % of amine containing vinyl monomers integrated into a polymer backbone. A method of fabrication of a porous polymer aerogel amine material, includes preparing a solution comprising at least a solvent, amine monomers having protected amino groups, one or more crosslinkers, one or more radical initiators, and a nitroxide mediator, removing oxygen from the solution, heating the solution to promote polymerization and to produce a polymerized material, performing solvent exchange with the polymerized material, causing a deprotection reaction in the polymerized material to remove groups protecting the amino groups, soaking and rinsing the material to remove excess reagents and any byproducts of the deprotection reaction, and drying the material to produce the amine sorbent. A system to separate CO2 from other gases, comprising a polymer porous aerogel sorbent having greater than 5 wt % of amine containing vinyl monomers integrated into a polymer backbone.

Provided herein are methods of making an adsorbent bed useful as a micro-reactor, or a catalytic and/or separation device. The adsorbent bed comprises a metal-organic framework composite. In the present methods, one or more metal-organic frameworks in powder form are mixed in a liquid to produce a metal-organic framework suspension or other type of metal-organic framework coating. A monolith is coated with the suspension or coating to provide the metal-organic framework composite having at least one metal-organic framework coating layer deposited on and bounded to the monolith. The metal-organic framework composite produced has a BET surface area of about 1 m.sup.2/g to about 300 m.sup.2/g and/or a comparative BET surface area of about 40% to about 100% relative to the metal-organic framework monolith, and pore size between about 1 nm and about 50 nm.

A molybdenum sulfide powder according to the invention contains molybdenum disulfide having a 3R crystal structure. A heavy-metal adsorbent according to the invention contains molybdenum sulfide particles, and the molybdenum sulfide particles have a median diameter Dso of 10 nm to 1,000 nm obtained by a dynamic light scattering type particle diameter distribution measuring device. A photothermal conversion material according to the invention contains a material containing molybdenum sulfide particles and generates heat by absorbing light energy.

Disclosed are methods for critical point drying a composite material. After exposing the composite material to a supercritical fluid, the composite material dries as the supercritical fluid evaporates with reduced pressure. The composite materials are useful as chromatographic separation media.

The present invention provides novel chromatographic materials, e.g., for chromatographic separations, processes for its preparation and separations devices containing the chromatographic material; separations devices, chromatographic columns and kits comprising the same; and methods for the preparation thereof. The chromatographic materials of the invention are chromatographic materials comprising having a narrow particle size distribution.

Spike particles are disclosed including a core and a plurality of spikes attached to and extending from a core surface. The core may be nonporous, superficially porous, or porous. The plurality of spikes may be nonporous or superficially porous. Superficially porous spike particles are disclosed including a porous spike particle shell disposed over a nonporous spike particle. A method for forming the spike particles is disclosed including mixing a dispersed aqueous phase having a plurality of core particles, a water emulsion drop stabilizer, and a catalyst with a continuous oil phase having an organic solvent, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and a silane precursor to form a water-in-oil emulsion system, which is reacted without stirring to form the plurality of chromatographic spike particles. A chromatographic separation device is disclosed including the spike particles, which are randomly packed in the chromatographic separation device and have an external porosity ranging from about 0.4 to about 0.9.