A domestic carbonation appliance. The appliance has a replaceable CO2 cylinder, and accepts a refillable bottle. The appliance has a processor for controlling the functions of the device. The appliance comprises: a chassis having a filling chamber; a fill head in the filling chamber, the fill head being attachable to a source of pressurised carbon dioxide gas; the filling chamber having a safety door and locking device; the device having a sensor for detecting a door state and transmitting door state information to the processor; and the processor being adapted to initiate a carbonation process in response to the door state information.

The present invention discloses a system, method and non-transitory software based computer writeable medium usable with a processor driven device for incentivizing service providers. A predictive algorithm which includes a series of protocols including a first protocol or subroutine for establishing a risk profile through stratifying a designated ACO population. A second subroutine operates by training the ACO doctors or other care providers in one or more of a series of medical related diagnosis and treatment programs. A third successive subroutine establishes one or more management pathways which are customizable by the ACO leadership and through establishing a questioning protocol for modifying/customizing the base algorithm for any one or more of a variety of treatment sub-species. A fourth subroutine provides care provider (e.g. doctor) feedback on the desired best practices for the given diagnosis and treatment sub-species resulting from the question and answer protocol achieved in the third subroutine. A fifth subroutine results in the creation (again by the ACO or other provider) of a scorecard for each individual care provider (doctor, therapist, etc.), such based primarily upon patient outcome assessment and accounting for patient complexities.

A method is provided for producing fine-bubble water by resonance foaming and vacuum cavitation, and a device for manufacturing each of ultra-fine-bubble water of hydrogen gas having a reducing radical function, ultra-fine-bubble water of air and oxygen gas having an oxidizing radical function, ozone ultra-fine-bubble water having a sterilization function enabled by ozone, and fine-bubble water of nitrogen/carbon dioxide gas for increasing the ability to preserve the freshness of raw agricultural products, livestock products, and marine products.

A functional water producing apparatus in an embodiment includes: a water pressure regulator configured to regulate the water pressure of the ultrapure water, the water pressure regulator having a pressure regulating valve configured to regulate a water pressure of the ultrapure water to an almost constant pressure and a feed water pump configured to pressurize the ultrapure water; a dissolving device configured to dissolve functional gas imparting a specific function in the ultrapure water regulated the water pressure by the water pressure regulator; and a control device configured to control the feed water pump to regulate the water pressure of the functional water to a predetermined constant pressure based on a water pressure or a flow rate of the functional water flowing out of the dissolving device.

The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a mixing system that includes a heating assembly configured to heat liquid, and a mixing assembly including a tank defining a cavity and configured to retain liquid, an inlet in fluidic communication with the cavity and configured to receive liquid from the heating assembly, a mixing impeller assembly configured to mix contents of the cavity, an actuator configured to actuate the mixing impeller assembly to mix contents of the cavity, and an outlet in fluidic communication with the cavity and having a valve configured to selectively prevent and permit egress of contents of the cavity.

The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods related to a high pressure processing device that is configured to simplify batch processing. In an embodiment, a high pressure processing device includes a processing module configured to reduce a particle size of a material or achieve a desired liquid processing result for the material, a pump configured to pump the material to an inlet of the processing module, a recirculation pathway configured to recirculate the material from an outlet of the processing module back to the pump, an input device configured to receive at least one user input variable, and a controller configured to (i) determine a number of pump strokes for the pump based on the user input variable, and (ii) control the pump according to the determined number of pump strokes so that the material makes a plurality of passes through the processing module.

Compositions and methods are provided for a system in which liquid carbon dioxide, or a mixture of liquid and gaseous carbon dioxide, is converted to solid carbon dioxide by exiting an orifice at a sufficient pressure drop, e.g., for delivery of carbon dioxide to a concrete mixture in a mixer.

A gas mixing device for linearizing or calibrating a gas analyzer. The gas mixing device includes a first gas inlet line for a first gas, a second gas inlet line for a second gas, a mixing channel having inlet openings which are arranged one behind the other in a flow direction, the inlet openings comprising a first upstream inlet opening and a second downstream inlet opening, and at least two valves which each comprise at least one inlet and one outlet. The at least two valves release or block a fluidic connection between at least one of the first gas inlet line and the second gas inlet line, and the mixing channel via the inlet openings. A flow cross section of the mixing channel is smaller at the first upstream inlet opening than at the second downstream inlet opening.

The present disclosure relates to a system and method for treating wastewater, the method comprising the steps of: providing a vessel for receiving wastewater and a gas, wherein the gas comprises one or more constituent gas components; directing the wastewater and a first gas component of the gas to the vessel; reducing the temperature of the contents of the vessel from a first temperature to a second temperature to facilitate the formation of clathrate hydrates comprising the wastewater and the first gas component; increasing the temperature of the contents of the vessel with respect to the second temperature to facilitate melting of the clathrate hydrates; and removing clean water and/or the first gas component from the vessel.

Dilute chemical solution production device has a plunger pump and a chemical solution supply pipe that supply a chemical solution from a chemical solution reservoir. The end of the chemical solution supply pipe serves as an injection point for the chemical solution. The chemical solution supply pipe is inserted to an approximately central position in the radial direction of an ultrapure water passage, which is a first pipe, via a bore-through joint. Conductivity meter as a conductivity measuring means is provided on the downstream side of the bore-through joint, which serves as the injection point, and is connected to the previously described control means so that the plunger pump can be controlled in accordance with the measured value of the conductivity meter. The dilute chemical solution production device is capable of producing, with a simple structure, a dilute chemical solution having an extremely low concentration of acid/alkali or the like.