A drying system for removal of water from a liquid is provided with a device for receiving the liquid and a dryer cartridge with a cartridge body and a connection head arranged at the cartridge body. The cartridge body has a cartridge body wall delimiting a receiving chamber, at least in sections thereof, wherein the cartridge body wall allows the liquid to pass into and out of the receiving chamber. A drying agent is received in the receiving chamber. The connection head of the dryer cartridge is fastened to a housing wall of the device for receiving the liquid and secures the dryer cartridge at the device for receiving the liquid so that the cartridge body is fixed relative to the housing wall.

A method for capturing material extracted from biochar is provided comprising the steps of: (i) providing a biochar; (ii) contacting the biochar with an extraction media, where the extraction media causes the removal of residual compounds from the pores and surface of the biochar, creating a resulting extract comprised of the extraction media and removed compounds; and (iii) collecting the resulting extract. The method also can include other steps of extraction and purification. The method further comprises the step of applying the resulting extract to seeds, plants, soil, other agricultural products, or for use in other applications. A biochar having high levels of soluble signaling compounds is also provided, where the biochar is derived from a biomass source that together with predefined pyrolysis parameters produces resulting biochar having increased levels of soluble signaling compounds that are known to increase seed germination rates and early plant growth. Such soluble signaling compounds can then be collected in a biochar extract by contacting the biochar with an extraction media.

A material for removing a contaminant, a filter for removing a contaminant including the material, and a device for removing a contaminant including the filter, the material including an adsorption material for adsorption of a contaminant and a decomposition material for decomposition of a contaminant, wherein the adsorption material and the decomposition material are complexed with each other, and a contaminant decomposition onset temperature of the decomposition material is equal to or lower than a contaminant desorption onset temperature of the adsorption material.

Provided is a chromatography stationary phase having an excellent molecule discriminating ability. Specifically, provided is a chromatography stationary phase including a carrier carrying a copolymer that has a pyrrolidone backbone or a piperidone backbone, and an imide backbone in a repeating unit of the main chain.

The present invention concerns an adsorbent porous sol-gel material comprising at least -silane oxides; —an inorganic and/or organic acid with a boiling temperature higher than 100° C.; —a molecular probe of general formula (I) or one of the salts of same in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6 separately represent a hydrogen atom, a (C1-C6) alkyl group, a (C3-C7) cycloalkyl group, an alkyl-(C3-C7) cycloalkyl group; in which Z represents a spacer group chosen from a (C1-C16) alkyl group, a (C2-C16) alkenyl group, a (C2-C16) alkynyl group, a (C1-C16) halogenoalkyl group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, a carbocycle group, or an aryl-(C1-C16) alkyl group.

A method for producing a formed body containing magnesium oxide and calcium carbonate is shown and described, comprising the steps: a) Providing the following components: 1) A magnesium oxide component which has the following properties, in each case based on the total weight of the magnesium oxide component: i) Content of magnesium oxide in the dry substance of more than 70% by weight, ii) Ignition loss of less than 25% by weight, iii) Free calcium oxide content of less than 5% by weight, 2) a calcium carbonate component, the components as a whole having a free calcium oxide content of less than 2% by weight, based on the total weight of the components; b) Mixing components 1) and 2) to obtain a mixture; c) Forming at least one formed body from the mixture obtained in b) with the addition of water.

Provided are beads for blood processing having porous beads and a polymer carried on the surface of the porous beads, wherein: the porous beads are configured from at least one resin selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, styrene resins, and cellulose resins; and the polymer includes a specific monomer defined in the description as a monomer unit.

A carbon adsorbent storage and dispensing system is provided with a structurally modified particulate carbon adsorbent designed with optimal volumetric surface area for a certain range of particle sizes. Bulk density and specific surface area are carefully balanced to ensure the volumetric surface area remains within an optimal range to create high performance, as measured by dispensing capacity of the dopant fluid that is reversibly adsorbed onto the structurally modified particulate carbon adsorbent.

The present invention relates to porous carbon spheres via one-step non-catalytic and activation-free chemical vapor deposition method possessing a large volume of ultra-micropores. The ultra-micropore structure allows for with good cyclic stability, easy regeneration, favorable selectivity, and rapid sorption kinetics resulting in high capacity of CO.sub.2 capture at atmospheric and low pressures.

The present invention provides a technique for preparing a porous cellulose medium, through the gelation of a solution in which cellulose acetate as a raw material is dissolved, which does not cause a reaction involving the migration of substances. Specifically, a method for producing a porous cellulose medium is provided which includes the steps of gelling a flowable homogeneous composition containing cellulose acetate, an organic solvent, and water through a decrease in temperature; and hydrolyzing the cellulose acetate contained in the resulting gel.