Additively manufactured ceramic filters are disclosed. A plurality of pores, each having a uniform geometry, are arranged between an inlet surface and an outlet surface of a single unit of ceramic such that the plurality of pores change in size uniformly from the inlet surface to the outlet surface. The pores are respectively interconnected, and the size, shape, orientation, and/or interconnection of the pores are chosen to provide hydrodynamic features that provide effective filtration for a given liquid and contamination. The pores are additively manufactured with optimized precision.

A method for thickening a cryogenic slurry is disclosed. The method comprises providing a cryogenic slurry flow path, a cryogenic liquid discharge path, and a filter medium between the cryogenic slurry flow path and the cryogenic liquid discharge path. The cryogenic slurry comprises a solid and a cryogenic liquid. The cryogenic slurry is fed into the cryogenic slurry flow path, generally tangential to the filter medium. This causes a portion of the cryogenic liquid to cross the filter medium into the cryogenic liquid discharge path as a cryogenic liquid discharge and the cryogenic slurry to thicken to produce a thickened slurry. The filter medium comprises a cryogenically-stable material such that adsorption of gases is inhibited, deposition of solids is prevented, and temperature-change induced expansion and contraction of the filter medium is optimized.

The invention provides a composite ceramic filter material for high temperature flue gas dust removal, wherein the filter material is prepared by the following method: provide corn stalk raw material and silicon powder, crush the corn stalk raw material and pyrolyze the crushed corn stalk raw material to obtain carbonized corn stalks; spread silicon powders on the corn stalk raw material to obtain mixed powder; perform first high-temperature heat treatment on the mixed powder to obtain silicon carbide powder; add silicon carbide powder into ethanol; add PVB to the ethanol suspension of silicon carbide to obtain a dispersion solution of silicon carbide; perform surface treatment on the aluminum alloy base material; porous silicon carbide film is formed on the surface of the surface treated aluminum alloy by air spraying technology; perform pre-sintering on the porous silicon carbide film; perform sintering on the pre-sintered porous silicon carbide film.

A method of making SiC nanowires comprising: (a) mixing silicon powder with a carbon-containing biopolymer and a catalyst at room temperature to form a mixture; and (b) heating said mixture to a pyrolyzing temperature sufficient to react said biopolymer and said silicon power to form SiC nanowires.

A permeable material including a plurality of hollow structures having a plurality openings therein allowing fluid transfer between an inside volume of the hollow structure and an environment outside of the hollow structure, and a bond between adjacent ones of the plurality of hollow structures. A downhole filtration tool including a mandrel, and the material disposed about the mandrel. An embodiment of a method for making a permeable material including aggregating a plurality of hollow structures into a mass, and bonding the structures together. An embodiment of a borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, and the material, disposed in the borehole.

Apparatus and methods are disclosed which apply inorganic particles to a plugged honeycomb body comprising porous walls, an inlet end and an outlet end. The apparatus comprises a particle counter and the method comprises counting a selected portion of the inorganic particles from a first sampling port upstream from the plugged honeycomb body and a second sampling port downstream from the plugged honeycomb body. The selected portion of the inorganic particles are in a preselected inorganic particle size range. Filtration efficiency can be determined while inorganic particles are being deposited, for example to increase filtration efficiency.

The present invention provides a gas filter comprising an active element and a housing structure for said active element, said housing structure comprising a gas inlet and a gas outlet, said active element comprising or consisting of: a matrix material; a CO.sub.2 sorbent; and water, wherein at least some of the CO.sub.2 sorbent is embedded within the matrix material.

Disclosed are ceramic bodies comprised of composite cordierite aluminum magnesium titanate ceramic compositions and methods for the manufacture of same.

An alumina porous body made up by binding aggregate alumina particles to each other, the aggregate alumina particles being bound to each other by a compound comprising yttrium silicate synthesized from mullite and Y.sub.2O.sub.3; and a two-layer structure ceramic porous body with an inorganic porous film formed on the alumina porous body.

A fluid purification system capable of removing contaminants from significant volumes of fluids under low pressure conditions and at reasonable flow rates is provided. The system comprises a first fluid purification media comprising a rigid porous purification block. The rigid porous purification block includes a longitudinal first surface; a longitudinal second surface disposed inside the longitudinal first surface; and a porous high density polymer disposed between the longitudinal first surface and the longitudinal second surface. The system further includes a second fluid purification media, comprising a fibrous, nonwoven fabric disposed adjacent to the first surface of the first fluid purification media, the second surface of the first purification media, or both.