Provided is a method for facilitating an aerobic fermentation reaction using combustion waste gas, wherein organic waste in a reactor is heated using waste gas with heat produced from fuel combustion to facilitate the fermentation reaction, some of the chemical substances in the waste gas with heat produced from fuel combustion are absorbed by the organic waste in the reactor, and an environmental friendly treatment is performed on the waste gas with heat produced from fuel combustion. The specific practices comprise: connecting a gas outlet of a combustion device to a conveying pipe, and then connecting the conveying pipe to a gas inlet of the reactor or an air chamber aeration nozzle at a lower part of the reactor. Not only the equipment and cost for combustion waste gas treatments are saved, but also the aerobic fermentation efficiency of the organic waste is improved, which reduces the fermentation time. Not only the combustion waste gas is treated for environmental protection, but also the environmental friendly treatments of organic refuse waste are facilitated; and thus the method is an energy saving and environmental friendly technique.

Provided are methods, systems, and compositions for producing activated carbon from lignin residues produced from cellulosic or lignocellulosic biomass after hydrolysis of saccharides. The activated carbon is low in ash and sulfur, high in oxygen content and iodine number.

A container system includes a flexible bag bounding a chamber. A probe port includes an elongated tubular member having an interior surface bounding a first passageway and extending between a first end and an opposing second end, the first passageway being closed at the first end and open at the second end; and a flange encircling and radially outwardly projecting from the tubular member at or toward the second end thereof, the flange being secured to the flexible bag so that the first end of the elongated tubular member projects into the chamber of the flexible bag while the open second end of the elongated tubular member is accessible from outside of the flexible bag. A probe is received within the first passageway of the probe port.

The invention provides integrated Organ-on-Chip microphysiological systems representations of living Organs and support structures for such microphysiological systems.

The apparatus includes: a pretreatment tank where biomass and a first acid solution are stirred to extract sugar components from the biomass; a hydrolysis tank where water is added to the pretreated mixture transferred from the pretreatment tank such that the concentration of the acid is reduced and the sugar components are hydrolyzed to produce an acid hydrolyzate; a first sugar-acid separation tank where the acid hydrolyzate is separated into a second acid solution and a first hydrolyzate; a second sugar-acid separation tank where the first hydrolyzate is separated into a third acid solution and a second hydrolyzate; a fermentation tank where the second hydrolyzate is fermented to produce bioenergy; and an acid solution concentration tank where a mixture of the second acid solution transferred from the first sugar-acid separation tank and the third acid solution transferred from the second sugar-acid separation tank is concentrated to a higher level for reuse.

The invention relates to an apparatus (200) for incubation of a viable biological material (2); said apparatus comprises: a housing (4) having an extension in a longitudinal direction X, in a transversal direction Y, and in a direction Z perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the transversal direction; said housing comprising: two or more culture dish compartments (6), each being adapted to accommodate, one or more culture dishes (8) comprising a biological material (2); wherein said apparatus comprises an image capturing device (10); wherein said apparatus comprises a control unit (12) for controlling the operation thereof; wherein at least part of said image capturing device is being configured to be movable in relation to the two or more culture dish compartments (6), thereby allowing capture of images of one or more of said biological materials (2) accommodated in said one or more culture dishes (8); and wherein said apparatus comprises a FLIM unit (11) (fluorescent lifetime imaging microscope); wherein at least part of said FLIM unit (11) is being configured to be movable in relation to the two or more culture dish compartments (6), thereby allowing capture of FLIM spectra of one or more of said biological materials (2) accommodated in said one or more culture dishes (8).

A photobioreactor for cultivating photoautotrophs that comprises a first hatcher for containing the photoautotrophs and a first feed medium; a second hatcher for holding the photoautotrophs and a second feed medium; and a pump connected to the first hatcher, the second hatcher or both the first hatcher and the second hatcher for moving the photoautotrophs between the first hatcher and the second hatcher or vice versa.

The present invention relates to a cell sheet manufacturing device and a manufacturing method therefor. More specifically, the present invention relates to a cell sheet manufacturing device comprising a support layer made of silicon rubber, a patterned electrode formed adjacent to the support layer and a graphene layer formed adjacent to the electrode, and a manufacturing method therefor.

The invention relates to a novel plasma induced mutation breeding device which comprises: a sample treatment system including a sterile working compartment free of bioactive contaminant; a plasma generator; a radio frequency (RF) power module connected with the plasma generator; a cooling system for cooling the plasma generator; a detection system including a gas flow controller for controlling the gas flow which generates the plasma jet and a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the jet emitted by the plasma generator; and a control system with an operation panel and a controller for controlling the operation of the mutation breeding device, wherein the controller is connected with the RF power module, gas flow controller, temperature sensor, cooling system as well as the operation panel, respectively, and said plasma generator stably emits the plasma jet at 37±3° C. during the biological sample processing.

A process for reducing the production of sludge by municipal or industrial wastewater purification plants, comprising a step of mesophilic or thermophilic anaerobic digestion (20), or anaerobic digestion combining these two operating modes, of a stream of sludge to be treated (1), and at least one biological solubilization anaerobic treatment step (30); the process comprises, upstream of the anaerobic digestion step, a step of dehydration (10) of the sludge to be treated, followed by a step of mixing (15) the dehydrated sludge with a recirculated fraction of sludge that is more liquid, originating from recycling of the digestion (20), and/or from the anaerobic treatment step (30), and/or centrates originating from a final dehydration (50) of the treated sludge, wherein the recirculation rate is chosen such that the mixture has a dryness suitable for digestion, this mixture then being directed towards the digestion.