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A process for producing acrolein by liquid phase dehydration of glycerol, comprising: a) preparing a mixture of: i) a catalyst suspended in an organic solvent comprising one or more vinyl polymers; and ii) glycerol; and b) mixing and heating said mixture to between 150°C and 350°C to dehydrate the glycerol and form acrolein. a) preparing a mixture of: i) a catalyst suspended in an organic solvent comprising one or more vinyl polymers; and ii) glycerol; and i) a catalyst suspended in an organic solvent comprising one or more vinyl polymers; and ii) glycerol; and b) mixing and heating said mixture to between 150°C and 350°C to dehydrate the glycerol and form acrolein.
A winding machine (10; 100; 200; 300) for winding a fiber texture on an impregnation mandrel, the machine comprising: a takeup mandrel for storing a fiber texture, the takeup mandrel having an axis of rotation; an impregnation mandrel for having superposed layers of the fiber texture stored on the takeup mandrel wound thereon, the impregnation mandrel having an axis of rotation that is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the takeup mandrel; two electric motors (22, 34) or a single electric motor (22, 34) associated with a cog belt for driving the mandrels in rotation about their respective axes of rotation; and a control unit for controlling the electric motor(s) for driving the mandrels in rotation, the machine being characterized in that the control unit for controlling the electric motor(s) comprises means for controlling the induction current of an electric motor of the takeup mandrel in order to wind the fiber texture onto the impregnation mandrel while exerting controlled tension thereon. a takeup mandrel for storing a fiber texture, the takeup mandrel having an axis of rotation; an impregnation mandrel for having superposed layers of the fiber texture stored on the takeup mandrel wound thereon, the impregnation mandrel having an axis of rotation that is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the takeup mandrel; two electric motors (22, 34) or a single electric motor (22, 34) associated with a cog belt for driving the mandrels in rotation about their respective axes of rotation; and a control unit for controlling the electric motor(s) for driving the mandrels in rotation, the machine being characterized in that the control unit for controlling the electric motor(s) comprises means for controlling the induction current of an electric motor of the takeup mandrel in order to wind the fiber texture onto the impregnation mandrel while exerting controlled tension thereon.
A method for the detection of Acrylamide precursors in raw potatoes comprising: illuminating at least one region of a raw potato's surface with an illumination light beam; measuring the intensity of light internally scattered by the potato; measuring the intensity of specular reflected light from the potato's surface; generating a detection signal based on a ratio of the measured intensity of internally scattered light and the measured intensity of specular reflected light; comparing the detection signal to a predefined threshold; and classifying the potato as having a high Acrylamide precursor concentration if the detection signal exceeds the predefined threshold. illuminating at least one region of a raw potato's surface with an illumination light beam; measuring the intensity of light internally scattered by the potato; measuring the intensity of specular reflected light from the potato's surface; generating a detection signal based on a ratio of the measured intensity of internally scattered light and the measured intensity of specular reflected light; comparing the detection signal to a predefined threshold; and classifying the potato as having a high Acrylamide precursor concentration if the detection signal exceeds the predefined threshold.
A shaft (20, 30, 40) twisted along a longitudinal direction, having a cross section taking the form of an approximately rectangular shape in a direction vertical to the longitudinal direction, characterized in that the cross section has a pair of recesses (24, 34) recessed arcuately in a direction vertical to the longitudinal direction, and the recesses (24, 34) are formed on a pair of sides facing each other among sides forming the cross section.
An apparatus comprising: a number of robotic machine groups; a mission planner capable of generating and modifying a mission plan and capable of sending it to a mission control for execution by the number of robotic machine groups for at least one of component and subassembly manufacturing, maintenance, and service for an aircraft, the mission plan comprises commands and programs; and a mission control of a robotic machine group capable of sending messages back to the mission planner during execution of the mission plan by the number of robotic machine groups; characterized in that the mission control monitors the robotic machine group and the progress of the mission plan and identifies if a conflict exists in the robotic machine group that may hinder execution of mission plan and is capable of solving a conflict in the mission plan by determining whether a solution is available locally in the mission control and generating a number of commands to the number of robotic machine groups to implement the solution, wherein the mission control sends messages with the information about the conflict to the mission planner during execution of the mission plan if a solution is not available locally; and wherein the mission planner uses the messages to modify the mission plan in order to resolve the conflict, and sends a modified mission plan to the mission control. a number of robotic machine groups; a mission planner capable of generating and modifying a mission plan and capable of sending it to a mission control for execution by the number of robotic machine groups for at least one of component and subassembly manufacturing, maintenance, and service for an aircraft, the mission plan comprises commands and programs; and a mission control of a robotic machine group capable of sending messages back to the mission planner during execution of the mission plan by the number of robotic machine groups;
A method for producing a sugar liquid, said method comprising concentrating an aqueous cellulose-derived sugar solution with a nanofiltration membrane and/or reverse osmosis membrane, wherein said concentration is carried out after adding a water-soluble anionic polymer to said aqueous cellulose-derived sugar solution, to remove a fermentation inhibitor(s) into the permeate side of said nanofiltration membrane and/or reverse osmosis membrane.
A working tool with a working head and a body device, wherein an electric motor and a transmission, which are connected to one another, are arranged in the body device, and wherein the electric motor additionally comprises a driveshaft with a longitudinal axis (x) and the transmission is connected to the electric motor so as to be movable in the direction of the longitudinal axis (x) in such a way that its motion is limited by a limit stop, characterized in that a housing bottom of a housing of the transmission abuts in an unaffected home position on a ceiling of a housing of the electric motor in such a way that its motion is limited by a limit stop, and in that a driveshaft of the electric motor extends through the ceiling, as well as the bottom, in order to engage into the transmission region.
A cell which is capable of fermentation and of using xylose as a carbon source, which cell comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a xylose isomerase, wherein the amino acid sequence of the xylose isomerase has at least 90% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 and wherein the nucleotide sequence is heterologous to the host.
A method of preventing and/or inhibiting the deposition of organic contaminants on surfaces in pulp and papermaking systems comprising: adding to the pulp and papermaking system a composition comprising one or more non-sulfonated or slightly sulfonated lignin and one or more hydrophobically modified water-soluble polymers and/or a composition comprising two or more slightly sulfonated lignins, wherein in each instance the slightly sulfonated lignin has a degree of sulfonation of from 0.1 to 3.5 moles of sulfur per kilogram of lignin, wherein the one or more hydrophobically modified water-soluble polymer is selected from at least one of hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, guar, hydroxypropyl guar, carboxymethyl guar, xanthan gum, acrylamide copolymer, hydrophobically modified water-soluble methyl cellulose, methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, methyl hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethyl methyl cellulose, methyl hydroxybutyl methyl cellulose, or anionic polymers selected from the group consisting of copolymer of DADMAC and acrylic acid salts, N-methyl-, polymer with (chloromethyl) oxirane, polyacrylates, diisobutylene-hydrolyzed maleic anhydride copolymers, ethyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride copolymers, polyacrylamides, polymethylmethacrylate and combinations thereof, or polyvinyl alcohol of 50% to 99% hydrolysis, or a hydrophobically modified polyethylene glycol made by the reaction of polyethylene glycol with alkyl glycidyl ether, and wherein the lignin particles have an average particle size of from 30 nm to 20 μm. wherein the one or more hydrophobically modified water-soluble polymer is selected from at least one of hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, guar, hydroxypropyl guar, carboxymethyl guar, xanthan gum, acrylamide copolymer, hydrophobically modified water-soluble methyl cellulose, methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, methyl hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethyl methyl cellulose, methyl hydroxybutyl methyl cellulose, or anionic polymers selected from the group consisting of copolymer of DADMAC and acrylic acid salts, N-methyl-, polymer with (chloromethyl) oxirane, polyacrylates, diisobutylene-hydrolyzed maleic anhydride copolymers, ethyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride copolymers, polyacrylamides, polymethylmethacrylate and combinations thereof, or polyvinyl alcohol of 50% to 99% hydrolysis, or a hydrophobically modified polyethylene glycol made by the reaction of polyethylene glycol with alkyl glycidyl ether, and wherein the lignin particles have an average particle size of from 30 nm to 20 μm.
A method implemented by a network topology design system, wherein the network topology design system includes a processing device, the method is provided for a split-architecture network which introduces a separation between control components executed by a controller in a control plane and data plane components in a data plane being decoupled from the control plane, characterized in that the placement of the controller is selected to minimize disruption of the split architecture network caused by a link failure in the data plane, a failure of a data plane component or a connectivity loss between the controller and a data plane component, a given network topology for the split architecture network is represented as a graph such that links in the split architecture network are represented by edges with associated costs in the graph and the controller and the data plane elements in the split architecture network are represented as a set of nodes in the graph; wherein a given placement of the controller at a node in the graph defines a routing tree which is rooted at the controller and forms a shortest path routing protocol reflecting a selection of primary paths in the graph from the data plane elements to the controller and covering all nodes in the graph and a subset of the edges in the graph, and a protection metric is a weight of the routing tree and measures resilience of the split architecture network as a degree of link and switch failure protection within the split architecture network for a potential controller placement at each node; the method comprises the steps of setting up the graph for the given network topology, traversing the set of nodes within the graph to calculate the protection metric for each node, selecting the node that maximizes the protection metric as placement of the controller in the control plane of the split architecture network.
A sorting device for moving an item off of a main conveyor surface comprising: two or more plastic paddles connected to a continuous plastic sweeper belt, the connection forming a paddle assembly positioned over the surface of a main conveyor, the main conveyor moving articles to be sorted or moved from the main conveyor surface; an electronic eye (12, 14) for detecting the presence of an object; and a motorized drive roller to control the movement of the continuous plastic sweeper belt; wherein the paddle assembly is located above the main conveyor surface, and the paddles of the paddle assembly are positioned to sweep over the main conveyor surface to direct an item off the main conveyor surface, and wherein the surface of said paddles comprises a rigid region for connecting to the sweeper belt, characterized in that the lower surface of the two or more paddles can be positioned at different distances from the top surface of the main conveyor surface by adjustably connecting the sweeper belt to a frame, thereby allowing the fine positioning of the end surfaces of the paddle and very close movement of the paddle to the main conveyor surface, wherein the surface of said paddles comprises, a center region having a high friction coating to contact an article on the main conveyor surface, and an end region positioned close to the main conveyor surface and coated with an anti-friction coating.
A draper belt system, comprising: - a first draper frame pivotally coupled to a second draper frame at a pivot joint, the pivot joint comprising a central longitudinal axis about which rotation at the pivot joint occurs; and - a draper belt assembly comprising a first roller rotatably coupled to the first draper frame, a second roller rotatably coupled to the second draper frame; characterized in that the draper belt assembly comprises a third roller and a draper belt looped around the first, second and third rollers (128, 136, 140), wherein the third roller comprises a central longitudinal axis about which the third roller rotates, and wherein the central longitudinal axis of the third roller is the same as the central longitudinal axis of the pivot joint. - a first draper frame pivotally coupled to a second draper frame at a pivot joint, the pivot joint comprising a central longitudinal axis about which rotation at the pivot joint occurs; and - a draper belt assembly comprising a first roller rotatably coupled to the first draper frame, a second roller rotatably coupled to the second draper frame;
A method of maintaining artificial turf using a turf maintenance robot, wherein the artificial turf comprises an artificial turf carpet, wherein the artificial turf carpet comprises turf fibers which form an artificial turf surface, wherein the artificial turf fibers have a grain, wherein the artificial turf comprises artificial turf infill distributed between the artificial turf fibers, wherein the turf maintenance robot is a self driving robot, wherein the turf maintenance robot comprises a memory for storing turf grain data descriptive of the grain of the artificial turf fibers, the method comprising brushing the artificial turf surface by the turf maintenance robot, whereby the turf maintenance robot performs the brushing dependent upon the turf grain data, wherein the method further comprises: - controlling a drone to fly over the artificial turf and acquire artificial turf data descriptive of the artificial turf, wherein the drone comprises a sensor configured for acquiring the artificial turf data and wherein the artificial turf data comprises image data; - controlling the turf maintenance robot to perform maintenance on the artificial turf using the artificial turf data; - identifying at least one maintenance zone within the artificial turf by inputting the image data into an image classification module; and - controlling the turf maintenance robot to perform maintenance on the at least one maintenance zone; wherein the image classification module is configured for identifying the at least one maintenance zone by detecting a pile direction pattern in the turf images. - controlling a drone to fly over the artificial turf and acquire artificial turf data descriptive of the artificial turf, wherein the drone comprises a sensor configured for acquiring the artificial turf data and wherein the artificial turf data comprises image data; - controlling the turf maintenance robot to perform maintenance on the artificial turf using the artificial turf data; - identifying at least one maintenance zone within the artificial turf by inputting the image data into an image classification module; and - controlling the turf maintenance robot to perform maintenance on the at least one maintenance zone;
Wet scrubber for use in underground mining and tunnelling as part of dust control, with a scrubber housing with an associated fan and a damping nozzle (6, 7) and a filter package having a demister as well as a downstream drop catcher and water tank with valve-controlled fresh water supply for circulating water, characterised in that the demister has a support frame and therein support grilles (28, 29) arranged at a distance in the mine air direction, between which steel mesh or steel braid or steel wool or stretch metal layers are inserted as a filter material, representing a compact filter package, whereby the support grilles (28, 29) and thus also the filter material and the filter package are designed to form a wave-shaped curved or tilted overall package.
A user verification method comprising: obtaining a plurality of biometric verifiers (220, 230), at least one of said biometric verifiers (220, 230) being configured to perform a verification process that may terminate at any one of a plurality of successive verification stages, whereby each stage corresponds to a particular verification performance and/or verification accuracy of a verification result output by the verification process and/or a particular verification speed of the verification process when terminated at said stage; setting a termination stage of each biometric verifier (220, 230) of said plurality of biometric verifiers (220, 230), such that each biometric verifier (220, 230) of the plurality of biometric verifiers (220, 230) is associated with a separate termination stage of a particular combination of termination stages, respectively; wherein the termination stage of said at least one biometric verifier (220, 230) is one of said plurality of successive verification stages; executing the plurality of biometric verifiers (220, 230), based on the particular combination of termination stages associated with the plurality of biometric verifiers (220, 230), to generate a plurality of outputs; fusing the plurality of outputs based on the particular combination of termination stages associated with the plurality of biometric verifiers (220, 230) to generate a result; and verifying a user based on the result. obtaining a plurality of biometric verifiers (220, 230), at least one of said biometric verifiers (220, 230) being configured to perform a verification process that may terminate at any one of a plurality of successive verification stages, whereby each stage corresponds to a particular verification performance and/or verification accuracy of a verification result output by the verification process and/or a particular verification speed of the verification process when terminated at said stage; setting a termination stage of each biometric verifier (220, 230) of said plurality of biometric verifiers (220, 230), such that each biometric verifier (220, 230) of the plurality of biometric verifiers (220, 230) is associated with a separate termination stage of a particular combination of termination stages, respectively; wherein the termination stage of said at least one biometric verifier (220, 230) is one of said plurality of successive verification stages; executing the plurality of biometric verifiers (220, 230), based on the particular combination of termination stages associated with the plurality of biometric verifiers (220, 230), to generate a plurality of outputs; fusing the plurality of outputs based on the particular combination of termination stages associated with the plurality of biometric verifiers (220, 230) to generate a result; and verifying a user based on the result.
Plug-in connector assembly for connecting lines for pressurized fluids, comprising: a plug-in connector receptacle having a plug-in opening arranged on a plug-in side, in which plug-in opening a receiving cut-out is arranged; a plug-in connector with a plug-in section which can be plugged into the plug-in opening of the plug-in connector receptacle, and wherein, when assembled with the plug-in connector, the plug-in opening of the plug-in connector receptacle surrounds at least certain regions of the plug-in section of the plug-in connector; a locking spring which is arranged on the plug-in connector receptacle and locates in a groove, which extends radially at least in certain regions, on an outer side of the plug-in connector by means of at least one retaining section in a closed position, thereby preventing the plug-in connector inserted in the plug-in connector receptacle from working loose, wherein an anti-rotation element can be plugged into the receiving cut-out of the plug-in connector receptacle and can be accommodated therein in a fixed manner, and the plug-in connector has on its outer side an anti-rotation groove extending in the longitudinal direction which forms, together with the anti-rotation element, a groove-spring connection such that the plug-in connector is secured against rotation relative to the plug-in connector receptacle characterized in that the receiving cut-out is open on the plug-in side, and in that the anti-rotation element can be inserted into the receiving cut-out by pushing in the longitudinal direction. a plug-in connector receptacle having a plug-in opening arranged on a plug-in side, in which plug-in opening a receiving cut-out is arranged; a plug-in connector with a plug-in section which can be plugged into the plug-in opening of the plug-in connector receptacle, and wherein, when assembled with the plug-in connector, the plug-in opening of the plug-in connector receptacle surrounds at least certain regions of the plug-in section of the plug-in connector; a locking spring which is arranged on the plug-in connector receptacle and locates in a groove, which extends radially at least in certain regions, on an outer side of the plug-in connector by means of at least one retaining section in a closed position, thereby preventing the plug-in connector inserted in the plug-in connector receptacle from working loose, wherein an anti-rotation element can be plugged into the receiving cut-out of the plug-in connector receptacle and can be accommodated therein in a fixed manner, and the plug-in connector has on its outer side an anti-rotation groove extending in the longitudinal direction which forms, together with the anti-rotation element, a groove-spring connection such that the plug-in connector is secured against rotation relative to the plug-in connector receptacle characterized in that the receiving cut-out is open on the plug-in side, and in that the anti-rotation element can be inserted into the receiving cut-out by pushing in the longitudinal direction.