mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A solar thermal power system (10, 110, 210) comprising a solar receiver steam generator, a thermal energy storage arrangement including a thermal energy storage fluid, and a multistage steam turbine for driving an electrical generator to produce electrical power, wherein the solar thermal power system has: a first operating mode in which steam is generated by the solar receiver steam generator and is supplied to the thermal energy storage arrangement to heat the thermal energy storage fluid and to a high pressure turbine inlet of the multistage steam turbine to drive the steam turbine by expansion through a high pressure stage, an intermediate pressure stage and a low pressure stage; and a second operating mode in which steam is generated by recovering stored thermal energy from the thermal energy storage fluid to drive the steam turbine, wherein the steam generated by recovering stored thermal energy from the thermal energy storage fluid is injected into the multistage steam turbine to drive the steam turbine at a turbine stage downstream of the high pressure turbine inlet where the pressure of the steam generated by recovering stored thermal energy exceeds the pressure present in the turbine stage downstream of the high pressure turbine inlet during the first operational mode and hence increases the mass flow through the turbine compared to the mass flow during the first operational mode. a first operating mode in which steam is generated by the solar receiver steam generator and is supplied to the thermal energy storage arrangement to heat the thermal energy storage fluid and to a high pressure turbine inlet of the multistage steam turbine to drive the steam turbine by expansion through a high pressure stage, an intermediate pressure stage and a low pressure stage; and a second operating mode in which steam is generated by recovering stored thermal energy from the thermal energy storage fluid to drive the steam turbine, wherein the steam generated by recovering stored thermal energy from the thermal energy storage fluid is injected into the multistage steam turbine to drive the steam turbine at a turbine stage downstream of the high pressure turbine inlet where the pressure of the steam generated by recovering stored thermal energy exceeds the pressure present in the turbine stage downstream of the high pressure turbine inlet during the first operational mode and hence increases the mass flow through the turbine compared to the mass flow during the first operational mode.
A polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) nucleic acid sequence as shown in either of SEQ ID NO. 1 or 3; (b) nucleic acid sequence which codes for a polypeptide which features an amino acid sequence as shown in either SEQ ID NO. 2 or 4; (c) nucleic acid sequence which has at least 70% identity to one of the nucleic acid sequences of (a) or (b), and which codes for a polypeptide with Δ-6-elongase activity, the polypeptide being able to elongate the fatty acid cis-vaccenic acid (C18:1Δ11), arachidonic acid (C20;4Δ5, 8, 11, 14) and/or eicosapentaenoic acid (C20: 5Δ5, 8, 11, 14,17); and (d) nucleic acid sequence for a fragment of a nucleic acid of (a), (b) or (c), where the fragment codes for a polypeptide with Δ-6-elongase activity, the polypeptide being able to elongate the fatty acid cis-vaccenic acid (C18:1Δ11), arachidonic acid (C20:4Δ5, 8, 11, 14) and/or eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5Δ5, 8, 11, 14, 17). (a) nucleic acid sequence as shown in either of SEQ ID NO. 1 or 3; (b) nucleic acid sequence which codes for a polypeptide which features an amino acid sequence as shown in either SEQ ID NO. 2 or 4; (c) nucleic acid sequence which has at least 70% identity to one of the nucleic acid sequences of (a) or (b), and which codes for a polypeptide with Δ-6-elongase activity, the polypeptide being able to elongate the fatty acid cis-vaccenic acid (C18:1Δ11), arachidonic acid (C20;4Δ5, 8, 11, 14) and/or eicosapentaenoic acid (C20: 5Δ5, 8, 11, 14,17); and (d) nucleic acid sequence for a fragment of a nucleic acid of (a), (b) or (c), where the fragment codes for a polypeptide with Δ-6-elongase activity, the polypeptide being able to elongate the fatty acid cis-vaccenic acid (C18:1Δ11), arachidonic acid (C20:4Δ5, 8, 11, 14) and/or eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5Δ5, 8, 11, 14, 17).
Fitting with a housing connectable to a water pipe, a valve body displaceably arranged in the housing, a bearing part arranged on the housing and an actuator for displacing the valve body between an open position for opening a passage from an inflow channel to an outflow channel within the housing and a closed position for shutting off the passage from the inflow channel to the outflow channel, wherein the actuator includes an actuating spindle axially secured and rotatably mounted in the bearing part and a spindle nut connected to the valve body for engagement with the actuating spindle, characterized in in that at least one sensor for detecting a force acting on the bearing part from the valve body is arranged in the region of a separation point between the housing and the bearing part, the sensor being designed as a strain gauging sensor on at least one fastening screw serving to fasten the bearing part to the housing.
A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate comprising a first Group IV semiconductor having a recess therein; an active layer comprising a Group III-V semiconductor within the recess; a buffer layer between the substrate and the active layer and comprising a second Group IV semiconductor; and a first impurity and point defect blocking superlattice layer between and in contact with the substrate and the buffer layer; and a second impurity and point defect blocking superlattice layer between and in contact with the buffer layer and the active layer wherein the first Group IV semiconductor comprises silicon, and wherein the second Group IV semiconductor comprises germanium. a substrate comprising a first Group IV semiconductor having a recess therein; an active layer comprising a Group III-V semiconductor within the recess; a buffer layer between the substrate and the active layer and comprising a second Group IV semiconductor; and a first impurity and point defect blocking superlattice layer between and in contact with the substrate and the buffer layer; and a second impurity and point defect blocking superlattice layer between and in contact with the buffer layer and the active layer wherein the first Group IV semiconductor comprises silicon, and wherein the second Group IV semiconductor comprises germanium.
A transdermal delivery system, comprising a backing layer affixed to an adhesive polymer matrix, wherein the adhesive polymer matrix comprises: a. 0.5% (w/w) to 10% (w/w) of a first penetration enhancer selected from the group consisting of levulinic acid and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; b. 0.5% (w/w) to 10% (w/w) of a second penetration enhancer selected from the group consisting of glyceryl monooleate and lauryl lactate; wherein the ratio of weight percent of first penetration enhancer to second penetration enhancer in the adhesive polymer matrix is in the range of 2:1 to 1:3, c. at least 55% (w/w) of an adhesive polymer; d. 2% (w/w) to 8% (w/w) of a humectant; e. 0.6% (w/w) to 1.0% (w/w) levonorgestrel; and f. 0.6% (w/w) to 1.0% (w/w) ethinyl estradiol. a. 0.5% (w/w) to 10% (w/w) of a first penetration enhancer selected from the group consisting of levulinic acid and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; b. 0.5% (w/w) to 10% (w/w) of a second penetration enhancer selected from the group consisting of glyceryl monooleate and lauryl lactate; wherein the ratio of weight percent of first penetration enhancer to second penetration enhancer in the adhesive polymer matrix is in the range of 2:1 to 1:3, c. at least 55% (w/w) of an adhesive polymer; d. 2% (w/w) to 8% (w/w) of a humectant; e. 0.6% (w/w) to 1.0% (w/w) levonorgestrel; and f. 0.6% (w/w) to 1.0% (w/w) ethinyl estradiol.
Device for controlling the opening of a motor vehicle door, comprising: - a base configured to receive the opening command, - a handle lever configured so as to be mounted so as to pivot on the base about a first handle axis comprising a main gripping branch (20.1) and a secondary branch (20.2) extending the main branch (20.1), each located on either side of the handle axis, - a kinematic chain configured to transmit a movement of the handle lever to a lock of the opening control in order to unlock the door, comprising at least one active branch (20.2) of the handle lever formed by the secondary branch (20.2) capable of being kinematically coupled to a return member forming a moving element of the chain, - an inertial safety member configured to move, by the effect of inertia in the event of an impact, from an inactive rest position in which the inertial device does not block the chain and an active blocking position in which the inertial member blocks the chain, characterised in that the deflection member is mounted so as to pivot relative to the base about an axis of rotation and is balanced, the centre of gravity of the deflection member being coincident with its axis of rotation so that the deflection member does not move in the event of an impact. - a base configured to receive the opening command, - a handle lever configured so as to be mounted so as to pivot on the base about a first handle axis comprising a main gripping branch (20.1) and a secondary branch (20.2) extending the main branch (20.1), each located on either side of the handle axis, - a kinematic chain configured to transmit a movement of the handle lever to a lock of the opening control in order to unlock the door, comprising at least one active branch (20.2) of the handle lever formed by the secondary branch (20.2) capable of being kinematically coupled to a return member forming a moving element of the chain, - an inertial safety member configured to move, by the effect of inertia in the event of an impact, from an inactive rest position in which the inertial device does not block the chain and an active blocking position in which the inertial member blocks the chain,
A pseudo wire, PW, load sharing method, wherein the method comprises: receiving, by a first provider edge, PE, device, a data flow from a customer edge, CE, device, and forwarding the data flow to a PW trunk interface, wherein the first PE is separately connected to at least one second PE device by using at least two PWs, and the PW trunk interface is associated with at least two active PWs of the at least two PWs; and performing, by the first PE device, load sharing processing on the data flow, and forwarding the data flow by using the at least two active PWs. receiving, by a first provider edge, PE, device, a data flow from a customer edge, CE, device, and forwarding the data flow to a PW trunk interface, wherein the first PE is separately connected to at least one second PE device by using at least two PWs, and the PW trunk interface is associated with at least two active PWs of the at least two PWs; and performing, by the first PE device, load sharing processing on the data flow, and forwarding the data flow by using the at least two active PWs.
An aerosol delivery device comprising: a reservoir including a liquid aerosol precursor composition; an electrical heater in fluid communication with the reservoir and configured to vaporize a liquid aerosol precursor composition and subsequently form an aerosol; and a filter operatively arranged relative to the heater such that at least a portion of the formed aerosol passes therethrough, the filter comprising a cellulose-containing material and ion exchanged fibers comprising electrophilic or nucleophilic functional groups, the filter being configured to selectively bind one or more target compounds, wherein: when the ion exchanged fibers comprise nucleophilic functional groups, the target compounds comprise carbonyl-containing compounds, nitroso-containing compounds, or a combination thereof; or when the ion exchanged fibers comprise electrophilic functional groups, the target compounds comprise amine-containing compounds. a reservoir including a liquid aerosol precursor composition; an electrical heater in fluid communication with the reservoir and configured to vaporize a liquid aerosol precursor composition and subsequently form an aerosol; and a filter operatively arranged relative to the heater such that at least a portion of the formed aerosol passes therethrough, the filter comprising a cellulose-containing material and ion exchanged fibers comprising electrophilic or nucleophilic functional groups, the filter being configured to selectively bind one or more target compounds, wherein: when the ion exchanged fibers comprise nucleophilic functional groups, the target compounds comprise carbonyl-containing compounds, nitroso-containing compounds, or a combination thereof; or when the ion exchanged fibers comprise electrophilic functional groups, the target compounds comprise amine-containing compounds. when the ion exchanged fibers comprise nucleophilic functional groups, the target compounds comprise carbonyl-containing compounds, nitroso-containing compounds, or a combination thereof; or when the ion exchanged fibers comprise electrophilic functional groups, the target compounds comprise amine-containing compounds.
A method of making a heat treated coated article, the method comprising: having a coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating comprising a copper-doped layer (7, 7', 7") comprising an oxide and/or nitride of zirconium, and wherein the copper-doped layer (7, 7', 7") is substantially free of tungsten and zinc; and thermally tempering the coated article, including the glass substrate and the copper-doped layer (7, 7', 7") comprising an oxide and/or nitride of zirconium, so that after the tempering a layer comprising copper-doped zirconium oxide is provided on the glass substrate. having a coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating comprising a copper-doped layer (7, 7', 7") comprising an oxide and/or nitride of zirconium, and wherein the copper-doped layer (7, 7', 7") is substantially free of tungsten and zinc; and thermally tempering the coated article, including the glass substrate and the copper-doped layer (7, 7', 7") comprising an oxide and/or nitride of zirconium, so that after the tempering a layer comprising copper-doped zirconium oxide is provided on the glass substrate.
A method for noise cleaning of photoplethysmogram signals for estimating blood pressure of a user; said method comprising: a. extracting photoplethysmogram signals from the user using an image capturing device coupled with a mobile communication device; b. up sampling the extracted photoplethysmogram signals to a uniform sampling rate using an up sampling module, wherein the extracted photoplethysmogram signals are up sampled using linear interpolation; c. filtering the up sampled photoplethysmogram signals using a filtering module; d. removing uneven baseline drift of each cycle of the up sampled and filtered photoplethysmogram signals using a baseline drift removal module; e. removing outlier cycles of the photoplethysmogram signals by k-means clustering using an outlier removing module; f. modeling remaining cycles of the photoplethysmogram signals after removing outlier cycles with a sum of 2 Gaussian functions using a signal modeling module; and g. extracting time domain features from originally extracted and modeled photoplethysmogram signals using a feature extraction module for estimating blood pressure of the user. a. extracting photoplethysmogram signals from the user using an image capturing device coupled with a mobile communication device; b. up sampling the extracted photoplethysmogram signals to a uniform sampling rate using an up sampling module, wherein the extracted photoplethysmogram signals are up sampled using linear interpolation; c. filtering the up sampled photoplethysmogram signals using a filtering module; d. removing uneven baseline drift of each cycle of the up sampled and filtered photoplethysmogram signals using a baseline drift removal module; e. removing outlier cycles of the photoplethysmogram signals by k-means clustering using an outlier removing module; f. modeling remaining cycles of the photoplethysmogram signals after removing outlier cycles with a sum of 2 Gaussian functions using a signal modeling module; and g. extracting time domain features from originally extracted and modeled photoplethysmogram signals using a feature extraction module for estimating blood pressure of the user.
Wind turbine with a tower, a nacelle and a yaw bearing, wherein - the yaw bearing is arranged and prepared for rotating the nacelle relative to the tower around a yaw axis; - the yaw bearing comprises a first yaw bearing component which is fixed to the tower, a second yaw bearing component which is fixed to the nacelle, and at least one sliding component which is located between the first yaw bearing component and the second yaw bearing component; characterized in that - the first yaw bearing component and/or the second yaw bearing component comprises at least one pocket for housing a hydraulic lifting device for lifting the nacelle relative to the tower such that the sliding component can be removed, which lifting device comprises a lifting cylinder and an extension nipple for building up hydraulic pressure. - the yaw bearing is arranged and prepared for rotating the nacelle relative to the tower around a yaw axis; - the yaw bearing comprises a first yaw bearing component which is fixed to the tower, a second yaw bearing component which is fixed to the nacelle, and at least one sliding component which is located between the first yaw bearing component and the second yaw bearing component; - the first yaw bearing component and/or the second yaw bearing component comprises at least one pocket for housing a hydraulic lifting device for lifting the nacelle relative to the tower such that the sliding component can be removed, which lifting device comprises a lifting cylinder and an extension nipple for building up hydraulic pressure.
A method of processing radio frequency signals, the method comprising the steps of: in a transceiver module (8,10), obtaining a signal indicative of a first frequency, the first frequency being a frequency of a first signal, the first signal being a transmitted signal; using the signal indicative of a first frequency, determining a second frequency depending on the first frequency; tuning at least two filters (28, 32) in the transceiver module (8, 10) to the second frequency; receiving a second signal at a receiver antenna (4, 6) for the transceiver module (8, 10); and wherein the method further comprises the steps of: filtering, by the at least two filters (28, 32), the received second signal to: remove, from the second signal, components having a frequency greater than the second frequency; and remove, from the second signal, components having a frequency less than the second frequency; and wherein determining a second frequency depending on the first frequency comprises using a voltage controlled oscillator, generating a signal having variable frequency; using a multiplier, multiplying the signal generated by the voltage controlled oscillator and the signal indicative of a first frequency; and determining the first frequency depending on an output from the multiplier. in a transceiver module (8,10), obtaining a signal indicative of a first frequency, the first frequency being a frequency of a first signal, the first signal being a transmitted signal; using the signal indicative of a first frequency, determining a second frequency depending on the first frequency; tuning at least two filters (28, 32) in the transceiver module (8, 10) to the second frequency; receiving a second signal at a receiver antenna (4, 6) for the transceiver module (8, 10); and wherein the method further comprises the steps of: filtering, by the at least two filters (28, 32), the received second signal to: remove, from the second signal, components having a frequency greater than the second frequency; and remove, from the second signal, components having a frequency less than the second frequency; and wherein determining a second frequency depending on the first frequency comprises using a voltage controlled oscillator, generating a signal having variable frequency; using a multiplier, multiplying the signal generated by the voltage controlled oscillator and the signal indicative of a first frequency; and determining the first frequency depending on an output from the multiplier. filtering, by the at least two filters (28, 32), the received second signal to: remove, from the second signal, components having a frequency greater than the second frequency; and remove, from the second signal, components having a frequency less than the second frequency; and wherein determining a second frequency depending on the first frequency comprises using a voltage controlled oscillator, generating a signal having variable frequency; using a multiplier, multiplying the signal generated by the voltage controlled oscillator and the signal indicative of a first frequency; and determining the first frequency depending on an output from the multiplier.
A method of freeze protection for a chiller, the chiller configured to circulate a first fluid and a second fluid therethrough, and the chiller including a compressor configured to circulate the first fluid, a controller in communication with a first sensor, a second sensor, and a metering device, a condenser in flow communication with the metering device and an evaporator in flow communication with the metering device and the compressor, wherein the evaporator is configured to allow the first fluid and the second fluid to flow therethrough, the method comprising: (a) operating the first sensor to measure a fluid characteristic of the first fluid as it flows through the evaporator and operating the second sensor to measure a fluid characteristic of the second fluid as it flows through the evaporator; characterised by: (b) operating the controller to determine whether the difference between the fluid characteristic of the first fluid and the fluid characteristic of the second fluid is greater than a freezing limit; and (c) operating the controller to enter a freeze protection mode if the difference between the fluid characteristic of the first fluid and the fluid characteristic of the second fluid is greater than the freezing limit, wherein entering the freeze protection mode comprises: (i) operating a third sensor to measure a liquid volume of the first fluid within the condenser; and (ii) operating the metering device to increase the liquid volume of the first fluid within the condenser to a first protection volume equal to or below a maximum protection volume. (a) operating the first sensor to measure a fluid characteristic of the first fluid as it flows through the evaporator and operating the second sensor to measure a fluid characteristic of the second fluid as it flows through the evaporator; (b) operating the controller to determine whether the difference between the fluid characteristic of the first fluid and the fluid characteristic of the second fluid is greater than a freezing limit; and (c) operating the controller to enter a freeze protection mode if the difference between the fluid characteristic of the first fluid and the fluid characteristic of the second fluid is greater than the freezing limit, (i) operating a third sensor to measure a liquid volume of the first fluid within the condenser; and (ii) operating the metering device to increase the liquid volume of the first fluid within the condenser to a first protection volume equal to or below a maximum protection volume.