mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A valve, comprising: a valve body having a valve body wall defining an interior chamber having a longitudinal axis (A-A), the valve body wall further defining a first port, a second port and a third port, each in communication with the interior chamber, the valve body wall defining a sealing surface disposed within the interior chamber along the longitudinal axis (A-A) to separate the first and second ports (14,16); and a flow controller moveably disposed within the interior chamber, the flow controller having a first component with an operating position that defines a minimum distance between the first component and the sealing surface, a second component of the flow controller having a varying distance relative to the sealing surface when the first component is in the operating position, the first component defines a flow path through which fluid flows from the first port to at least one of the second and third port (16,18), characterized in that the first component comprises an occluder and the second component comprises a sealer having a head portion and a shaft portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the head portion being located at the proximal end of the shaft with the occluder and a spring disposed about the shaft portion such that a fully compressed length of the spring locates the occluder at the distal end of the shaft portion. a valve body having a valve body wall defining an interior chamber having a longitudinal axis (A-A), the valve body wall further defining a first port, a second port and a third port, each in communication with the interior chamber, the valve body wall defining a sealing surface disposed within the interior chamber along the longitudinal axis (A-A) to separate the first and second ports (14,16); and a flow controller moveably disposed within the interior chamber, the flow controller having a first component with an operating position that defines a minimum distance between the first component and the sealing surface, a second component of the flow controller having a varying distance relative to the sealing surface when the first component is in the operating position, the first component defines a flow path through which fluid flows from the first port to at least one of the second and third port (16,18), characterized in that the first component comprises an occluder and the second component comprises a sealer having a head portion and a shaft portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the head portion being located at the proximal end of the shaft with the occluder and a spring disposed about the shaft portion such that a fully compressed length of the spring locates the occluder at the distal end of the shaft portion.
A method for operating a steam turbine with fluctuating load ranges of a steam generating power plant, with at least one reaction stage and at least one final stage module located downstream, wherein steam is admitted to the at least one reaction stage and the final stage module in such a manner that its pressure (pS, pESM) is reduced after each of the at least one reaction stage and after the final stage module, wherein before or after one of the at least one reaction stage a part steam quantity is extracted, which, bypassing the final stage module, is conducted into the waste steam flow of the steam turbine and/or in a condenser, characterized in that for at least one of the reaction stages a specific sealing range for the steam pressure (pS-seal) before or after this reaction stage is defined, wherein this sealing range (pS-seal) makes up only a narrow range of the entire operating range of the steam turbine and additionally is not pronounced at the start or end of the same, and in that via a measuring point before or after at least one reaction stage an actual pressure (pS-actual) during the operation is determined, wherein the actual pressure (pS-actual) is compared with the specific sealing range for the steam pressure (pS-seal) in such a manner that the part steam quantity is only extracted in particular when the actual pressure (pS-actual) is within the specific sealing range for the steam pressure (pS-seal), and wherein an unlimited operation of the final stage module of the steam turbine with weak and/or fluctuating load ranges of a steam generating power plant is made possible, in that the actual pressure (pS-actual) is reduced through the extraction of the part steam quantity defined as a consequence of the sealing range (pS-seal) so far outside the sealing range (pS-seal) that the operation of the steam turbine outside the sealing range (pS-seal) can take place without a forced shutdown of the steam turbine.
A method for operating an internal combustion engine in dynamically varying conditions, comprising: injecting a primary fuel into the engine; generating a combustible, hydrogen-containing gaseous product; injecting the hydrogen-containing gaseous product into the engine as it is generated and while injecting the primary fuel into the engine; while injecting the hydrogen-containing gaseous product, continually monitoring a first sensor output signal (73s, 75s, 77s, 79s, 81s) representative of a magnitude of a first variable relating to operation of the engine; and based on the continual monitoring of the first sensor output signal (73s, 75s, 77s, 79s, 81s), continually generating a second signal (73s', 75s', 77s', 79s', 81s'), which varies as a function of change in the first sensor output signal (73s, 75s, 77s, 79s, 81s), for varying the ratio of air to primary fuel into the engine, this resulting in a NOx emissions level change, the NOx emissions level varied as a function of the ratio of air to primary fuel effected by change in the first sensor output signal (73s, 75s, 77s, 79s, 81s), the second signal (73s', 75s', 77s', 79s', 81s') being different in magnitude from the first sensor output signal (73s, 75s, 77s, 79s, 81s) from which it is derived, the method adjusting one or more engine parameters based in part on the second signal (73s', 75s', 77s', 79s', 81s'). injecting a primary fuel into the engine; generating a combustible, hydrogen-containing gaseous product; injecting the hydrogen-containing gaseous product into the engine as it is generated and while injecting the primary fuel into the engine; while injecting the hydrogen-containing gaseous product, continually monitoring a first sensor output signal (73s, 75s, 77s, 79s, 81s) representative of a magnitude of a first variable relating to operation of the engine; and based on the continual monitoring of the first sensor output signal (73s, 75s, 77s, 79s, 81s), continually generating a second signal (73s', 75s', 77s', 79s', 81s'), which varies as a function of change in the first sensor output signal (73s, 75s, 77s, 79s, 81s), for varying the ratio of air to primary fuel into the engine, this resulting in a NOx emissions level change, the NOx emissions level varied as a function of the ratio of air to primary fuel effected by change in the first sensor output signal (73s, 75s, 77s, 79s, 81s), the second signal (73s', 75s', 77s', 79s', 81s') being different in magnitude from the first sensor output signal (73s, 75s, 77s, 79s, 81s) from which it is derived, the method adjusting one or more engine parameters based in part on the second signal (73s', 75s', 77s', 79s', 81s').
Electrical energy storage module, comprising: at least one storage cell stack which has: a plurality of groups of first, planar-parallel energy storage cells which each have first electrode elements, and a plurality of groups of second, planar-parallel energy storage cells which are arranged planar-parallel to the groups of first energy storage cells and each have second electrode elements, wherein the groups of first and second energy storage cells (1; 2) are arranged alternately along a first direction of extent of the storage cell stack, and wherein the first electrode elements have, on a side face of the storage cell stack, a different polarity from the second electrode elements on the side face of the storage cell stack; a plurality of planar contact elements which are arranged on the side faces of the storage cell stack and which galvanically connect adjacent groups of first and second energy storage cells (1; 2) and which contact all the first or second electrode elements (1a; 2a) of the adjacent groups of first and second energy storage cells (1; 2), in each case over the width of the storage cell stack; a first planar pole terminal which makes electrical contact with first electrode elements of a group of first energy storage cells arranged on a first end face of the storage cell stack; and a second planar pole terminal which makes electrical contact with second electrode elements of a group of second energy storage cells arranged on a second end face of the storage cell stack, wherein the first planar pole terminal and the second planar pole terminal are made to extend adjacent to one another and at least partly parallel to one another along the same side face of the storage cell stack. at least one storage cell stack which has: a plurality of groups of first, planar-parallel energy storage cells which each have first electrode elements, and a plurality of groups of second, planar-parallel energy storage cells which are arranged planar-parallel to the groups of first energy storage cells and each have second electrode elements, a plurality of groups of first, planar-parallel energy storage cells which each have first electrode elements, and a plurality of groups of second, planar-parallel energy storage cells which are arranged planar-parallel to the groups of first energy storage cells and each have second electrode elements, wherein the groups of first and second energy storage cells (1; 2) are arranged alternately along a first direction of extent of the storage cell stack, and wherein the first electrode elements have, on a side face of the storage cell stack, a different polarity from the second electrode elements on the side face of the storage cell stack;
A method of managing, by means of a processing unit, the charge of a collection of batteries (B i) connected to charging stations of a charging system, comprising the steps of: a) determining the total quantity of energy (E source) which may be supplied by the charging system for a charging time period; b) determining, for each battery (B i), a probability distribution (f i) of the effective energy need of the battery, taking into account statistic data relative to prior charges of the battery (B i) by the charging system; c) determining, for each battery (B i), a reference value for the energy (E i) to be injected into the battery (B i), the reference values (E i) being determined by taking into account the probability distributions (f i) to maximize, for each battery (B i), the probability for the reference value (E i) assigned to the battery to be greater than or equal to the effective energy need of the battery, and so that the sum of the reference values (E i) is smaller than or equal to the total quantity of energy (E source) that can be supplied by the charging system during said time period; d) establishing a schedule for the charge of the batteries (B i) taking into account said reference values (E i); and e) controlling the charge of the batteries (B i) in accordance with the schedule, wherein, at step c), the reference values (E i) are determined by binary search of the probability. a) determining the total quantity of energy (E source) which may be supplied by the charging system for a charging time period; b) determining, for each battery (B i), a probability distribution (f i) of the effective energy need of the battery, taking into account statistic data relative to prior charges of the battery (B i) by the charging system; c) determining, for each battery (B i), a reference value for the energy (E i) to be injected into the battery (B i), the reference values (E i) being determined by taking into account the probability distributions (f i) to maximize, for each battery (B i), the probability for the reference value (E i) assigned to the battery to be greater than or equal to the effective energy need of the battery, and so that the sum of the reference values (E i) is smaller than or equal to the total quantity of energy (E source) that can be supplied by the charging system during said time period; d) establishing a schedule for the charge of the batteries (B i) taking into account said reference values (E i); and e) controlling the charge of the batteries (B i) in accordance with the schedule,
A method for detecting a hematopoietic disease comprising detecting the presence or absence of a JAK2 mutation using a biological sample obtained from an individual, comprising: a) evaluating a sample from the individual for the presence or absence of a mutation in JAK2 nucleic acid or JAK2 polypeptide, wherein said mutation in the JAK2 nucleic acid is a2091t, and the mutation in the JAK2 polypeptide is an amino acid substitution selected from among N533Y; and b) identifying said individual as having a hematopoietic disease when said JAK2 nucleic acid or JAK2 polypeptide, respectively, comprises said mutation. a) evaluating a sample from the individual for the presence or absence of a mutation in JAK2 nucleic acid or JAK2 polypeptide, wherein said mutation in the JAK2 nucleic acid is a2091t, and the mutation in the JAK2 polypeptide is an amino acid substitution selected from among N533Y; and b) identifying said individual as having a hematopoietic disease when said JAK2 nucleic acid or JAK2 polypeptide, respectively, comprises said mutation.
System for energy storage and recovery, comprising at least one pressurized-air vessel, at least one pressurized-water vessel which is connected to the pressurized-air vessel, at least one turbine which is operatively connected to the at least one pressurized-water vessel, wherein the turbine is a Pelton turbine, a generator for generating electrical energy, which is designed for generating electrical voltage and which is connected to a frequency converter for the purpose of generating constant voltage and frequency, wherein the frequency converter has an interface for connection to a public electricity grid, and a high-pressure pump for delivering water from a water store into the pressurized-water vessel, wherein the at least one pressurized-air vessel is permanently in pressure equilibrium with the at least one pressurized-water vessel, so that, during the energy storage and recovery, the pressure in the at least one pressurized-air vessel is equal to the pressure in the at least one pressurized-water vessel, characterized in that a pressurized-air turbine is provided between a pressurized-air vessel and a pressurized-water vessel.
Piston which consists of a piston upper part and a piston lower part, there being, in the region of the piston upper part, a ring zone which is formed by a ring element and has ring grooves, a cooling duct which runs around coaxially and radially behind it, and, in particular, a combustion chamber recess, and the piston lower part having at least one piston skirt and a corresponding pin bore, the bearing regions of the ring element against the piston main body being designed with at least one step, and the ring element being joined non-releasably to the piston main body, characterized in that an upper web and a lower web of greater diameter with respect to the former protrude out of the piston main body, which webs (10, 11) are both of radially circumferential design, the downwardly pointing circumferential edge of the ring element lying with a step on the lower web.
A composition for proximity-based protein labeling comprising: a photocatalyst; and a protein labeling agent, wherein the photocatalyst has an electronic structure to activate the protein labeling agent to a reactive intermediate via energy transfer, and wherein the reactive intermediate inserts into a C-H bond of a protein. a photocatalyst; and a protein labeling agent, wherein the photocatalyst has an electronic structure to activate the protein labeling agent to a reactive intermediate via energy transfer, and wherein the reactive intermediate inserts into a C-H bond of a protein.
A method for adding a tag to the double-stranded product of a tagmentation reaction, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a double-stranded target nucleic acid and a transposome having a transposase with two transposon end sequences: a transferred strand and a non-transferred strand; (b) allowing the transposome to fragment the target nucleic acid, whereby the transferred strand is covalently transferred to a first strand of a first fragment, and the non-transferred strand remains hybridized to the transferred strand; (c) removing the non-transferred strand from the transferred strand; (d) providing a replacement oligonucleotide that comprises a tag sequence, to hybridize to the transferred strand; and (e) ligating the replacement oligonucleotide to the second strand of the first fragment; thereby generating a tagmentation product having a transferred strand and a replacement oligonucleotide. (a) providing a double-stranded target nucleic acid and a transposome having a transposase with two transposon end sequences: a transferred strand and a non-transferred strand; (b) allowing the transposome to fragment the target nucleic acid, whereby the transferred strand is covalently transferred to a first strand of a first fragment, and the non-transferred strand remains hybridized to the transferred strand; (c) removing the non-transferred strand from the transferred strand; (d) providing a replacement oligonucleotide that comprises a tag sequence, to hybridize to the transferred strand; and (e) ligating the replacement oligonucleotide to the second strand of the first fragment;
Test body for checking the transmission properties of tomographs, in particular radiological tomographs, which has a plurality of plates connected to form a stack in which adjacent plates contact each other, and which has spheres made of at least one material different from the plates characterized in that it has spheres of at least two different diameters, wherein the respective spheres are arranged in and/or between at least some of the plates, and wherein at least one rod-shaped hollow profile, in particular at least one tube with a circular cross section, is arranged on/in the test body, preferably in the stack.
An injection molding device to be used to injection mold a laminated preform, which is in a test-tube shape, has substrate layers of a main resin and at least an intermediate layer, and is suitable for use in biaxial drawing and blow molding, said injection molding device comprising two resin feeders (A, B) to feed the main resin and at least a resin for forming an intermediate layer, a multi-nozzle section in which the main resin with the intermediate-layer resin is laminated, and a mold for molding the preform, wherein the multi-nozzle section comprises at least three layer-forming flow channels: a cylindrical inner flow channel and a cylindrical outer flow channel to form the substrate layers of the main resin and a cylindrical middle flow channel located between the inner flow channel and the outer flow channel to form the intermediate layer, and a joined flow channel disposed downstream of at least three layer-forming flow channels and by way of a confluence where molten resins join after having flowed through respective layer-forming flow channels, characterized in that at some points ranging from a given position along the middle flow channel to the confluence, a plural number of vertical blocking rib pieces are disposed in parallel in the circumferential direction so as to cross the middle flow channel and to divide the flow through the middle channel into multiple streams along the circumferential direction. a cylindrical inner flow channel and a cylindrical outer flow channel to form the substrate layers of the main resin and a cylindrical middle flow channel located between the inner flow channel and the outer flow channel to form the intermediate layer, and a joined flow channel disposed downstream of at least three layer-forming flow channels and by way of a confluence where molten resins join after having flowed through respective layer-forming flow channels, characterized in that at some points ranging from a given position along the middle flow channel to the confluence, a plural number of vertical blocking rib pieces are disposed in parallel in the circumferential direction so as to cross the middle flow channel and to divide the flow through the middle channel into multiple streams along the circumferential direction.
A hollow anatomical structure therapy system comprising: a heat delivery device comprising a resistive element suitable for insertion into a blood vessel and an electrically insulated sleeve covering at least a portion of the resistive element; a power source in communication with said heat delivery device, said power source being programmed to: (a) deliver power to said heat delivery device during a temperature ramp-up phase; (b) measure time elapsing during power delivery; (c) monitor operation of said heat delivery device; characterised in that (d) if said operation of said heat delivery device either during or shortly after said temperature ramp-up phase is acceptable, deliver a generally decreasing amount of power to said heat delivery device after said temperature ramp-up phase and maintain said heat delivery device within a constant temperature range. a heat delivery device comprising a resistive element suitable for insertion into a blood vessel and an electrically insulated sleeve covering at least a portion of the resistive element; a power source in communication with said heat delivery device, said power source being programmed to: (a) deliver power to said heat delivery device during a temperature ramp-up phase; (b) measure time elapsing during power delivery; (c) monitor operation of said heat delivery device; characterised in that (d) if said operation of said heat delivery device either during or shortly after said temperature ramp-up phase is acceptable, deliver a generally decreasing amount of power to said heat delivery device after said temperature ramp-up phase and maintain said heat delivery device within a constant temperature range. (a) deliver power to said heat delivery device during a temperature ramp-up phase; (b) measure time elapsing during power delivery; (c) monitor operation of said heat delivery device; characterised in that (d) if said operation of said heat delivery device either during or shortly after said temperature ramp-up phase is acceptable, deliver a generally decreasing amount of power to said heat delivery device after said temperature ramp-up phase and maintain said heat delivery device within a constant temperature range.