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A device for subjecting a substance to heat treatment, the device comprising: an enclosure; a conveyor for conveying the substance between an inlet of the enclosure and an outlet of the enclosure, the conveyor comprising a screw mounted to rotate inside the enclosure about an axis of rotation and including an actuator for driving the screw in rotation about said axis, the screw itself not having a rotary shaft; Joule effect heating of the screw; wherein the enclosure comprises an envelope of refractory material having the screw extending therethrough, said envelope being shaped as a tube having a main inner surface following the outlines of the screw being characterized in that an inner radius of the envelope is greater than the outer radius of the screw by a value lying in the range 1 mm to 20 mm. an enclosure; a conveyor for conveying the substance between an inlet of the enclosure and an outlet of the enclosure, the conveyor comprising a screw mounted to rotate inside the enclosure about an axis of rotation and including an actuator for driving the screw in rotation about said axis, the screw itself not having a rotary shaft; Joule effect heating of the screw; wherein the enclosure comprises an envelope of refractory material having the screw extending therethrough, said envelope being shaped as a tube having a main inner surface following the outlines of the screw being characterized in that an inner radius of the envelope is greater than the outer radius of the screw by a value lying in the range 1 mm to 20 mm.
A hydraulic system for a working machine, the hydraulic system comprising a hydraulic actuator and a first hydraulic machine for supplying fluid to the hydraulic actuator, and a hydraulic transformer for supplying fluid to the hydraulic actuator in parallel with said first hydraulic machine, and an accumulator for fluid, the hydraulic transformer comprising a first port and a second port and being adapted to transform a first pressure and a first flow at said first port to a second pressure and a second flow at said second port, said second port of said hydraulic transformer being in fluid communication with the hydraulic actuator and the first port being in communication with the accumulator, and a hydraulic actuator control means being adapted to determine a required hydraulic power for said hydraulic actuator, wherein said hydraulic actuator control means further is adapted to request a first power portion of said required hydraulic power from said hydraulic transformer and a second power portion of said required hydraulic power from said first hydraulic machine, characterized in that said hydraulic actuator control means is adapted to determine a required hydraulic power signal and to convert said required hydraulic power signal into at least one of a high frequency power signal and a low frequency power signal.
Device (D1, D2) for installing a transmission cable in a building, said installation device comprising: - a protecting sheath (G1, G2) surrounding at least one transmission cable (F1, F2), said sheath comprising at least one longitudinal void (E1, E2) and said sheath not including any slit allowing the removal of said at least one cable, and - a rigid element (Rl, R2) inserted fully into at least one of said voids to confer on said device a sufficient rigidity to facilitate the passage of the sheath in at least one duct of said building; said rigid element filling, when it is inserted into said void, all the space of said void; and said protective sheath comprising a longitudinal slit allowing the removal and/or the insertion of said rigid element. - a protecting sheath (G1, G2) surrounding at least one transmission cable (F1, F2), said sheath comprising at least one longitudinal void (E1, E2) and said sheath not including any slit allowing the removal of said at least one cable, and - a rigid element (Rl, R2) inserted fully into at least one of said voids to confer on said device a sufficient rigidity to facilitate the passage of the sheath in at least one duct of said building; said rigid element filling, when it is inserted into said void, all the space of said void; and said protective sheath comprising a longitudinal slit allowing the removal and/or the insertion of said rigid element.
A drying method for processing material using a horizontal rotary dryer provided with: a rotating shell having a feed port for processing material on one end side thereof and a discharge port for processing material on the other end side thereof, and capable of freely rotating around an axial center; and a group of heating tubes through which a heating medium passes, provided within the rotating shell, and configured in a manner that the processing material is lifted up in a rotational direction by the group of heating tubes in accordance with the rotation of the rotating shell, the drying method for processing material comprising - drying, through indirect heating, the processing material by using the group of heating tubes in a process of feeding the processing material to the one end side of the rotating shell and discharging the processing material from the other end side of the rotating shell, characterised in that - the rotating shell is rotated to make a critical speed ratio α defined by the following expression 1 and expression 2 become 30 to less than 100% to dry the processing material, Vc = rg 1 / 2 α = V / Vc ⋅ 100 wherein Vc indicates a critical speed (m/s), r indicates the radius (m) of the rotating shell, g indicates the gravitational acceleration (m/s 2), α indicates the critical speed ratio (%), and V indicates a rotation speed (m/s). - drying, through indirect heating, the processing material by using the group of heating tubes in a process of feeding the processing material to the one end side of the rotating shell and discharging the processing material from the other end side of the rotating shell, - the rotating shell is rotated to make a critical speed ratio α defined by the following expression 1 and expression 2 become 30 to less than 100% to dry the processing material, Vc = rg 1 / 2 α = V / Vc ⋅ 100
Use of a binder for a separator of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, wherein said binder comprises a 2-cyanoethyl group-containing polymer being cyanoethyl polyvinyl alcohol having bis-cyanoethyl ether content of 0.5% by weight or less as an impurity, and wherein said binder is prepared by a process comprising the following steps: - mixing a polyvinyl alcohol in water to form an aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol, said polyvinyl alcohol being homogeneously dissolved; - mixing a catalyst being caustic soda in said aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol to form an homogeneous mixture; and, - reacting acrylonitrile in said homogeneous mixture at a temperature comprised between 0 to 60°C for a duration comprised between 2 to 12 hours. - mixing a polyvinyl alcohol in water to form an aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol, said polyvinyl alcohol being homogeneously dissolved; - mixing a catalyst being caustic soda in said aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol to form an homogeneous mixture; and, - reacting acrylonitrile in said homogeneous mixture at a temperature comprised between 0 to 60°C for a duration comprised between 2 to 12 hours.
A system for providing protection from unsafe conditions in a photovoltaic electrical power generating system characterized by: at least one translucent darkness sensor (4, 31, 35, 36) in or on a photovoltaic electric system component, and to detect daylight resulting from a deformation, defect, or break in the power system component and generate a threshold signal indicative of the daylight detected by the darkness sensor; a controller in communication with said at least one translucent darkness sensor (4, 31, 35, 36), the controller being configured to process the threshold signal to determine the existence of an unsafe condition, and generate an unsafe condition signal; and an interruption device in communication with the controller, the interruption device being configured to interrupt flow of electrical current in the power system in response to the existence of an unsafe condition signal. at least one translucent darkness sensor (4, 31, 35, 36) in or on a photovoltaic electric system component, and to detect daylight resulting from a deformation, defect, or break in the power system component and generate a threshold signal indicative of the daylight detected by the darkness sensor; a controller in communication with said at least one translucent darkness sensor (4, 31, 35, 36), the controller being configured to process the threshold signal to determine the existence of an unsafe condition, and generate an unsafe condition signal; and an interruption device in communication with the controller, the interruption device being configured to interrupt flow of electrical current in the power system in response to the existence of an unsafe condition signal.
A method for the preparation of Membrane Electrode Assembly for high temperature fuel cell with improved fuel cell performance comprising: a. coating of 85 wt% phosphoric acid (H 3 PO 4) on anode and cathode electrode surfaces to obtain coated electrodes; b. sandwiching H 3 PO 4 doped poly-benzimidazole membrane in thickness ranging between 50 - 60 μm between the two electrodes of step (a) to obtain an assembly; and c. hot pressing the assembly of step (b) to obtain the MEA characterized by an in-situ current-voltage (I-V) assisted doping of the membrane with phosphoric acid during fuel cell operation for reducing the leaching of phosphoric acid from said membrane, wherein said in-situ current-voltage (I-V) assisted doping comprises: keeping the cell in open circuit voltage for 50 min and continuously heating the fixture fixing the fuel cell to a temperature of 120°C; dragging an amount of current of 1 Ampere and keeping it for a time interval; and periodically dragging an amount of 5 Ampere until the cell voltage reaches 0.6 V and keeping this voltage for 2 hours. a. coating of 85 wt% phosphoric acid (H 3 PO 4) on anode and cathode electrode surfaces to obtain coated electrodes; b. sandwiching H 3 PO 4 doped poly-benzimidazole membrane in thickness ranging between 50 - 60 μm between the two electrodes of step (a) to obtain an assembly; and c. hot pressing the assembly of step (b) to obtain the MEA characterized by an in-situ current-voltage (I-V) assisted doping of the membrane with phosphoric acid during fuel cell operation for reducing the leaching of phosphoric acid from said membrane, wherein said in-situ current-voltage (I-V) assisted doping comprises: keeping the cell in open circuit voltage for 50 min and continuously heating the fixture fixing the fuel cell to a temperature of 120°C; dragging an amount of current of 1 Ampere and keeping it for a time interval; and periodically dragging an amount of 5 Ampere until the cell voltage reaches 0.6 V and keeping this voltage for 2 hours. keeping the cell in open circuit voltage for 50 min and continuously heating the fixture fixing the fuel cell to a temperature of 120°C; dragging an amount of current of 1 Ampere and keeping it for a time interval; and periodically dragging an amount of 5 Ampere until the cell voltage reaches 0.6 V and keeping this voltage for 2 hours.
A probe system configured to receive thermal images of the probe system from a thermal imager, the probe system comprising: a probe that is configured to be mounted on an aircraft; a heater comprising a resistive heating element routed through the probe, wherein an operational voltage is provided to the resistive heating element to provide heating for the probe when the probe is in operation; a thermal imager that is configured to receive infrared radiation from the probe and to provide, as the thermal images, an electrical output indicative of the received infrared radiation, while the probe is receiving the operational voltage;and a control circuit configured to provide the operational voltage and receive the thermal images from the thermal imager, wherein the control circuit is configured to monitor the thermal images over time to monitor a thermal response of the resistive heating element over time, wherein the thermal response over time comprises an increase in temperature over time, and wherein the control circuit is configured to determine a remaining useful life of the probe system based upon the thermal response over time. a probe that is configured to be mounted on an aircraft; a heater comprising a resistive heating element routed through the probe, wherein an operational voltage is provided to the resistive heating element to provide heating for the probe when the probe is in operation; a thermal imager that is configured to receive infrared radiation from the probe and to provide, as the thermal images, an electrical output indicative of the received infrared radiation, while the probe is receiving the operational voltage;and a control circuit configured to provide the operational voltage and receive the thermal images from the thermal imager, wherein the control circuit is configured to monitor the thermal images over time to monitor a thermal response of the resistive heating element over time, wherein the thermal response over time comprises an increase in temperature over time, and wherein the control circuit is configured to determine a remaining useful life of the probe system based upon the thermal response over time.
A brush head for an electric toothbrush, the brush head including: a housing; a plurality of bristle tufts (24, 28, 124) extending through one or more apertures in the housing; a gear train within the housing, the gear train including a drive gear configured to oscillate about an axis, and a plurality of first driven gears, each first driven gear meshed directly with the drive gear; drive means configured to provide motion to the gear train; the drive gear providing a first drive output including a first oscillating motion in a first direction; and the driven gears each providing a second drive output including a second oscillating motion in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, wherein the plurality of bristle tufts (24, 28) includes a first set of bristle tufts attached to the drive gear and a second set of bristle tufts attached to the plurality of first driven gears. a housing; a plurality of bristle tufts (24, 28, 124) extending through one or more apertures in the housing; a gear train within the housing, the gear train including a drive gear configured to oscillate about an axis, and a plurality of first driven gears, each first driven gear meshed directly with the drive gear; drive means configured to provide motion to the gear train; the drive gear providing a first drive output including a first oscillating motion in a first direction; and the driven gears each providing a second drive output including a second oscillating motion in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, wherein the plurality of bristle tufts (24, 28) includes a first set of bristle tufts attached to the drive gear and a second set of bristle tufts attached to the plurality of first driven gears.
Pigment/auxiliary combination in granule form, comprising one or more inorganic chromatic pigments selected from the group of iron oxide pigments or chromium oxide pigments, or mixtures thereof, and one or more organic auxiliaries, selected from the group of modified polycarboxylates partly or fully hydrolysed polyvinyl alcohols, alkyl sulphates in the form of their alkali metal salts, alkylsulphonates in the form of their alkali metal salts, alkyl phosphates in the form of their alkali metal salts or alkylphosphonates in the form of their alkali metal salts, or mixtures thereof, wherein the pigment/auxiliary combination has • a chroma difference ΔC ab *, measured in CIELAB units in accordance with DIN 5033 and DIN 6174, of ≥ 1.5, in particular ≥ 1.8, and/or • a relative colour strength of ≥ 108%, in particular ≥ 110%, based on the pigment employed, without the auxiliary/ies used, in accordance with the building-material colour test and the organic auxiliaries are added in an amount of 0.01% to 5% by weight, calculated in each case as active substance based on the inorganic pigment(s). • a chroma difference ΔC ab *, measured in CIELAB units in accordance with DIN 5033 and DIN 6174, of ≥ 1.5, in particular ≥ 1.8, and/or • a relative colour strength of ≥ 108%, in particular ≥ 110%, based on the pigment employed, without the auxiliary/ies used, in accordance with the building-material colour test and the organic auxiliaries are added in an amount of 0.01% to 5% by weight, calculated in each case as active substance based on the inorganic pigment(s).
A tubesheet (410; 510) comprising: a substantially planar sheet of material having a length and a width and defining a series of filter openings (420; 520) across the length and width of the sheet of material, wherein each of the filter openings in the series of filter openings (420; 520) extend through the sheet of material in an axial direction and have an oblong profile orthogonal to the axial direction, wherein the sheet of material defines a projection extending into each of the filter openings (420; 520) and a recess extending out from each of the filter openings, and wherein the projection and recess are axially aligned.
A combustion chamber for a gas turbine engine comprising: - an inner wall delimiting an inner volume of the combustion chamber, through which combustion gas flow from a burner to a gas turbine of the gas turbine engine, - an outer wall and an interspace between the inner wall and the outer wall, - a plurality of dampening cavities for the dampening of thermo-acoustic vibrations in the combustion gas, each dampening cavity communicating with the inner volume through at least a dampening hole on the inner wall, - at least a cooling passage for a cooling medium flowing outside the inner volume in thermal contact with the inner wall, each dampening cavity comprising at least a purging hole communicating with the cooling passage for purging a portion of the cooling medium through the dampening cavities to the inner volume, wherein the plurality of dampening cavities and the cooling passage being provided in said interspace, characterized in that the plurality of dampening cavities extends from one to the other of said inner wall and outer wall. - an inner wall delimiting an inner volume of the combustion chamber, through which combustion gas flow from a burner to a gas turbine of the gas turbine engine, - an outer wall and an interspace between the inner wall and the outer wall, - a plurality of dampening cavities for the dampening of thermo-acoustic vibrations in the combustion gas, each dampening cavity communicating with the inner volume through at least a dampening hole on the inner wall, - at least a cooling passage for a cooling medium flowing outside the inner volume in thermal contact with the inner wall, each dampening cavity comprising at least a purging hole communicating with the cooling passage for purging a portion of the cooling medium through the dampening cavities to the inner volume, wherein the plurality of dampening cavities and the cooling passage being provided in said interspace,
A respiration implant system for a patient with impaired breathing, the system comprising: one or more temperature sensors configured for placement subglottically into an inner wall tissue along an airway passage of the patient and configured to measure temperature in the inner wall tissue in order to produce a temperature signal based on the measured temperature; a pacing processor configured to receive the temperature signal from the temperature sensor and to generate a respiration pacing signal based on the temperature signal that is synchronized with a breathing cycle of the patient; and a stimulating electrode configured to deliver the respiration pacing signal from the pacing processor to respiration neural tissue of the patient to facilitate breathing in the patient, wherein the one or more temperature sensors and the stimulating electrode are located on one electrode. one or more temperature sensors configured for placement subglottically into an inner wall tissue along an airway passage of the patient and configured to measure temperature in the inner wall tissue in order to produce a temperature signal based on the measured temperature; a pacing processor configured to receive the temperature signal from the temperature sensor and to generate a respiration pacing signal based on the temperature signal that is synchronized with a breathing cycle of the patient; and a stimulating electrode configured to deliver the respiration pacing signal from the pacing processor to respiration neural tissue of the patient to facilitate breathing in the patient, wherein the one or more temperature sensors and the stimulating electrode are located on one electrode.
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft comprising: an engine core comprising at least one turbine (17, 19), at least one compressor (14, 15) and at least one shaft (26, 27) connecting the turbine (17, 19) to the compressor (14, 15); a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan comprising a plurality of fan blades; a unit, which is designed as a gearbox, supplied with oil from a first oil circuit and at least a second oil circuit; the first oil circuit and the second oil circuit each are fluidly coupled with at least one inlet (48, 49) and with at least one outlet (50, 60) of the unit characterized in that the first oil circuit and the second oil circuit each are fluidly coupled with at least one inlet (51, 61) and with at least one outlet (54, 55) of an oil tank; the first oil circuit and the second oil circuit configured to receive oil from the oil tank and to direct the received oil to the unit; the oil tank incorporating offset outlets (25, 29) to each of the oil circuits (43, 45); the offset outlet of the second oil circuit positioned higher in the oil tank than the offset outlet of the first oil circuit; wherein: the second oil circuit is comprising a sensor for sensing a feeding pressure in the second oil circuit applied to the gearbox; and means are provided to generate a warning signal when a feeding pressure in the second oil circuit is less than or equal to a predefined value. an engine core comprising at least one turbine (17, 19), at least one compressor (14, 15) and at least one shaft (26, 27) connecting the turbine (17, 19) to the compressor (14, 15); a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan comprising a plurality of fan blades; a unit, which is designed as a gearbox, supplied with oil from a first oil circuit and at least a second oil circuit; the first oil circuit and the second oil circuit each are fluidly coupled with at least one inlet (48, 49) and with at least one outlet (50, 60) of the unit characterized in that the first oil circuit and the second oil circuit each are fluidly coupled with at least one inlet (51, 61) and with at least one outlet (54, 55) of an oil tank; the first oil circuit and the second oil circuit configured to receive oil from the oil tank and to direct the received oil to the unit; the oil tank incorporating offset outlets (25, 29) to each of the oil circuits (43, 45); the offset outlet of the second oil circuit positioned higher in the oil tank than the offset outlet of the first oil circuit; wherein: the second oil circuit is comprising a sensor for sensing a feeding pressure in the second oil circuit applied to the gearbox; and means are provided to generate a warning signal when a feeding pressure in the second oil circuit is less than or equal to a predefined value. the second oil circuit is comprising a sensor for sensing a feeding pressure in the second oil circuit applied to the gearbox; and means are provided to generate a warning signal when a feeding pressure in the second oil circuit is less than or equal to a predefined value.