mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for detecting an act of fraud aiming to interfere with a measurement of electrical consumption by an electric meter and consisting of applying a magnetic field in the vicinity of the electric meter, the method being implemented by a fraud detection device associated with the electric meter, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: - determining, in a first period of time, a frequency of an oscillating electrical signal delivered by an electrical oscillator included in the fraud detection device and comprising a winding equipped with an isotropic ferromagnetic core, the winding equipped with the isotropic ferromagnetic core having a first inductance value in the absence of magnetic field in the vicinity of the electric meter and having at least a second inductance value, different from the first inductance value, in the presence of at least one magnetic field, in the vicinity of the electric meter, that is capable of modifying a magnetic permeability of the isotropic ferromagnetic core, said frequency of the oscillating electrical signal depending on the inductance value of the winding equipped with the ferromagnetic core; - comparing (44, 47) the frequency of the determined oscillating electrical signal with at least one threshold frequency; and - detecting (46, 49) the act of fraud depending on an outcome of the comparison. - determining, in a first period of time, a frequency of an oscillating electrical signal delivered by an electrical oscillator included in the fraud detection device and comprising a winding equipped with an isotropic ferromagnetic core, the winding equipped with the isotropic ferromagnetic core having a first inductance value in the absence of magnetic field in the vicinity of the electric meter and having at least a second inductance value, different from the first inductance value, in the presence of at least one magnetic field, in the vicinity of the electric meter, that is capable of modifying a magnetic permeability of the isotropic ferromagnetic core, said frequency of the oscillating electrical signal depending on the inductance value of the winding equipped with the ferromagnetic core; - comparing (44, 47) the frequency of the determined oscillating electrical signal with at least one threshold frequency; and - detecting (46, 49) the act of fraud depending on an outcome of the comparison.
Cement plant, wherein the cement plant comprises a carbon dioxide separation device for separating carbon dioxide from the exhaust gas, wherein the cement plant comprises a carbon dioxide storage system, wherein the carbon dioxide separation device is connected to the carbon dioxide storage system for transferring the separated carbon dioxide, wherein the carbon dioxide storage system is modularly constructed from a plurality of transportable carbon dioxide containers (41, 42, 43), characterised in that the transportable carbon dioxide containers (41, 42, 43) are separably connectable individually or in groups to the carbon dioxide separation device, the transportable carbon dioxide containers (41, 42, 43) being combined in groups of 3 to 10 transportable carbon dioxide containers (41, 42, 43) which are interconnected.
Transfer unit for tubular bodies for assembly equipment; said transfer unit comprising a plurality of gripping members for tubular bodies which are arranged in the same vertical plane and comprising a column-shaped element rotatably mounted about its axis of symmetry, said gripping member for tubular bodies being fixed to the column and being oriented in a direction which is preferably perpendicular to the axis of the column, characterized by the fact that said gripping member is moreover rotatably mounted about an axis oriented perpendicularly to the axis of the column, such that the movement of a tubular body retained by said gripping member results from the combination of two movements, namely from the rotation of the column and the rotation of said gripping member.
An audio signal processing apparatus for processing an audio signal, wherein the audio signal is a two-channel audio signal comprising a first audio channel signal and a second audio channel signal, the audio signal processing apparatus comprising: a converter configured to convert a stereo audio signal into a binaural audio signal; a determiner configured to determine upon the basis of an indicator signal whether the audio signal is a stereo audio signal or a binaural audio signal, the determiner being further configured to provide the audio signal to the converter if the audio signal is a stereo audio signal; and an analyzer (500, 600) configured for analyzing the audio signal to generate the indicator signal, a value of the indicator signal indicating a degree of consistency for localization cues, and the localization cues indicating a location of an audio source; characterized in that: the analyzer is configured to determine a number of first original signals and a number of second original signals for the first audio channel signal and the second audio channel signal by means of inverse filtering by a number of head-related-transfer-function pairs and to analyze the number of first original signals and the number of second original signals to generate the indicator signal. a converter configured to convert a stereo audio signal into a binaural audio signal; a determiner configured to determine upon the basis of an indicator signal whether the audio signal is a stereo audio signal or a binaural audio signal, the determiner being further configured to provide the audio signal to the converter if the audio signal is a stereo audio signal; and an analyzer (500, 600) configured for analyzing the audio signal to generate the indicator signal, a value of the indicator signal indicating a degree of consistency for localization cues, and the localization cues indicating a location of an audio source; characterized in that: the analyzer is configured to determine a number of first original signals and a number of second original signals for the first audio channel signal and the second audio channel signal by means of inverse filtering by a number of head-related-transfer-function pairs and to analyze the number of first original signals and the number of second original signals to generate the indicator signal.
A method of preparing a catalyst comprising: aging a silica support in an alkaline solution to produce an alkaline aged silica support; adding a chromium-containing compound to the silica support prior to aging, during aging, after aging, or combinations thereof removing the alkaline solution from the alkaline aged silica support to produce a dried silica support; and activating the dried silica support to produce a catalyst composition, wherein alkaline aging lowers the surface area of the silica support to less than 50% of the original value and wherein activation of the silica support is carried out in batches of equal to or greater than 226.8 kg (500 lbs) for a time period of less than 8 hours. aging a silica support in an alkaline solution to produce an alkaline aged silica support; adding a chromium-containing compound to the silica support prior to aging, during aging, after aging, or combinations thereof removing the alkaline solution from the alkaline aged silica support to produce a dried silica support; and activating the dried silica support to produce a catalyst composition, wherein alkaline aging lowers the surface area of the silica support to less than 50% of the original value and wherein activation of the silica support is carried out in batches of equal to or greater than 226.8 kg (500 lbs) for a time period of less than 8 hours.
A creel, comprising: an enclosure; a plurality of rotatable axles held within the enclosure, each of the plurality of axles of a shape and size to be inserted into a bobbin of roving; and a drive mechanism coupled to each of the plurality of rotatable axles, the drive mechanism synchronizing the rotation of the axles, characterized in that each of the plurality of axles is long enough to pass through a plurality of bobbins arranged in a stack. an enclosure; a plurality of rotatable axles held within the enclosure, each of the plurality of axles of a shape and size to be inserted into a bobbin of roving; and a drive mechanism coupled to each of the plurality of rotatable axles, the drive mechanism synchronizing the rotation of the axles, characterized in that each of the plurality of axles is long enough to pass through a plurality of bobbins arranged in a stack.
A process for converting oxygenate to olefins which comprises: (a) contacting a feedstock comprising oxygenate with a catalyst comprising a molecular sieve under conditions effective to produce a deactivated catalyst having carbonaceous deposits and a product comprising said olefins, said conditions comprising a conversion temperature of from 200°C to 1000°C and a pressure of from 0.1kPaa to 5MPaa; (b) separating said deactivated catalyst from said product to provide a separated vaporous product which contains catalyst fines; (c) quenching said separated vaporous product with a liquid medium containing water and catalyst fines, in an amount sufficient to form a light product fraction comprising light olefins and catalyst fines and a heavy product fraction comprising water, heavier hydrocarbons and catalyst fines; (d) treating said light product fraction by contacting with a liquid substantially free of catalyst fines containing less than 0.01 wt% catalyst fines, said liquid comprising at least a portion of said feedstock, to provide a light product fraction having reduced catalyst fines content and a liquid fraction of increased fines content; (e) compressing said light product fraction having reduced catalyst fines content; and (f) recovering said light olefins from said compressed light product fraction. (a) contacting a feedstock comprising oxygenate with a catalyst comprising a molecular sieve under conditions effective to produce a deactivated catalyst having carbonaceous deposits and a product comprising said olefins, said conditions comprising a conversion temperature of from 200°C to 1000°C and a pressure of from 0.1kPaa to 5MPaa; (b) separating said deactivated catalyst from said product to provide a separated vaporous product which contains catalyst fines; (c) quenching said separated vaporous product with a liquid medium containing water and catalyst fines, in an amount sufficient to form a light product fraction comprising light olefins and catalyst fines and a heavy product fraction comprising water, heavier hydrocarbons and catalyst fines; (d) treating said light product fraction by contacting with a liquid substantially free of catalyst fines containing less than 0.01 wt% catalyst fines, said liquid comprising at least a portion of said feedstock, to provide a light product fraction having reduced catalyst fines content and a liquid fraction of increased fines content; (e) compressing said light product fraction having reduced catalyst fines content; and (f) recovering said light olefins from said compressed light product fraction.
An article of footwear, comprising: a sole; a thong portion including a first end portion, a second end portion and an intermediate portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion; the first end portion associated with a first portion of the sole; the second end portion associated with a strap (120, 122), the strap (120, 122) being configured to wrap around a portion of a foot; the thong portion having a forward portion that is oriented towards a front of the article of footwear and a rearward portion that is oriented towards a rear of the article of footwear; the thong portion having an outer surface; and the thong portion including a groove set disposed in the rearward portion extending inward from the outer surface of the thong portion through a substantial majority of the cross-sectional area of the thong portion characterized by a reinforcing portion which extends forward from the outer surface of the forward portion of the thong portion along the length of the thong portion adjacent to the groove set and increases the cross-sectional area of the thong portion in the regions associated with the groove set. a sole; a thong portion including a first end portion, a second end portion and an intermediate portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion; the first end portion associated with a first portion of the sole; the second end portion associated with a strap (120, 122), the strap (120, 122) being configured to wrap around a portion of a foot; the thong portion having a forward portion that is oriented towards a front of the article of footwear and a rearward portion that is oriented towards a rear of the article of footwear; the thong portion having an outer surface; and the thong portion including a groove set disposed in the rearward portion extending inward from the outer surface of the thong portion through a substantial majority of the cross-sectional area of the thong portion characterized by a reinforcing portion which extends forward from the outer surface of the forward portion of the thong portion along the length of the thong portion adjacent to the groove set and increases the cross-sectional area of the thong portion in the regions associated with the groove set.
A braking simulation system (100, 100') for a continental railroad car, the braking simulation system comprising: a locomotive provided with a braking system; two or more freight carriages installed at a rear of the locomotive and connected thereto, the two or more freight carriages being connected to each other; a running rail on which the locomotive and freight carriages are driven; characterized in that it comprises a braking module in which braking devices provided in the two or more freight carriages of the railroad car are modularized in a stackable form, wherein the braking module comprises braking modules connected in series to the braking system of the locomotive and stacked in multiple layers on an upper part of each freight carriage. a locomotive provided with a braking system; two or more freight carriages installed at a rear of the locomotive and connected thereto, the two or more freight carriages being connected to each other; a running rail on which the locomotive and freight carriages are driven; characterized in that it comprises a braking module in which braking devices provided in the two or more freight carriages of the railroad car are modularized in a stackable form, wherein the braking module comprises braking modules connected in series to the braking system of the locomotive and stacked in multiple layers on an upper part of each freight carriage.
A turbocharger comprising: a compressor housing; and a turbine housing housing a turbine wheel and defining one or more volutes that act to direct exhaust gas from an exhaust inlet portion to the turbine wheel, wherein the turbine housing is provided with a containment layering comprising a barrier layer, an insulation layer, and an anti-ballistic layer, characterized in that the containment layering is applied to at least part of the exhaust inlet portion, the anti-ballistic layer comprises aramid fibers, and the insulation layer, in use, does not only retain heat energy for operational efficiency but also ensures that the anti-ballistic layer does not experience excessive temperature. a compressor housing; and a turbine housing housing a turbine wheel and defining one or more volutes that act to direct exhaust gas from an exhaust inlet portion to the turbine wheel, wherein the turbine housing is provided with a containment layering comprising a barrier layer, an insulation layer, and an anti-ballistic layer, characterized in that the containment layering is applied to at least part of the exhaust inlet portion, the anti-ballistic layer comprises aramid fibers, and the insulation layer, in use, does not only retain heat energy for operational efficiency but also ensures that the anti-ballistic layer does not experience excessive temperature.
A facility for mixing/separating two immiscible liquids (22, 24) having different densities, said facility comprising a mixer combined with a settler, said mixer including: - a tank provided with two liquid inlets (18, 20); - an agitator located in the tank, the agitator being mounted on a shaft rotating around a vertical axis; and - a lift pump (54, 154) located above the agitator; characterized in that the pump includes: - a moving body (56, 156) rotatable along the vertical axis, said moving body defining a first frustoconical inner surface positioned along the vertical axis and upwardly flared, the facility being characterized by - a body that is stationary relative to the tank, said stationary body defining a second frustoconical inner surface positioned along the vertical axis and upwardly flared, said second frustoconical inner surface being situated substantially in an extension of, and above, said first frustoconical inner surface. - a tank provided with two liquid inlets (18, 20); - an agitator located in the tank, the agitator being mounted on a shaft rotating around a vertical axis; and - a lift pump (54, 154) located above the agitator; - a moving body (56, 156) rotatable along the vertical axis, said moving body defining a first frustoconical inner surface positioned along the vertical axis and upwardly flared, the facility being characterized by - a body that is stationary relative to the tank, said stationary body defining a second frustoconical inner surface positioned along the vertical axis and upwardly flared, said second frustoconical inner surface being situated substantially in an extension of, and above, said first frustoconical inner surface.
A shroud, comprising: first and second curved sections, at least one of which defines a main interior channel; and at least one of first and second lube jet sections integrated with the first and second curved sections, characterised by the first lube jet section comprising a summit at which proximal portions of the first and second curved sections meet and defining an inwardly facing aperture at the summit and a first jetting interior channel fluidly communicative with the main interior channel and terminating at the inwardly facing aperture at the summit, and the second lube jet section comprising an elongate member extending from one of the first and second curved sections and having a distal end, the elongate member defining a laterally facing aperture at the distal end and defining a second jetting interior channel fluidly communicative with the main interior channel and terminating at the laterally facing aperture at the distal end of the elongate member. first and second curved sections, at least one of which defines a main interior channel; and at least one of first and second lube jet sections integrated with the first and second curved sections, characterised by the first lube jet section comprising a summit at which proximal portions of the first and second curved sections meet and defining an inwardly facing aperture at the summit and a first jetting interior channel fluidly communicative with the main interior channel and terminating at the inwardly facing aperture at the summit, and the second lube jet section comprising an elongate member extending from one of the first and second curved sections and having a distal end, the elongate member defining a laterally facing aperture at the distal end and defining a second jetting interior channel fluidly communicative with the main interior channel and terminating at the laterally facing aperture at the distal end of the elongate member.
A brake disc assembly comprising a hub having a substantially planar outer region and arranged for connection to a rotatable component, and an annular brake rotor mounted on the hub to be normally co-planar with the outer region thereof, the rotor including a plurality of fingers (23,32) extending generally in the circumferential direction co-planar with said outer region and the hub defining a like plurality of pegs (20,33) with inwardly directed recesses (22,34) or a circumferential slot, the free ends of the fingers being releasably connected into the recesses of the respective pegs or into the circumferential slot, the fingers being resiliently deformable in the axial and radial directions whereby the rotor is restrained to lie substantially co-planar with the hub but resilient deformation of the fingers in the axial direction allows the rotor to float axially with respect to the hub and resilient deformation of the fingers in the radial outward direction allows said free ends to be disengaged from the pegs or the circumferential slot so freeing the rotor from the hub, wherein the connections between the ends of the fingers and the pegs or the circumferential slot restrain relative movement therebetween in the axial direction.
Adjustable tool-holder head comprising a supporting body (15, 115) able to be attached to a mandrel of a machine tool and comprising at least a sliding seating (16, 116) in which at least a mobile element (17, 117) is slidingly positioned, on said at least a mobile element (17, 117) a cutter of said tool is attached and mounted sliding in a radial direction with respect to said supporting body (15, 115), in order to adjust the cutting diameter of said tool, and at least an adjustment mechanism mounted on said supporting body (15, 115) and able to move said mobile element (17, 117) with respect to said supporting body (15, 115), wherein said adjustment mechanism comprises at least a screw element (22, 122) rotatable around its own axis of rotation, mounted on said supporting body (15, 115) in a constrained manner with respect to said axis of rotation, and rotatable to continuously move radially said mobile element (17, 117) with respect to said supporting body (15, 115) between a maximum limit and a minimum limit, characterized in that the screw element (22, 122) comprises a head portion (25, 125) provided with anti-axial movement means (26, 126, 226) coupled to relative constraint means (29, 129, 229) provided inside the relative sliding seating (16, 116), so as to constrain said screw element (22, 122) axially in the relative sliding seating (16, 116), wherein said anti-axial movement means (26, 126, 226) and said constraint means (29, 129, 229) are reciprocally configured with the same shape to allow a free rotation of the screw element (22, 122) inside the sliding seating (16, 116) and, at the same time, to prevent the screw element (22, 122) from making any axial movement inside the sliding seating (16, 116) and wherein the adjustment mechanism also comprises elastic means (32, 132) thrusting against the upper part of the mobile element (17, 117), keeping it under pressure in contact with the bottom of the sliding seating (16, 116) to contrast possible transverse displacements of the mobile element (17, 117).
An extension measuring sensor provided with a sensor element operating according to the SAW-principle, comprising a base composed of a first material and the sensor element, which is formed on a carrier crystal, wherein the carrier crystal of the sensor element is attached with a jointing material to the base, wherein the jointing material is a glass solder, characterized in that the material combination is selected from the material of the base, the glass solder and the carrier crystal of the sensor element in such a way that the thermal extension coefficients of the materials involved, i.e. the thermal extension coefficient of the material forming the base, CTE- base, the thermal extension coefficient of the glass solder CTE- glass solder and the thermal extension coefficient of the carrier crystal of the sensor element operating according to the SAW-principle, CTE- SAW are governed by the following relations: i. CTE- SAW - 3 ≤ CTE- base ≤ + CTE- SAW 7, ii. CTE- glass solder ≤ CTE- base - 2, wherein the unit of the values for the thermal extension coefficients is given in ppm/K. i. CTE- SAW - 3 ≤ CTE- base ≤ + CTE- SAW 7, ii. CTE- glass solder ≤ CTE- base - 2,