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A process for producing ammonia and a derivative of ammonia from a natural gas feed comprising: conversion of natural gas into synthesis gas in a front-end section; synthesis of ammonia from said synthesis gas in a synthesis loop; use of at least part of said ammonia to produce said derivative of ammonia, said process being carried out with power users requiring a mechanical power for operation, and thermal users requiring a heat input for operation; the process being characterised in that: - a portion of said natural gas feed is used to fuel a reciprocating gas engine; - power produced by said gas engine is used to cover at least partially the power demand of said power users; - heat is recovered from exhaust gas of said gas engine, and at least part of said heat is recovered, to provide heating to at least one of said thermal users, - wherein heat recovery from said exhaust of said gas engine is at least in part low grade heat transferred to at least one of said thermal users via a heat exchange medium, said medium being heated by indirect heat exchange with the exhaust gas to a temperature which is not greater than 200 °C. conversion of natural gas into synthesis gas in a front-end section; synthesis of ammonia from said synthesis gas in a synthesis loop; use of at least part of said ammonia to produce said derivative of ammonia, said process being carried out with power users requiring a mechanical power for operation, and thermal users requiring a heat input for operation; the process being characterised in that: - a portion of said natural gas feed is used to fuel a reciprocating gas engine; - power produced by said gas engine is used to cover at least partially the power demand of said power users; - heat is recovered from exhaust gas of said gas engine, and at least part of said heat is recovered, to provide heating to at least one of said thermal users, - wherein heat recovery from said exhaust of said gas engine is at least in part low grade heat transferred to at least one of said thermal users via a heat exchange medium, said medium being heated by indirect heat exchange with the exhaust gas to a temperature which is not greater than 200 °C. - a portion of said natural gas feed is used to fuel a reciprocating gas engine; - power produced by said gas engine is used to cover at least partially the power demand of said power users; - heat is recovered from exhaust gas of said gas engine, and at least part of said heat is recovered, to provide heating to at least one of said thermal users, - wherein heat recovery from said exhaust of said gas engine is at least in part low grade heat transferred to at least one of said thermal users via a heat exchange medium, said medium being heated by indirect heat exchange with the exhaust gas to a temperature which is not greater than 200 °C.
Method for monitoring an access point (11; 12) leading into a safety zone (08; 09) of a roll unwinder or winder, through which rolls (16; 17) can be transported in and/or out along a transport path; the access point (11; 12) being formed by an opening provided between two elements that mechanically delimit the safety zone (08; 09), and the access point (11; 12) being monitored by a monitoring sensor system of a monitoring system; two scanners encompassed by the monitoring sensor system, with their respective measuring beams, in each case passing over an angular region situated in the same plane extending in the opening, characterized in that the access point (11; 12) is monitored in a pattern of protection fields M(Fj) including multiple protection fields (Fj) having various sizes and/or shapes, that multiple of the protection fields (Fj) having various sizes and/or shapes are in each case encompassed by a next-larger and/or next-wider protection field, entirely or at least viewed in the width and toward the top, that for multiple of these protection fields (Fj) having various sizes and/or shapes, the scan images of the two scanners are checked for a breach of the relevant protection fields (Fj) having various sizes and/or shapes in differing, adjoining or overlapping partial regions (E1; E2) of the plane, and information about the permissibility of a determined protection field breach is derived by way of an evaluation of the breach patterns of breached protection fields (Fj) obtained in the two partial regions.
A reactor for pyrolysing waste, in particular rubber tyres, said reactor comprising - a pyrolysis space, - an inlet port and an outlet port enabling a flow across the pyrolysis space of a heating medium for transferring heat required for the pyrolysis, - a lower discharge port for discharging solid residues of the pyrolysis, and - a baffle means made of a plate material and enabling a gravitational slipping of the solid residues towards the discharge port, which baffle means has openings allowing the flow of the heating medium and is arranged to divide the inner space of the reactor to form an upper pyrolysis space above the baffle means and a lower space below the baffle means, wherein one of the inlet and outlet ports (63, 64) is in connection with the pyrolysis space and the other one with the lower space, characterised in that the baffle means is of an upside-down truncated cone or upside-down truncated pyramid shape and the reactor comprises - a conical shape shut-off member fitting into the discharge port, and - an actuated, vertical actuating member, which is connected from the top to the shut-off member. - a pyrolysis space, - an inlet port and an outlet port enabling a flow across the pyrolysis space of a heating medium for transferring heat required for the pyrolysis, - a lower discharge port for discharging solid residues of the pyrolysis, and - a baffle means made of a plate material and enabling a gravitational slipping of the solid residues towards the discharge port, which baffle means has openings allowing the flow of the heating medium and is arranged to divide the inner space of the reactor to form an upper pyrolysis space above the baffle means and a lower space below the baffle means, wherein one of the inlet and outlet ports (63, 64) is in connection with the pyrolysis space and the other one with the lower space, - a conical shape shut-off member fitting into the discharge port, and - an actuated, vertical actuating member, which is connected from the top to the shut-off member.
A reconfiguration method, performed by a terminal, wherein the terminal is connected to at least two base stations, and the method comprises: when a connection failure occurred between the terminal and a master base station MN, reporting a radio connection failure indication of the MN to a secondary base station SN; characterized in that, after the reporting the radio connection failure indication of the MN to the secondary base station SN, the method further comprises: if receiving an RRC reconfiguration message before a target timer of the terminal expires, performing reconfiguration processing according to the RRC reconfiguration message; if the target timer of the terminal expires, initiating an RRC connection re-establishment procedure; wherein the method further comprises: when the RRC layer receives the RRC reconfiguration message or performs the reconfiguration processing according to the RRC reconfiguration message, stopping the target timer. when a connection failure occurred between the terminal and a master base station MN, reporting a radio connection failure indication of the MN to a secondary base station SN; characterized in that, after the reporting the radio connection failure indication of the MN to the secondary base station SN, the method further comprises: if receiving an RRC reconfiguration message before a target timer of the terminal expires, performing reconfiguration processing according to the RRC reconfiguration message; if the target timer of the terminal expires, initiating an RRC connection re-establishment procedure; wherein the method further comprises: when the RRC layer receives the RRC reconfiguration message or performs the reconfiguration processing according to the RRC reconfiguration message, stopping the target timer. if receiving an RRC reconfiguration message before a target timer of the terminal expires, performing reconfiguration processing according to the RRC reconfiguration message; if the target timer of the terminal expires, initiating an RRC connection re-establishment procedure; wherein the method further comprises: when the RRC layer receives the RRC reconfiguration message or performs the reconfiguration processing according to the RRC reconfiguration message, stopping the target timer.
Method for manufacturing a timepiece mainspring, comprising the following steps: a) producing a part, having the desired shape of the mainspring, from silicon, b) thermally oxidising the part, c) deoxidising the part, d) thermally annealing the part in a reducing atmosphere, e) forming a layer of silicon oxide on the part. a) producing a part, having the desired shape of the mainspring, from silicon, b) thermally oxidising the part, c) deoxidising the part, d) thermally annealing the part in a reducing atmosphere, e) forming a layer of silicon oxide on the part.
A bipolar electrode, comprising: a conductive collector including a polymer material; and an active material layer (13, 15) formed on opposing sides of the collector, wherein each active material layer (13, 15) at least partially comprises an active material and a binder polymer; wherein the collector is bonded to the active material layer (13, 15) on the opposing sides by thermal fusion bonding, characterized in that the conductive collector comprises a laminated material of at least three resin layers including two outermost resin layers and at least one inner resin layer interposed between the two outermost resin layers, wherein each resin layer includes a polymer material; and wherein the polymer material of the two outermost resin layers each adjacent to an active material layer have Vicat softening temperatures lower than both the Vicat softening temperature of the polymer material of the at least one inner resin layer and the melting point of the binder polymer. a conductive collector including a polymer material; and an active material layer (13, 15) formed on opposing sides of the collector, wherein each active material layer (13, 15) at least partially comprises an active material and a binder polymer; wherein the collector is bonded to the active material layer (13, 15) on the opposing sides by thermal fusion bonding, characterized in that the conductive collector comprises a laminated material of at least three resin layers including two outermost resin layers and at least one inner resin layer interposed between the two outermost resin layers, wherein each resin layer includes a polymer material; and wherein the polymer material of the two outermost resin layers each adjacent to an active material layer have Vicat softening temperatures lower than both the Vicat softening temperature of the polymer material of the at least one inner resin layer and the melting point of the binder polymer.
A method for measuring light scattering in the eyeball or eye region, of the type comprising: - projecting a collimated point light beam on the retina of an eye of a patient; - capturing and recording at least one image of the plane of the retina resulting from the reflected light of said collimated point light in the retina; and - analyzing said image by evaluating the light content thereof in a predetermined peripheral area, defining an annular area, and in a predetermined central area, defining a circular area, of said image, and calculating an objective scattering index, OSI, resulting from the ratio between the light energy (E ext) found in said peripheral area and the light energy (E c) found in said central area, according to the expression: OSI = E ext E c wherein the method comprises correcting the low-order aberrations of the eye, including defocus and astigmatism, prior to said capture and recording, so that said image of the plane of the retina analyzed is free of the influence of said low-order aberrations, characterized in that: - said annular area is demarcated by radii with arc lengths between 7 and 25 minutes, thus providing an inner circumference with a radius that is large enough to substantially not include residual high-order aberrations and by an outer circumference with a radius that is small enough to not include interference noise and to not include areas without light signal, and in that - said circular central area has a radius greater than 0.25 and less than 3 minutes of arc, that is large enough to disregard the influence of possible artifacts and small enough to not include high-order aberrations. - projecting a collimated point light beam on the retina of an eye of a patient; - capturing and recording at least one image of the plane of the retina resulting from the reflected light of said collimated point light in the retina; and - analyzing said image by evaluating the light content thereof in a predetermined peripheral area, defining an annular area, and in a predetermined central area, defining a circular area, of said image, and calculating an objective scattering index, OSI, resulting from the ratio between the light energy (E ext) found in said peripheral area and the light energy (E c) found in said central area, according to the expression: OSI = E ext E c - said annular area is demarcated by radii with arc lengths between 7 and 25 minutes, thus providing an inner circumference with a radius that is large enough to substantially not include residual high-order aberrations and by an outer circumference with a radius that is small enough to not include interference noise and to not include areas without light signal, and in that - said circular central area has a radius greater than 0.25 and less than 3 minutes of arc, that is large enough to disregard the influence of possible artifacts and small enough to not include high-order aberrations.
An apparatus for controlling a fluid flow, the apparatus comprising a valve provided with a valve adjuster for controlling a fluid flow through the valve, the valve comprising a fluid inlet in fluid communication with a fluid inlet conduit, and a fluid outlet in fluid communication with a fluid outlet conduit, for flowing fluid through the valve, wherein the apparatus is further comprising an actuator device capable of undergoing a change in shape, said change in shape of the actuator device providing via a connecting member (20; 3) an attenuated or amplified displacement of a fixation point connected to the valve adjuster, when compared to the change in shape of the actuator device, wherein the connecting member (20; 3) is part of a gear mechanism comprising a first portion and a second portion, the fixation point being the first portion, and wherein the actuator device is connected to the second portion of the gear mechanism, the actuator device configured for undergoing said change in shape by means of a shape transformation source; wherein the gear mechanism is configured to provide a movement of the first portion being different from a movement of the second portion upon activation of the shape transformation source, characterised in that the actuator device comprises a fluid conduit (20, 22) having a first portion and a second portion, one of which being in fluid communication with the fluid inlet of the valve, and in that at least one of the first portion and second portion of the fluid conduit is provided with and is arranged to be influenced by the shape transformation source in the form of a cooling element, a heating element or a combination thereof.
A copolymer comprising: *at least one recurrent unit of the following formula: *at least one recurrent unit of the following formula: and *at least one recurrent unit of the following formula: wherein: - R 1 and R 2 represent, independently of each other, an alkylene group; - Z 1 is a group of formula -PO 3 R 3 R 4, R 3 and R 4 representing, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a cation; - Z 2 is a group of formula -SO 2 R 5, R 5 representing an alkyl group or an aryl group; - X and Y represent, independently of each other, a halogen atom or a perfluorocarbon group. *at least one recurrent unit of the following formula: *at least one recurrent unit of the following formula: and *at least one recurrent unit of the following formula: wherein: - R 1 and R 2 represent, independently of each other, an alkylene group; - Z 1 is a group of formula -PO 3 R 3 R 4, R 3 and R 4 representing, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a cation; - Z 2 is a group of formula -SO 2 R 5, R 5 representing an alkyl group or an aryl group; - X and Y represent, independently of each other, a halogen atom or a perfluorocarbon group. - R 1 and R 2 represent, independently of each other, an alkylene group; - Z 1 is a group of formula -PO 3 R 3 R 4, R 3 and R 4 representing, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a cation; - Z 2 is a group of formula -SO 2 R 5, R 5 representing an alkyl group or an aryl group; - X and Y represent, independently of each other, a halogen atom or a perfluorocarbon group.
A landing gear having a force-measuring element, the landing gear comprises an outer tube, an inner tube movably mounted in the outer tube, and a transmission assembly comprising at least one spindle driven by a gear, wherein the spindle is fed through a spindle opening in a spindle bearing plate which is in contact with the outer tube, and a spindle nut fastened to the inner tube is held on the spindle, characterized in that the force-measuring element is mounted on a support component (15, 21) disposed in the force flow between the spindle and the outer tube.
A dynamic mixer (1, 100) for a plurality of fluid components, comprising a housing (2, 102) and a rotor element (3, 103) which is rotatably arranged in the housing, wherein the housing (2, 102) has an inlet opening (12, 13, 112, 113) for at least a respective one component and at least one outlet opening (20, 120); wherein an annular intermediate space (15, 115) is provided between the rotor element (3, 103) and the housing (2, 102), with a first mixing element (7, 107) connected to the rotor element (3, 103) being arranged in said annular intermediate space; wherein the housing (2, 102) comprises a first antechamber (21, 121), a second antechamber (17, 117) and a main chamber (22, 122); wherein the second antechamber (17, 117) is arranged downstream of the first antechamber (21, 121) so that the first antechamber (21, 121) can be flowed through by the components before the components enter into the second antechamber (17, 117), wherein the inlet openings (12, 13, 112, 113) open into corresponding inlet passages (10, 11, 110, 111) which open into the first antechamber (21, 121); wherein a second mixing element (60, 176) is provided in the first antechamber (21, 121); wherein the second mixing element (60, 176) is configured as an entrainer element or as an arm element; wherein the entrainer element or arm element has a curvature; and wherein the curvature of the front side is convex and the curvature of the rear side is concave.
A cardiac activity mapping system, comprising: a probe comprising at least one electrode configured to record electrical potential data V e from a heart chamber; and a computer configured to: transform the recorded electrical potential data V e into dipole density data v as a distribution on a surface of the heart chamber; generate a map of the distribution of dipole density data v for presenting on a display. a probe comprising at least one electrode configured to record electrical potential data V e from a heart chamber; and a computer configured to: transform the recorded electrical potential data V e into dipole density data v as a distribution on a surface of the heart chamber; generate a map of the distribution of dipole density data v for presenting on a display. transform the recorded electrical potential data V e into dipole density data v as a distribution on a surface of the heart chamber; generate a map of the distribution of dipole density data v for presenting on a display.
A method for modifying a statistical metric relating to lost voice packets in a packet based voice communication system, receiving a statistical metric, the statistical metric being calculated based on a sequence of encoded voice packets received by a decoder and transmitted from one or more end-points in the voice communication system, and on one or more lost voice packets which were lost during the transmission from the one or more end-points or discarded due to latency and/or jitter in the transmission, the method characterized by receiving recovery data relating to recovered voice packets among the one or more of the lost voice packets, wherein the recovered voice packets are recovered using a forward error correction, FEC, scheme and FEC data relating to the lost voice packets, modifying the statistical metric based on the recovery data, and transmitting the modified statistical metric to a voice quality estimator so as to reduce a prediction error of a voice quality estimate when using the modified statistical metric as input to a voice quality estimating algorithm of the voice quality estimator. a sequence of encoded voice packets received by a decoder and transmitted from one or more end-points in the voice communication system, and on one or more lost voice packets which were lost during the transmission from the one or more end-points or discarded due to latency and/or jitter in the transmission, the method characterized by
A pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of cancer, comprising, as an active ingredient, -2-[(2S,3R)-3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutanoylamino]-4-methylpentanoic acid or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is for use by treating or putting an elderly or a terminal cancer patient into remission, wherein the patient is 70 years of age or older and has a neutrophil count to lymphocyte count ratio of 4 or more in peripheral blood, and wherein the active ingredient is comprised at an amount of 10 mg administered once a day to the patient.
Rubber composition based on at least: - a diene elastomer, - a reinforcing filler, - from 1 to 45 parts by weight, per hundred parts by weight of elastomer, phr, of a reinforcing resin, - from 1 to 10 phr of sulfur, - from 2 to 15 phr of vulcanization ultra-accelerator having a vulcanization initiation time, referred to as "t0", of less than 3 minutes, said composition comprising no vulcanization accelerator having a "t0" of greater than or equal to 3 minutes or comprising less than 2 phr thereof. - a diene elastomer, - a reinforcing filler, - from 1 to 45 parts by weight, per hundred parts by weight of elastomer, phr, of a reinforcing resin, - from 1 to 10 phr of sulfur, - from 2 to 15 phr of vulcanization ultra-accelerator having a vulcanization initiation time, referred to as "t0", of less than 3 minutes,
Device for hot-foil stamping on sheets or webs that have already received a print, the device including a stamping element (21, 22), a counter-pressure element (16, 23) and a device for providing stamping foil, wherein the device further includes a laser unit for partially heating stamping foil in the region of the stamping element (21, 22) and wherein the stamping element (21, 22) is transparent, characterized in that the device includes a control unit at least for actuating the laser unit, and that the device includes a sensor having a data communication link to the control unit to monitor the sheets or webs and to actuate the laser unit in an in-register way so that the hot-foil stamp is applied to the sheets or webs in register with the print that has already been printed onto the sheet or webs.