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An inlet device for an air/gas flow, particularly for the admission of said flow into a centrifugal fan of a pre-mixing burner apparatus, comprising flow conveying means arranged for conveying the flow of air and/or gas to the intake section of the fan, said conveying means being of the centripetal flow type and comprising a plurality of stator conveying ducts extending in directions having a predominant radial component with respect to the axis of rotation of the fan and being angularly spaced from one another along a circumferential profile concentric with said axis, wherein each duct of said plurality is delimited at least by a pair of opposed walls facing each other and rising in the same direction from a discoid base of said device arranged for coaxial mounting with the fan, the duct being capable of being delimited, on the opposite side from the base, by at least part of the manifold for housing the impeller, each duct being open at the opposed ends of its length, with a first opening for the entry of the flow at one of the ends, in a position remote from the main axis of the base, and with a second opening for the exit of the flow at the other end, positioned in proximity to said axis, characterized in that the passage cross-section for the flow in each conveying duct has an amplitude increasing from the entry opening in the direction of the outlet opening for the flow.
A nanoparticle composition comprising: (a) a nanoparticle comprising: (i) a core comprising a metal and/or a semiconductor, wherein the diameter of the core is in the range 1 nm to 5 nm; (ii) a corona comprising a plurality of ligands covalently linked to the core via a linker that comprises a C2-C15 alkyl and/or C2-C15 glycol group, wherein said ligands comprise a carbohydrate; and (b) at least one agent covalently attached to said core, which agent exhibits at least one therapeutic effect against a central nervous system condition, said nanoparticle composition being for use in a method of treatment of said CNS condition in a mammalian subject, wherein the agent is delivered to astrocytes of the CNS by association with said nanoparticle, and wherein said CNS condition is selected from the group consisting of: a tumour of the CNS; a neurodegenerative disease; stroke; a neurological disorder; an infection of the CNS; an immune disorder of the CNS; a psychiatric disorder; a genetic abnormality affecting the CNS; and a traumatic brain injury. (a) a nanoparticle comprising: (i) a core comprising a metal and/or a semiconductor, wherein the diameter of the core is in the range 1 nm to 5 nm; (ii) a corona comprising a plurality of ligands covalently linked to the core via a linker that comprises a C2-C15 alkyl and/or C2-C15 glycol group, wherein said ligands comprise a carbohydrate; and (i) a core comprising a metal and/or a semiconductor, wherein the diameter of the core is in the range 1 nm to 5 nm; (ii) a corona comprising a plurality of ligands covalently linked to the core via a linker that comprises a C2-C15 alkyl and/or C2-C15 glycol group, wherein said ligands comprise a carbohydrate; and (b) at least one agent covalently attached to said core, which agent exhibits at least one therapeutic effect against a central nervous system condition,
A method for determining of clinical response of a patient suffering from epilepsy to chronic vagal nerve stimulation therapy from scalp EEG data, comprising the steps of: - obtaining theta, alpha, beta and gamma frequency bands for at least one scalp electrode from scalp EEG data obtained from the patient using an EEG recording protocol, said EEG data comprising at least one rest interval, at least one open eyes/close eyes interval, at least one photic stimulation interval, at least one hyperventilation interval, wherein one interval is selected as a baseline interval, and further characterized in the steps of: - obtaining absolute mean powers as mean values of passband power envelope inside at least one discriminative interval and inside the baseline interval, and obtaining the relative mean power of the at least one discriminative interval as the ratio of the absolute mean power of said discriminative interval relative to the absolute mean power of the baseline interval, - determining from the relative mean powers of the at least one discriminative interval for at least one discriminative electrode whether the patient is a responder or a non-responder to vagal nerve stimulation therapy based on a responder pattern or a non-responder pattern, wherein the responder and non-responder patterns are determined by statistical analysis of EEG data recorded using the said EEG recording protocol for a group of known responders and non-responders. - obtaining theta, alpha, beta and gamma frequency bands for at least one scalp electrode from scalp EEG data obtained from the patient using an EEG recording protocol, said EEG data comprising at least one rest interval, at least one open eyes/close eyes interval, at least one photic stimulation interval, at least one hyperventilation interval, wherein one interval is selected as a baseline interval, and further characterized in the steps of: - obtaining absolute mean powers as mean values of passband power envelope inside at least one discriminative interval and inside the baseline interval, and obtaining the relative mean power of the at least one discriminative interval as the ratio of the absolute mean power of said discriminative interval relative to the absolute mean power of the baseline interval, - determining from the relative mean powers of the at least one discriminative interval for at least one discriminative electrode whether the patient is a responder or a non-responder to vagal nerve stimulation therapy based on a responder pattern or a non-responder pattern, wherein the responder and non-responder patterns are determined by statistical analysis of EEG data recorded using the said EEG recording protocol for a group of known responders and non-responders.
A thermal management system, comprising: an avionics unit defining an interior configured to house at least one heat generating component, wherein the avionics unit comprises an electronics chassis having an exterior and defining the interior for housing the at least one heat generating component; a first plurality of heat pipes, wherein a first end of the first plurality of heat pipes is coupled to the avionics unit, and defines a hot interface, and a second end of the first plurality of heat pipes is coupled to a structural portion of an aircraft that is thermally coupled to an external environment outside the aircraft; wherein the hot interface further comprises a cold plate operably coupled to the electronics chassis and thermally coupled to the at least one heat generating component; and a heat spreader, having a body located within the interior, thermally coupled to the electronics chassis of the avionics unit; wherein the heat spreader further comprises a second plurality heat pipes embedded in the heat spreader, the second plurality heat pipes comprising a hot end thermally coupled to the heat generating component via a heatsink. an avionics unit defining an interior configured to house at least one heat generating component, wherein the avionics unit comprises an electronics chassis having an exterior and defining the interior for housing the at least one heat generating component; a first plurality of heat pipes, wherein a first end of the first plurality of heat pipes is coupled to the avionics unit, and defines a hot interface, and a second end of the first plurality of heat pipes is coupled to a structural portion of an aircraft that is thermally coupled to an external environment outside the aircraft; wherein the hot interface further comprises a cold plate operably coupled to the electronics chassis and thermally coupled to the at least one heat generating component; and a heat spreader, having a body located within the interior, thermally coupled to the electronics chassis of the avionics unit; wherein the heat spreader further comprises a second plurality heat pipes embedded in the heat spreader, the second plurality heat pipes comprising a hot end thermally coupled to the heat generating component via a heatsink.
Process for purifying hydrocarbon streams comprising olefins having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, wherein the purified hydrocarbon stream is subjected to at least one process step comprising an olefin conversion selected from the group consisting of etherification, hydroformylation, oligomerization, (methoxy)carbonylation, alkylation, metathesis and epoxidation and a product separation, wherein the process employs at least two adsorbers of which one adsorber is in adsorption mode and one adsorber is in desorption mode, wherein in adsorption mode the hydrocarbon stream to be purified is passed through the adsorber to remove nitrogen-, oxygen- and/or sulfur-containing contaminants from the hydrocarbon stream to be purified, wherein in desorption mode a desorption stream is passed through the adsorber at a temperature of 280°C to 350°C to desorb the adsorbed contaminants from the adsorber, and characterized in that a hydrocarbon stream withdrawn after the at least one process step and depleted in the employed olefins and the products formed in the olefin conversion which is not hydrogenated and which has a content of the employed and unconverted olefins of 2% to 30% by weight is used as the desorption stream. wherein the process employs at least two adsorbers of which one adsorber is in adsorption mode and one adsorber is in desorption mode, wherein in adsorption mode the hydrocarbon stream to be purified is passed through the adsorber to remove nitrogen-, oxygen- and/or sulfur-containing contaminants from the hydrocarbon stream to be purified, wherein in desorption mode a desorption stream is passed through the adsorber at a temperature of 280°C to 350°C to desorb the adsorbed contaminants from the adsorber, and characterized in that a hydrocarbon stream withdrawn after the at least one process step and depleted in the employed olefins and the products formed in the olefin conversion which is not hydrogenated and which has a content of the employed and unconverted olefins of 2% to 30% by weight is used as the desorption stream.
A fan arrangement for cabin filtration for a motor vehicle cabin comprising at least one fan arranged within a receiving housing for producing a pressure difference between a suction intake side and a pressure side, wherein the at least one fan is arranged in an insert received pivotably in the receiving housing, characterised in that the receiving housing has a discharge opening at the pressure side and at least a first and a second suction intake opening (36, 38) for fluid-communicating connection of the fan to at least a first and a second filter element (40, 42), wherein the insert is pivotable between an operative position and at least a first reversing position and/or a second reversing position, wherein in the first and/or the second reversing position of the insert the first and/or the second filter element (40, 42) is fluid-communicatingly connected to the pressure side of the fan and can be acted upon with a pressure.
Modular construction block comprising an injected plastic structure with an overall rectangular parallelepiped shape having two longitudinal walls (11, 12), two transverse walls (13, 14) and one substantially planar upper wall, characterised in that said longitudinal walls (11, 12) define, with said transverse walls (13, 14) and said upper wall, at least one interior recess, each of said longitudinal walls comprising: - a plurality of profiles (P1 to P4) extending over the widest part of the height of the longitudinal wall (11, 12); - at least one lug (T1 to T3) extending from the base of the longitudinal wall to a predetermined height h of the longitudinal wall. - a plurality of profiles (P1 to P4) extending over the widest part of the height of the longitudinal wall (11, 12); - at least one lug (T1 to T3) extending from the base of the longitudinal wall to a predetermined height h of the longitudinal wall.
A process for converting one or more C3-C12 oxygenates comprising: 1) contacting a feed comprising at least 50wt%, based on the total weight of the feed, of one or more C3-C12 oxygenates and also comprises sulphur in a concentration in the range from equal to or more than 150 ppmw to equal to or less than 2000 ppmw, with a source of hydrogen in the presence of a sulphided hydrogenation catalyst to produce a partially hydrogenated effluent; 2) contacting at least part of the partially hydrogenated effluent with a source of hydrogen at a hydrogen partial pressure of at least 0.1 MegaPascal in the presence of a sulphided carbon-carbon coupling catalyst at a temperature in the range from equal to or more than 250°C to equal to or less than 450°C and at a WHSV in the range of from 0.2 to 2.5kg feed per kg catalyst per hour to produce a conversion product; 3) optionally contacting at least part of the conversion product with a source of hydrogen in the presence of a sulphided hydrotreating catalyst and/or a sulphided hydroisomerization catalyst to produce a hydrotreated and/or hydroisomerized conversion product; and 4) optionally purifying the, optionally hydrotreated and/or hydroisomerized, conversion product to obtain a final product, wherein the carbon-carbon coupling catalyst comprises equal to or more than 60 wt% of a zeolite and in the range from equal to or more than 0.1 wt% to equal to or less than 10 wt% of a hydrogenation metal, based on the total weight of the carbon-carbon coupling catalyst. 1) contacting a feed comprising at least 50wt%, based on the total weight of the feed, of one or more C3-C12 oxygenates and also comprises sulphur in a concentration in the range from equal to or more than 150 ppmw to equal to or less than 2000 ppmw, with a source of hydrogen in the presence of a sulphided hydrogenation catalyst to produce a partially hydrogenated effluent; 2) contacting at least part of the partially hydrogenated effluent with a source of hydrogen at a hydrogen partial pressure of at least 0.1 MegaPascal in the presence of a sulphided carbon-carbon coupling catalyst at a temperature in the range from equal to or more than 250°C to equal to or less than 450°C and at a WHSV in the range of from 0.2 to 2.5kg feed per kg catalyst per hour to produce a conversion product; 3) optionally contacting at least part of the conversion product with a source of hydrogen in the presence of a sulphided hydrotreating catalyst and/or a sulphided hydroisomerization catalyst to produce a hydrotreated and/or hydroisomerized conversion product; and 4) optionally purifying the, optionally hydrotreated and/or hydroisomerized, conversion product to obtain a final product,
A method of measurement on measuring apparatus for inspecting the dimensions of workpieces, comprising: providing a master artefact in the form of a reference workpiece having dimensions which are known from a source which is external to said measuring apparatus, measuring the reference workpiece on said apparatus at a first temperature (#1), and producing a resulting first set of measured dimensional values of the reference workpiece at the first temperature, generating at least one error map or look-up table or function which relates the measured dimensional values of the reference workpiece at the first temperature to the known dimensions of the reference workpiece, measuring a production workpiece on said apparatus to obtain measured workpiece dimensional values, and correcting the workpiece dimensional values with correction values derived from the error map, look-up table or function, characterised by measuring the temperature at which the workpiece dimensional values were obtained, and wherein the correction values are determined in dependence upon the temperature at which the workpiece dimensional values were obtained. providing a master artefact in the form of a reference workpiece having dimensions which are known from a source which is external to said measuring apparatus, measuring the reference workpiece on said apparatus at a first temperature (#1), and producing a resulting first set of measured dimensional values of the reference workpiece at the first temperature, generating at least one error map or look-up table or function which relates the measured dimensional values of the reference workpiece at the first temperature to the known dimensions of the reference workpiece, measuring a production workpiece on said apparatus to obtain measured workpiece dimensional values, and correcting the workpiece dimensional values with correction values derived from the error map, look-up table or function, characterised by measuring the temperature at which the workpiece dimensional values were obtained, and wherein the correction values are determined in dependence upon the temperature at which the workpiece dimensional values were obtained.
A closed-loop system for monitoring and verifying a bypass condition of a power cell, the system comprising: a power cell (405, 505) which comprises a first output terminal, a second output terminal and a first communication interface (430, 530); and a bypass mechanism (410, 510) operably connected to the first output terminal and the second output terminal and configured to create a shunt path between the first output terminal and the second output terminal, wherein the bypass mechanism (410, 510) comprises a second communication interface (425, 525) configured to establish a communication link to the first communication interface (430, 530) and to transmit a bypass signal to the first communication interface (430, 530) in response to a change in state of the bypass mechanism (410, 510); wherein the bypass mechanism (410, 510) is further adapted to change its state in response to an input voltage received from a controller (292, 295), and wherein the power cell (405, 505) is adapted to transmit a signal to the controller (292, 295), wherein the signal indicates that the power cell (405, 505) has detected the state change of the bypass mechanism (410, 510) based on the bypass signal. a power cell (405, 505) which comprises a first output terminal, a second output terminal and a first communication interface (430, 530); and a bypass mechanism (410, 510) operably connected to the first output terminal and the second output terminal and configured to create a shunt path between the first output terminal and the second output terminal, wherein the bypass mechanism (410, 510) comprises a second communication interface (425, 525) configured to establish a communication link to the first communication interface (430, 530) and to transmit a bypass signal to the first communication interface (430, 530) in response to a change in state of the bypass mechanism (410, 510); wherein the bypass mechanism (410, 510) is further adapted to change its state in response to an input voltage received from a controller (292, 295), and wherein the power cell (405, 505) is adapted to transmit a signal to the controller (292, 295), wherein the signal indicates that the power cell (405, 505) has detected the state change of the bypass mechanism (410, 510) based on the bypass signal.
A seal system (100; 200) comprising: a first member; a seal carried by the first member and having a seal face; and a second member rotatable relative to the first member about an axis and having: a seat (112; 212), the seat (112; 212) having a seat face in sliding sealing engagement with the seal face; and a circumferential array of passageway legs, wherein: the second member further comprises an annular channel axially spaced from the seat face, the passageway legs connected to the annular channel; and the annular channel has a first surface axially diverging from the seat face in an outward radial direction; characterised in that: the passageway legs and the annular channel are in a first piece; and the annular channel has a second surface axially diverging from the first surface in the outward radial direction by 1.0° to 10.0°. a first member; a seal carried by the first member and having a seal face; and a second member rotatable relative to the first member about an axis and having: a seat (112; 212), the seat (112; 212) having a seat face in sliding sealing engagement with the seal face; and a circumferential array of passageway legs, a seat (112; 212), the seat (112; 212) having a seat face in sliding sealing engagement with the seal face; and a circumferential array of passageway legs, the second member further comprises an annular channel axially spaced from the seat face, the passageway legs connected to the annular channel; and the annular channel has a first surface axially diverging from the seat face in an outward radial direction; characterised in that: the passageway legs and the annular channel are in a first piece; and the annular channel has a second surface axially diverging from the first surface in the outward radial direction by 1.0° to 10.0°. the passageway legs and the annular channel are in a first piece; and the annular channel has a second surface axially diverging from the first surface in the outward radial direction by 1.0° to 10.0°.
An inductive component comprising: - a coil former, the coil former being configured as a carrier for a winding wire, the coil former comprising a base body; - an electrically insulating film, the base body being wrapped with the electrically insulating film in regions; and - a winding made of a winding wire wrapped around the base body, such that the film is disposed between the winding wire and the base body in the radial direction, characterized in that the electrically insulating film extends over a maximum of two thirds of a maximum potential, effective axial length of the film at which the electrically insulating film would be present underneath the entire axial length of the winding, such that the winding wire is disposed over the film in regions and directly on the base body in regions along the axial longitudinal extent of the winding, and a diameter of the winding is enlarged in the region along the axial longitudinal extent of the winding in which the winding wire is disposed over the film. - a coil former, the coil former being configured as a carrier for a winding wire, the coil former comprising a base body; - an electrically insulating film, the base body being wrapped with the electrically insulating film in regions; and - a winding made of a winding wire wrapped around the base body, such that the film is disposed between the winding wire and the base body in the radial direction, characterized in that the electrically insulating film extends over a maximum of two thirds of a maximum potential, effective axial length of the film at which the electrically insulating film would be present underneath the entire axial length of the winding, such that the winding wire is disposed over the film in regions and directly on the base body in regions along the axial longitudinal extent of the winding, and a diameter of the winding is enlarged in the region along the axial longitudinal extent of the winding in which the winding wire is disposed over the film.