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A system for exchanging heat between a first material and a second material, comprising: a shell for containing the first material therein; a plurality of tubes disposed within the shell for containing the second material therein, a tube sheet disposed at an end of the shell for restricting flow of the second material to the shell; and at least one collector conduit (310a, 310b) disposed exterior to the shell for receiving at least one end of the plurality of tubes, wherein at least one of the plurality of tubes extend through the tube sheet to the collector conduit (310a, 310b), characterised in that the system further comprises a cleaning tool disposed within the at least one collector conduit (310a, 310b) comprising a nozzle for spraying one of the ends of the plurality of tubes with a fluid during cleaning. a shell for containing the first material therein; a plurality of tubes disposed within the shell for containing the second material therein, a tube sheet disposed at an end of the shell for restricting flow of the second material to the shell; and at least one collector conduit (310a, 310b) disposed exterior to the shell for receiving at least one end of the plurality of tubes, wherein at least one of the plurality of tubes extend through the tube sheet to the collector conduit (310a, 310b), characterised in that the system further comprises a cleaning tool disposed within the at least one collector conduit (310a, 310b) comprising a nozzle for spraying one of the ends of the plurality of tubes with a fluid during cleaning.
A method for obtaining a communication service for a mobile terminal residing in a service area of a first communication network and a second communication network, the method, performed by the mobile terminal, comprises: receiving, from a network node configured to collect information on a state of the first communication network, a message comprising information indicative at least on a state of at least one service provided by a first communication network into which the mobile terminal is registered to with a first subscriber identity, whereby the information in the message from the network node is received with one of: short message service, through a data channel. generating, in response to a detection that the state of the at least one service does not fulfill at least one predetermined condition, a control signal to cause the mobile terminal to switch the first subscriber identity to a second subscriber identity, wherein the control signal causes the mobile terminal to perform the switching so that the second communication network available for the second subscriber identity is selected so that the mobile terminal is caused to register to the second communication network as a roaming subscriber with the second subscriber identity. receiving, from a network node configured to collect information on a state of the first communication network, a message comprising information indicative at least on a state of at least one service provided by a first communication network into which the mobile terminal is registered to with a first subscriber identity, whereby the information in the message from the network node is received with one of: short message service, through a data channel. generating, in response to a detection that the state of the at least one service does not fulfill at least one predetermined condition, a control signal to cause the mobile terminal to switch the first subscriber identity to a second subscriber identity, wherein the control signal causes the mobile terminal to perform the switching so that the second communication network available for the second subscriber identity is selected so that the mobile terminal is caused to register to the second communication network as a roaming subscriber with the second subscriber identity.
A liquid crystal film, comprising: a substrate layer and a liquid crystal layer formed by a liquid crystal composition formed on the substrate layer, wherein the liquid crystal composition comprises a photo-alignment material including a halogen element and a liquid crystal compound. wherein the liquid crystal compound is present in an aligned state in the liquid crystal layer. wherein the photo-alignment material is phase-separated from the liquid crystal compound in an orientationally ordered state in the liquid crystal layer. wherein the photo-alignment material including a halogen element includes a unit represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein n represents a number of 50 to 5,000 in the above Chemical Formula 1 and R 1 and R 2 each independently represents hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl group, or a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, wherein at least one of the R 1 and R 2 represents a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, wherein R 3 represents an alkylene group or an alkylidene group in the above Chemical Formula 2 and R 4 to R 8 each independently represents hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or an allyloxy group; and at least one of the unit represented by the above Chemical Formula 1 and the moiety represented by the above Chemical Formula 2 includes a halogen element as a substituent. a substrate layer and a liquid crystal layer formed by a liquid crystal composition formed on the substrate layer, wherein the liquid crystal composition comprises a photo-alignment material including a halogen element and a liquid crystal compound. wherein the liquid crystal compound is present in an aligned state in the liquid crystal layer. wherein the photo-alignment material is phase-separated from the liquid crystal compound in an orientationally ordered state in the liquid crystal layer. wherein the photo-alignment material including a halogen element includes a unit represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein n represents a number of 50 to 5,000 in the above Chemical Formula 1 and R 1 and R 2 each independently represents hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl group, or a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, wherein at least one of the R 1 and R 2 represents a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, wherein R 3 represents an alkylene group or an alkylidene group in the above Chemical Formula 2 and R 4 to R 8 each independently represents hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or an allyloxy group; and at least one of the unit represented by the above Chemical Formula 1 and the moiety represented by the above Chemical Formula 2 includes a halogen element as a substituent.
A purifying method for reducing contaminants in a vanadium electrolyte liquid suitable for a redox flow battery, the vanadium electrolyte liquid consisting of a mixture of negative and positive vanadium electrolyte liquid of the redox flow battery, preferably in a ratio of 50:50, and the vanadium electrolyte liquid being circulated from a first tank through negative half-cells of one or more cell stacks of a purifying redox flow battery, by which the vanadium electrolyte liquid passes through the negative half-cells, wherein a voltage is applied to the one or more cell stacks of the purifying redox flow battery and the vanadium electrolyte liquid in the negative half-cells is electrochemically reduced in the process, wherein at least some of the contaminants in the vanadium electrolyte liquid are deposited on negative electrodes of the negative half-cells, characterized in that the vanadium electrolyte liquid, after passing through the negative half-cells of the one or more cell stacks, passes through positive half-cells of the one or more cell stacks of the purifying redox flow battery, without passing through a second tank, via a connecting device that connects the negative half-cells and the positive half-cells of a cell stack, and in that the vanadium electrolyte liquid is fed to a second tank after passing through positive half-cells of the one or more cell stacks and is stored in the second tank.
Method for calculating a management setpoint for the consumption of fuel and of electric current by a hybrid motor vehicle comprising at least one electric motor supplied with electric current by a traction battery, and an internal combustion engine supplied with fuel, characterized in that it comprises steps of: a) acquiring, by means of a navigation system, a journey to be made, b) dividing said journey into successive sections (T i, i∈{1...N}), c) acquiring, for each section (T i), attributes (FC, SC, SL, TS, RG, LL NL, SMS) characterizing said section (T i), d) for each of said sections (T i) and given its attributes (FC, SC, SL, TS, RG, LL NL, SMS), acquiring a relationship (CE j) linking the estimated fuel consumption (CC est) of the hybrid motor vehicle on the section (T i) to its estimated electrical energy consumption (ΔSOE est), g) determining an optimal consumption point (P i) in each of the corrected relationships (CE j), and h) creating an energy management setpoint throughout the journey, based on the coordinates of said optimal points (P i), the method being characterized in that it comprises, prior to the step of determining the optimal consumption point, steps of: e) measuring the real fuel consumption (CC mes) and the real electrical energy consumption (ΔSOE mes) of the motor vehicle, f) correcting each relationship (CE j), given said real fuel consumption (CC mes) and real electrical energy consumption (ΔSOE mes). a) acquiring, by means of a navigation system, a journey to be made, b) dividing said journey into successive sections (T i, i∈{1...N}), c) acquiring, for each section (T i), attributes (FC, SC, SL, TS, RG, LL NL, SMS) characterizing said section (T i), d) for each of said sections (T i) and given its attributes (FC, SC, SL, TS, RG, LL NL, SMS), acquiring a relationship (CE j) linking the estimated fuel consumption (CC est) of the hybrid motor vehicle on the section (T i) to its estimated electrical energy consumption (ΔSOE est), g) determining an optimal consumption point (P i) in each of the corrected relationships (CE j), and h) creating an energy management setpoint throughout the journey, based on the coordinates of said optimal points (P i), e) measuring the real fuel consumption (CC mes) and the real electrical energy consumption (ΔSOE mes) of the motor vehicle, f) correcting each relationship (CE j), given said real fuel consumption (CC mes) and real electrical energy consumption (ΔSOE mes).
A system for transmitting data from an aircraft having a skin comprising: an aircraft component; a PC card interfaced to the aircraft component for acquiring aircraft data from the aircraft component, said PC card including a radio transmitter configured for transmitting the aircraft data over a radio frequency communications signal into the skin of the aircraft, which is operative as a passive radiator and re-radiates the radio frequency communications signal to a location remote from the aircraft. an aircraft component; a PC card interfaced to the aircraft component for acquiring aircraft data from the aircraft component, said PC card including a radio transmitter configured for transmitting the aircraft data over a radio frequency communications signal into the skin of the aircraft, which is operative as a passive radiator and re-radiates the radio frequency communications signal to a location remote from the aircraft.
A computer-implemented control method comprising the steps of: providing a locking script in a first blockchain transaction, the locking script comprising at least one instruction arranged to: process a plurality of Boolean inputs; and implement the functionality of a logic gate; wherein the plurality of Boolean inputs is provided as the result of using at least one computing resource or agent to process at least one input signal, monitoring or searching the blockchain or blockchain network to determine the presence or absence of a further transaction having an unlocking script. providing the further blockchain transaction, using the plurality of Boolean inputs to execute the locking and unlocking scripts of the first and further blockchain transactions, providing a computing resource arranged to influence the behaviour of a device or process based upon: detection of the further transaction within the blockchain or blockchain network; and/or the validity of the further transaction. providing a locking script in a first blockchain transaction, the locking script comprising at least one instruction arranged to: process a plurality of Boolean inputs; and implement the functionality of a logic gate; process a plurality of Boolean inputs; and implement the functionality of a logic gate; wherein the plurality of Boolean inputs is provided as the result of using at least one computing resource or agent to process at least one input signal, monitoring or searching the blockchain or blockchain network to determine the presence or absence of a further transaction having an unlocking script. providing the further blockchain transaction, using the plurality of Boolean inputs to execute the locking and unlocking scripts of the first and further blockchain transactions, providing a computing resource arranged to influence the behaviour of a device or process based upon: detection of the further transaction within the blockchain or blockchain network; and/or the validity of the further transaction. detection of the further transaction within the blockchain or blockchain network; and/or the validity of the further transaction.
Pressure vessel, comprising an inner vessel produced from an inner vessel material having a cylindrical middle part with a cylinder axis and having two terminal caps (22a, 22b) that seal the cylindrical middle part so as to provide a storage volume in the pressure vessel, an outer layer, which is applied to the inner vessel in order to reinforce said inner vessel, a valve connection piece that is arranged on one of the terminal caps so as to fill and empty the storage volume with a filling gas at a desired degree of purity, and a hollow flushing lance that is open to the outside and is guided through the valve connection piece and held therein in a sealing manner with respect to the valve connection piece, wherein the flushing lance protrudes into the storage volume and is provided with a perforation along its entire length up to a first end of the flushing lance facing the terminal cap that is lying opposite the valve connection piece in the storage volume for a gas exchange with the storage volume, wherein the flushing lance extends so far to the terminal cap, which is lying opposite the valve connection piece, that the gas exchange extends through the perforation of the flushing lance up to the opposite-lying terminal cap, characterized in that the first end of the flushing lance is suitably connected to the terminal cap opposite the valve connection piece, the opposite terminal cap comprising a suitably embodied movable bearing for fixing the flushing lance into place against movements vertical to the cylinder axis of the inner vessel, in which nevertheless the flushing lance is reversibly supported in parallel to the cylinder axis of the inner vessel.
Control valve for an oil-injected screw-type compressor, in particular for installation in a vehicle, wherein oil located in a screw-type compressor housing can be supplied in a controlled manner via the control valve to a heat exchanger and / or to a bypass in such a way that cold oil is conducted through a bypass around the heat exchanger and warm oil is conducted through the heat exchanger, and wherein the control valve has a control piston actuated by a control element, the control piston cooperating with a heat exchanger opening and a bypass opening arranged in a control valve housing, characterised in that the control piston controls at least one further bypass opening cooperating with the heat exchanger opening, and in that the further bypass opening is arranged in the control piston.
A computer-implemented method for aligning navigational information from a plurality of vehicles, the method comprising: receiving navigational information from a first plurality of vehicles, wherein the navigational information from the first plurality of vehicles is associated with a common road segment; aligning the navigational information within a first coordinate system associated with the common road segment, wherein the first coordinate system is based on a first plurality of images captured by image sensors included on the first plurality of vehicles; storing the aligned navigational information in association with the common road segment; and distributing the aligned navigational information to one or more autonomous vehicles for use in autonomously navigating the one or more autonomous vehicles along the common road segment. receiving navigational information from a first plurality of vehicles, wherein the navigational information from the first plurality of vehicles is associated with a common road segment; aligning the navigational information within a first coordinate system associated with the common road segment, wherein the first coordinate system is based on a first plurality of images captured by image sensors included on the first plurality of vehicles; storing the aligned navigational information in association with the common road segment; and distributing the aligned navigational information to one or more autonomous vehicles for use in autonomously navigating the one or more autonomous vehicles along the common road segment.
A method of increasing the quantity of milk or meat produced by a milk-producing animal or a meat-producing animal comprising: 1) applying from 1 ± 10% to 30 ± 10% grams of at least one gibberellin compound per hectare to a plant; 2) producing silage from the plant; and 3) feeding the milk-producing animal or the meat-producing animal the silage made from the plant wherein the silage displays an increased energy content and enhanced digestibility.
Flexible modular panel for absorbing shocks and/or vibrations, which is delimited by a horizontal upper impact surface and a lower parallel opposing surface, and which is produced by assembling a plurality of adjacent individual absorption blocks, a panel wherein: - each individual block is in the shape of a polyhedral truncated pyramid, hollow at least in part, the base of which is a regular polygon having n sides; - each individual block is delimited by: -- a horizontal upper impact wall; -- n contiguous vertical lateral walls which are interconnected and connected to said upper wall; the modular panel is characterized by: - the n contiguous lateral walls are surrounded by a lower peripheral lip which extends horizontally and radially towards the outside; - each portion of the lower lip extending along a lateral wall is provided with a tenon or a mortise which are complementary to one another and are arranged so as to allow the assembly of two adjacent individual blocks, in particular by means of interlocking, in the vertical direction, of a tenon and a mortise belonging to one and to the other respectively of said two adjacent individual blocks. - each individual block is in the shape of a polyhedral truncated pyramid, hollow at least in part, the base of which is a regular polygon having n sides; - each individual block is delimited by: -- a horizontal upper impact wall; -- n contiguous vertical lateral walls which are interconnected and connected to said upper wall; -- a horizontal upper impact wall; -- n contiguous vertical lateral walls which are interconnected and connected to said upper wall; - the n contiguous lateral walls are surrounded by a lower peripheral lip which extends horizontally and radially towards the outside; - each portion of the lower lip extending along a lateral wall is provided with a tenon or a mortise which are complementary to one another and are arranged so as to allow the assembly of two adjacent individual blocks, in particular by means of interlocking, in the vertical direction, of a tenon and a mortise belonging to one and to the other respectively of said two adjacent individual blocks.
A substrate holder for use in a lithographic apparatus and configured to support a substrate, the substrate holder comprising: a main body having a main body surface; a plurality of burls projecting from the main body surface, wherein each burl has a burl side surface and a distal end surface, wherein the distal end surface is configured to engage with the substrate; the distal end surfaces of the burls substantially conform to a support plane and are configured for supporting the substrate; wherein a continuous layer of carbon based material is provided, the continuous layer comprising a plurality of first regions each having a first thickness and at least one second region having a second thickness, the carbon based material providing a surface with a lower coefficient of friction than the main body surface, the plurality of first regions together either cover only part of the distal end surface of at least one of the burls, or cover the distal end surface and at least a portion of the burl side surface of at least one of the burls, and the first thickness is larger than the second thickness, and wherein the second thickness is less than 300 nm. a main body having a main body surface; a plurality of burls projecting from the main body surface, wherein each burl has a burl side surface and a distal end surface, wherein the distal end surface is configured to engage with the substrate; the distal end surfaces of the burls substantially conform to a support plane and are configured for supporting the substrate; each burl has a burl side surface and a distal end surface, wherein the distal end surface is configured to engage with the substrate; the distal end surfaces of the burls substantially conform to a support plane and are configured for supporting the substrate; wherein a continuous layer of carbon based material is provided, the continuous layer comprising a plurality of first regions each having a first thickness and at least one second region having a second thickness, the carbon based material providing a surface with a lower coefficient of friction than the main body surface, the plurality of first regions together either cover only part of the distal end surface of at least one of the burls, or cover the distal end surface and at least a portion of the burl side surface of at least one of the burls, and the first thickness is larger than the second thickness, and wherein the second thickness is less than 300 nm. a continuous layer of carbon based material is provided, the continuous layer comprising a plurality of first regions each having a first thickness and at least one second region having a second thickness, the carbon based material providing a surface with a lower coefficient of friction than the main body surface, the plurality of first regions together either cover only part of the distal end surface of at least one of the burls, or cover the distal end surface and at least a portion of the burl side surface of at least one of the burls, and the first thickness is larger than the second thickness, and wherein the second thickness is less than 300 nm.