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Method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle, comprising an internal combustion engine and a dual clutch transmission, wherein the dual clutch transmission has a first input shaft, a second input shaft and an output shaft, and the first input shaft is connected to the output shaft via a first sub-transmission and the second input shaft is connected to the output shaft via a second sub-transmission, and wherein the internal combustion engine is connected to the first input shaft via a first shifting clutch and to the second input shaft via a second shifting clutch, wherein, in a start-up mode of the drive device aimed at starting the motor vehicle, the internal combustion engine is operated with the second shifting clutch at least partially closed and the second sub-transmission coupled in to provide a drive torque at the output shaft aimed at starting the motor vehicle, and electrical energy is used to additionally drive the output shaft by means of an electric motor coupled to the output shaft, characterised in that, in the start-up mode of the drive device, the internal combustion engine is operated with the second shifting clutch at least partially closed and the second sub-transmission coupled in so as to drive an electrical generator, and electrical energy provided by means of the generator is used to additionally drive the output shaft by means of the electric motor, and in that, in an ancillary unit mode, at least one ancillary unit is driven by means of an electric motor coupled to the first input shaft with the first shifting clutch open and the first sub-transmission decoupled, wherein, when switching from the ancillary unit mode to the start-up mode, the first shifting clutch is at least partially closed for starting the internal combustion engine, the second shifting clutch is at least partially closed with the second sub-transmission coupled in, and the electric motor is used for providing a starting torque used for starting the internal combustion engine.
A method for operating a pool cleaner, the method comprises: sensing, by at least one sensor of the pool cleaner, an actual yaw of the pool cleaner and an actual orientation of the pool cleaner; filtering fluid by a filtering unit of the pool cleaning robot; where the method is characterized by: cleaning, by the pool cleaner, a certain region of a sidewall of the pool that is fully submerged, wherein the cleaning comprises moving the pool cleaner, by at least one steering element of the pool cleaner, within the certain region, from one side of the sidewall to an opposite side of the sidewall, and along a cleaning path that comprises cleaning path segments, wherein a majority of the cleaning path segments are horizontal and are positioned at different depths; and controlling, by a controller of the pool cleaner, at least one steering element of the pool cleaner, based on the actual yaw of the pool cleaner, wherein the controlling comprises correcting yaw errors. sensing, by at least one sensor of the pool cleaner, an actual yaw of the pool cleaner and an actual orientation of the pool cleaner; filtering fluid by a filtering unit of the pool cleaning robot; where the method is characterized by: cleaning, by the pool cleaner, a certain region of a sidewall of the pool that is fully submerged, wherein the cleaning comprises moving the pool cleaner, by at least one steering element of the pool cleaner, within the certain region, from one side of the sidewall to an opposite side of the sidewall, and along a cleaning path that comprises cleaning path segments, wherein a majority of the cleaning path segments are horizontal and are positioned at different depths; and controlling, by a controller of the pool cleaner, at least one steering element of the pool cleaner, based on the actual yaw of the pool cleaner, wherein the controlling comprises correcting yaw errors. cleaning, by the pool cleaner, a certain region of a sidewall of the pool that is fully submerged, wherein the cleaning comprises moving the pool cleaner, by at least one steering element of the pool cleaner, within the certain region, from one side of the sidewall to an opposite side of the sidewall, and along a cleaning path that comprises cleaning path segments, wherein a majority of the cleaning path segments are horizontal and are positioned at different depths; and controlling, by a controller of the pool cleaner, at least one steering element of the pool cleaner, based on the actual yaw of the pool cleaner, wherein the controlling comprises correcting yaw errors.
A method for feed-forward valve test compensation of a steam turbine system, a gas turbine system or a combination thereof, the method comprising: generating and transmitting a first output comprising a total flow demand value to a plurality of valves (26,27,28,29), wherein each of the plurality of valves is configured to receive a respective portion of the total flow demand value; receiving an input indicative of a decoupling of a first valve of the plurality of valves (26,27,28,29); generating a second output based at least in part on the first output and a first operational characteristic of the first valve, wherein the second output is configured to vary a second operational characteristic of a second valve (26,28,29) of the plurality of valves to maintain the total flow demand value; and generating the second output by deriving a third operational characteristic value comprising a flow of the first valve based at least in part on the first operational characteristic comprising a stroke of the first valve; characterized by deriving the third operational characteristic value based at least in part on the first operational characteristic of the first valve; and either: i) adding a difference between the third operational characteristic value and the respective portion of the total flow demand value received by the first valve to the total flow demand value or ii) subtracting the third operational characteristic value from the total flow demand value. generating and transmitting a first output comprising a total flow demand value to a plurality of valves (26,27,28,29), wherein each of the plurality of valves is configured to receive a respective portion of the total flow demand value; receiving an input indicative of a decoupling of a first valve of the plurality of valves (26,27,28,29); generating a second output based at least in part on the first output and a first operational characteristic of the first valve, wherein the second output is configured to vary a second operational characteristic of a second valve (26,28,29) of the plurality of valves to maintain the total flow demand value; and generating the second output by deriving a third operational characteristic value comprising a flow of the first valve based at least in part on the first operational characteristic comprising a stroke of the first valve; characterized by deriving the third operational characteristic value based at least in part on the first operational characteristic of the first valve; and either: i) adding a difference between the third operational characteristic value and the respective portion of the total flow demand value received by the first valve to the total flow demand value or ii) subtracting the third operational characteristic value from the total flow demand value. i) adding a difference between the third operational characteristic value and the respective portion of the total flow demand value received by the first valve to the total flow demand value or ii) subtracting the third operational characteristic value from the total flow demand value.
An electrostatic sprayer for spraying a liquid coating product, that sprayer comprising a rotating bowl and means for driving that bowl around a rotation axis (X 30), the bowl defining a concave surface for distributing the coating product and a rim (234; 214) that delimits a spraying zone (Z 2) for the coating product, the sprayer being equipped with - at least one first ionizing electrode (22; 122) for charge by ionization of droplets of coating product, that ionizing charge electrode being positioned, relative to the rim (234, 214) and along the rotation axis (X 30), opposite the spraying zone (Z 2), between that rim and the means for driving the bowl, - at least one second electrode for creating an electrostatic field to transport droplets toward an object to be coated, that second electrode being mounted on a fixed body of the sprayer, - a third electrode, also mounted on the stationary body characterized in that - the third electrode is brought to an intermediate electric potential between those of the first and second electrodes (22, 70; 122, 70) during the operation of the sprayer - the electrostatic sprayer comprises differentiated control and supply means (50, 80, 84) of the ionizing charge electrode (22; 122), the second electrode and/or the third electrode. - the third electrode. is inserted, along the rotation axis, between the first electrode (22; 122) and the second electrode - at least one first ionizing electrode (22; 122) for charge by ionization of droplets of coating product, that ionizing charge electrode being positioned, relative to the rim (234, 214) and along the rotation axis (X 30), opposite the spraying zone (Z 2), between that rim and the means for driving the bowl, - at least one second electrode for creating an electrostatic field to transport droplets toward an object to be coated, that second electrode being mounted on a fixed body of the sprayer, - a third electrode, also mounted on the stationary body - the third electrode is brought to an intermediate electric potential between those of the first and second electrodes (22, 70; 122, 70) during the operation of the sprayer - the electrostatic sprayer comprises differentiated control and supply means (50, 80, 84) of the ionizing charge electrode (22; 122), the second electrode and/or the third electrode. - the third electrode. is inserted, along the rotation axis, between the first electrode (22; 122) and the second electrode
A radar system comprising: a plurality of antennas, wherein each antenna (16A, 16B) is configured to detect a reflected radar signal reflected by an object (24A, 24B) in a field-of-view of the system; and a controller comprising a microprocessor, digital signal processor, or other control/signal conditioning circuitry such as analog and/or digital control circuitry including an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for processing data configured to receive an antenna signal (30A, 30B) from each antenna corresponding to the reflected radar signal detected by the antenna, determine a reflected signal profile of each antenna signal such as signal amplitude versus range to the object (24A, 24B), determine a composite data set based on a combination of the reflected signal profiles, determine if the composite data set includes a composite data point characterized as greater than a composite threshold, and characterized in that the controller is further configured to examine each of the reflected signal profiles individually and compare each of the reflected signal profiles individually to the composite data set; wherein if the composite data set defines a peak composite point characterized as greater than the composite threshold, then more than one object is indicated if any of the reflected signal profiles includes a peak data point characterized as greater than an individual threshold, and that does not correspond to the peak composite point; in order to determine if any of the reflected signal profiles indicate that the radar signal is reflected by more than one object. a plurality of antennas, wherein each antenna (16A, 16B) is configured to detect a reflected radar signal reflected by an object (24A, 24B) in a field-of-view of the system; and a controller comprising a microprocessor, digital signal processor, or other control/signal conditioning circuitry such as analog and/or digital control circuitry including an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for processing data configured to receive an antenna signal (30A, 30B) from each antenna corresponding to the reflected radar signal detected by the antenna, determine a reflected signal profile of each antenna signal such as signal amplitude versus range to the object (24A, 24B), determine a composite data set based on a combination of the reflected signal profiles, determine if the composite data set includes a composite data point characterized as greater than a composite threshold, and characterized in that the controller is further configured to examine each of the reflected signal profiles individually and compare each of the reflected signal profiles individually to the composite data set; wherein if the composite data set defines a peak composite point characterized as greater than the composite threshold, then more than one object is indicated if any of the reflected signal profiles includes a peak data point characterized as greater than an individual threshold, and that does not correspond to the peak composite point; in order to determine if any of the reflected signal profiles indicate that the radar signal is reflected by more than one object.
A consumable cartridge frame for a liquid-cooled plasma arc torch, the consumable cartridge frame comprising: an insulator body configured to be disposed between a torch head and a cartridge tip; a first cooling channel, disposed in the body, configured to conduct a first fluid flow received from the torch head to contact a component of the cartridge tip connected to the cartridge frame; and a first return channel, disposed in the body, configured to conduct at least a portion of the first fluid flow from the component to the torch head, wherein a longitudinal axis of the first cooling channel and a longitudinal axis of the first return channel are offset from a central longitudinal axis of the body, and characterised in that an interior surface of the insulator body has at least one inner retaining feature configured to matingly engage at least one outer retaining feature of a nozzle of the cartridge tip. an insulator body configured to be disposed between a torch head and a cartridge tip; a first cooling channel, disposed in the body, configured to conduct a first fluid flow received from the torch head to contact a component of the cartridge tip connected to the cartridge frame; and a first return channel, disposed in the body, configured to conduct at least a portion of the first fluid flow from the component to the torch head, wherein a longitudinal axis of the first cooling channel and a longitudinal axis of the first return channel are offset from a central longitudinal axis of the body, and characterised in that an interior surface of the insulator body has at least one inner retaining feature configured to matingly engage at least one outer retaining feature of a nozzle of the cartridge tip.
A muffler (11, 11', 11"), in particular for an exhaust gas system, comprising a housing having an inlet for receiving a gas flow and an outlet for outputting the gas flow, a flow-conducting device (25, 25') for guiding the gas flow in the housing and a multi-chamber resonator (35, 35') which has at least two separate resonator chambers (39, 43, 63) having respective resonator necks (37, 45, 65), wherein the flow-conducting device (25, 25') has a branch (30, 30', 30") having a first branch output and a second branch output, wherein the first branch output opens into a resonator neck of the multi-chamber resonator (35, 35'), wherein the second branch output opens into a passage pipe (47, 47') which is formed substantially free of interruptions from the inlet up to the outlet, characterized in that the first branch output and the second branch output face in opposite directions. wherein the second branch output opens into a passage pipe (47, 47') which is formed substantially free of interruptions from the inlet up to the outlet, characterized in that the first branch output and the second branch output face in opposite directions.
A plate heat exchanger to vaporize a liquid, the plate heat exchanger consisting of a stack of heat exchanger plates which are identical, abutting but rotated by 180°, connected to each other at their peripheral edge in sealing manner, rectangular and which include alternately flow channels for a fluid to be vaporized and for a heating fluid and which are provided with a corrugation pattern of waves which are angularly aligned to the flow direction and intersecting each other in the flow channels and with breakthroughs in the corner regions for forming the inlet and outlet openings of the flow channels, wherein at least one wave region formed between two wave regions (8, 10) of intersecting inclined waves (8a, 10a) is provided in the flow channels, characterized in that the wave region comprises straight waves extending along the adjacent sides of the heat exchanger plates in the same orientation and forming ribbed tube channels extending in the longitudinal direction or at an acute angle to the longitudinal direction of the plate heat exchanger and having a rotating flow introduced and diverted tangentially and prolonged flow path of the fluid.
An image processing apparatus comprising: a communication unit configured to receive frame image data from an imaging device that images an object and transmits the frame image data; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the frame image data that is received by the communication unit; an output unit configured to output the frame image data having been image-processed by the image processing unit to a display device that displays the frame image data; and, a storage unit, characterized in that the storage unit is configured to store a parameter of target value of image quality based on a characteristic obtained by combining an image processing characteristic of the image processing unit with the display processing characteristic of the display device, and a parameter of the display processing characteristic of the display device, wherein the image processing unit comprises an adjustment unit which is configured to adjust a processing parameter when the image processing unit performs the image processing on the frame image data that is output to the display device based on the parameter of the display processing characteristic stored in the storage unit and corresponding to the display device that is a destination of the frame image data, and on the parameter of target value of image quality stored in the storage unit, in a case in which the frame image data is output from the output unit to the display device. a communication unit configured to receive frame image data from an imaging device that images an object and transmits the frame image data; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the frame image data that is received by the communication unit; an output unit configured to output the frame image data having been image-processed by the image processing unit to a display device that displays the frame image data; and, a storage unit, characterized in that the storage unit is configured to store a parameter of target value of image quality based on a characteristic obtained by combining an image processing characteristic of the image processing unit with the display processing characteristic of the display device, and a parameter of the display processing characteristic of the display device, wherein the image processing unit comprises an adjustment unit which is configured to adjust a processing parameter when the image processing unit performs the image processing on the frame image data that is output to the display device based on the parameter of the display processing characteristic stored in the storage unit and corresponding to the display device that is a destination of the frame image data, and on the parameter of target value of image quality stored in the storage unit, in a case in which the frame image data is output from the output unit to the display device.
Electropneumatic brake control module for commercial vehicles, comprising: a supply port for connecting a compressed air supply; a first axle channel port; a pneumatically controlled inlet/outlet valve unit for outputting a first braking pressure at the first axle channel port; an electropneumatic pilot control unit for outputting at least a first control pressure at the inlet/outlet valve unit; wherein the electropneumatic brake control module has a redundancy pressure port for receiving a redundancy pressure and a redundancy valve unit, connected to the redundancy pressure port, for outputting a redundant braking pressure at the first axle channel port in the event that the electropneumatic pilot control unit has a fault, characterized in that the redundancy valve unit has a redundancy valve with a first redundancy valve port (18.1) connected to the redundancy pressure port, a second redundancy valve port (18.2) connectable to the first axle channel port, and a third redundancy valve port (18.3) connected to a vent. a supply port for connecting a compressed air supply; a first axle channel port; a pneumatically controlled inlet/outlet valve unit for outputting a first braking pressure at the first axle channel port; an electropneumatic pilot control unit for outputting at least a first control pressure at the inlet/outlet valve unit; wherein the electropneumatic brake control module has a redundancy pressure port for receiving a redundancy pressure and a redundancy valve unit, connected to the redundancy pressure port, for outputting a redundant braking pressure at the first axle channel port in the event that the electropneumatic pilot control unit has a fault, characterized in that the redundancy valve unit has a redundancy valve with a first redundancy valve port (18.1) connected to the redundancy pressure port, a second redundancy valve port (18.2) connectable to the first axle channel port, and a third redundancy valve port (18.3) connected to a vent.
A motorized valve assembly that comprises a box-like body for the accommodation of at least one flow control valve, said box-like body forming at least one window for access to said at least one flow control valve and being associated with at least one covering body which can move, with respect to said box-like body, between a position for closing said at least one window and an open position, in which it allows access to said at least one flow control valve, said flow control valve having a flow control body which can be actuated by an actuation stem which can rotate about an actuation axis arranged substantially at right angles to the plane of arrangement of said access window, characterized in that it further comprises an actuation motor for the movement of said actuation stem which can be associated detachably, by virtue of coupling means, with said flow control valve and is provided with a motor body associated with an extraction body which is movable with respect to said motor body between an inactive condition, in which it is completely accommodated within said box-like body, and an active or extraction condition, in which it passes at least partially through said access window, so as to facilitate the uncoupling of said actuation motor from said flow control valve, wherein when said actuation motor is coupled to said flow control valve, if the extraction body is in said inactive condition, the entire motor body is accommodated within the box-like body and accordingly the covering body can be closed.