mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for the management of phosphogypsum, characterized in that a reactor is charged with apatite phosphogypsum and/or phosphorite phosphogypsum and with an aqueous or ammoniacal solution of ammonium carbonate and/or bicarbonate from a pre-reactor, at 1:(0.1-4) ratio of phosphogypsum to the aqueous or ammoniacal solution of ammonium carbonate and/or bicarbonate, the entire contents are stirred at -10°C to 200°C for at least 2 minutes, CO 2 being released in the course of the process is directed to the pre-reactor, and the post-reaction mixture is directed to a filter to obtain an aqueous ammonium sulphate solution, whereas the precipitate from the filter is heat-treated, followed by dissolving it in nitric acid in a reactor, and the resultant suspension is filtered through a filter to obtain an aqueous calcium nitrate solution, and CO 2 being released in the reactor is recirculated to the pre-reactor wherein CO 2 is reacted with ammonia in an aqueous solution to obtain the aqueous or ammoniacal solution of carbonate and/or bicarbonate which is directed to the reactor, with the process for obtaining the aqueous or ammoniacal solution of ammonium carbonate and/or bicarbonate being conducted until the pH 7-12 of the solution is reached.
Centrifuge (1; 10) for separating sugar crystals from massecuite, said centrifuge (1; 10) being, according to a first option, continuously operating, or, according to a second option, discontinuously operating, said centrifuge (1; 10) comprising: - a rotary, permeable-wall centrifugation drum (2; 12); - a liquid collection system (4; 14) for collecting liquids having passed through the permeable wall of the centrifugation drum (2; 12); characterised in that the centrifuge (1; 10) comprises an external enclosure (50; 140) which, on one hand, surrounds said centrifugation drum (2; 12) and which, on the other, comprises one or more flexible walls (6; 16) delimiting the centrifuge (1; 10), said enclosure (50; 140) comprising a support frame (7; 17) whereon the flexible wall(s) (6; 16) are attached and stretched. - a rotary, permeable-wall centrifugation drum (2; 12); - a liquid collection system (4; 14) for collecting liquids having passed through the permeable wall of the centrifugation drum (2; 12);
Monopod for video-photographic apparatus, comprising a support base for allowing stable support of the monopod or tripod on the ground, an articulation device with a first and a second articulation member provided with respective attachment means for being attached respectively to a supporting member (2, 20) of said support and to a video-photographic apparatus, or vice versa, and reciprocally movable in order to orient said video-photographic apparatus with respect to said supporting member, said first articulation member comprising an internally hollow shell-shaped body defining a housing cavity for said second articulation member, said second articulation member comprising a spherical ball capable of sliding in said housing cavity, said ball and said housing cavity being shaped in such a way that a gap is formed therebetween, characterized in that said gap contains a viscous fluid suitable for regulating the rotations of said ball in said housing cavity wherein said shell-shaped body is provided with a sealing gasket arranged to abut said spherical ball and close said gap in order to prevent unwanted leaks of said viscous fluid and wherein said gap has a thickness comprised between 0.05 and 0.5 mm and so that said viscous fluid provides friction to the movement of the spherical balls inside the housing cavity.
A method for producing phenol and acetone in a multi-stage process at an elevated temperature from a cumene hydroperoxide mixture comprising cumene, the method comprising the steps of: a) distilling an amount of cumene from the cumene hydroperoxide mixture until the cumene mass% is 0 to 7 mass% relative to the total mass of the cumene hydroperoxide mixture, b) reacting the cumene hydroperoxide mixture with an acid catalyst to form a second mixture comprising phenol, acetone and dicumyl peroxide in a first stage, and c) decomposing the second mixture in a second stage to produce phenol and acetone, wherein an amount of phenol approximately equal to the amount of cumene distilled from the cumene hydroperoxide mixture is added to the cumene hydroperoxide mixture before the reacting step b). a) distilling an amount of cumene from the cumene hydroperoxide mixture until the cumene mass% is 0 to 7 mass% relative to the total mass of the cumene hydroperoxide mixture, b) reacting the cumene hydroperoxide mixture with an acid catalyst to form a second mixture comprising phenol, acetone and dicumyl peroxide in a first stage, and c) decomposing the second mixture in a second stage to produce phenol and acetone,
A process for the pretreatment of a lignocellulosic biomass feedstock wherein the process is comprised of A) soaking a lignocellulosic biomass feedstock wherein the soaked biomass is present as a mixture with a free liquid that may be present in vapor and liquid states of matter and wherein the free liquid comprises at least one dissolved compound selected from the group consisting of glucose, xylose and respective oligomers thereof, B) washing the mixture of the soaked biomass and the free liquid, wherein at least a portion of the free liquid containing at least one dissolved compound selected from the group consisting of glucose, xylose and respective oligomers thereof is separated from the soaked biomass to create a soaked washed biomass and at least one free liquid stream, C) compressing the soaked biomass at a compression ratio to create a released liquid, D) separating the released liquid from the soaked biomass, and E) keeping at least a portion of the released liquid separate from any free liquid. A) soaking a lignocellulosic biomass feedstock wherein the soaked biomass is present as a mixture with a free liquid that may be present in vapor and liquid states of matter and wherein the free liquid comprises at least one dissolved compound selected from the group consisting of glucose, xylose and respective oligomers thereof, B) washing the mixture of the soaked biomass and the free liquid, wherein at least a portion of the free liquid containing at least one dissolved compound selected from the group consisting of glucose, xylose and respective oligomers thereof is separated from the soaked biomass to create a soaked washed biomass and at least one free liquid stream, C) compressing the soaked biomass at a compression ratio to create a released liquid, D) separating the released liquid from the soaked biomass, and E) keeping at least a portion of the released liquid separate from any free liquid.
Airbag module for installation in a motor vehicle with an airbag consisting of an airbag fabric and with an inflation device for the airbag, which is folded prior to activation, wherein the airbag has a ventilation region closed by a cover prior to inflation of the airbag, and a arrestor, with one end fixed detachably in the interior of the airbag on the airbag module or on a fixed vehicle part and its other end attached to the cover, is provided in such a way that while the airbag is inflating before the release of the detachably fixed end of the arrestor, the arrestor holds the cover in the position closing the ventilation region, wherein the cover is fixedly connected over at least a partial area of its circumference (40, 18) to the airbag fabric and can be unfolded around this partial area in such a way that upon release of the arrestor, the cover is unfolded by the effect of the gas flowing out of the ventilation region and releases the ventilation region of the airbag, wherein the circumferential area of the cover not connected to the airbag is held in its covering position in a detachable overlap with a part of the airbag, characterised by that the cover is formed as a three-dimensional body and the arrestor running in the interior of the airbag is fastened inside the area encompassed by the cover on the three-dimensional body, so that the three-dimensional body unfolds as a three-dimensional body already before its release by the arrestor on account of its three-dimensional formation due to the gas flowing through the ventilation region and is inflated in its shape, wherein a sufficiently great gas pressure builds up, which in the event of the release by the arrestor causes a frictionless folding out of the three-dimensional body with a complete release of the ventilation region.
A bipolar sphincterotome to perform a sphincterotomy at a treatment site, the bipolar sphincterotome comprising: an elongate tubular member; a cutting wire disposed within the tubular member; a wire guide lumen disposed and longitudinally extending within the tubular member; a return path comprising: a conductive material portion covering an outer surface at a distal portion of the tubular member, the conductive material portion having a circumferential disposition on the outer surface; a return wire electrically coupled to the conductive material portion, the return wire disposed within the tubular member, wherein the conductive material portion comprises a conductive ink portion and wherein the circumferential disposition of the conductive ink portion is oriented to be offset from a circumferential orientation that is perpendicular to a radial orientation of a cutting edge of the cutting wire to provide visual access to the wire guide lumen. an elongate tubular member; a cutting wire disposed within the tubular member; a wire guide lumen disposed and longitudinally extending within the tubular member; a return path comprising: a conductive material portion covering an outer surface at a distal portion of the tubular member, the conductive material portion having a circumferential disposition on the outer surface; a return wire electrically coupled to the conductive material portion, the return wire disposed within the tubular member, wherein the conductive material portion comprises a conductive ink portion and wherein the circumferential disposition of the conductive ink portion is oriented to be offset from a circumferential orientation that is perpendicular to a radial orientation of a cutting edge of the cutting wire to provide visual access to the wire guide lumen. a conductive material portion covering an outer surface at a distal portion of the tubular member, the conductive material portion having a circumferential disposition on the outer surface; a return wire electrically coupled to the conductive material portion, the return wire disposed within the tubular member, wherein the conductive material portion comprises a conductive ink portion and wherein the circumferential disposition of the conductive ink portion is oriented to be offset from a circumferential orientation that is perpendicular to a radial orientation of a cutting edge of the cutting wire to provide visual access to the wire guide lumen.
A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion provided with a tread pattern asymmetric about the tire equator and having an inboard tread edge and an outboard tread edge to be positioned inside and outside, respectively, of a vehicle, said tread portion provided with circumferentially-continuously-extending longitudinal grooves including an inboard shoulder longitudinal groove as nearest to the inboard tread edge and an outboard shoulder longitudinal groove as nearest to the outboard tread edge, characterized in that the axial distance Xi from the tire equator to the inboard edge of the inboard shoulder longitudinal groove is in a range of from 27 to 33 % of the tread width (Tw) between the inboard tread edge and outboard tread edge, the axial distance Xo from the tire equator to the outboard edge of the outboard shoulder longitudinal groove is in a range of from 27 to 33 % of the tread width, the axial distance Xi is less than the axial distance Xo, and a crown region defined between an inboard edge of the inboard shoulder longitudinal groove and an outboard edge of the outboard shoulder longitudinal groove has a sea ratio in a range of from 30 to 50 %, wherein an inboard shoulder land region of the tread portion which is defined between the inboard shoulder longitudinal groove and the inboard tread edge, is provided with inboard shoulder transverse grooves extending at an angle of from 75 to 90 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction from outside of the inboard tread edge toward the inboard shoulder longitudinal groove but terminating without reaching thereto.
Method for attaching insulation panels (10, 11) to a substrate, comprising at least the following method steps I) attaching a second insulation panel with an adhesive foam to the substrate next to the first insulation panel, II) attaching at least one mounting aid which comprises - a connection means for releasable fastening to a first insulation panel and - a contacting means for a second insulation panel, by releasably joining the connection means to the first insulation panel, characterised in that the second method step comprises placement of the contacting means on the second insulation panel, and in that the mounting aid is removed in a third method step. I) attaching a second insulation panel with an adhesive foam to the substrate next to the first insulation panel, II) attaching at least one mounting aid which comprises - a connection means for releasable fastening to a first insulation panel and - a contacting means for a second insulation panel, - a connection means for releasable fastening to a first insulation panel and - a contacting means for a second insulation panel,
Vehicle articulated joint for an articulated vehicle for rotatably connecting two vehicle parts (2.1, 2.2), preferably a forward section and a rear section of an articulated bus, the vehicle articulated joint comprising a damping device embodied as a vertically functioning damping device for damping rotational movements between the two vehicle parts (2.1, 2.2), characterized in that the damping device comprises a hydraulic cylinder and a nut-spindle combination which is accommodated in the hydraulic cylinder.
A tape arranging device comprising: guide roller units through which tape materials are capable of passing respectively, each of the tape materials being configured with fibers impregnated with resin; and a moving unit configured to move the guide roller units in a lengthwise direction of the tape materials and to change a distance between adjacent ones of the guide roller units, the adjacent ones of the guide roller units being adjacent to each other, wherein the moving unit includes: a first and a second support portion (230, 240) supporting the guide roller units such that rotation axes of the guide roller units are parallel to each other, a shaft portion rotatably supporting an end portion of the first support portion and an end portion of the second support portion, and a drive unit configured to rotate the first support portion and the second support portion. guide roller units through which tape materials are capable of passing respectively, each of the tape materials being configured with fibers impregnated with resin; and a moving unit configured to move the guide roller units in a lengthwise direction of the tape materials and to change a distance between adjacent ones of the guide roller units, the adjacent ones of the guide roller units being adjacent to each other, wherein the moving unit includes: a first and a second support portion (230, 240) supporting the guide roller units such that rotation axes of the guide roller units are parallel to each other, a shaft portion rotatably supporting an end portion of the first support portion and an end portion of the second support portion, and a drive unit configured to rotate the first support portion and the second support portion. a first and a second support portion (230, 240) supporting the guide roller units such that rotation axes of the guide roller units are parallel to each other, a shaft portion rotatably supporting an end portion of the first support portion and an end portion of the second support portion, and a drive unit configured to rotate the first support portion and the second support portion.
Device for continuous drying of material, particularly sewage sludge, which has a belt on which the material is conveyed inside a belt dryer, where a distribution screw is mounted above the belt in order to feed the material onto the belt at the inlet, characterised by the distribution screw being connected to a mixer for mixing product that has already been dried into the fresh material, particularly wet sludge, in order to achieve air permeability in the material to be dried, where a dryer hood is mounted above the belt and extends over the entire belt including the distribution screw
Fatty acid diamide, characterized in that it comprises at least one product of reaction of a mixture comprising or consisting of: a) at least one diamine selected from: ▪ a linear aliphatic C 2 to C 12 diamine, and/or ▪ a C 6 to C 18 cycloaliphatic diamine, and/or ▪ an aromatic diamine, b) at least one saturated hydroxycarboxylic fatty acid selected from 9-hydroxystearic acid and/or 10-hydroxystearic acid in the presence or absence of 12-hydroxystearic acid, c) optionally, at least one monoacid selected from saturated, non-hydroxylated C 6 to C 18 linear carboxylic acids, d) optionally, at least a second diamine different from a) and selected from linear aliphatic C 2 to C 12 amines. a) at least one diamine selected from: ▪ a linear aliphatic C 2 to C 12 diamine, and/or ▪ a C 6 to C 18 cycloaliphatic diamine, and/or ▪ an aromatic diamine, ▪ a linear aliphatic C 2 to C 12 diamine, and/or ▪ a C 6 to C 18 cycloaliphatic diamine, and/or ▪ an aromatic diamine, b) at least one saturated hydroxycarboxylic fatty acid selected from 9-hydroxystearic acid and/or 10-hydroxystearic acid in the presence or absence of 12-hydroxystearic acid, c) optionally, at least one monoacid selected from saturated, non-hydroxylated C 6 to C 18 linear carboxylic acids, d) optionally, at least a second diamine different from a) and selected from linear aliphatic C 2 to C 12 amines.
Method for processing a pulse generated by a detector of ionizing radiation, the detector being able to interact with ionizing radiation in order to generate said pulse, the amplitude of which depends on an energy liberated by the ionizing radiation during its interaction in the detector, the method comprising the following steps: a) exposing the detector to a source of ionizing radiation so as to obtain, at a measurement time ( t), a pulse called the measurement pulse; b) shaping the measurement pulse, using a first shaping duration ( δt 1), and determining a first amplitude ( A ' 1) of the measurement pulse thus shaped; and c) correcting the first amplitude determined in step b), by taking into account a correction factor ( η), so as to obtain a corrected amplitude (A' c); the correction factor ( η) being determined by taking into account pulses, called pulses of interest ( S 1... S N,S calib), formed by the detector during an exposure to the source or to a calibration source, prior and/or subsequent to the measurement pulse, during a time range of interest (Δ t), the determination of the correction factor comprising, for each pulse of interest, the following steps: i) shaping the pulse of interest, in a first shaping operation, using the first shaping duration ( δt 1), and measuring a first amplitude of the pulse of interest thus shaped; ii) shaping the pulse of interest, in a second shaping operation, using a second shaping duration ( δt 2) that is different from the first shaping duration, and measuring a second amplitude of the pulse of interest thus shaped; and iii) comparing the first amplitude and the second amplitude of the pulse of interest, so as to calculate a comparison factor ( k, k 1... k N, k calib); the correction factor ( η) being determined depending on the comparison factors ( k, k 1,..., k N, k calib) calculated, in step iii), for each pulse of interest. a) exposing the detector to a source of ionizing radiation so as to obtain, at a measurement time ( t), a pulse called the measurement pulse; b) shaping the measurement pulse, using a first shaping duration ( δt 1), and determining a first amplitude ( A ' 1) of the measurement pulse thus shaped; and c) correcting the first amplitude determined in step b), by taking into account a correction factor ( η), so as to obtain a corrected amplitude (A' c); i) shaping the pulse of interest, in a first shaping operation, using the first shaping duration ( δt 1), and measuring a first amplitude of the pulse of interest thus shaped; ii) shaping the pulse of interest, in a second shaping operation, using a second shaping duration ( δt 2) that is different from the first shaping duration, and measuring a second amplitude of the pulse of interest thus shaped; and iii) comparing the first amplitude and the second amplitude of the pulse of interest, so as to calculate a comparison factor ( k, k 1... k N, k calib);
A device for extraction of a fluid, preferably blood or interstitial fluid, from the skin and/or from beneath the skin of a subject, the device comprising: a support structure for application to the skin of the subject, wherein the support structure comprises a pre-packaged vacuum chamber having a pressure less than atmospheric pressure prior to the point at which the device is used, and a flexible concave member movable between a first configuration in which the fluid transporter is in a first position in which the fluid transporter cannot contact the skin and a second configuration in which the fluid transporter is in a second position in which it can contact or penetrate the skin; and a fluid transporter mechanically coupled to the flexible concave member, so that the flexible concave member is able to cause the fluid transporter to move to the second position; wherein the device comprises: a largest lateral dimension, when the device is positioned for extraction of the fluid, parallel to the extraction area, of no more than 7 cm. a support structure for application to the skin of the subject, wherein the support structure comprises a pre-packaged vacuum chamber having a pressure less than atmospheric pressure prior to the point at which the device is used, and a flexible concave member movable between a first configuration in which the fluid transporter is in a first position in which the fluid transporter cannot contact the skin and a second configuration in which the fluid transporter is in a second position in which it can contact or penetrate the skin; and a fluid transporter mechanically coupled to the flexible concave member, so that the flexible concave member is able to cause the fluid transporter to move to the second position; wherein the device comprises: a largest lateral dimension, when the device is positioned for extraction of the fluid, parallel to the extraction area, of no more than 7 cm. a largest lateral dimension, when the device is positioned for extraction of the fluid, parallel to the extraction area, of no more than 7 cm.