mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A fuel cell system including a fuel supply unit that supplies a fuel to a electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell, an oxidant supply unit that supplies an oxidant to the electrolyte membrane, and an electricity generation control unit that controls electricity generation by the fuel cell by controlling supply of the oxidant by the oxidant supply unit and supply of the fuel by the fuel supply unit, the fuel cell system comprising: a wet/dry state detection unit configured to detect a wet/dry state of the electrolyte membrane; a flow rate adjustment unit configured to adjust a flow rate of the fuel supplied by the fuel supply unit to the fuel cell; and a temperature adjustment unit configured to adjust temperature of the oxidant supplied by the oxidant supply unit to the fuel cell, wherein when reducing an amount of water in the electrolyte membrane in accordance with a signal output from the wet/dry state detection unit, the electricity generation control unit is configured to reduce the flow rate of the fuel, and increases the temperature of the oxidant in accordance with the signal from the wet/dry state detection unit, compared with when increasing the amount of water in the electrolyte membrane. a wet/dry state detection unit configured to detect a wet/dry state of the electrolyte membrane; a flow rate adjustment unit configured to adjust a flow rate of the fuel supplied by the fuel supply unit to the fuel cell; and a temperature adjustment unit configured to adjust temperature of the oxidant supplied by the oxidant supply unit to the fuel cell, wherein when reducing an amount of water in the electrolyte membrane in accordance with a signal output from the wet/dry state detection unit, the electricity generation control unit is configured to reduce the flow rate of the fuel, and increases the temperature of the oxidant in accordance with the signal from the wet/dry state detection unit, compared with when increasing the amount of water in the electrolyte membrane.
A computer-implemented method of determining a heat exchanger network for a plurality of hot process streams (H1..Hn) to be cooled from a respective starting temperature to a respective target temperature and a plurality of cold process streams (C1..Cn) to be heated from a respective starting temperature to a respective target temperature, the method comprising: matching a plurality of hot process streams (H1..Hn) and a plurality of cold process streams (C1..Cn) to attain one or more utilities energy consumption targets, wherein the matching comprises the steps of: matching each hot process stream of the plurality of hot process streams (H1..Hn) to a cooler stream from the plurality of cold process streams to thereby match stream pairs at a same temperature interval where a temperature approach between each hot process stream to be matched and a corresponding cold process stream is at a minimum, wherein each hot process stream having a higher respective starting temperature is matched prior to matching any other hot process stream of the plurality of hot process streams (H1..Hn) having a cooler respective starting temperature; and determining a heat exchanger network design based upon the steps of matching the plurality of hot process streams (H1..Hn) and the plurality of cold process streams (C1..Cn). matching a plurality of hot process streams (H1..Hn) and a plurality of cold process streams (C1..Cn) to attain one or more utilities energy consumption targets, wherein the matching comprises the steps of: matching each hot process stream of the plurality of hot process streams (H1..Hn) to a cooler stream from the plurality of cold process streams to thereby match stream pairs at a same temperature interval where a temperature approach between each hot process stream to be matched and a corresponding cold process stream is at a minimum, wherein each hot process stream having a higher respective starting temperature is matched prior to matching any other hot process stream of the plurality of hot process streams (H1..Hn) having a cooler respective starting temperature; and matching each hot process stream of the plurality of hot process streams (H1..Hn) to a cooler stream from the plurality of cold process streams to thereby match stream pairs at a same temperature interval where a temperature approach between each hot process stream to be matched and a corresponding cold process stream is at a minimum, wherein each hot process stream having a higher respective starting temperature is matched prior to matching any other hot process stream of the plurality of hot process streams (H1..Hn) having a cooler respective starting temperature; and
A method for reducing the weight loss and preserving the natural gloss of a post-harvest edible plant matter comprising the step of: applying to the surface of the plant matter a composition comprising: a) an edible wax having a melting temperature lower than 70°C, said wax being beeswax; b) a non-gelling hydrocolloid polymer; c) a fatty acid; d) an emulsifier; and e) water, thereby coating the edible plant matter with the composition, wherein the edible wax is present in a weight percent ranging from 10% to 25% of the total weight of said composition, and wherein the hydrocolloid is present in a weight percent of up to 2% of the wet composition. applying to the surface of the plant matter a composition comprising: a) an edible wax having a melting temperature lower than 70°C, said wax being beeswax; b) a non-gelling hydrocolloid polymer; c) a fatty acid; d) an emulsifier; and e) water, a) an edible wax having a melting temperature lower than 70°C, said wax being beeswax; b) a non-gelling hydrocolloid polymer; c) a fatty acid; d) an emulsifier; and e) water, thereby coating the edible plant matter with the composition, wherein the edible wax is present in a weight percent ranging from 10% to 25% of the total weight of said composition, and wherein the hydrocolloid is present in a weight percent of up to 2% of the wet composition.
An on-board centralized system for regulating the pressure of the tyres of a motor-vehicle, comprising: - a source of pressurized air; and - a circuit that sets the source of pressurized air in communication with the inner chamber of the tyre of each wheel (W, WR) of the motor-vehicle, - a first connection line and a second connection line, set in parallel to one another, for deflating and inflating, respectively, the tyre; and - a first one-way valve and a second one-way valve interposed, respectively, in said first and second connection lines (L2, L3) to allow only a flow of air, respectively, from and to the inner chamber of the tyre, there being associated to said first one-way valve a return spring having a pre-set load in such a way as to: - isolate the inner chamber of the tyre of each wheel (W, WR) from the part of the circuit upstream of the first one-way valve, when said upstream part of the circuit is at atmospheric pressure and the pressure within the inner chamber is lower than a pressure value corresponding to the aforesaid pre-set load; and - guarantee a pre-set minimum value of the pressure of the inner chamber of the tyre when the part of the circuit upstream of the first one-way valve is at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure, said system being characterized in that: the passage of air from the source to the inner chamber of the tyre of the wheels (W, WR) occurs by means of a distribution plenum (P, PR) connected to the inflation and deflation lines (L2, L3), and in that said plenums (P, PR) are cavities formed in the front surface of the wheels (W, WR) and each closed by a cover removably fastened to the wheels (W, WR). - a source of pressurized air; and - a circuit that sets the source of pressurized air in communication with the inner chamber of the tyre of each wheel (W, WR) of the motor-vehicle, - a first connection line and a second connection line, set in parallel to one another, for deflating and inflating, respectively, the tyre; and - a first one-way valve and a second one-way valve interposed, respectively, in said first and second connection lines (L2, L3) to allow only a flow of air, respectively, from and to the inner chamber of the tyre, - isolate the inner chamber of the tyre of each wheel (W, WR) from the part of the circuit upstream of the first one-way valve, when said upstream part of the circuit is at atmospheric pressure and the pressure within the inner chamber is lower than a pressure value corresponding to the aforesaid pre-set load; and - guarantee a pre-set minimum value of the pressure of the inner chamber of the tyre when the part of the circuit upstream of the first one-way valve is at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure,
An enzyme composition comprising one or more endoglucanases, one or more cellobiohydrolases, one or more beta-glucosidases, at least one beta-mannosidase, and at least one mannanase, wherein the mannanase is the Corollospora maritima mannanase shown in SEQ ID NO: 35 or a mannanase having a sequence identity of at least 70% to SEQ ID NO: 35.
A printing apparatus configured to transfer a transfer layer including a hologram from a thermal transfer ribbon having the transfer layer to a transfer target medium, optionally wherein the transfer layer includes a release layer in contact with a substrate and a resin layer including a hardening resin and in contact with the release layer, the printing apparatus comprising: a head mechanism including a thermal head (31, 100); a ribbon conveyance unit that defines a conveyance path of the thermal transfer ribbon and is configured to convey the thermal transfer ribbon along the conveyance path of the thermal transfer ribbon; and a medium conveyance unit that defines a conveyance path of the transfer target medium and is configured to convey the transfer target medium along the conveyance path of the transfer target medium, wherein each of the conveyance path of the thermal transfer ribbon and the conveyance path of the transfer target medium includes a transfer position (Pt) and a peeling position (Pe) downstream of the transfer position, the transfer position being a position where the thermal transfer ribbon overlaid on the transfer target medium is subjected to heat and pressure from the thermal head, the peeling position being a position where the thermal transfer ribbon starts to be peeled away from the transfer target medium, and characterized in that an angle (α) formed by a direction in which the thermal transfer ribbon is conveyed from the peeling position and a direction in which the transfer target medium is conveyed from the peeling position is 15° or less. a head mechanism including a thermal head (31, 100); a ribbon conveyance unit that defines a conveyance path of the thermal transfer ribbon and is configured to convey the thermal transfer ribbon along the conveyance path of the thermal transfer ribbon; and a medium conveyance unit that defines a conveyance path of the transfer target medium and is configured to convey the transfer target medium along the conveyance path of the transfer target medium, wherein each of the conveyance path of the thermal transfer ribbon and the conveyance path of the transfer target medium includes a transfer position (Pt) and a peeling position (Pe) downstream of the transfer position, the transfer position being a position where the thermal transfer ribbon overlaid on the transfer target medium is subjected to heat and pressure from the thermal head, the peeling position being a position where the thermal transfer ribbon starts to be peeled away from the transfer target medium, and characterized in that an angle (α) formed by a direction in which the thermal transfer ribbon is conveyed from the peeling position and a direction in which the transfer target medium is conveyed from the peeling position is 15° or less.
A bG-CSF polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2 wherein the amino acid at position 133 of SEQ ID NO:1, or the corresponding amino acid of SEQ ID NO:2, is substituted with the non-naturally encoded amino acid para-acetylphenylalanine, wherein the non-naturally encoded amino acid is bonded to a water soluble polymer comprising a poly (ethylene) glycol moiety; and the water soluble polymer has a molecular weight of between 0.1 kDa and 50 kDa.
A self-cleaning reverse osmosis device, comprising: a filtering means comprising a first surface including a membrane to filter a liquid to be processed; and a cleaning means in the form of a circular disc comprising a surface disposed in parallel and adjacent to the membrane, and a parallel second surface, the cleaning means including a plurality of passages connecting the surface with the second surface to guide the liquid that is applied to the second surface of the cleaning means through the cleaning means and disperse at the other surface of the cleaning means where it can be brought into contact with the adjacent membrane of the filtering means, wherein the passages of the cleaning means are arranged in a radial pattern around the centre of the cleaning means, and interconnected, such that one input of a passage leads to two or more outlets to disperse the liquid at the membrane, wherein the outlets of the passages adjoining the membrane are arranged such that the liquid is equally dispersed at the membrane, wherein the filtering means and the cleaning means are arranged to rotate with respect to each other, to clean the membrane, characterized in that the passages of the cleaning means further have openings at a side wall of the disc to equally disperse and receive the liquid flowing around the cleaning means. a filtering means comprising a first surface including a membrane to filter a liquid to be processed; and a cleaning means in the form of a circular disc comprising a surface disposed in parallel and adjacent to the membrane, and a parallel second surface, the cleaning means including a plurality of passages connecting the surface with the second surface to guide the liquid that is applied to the second surface of the cleaning means through the cleaning means and disperse at the other surface of the cleaning means where it can be brought into contact with the adjacent membrane of the filtering means, wherein the passages of the cleaning means are arranged in a radial pattern around the centre of the cleaning means, and interconnected, such that one input of a passage leads to two or more outlets to disperse the liquid at the membrane, wherein the outlets of the passages adjoining the membrane are arranged such that the liquid is equally dispersed at the membrane, wherein the filtering means and the cleaning means are arranged to rotate with respect to each other, to clean the membrane, characterized in that the passages of the cleaning means further have openings at a side wall of the disc to equally disperse and receive the liquid flowing around the cleaning means.
A process for converting HMF to FDCA, comprising: providing an aqueous solution comprising HMF; combining the aqueous solution comprising HMF with an oxygen source in the presence of a homogeneous metal salt catalyst, but in the absence of any solvent for the HMF and the homogeneous metal salt catalyst other than water, and under conditions which are effective for oxidizing HMF in the presence of the catalyst to form FDCA; and recovering an FDCA precipitate. providing an aqueous solution comprising HMF; combining the aqueous solution comprising HMF with an oxygen source in the presence of a homogeneous metal salt catalyst, but in the absence of any solvent for the HMF and the homogeneous metal salt catalyst other than water, and under conditions which are effective for oxidizing HMF in the presence of the catalyst to form FDCA; and recovering an FDCA precipitate.
An electric oven comprising a box casing presenting side walls (2, 3), a rear wall, an upper wall and a lower wall, an opening and a closure door for this latter, said walls (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) bounding and defining an oven cavity heated by heating means functionally associated with at least one of said walls (2, 3, 4, 5, 6), said heating means being arranged to heat said cavity by induction, said heating means comprising generator means arranged to generate an electromagnetic field, electrically insulating means being disposed between said generator means and that oven wall at which the heating means are positioned, characterised in that magnetically insulating means are disposed on the outside of the oven with reference to said wall, said generator means, the electrically insulating means and the magnetically insulating means are connected together to form a single layered structure applicable to said oven wall.
A power supplying module for a contactless power supplying device for supplying a power receiving device with power in a contactless manner, the power supplying module comprising: a plurality of coil units (CU, CUa), wherein each of the coil units (CU, CUa) includes a primary coil and one or more first terminals; and a printed wiring substrate including a plurality of first layout regions respectively defined for arrangement of the coil units (CU, CUa), wherein each of the first layout regions includes one or more second terminals for connection to the one or more first terminals of the corresponding coil unit (CU, CUa), and one or more wires formed on the printed wiring substrate to drive the coil unit (CU, CUa) arranged in each of the first layout regions; wherein the coil units (CU, CUa) are arranged on the printed wiring substrate in the first layout regions of the printed wiring substrate and the one or more second terminals of each first layout region are connected to the one or more first terminals of each coil unit, characterized in that each of the first layout regions formed on the printed wiring substrate is a coil unit fitting recess (11, 11a) into which the coil unit (CU, CUa) is fitted; and each of the coil unit fitting recesses (11, 11a) includes a bottom surface (S1, S1a), and the one or more second terminals are formed on the bottom surface (S1, S1a) of each of the coil unit fitting recesses (11, 11a) and are joined with the one or more first terminals of the coil unit (CU, CUa) that is fitted. a plurality of coil units (CU, CUa), wherein each of the coil units (CU, CUa) includes a primary coil and one or more first terminals; and a printed wiring substrate including a plurality of first layout regions respectively defined for arrangement of the coil units (CU, CUa), wherein each of the first layout regions includes one or more second terminals for connection to the one or more first terminals of the corresponding coil unit (CU, CUa), and one or more wires formed on the printed wiring substrate to drive the coil unit (CU, CUa) arranged in each of the first layout regions; wherein the coil units (CU, CUa) are arranged on the printed wiring substrate in the first layout regions of the printed wiring substrate and the one or more second terminals of each first layout region are connected to the one or more first terminals of each coil unit, characterized in that each of the first layout regions formed on the printed wiring substrate is a coil unit fitting recess (11, 11a) into which the coil unit (CU, CUa) is fitted; and each of the coil unit fitting recesses (11, 11a) includes a bottom surface (S1, S1a), and the one or more second terminals are formed on the bottom surface (S1, S1a) of each of the coil unit fitting recesses (11, 11a) and are joined with the one or more first terminals of the coil unit (CU, CUa) that is fitted.
Compressor having a housing which forms a flow chamber, within which a compressor impeller is rotatably mounted, and an inlet channel, which extends between a compressor inlet and the flow chamber, wherein an EGR channel for exhaust-gas recirculation opens into the inlet channel, wherein the EGR channel, in an EGR channel portion of circumferentially closed form, runs in arcuate fashion around at least one portion of the circumference of the inlet channel, such that an EGR channel portion inlet is arranged offset relative to the EGR channel mouth in the circumferential direction of the inlet channel, and wherein the EGR channel is formed such that exhaust gas entering the inlet channel via the EGR channel exhibits swirl in the direction of rotation intended for the compressor impeller, characterized in that the EGR channel portion comprises two partial channels (58, 60) which, proceeding from the EGR channel portion inlet, run in opposite circumferential directions around at least one portion of the circumference of the inlet channel, wherein the smallest flow cross section of that partial channel whose curvature direction corresponds to the direction of rotation intended for the compressor impeller is larger than the smallest flow cross section of the other partial channel.
A fiber optic sensor comprising: a light source, a polarizing element (2, 41, 55a, 24), a detector, a polarization maintaining, PM, fiber, and a sensing element, wherein the sensor further comprises a cross-coupling element in an optical path between the polarizing element (2, 41, 55a, 24) and the sensing element, with the cross-coupling element generating a defined cross-coupling between the two orthogonal polarizations of the fundamental mode in the PM fiber, and wherein the cross-coupling element and the sensing element are separated along the optical path, characterised in that the cross-coupling element and the sensing element are separated by at least one element selected from the group consisting of: at least a section of PM fiber, a retarder, a Faraday rotator, and combinations thereof. a light source, a polarizing element (2, 41, 55a, 24), a detector, a polarization maintaining, PM, fiber, and a sensing element, wherein the sensor further comprises a cross-coupling element in an optical path between the polarizing element (2, 41, 55a, 24) and the sensing element, with the cross-coupling element generating a defined cross-coupling between the two orthogonal polarizations of the fundamental mode in the PM fiber, and wherein the cross-coupling element and the sensing element are separated along the optical path, characterised in that the cross-coupling element and the sensing element are separated by at least one element selected from the group consisting of: at least a section of PM fiber, a retarder, a Faraday rotator, and combinations thereof.