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A process for the preparation of gelling free, flowable and pumpable aqueous betaine solution with a betaine content of ≤ % 35 by weight having the general formula, in which R is a mixture of C 8 -C 18 alkyl and C 8 -C 18 unsaturated alkyl radical the said process comprising (i) reacting a fatty acid stock comprising 11-15 wt. % C 8 +C 10 fractions and less than 9% wt. of total unsaturated C 18 fractions with 3-dimethylaminopropylamine in solvent free environment by removing of during the reaction formed water to yield amidoamine compound and (ii) reacting in step (i)obtained amidoamine reaction mixture with sodium monochloroacetate or monochloroacetic acid in the presence of sodium hydroxide in an aqueous medium to yield a betaine solution (iii) applying a gradual cooling process to the in step (ii) obtained betaine solution by use of a cooling medium wherein in (iii) said gradual cooling process is carried out with a cooling rate which is below 0.5°C/min and wherein in step (iii) said cooling process is carried out until the said betaine solution is cooled from 80-100°C, which is the temperature at which step (ii) takes place, to at least 70°C. (i) reacting a fatty acid stock comprising 11-15 wt. % C 8 +C 10 fractions and less than 9% wt. of total unsaturated C 18 fractions with 3-dimethylaminopropylamine in solvent free environment by removing of during the reaction formed water to yield amidoamine compound and (ii) reacting in step (i)obtained amidoamine reaction mixture with sodium monochloroacetate or monochloroacetic acid in the presence of sodium hydroxide in an aqueous medium to yield a betaine solution (iii) applying a gradual cooling process to the in step (ii) obtained betaine solution by use of a cooling medium
An apparatus for producing a flowable slush of frozen particles, including: a cooling means for partially freezing a liquid to form the flowable slush; a tank for storing the flowable slush; a powered agitator for agitating the flowable slush within the tank; a separator for separating a portion of the liquid remaining in the flowable slush stored in the tank from the frozen particles in a separation phase of a treatment cycle; a comminution means for comminuting the frozen particles in the flowable slush stored in the tank in a comminution phase of the treatment cycle; and a control system for controlling the treatment cycle; wherein the control system includes means for sensing at least one operating parameter of the agitator; and characterized in that the control system is configured: - to monitor a control parameter, wherein the control parameter is based on at least the sensed operating parameter of the agitator, and - to initiate the treatment cycle responsive at least to the control parameter reaching a threshold value (CPt); wherein the sensed operating parameter of the agitator represents a power input to the agitator, and the control parameter represents a cumulative energy input to the flowable slush stored in the tank over a reference time period; and the control parameter is based on at least the sensed operating parameter of the agitator over the reference time period. a cooling means for partially freezing a liquid to form the flowable slush; a tank for storing the flowable slush; a powered agitator for agitating the flowable slush within the tank; a separator for separating a portion of the liquid remaining in the flowable slush stored in the tank from the frozen particles in a separation phase of a treatment cycle; a comminution means for comminuting the frozen particles in the flowable slush stored in the tank in a comminution phase of the treatment cycle; and a control system for controlling the treatment cycle; wherein the control system includes means for sensing at least one operating parameter of the agitator; and characterized in that the control system is configured: - to monitor a control parameter, wherein the control parameter is based on at least the sensed operating parameter of the agitator, and - to initiate the treatment cycle responsive at least to the control parameter reaching a threshold value (CPt); wherein - to monitor a control parameter, wherein the control parameter is based on at least the sensed operating parameter of the agitator, and - to initiate the treatment cycle responsive at least to the control parameter reaching a threshold value (CPt); wherein the sensed operating parameter of the agitator represents a power input to the agitator, and the control parameter represents a cumulative energy input to the flowable slush stored in the tank over a reference time period; and the control parameter is based on at least the sensed operating parameter of the agitator over the reference time period.
A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner body including a dust container accommodation part formed to be recessed toward the front from the rear thereof; a suction unit mounted in the cleaner body configured to suck air containing dust; a dust container accommodated in the dust container accommodation part, the dust container configured to collect dust filtered from sucked air; and characterized by an exhaust port formed at an end portion of one rear side of the cleaner body, which surrounds the dust container accommodation part, configured to discharge filtered air to the outside, the exhaust port disposed along the height direction of the cleaner body. a cleaner body including a dust container accommodation part formed to be recessed toward the front from the rear thereof; a suction unit mounted in the cleaner body configured to suck air containing dust; a dust container accommodated in the dust container accommodation part, the dust container configured to collect dust filtered from sucked air; and characterized by an exhaust port formed at an end portion of one rear side of the cleaner body, which surrounds the dust container accommodation part, configured to discharge filtered air to the outside, the exhaust port disposed along the height direction of the cleaner body.
A dual-modality imaging system, wherein at least one single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) camera for acquiring SPECT data and at least one optical imaging detector for acquiring optical imaging data are arranged to acquire the SPECT data and the optical imaging data of an imaged object simultaneously and from the same projection angle, the at least one optical imaging detector being a non-contact optical imaging detector for bioluminescence, fluorescence, and reflectance imaging and wherein the SPECT sub-system apparatus comprises a SPECT-detector to which a collimator is attached for highresolution/high-sensitivity radio-nuclide imaging and at least one optical imaging detector being arranged within the imaging volume to detect photons emitted by the imaged object, characterized in that the at least one optical imaging detector comprises a micro-lens array with a plurality of micro-lenses, the optical detector being attached onto the surface of the collimator of the SPECT system.
A wireless communication network management method for managing network connectivity of user equipments connected to a first wireless communication network, which method comprises making a decision as to whether to change a distribution of user equipments across connectivity paths in the first wireless communication network, when it is desired to effect a change in, or to maintain, a value of a measure of electromagnetic field exposure experienced by a population of equipment users as a result of the first wireless communication network, where each connectivity path has an associated EMF exposure impact on equipment users, such connectivity paths comprising one or more of: (a) radio access technology - RATs - that user equipments - UEs - used by the population of equipment users can connect to; (b) cells or layers that the UEs see within each RAT; and (c) connection options available to each UE within each RAT. (a) radio access technology - RATs - that user equipments - UEs - used by the population of equipment users can connect to; (b) cells or layers that the UEs see within each RAT; and (c) connection options available to each UE within each RAT.
A fixed-film bioreactor for the bio-remediation, or at least partial bio-remediation, of environmental media contaminated with a source of mine drainage, and wherein the bioreactor is a down-flow reactor with the supernatant open to the atmosphere in order to maximize iron oxidation and to minimize iron mobility in the bioreactor, said fixed-film bioreactor including: (i) a means for introducing environmental media contaminated with a source of MD; (ii) a support matrix; (iii) a barium carbonate BaCO 3 alkaline substrate as a means for removing sulphate, cation, electrical conductivity and total dissolved solids by precipitation; (iv) a microbial consortium as a means for removing nitrates and cyanide; (v) a bioreaction vessel containing the microbial consortium; and (vi) a means for removing the treated environmental media. (i) a means for introducing environmental media contaminated with a source of MD; (ii) a support matrix; (iii) a barium carbonate BaCO 3 alkaline substrate as a means for removing sulphate, cation, electrical conductivity and total dissolved solids by precipitation; (iv) a microbial consortium as a means for removing nitrates and cyanide; (v) a bioreaction vessel containing the microbial consortium; and (vi) a means for removing the treated environmental media.
Industrial facility comprising a metal strip in motion and/or at least one work cylinder as well as a contactless wiping system of a cooling liquid and/or lubricant jet or stream driven by the surface of said metal strip or of said work cylinder, said wiping system comprising a separating cleat with integrated supply of cooling liquid ending with a nozzle bar intended to be placed along the width of the metal strip or of the cylinder and separated, during use, by a determined interval with respect to the metal strip or work cylinder, the nozzle bar being oriented so as to supply a jet in the form of a liquid curtain oriented along a direction that is substantially opposite the scrolling direction of the strip or rotation direction of the cylinder, as well as a liquid recovery trough, such that during use, the liquid sprayed by the nozzles deflects the jet or stream of liquid and/or lubricant driven by the strip or by the cylinder in order to form a combined stream (4") of liquid or mixture of liquid and lubricant that moves away from the strip or the roller to fall back into the recovery trough and to allow the removal of said combined stream (4"), practically without any more liquid and/or lubricant being driven by the strip or the cylinder downstream from the wiping system, said separating interval being comprised between 3 and 10 mm, the flow rate of said liquid sprayed by the nozzles being comprised between 10 and 200 m 3 /h and the pressure of said sprayed liquid being comprised between 0.5 and 5 bars.
Shut-off valve for medium lines having a housing, a spindle and a spindle bearing having at least one bearing bushing, wherein a clearance fit is formed between the at least one bearing bushing and its seat in the housing, and wherein a spindle nut arranged on a shut-off organ runs onto one of the at least one bearing bushing of the spindle bearing in an open and/or closed position of the shut-off organ.
An apparatus comprising: memory; and, processing circuitry coupled to the memory, the processing circuitry configured to: encode a preamble for an HE Physical Layer Convergence Protocol, PLCP, Protocol Data Unit, PPDU, the preamble comprising a legacy portion comprising one or more legacy signal, L-SIG, fields (206; 306), the one or more L-SIG fields (206; 306) comprising a length field, wherein a modulo 3 of a value of the length field equal to 1 or equal to 2 indicates the preamble comprises a high efficiency, HE, preamble portion (200; 300), and wherein the one or more L-SIG fields indicate a first HE SIG A format or a second HE SIG A format; and configure the HE PPDU, to include the preamble, for transmission by a wireless device. encode a preamble for an HE Physical Layer Convergence Protocol, PLCP, Protocol Data Unit, PPDU, the preamble comprising a legacy portion comprising one or more legacy signal, L-SIG, fields (206; 306), the one or more L-SIG fields (206; 306) comprising a length field, wherein a modulo 3 of a value of the length field equal to 1 or equal to 2 indicates the preamble comprises a high efficiency, HE, preamble portion (200; 300), and wherein the one or more L-SIG fields indicate a first HE SIG A format or a second HE SIG A format; and configure the HE PPDU, to include the preamble, for transmission by a wireless device.
A method of preparing a colored object comprising the steps of: (a) providing an object having a surface made up of an organic polymeric material, and, optionally, subjecting said surface of the object to a gas plasma pre-treatment step before performing step (b); (b) providing or fabricating a functionalized coloring agent, wherein said functionalized coloring agent comprises a coloring agent linked to an organic moiety having a polymerizable functional group, wherein said coloring agent is a dye and wherein said polymerizable functional group is a vinyl, vinyl ether, allyl, acryloyl, methacryloyl, acrylamidoyl, methacrylamidoyl, maleimidyl, propargyl or styrenoyl moiety; (c) applying said functionalized coloring agent on the surface of said object; and (d) subjecting said surface of the object with said functionalized coloring agent applied thereon to a non-thermal gas plasma treatment with an inert gas to form covalent bonds between said functionalized coloring agent and the organic polymeric material of the surface of the object. (a) providing an object having a surface made up of an organic polymeric material, and, optionally, subjecting said surface of the object to a gas plasma pre-treatment step before performing step (b); (b) providing or fabricating a functionalized coloring agent, wherein said functionalized coloring agent comprises a coloring agent linked to an organic moiety having a polymerizable functional group, wherein said coloring agent is a dye and wherein said polymerizable functional group is a vinyl, vinyl ether, allyl, acryloyl, methacryloyl, acrylamidoyl, methacrylamidoyl, maleimidyl, propargyl or styrenoyl moiety; (c) applying said functionalized coloring agent on the surface of said object; and (d) subjecting said surface of the object with said functionalized coloring agent applied thereon to a non-thermal gas plasma treatment with an inert gas to form covalent bonds between said functionalized coloring agent and the organic polymeric material of the surface of the object.
Method for monitoring the operation of a heater by means of a measured signal associated with a flame region of the heater operated with combustion air and combustion gas and having a predeterminable signal curve, on which an operating point of the heater can be mapped, the predeterminable signal curve being adjustable, characterized in that a deviating signal curve is set at a predeterminable point in time, an evaluation position of the operating point being obtained.
A method of accessing information using a wireless mobile device having a display, and video capturing unit, the method characterised in that it comprises: establishing a video call with a remote server such that said remote server receives video images captured by said mobile device during the video call; performing, by the remote server, image recognition to identify at least one first object (4, 71-76) in said captured video; transmitting, by the remote server to the mobile device, a return video stream in which options are provided on the display of the mobile device for specific information available for the first object; moving the video capturing unit such that the first object changes position in the field of view of the video capturing unit to select, based on the direction of the movement, the specific information relating to the first object; detecting, by the remote server, the direction of the object movement; generating, by the remote server, a signal for transmission to said mobile device, said signal comprising the specific information relating to said first object provided based on the detected direction of movement of said first object in said video images; and transmitting the signal from the remote server to the mobile device. establishing a video call with a remote server such that said remote server receives video images captured by said mobile device during the video call; performing, by the remote server, image recognition to identify at least one first object (4, 71-76) in said captured video; transmitting, by the remote server to the mobile device, a return video stream in which options are provided on the display of the mobile device for specific information available for the first object; moving the video capturing unit such that the first object changes position in the field of view of the video capturing unit to select, based on the direction of the movement, the specific information relating to the first object; detecting, by the remote server, the direction of the object movement; generating, by the remote server, a signal for transmission to said mobile device, said signal comprising the specific information relating to said first object provided based on the detected direction of movement of said first object in said video images; and transmitting the signal from the remote server to the mobile device.
A vehicle front body structure for small overlap mitigation, the vehicle front body structure comprising: a pair of longitudinal structural members (201, 203); a crossbar connecting the pair of longitudinal structural members (201, 203), such that the crossbar further comprises an end member (207, 209) which is structurally free from a side surface of a corresponding longitudinal structural member (201, 203); a front compartment formed inside the pair of longitudinal structural members (201, 203) and the crossbar; a solid body comprised within the front compartment; and an impact force transfer mechanism (211, 213) comprised outside of the front compartment, the impact force transfer mechanism (211, 213) comprising the end member (207, 209) and a corresponding longitudinal structural member (201, 203); the impact force transfer mechanism (211, 213) is configured to change an impact force direction to a lateral direction for transmitting the impact force to the corresponding longitudinal structure member (201, 203) and the solid body; characterized in that, upon a predetermined amount of deformation of the end member (207, 209), the end member (207, 209) contacts the side surface of the corresponding longitudinal structural member (201, 203); wherein the predetermined amount of deformation of the end member (207, 209) comprises a range of free motion prior to the end member (207, 209) making contact with the corresponding longitudinal structural member (201, 203), wherein the range of free motion is defined by a circle having a radius of 100mm or by a circle having a radius in a range of 20-100mm, 100-200mm or 50-60mm. a pair of longitudinal structural members (201, 203); a crossbar connecting the pair of longitudinal structural members (201, 203), such that the crossbar further comprises an end member (207, 209) which is structurally free from a side surface of a corresponding longitudinal structural member (201, 203); a front compartment formed inside the pair of longitudinal structural members (201, 203) and the crossbar; a solid body comprised within the front compartment; and an impact force transfer mechanism (211, 213) comprised outside of the front compartment, the impact force transfer mechanism (211, 213) comprising the end member (207, 209) and a corresponding longitudinal structural member (201, 203); the impact force transfer mechanism (211, 213) is configured to change an impact force direction to a lateral direction for transmitting the impact force to the corresponding longitudinal structure member (201, 203) and the solid body; characterized in that, upon a predetermined amount of deformation of the end member (207, 209), the end member (207, 209) contacts the side surface of the corresponding longitudinal structural member (201, 203); wherein the predetermined amount of deformation of the end member (207, 209) comprises a range of free motion prior to the end member (207, 209) making contact with the corresponding longitudinal structural member (201, 203), wherein the range of free motion is defined by a circle having a radius of 100mm or by a circle having a radius in a range of 20-100mm, 100-200mm or 50-60mm.
A composite insulating and cladding panel comprising: a backing sheet; a cladding a support grid between the backing sheet and the cladding the support grid for transferring load directly to a building structural framework and a body of insulating material between the backing sheet, the support grid and the cladding, characterized in that the cladding comprises a plurality of cladding parts, and that the support grid comprises a frame adaptor element for the cladding parts. a backing sheet; a cladding a support grid between the backing sheet and the cladding the support grid for transferring load directly to a building structural framework and a body of insulating material between the backing sheet, the support grid and the cladding,
A process for increasing the viscosity index of a base oil, comprising: a) providing a ketone or a beta-keto-ester feedstock from a reaction in a decarboxylation-coupling zone with one or more reactants comprising: i. one or more fatty acids which can be the same or different and a decarboxylation-coupling catalyst, or ii. one or more esters of fatty acids which can be the same or different and a base; b) providing a blend by co-feeding the ketone or the beta-keto-ester feedstock of Step a) with a lubricant oil feedstock together or separately into a hydrocracking zone; c) hydrocracking the blend of Step b) in a lubricant hydrocracking zone in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst and hydrogen under lubricant hydrocracking conditions to produce a hydro cracked stream; and d) dewaxing at least a portion of the hydrocracked stream in a hydroisomerization zone in the presence of a hydroisomerization catalyst and hydrogen under hydroisomerization conditions to produce a base oil. a) providing a ketone or a beta-keto-ester feedstock from a reaction in a decarboxylation-coupling zone with one or more reactants comprising: i. one or more fatty acids which can be the same or different and a decarboxylation-coupling catalyst, or ii. one or more esters of fatty acids which can be the same or different and a base; i. one or more fatty acids which can be the same or different and a decarboxylation-coupling catalyst, or ii. one or more esters of fatty acids which can be the same or different and a base; b) providing a blend by co-feeding the ketone or the beta-keto-ester feedstock of Step a) with a lubricant oil feedstock together or separately into a hydrocracking zone; c) hydrocracking the blend of Step b) in a lubricant hydrocracking zone in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst and hydrogen under lubricant hydrocracking conditions to produce a hydro cracked stream; and d) dewaxing at least a portion of the hydrocracked stream in a hydroisomerization zone in the presence of a hydroisomerization catalyst and hydrogen under hydroisomerization conditions to produce a base oil.