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Process for the dehydrogenation of ethanol to give acetaldehyde, comprising a stage of dehydrogenation of a feedstock comprising ethanol, said dehydrogenation stage employing a reaction section comprising at least one multitubular reactor which comprises one or a plurality of tubes and a shell, said tube(s) each comprising at least one fixed bed of at least one dehydrogenation catalyst, said feedstock feeding said tube(s) in gaseous form, at an inlet temperature of said feedstock of greater than or equal to 240°C, at an inlet pressure of said feedstock of between 0.1 and 1.0 MPa, and at a weight hourly space velocity of the feedstock at the inlet of between 2 and 15 h -1, a heat-transfer fluid circulating in said shell so that said heat-transfer fluid is introduced into said shell in gaseous form and is, at the shell outlet, at least partly in liquid form, said heat-transfer fluid being introduced into the shell at a flow rate such that the ratio of the flow rate by weight of said heat-transfer fluid at the shell inlet, with respect to the flow rate by weight of said feedstock at the inlet of the tube(s), is greater than or equal to 1.0, said heat-transfer fluid being introduced into the shell at an inlet temperature of the heat-transfer fluid of greater than or equal to 260°C and less than or equal to 400°C, and at an inlet pressure of the heat-transfer fluid of greater than or equal to 0.10 MPa and less than or equal to 1.10 MPa; said process producing a dehydrogenation effluent comprising at least acetaldehyde, hydrogen and unconverted ethanol. said tube(s) each comprising at least one fixed bed of at least one dehydrogenation catalyst, said feedstock feeding said tube(s) in gaseous form, at an inlet temperature of said feedstock of greater than or equal to 240°C, at an inlet pressure of said feedstock of between 0.1 and 1.0 MPa, and at a weight hourly space velocity of the feedstock at the inlet of between 2 and 15 h -1, a heat-transfer fluid circulating in said shell so that said heat-transfer fluid is introduced into said shell in gaseous form and is, at the shell outlet, at least partly in liquid form, said heat-transfer fluid being introduced into the shell at a flow rate such that the ratio of the flow rate by weight of said heat-transfer fluid at the shell inlet, with respect to the flow rate by weight of said feedstock at the inlet of the tube(s), is greater than or equal to 1.0, said heat-transfer fluid being introduced into the shell at an inlet temperature of the heat-transfer fluid of greater than or equal to 260°C and less than or equal to 400°C, and at an inlet pressure of the heat-transfer fluid of greater than or equal to 0.10 MPa and less than or equal to 1.10 MPa; said process producing a dehydrogenation effluent comprising at least acetaldehyde, hydrogen and unconverted ethanol.
A prosthetic valve for implanting at the native mitral valve region of the heart, the native mitral valve having a native annulus and native valve leaflets (10, 12), the prosthetic valve comprising: a tubular main body comprising a lumen and configured for placement within the native annulus, the main body being radially compressible to a radially compressed state for delivery into the heart and self-expandable from the compressed state to a radially expanded state; and a valve structure coupled to the inner surface of the main body, the valve structure comprising a plurality of valve leaflets that form a one-way valve in the lumen, the valve structure sutured to the main body; characterized by at least two ventricular anchors extending from a ventricular end of the main body and disposed outside of the main body for securing the prosthetic valve to the anterior and posterior native mitral valve leaflets (10, 12), wherein the ventricular anchors are configured to capture the native mitral valve leaflets (10, 12) between the ventricular anchors and an outer surface of the tubular main body; and an atrial sealing member extending radially outwardly from an atrial end of the main body, the atrial sealing member blocks blood from flowing beyond the atrial end of the main body on the outside of the main body when the prosthetic valve is implanted. a tubular main body comprising a lumen and configured for placement within the native annulus, the main body being radially compressible to a radially compressed state for delivery into the heart and self-expandable from the compressed state to a radially expanded state; and a valve structure coupled to the inner surface of the main body, the valve structure comprising a plurality of valve leaflets that form a one-way valve in the lumen, the valve structure sutured to the main body; characterized by at least two ventricular anchors extending from a ventricular end of the main body and disposed outside of the main body for securing the prosthetic valve to the anterior and posterior native mitral valve leaflets (10, 12), wherein the ventricular anchors are configured to capture the native mitral valve leaflets (10, 12) between the ventricular anchors and an outer surface of the tubular main body; and an atrial sealing member extending radially outwardly from an atrial end of the main body, the atrial sealing member blocks blood from flowing beyond the atrial end of the main body on the outside of the main body when the prosthetic valve is implanted.
A co-current mixer for production of nanoparticles by precipitation, characterised by the mixer being configured to deliver unidirectional fluid flows of precursor and a fluid containing water or water and a small proportion of other solvents at, near to, or above, the critical point of the fluid, directed from inner and outer coaxial inlets to an outlet via a mixing zone immediately downstream of said inlets, the inner inlet being connected to a feed of the fluid, and the outer inlet being connected to a supply (41, 42) of the precursor to cause precipitation of nanoparticles by mixing of the fluid containing water and the precursor in the mixing zone, or by reaction of the precursor and the fluid containing water or water and a small proportion of other solvents in the mixing zone.
Method for producing a vaccine formulation comprising a single bacterial strain culture of Histomonas meleagridis (H. meleagridis), characterised by the following steps: (a) providing a xenic culture of H. meleagridis comprising H. meleagridis cells with a wild type bacterial flora, (b) treating the xenic culture with a mixture of antibiotics thereby killing the wild type bacterial flora, (c) centrifuging and washing the H. meleagridis cells, (d) controlling effectiveness of step (b), (e) resuspending the washed H. meleagridis cells, (f) adding one or more single bacterial strain(s) to the resuspended H. meleagridis cells, and (g) culturing the one or more single bacterial strain(s) with the resuspended H. meleagridis cells so as to obtain a single bacterial strain culture of H. meleagridis; wherein steps (b), (c) and (d) are repeated if the wild type bacterial flora has not been completely removed from the H. meleagridis cells; the method further comprising the step of formulating the single bacterial strain culture of H. meleagridis as a dose form suitable for administration. (a) providing a xenic culture of H. meleagridis comprising H. meleagridis cells with a wild type bacterial flora, (b) treating the xenic culture with a mixture of antibiotics thereby killing the wild type bacterial flora, (c) centrifuging and washing the H. meleagridis cells, (d) controlling effectiveness of step (b), (e) resuspending the washed H. meleagridis cells, (f) adding one or more single bacterial strain(s) to the resuspended H. meleagridis cells, and (g) culturing the one or more single bacterial strain(s) with the resuspended H. meleagridis cells so as to obtain a single bacterial strain culture of H. meleagridis;
Method of hermetically sealing a hole in a surface of a layer with a fuse material, comprising at least the following steps: - applying a portion of a wettable material on an area of the surface such that the portion of wettable material completely surrounds the hole made through said surface and that all the wettable material is located outside the hole, or such that the portion of wettable material completely surrounds a first part of said surface corresponding to a location of the hole intended to be made; - applying at least a portion of the fuse material on at least a part of the portion of wettable material, and on at least a second part of said surface adjacent or around the portion of wettable material such that a part of the portion of fuse material is arranged next to the portion of wettable material and is in contact with the portion of wettable material, wherein a volume of the portion of fuse material corresponds to a volume of a bump of fuse material intended to hermetically plug the hole; - reflowing the portion of fuse material, thereby forming the bump of fuse material having a shape corresponding to a part of a sphere, being fastened only to the portion of wettable material, hermetically plugging the hole and located outside the hole; wherein the hole is made in or through at least said layer before the reflowing of the portion of fuse material. - applying a portion of a wettable material on an area of the surface such that the portion of wettable material completely surrounds the hole made through said surface and that all the wettable material is located outside the hole, or such that the portion of wettable material completely surrounds a first part of said surface corresponding to a location of the hole intended to be made; - applying at least a portion of the fuse material on at least a part of the portion of wettable material, and on at least a second part of said surface adjacent or around the portion of wettable material such that a part of the portion of fuse material is arranged next to the portion of wettable material and is in contact with the portion of wettable material, wherein a volume of the portion of fuse material corresponds to a volume of a bump of fuse material intended to hermetically plug the hole; - reflowing the portion of fuse material, thereby forming the bump of fuse material having a shape corresponding to a part of a sphere, being fastened only to the portion of wettable material, hermetically plugging the hole and located outside the hole;
MACHINE FOR ROLLER FINISHING OF HIDES, which comprises a rubber-coated mat, which transports said hides previously deposited manually or by means of one or more mats and wherein there is also an engraved roller arranged above said hides, which rotates in a synchronous or reverse way with respect to the advancement direction of the hides and which deposits on the surface of the aforesaid a uniform liquid film, previously distributed on said roller by one or more scraper blades, said mat being supported by a plurality of rollers arranged within the volume delimited by the rubber-coated mat, at least one of said rollers being motorised, a contrast roller being present, arranged underneath the engraved roller, each of said two rollers (2, 4) rotating respectively about mutually parallel axes (2', 4'), a return roller also being provided, arranged inside the volume delimited by the rubber-coated mat, at which the deposit of the hides takes place on a subsequent conveyor means, in said machine being also present washing and drying means of the mat, which operate continuously on the outer surface thereof, inside the volume delimited by the rubber-coated mat a first positioning roller further being provided, with adjustable positioning, placed in contact with the inner surface of said rubber-coated mat and downstream of the contact zone between the engraved roller and the aforesaid, the positioning variation of said first positioning roller determining the variation of the geometry of the rubber-coated mat and therefore the variation of the contact area between the hides and the engraved roller, with the same distance between the axes (2', 4') respectively of the engraved roller and the contrast roller, said machine being also characterised in that at least one of the rollers arranged inside the volume delimited by the rubber-coated mat and in contact with the inner surface thereof, distinct from the contrast roller and from the first positioning roller, is also provided with means adapted to enable the adjustable positioning thereof and to determine the variation of the geometry of the aforesaid mat.
A method of geometrically forming a portion of a headgear for securing a patient interface device to the head of a patient to conform to a selected portion of an intended user's head, the method comprising: determining a triangular region (12, 12') on the portion of the headgear that generally coincides with the selected portion of the intended user's head, the triangular region being defined by a first side (14, 14'), a second side (18, 18') and a third side (20, 20'); and forming a curved and cupped region (22, 22') in the portion of the headgear by bringing together and coupling the second and third sides of the triangular region, characterized in that bringing together and coupling the second and third sides comprises folding the triangular region along a fold line disposed within the triangular region. determining a triangular region (12, 12') on the portion of the headgear that generally coincides with the selected portion of the intended user's head, the triangular region being defined by a first side (14, 14'), a second side (18, 18') and a third side (20, 20'); and forming a curved and cupped region (22, 22') in the portion of the headgear by bringing together and coupling the second and third sides of the triangular region, characterized in that bringing together and coupling the second and third sides comprises folding the triangular region along a fold line disposed within the triangular region.
A protective film assembly for a foldable screen, comprising: a fixing portion, wherein the fixing portion is configured to be disposed at a side edge of a terminal, with the side edge parallel to a crease of the foldable screen; and a film body configured to cover the foldable screen, characterized in that, an accommodating cavity is disposed inside the fixing portion, and the film body is configured to at least partially retract into the accommodating cavity in a direction perpendicular to the crease in case that the foldable screen is folded, and to extend out of the accommodating cavity in the direction perpendicular to the crease to cover the foldable screen in case that the foldable screen is unfolded. a fixing portion, wherein the fixing portion is configured to be disposed at a side edge of a terminal, with the side edge parallel to a crease of the foldable screen; and a film body configured to cover the foldable screen, characterized in that, an accommodating cavity is disposed inside the fixing portion, and the film body is configured to at least partially retract into the accommodating cavity in a direction perpendicular to the crease in case that the foldable screen is folded, and to extend out of the accommodating cavity in the direction perpendicular to the crease to cover the foldable screen in case that the foldable screen is unfolded.
Profile for window, door, facade or cladding elements, comprising a profile body made from thermoplastic material and extending in a longitudinal direction (z) with an essentially constant cross-section (x-y) along the longitudinal direction (z) and having at least one outer surface, and a metal containing layer deposited on at least part of the at least one outer surface, wherein the thermoplastic material comprises at least one thermoplastic selected from the group containing polyamide 66 with 5 to 60% glass fiber reinforcement, polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutylene terephthalate, acrylonitrile styrene acrylate, wherein the metal containing layer is made of aluminium or alumina or tin or copper or blends thereof, wherein the metal containing layer is deposited directly on the profile body using a cold spray technology, and wherein the metal containing layer has a thickness in the range from 30 μm to 450 μm. a metal containing layer deposited on at least part of the at least one outer surface, wherein the thermoplastic material comprises at least one thermoplastic selected from the group containing polyamide 66 with 5 to 60% glass fiber reinforcement, polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutylene terephthalate, acrylonitrile styrene acrylate, wherein the metal containing layer is made of aluminium or alumina or tin or copper or blends thereof, wherein the metal containing layer is deposited directly on the profile body using a cold spray technology, and wherein the metal containing layer has a thickness in the range from 30 μm to 450 μm.
A lifting system comprising: an unmanned aerial vehicle; a first device (1001d1) attachable to and detachable from the unmanned aerial vehicle; a first wire (1016a1) that connects the first device (1001d1) and the unmanned aerial vehicle; a first reel capable of reeling in the first wire (1016a1); a second device (1001d2) attachable to and detachable from a package and attachable to and detachable from the first device (1001d1); a second wire (1016b1) that connects the first device (1001d1) and the second device (1001d2); a second reel capable of reeling in the second wire (1016b1); and a controller, wherein when the unmanned aerial vehicle is in a position separated from the ground, the controller is configured to: detach the first device (1001d1) and the second device (1001d2) from the unmanned aerial vehicle; cause the first reel to reel out the first wire (1016a1); detach the second device (1001d2) from the first device (1001d1); and cause the second reel to reel out the second wire (1016b1). an unmanned aerial vehicle; a first device (1001d1) attachable to and detachable from the unmanned aerial vehicle; a first wire (1016a1) that connects the first device (1001d1) and the unmanned aerial vehicle; a first reel capable of reeling in the first wire (1016a1); a second device (1001d2) attachable to and detachable from a package and attachable to and detachable from the first device (1001d1); a second wire (1016b1) that connects the first device (1001d1) and the second device (1001d2); a second reel capable of reeling in the second wire (1016b1); and a controller, wherein when the unmanned aerial vehicle is in a position separated from the ground, the controller is configured to: detach the first device (1001d1) and the second device (1001d2) from the unmanned aerial vehicle; cause the first reel to reel out the first wire (1016a1); detach the second device (1001d2) from the first device (1001d1); and cause the second reel to reel out the second wire (1016b1). detach the first device (1001d1) and the second device (1001d2) from the unmanned aerial vehicle; cause the first reel to reel out the first wire (1016a1); detach the second device (1001d2) from the first device (1001d1); and cause the second reel to reel out the second wire (1016b1).
An asphalt modifier comprising a multifunctional group X bound to a main chain of a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon-conjugated diene block copolymer represented by the following Formula 1, the multifunctional group X being derived from a coupling agent selected from (2-chloroethyl)methyl dichlorosilane, (3-chloropropyl)methyl dichlorosilane, (4-chlorobutyl)methyl dichlorosilane, (3-chloropropyl)propyl dichlorosilane, bis(3-chloropropyl) dichlorosilane and dichloro(chloromethyl) methylsilane: wherein A to C blocks are each independently a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon block or a conjugated diene block, X is represented by the following Formula 2, m, n, and o are each an integer greater than or equal to 1, and p is an integer in a range of 0 < p ≤ 3; wherein Y 1 to Y 4 are the same or different from each other, and each represent a halogen element, q to t are each an integer of 0 or 1, provided that at least one of q to t is an integer of 1, R 1 is a C1 to C4 alkyl group, R 2 is a C1 to C10 alkyl group, and ∗ is a moiety of a multifunctional group that may be bound to a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon block or conjugated diene block unit in the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon-conjugated diene block copolymer, where one and two molecules of the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon-conjugated diene block copolymer may be bound to one molecule of the multifunctional group. X is represented by the following Formula 2, m, n, and o are each an integer greater than or equal to 1, and p is an integer in a range of 0 < p ≤ 3; q to t are each an integer of 0 or 1, provided that at least one of q to t is an integer of 1, R 1 is a C1 to C4 alkyl group, R 2 is a C1 to C10 alkyl group, and ∗ is a moiety of a multifunctional group that may be bound to a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon block or conjugated diene block unit in the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon-conjugated diene block copolymer, where one and two molecules of the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon-conjugated diene block copolymer may be bound to one molecule of the multifunctional group.
A reverse vending machine, comprising: an interior adapted to receive an object returned to the reverse vending machine; a plurality of cameras arranged around the perimeter of the interior for viewing said object; a transparent or translucent plate arranged such that the cameras in use view the object obliquely through the transparent or translucent plate, wherein the transparent or translucent plate has an opening corresponding to the perimeter of the interior; and means (34; 60,62; 60,62'; 60,70; 60') adapted to couple light into the plate such that the light undergoes total internal reflection in the plate, wherein said means are arranged to couple light into the plate in directions that are generally opposite the respective cameras' viewing directions through the plate, wherein said means are positioned around said opening, at or near the edge of the opening, and wherein said cameras are configured to detect any dirt or other obscuring matter on the plate when said means are activated. an interior adapted to receive an object returned to the reverse vending machine; a plurality of cameras arranged around the perimeter of the interior for viewing said object; a transparent or translucent plate arranged such that the cameras in use view the object obliquely through the transparent or translucent plate, wherein the transparent or translucent plate has an opening corresponding to the perimeter of the interior; and means (34; 60,62; 60,62'; 60,70; 60') adapted to couple light into the plate such that the light undergoes total internal reflection in the plate, wherein said means are arranged to couple light into the plate in directions that are generally opposite the respective cameras' viewing directions through the plate, wherein said means are positioned around said opening, at or near the edge of the opening, and wherein said cameras are configured to detect any dirt or other obscuring matter on the plate when said means are activated.