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An electrosurgical generator adapted to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue and to give effect to an abrupt change in output power from a first power level to a second power level over a transition region, comprising: an RF output stage adapted to supply RF electrosurgical energy to tissue at a power level responsive to a generator power level signal; sensor circuitry adapted to monitor tissue impedance and output an impedance signal in response thereto; and a microprocessor operably coupled to the output stage and the sensor circuitry and adapted to receive the impedance signal, and configured to output a generator power level signal, characterized in that: the generator power level signal is arranged to cause the electrosurgical generator output to be slewed smoothly within the transition region from the first power level to the second power level by modifying a cycle of the RF output waveform smoothly over the transition region in a series of successive increments in accordance with a transfer function. an RF output stage adapted to supply RF electrosurgical energy to tissue at a power level responsive to a generator power level signal; sensor circuitry adapted to monitor tissue impedance and output an impedance signal in response thereto; and a microprocessor operably coupled to the output stage and the sensor circuitry and adapted to receive the impedance signal, and configured to output a generator power level signal, characterized in that: the generator power level signal is arranged to cause the electrosurgical generator output to be slewed smoothly within the transition region from the first power level to the second power level by modifying a cycle of the RF output waveform smoothly over the transition region in a series of successive increments in accordance with a transfer function. the generator power level signal is arranged to cause the electrosurgical generator output to be slewed smoothly within the transition region from the first power level to the second power level by modifying a cycle of the RF output waveform smoothly over the transition region in a series of successive increments in accordance with a transfer function.
Safety chain overlay control unit for an elevator, the elevator comprising - a drive unit for effectuating displacing an elevator car in an elevator hoistway; - an elevator controller for controlling an operation of components (10, 12) of the drive unit; - multiple safety switches being switchable upon occurrence of safety relevant events characterized in that the safety chain overlay control unit comprising a safety PLC; wherein the safety PLC comprises first connectors via which it is connectable to contacts of at least one first safety switch being provided as one of a single first safety switch and a plurality of first safety switches connected in series to form a first safety chain; wherein the safety PLC comprises second connectors via which it is connectable to contacts of at least one second safety switch being provided as one of a single second safety switch and a plurality of second safety switches connected in series to form a second safety chain; wherein the safety PLC is adapted to monitoring a current safety status of the elevator and identifying a safety critical status of the elevator based on detecting when at least one of the first and second safety switches changes its switching state and based on comparing a current switching state of the at least one first safety switch with a current switching state of the at least one second safety switch; wherein the safety PLC is adapted to cause interruption of a main energy supply to the drive unit upon identifying the safety critical status of the elevator. - a drive unit for effectuating displacing an elevator car in an elevator hoistway; - an elevator controller for controlling an operation of components (10, 12) of the drive unit; - multiple safety switches being switchable upon occurrence of safety relevant events characterized in that
Device for arranging a protective material mat on a bottom under water, wherein the device comprises a floating support body for a manipulating tool and for a guide construction for the material mat, wherein the manipulating tool is configured to pick up a material mat roll, carry it underwater and unroll the material mat roll on the bottom from a starting position, and wherein the guide construction comprises a guide frame and an engaging means for a side edge of the material mat, the engaging means being movable along the guide frame from a position above the water to the starting position under water in order to bring said side edge to said starting position.
A method of establishing a path for data transport in a communication network comprising a plurality of network elements, NE, and links between said NEs, the path being from a source NE to a destination NE, comprising the following steps: - computing, at a central controller, a data path from said source NE to said destination NE along a number of intermediate NEs, - sending, from said central controller, central control messages to all or at least a plurality of NEs among said source NE, said intermediate NEs and said destination NE, said central control messages including explicit path information, said explicit path information comprising explicit route information and switch set up information, said explicit path information in at least some of the central control messages comprising switch set-up information for NEs other than the recipient NE, - sending distributed control messages between NEs of said path, said distributed control messages being based on at least one central control message received by one of said NEs, said distributed control messages allowing for distributing switch set up information that was lost due to failure in the transfer of a central control message. - computing, at a central controller, a data path from said source NE to said destination NE along a number of intermediate NEs, - sending, from said central controller, central control messages to all or at least a plurality of NEs among said source NE, said intermediate NEs and said destination NE, said central control messages including explicit path information, said explicit path information comprising explicit route information and switch set up information, said explicit path information in at least some of the central control messages comprising switch set-up information for NEs other than the recipient NE, - sending distributed control messages between NEs of said path, said distributed control messages being based on at least one central control message received by one of said NEs,
Process for the production of an organic acid from a lignocellulosic feedstock, wherein the process is integrated with a pulp mill and comprises the steps: a) providing a lignocellulosic feedstock; b) obtaining an alkaline liquor from the pulp mill; c) pre-treating the lignocellulosic feedstock with the alkaline liquor, thereby obtaining a pretreated cellulosic feed and a black liquor; d) obtaining calcium oxide from the pulp mill; e) subjecting the pretreated cellulosic feed from step c) to enzymatic hydrolysis, thereby obtaining a saccharide feed; f) subjecting the saccharide feed from step e) to microbial fermentation using the calcium oxide from step d) as a neutralising agent, thereby obtaining an organic acid calcium salt; g) treating the organic acid calcium salt with sulfuric acid, thereby obtaining gypsum and the organic acid; h) optionally isolating lignin from the black liquor obtained in step c), thereby obtaining lignin and weak black liquor; and i) returning the black liquor obtained in step c) and/or the weak black liquor obtained in step h) to the pulp mill for integration with the pulp mill chemical recovery process; wherein steps e) and f) are performed either sequentially or simultaneously. a) providing a lignocellulosic feedstock; b) obtaining an alkaline liquor from the pulp mill; c) pre-treating the lignocellulosic feedstock with the alkaline liquor, thereby obtaining a pretreated cellulosic feed and a black liquor; d) obtaining calcium oxide from the pulp mill; e) subjecting the pretreated cellulosic feed from step c) to enzymatic hydrolysis, thereby obtaining a saccharide feed; f) subjecting the saccharide feed from step e) to microbial fermentation using the calcium oxide from step d) as a neutralising agent, thereby obtaining an organic acid calcium salt; g) treating the organic acid calcium salt with sulfuric acid, thereby obtaining gypsum and the organic acid; h) optionally isolating lignin from the black liquor obtained in step c), thereby obtaining lignin and weak black liquor; and i) returning the black liquor obtained in step c) and/or the weak black liquor obtained in step h) to the pulp mill for integration with the pulp mill chemical recovery process;
A method of producing fibers from raw basalt or igneous rock, the method comprising: adding a volume of crushed raw basalt or igneous rock to a first zone of the melting furnace chamber, wherein the first zone of the melting furnace chamber is at least partially surrounded in a first electrical induction coil; applying a first alternating current to the first induction coil to heat the first induction coil effective to heat the volume of crushed raw basalt or igneous rock added to the first zone and to produce a homogenous rock melt in at least a portion of the volume of the raw basalt or igneous rock; passing at least a part of the homogenous rock melt portion through at least one fiber-forming chamber; passing at least a portion of the rock melt from the at least one fiber-forming chamber through fiber-forming orifices under controlled temperature effective to produce fibers, wherein the fiber-forming chamber is at least partially surrounded by a third electrical induction coil and the temperature of the homogenous rock melt portion in the fiber-forming chamber is controlled at least in part by the power and frequency of electrical current in the third induction coil. adding a volume of crushed raw basalt or igneous rock to a first zone of the melting furnace chamber, wherein the first zone of the melting furnace chamber is at least partially surrounded in a first electrical induction coil; applying a first alternating current to the first induction coil to heat the first induction coil effective to heat the volume of crushed raw basalt or igneous rock added to the first zone and to produce a homogenous rock melt in at least a portion of the volume of the raw basalt or igneous rock; passing at least a part of the homogenous rock melt portion through at least one fiber-forming chamber; passing at least a portion of the rock melt from the at least one fiber-forming chamber through fiber-forming orifices under controlled temperature effective to produce fibers, wherein the fiber-forming chamber is at least partially surrounded by a third electrical induction coil and the temperature of the homogenous rock melt portion in the fiber-forming chamber is controlled at least in part by the power and frequency of electrical current in the third induction coil.
A biomolecule capturing filter, comprising a gold plating on the surface of a biomolecule capturing filter made of a metal other than gold, the gold plating being electroless gold plating, wherein the thickness of the gold plating is from 0.1 μm to 3 μm.
An injector assembly adapted to be disposed in a combustion stage of a combustion turbine engine, the combustion stage fluidly coupled to receive a cross-flow of combustion products, the injector assembly comprising: a reactant-guiding structure arranged to convey a flow of reactants to admix with the cross-flow of combustion products; and means for injecting (24, 25, 26) a flow of air arranged to condition interaction of the flow of reactants with the cross-flow of combustion products, wherein the injector assembly is designed to generate a shielding flow of air to form a boundary of air flow that surrounds the flow of reactants, as the flow of reactants is admitted in the combustion stage, wherein the boundary of air flow that surrounds the flow of reactants is effective to transitorily shield the flow of reactants conveyed to the combustion stage from the cross-flow of combustion products, and thus provide an ignition delay to the flow of reactants injected into the combustion stage, an injector assembly body comprising an inner wall and an outer wall that define a passageway having an inlet side and an outlet side, the passageway defined by the inner wall and the outer wall of the injector assembly body effective to inject the flow of air into the combustion stage, characterized in that the outlet side of the passageway comprises a varying cross-sectional profile along a perimeter of the outlet side of the passageway so that a velocity and a volume of the flow of air have a desired variation along the perimeter of the outlet side of the passageway. a reactant-guiding structure arranged to convey a flow of reactants to admix with the cross-flow of combustion products; and means for injecting (24, 25, 26) a flow of air arranged to condition interaction of the flow of reactants with the cross-flow of combustion products, wherein the injector assembly is designed to generate a shielding flow of air to form a boundary of air flow that surrounds the flow of reactants, as the flow of reactants is admitted in the combustion stage, wherein the boundary of air flow that surrounds the flow of reactants is effective to transitorily shield the flow of reactants conveyed to the combustion stage from the cross-flow of combustion products, and thus provide an ignition delay to the flow of reactants injected into the combustion stage, an injector assembly body comprising an inner wall and an outer wall that define a passageway having an inlet side and an outlet side, the passageway defined by the inner wall and the outer wall of the injector assembly body effective to inject the flow of air into the combustion stage, characterized in that the outlet side of the passageway comprises a varying cross-sectional profile along a perimeter of the outlet side of the passageway so that a velocity and a volume of the flow of air have a desired variation along the perimeter of the outlet side of the passageway.
A clamping tool comprising: - a gripping handle having a longitudinal direction X, - a plurality of interchangeable driving parts each capable of rotating a member to be clamped, - a driving portion so configured as to transmit a torque exerted at the handle so as to produce a clamping at a driving part of the plurality of interchangeable driving parts, - a torque setting device, characterized in that the plurality of interchangeable driving parts comprises at least a first driving part so configured as to rotate the member to be clamped in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction X and at least a second driving part so configured as to rotate the member to be clamped in a second direction different from the longitudinal direction and in that it comprises means for detecting the direction of the torque. - a gripping handle having a longitudinal direction X, - a plurality of interchangeable driving parts each capable of rotating a member to be clamped, - a driving portion so configured as to transmit a torque exerted at the handle so as to produce a clamping at a driving part of the plurality of interchangeable driving parts, - a torque setting device, characterized in that the plurality of interchangeable driving parts comprises at least a first driving part so configured as to rotate the member to be clamped in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction X and at least a second driving part so configured as to rotate the member to be clamped in a second direction different from the longitudinal direction and in that it comprises means for detecting the direction of the torque.
A method of operating a wireless device which is a member of a multicast group, the method comprising: monitoring for signals from other members of a multicast group indicating an intent not to transmit during a first traffic interval; making a transmission decision with regard to said first traffic interval based on a priority level of said wireless device relative to other members of said multicast group, from which a signal indicating an intent not to transmit was not received; and transmitting a signal indicating an intent not to transmit in a second traffic interval when said wireless device does not have data to transmit to said multicast group during said second traffic interval. monitoring for signals from other members of a multicast group indicating an intent not to transmit during a first traffic interval; making a transmission decision with regard to said first traffic interval based on a priority level of said wireless device relative to other members of said multicast group, from which a signal indicating an intent not to transmit was not received; and transmitting a signal indicating an intent not to transmit in a second traffic interval when said wireless device does not have data to transmit to said multicast group during said second traffic interval.
A calibration method for a device for identifying materials using X-rays, including: a) determining at least one or more calibration material(s) (i) and, for each calibration material, at least one or more calibration thickness(es) (j) of this material, b) measuring, using a spectrometric detector, for each of the calibration materials and for each of the selected calibration thicknesses, N attenuation or transmission coefficients α K for X radiation, with N≥2, c) setting up a vector α P, said vector representing N attenuation or transmission coefficients α K, d) repeating operations b and c, with said calibration material, so that L vectors α p are obtained, L representing the number of measurements done with a same calibration material having nature i and thickness j, e) calculating statistical parameters from said L vectors α p, f) determining or calculating, from said statistical parameters, a presence probability distribution law fij, as a function of said statistical parameters, said presence probability distribution law fij indicating the presence probability of said calibration material i of thickness j. a) determining at least one or more calibration material(s) (i) and, for each calibration material, at least one or more calibration thickness(es) (j) of this material, b) measuring, using a spectrometric detector, for each of the calibration materials and for each of the selected calibration thicknesses, N attenuation or transmission coefficients α K for X radiation, with N≥2, c) setting up a vector α P, said vector representing N attenuation or transmission coefficients α K, d) repeating operations b and c, with said calibration material, so that L vectors α p are obtained, L representing the number of measurements done with a same calibration material having nature i and thickness j, e) calculating statistical parameters from said L vectors α p, f) determining or calculating, from said statistical parameters, a presence probability distribution law fij, as a function of said statistical parameters, said presence probability distribution law fij indicating the presence probability of said calibration material i of thickness j.
Floor for a lift cage with a base structure and a support structure arranged in the base structure, wherein the support structure substantially consists of a non-metallic material, wherein the support structure comprises at least one support element, and wherein the support element has a flat base section, characterised in that at least one beaker-shaped projection is formed at or fastened to the support element.
A method for processing throttle control signal, the method being adapted to an electronic speed control which is provided with a throttle signal interface for receiving a throttle control signal, and a communication interface for transmitting communication data, and the method comprising: receiving, from a controller, the throttle control signal via the throttle signal interface; and receiving, from the controller, an executable file or a debugging parameter via the communication interface; and transmitting, to the controller, operation data via the communication interface; and monitoring a signal transmission state of the throttle signal interface in real time; and determining that the throttle signal received at the throttle signal interface is abnormal; and receiving the throttle control signal via the communication interface if the signal transmission state of the throttle signal interface is an abnormal state. receiving, from a controller, the throttle control signal via the throttle signal interface; and receiving, from the controller, an executable file or a debugging parameter via the communication interface; and transmitting, to the controller, operation data via the communication interface; and monitoring a signal transmission state of the throttle signal interface in real time; and determining that the throttle signal received at the throttle signal interface is abnormal; and receiving the throttle control signal via the communication interface if the signal transmission state of the throttle signal interface is an abnormal state.
Inflatable structural element such as an inflatable beam, having two multilayer sealed skins that each comprise a first polymer film (10a, 10b), a reinforcing fabric (20a, 20b) disposed on the first polymer film (10a, 10b) and a second polymer film (30a, 30b) disposed on the reinforcing fabric (20a, 20b) and stuck by means of an adhesive or by heating-welding to the first polymer film (10a, 10b) through voids in the reinforcing fabric (20a, 20b), wherein said skins are spaced apart so as to form the external walls of the structural element, wherein the first film (10a, 10b) of each of the skins forms an internal face of the external wall of the structural element and the second film (30a, 30b) of each of the skins forms an external face of said wall.
A method of purifying an unrefined edible oil or fat, wherein the term "unrefined edible oil or fat" includes oils and fats that have not been subjected to any refining as well as oils and fats which have been subjected to some refining, comprising: contacting said unrefined edible oil or fat with (i) at least one adsorbent material comprising magnesium silicate, and (ii) at least one organic acid, wherein the magnesium silicate is present in an amount of from 0,01 wt.-% to 5.0 wt.-% based on the weight of the unrefined edible oil or fat, and wherein the at least one organic acid is present in an amount of from 0,01 wt.-% to 5.0 wt.-% based on the weight of the unrefined edible oil or fat. contacting said unrefined edible oil or fat with (i) at least one adsorbent material comprising magnesium silicate, and (ii) at least one organic acid, (i) at least one adsorbent material comprising magnesium silicate, and (ii) at least one organic acid, wherein the magnesium silicate is present in an amount of from 0,01 wt.-% to 5.0 wt.-% based on the weight of the unrefined edible oil or fat, and wherein the at least one organic acid is present in an amount of from 0,01 wt.-% to 5.0 wt.-% based on the weight of the unrefined edible oil or fat.
A non-aqueous high concentration suspension formulation, comprising: a. a vehicle comprising sesame oil and ethyl oleate; and b. a bioactive molecule, wherein said bioactive molecule is a protein, antibody, peptide or nucleotide. a. a vehicle comprising sesame oil and ethyl oleate; and b. a bioactive molecule, wherein said bioactive molecule is a protein, antibody, peptide or nucleotide.