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A method by means of a supervision unit for supervising during operation a centrifugal separator which has a rotor which is supplied via a supply conduit with a liquid mixture of components to be separated into an inlet chamber which is formed in the rotor and from which the mixture is led into a separating chamber which is formed in the rotor and connected to the inlet chamber and in which the components are mainly separated, whereby a separated specifically lighter component accumulates in a central portion of the separating chamber from which the separated specifically lighter component is discharged during operation via a radially inner outlet (18, 19, 20) connected to that central portion and leaves the rotor via an outlet conduit connected to the radially inner outlet, and whereby at least one separated component which is specifically heavier than the first-named separated component accumulates in a radially outer portion of the separating chamber from which a discharge of a predetermined volume of the components in the separating chamber is initiated intermittently during operation and takes place via an intermittently openable radially outer outlet connected to the separating chamber at that radially outer portion, with measurement of the time from when an intermittent discharge is initiated, characterised in - that the pressure is measured by a sensor disposed in a portion of the centrifugal separator which is pressure-transmittingly connected to a central portion of the interior of the rotor, - that the supervision unit detects the presence of a pressure drop pulse from the sensor within a predetermined period of time from when an intermittent discharge is initiated, and - that an alarm signal is emitted if a pressure drop pulse does not occur during the predetermined period of time. - that the pressure is measured by a sensor disposed in a portion of the centrifugal separator which is pressure-transmittingly connected to a central portion of the interior of the rotor, - that the supervision unit detects the presence of a pressure drop pulse from the sensor within a predetermined period of time from when an intermittent discharge is initiated, and - that an alarm signal is emitted if a pressure drop pulse does not occur during the predetermined period of time.
A series hybrid electric vehicle that includes: an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and a crankshaft and dedicated to power generation; a generator; and an engine misfire detection device comprising: a processor configured to execute a misfire detection process of detecting a misfire of the internal combustion engine, the generator has a generator rotating shaft connected to the crankshaft via a torsional damper, characterized in that the engine misfire detection device comprises a generator rotation angle sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of the generator rotating shaft, and the misfire detection process includes a first misfire detection process of determining that the internal combustion engine has misfired when an amplitude correlation value that is a magnitude of total or half amplitude of rotation speed of the generator rotating shaft and is detected by the generator rotation angle sensor is greater than a determination threshold value. a processor configured to execute a misfire detection process of detecting a misfire of the internal combustion engine, the generator has a generator rotating shaft connected to the crankshaft via a torsional damper, characterized in that the engine misfire detection device comprises a generator rotation angle sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of the generator rotating shaft, and the misfire detection process includes a first misfire detection process of determining that the internal combustion engine has misfired when an amplitude correlation value that is a magnitude of total or half amplitude of rotation speed of the generator rotating shaft and is detected by the generator rotation angle sensor is greater than a determination threshold value.
Photovoltaic energy generation device comprising several modules (12; 112) disposed in series, characterized in that it comprises at least one module (12; 112) comprising several cells (11; 111) disposed in parallel associated each with its at least one own cell switch (13; 113), disposed in series, so as to be able to disconnect them from the remainder of the photovoltaic energy generation device, each of these cells (11; 111) disposed in parallel comprising a photovoltaic cell, comprising one or more elementary photovoltaic cell(s), and a storage element connected across the terminals of the photovoltaic cell.
A method for reducing interference in a communication network having a first network entity and a second network entity, comprising: detecting an interference signal in an interference frequency range by the first network entity; transmitting a control information about the interference frequency range from the first network entity to the second network entity; and reducing a transmitting power of the second network entity in the interference frequency range in response to a reception of the control information by the second network entity. detecting an interference signal in an interference frequency range by the first network entity; transmitting a control information about the interference frequency range from the first network entity to the second network entity; and reducing a transmitting power of the second network entity in the interference frequency range in response to a reception of the control information by the second network entity.
1. Fuel system for supplying pressurised fuel, in particular dimethyl ether or a blend thereof, to an internal combustion engine, said fuel system comprising a fuel pump, which has a pumping mechanism (10, 1 1) arranged partly in a housing containing lube oil, and a drain line connected to said housing and suitable for draining at least fuel vapour from an interior of said housing, characterised in that said fuel system further comprising: a lube oil supply line connected to said housing; a lube oil supply valve installed in said lube oil supply line; a seal installed between said pumping mechanism (10, 11) and said housing for preventing at least lube oil leakage to the outside of said housing; a drain valve installed in said drain line, said drain valve being a hydraulically- or solenoid operated control valve; wherein both said drain valve and lube oil supply valve are controlled to be closed during an engine non-running state for preventing fuel vapour leakage from said housing. a lube oil supply line connected to said housing; a lube oil supply valve installed in said lube oil supply line; a seal installed between said pumping mechanism (10, 11) and said housing for preventing at least lube oil leakage to the outside of said housing; a drain valve installed in said drain line, said drain valve being a hydraulically- or solenoid operated control valve; wherein both said drain valve and lube oil supply valve are controlled to be closed during an engine non-running state for preventing fuel vapour leakage from said housing.
A sound processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of microphones configured to simultaneously acquire an audible sound having a frequency in an audible range and an inaudible sound having a frequency in an inaudible range, to convert an acquired sound into electric signals, and to output the electric signals; a plurality of first band-pass filters each configured to receive the electrical signals outputted from a respective microphone and remove components of the electrical signals that are outside the audible range; an audio signal processor to apply predetermined signal processing to the electric signals that have passed through the respective first band-pass filters; a plurality of Fourier transformers each configured to receive the electrical signals outputted from a respective microphone and perform a frequency analysis on the received electric signals so as to obtain frequency components of the electric signals, the obtained frequency components including frequency components in the inaudible range; and a plurality of signal level determiners to perform a first determination as to whether the respective frequency components in the inaudible range have a signal level being equal to or greater than a threshold value, characterised in that the microphones are disposed at different distances from a loudspeaker capable of emitting inaudible sounds, and the respective threshold values for the signal level determiners differ from one another according to the respective distances from the corresponding microphones to the loudspeaker. a plurality of microphones configured to simultaneously acquire an audible sound having a frequency in an audible range and an inaudible sound having a frequency in an inaudible range, to convert an acquired sound into electric signals, and to output the electric signals; a plurality of first band-pass filters each configured to receive the electrical signals outputted from a respective microphone and remove components of the electrical signals that are outside the audible range; an audio signal processor to apply predetermined signal processing to the electric signals that have passed through the respective first band-pass filters; a plurality of Fourier transformers each configured to receive the electrical signals outputted from a respective microphone and perform a frequency analysis on the received electric signals so as to obtain frequency components of the electric signals, the obtained frequency components including frequency components in the inaudible range; and a plurality of signal level determiners to perform a first determination as to whether the respective frequency components in the inaudible range have a signal level being equal to or greater than a threshold value, characterised in that the microphones are disposed at different distances from a loudspeaker capable of emitting inaudible sounds, and the respective threshold values for the signal level determiners differ from one another according to the respective distances from the corresponding microphones to the loudspeaker.
A riveting tool for setting blind rivet nuts and/or blind rivet screws, comprising - a drive piston which is able to be hydraulically adjusted from an initial position toward an end position, - a pull rod which is releasably and operatively connected to the drive piston and which is able to be adjusted by the drive piston from a rivet receiving position into a setting position and - a coupling element fixing the pull rod and a drawing mandrel to one another in the longitudinal axial direction, wherein the riveting tool for fixing the setting position has an adjusting unit with a stroke-limiting element which is axially adjustable relative to the coupling element in the longitudinal axial direction of the pull rod, wherein the setting movement is determined by a stop of the coupling element at a stop surface of the stroke-limiting element and the adjusting unit as a stroke-limiting element has a stop sleeve which is mounted fixedly in terms of rotation relative to the pull rod and which is adjustable in the longitudinal axial direction, characterized in that the stop sleeve is in engagement via an external thread with an internal thread of an adjusting ring rotatably mounted on the riveting tool. - a drive piston which is able to be hydraulically adjusted from an initial position toward an end position, - a pull rod which is releasably and operatively connected to the drive piston and which is able to be adjusted by the drive piston from a rivet receiving position into a setting position and - a coupling element fixing the pull rod and a drawing mandrel to one another in the longitudinal axial direction,
A contact device comprising: a first yoke having a substantially U-shape; a second yoke bridged over both ends of the first yoke; a spool wound with a coil disposed between the first yoke and the second yoke; and a movable iron core inserted into a center hole of the spool in a reciprocating manner; and a contact mechanism unit formed above the second yoke driven with a drive shaft having a lower end fixed to the movable iron core, which reciprocates based on excitation and demagnetization of the coil, and an upper end projecting out from an upper surface of the second yoke; wherein an insertion hole communicating to the center hole of the spool and through which the movable iron core reciprocates is formed in the first yoke, and an annular auxiliary yoke, including an insertion hole communicating to the insertion hole of the first yoke and through which the movable iron core reciprocates, is provided at a lower surface of a base of the first yoke, wherein the movable iron core is accommodated, in a reciprocating manner, in a bottomed tubular body inserted to the center hole of the spool, the insertion hole of the annular auxiliary yoke is fitted to a lower end of the bottomed tubular body projecting out from the lower surface of the first yoke, characterised in that the annular auxiliary yoke fitted to the lower end of the bottomed tubular body is prevented from coming out with an O-ring made of elastic material. a first yoke having a substantially U-shape; a second yoke bridged over both ends of the first yoke; a spool wound with a coil disposed between the first yoke and the second yoke; and a movable iron core inserted into a center hole of the spool in a reciprocating manner; and a contact mechanism unit formed above the second yoke driven with a drive shaft having a lower end fixed to the movable iron core, which reciprocates based on excitation and demagnetization of the coil, and an upper end projecting out from an upper surface of the second yoke; wherein an insertion hole communicating to the center hole of the spool and through which the movable iron core reciprocates is formed in the first yoke, and an annular auxiliary yoke, including an insertion hole communicating to the insertion hole of the first yoke and through which the movable iron core reciprocates, is provided at a lower surface of a base of the first yoke, wherein the movable iron core is accommodated, in a reciprocating manner, in a bottomed tubular body inserted to the center hole of the spool, the insertion hole of the annular auxiliary yoke is fitted to a lower end of the bottomed tubular body projecting out from the lower surface of the first yoke, characterised in that the annular auxiliary yoke fitted to the lower end of the bottomed tubular body is prevented from coming out with an O-ring made of elastic material.
Method for forming pairs of packs, comprising: - providing a supply of individual packs; - arranging a first pack in a vertical transport device; - arranging a second pack in the vertical transport device, thereby arranging the second pack vertically spaced from the first pack in the vertical transport device; - vertically transporting the first pack and the second pack in the vertical transport device; then - simultaneously pushing the first pack and the second packs as a pair of packs out of the vertical transport device and into a receiving device being a horizontal transport device horizontally transporting the pair of packs, wherein the first and second packs are transferred in a vertically spaced manner as the pair of packs to the receiving device and are arranged in a vertically spaced manner in the receiving device. - providing a supply of individual packs; - arranging a first pack in a vertical transport device; - arranging a second pack in the vertical transport device, thereby arranging the second pack vertically spaced from the first pack in the vertical transport device; - vertically transporting the first pack and the second pack in the vertical transport device; then - simultaneously pushing the first pack and the second packs as a pair of packs out of the vertical transport device and into a receiving device being a horizontal transport device horizontally transporting the pair of packs, wherein the first and second packs are transferred in a vertically spaced manner as the pair of packs to the receiving device and are arranged in a vertically spaced manner in the receiving device.
A method of fraud detection for access control system via biometric recognition, comprising the steps consisting of: - taking at least two images of a face presented to the access control system by an individual according to at least two positions of the individual in front of the access control system, or two angles of vision of the individual, - extracting the faces from the images, - processing these two images to determine a score representative of the flatness of the face appearing on the images, and - as a function of this flatness score, detecting any fraud on the part of the individual, said detection conditioning the use of an identification processing of the individual by the access control system, the method being characterized in that the step of determining a score representative of the flatness of the face comprises the steps consisting of: - making a depth map of the face of the individual, estimating a median plane of said map, and calculating the variance of points of the map relative to said median plane, - isolating from the images a block of the face centred on the nose of the individual, making a depth map of said block, estimating a median plane of said map, and calculating the variance in points of the map relative to its median plane, and - obtaining a flatness score of the face by linear combination of the variances in points of the depth maps relative to their respective median plane. - taking at least two images of a face presented to the access control system by an individual according to at least two positions of the individual in front of the access control system, or two angles of vision of the individual, - extracting the faces from the images, - processing these two images to determine a score representative of the flatness of the face appearing on the images, and - as a function of this flatness score, detecting any fraud on the part of the individual, said detection conditioning the use of an identification processing of the individual by the access control system, - making a depth map of the face of the individual, estimating a median plane of said map, and calculating the variance of points of the map relative to said median plane, - isolating from the images a block of the face centred on the nose of the individual, making a depth map of said block, estimating a median plane of said map, and calculating the variance in points of the map relative to its median plane, and - obtaining a flatness score of the face by linear combination of the variances in points of the depth maps relative to their respective median plane.
An ultrasound operation system, comprising: a drive current generating portion (Tr); a surgical treatment instrument comprising an object to be driven including an ultrasound transducer which is configured to be driven by the drive current generating portion (Tr), and a treatment portion which is connected to the ultrasound transducer to perform treatment of a living tissue by an ultrasound vibration generated in the ultrasound transducer; and characterized in that the ultrasound operation system further comprises: a non-inductive resistor which is provided in parallel between the drive current generating portion (Tr) and the object to be driven, and is configured to perform regulation of an amplitude of the ultrasound transducer by diverting a current which flows into the object to be driven from the drive current generating portion (Tr) in accordance with a state of a load exerted on the treatment portion and regulating an amount of a current which flows into the object to be driven. a drive current generating portion (Tr); a surgical treatment instrument comprising an object to be driven including an ultrasound transducer which is configured to be driven by the drive current generating portion (Tr), and a treatment portion which is connected to the ultrasound transducer to perform treatment of a living tissue by an ultrasound vibration generated in the ultrasound transducer; and characterized in that the ultrasound operation system further comprises: a non-inductive resistor which is provided in parallel between the drive current generating portion (Tr) and the object to be driven, and is configured to perform regulation of an amplitude of the ultrasound transducer by diverting a current which flows into the object to be driven from the drive current generating portion (Tr) in accordance with a state of a load exerted on the treatment portion and regulating an amount of a current which flows into the object to be driven. a non-inductive resistor which is provided in parallel between the drive current generating portion (Tr) and the object to be driven, and is configured to perform regulation of an amplitude of the ultrasound transducer by diverting a current which flows into the object to be driven from the drive current generating portion (Tr) in accordance with a state of a load exerted on the treatment portion and regulating an amount of a current which flows into the object to be driven.
An active clearance control system for a gas turbine engine, the system comprising: a turbine case disposed about an axis and including at least one pad encircling the turbine case, the at least one pad substantially parallel to an outer surface of the turbine case; and a conduit (38; 68; 88; 90) circumferentially encircling the turbine case and the at least one pad, the conduit (38; 68; 88; 90) including a flow surface parallel to and spaced apart from the at least one pad, the flow surface including impingement openings (62; 82, 84, 86) for directing a flow stream onto the at least one pad for controlling a clearance; characterised in that: the at least one pad includes axial grooves that extend parallel to the axis for guiding impingement airflow. a turbine case disposed about an axis and including at least one pad encircling the turbine case, the at least one pad substantially parallel to an outer surface of the turbine case; and a conduit (38; 68; 88; 90) circumferentially encircling the turbine case and the at least one pad, the conduit (38; 68; 88; 90) including a flow surface parallel to and spaced apart from the at least one pad, the flow surface including impingement openings (62; 82, 84, 86) for directing a flow stream onto the at least one pad for controlling a clearance; characterised in that: the at least one pad includes axial grooves that extend parallel to the axis for guiding impingement airflow.
A fibrous preform of a hollow aerodynamic profile of a turbomachine vane or blade, the preform being made in one piece and having successively along an axial direction a first downstream portion defining a trailing edge of the vane or blade, a second intermediate portion defining a pressure surface and a suction surface of the vane or blade and a third upstream portion defining a leading edge of the vane or blade, the fibrous preform being characterized in that (i) the first downstream portion is formed by a first fibrous texture (3; 3a; 3b; 3c) having a three-dimensional weaving, in that (ii) the second intermediate portion and the third upstream portion are formed by second and third non-interlinked fibrous textures (5; 5a; 5b; 5c; 7; 7a; 7b; 7c) extending from the first fibrous texture, the second and third fibrous textures each having a three-dimensional weaving, and in that (iii) a portion of the second or third non-interlinked fibrous texture is folded over the third or second non-interlinked fibrous texture so as to overlap it, this folded portion being obtained by three-dimensional weaving.