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Method for detecting structures, the structures being edges, on an object under investigation, using an antenna arrangement from which microwave signals are transmitted and from which the signals reflected from the object under investigation are registered in magnitude and phase, and a three-dimensional image of the object under investigation is reconstructed from these, comprising the method steps - determining a spatial position of a structure from the magnitude of the reflected signals, - determining the sign of the reflection coefficients of the reflected signals at the spatial position of the structure, and - identifying structures on the basis of the spatial arrangement of the sign of the reflection coefficient, characterized in that an edge in a material with high permittivity and/or conductivity is determined if an irregular sequence of positive and negative reflection coefficients is detected in a spatial region. - determining a spatial position of a structure from the magnitude of the reflected signals, - determining the sign of the reflection coefficients of the reflected signals at the spatial position of the structure, and - identifying structures on the basis of the spatial arrangement of the sign of the reflection coefficient,
A measurement device that measures a size of an outer shape of an object, the object including a platform present on a floor surface and a load placed on the platform, the measurement device comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires depth information indicating distances from a reference position to the floor surface and the object; a storage that stores standard dimension information indicating a standard size of the platform; a controller that measures width, depth, and height dimensions of the object by identifying the platform based on the depth information and the standard dimension information, and generates measurement information indicating the measured width, depth, and height dimensions; and an output unit that outputs the measurement information. an acquisition unit that acquires depth information indicating distances from a reference position to the floor surface and the object; a storage that stores standard dimension information indicating a standard size of the platform; a controller that measures width, depth, and height dimensions of the object by identifying the platform based on the depth information and the standard dimension information, and generates measurement information indicating the measured width, depth, and height dimensions; and an output unit that outputs the measurement information.
A package comprising: a flexible film defining an interior contents cavity and having a first pair of opposing edge portions forming a first end seal, a second pair of opposing edge portions forming a second end seal, and a third pair of opposing edge portions forming a longitudinal seal extending from the first end seal to the second end seal, the flexible film having a first side portion and a second side portion generally opposite the first side portion; and a package mouth, initially sealed by at least one of the first and second end seals (44, 46), to permit access to the interior cavity, characterised by: a pair of low tack pressure sensitive adhesive (LTPSA) layers (26c, 28c) disposed on the same exterior panel surface generally aligned with each other, transverse to the longitudinal seal, and generally equi-distant to a fold line between the LTPSA layers (26c, 28c), wherein the bond strength of the LTPSA to the flexible film is greater than the adhesion between the LTPSA layers (26c, 28c). a flexible film defining an interior contents cavity and having a first pair of opposing edge portions forming a first end seal, a second pair of opposing edge portions forming a second end seal, and a third pair of opposing edge portions forming a longitudinal seal extending from the first end seal to the second end seal, the flexible film having a first side portion and a second side portion generally opposite the first side portion; and a package mouth, initially sealed by at least one of the first and second end seals (44, 46), to permit access to the interior cavity, characterised by: a pair of low tack pressure sensitive adhesive (LTPSA) layers (26c, 28c) disposed on the same exterior panel surface generally aligned with each other, transverse to the longitudinal seal, and generally equi-distant to a fold line between the LTPSA layers (26c, 28c), wherein the bond strength of the LTPSA to the flexible film is greater than the adhesion between the LTPSA layers (26c, 28c). a pair of low tack pressure sensitive adhesive (LTPSA) layers (26c, 28c) disposed on the same exterior panel surface generally aligned with each other, transverse to the longitudinal seal, and generally equi-distant to a fold line between the LTPSA layers (26c, 28c), wherein the bond strength of the LTPSA to the flexible film is greater than the adhesion between the LTPSA layers (26c, 28c).
A method for recovering sodium from a sodium-sulfur battery in a charged state housing sodium and sulfur in a battery container, the method comprising: a nozzle insertion step of inserting a nozzle to which a treatment liquid is supplied from a treatment liquid supply portion into the battery container; a reaction step of injecting a treatment liquid from the nozzle toward the sodium housed in a sodium-housing portion in the battery container, and causing the sodium to react with the treatment liquid so as to generate a reaction liquid; and a circulation step of collecting the reaction liquid, adjusting the concentration and liquid temperature of the collected reaction liquid so as to generate the treatment liquid, and returning the generated treatment liquid to the treatment liquid supply portion; wherein in the reaction step, while the entire amount of the sodium is reacted with the treatment liquid, the treatment liquid is continuously injected toward the sodium. a nozzle insertion step of inserting a nozzle to which a treatment liquid is supplied from a treatment liquid supply portion into the battery container; a reaction step of injecting a treatment liquid from the nozzle toward the sodium housed in a sodium-housing portion in the battery container, and causing the sodium to react with the treatment liquid so as to generate a reaction liquid; and a circulation step of collecting the reaction liquid, adjusting the concentration and liquid temperature of the collected reaction liquid so as to generate the treatment liquid, and returning the generated treatment liquid to the treatment liquid supply portion; wherein in the reaction step, while the entire amount of the sodium is reacted with the treatment liquid, the treatment liquid is continuously injected toward the sodium.
Sensor system for determining at least one rotation characteristic of an element rotating about at least one axis of rotation, comprising at least one circuit carrier, wherein the circuit carrier carries an exciter coil, wherein the exciter coil encloses at least one excitation region, wherein the circuit carrier also carries at least two receiving coils in the excitation region, wherein each of the receiving coils encloses at least two non-congruent sub-regions (124, 126) within the excitation region which are enclosed in opposite directions by the respective receiving coil, wherein the receiving coils have a substantially identical geometry, wherein the receiving coils are arranged rotationally relative to one another about the axis of rotation, wherein the sensor system also has at least one encoder wheel connected to the element rotating about the axis of rotation, wherein the encoder wheel is designed asymmetrically with respect to the axis of rotation in such a way that a projection of the encoder wheel into a plane of the circuit carrier in different angular positions of the rotating element covers different regions of the receiving coils, wherein the sensor system also has at least one controller for determining the at least one rotation characteristic from signals from the receiving coils, characterized in that the circuit carrier also carries at least one diagnostic coil outside the excitation region, wherein the diagnostic coil encloses at least two non-congruent diagnostic regions (134, 136) which are enclosed in opposite directions by the diagnostic coil, and wherein the diagnostic coil is connected to the controller.
A desalinator for installation in an offshore wind turbine, said wind turbine comprising a wind turbine tower and a nacelle and an outer construction in the form of walls of tower and nacelle, whereby is defined an exterior and an interior of said offshore wind turbine where, in said offshore wind turbine's interior, a stream of interior air circulating in a partially open circulation circuit between at least one intake (9a,9b) and at least one outtake (10a,10b) of said desalinator can heat exchange by contact with said outer construction; which desalinator comprises at least one heat exchanger, at least one salt filter and flow paths (4a,4b,5,6a,6b) for permitting interior air (4a,4b) and exterior air to flow through said desalinator, and wherein said heat exchanger is arranged upstream to said salt filter; wherein said at least one heat exchanger is connected to at least one intake flow path for interior air (4a,4b) from said offshore wind turbine's interior and at least one intake flow path for exterior air from said offshore wind turbine's exterior, such that interior air and exterior air can heat exchange during operation of said desalinator without mixing; wherein said at least one heat exchanger further is connected to exit flow paths (6a,6b) for guiding heat exchanged interior and exterior air through said salt filter and to the interior of said offshore wind turbine without any substantial mixing of interior and exterior air during passage of said salt filter; wherein said at least one intake flow path (4a,4b) comprises said at least one intake (9a,9b) and said exit flow paths (6a,6b) comprise said at least one outtake (10a,10b), such that said desalinator can be comprised in said partially open circulation circuit in said offshore wind turbine's interior; and wherein said at least one intake (9a,9b) and said at least one outtake (10a,10b) can be placed in said offshore wind turbine at a substantial distance from each other; and means for circulating interior air through said desalinator in said partially open circulation circuit, and means for supplying exterior air from said wind turbine's exterior to said desalinator, such that an overpressure between said offshore wind turbine's interior and exterior can be established during operation of said desalinator.
A method of preparing a crystalline molecular sieve comprising: (a) providing a reaction mixture comprising at least one source of ions of tetravalent element Y, at least one source of alkali metal hydroxide, water, optionally at least one seed crystal, and optionally at least one source of ions of trivalent element X, said reaction mixture having the following mole composition: Y:X 2 = 10 to infinity OH -:Y = 0.001 to 2 M +:Y = 0.001 to 2 wherein M is an alkali metal and the amount of water is at least sufficient to permit extrusion of said reaction mixture; (b) extruding said reaction mixture to form a pre-formed extrudate; and (c) crystallizing said pre-formed extrudate under vapor phase conditions in a reactor comprising an autoclave or other chamber in which controlled pressure and elevated temperature conditions for promoting crystallization can be provided, to form said crystalline molecular sieve whereby excess alkali metal hydroxide is removed from the pre-formed extrudate during crystallization. (a) providing a reaction mixture comprising at least one source of ions of tetravalent element Y, at least one source of alkali metal hydroxide, water, optionally at least one seed crystal, and optionally at least one source of ions of trivalent element X, said reaction mixture having the following mole composition: Y:X 2 = 10 to infinity OH -:Y = 0.001 to 2 M +:Y = 0.001 to 2 wherein M is an alkali metal and the amount of water is at least sufficient to permit extrusion of said reaction mixture; (b) extruding said reaction mixture to form a pre-formed extrudate; and (c) crystallizing said pre-formed extrudate under vapor phase conditions in a reactor comprising an autoclave or other chamber in which controlled pressure and elevated temperature conditions for promoting crystallization can be provided, to form said crystalline molecular sieve whereby excess alkali metal hydroxide is removed from the pre-formed extrudate during crystallization.
A use of a polymer powder for the manufacture of a three-dimensional object by means of selective electromagnetic irradiation sintering; wherein the polymer powder comprises a polyaryletherketone polymer selected from the group consisting of PEEK, PEKK, PEK, PEEKK, PEKEKK and PEEEK; wherein the polyaryletherketone polymer has a melt viscosity from 0.05 to 1.0 kNs/m 2 with melt viscosity measurement made in a capillary viscometer with a wolfram carbide nozzle at 400°C and a shear rate of 1000 s -1, and wherein the manufactured three-dimensional object has a final crystallinity of 80% or less, wherein the crystallinity is measured as described in the description. wherein the polymer powder comprises a polyaryletherketone polymer selected from the group consisting of PEEK, PEKK, PEK, PEEKK, PEKEKK and PEEEK; wherein the polyaryletherketone polymer has a melt viscosity from 0.05 to 1.0 kNs/m 2 with melt viscosity measurement made in a capillary viscometer with a wolfram carbide nozzle at 400°C and a shear rate of 1000 s -1, and wherein the manufactured three-dimensional object has a final crystallinity of 80% or less, wherein the crystallinity is measured as described in the description.
A refrigeration cycle apparatus, for circulating a refrigerant, including an ejector having a driving refrigerant inlet into which a driving refrigerant flows, a suction refrigerant inlet into which a suction refrigerant flows, and a mixed refrigerant outlet through which a mixed refrigerant which is a mixture of the driving refrigerant and the suction refrigerant flows out, the refrigeration cycle apparatus comprising: a first refrigerant path in which discharge side of a compressor, a condenser, a first flow control valve, a refrigerant storage container which stores an excess refrigerant, a second flow control valve, and a first evaporator are connected in this order via pipes and a refrigerant outlet of the first evaporator is connected to the suction refrigerant inlet of the ejector via a pipe; a second refrigerant path in which the mixed refrigerant outlet of the ejector, a second evaporator, and a refrigerant inlet side of the compressor are connected in this order via pipes; a third refrigerant path which branches from a branch portion in a middle of a pipe connecting a refrigerant outlet of the condenser and the first flow control valve in the first refrigerant path and is connected to the driving refrigerant inlet of the ejector via a pipe; characterized by a bypass which branches from a downstream side of the refrigerant storage container and an upstream side of the second flow control valve in the first refrigerant path on a downstream side of the branch portion and is connected between the mixed refrigerant outlet of the ejector and the second evaporator via a pipe in the second refrigerant path and a bypass flow control valve is provided in the middle, which controls a flow rate of the refrigerant. a first refrigerant path in which discharge side of a compressor, a condenser, a first flow control valve, a refrigerant storage container which stores an excess refrigerant, a second flow control valve, and a first evaporator are connected in this order via pipes and a refrigerant outlet of the first evaporator is connected to the suction refrigerant inlet of the ejector via a pipe; a second refrigerant path in which the mixed refrigerant outlet of the ejector, a second evaporator, and a refrigerant inlet side of the compressor are connected in this order via pipes; a third refrigerant path which branches from a branch portion in a middle of a pipe connecting a refrigerant outlet of the condenser and the first flow control valve in the first refrigerant path and is connected to the driving refrigerant inlet of the ejector via a pipe; characterized by a bypass which branches from a downstream side of the refrigerant storage container and an upstream side of the second flow control valve in the first refrigerant path on a downstream side of the branch portion and is connected between the mixed refrigerant outlet of the ejector and the second evaporator via a pipe in the second refrigerant path and a bypass flow control valve is provided in the middle, which controls a flow rate of the refrigerant.
A flight control system (300, 500) comprising: an input (310, 510) configured to indicate a selection of a variable engine thrust takeoff mode; an inertial sensor (330, 520) operative to generate an acceleration data signal indicative of an acceleration of the aircraft; a thrust controller (340, 530) operative to control a thrust of an aircraft engine in response to a thrust control signal; and, characterised by a processor (320, 540) operative to calculate a calculated acceleration in response to the selection of the variable engine thrust takeoff mode, to generate the thrust control signal corresponding to a first thrust level associated with the calculated acceleration, for determining a measured acceleration in response to the acceleration data signal, and for adjusting the thrust control signal to maintain a constant measured acceleration close to the calculated acceleration in response to a difference between the calculated acceleration and the measured acceleration. an input (310, 510) configured to indicate a selection of a variable engine thrust takeoff mode; an inertial sensor (330, 520) operative to generate an acceleration data signal indicative of an acceleration of the aircraft; a thrust controller (340, 530) operative to control a thrust of an aircraft engine in response to a thrust control signal; and, characterised by a processor (320, 540) operative to calculate a calculated acceleration in response to the selection of the variable engine thrust takeoff mode, to generate the thrust control signal corresponding to a first thrust level associated with the calculated acceleration, for determining a measured acceleration in response to the acceleration data signal, and for adjusting the thrust control signal to maintain a constant measured acceleration close to the calculated acceleration in response to a difference between the calculated acceleration and the measured acceleration.
Use of a at least one layer of a predetermined material as coating of at least one solid surface of a heat exchanger element for enhancing the heat transfer between the solid surface and a gas by thermo-acoustic impedance matching, characterized in that said at least one layer has a thickness in a range between 1 μm to 100 μm.
Self-loading feed mixing wagon comprising a loading device and a mixing section, in which the loading device is configured to pick up roughage and to discharge the picked-up roughage in the direction of the mixing section, and in which the loading device comprises a pick-up device for picking up roughage and a discharging device for discharging the picked-up roughage, wherein the pick-up device comprises two gripper halves (3a, 3b) which are pivotable with respect to each other and which can be pivoted between an open configuration and a closed configuration, characterized in that one gripper half is configured as a cutting board with a fixed blade, in that said discharging device comprises a discharging rotor which is rotatably arranged in the other gripper half, wherein the two gripper halves (3a, 3b) are connected to each other so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft which is virtually parallel to the plane in which the feed mixing wagon is situated, in that the bottom gripper half remains virtually stationary during the transition from the open configuration to the closed configuration and vice versa, and in that said gripper half comprises a scoop.
A system for producing an in-situ foam, consisting of the components from 50 to 98% by weight of one or more inorganic fillers A), from 1 to 48% by weight of one or more water-soluble, cationic polymers B), from 0.5 to 48% by weight of one or more surfactants C), from 0.01 to 5% by weight of one or more crosslinkers D) which are capable of reacting with the polymers B), from 0 to 20% by weight of one or more additives E), where the percentages by weight of the components A) to E) are based on the nonaqueous fraction and the sum of A) to E) is 100% by weight.
A method of installing fuel lines in an aircraft comprising the operations of: - providing a ferrule comprising a cylindrical shape having a first end and a second end, the first end comprising a first lip and a second lip forming a channel configured to receive an O-ring, wherein the ferrule comprises a main body portion, wherein the main body portion comprises a back portion at the second end of the ferrule, wherein the back portion of the main body portion comprises a plurality of holes on a side wall of the ferrule; - providing an isolation tube comprising non-metallic material and configured to receive the back portion of the ferrule, wherein the isolation tube comprises a first inner band and a first outer band, wherein the first inner band and the first outer band form a groove for receiving the back portion of the ferrule, and - providing a first fuel tube, - wherein the isolation tube is configured to receive the first fuel tube and provide a separation distance between the first fuel tube and the ferrule, - affixing in a first operation the isolation tube to the first fuel tube; - affixing in a second operation the ferrule to the isolation tube; - installing in a third operation the first fuel tube in a structure of the aircraft; and - affixing the ferrule to a fuel system component; wherein any of the first to third operations can be performed in any order, characterized in that affixing the ferrule to the isolation tube is done by slipping the isolation tube over the back portion of the ferrule and by thermo-welding which comprises applying heat to the isolation tube so as to melt portions of the first inner band and the first outer band, wherein the holes on the side wall of the ferrule are filled by material of the first inner band and the first outer band of the isolation tube so that the ferrule and the isolation tube are sealed and mechanically affixed together, forming a mechanical lock. - providing a ferrule comprising a cylindrical shape having a first end and a second end, the first end comprising a first lip and a second lip forming a channel configured to receive an O-ring, wherein the ferrule comprises a main body portion, wherein the main body portion comprises a back portion at the second end of the ferrule, wherein the back portion of the main body portion comprises a plurality of holes on a side wall of the ferrule; - providing an isolation tube comprising non-metallic material and configured to receive the back portion of the ferrule, wherein the isolation tube comprises a first inner band and a first outer band, wherein the first inner band and the first outer band form a groove for receiving the back portion of the ferrule, and - providing a first fuel tube, - wherein the isolation tube is configured to receive the first fuel tube and provide a separation distance between the first fuel tube and the ferrule, - affixing in a first operation the isolation tube to the first fuel tube; - affixing in a second operation the ferrule to the isolation tube; - installing in a third operation the first fuel tube in a structure of the aircraft; and - affixing the ferrule to a fuel system component;