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Heat exchanger comprising a bundle for the flow of a cooling fluid, and a housing accommodating said bundle and able to guide a fluid to be cooled, said bundle comprising a cover of substantially rectangular shape, said cover being secured to the housing and comprising a wall intended to close off an orifice for introducing the heat exchange bundle into the housing, said wall being configured to allow the cover to be fastened removably to the housing, characterized in that said wall has a raised edge, and in that the cover also comprises means for mechanically reinforcing said wall, said reinforcement means comprising a local section of increased height of the raised edge at the long sides of the rectangle, said raised edge being higher with respect to the flat face in a median zone of the cover than in the end zones of said cover.
A method comprising: calculating and sending a manipulated variable value (115, 125, 133) via an unreliable network to control an actuator in a process, wherein the unreliability is due to data loss and random packet delay; receiving information identifying an actual manipulated variable value which was actually applied by the actuator together with a time stamp indicating the time of applying the actual manipulated variable value; characterized by receiving process data acquired by sensors over the network together with a time stamp indicating the time when the acquisition took place; estimating an applied actuator input signal and a process state, fusing sensor data and actuator values arriving late at an estimator within an a priori set maximum delay, wherein the estimating comprises using a locally stored history of sent actuator input signals and a network delay distribution model; and using a difference between a next calculated manipulated variable value and the estimated applied actuator input signal to correct the next calculated manipulated variable value prior to sending the next calculated manipulated variable value to the actuator. calculating and sending a manipulated variable value (115, 125, 133) via an unreliable network to control an actuator in a process, wherein the unreliability is due to data loss and random packet delay; receiving information identifying an actual manipulated variable value which was actually applied by the actuator together with a time stamp indicating the time of applying the actual manipulated variable value; characterized by receiving process data acquired by sensors over the network together with a time stamp indicating the time when the acquisition took place; estimating an applied actuator input signal and a process state, fusing sensor data and actuator values arriving late at an estimator within an a priori set maximum delay, wherein the estimating comprises using a locally stored history of sent actuator input signals and a network delay distribution model; and using a difference between a next calculated manipulated variable value and the estimated applied actuator input signal to correct the next calculated manipulated variable value prior to sending the next calculated manipulated variable value to the actuator.
Process for obtaining energy from waste, comprising the steps of: a) bio-drying municipal solid waste to transform said waste into refuse-derived fuel, a dry, homogeneous material with piece size of about 20 to about 30 cm; b) compacting the material obtained from step a) into bales and storing the bales in bioreactors; c) activating the bioreactors by wetting with water to produce biogas and a non-biodegradable residue through anaerobic digestion; c1) purifying the biogas obtained in step c) of possible residual traces of chlorinated products; d1) combusting at the start of the process the refuse-derived fuel obtained from step a); d2) subsequently combusting the non-biodegradable residue digested in the bioreactors in step c) in a waste combustor provided with a system for purification of the combustion gasses and production of superheated steam at about 400°C and pressure of about 70 bar; e) combusting the purified biogas obtained in step c1) in a conventional boiler equipped with re-superheaters for raising the temperature of the steam produced by the waste combustor by about 100°C; and f) using of the steam produced in this way in a turbine coupled with an alternator for the production of electrical energy. a) bio-drying municipal solid waste to transform said waste into refuse-derived fuel, a dry, homogeneous material with piece size of about 20 to about 30 cm; b) compacting the material obtained from step a) into bales and storing the bales in bioreactors; c) activating the bioreactors by wetting with water to produce biogas and a non-biodegradable residue through anaerobic digestion; c1) purifying the biogas obtained in step c) of possible residual traces of chlorinated products; d1) combusting at the start of the process the refuse-derived fuel obtained from step a); d2) subsequently combusting the non-biodegradable residue digested in the bioreactors in step c) in a waste combustor provided with a system for purification of the combustion gasses and production of superheated steam at about 400°C and pressure of about 70 bar; e) combusting the purified biogas obtained in step c1) in a conventional boiler equipped with re-superheaters for raising the temperature of the steam produced by the waste combustor by about 100°C; and f) using of the steam produced in this way in a turbine coupled with an alternator for the production of electrical energy.
A radiation polymerizable composition for forming a primary coating layer of an optical fiber, the radiation polymerizable composition comprising: a urethane oligomer comprising a structure represented by formula below: wherein R is a vinyl group and * is a bond; one or more compounds of: (i) maleic anhydride, (ii) a compound represented by formula below: wherein R 1 is a single bond or an alkanediyl group comprising 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R 2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, or a group represented by formula (II-1) or formula (II-2) below: wherein R 3 is a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group, and * is a bond, and wherein R 4 is a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group, and * is a bond, or (iii) a compound represented by formula below: wherein R 5 is an alkanediyl group comprising 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and a radiation polymerization initiator. a urethane oligomer comprising a structure represented by formula below: wherein R is a vinyl group and * is a bond; one or more compounds of: (i) maleic anhydride, (ii) a compound represented by formula below: wherein R 1 is a single bond or an alkanediyl group comprising 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R 2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, or a group represented by formula (II-1) or formula (II-2) below: wherein R 3 is a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group, and * is a bond, and wherein R 4 is a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group, and * is a bond, or (iii) a compound represented by formula below: wherein R 5 is an alkanediyl group comprising 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and (i) maleic anhydride, (ii) a compound represented by formula below: wherein R 1 is a single bond or an alkanediyl group comprising 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R 2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, or a group represented by formula (II-1) or formula (II-2) below: wherein R 3 is a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group, and * is a bond, and wherein R 4 is a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group, and * is a bond, or wherein R 1 is a single bond or an alkanediyl group comprising 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R 2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, or a group represented by formula (II-1) or formula (II-2) below: wherein R 3 is a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group, and * is a bond, and wherein R 4 is a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group, and * is a bond, or (iii) a compound represented by formula below: wherein R 5 is an alkanediyl group comprising 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and a radiation polymerization initiator.
A binder mix, comprising in mass proportions: - from 0.2% to 25% of a material of an ultrafine particle size category, the individual particles of which have a D90 value less than 1 μm and/or a BET specific surface greater than 5 m 2 /g; - from 8% to 25% of selected Portland cement, the particles of which have a D90 value less than 30 μm; - from 25% to 40% of a material, other than the cement, of a fine particle size category, the particles of which have a D10 and D90 value from 1 μm to 120 μm and a BET specific surface less than 5 m 2 /g; and - from 20% to 60% of a material of a medium particle size category, the particles of which have a D10 and D90 value from 120 μm to 5 mm. - from 0.2% to 25% of a material of an ultrafine particle size category, the individual particles of which have a D90 value less than 1 μm and/or a BET specific surface greater than 5 m 2 /g; - from 8% to 25% of selected Portland cement, the particles of which have a D90 value less than 30 μm; - from 25% to 40% of a material, other than the cement, of a fine particle size category, the particles of which have a D10 and D90 value from 1 μm to 120 μm and a BET specific surface less than 5 m 2 /g; and - from 20% to 60% of a material of a medium particle size category, the particles of which have a D10 and D90 value from 120 μm to 5 mm.
A tapping tee assembly for fluidly connecting to an associated conduit comprising: a body having a conduit recess (26, 280) for receiving the associated conduit; a passage extending through the body having one end adjacent the conduit recess (26, 280); and a cutter (72, 200) received in the passage and threadedly engaged with a threaded region of the passage for selective advancement and retraction within the passage upon rotation relative to the body, the cutter (72, 200) having a first component with a first end and a second end, and a second component with a first end; wherein the first component has, at the first end, a cutting edge and is, at the second end, mechanically secured to the second component having a threaded region; wherein the second component is formed of a polymer or plastic material; characterised in that the second component comprises an insert spaced from the first end of the second component; wherein the insert has a shape of a disc with a tool receiving opening for receiving a tool to cause the rotation of the cutter (72, 200), the disc providing increased torque/strength to the second component as the cutter is either axially advanced or retracted form the conduit. a body having a conduit recess (26, 280) for receiving the associated conduit; a passage extending through the body having one end adjacent the conduit recess (26, 280); and a cutter (72, 200) received in the passage and threadedly engaged with a threaded region of the passage for selective advancement and retraction within the passage upon rotation relative to the body, the cutter (72, 200) having a first component with a first end and a second end, and a second component with a first end; wherein the first component has, at the first end, a cutting edge and is, at the second end, mechanically secured to the second component having a threaded region; wherein the second component is formed of a polymer or plastic material; characterised in that the second component comprises an insert spaced from the first end of the second component; wherein the insert has a shape of a disc with a tool receiving opening for receiving a tool to cause the rotation of the cutter (72, 200), the disc providing increased torque/strength to the second component as the cutter is either axially advanced or retracted form the conduit.
A multi-tenant cloud-based firewall method from a client (510, 520, 530, 540, 542, 554), performed by a cloud node, the method comprising: receiving a packet from the client with the client connected to the cloud node via one of Generic Routing Encapsulation, GRE, and an Internet Protocol Security, IPSec, tunnel, wherein the client is located externally from the cloud node, wherein the cloud node operates a multi-tenant firewall in a cloud system which performs firewall functions for a plurality of customers each having one or more rules and at least two customers having different rules from one another; responsive to the packet being a first packet in a session, creating a firewall session on a slow path for the packet which identifies the client, location, and which customer the client is associated with, looks up the associated one or more rules for the customer and the location, and allocates resources for the firewall session in the cloud node; responsive to the packet not being the first packet, checking if a firewall session exists for the packet, and if so, processing the packet on a fast path where a lookup is performed to find the firewall session; and processing the first packet and subsequent packets in the firewall session according to the associated one or more rules, wherein the firewall session is performed by the cloud node to allow or block the packet between the client and a destination on the Internet in the cloud system based on the associated one or more rules. receiving a packet from the client with the client connected to the cloud node via one of Generic Routing Encapsulation, GRE, and an Internet Protocol Security, IPSec, tunnel, wherein the client is located externally from the cloud node, wherein the cloud node operates a multi-tenant firewall in a cloud system which performs firewall functions for a plurality of customers each having one or more rules and at least two customers having different rules from one another; responsive to the packet being a first packet in a session, creating a firewall session on a slow path for the packet which identifies the client, location, and which customer the client is associated with, looks up the associated one or more rules for the customer and the location, and allocates resources for the firewall session in the cloud node; responsive to the packet not being the first packet, checking if a firewall session exists for the packet, and if so, processing the packet on a fast path where a lookup is performed to find the firewall session; and processing the first packet and subsequent packets in the firewall session according to the associated one or more rules, wherein the firewall session is performed by the cloud node to allow or block the packet between the client and a destination on the Internet in the cloud system based on the associated one or more rules.
An intravascular cuff for receiving a prosthetic valve in situ, comprising: a two-ply braided tubular structure of shape memory material defining a lumen, said two-ply braided tubular structure having a first end and a second end and having an extended configuration and a deployed configuration; characterized by a material sandwiched between the plies of said two-ply braided tubular structure; whereby when said two-ply braided tubular structure is released from a delivery catheter, said two-ply braided tubular structure assumes said deployed configuration and said two ends (12, 13) of said two-ply braided tubular structure fold back on themselves, flaring outwardly to trap native tissue of a target vessel and create gaps between said two plies while said lumen remains well-defined and centered within said intravascular cuff, said lumen receiving said prosthetic valve; whereby in said deployed configuration, said material prevents blood from flowing through said plies of said two-ply braided tubular structure. a two-ply braided tubular structure of shape memory material defining a lumen, said two-ply braided tubular structure having a first end and a second end and having an extended configuration and a deployed configuration; characterized by a material sandwiched between the plies of said two-ply braided tubular structure; whereby when said two-ply braided tubular structure is released from a delivery catheter, said two-ply braided tubular structure assumes said deployed configuration and said two ends (12, 13) of said two-ply braided tubular structure fold back on themselves, flaring outwardly to trap native tissue of a target vessel and create gaps between said two plies while said lumen remains well-defined and centered within said intravascular cuff, said lumen receiving said prosthetic valve; whereby in said deployed configuration, said material prevents blood from flowing through said plies of said two-ply braided tubular structure.
A process for separating microplastics from an aqueous matrix, the process comprising: a) providing an aqueous matrix comprising microplastics, b) providing a suspension of magnetic iron material particles in water, c) conducting the aqueous matrix of step a) through a Venturi device and contacting it with the suspension of magnetic material particles in water from step b) in the throat of the Venturi device to form microplastic/magnetic iron material particle aggregates, d) separating the free magnetic iron material particles and the microplastic/magnetic iron material particle aggregates from step c) by means of a magnetic filter. a) providing an aqueous matrix comprising microplastics, b) providing a suspension of magnetic iron material particles in water, c) conducting the aqueous matrix of step a) through a Venturi device and contacting it with the suspension of magnetic material particles in water from step b) in the throat of the Venturi device to form microplastic/magnetic iron material particle aggregates, d) separating the free magnetic iron material particles and the microplastic/magnetic iron material particle aggregates from step c) by means of a magnetic filter.
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic beams by an ultrasound probe to and from a subject and producing an ultrasound image based on reception signals outputted from the ultrasound probe, comprising: a vascular wall tracker configured to track pulsation-originated vascular wall movement based on the reception signals obtained through transmission and reception of the ultrasonic beams between a blood vessel of the subject and the ultrasound probe; and a pulsating timing determiner configured to determine pulsating timing by being configured to detect pulsation-originated periodic changes in the vascular wall movement tracked by the vascular wall tracker in each of sound rays (L1 - L32), obtain a detection time point as a pulsating timing candidate in each of the sound rays (L1 - L32), and statistically analyze the pulsating timing candidates in the respective sound rays (L1 - L32) within a single pulse duration. a vascular wall tracker configured to track pulsation-originated vascular wall movement based on the reception signals obtained through transmission and reception of the ultrasonic beams between a blood vessel of the subject and the ultrasound probe; and a pulsating timing determiner configured to determine pulsating timing by being configured to detect pulsation-originated periodic changes in the vascular wall movement tracked by the vascular wall tracker in each of sound rays (L1 - L32), obtain a detection time point as a pulsating timing candidate in each of the sound rays (L1 - L32), and statistically analyze the pulsating timing candidates in the respective sound rays (L1 - L32) within a single pulse duration.
Method for operating a temperature limiting device of an electrical apparatus which can be activated over a limited time period by means of an activation signal, wherein the temperature limiting device permits the electrical apparatus to be activated when the activation signal occurs only if a counter value is lower than a reference value, wherein the counter value is decremented with a specific rate of change, and whenever the electrical apparatus is activated it is incremented only once with a specific temperature equivalent value, characterized in that when a minimum value is undershot by the counter value the reference value is set to a first reference value, and when a maximum value is exceeded by the counter value it is set to a second reference value, wherein the second reference value is lower than the first reference value, and wherein the minimum value corresponds to the second reference value, and the maximum value corresponds to the first reference value.
Crown cap, configured based on a sheet with a circular body perimetrally presenting, after being adjusted to the rim of the mouth of a bottle, a plurality of folds, wherein the sheet comprises an extension that arises from the circular body and comprises a continuous cut in the extension that determines a flap with an inverted U-shaped surface, characterised by - a first transverse folding line to determine a folded arm with two sections (4a, 4b), an upper, external, or front section and a lower, internal, or rear section, located between the external or front section and the bottle; and - said continuous cut being on the external or front section of the extension - a first transverse folding line to determine a folded arm with two sections (4a, 4b), an upper, external, or front section and a lower, internal, or rear section, located between the external or front section and the bottle; and - said continuous cut being on the external or front section of the extension
Method for fabrication of a one-piece micromechanical part (221, 321, 421, 523, 525) made of a synthetic carbon allotrope based material (215, 315, 415), the method comprising the following steps: a) forming a substrate (201, 301, 401) comprising, on at least three levels (N 1, N 2, N 3, N x), a negative cavity (203, 303, 403) for the one-piece micromechanical part to be fabricated; b) coating the negative cavity (203, 303, 403) of the substrate (201, 301, 401) with a layer of the synthetic carbon allotrope based material in a smaller thickness (e 1) than the depth of each at least three levels (N 1, N 2, N 3, N x) of the negative cavity; c) removing the substrate (201, 301, 401) to release the one-piece micromechanical part hollow, (221, 321, 421, 523, 525) formed in the negative cavity, characterized in that step a) comprises the following phases: i) forming a first wafer (202, 302, 402) comprising at least a first pattern (205, 305, 405) etched through; ii) forming a second wafer (204, 304, 404) comprising at least a second pattern (207, 307, 311, 407) etched through; iii) forming a third wafer (206, 306, 406) with no through pattern; iv) bonding the first, second and third wafers in order to form the substrate (201, 301, 401) comprising the negative cavity on the at least three levels. a) forming a substrate (201, 301, 401) comprising, on at least three levels (N 1, N 2, N 3, N x), a negative cavity (203, 303, 403) for the one-piece micromechanical part to be fabricated; b) coating the negative cavity (203, 303, 403) of the substrate (201, 301, 401) with a layer of the synthetic carbon allotrope based material in a smaller thickness (e 1) than the depth of each at least three levels (N 1, N 2, N 3, N x) of the negative cavity; c) removing the substrate (201, 301, 401) to release the one-piece micromechanical part hollow, (221, 321, 421, 523, 525) formed in the negative cavity, i) forming a first wafer (202, 302, 402) comprising at least a first pattern (205, 305, 405) etched through; ii) forming a second wafer (204, 304, 404) comprising at least a second pattern (207, 307, 311, 407) etched through; iii) forming a third wafer (206, 306, 406) with no through pattern; iv) bonding the first, second and third wafers in order to form the substrate (201, 301, 401) comprising the negative cavity on the at least three levels.