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A method for removing aqueous fluid from a wellbore fluid, comprising: contacting the wellbore fluid with a water absorbing polymer in the form of polymer granules having a particle size of at least 300 microns, the wellbore fluid comprising: an invert emulsion comprised of an oleaginous continuous phase and an aqueous discontinuous phase; interacting the water absorbing polymer with the wellbore fluid for one to three hours so that the water absorbing polymer absorbs at least a portion of aqueous fluid from the wellbore fluid; and separating the water absorbing polymer containing the absorbed aqueous fluid from the wellbore fluid. contacting the wellbore fluid with a water absorbing polymer in the form of polymer granules having a particle size of at least 300 microns, the wellbore fluid comprising: an invert emulsion comprised of an oleaginous continuous phase and an aqueous discontinuous phase; an invert emulsion comprised of an oleaginous continuous phase and an aqueous discontinuous phase; interacting the water absorbing polymer with the wellbore fluid for one to three hours so that the water absorbing polymer absorbs at least a portion of aqueous fluid from the wellbore fluid; and separating the water absorbing polymer containing the absorbed aqueous fluid from the wellbore fluid.
A cooperative communication method, wherein the method comprises: receiving, by a slave access point, an announcement frame from a master access point, wherein the announcement frame comprises a duration field, a value of the duration field is set to a first duration, an end time of the first duration is not later than an end time of a target trigger frame or is not later than a start time of a target trigger based, TB, physical layer protocol data unit, PPDU, the target trigger frame is a next radio frame of the announcement frame, and the target TB PPDU is a response frame for the target trigger frame, wherein the target trigger frame comprises a second trigger frame, and the target TB PPDU comprises a second TB PPDU; sending, by the slave access point, the second trigger frame to a second station associated with the slave access point; and receiving, by the slave access point, the second TB PPDU from the second station. receiving, by a slave access point, an announcement frame from a master access point, wherein the announcement frame comprises a duration field, a value of the duration field is set to a first duration, an end time of the first duration is not later than an end time of a target trigger frame or is not later than a start time of a target trigger based, TB, physical layer protocol data unit, PPDU, the target trigger frame is a next radio frame of the announcement frame, and the target TB PPDU is a response frame for the target trigger frame, wherein the target trigger frame comprises a second trigger frame, and the target TB PPDU comprises a second TB PPDU; sending, by the slave access point, the second trigger frame to a second station associated with the slave access point; and receiving, by the slave access point, the second TB PPDU from the second station.
A cell culture vessel, in which adhesion of cells to a surface of the vessel is inhibited, comprising a copolymer which contains a recurring unit containing an organic group of the following formula (a) and a recurring unit containing an organic group of the following formula (b): wherein U a1, U a2, U b1, U b2 and U b3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and An - represents an anion selected from the group consisting of a halide ion, an inorganic acid ion, a hydroxide ion and an isothiocyanate ion, and wherein the cell culture vessel is coated by the copolymer onto at least a part of the surface of the vessel so that the surface of the vessel is maintained to be electrically neutral by the electrostatic balance between the cation and the anion; and wherein the copolymer further contains a crosslinked structure derived from a monomer of the following formula or: wherein T c, T d and U d each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R c and R d each independently represent a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms which may be substituted by a halogen atom(s), being coated onto the surface thereof. wherein U a1, U a2, U b1, U b2 and U b3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and An - represents an anion selected from the group consisting of a halide ion, an inorganic acid ion, a hydroxide ion and an isothiocyanate ion, and wherein the cell culture vessel is coated by the copolymer onto at least a part of the surface of the vessel so that the surface of the vessel is maintained to be electrically neutral by the electrostatic balance between the cation and the anion; and
Device for improving the quality of the weld seam in friction stir welding, comprising the following features: a) a receiving plate with a drive head and a spindle bearing for receiving a friction welding tip, characterized in that a transporting screw, which is machined in a spiral form in the spindle bearing, and serves for transporting away applied material that is not required, enters into openings leading obliquely outward, and further characterized by the following features: b) the longitudinal axis of the spindle bearing is inclined with respect to the vertical at an angle of 2.8 to 3.2 degrees, c) the sliding surface of the rotary spindle consists of a planar sliding surface and, particularly for the welding of curved seams, of a respective sliding surface which is itself curved, adjoins on two opposite sides and is inclined at an acute angle to the sliding surface, and d) the friction welding tip has the form of a truncated cone on which the top surface is raised in the middle, and wherein the lateral surface of the truncated cone is formed by six trapezoidal segments, of which three segments are respectively distributed uniformly on the circumference, lie at an angle of 120 degrees with respect to one another and account for a proportion greater than 1/6 of the circular circumference. a) a receiving plate with a drive head and a spindle bearing for receiving a friction welding tip, characterized in that a transporting screw, which is machined in a spiral form in the spindle bearing, and serves for transporting away applied material that is not required, enters into openings leading obliquely outward, and further characterized by the following features: b) the longitudinal axis of the spindle bearing is inclined with respect to the vertical at an angle of 2.8 to 3.2 degrees, c) the sliding surface of the rotary spindle consists of a planar sliding surface and, particularly for the welding of curved seams, of a respective sliding surface which is itself curved, adjoins on two opposite sides and is inclined at an acute angle to the sliding surface, and d) the friction welding tip has the form of a truncated cone on which the top surface is raised in the middle, and wherein the lateral surface of the truncated cone is formed by six trapezoidal segments, of which three segments are respectively distributed uniformly on the circumference, lie at an angle of 120 degrees with respect to one another and account for a proportion greater than 1/6 of the circular circumference.
An electric vehicle comprising a battery pack comprising: at least one secondary battery comprising a negative electrode plate, a separator, a positive electrode plate, and a casing; andat least two cooling pins which are in contact with the casing of the secondary battery to cool the secondary battery, whereby both ends of each of the cooling pins: - come into contact with the vehicle body, - have a bent shape, - are bent side by side in a same direction, and the battery pack further comprises a thermal interface material, the thermal interface material having a higher thermal conductivity coefficient than the cooling pin and contacting the ends of the cooling pins and being interposed between the ends of the cooling pins and the vehicle body. at least one secondary battery comprising a negative electrode plate, a separator, a positive electrode plate, and a casing; andat least two cooling pins which are in contact with the casing of the secondary battery to cool the secondary battery, whereby both ends of each of the cooling pins: - come into contact with the vehicle body, - have a bent shape, - are bent side by side in a same direction, and - come into contact with the vehicle body, - have a bent shape, - are bent side by side in a same direction, and the battery pack further comprises a thermal interface material, the thermal interface material having a higher thermal conductivity coefficient than the cooling pin and contacting the ends of the cooling pins and being interposed between the ends of the cooling pins and the vehicle body.
An image sensor comprising: a first layer having an imaging function, a plurality of pixels being arranged in the first layer in at least a first direction; and a second layer joined to the first layer; wherein the second layer includes a first sublayer, and primary material regions including primary material and secondary material regions including secondary material, the secondary material being metallic and different from the primary material, are arranged alternately in the first direction in the first sublayer, wherein the secondary material is exposed on a surface of the second layer on an opposite side from the first layer. a first layer having an imaging function, a plurality of pixels being arranged in the first layer in at least a first direction; and a second layer joined to the first layer; wherein the second layer includes a first sublayer, and primary material regions including primary material and secondary material regions including secondary material, the secondary material being metallic and different from the primary material, are arranged alternately in the first direction in the first sublayer, wherein the secondary material is exposed on a surface of the second layer on an opposite side from the first layer.
A method for forecasting a start period for a combined cycle power generation system including a gas turbine engine, a steam turbine and a computer control system including a user input device and an output device, the method comprising: inputting a desired time at which the combined cycle power generation system is to reach a dispatchable load; acquiring a current value of a predetermined operational condition of the combined cycle power generation system, wherein the predetermined operational condition is a turbine temperature of the steam turbine; the computer control system executing an algorithm which generates a forecasted start time based on the desired time and the current value, wherein the combined cycle power generation system is predicted to be at the dispatchable load at the desired time when started at the forecasted start time, and the computer system outputting the forecasted start time to the output device. inputting a desired time at which the combined cycle power generation system is to reach a dispatchable load; acquiring a current value of a predetermined operational condition of the combined cycle power generation system, wherein the predetermined operational condition is a turbine temperature of the steam turbine; the computer control system executing an algorithm which generates a forecasted start time based on the desired time and the current value, wherein the combined cycle power generation system is predicted to be at the dispatchable load at the desired time when started at the forecasted start time, and the computer system outputting the forecasted start time to the output device.
Multi-stage gear mechanism of planetary design for a vehicle, having a housing in which four planetary gear sets (RS1, RS2, RS3, RS4) and a plurality of shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) and also six shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E, F) are arranged, it being possible for several gear stages to be realized by virtue of the said shifting elements being operated, characterized in that a first shaft in the form of a drive (An) can be indirectly connected to a sun gear of the third planetary gear set, can be indirectly connected to a sun gear of the first planetary gear set, can be indirectly connected to a planetary gear carrier of the first planetary gear set and can be indirectly connected to a planetary gear carrier of the second planetary gear set, in that a second shaft in the form of an output drive (Ab) is directly connected to an internal gear of the fourth planetary gear set and is directly connected to a planetary gear carrier of the third planetary gear set, in that the sun gear and the planetary gear carrier of the first planetary gear set and also a sun gear of the fourth planetary gear set can each be connected to the housing, in that an internal gear of the first planetary gear set is connected to a planetary gear carrier of the fourth planetary gear set and is connected to a sun gear of the second planetary gear set, and in that an internal gear of the second planetary gear set and an internal gear of the third planetary gear set are connected to one another.
A processor comprising: a plurality of cores, wherein at least one core includes a cancellation monitor unit, the cancellation monitor unit comprising circuitry to: detect an execution of a floating point instruction by a floating point unit (750, 850) in the at least one core, wherein the execution of the FP instruction uses a set of FP inputs and generates an FP output; determine a maximum exponent value associated with the set of FP inputs to the FP instruction; subtract an exponent value of the FP output from the maximum exponent value to obtain an exponent difference; and in response to a determination that the exponent difference meets or exceeds a threshold level, increment a cancellation event count; store the cancellation event count in a hardware register included in the at least one core; determine if the stored cancellation event count exceeds a threshold count level; and in response to a determination that the event count exceeds a threshold count level, raise an exception in the processor. detect an execution of a floating point instruction by a floating point unit (750, 850) in the at least one core, wherein the execution of the FP instruction uses a set of FP inputs and generates an FP output; determine a maximum exponent value associated with the set of FP inputs to the FP instruction; subtract an exponent value of the FP output from the maximum exponent value to obtain an exponent difference; and in response to a determination that the exponent difference meets or exceeds a threshold level, increment a cancellation event count; store the cancellation event count in a hardware register included in the at least one core; determine if the stored cancellation event count exceeds a threshold count level; and in response to a determination that the event count exceeds a threshold count level, raise an exception in the processor.
A circular saw blade with a supporting body and a plurality of recesses (1.0) provided in its periphery, which form a seat surface (1.1) and a back surface (1.2) and into each of which a cutting blank is inserted with a cutting surface (2.3) pointing in the direction of rotation and a clearance surface (2.1) pointing radially outwards, the clearance surface (2.1) extending at a first angle (β) to the cutting surface (2.3) and the cutting blank having a second clearance surface (2. 2) which extends at a second angle (β') to the cutting surface (2.3), the first angle (β) being greater than the second angle (β'), characterised in that the first length (b) of the cutting blank projected in the radial direction is greater than its second length (a) projected in the tangential direction, and in that the first angle (β) lies in the range from 50° to 90° and the second angle (β') lies in the range from 30° to 80°.
A trunking assembly comprising:- at least one trunking body portion formed from at least one sheet metallic material and having at least one securing stud fixed thereto at a fixing location, the stud having a securing portion having an external thread formed therein for receiving a securing nut thereon and a fixing portion adjacent said fixing location and including a non-threaded portion; at least one connector for connecting a said trunking body to another said trunking body, said connector formed from at least one sheet metallic material and having at least one stud receiving portion formed therein; at least one nut for securing said connector in engagement with said trunking body, the nut having at least one internal thread to engage said external thread of said stud; and characterised by at least one support collar having an aperture formed therein the aperture sized to allow the collar to pass along said securing portion and having a diameter of less than a largest dimension of said fixing portion of said stud measured transverse to an axis of said securing portion, wherein said support collar is located over said stud in engagement with said fixing portion and said connector is retained in engagement by fixing said connector between said nut and said support collar. at least one trunking body portion formed from at least one sheet metallic material and having at least one securing stud fixed thereto at a fixing location, the stud having a securing portion having an external thread formed therein for receiving a securing nut thereon and a fixing portion adjacent said fixing location and including a non-threaded portion; at least one connector for connecting a said trunking body to another said trunking body, said connector formed from at least one sheet metallic material and having at least one stud receiving portion formed therein; at least one nut for securing said connector in engagement with said trunking body, the nut having at least one internal thread to engage said external thread of said stud; and characterised by at least one support collar having an aperture formed therein the aperture sized to allow the collar to pass along said securing portion and having a diameter of less than a largest dimension of said fixing portion of said stud measured transverse to an axis of said securing portion, wherein said support collar is located over said stud in engagement with said fixing portion and said connector is retained in engagement by fixing said connector between said nut and said support collar.
A bioinformation acquisition apparatus configured for photoacoustic measurement, comprising: a light source configured for radiating a flux of light to form an irradiation area on a test object; a detector configured for detecting an acoustical wave signal generated in the test object based on radiation of the flux of light to the test object; and a reflective member (103; 303; 403), having a concave shape, adapted to reflect a flux of light emitted out of the test object when the flux of light is radiated to the test object, wherein the light source and the detector are located at the same side with respect to the irradiation area on the test object, and wherein the reflective member (103; 303; 403) has a thickness equal to or smaller than 5 μm and is located between the detector and the irradiation area on the test object so as to transmit the acoustic wave, and is configured to be equal to or larger in size than the irradiation area. a light source configured for radiating a flux of light to form an irradiation area on a test object; a detector configured for detecting an acoustical wave signal generated in the test object based on radiation of the flux of light to the test object; and a reflective member (103; 303; 403), having a concave shape, adapted to reflect a flux of light emitted out of the test object when the flux of light is radiated to the test object, wherein the light source and the detector are located at the same side with respect to the irradiation area on the test object, and wherein the reflective member (103; 303; 403) has a thickness equal to or smaller than 5 μm and is located between the detector and the irradiation area on the test object so as to transmit the acoustic wave, and is configured to be equal to or larger in size than the irradiation area.
A light fixture (100, 200, 300, 400) comprising a central illumination LED array, at least one LED pixel array (109A, B), a first optical reflector (105A, 205A) and a second optical reflector (105B, 205B) arranged in a housing, said central illumination LED array comprises a plurality of LEDs and is arranged such that the light generated by said central illumination LED array will be projected in a forward direction in relation to said light fixture, said central illumination LED array is arranged between said first optical reflector (105A, 205A) and said second optical reflector (105B, 205B) and said least one LED pixel array comprises a plurality of individual controllable LED pixels, wherein each of said LED pixels comprises a plurality of light emitters emitting light of different colors, and said LED pixels are configured to illuminate different parts of said first optical reflector or of said second optical reflector.
A ski binding comprising a toe piece, a heel piece connected to the toe piece, a first binding plate (6a, 6b) arranged underneath the heel piece and a second binding plate arranged underneath the toe piece, wherein the arrangement of the toe piece and the heel piece defines a longitudinal axis and wherein the first binding plate (6a, 6b) comprises a joint having a joint axis or is bendable about a bending axis, the joint or bending axis having an orientation perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and parallel to the first binding plate (6a, 6b), characterised in that the joint or bending axis divides the first binding plate (6a, 6b) into a front and a rear plate portion such that a torque generated in the heel piece is at least partially compensated for by a force substantially acting along the longitudinal axis.
A household appliance comprising: A) a standby switch adapted to take a first standby position, in which it breaks the current flow on a power supply line in order to place the household appliance into standby mode, and a second position, in which the household appliance is operational, B) a sensor adapted to detect an event which may be associated with a fault of the household appliance, C) wake-up means (6,11,14) operating when the household appliance is in standby and adapted to bring said standby switch into said second position when said sensor detects said event, D)a control unit adapted to bring said standby switch into said first position, E) a drain pump controlled by said control unit, F) a power supply receiving power from an alternating power line, G) a voltage regulator, the control unit being powered through said voltage regulator, wherein said wake-up means comprise said control unit, said control unit being operationally connected to said sensor to receive a signal generated by said sensor about the detection of said event, characterized in that said control unit is supplied by said power supply line upstream of said standby switch when the household appliance is in standby and is adapted to switch said standby switch from said first position to said second position. A) a standby switch adapted to take a first standby position, in which it breaks the current flow on a power supply line in order to place the household appliance into standby mode, and a second position, in which the household appliance is operational, B) a sensor adapted to detect an event which may be associated with a fault of the household appliance, C) wake-up means (6,11,14) operating when the household appliance is in standby and adapted to bring said standby switch into said second position when said sensor detects said event, D)a control unit adapted to bring said standby switch into said first position, E) a drain pump controlled by said control unit, F) a power supply receiving power from an alternating power line, G) a voltage regulator, the control unit being powered through said voltage regulator,