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A method for pre-lithiation of an electrode, comprising the steps of: providing a pre-lithiation reaction system which comprises Reaction System 1 comprising lithium metal, a separator, an electrolyte for pre-lithiation and carbon felt, and Reaction System 2 comprising the electrolyte for pre-lithiation and an electrode to be pre-lithiated, wherein the lithium metal and the electrode to be pre-lithiated are not in direct contact with each other, and Reaction System 1 and Reaction System 2 communicate with each other; preparing the electrode to be pre-lithiated comprising an electrode current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the electrode current collector; and allowing the electrode to pass through Reaction System 2 by a conveying roll to carry out pre-lithiation of the electrode, wherein the electrolyte for pre-lithiation comprises an organic material, inorganic material or a mixture thereof capable of oxidation/reduction in the electrolyte. providing a pre-lithiation reaction system which comprises Reaction System 1 comprising lithium metal, a separator, an electrolyte for pre-lithiation and carbon felt, and Reaction System 2 comprising the electrolyte for pre-lithiation and an electrode to be pre-lithiated, wherein the lithium metal and the electrode to be pre-lithiated are not in direct contact with each other, and Reaction System 1 and Reaction System 2 communicate with each other; preparing the electrode to be pre-lithiated comprising an electrode current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the electrode current collector; and allowing the electrode to pass through Reaction System 2 by a conveying roll to carry out pre-lithiation of the electrode, wherein the electrolyte for pre-lithiation comprises an organic material, inorganic material or a mixture thereof capable of oxidation/reduction in the electrolyte.
A yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell comprising a fragment of enzyme 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase, which is of microbial, animal or human origin, and has amino acid sequence selected in a group consisting of sequences SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5 and sequences that after the SEQ ID NO: 3 contain one or more consecutive amino acids from the amino acid sequence STVRIGLIQGNRVLVVHDGFEG, characterized in that it further comprises and expresses mae A gene, which encodes a cytosolic malic enzyme, and that the yeast cell is able to utilize pentose sugars as carbon source while using a suitable nitrogen source.
A sealing device (10, 10X, 10Y) for sealing an annular gap between a shaft and a housing rotating relatively, the sealing device (10, 10X, 10Y) comprising: a main lip (122, 322, 422) slidable on the shaft; and an auxiliary lip (221, 324, 521) provided nearer to a sealed-fluid side than the main lip (122, 322, 422), and slidable on the shaft, wherein an inner surface of the auxiliary lip (221, 324, 521) has a slanted surface of which a diameter increases toward an opposite side to the sealed-fluid side from a lip distal end; and the slanted surface is provided with a plurality of protrusions (222, 325, 522) with intervals in a circumferential direction, each of the protrusions (222, 325, 522) being slidable on the shaft, on both sides of each of the protrusions (222, 325, 522) being formed gaps, and the gaps connecting a region on the sealed-fluid side with a region on an opposite side thereto; characterized in that a sliding surface of each of the plurality of protrusions (222, 325, 522) is configured to be in parallel with the slanted surface in cross section by a plane containing a central axis of the sealing device (10, 10X, 10Y) in a state where an external force does not act on the auxiliary lip (221, 324, 521). a main lip (122, 322, 422) slidable on the shaft; and an auxiliary lip (221, 324, 521) provided nearer to a sealed-fluid side than the main lip (122, 322, 422), and slidable on the shaft, wherein an inner surface of the auxiliary lip (221, 324, 521) has a slanted surface of which a diameter increases toward an opposite side to the sealed-fluid side from a lip distal end; and the slanted surface is provided with a plurality of protrusions (222, 325, 522) with intervals in a circumferential direction, each of the protrusions (222, 325, 522) being slidable on the shaft, on both sides of each of the protrusions (222, 325, 522) being formed gaps, and the gaps connecting a region on the sealed-fluid side with a region on an opposite side thereto; characterized in that a sliding surface of each of the plurality of protrusions (222, 325, 522) is configured to be in parallel with the slanted surface in cross section by a plane containing a central axis of the sealing device (10, 10X, 10Y) in a state where an external force does not act on the auxiliary lip (221, 324, 521).
A gas turbine engine, comprising: a rotational element and a stationary seal carrier (12, 18); and a seal assembly (20, 22)comprising: a seal (26, 34) comprising a carbon material; and a seal seat (24, 32) positioned for rotation relative to the seal (26, 34), wherein the seal (26, 34) and the seal seat (24, 32) each have a sealing surface (28, 30, 36, 38) which together define a sliding seal, and further comprising a carbon film on the sealing surface (30, 36) of the seal seat (24, 32), wherein: the carbon film has a thickness of between 100 nm and 200 nm; the seal (26, 34) is carried by the seal carrier (12, 18); the seal seat (24, 32) is mounted on the rotational element; and the carbon film is doped with a carbide-forming metal to increase wear resistance. a rotational element and a stationary seal carrier (12, 18); and a seal assembly (20, 22)comprising: a seal (26, 34) comprising a carbon material; and a seal seat (24, 32) positioned for rotation relative to the seal (26, 34), wherein the seal (26, 34) and the seal seat (24, 32) each have a sealing surface (28, 30, 36, 38) which together define a sliding seal, and further comprising a carbon film on the sealing surface (30, 36) of the seal seat (24, 32), wherein: the carbon film has a thickness of between 100 nm and 200 nm; a seal (26, 34) comprising a carbon material; and a seal seat (24, 32) positioned for rotation relative to the seal (26, 34), wherein the seal (26, 34) and the seal seat (24, 32) each have a sealing surface (28, 30, 36, 38) which together define a sliding seal, and further comprising a carbon film on the sealing surface (30, 36) of the seal seat (24, 32), wherein: the carbon film has a thickness of between 100 nm and 200 nm; the seal (26, 34) is carried by the seal carrier (12, 18); the seal seat (24, 32) is mounted on the rotational element; and the carbon film is doped with a carbide-forming metal to increase wear resistance.
A method for producing ethanol from starch-containing material, which method comprises a fermentation step, comprising contacting a fermenting microorganism or fermentation media used in the fermentation step with at least one laccase (EC 1.10.3.2), wherein the starch-containing material is selected from the group consisting of tubers, roots, whole grains, corns, cobs, wheat, barley, rye, milo or cereals.
A vane assembly for an axial flow turbine, the vane assembly providing a plurality of nozzles arranged symmetrically around a turbine axis formed by an inner hub, an outer casing and vanes intermediate pairs of adjacent nozzles, the vanes providing a suction surface of one of the pair of adjacent nozzles and a pressure surface of the other of the pair of adjacent nozzles, at least some of the nozzles having a cross-section normal to the turbine axis that changes smoothly with the position of the cross-section along the turbine axis from a first shape at an upstream end of the nozzle having a minimum radius of curvature of a first value that is no less than a limit L to a second shape at a downstream end of the nozzle having a minimum radius of curvature of a second value less than the first value, where defining a reference plane normal to the turbine axis at a position where a circle in the reference plane centred on the turbine axis and touching the trailing edge of a vane minimises the position of said reference plane along the turbine axis in the direction of axial flow, defining a reference radius from the turbine axis that is the average of (a) the minimum radius from the turbine axis of the nozzle at the inner hub in the reference plane and (b) the maximum radius from the turbine axis of the nozzle at the outer casing in the reference plane, defining a reference cross-section of a nozzle normal to the turbine axis at a position along the turbine axis where an axial line parallel to the turbine axis at the reference radius from the turbine axis is tangential to the suction surface of a vane, defining a characteristic length a as half the difference between (c) the minimum radius from the turbine axis of the nozzle at the inner hub in the reference cross-section and (d) the maximum radius from the turbine axis of the nozzle at the outer casing in the reference cross-section, and defining a characteristic length b as the area of the reference cross-section divided by the product (π. a), the limit L is defined as k. min( a, b), where k is a constant of at least 1/3.
A thermal energy network interconnecting a plurality of thermal loads (4a, 4b, 4c,...), the network comprising: (i) at least one energy unit capable of functioning as a heat source or a heat sink; (ii) a primary circuit loop for working fluid connected to the energy unit, the primary circuit loop consisting of an upstream outflow line and a downstream return line; (iii) a primary pump for pumping the working fluid around the primary circuit loop successively from an outlet of the energy unit along the upstream outflow line, along the downstream return line and back to an inlet of the energy unit; (iv) at least two thermal loads (4a, 4b, 4c,...), each thermal load (4a, 4b, 4c,...) respectively comprising a user circuit loop for working fluid, each user circuit loop being connected to the primary circuit loop by a respective working fluid connection (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) at a respective location along the primary circuit loop, wherein the connection comprises: a first working fluid line having an inlet connected to the upstream outflow line and an outlet connected to the user circuit loop, a second working fluid line having an inlet connected to the downstream return line and an outlet connected to the user circuit loop, and a third working fluid line having an outlet connected to the upstream outflow line and an inlet connected to the user circuit loop; and (v) a switchable valve system coupled to each user circuit loop for selectively connecting the respective user circuit loop to the primary circuit loop in a selected working fluid flow direction within the respective connection (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d). (i) at least one energy unit capable of functioning as a heat source or a heat sink; (ii) a primary circuit loop for working fluid connected to the energy unit, the primary circuit loop consisting of an upstream outflow line and a downstream return line; (iii) a primary pump for pumping the working fluid around the primary circuit loop successively from an outlet of the energy unit along the upstream outflow line, along the downstream return line and back to an inlet of the energy unit; (iv) at least two thermal loads (4a, 4b, 4c,...), each thermal load (4a, 4b, 4c,...) respectively comprising a user circuit loop for working fluid, each user circuit loop being connected to the primary circuit loop by a respective working fluid connection (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) at a respective location along the primary circuit loop, wherein the connection comprises: a first working fluid line having an inlet connected to the upstream outflow line and an outlet connected to the user circuit loop, a second working fluid line having an inlet connected to the downstream return line and an outlet connected to the user circuit loop, and a third working fluid line having an outlet connected to the upstream outflow line and an inlet connected to the user circuit loop; and (v) a switchable valve system coupled to each user circuit loop for selectively connecting the respective user circuit loop to the primary circuit loop in a selected working fluid flow direction within the respective connection (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d).
Supply system (2, 40) for providing at least oxygen depleted air and water in a vehicle, the system comprising: - at least one hydrogen supply means (22, 42), - an air channel having an inlet and an outlet, - a fuel cell unit and - at least one catalytic converter (14, 26), wherein the air channel is adapted for leading air from the inlet to the outlet, wherein the fuel cell unit is couplable with the at least one hydrogen supply means (22, 42) and is arranged inside the air channel, wherein at least one of the at least one catalytic converter is arranged between the fuel cell unit and the outlet of the air channel inside the air channel, and wherein the fuel cell unit is adapted for conducting a fuel cell process under consumption of air flowing from the inlet of the air channel through the fuel cell unit and hydrogen from the at least one hydrogen supply means (22, 42) for generating electric power, oxygen depleted air and water, and wherein the at least one of the at least one catalytic converter is adapted for producing water and oxygen depleted air under consumption of hydrogen from the at least one hydrogen supply means (22, 42) and air, characterized in that the fuel cell unit is an air cooled fuel cell unit, in that the at least one catalytic converter is directly couplable with the at least one hydrogen supply means (22, 42) and in that the air cooled fuel cell unit and the at least one catalytic converter are operable independent from each other under consumption of hydrogen and air flowing through the air channel. - at least one hydrogen supply means (22, 42), - an air channel having an inlet and an outlet, - a fuel cell unit and - at least one catalytic converter (14, 26),
A video call-in system, comprising: a plurality of video caller devices; a waiting room server configured to, prior to connection of a respective video call or calls, connect to the plurality of caller devices over a network to a virtual waiting room, the waiting room server further configured to provide content to the plurality of video caller devices and record input received from the plurality of video caller devices; a queue managing module in communication with the waiting room server, the queue managing module configured to prioritize the plurality of video caller devices in a queue prior to connection of the respective video call based on the input received from the plurality of video caller devices; a call tracking module including a graphic user interface on at least one display used by a screener configured to allow the screener to prescreen at least one of the plurality of video caller devices in the queue and reprioritize the plurality of video caller's devices in the queue; a video call central processing unit configured to connect with the video caller device at the top of the queue to establish a video call. a plurality of video caller devices; a waiting room server configured to, prior to connection of a respective video call or calls, connect to the plurality of caller devices over a network to a virtual waiting room, the waiting room server further configured to provide content to the plurality of video caller devices and record input received from the plurality of video caller devices; a queue managing module in communication with the waiting room server, the queue managing module configured to prioritize the plurality of video caller devices in a queue prior to connection of the respective video call based on the input received from the plurality of video caller devices; a call tracking module including a graphic user interface on at least one display used by a screener configured to allow the screener to prescreen at least one of the plurality of video caller devices in the queue and reprioritize the plurality of video caller's devices in the queue; a video call central processing unit configured to connect with the video caller device at the top of the queue to establish a video call.
A ground care apparatus and a charging station apparatus therefor, in which: a first of the two apparatuses mounts a contact socket apparatus including a contact socket, and the second of the two apparatuses mounts a contact pin which extends generally horizontally from said apparatus, wherein said ground care apparatus and said charging station apparatus are adapted so that they move or are moved to engage with one another and engage said contact pin in said contact socket, and if the two apparatuses are misaligned horizontally, said contact pin engages a relevant guide surface so that the contact pin and contact socket are relatively guided into engagement, characterised in that, the first of the two apparatuses mounts a pair of substantially upright opposed guide surfaces, inner ends of which are separated by said contact socket apparatus including a contact socket, and outer ends of which are further apart than the inner ends, and wherein said contact pin comprises opposite generally upright side surfaces and said contact socket comprises two upright contact surfaces for engaging and electrically contacting a relevant upright side surface of said contact pin, the two contact surfaces being resiliently urged together by resilient means, and wherein the depth of the two upright contact surfaces is at least twice the depth of the contact pin to allow for vertical misalignment. a first of the two apparatuses mounts a contact socket apparatus including a contact socket, and the second of the two apparatuses mounts a contact pin which extends generally horizontally from said apparatus, wherein said ground care apparatus and said charging station apparatus are adapted so that they move or are moved to engage with one another and engage said contact pin in said contact socket, and if the two apparatuses are misaligned horizontally, said contact pin engages a relevant guide surface so that the contact pin and contact socket are relatively guided into engagement, characterised in that, the first of the two apparatuses mounts a pair of substantially upright opposed guide surfaces, inner ends of which are separated by said contact socket apparatus including a contact socket, and outer ends of which are further apart than the inner ends, and wherein said contact pin comprises opposite generally upright side surfaces and said contact socket comprises two upright contact surfaces for engaging and electrically contacting a relevant upright side surface of said contact pin, the two contact surfaces being resiliently urged together by resilient means, and wherein the depth of the two upright contact surfaces is at least twice the depth of the contact pin to allow for vertical misalignment.
A system (100; 200) for managing communication of information in a network, comprising: a plurality of network nodes, wherein a plurality of circuit emulation data flows (110; 210) are established between a first network node and at least a second network node, wherein each of a plurality of predetermined circuit emulation frame rates is assigned to each of the plurality of circuit emulation data flows (110; 210), characterized in that a second frame rate, different than each of the predetermined circuit emulation frame rates, is assigned to backhaul links between network nodes such that the second frame rate is substantially independent of each of the plurality of predetermined circuit emulation frame rates.
A method of nitrifying water containing ammonium-nitrogen in which the water is introduced into a nitrification reactor and is aerated in the presence of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria so as to nitrify the water by conducting nitrite type nitrification, wherein (i) the ammonium-nitrogen concentration of the influent into the nitrification reactor is measured and, on the basis of the measurement, a target value of ammonia concentration or nitrite concentration in the effluent where the ratio A/B between the molar concentration A of nitrite and the molar concentration B of ammonia in the effluent of the nitrification reactor is 1.1 to 1.5 is calculated, (ii) then, the flow volume for aeration is controlled to obtain the nitrified liquid having the target ammonia concentration or nitrite concentration, wherein the pH is controlled to be in a range of from 7 to 8, the nitrite ion concentration is controlled to be in a range of from 50 to 10000 mg-N/L, the temperature is controlled to be in a range of from 10 to 40°C, and the nitrogen loading is controlled to be in a range of from 0.1 to 3 kg-N/m 3 ·day in the nitrification reactor. (i) the ammonium-nitrogen concentration of the influent into the nitrification reactor is measured and, on the basis of the measurement, a target value of ammonia concentration or nitrite concentration in the effluent where the ratio A/B between the molar concentration A of nitrite and the molar concentration B of ammonia in the effluent of the nitrification reactor is 1.1 to 1.5 is calculated, (ii) then, the flow volume for aeration is controlled to obtain the nitrified liquid having the target ammonia concentration or nitrite concentration,
A method for generating a promoter swap E. coli strain library, comprising the steps of: a. providing a plurality of target genes endogenous to a base E. coli strain, and a promoter ladder, wherein said promoter ladder comprises a plurality of promoters exhibiting different expression profiles in the base E. coli strain, wherein at least one of the plurality of promoters is a chimeric synthetic promoter, wherein the chimeric synthetic promoter is 60-90 nucleotides in length and consists of a distal portion of lambda phage p R promoter, variable -35 and -10 regions of lambda phage p L and p R promoters that are each six nucleotides in length, core portions of lambda phage p L and p R promoters and a 5' UTR/Ribosomal Binding Site portion that is the 5' UTR/RBS portion of lambda phage p R promoter or the 5' UTR/Ribosomal Binding Site portion of the promoter of the E. coli acs gene; and b. engineering the genome of the base E. coli strain, to thereby create an initial promoter swap E. coli strain library comprising a plurality of individual E. coli strains with unique genetic variations found within each strain of said plurality of individual E. coli strains, wherein each of said unique genetic variations comprises one or more of the promoters from the promoter ladder operably linked to one of the target genes endogenous to the base E. coli strain. a. providing a plurality of target genes endogenous to a base E. coli strain, and a promoter ladder, wherein said promoter ladder comprises a plurality of promoters exhibiting different expression profiles in the base E. coli strain, wherein at least one of the plurality of promoters is a chimeric synthetic promoter, wherein the chimeric synthetic promoter is 60-90 nucleotides in length and consists of a distal portion of lambda phage p R promoter, variable -35 and -10 regions of lambda phage p L and p R promoters that are each six nucleotides in length, core portions of lambda phage p L and p R promoters and a 5' UTR/Ribosomal Binding Site portion that is the 5' UTR/RBS portion of lambda phage p R promoter or the 5' UTR/Ribosomal Binding Site portion of the promoter of the E. coli acs gene; and b. engineering the genome of the base E. coli strain, to thereby create an initial promoter swap E. coli strain library comprising a plurality of individual E. coli strains with unique genetic variations found within each strain of said plurality of individual E. coli strains, wherein each of said unique genetic variations comprises one or more of the promoters from the promoter ladder operably linked to one of the target genes endogenous to the base E. coli strain.