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A low-voltage LED lighting system having a plurality of power drivers (12, 61t, 61b), a plurality of LED lighting fixtures (20, 28) remote from the power drivers (12, 61 t, 61 b), communication network cabling having plural conductor pairs and standard network connectors having plural contact pairs, characterized by: communication network cabling connected to the power drivers (12, 61t, 61b) such that each of the plurality of power drivers (12, 61t, 61b) is connected to one of the plural conductor pairs; each fixture (20, 28) having a standard network connector as an input connector; at least one of the LED lighting fixtures (20, 28) including internal wiring and standard network connectors and being paired with a shift module or a star module; and the at least one fixture (20, 28) having one or more standard network connectors as output connectors. communication network cabling connected to the power drivers (12, 61t, 61b) such that each of the plurality of power drivers (12, 61t, 61b) is connected to one of the plural conductor pairs; each fixture (20, 28) having a standard network connector as an input connector; at least one of the LED lighting fixtures (20, 28) including internal wiring and standard network connectors and being paired with a shift module or a star module; and the at least one fixture (20, 28) having one or more standard network connectors as output connectors.
A reactive distillation method comprising: introducing an feed stream to a reactive distillation column, wherein the feed stream comprises ethanol; contacting the feed stream with a catalyst in the reactive distillation column during a distillation, wherein the feed stream reacts in the presence of the catalyst to produce a reaction product comprising ethyl acetate and hydrogen; removing ethyl acetate during the distillation from the reactive distillation column as a bottoms stream; and removing hydrogen during the distillation from the reactive distillation column as an overhead stream. introducing an feed stream to a reactive distillation column, wherein the feed stream comprises ethanol; contacting the feed stream with a catalyst in the reactive distillation column during a distillation, wherein the feed stream reacts in the presence of the catalyst to produce a reaction product comprising ethyl acetate and hydrogen; removing ethyl acetate during the distillation from the reactive distillation column as a bottoms stream; and removing hydrogen during the distillation from the reactive distillation column as an overhead stream.
An appliance (102, 204) comprising parts suitable for being mechanically manipulated, the appliance further comprising: at least one output element (109, 205) included in the appliance (102, 204), each of the at least one output element (109, 110, 205, 206, 304, 306, 308, 604) configured to generate an output in an environment (101, 312) associated with the appliance (102, 204); an acoustic sensor (104, 209, 210, 302) configured to receive an acoustic signal produced by the appliance (102, 204) during an operation of the appliance (102, 204) and configured to generate an associated output signal; and a controller (106, 212, 202, 500, 506) coupled to the acoustic sensor (104, 209, 210, 302) and to the at least one output element (109, 110, 205, 206, 304, 306, 308, 604) and configured to: receive the associated output signal; and control the at least one output element (109, 110, 205, 206, 604) to provide the output based on the associated output signal, such that the output provides feedback to a user of the appliance in the environment associated with the appliance, characterised in that, the acoustic sensor (104, 209, 210, 302) is configured to receive said acoustic signal produced by at least one of said parts being mechanically manipulated during an operation of the appliance (102, 204). at least one output element (109, 205) included in the appliance (102, 204), each of the at least one output element (109, 110, 205, 206, 304, 306, 308, 604) configured to generate an output in an environment (101, 312) associated with the appliance (102, 204); an acoustic sensor (104, 209, 210, 302) configured to receive an acoustic signal produced by the appliance (102, 204) during an operation of the appliance (102, 204) and configured to generate an associated output signal; and a controller (106, 212, 202, 500, 506) coupled to the acoustic sensor (104, 209, 210, 302) and to the at least one output element (109, 110, 205, 206, 304, 306, 308, 604) and configured to: receive the associated output signal; and control the at least one output element (109, 110, 205, 206, 604) to provide the output based on the associated output signal, such that the output provides feedback to a user of the appliance in the environment associated with the appliance, characterised in that, receive the associated output signal; and control the at least one output element (109, 110, 205, 206, 604) to provide the output based on the associated output signal, such that the output provides feedback to a user of the appliance in the environment associated with the appliance, characterised in that,
A scanning laser ophthalmoscope configured to scan the retina of an eye, comprising a light source configured to emit a light beam, scan relay elements (14, 16, 18, 20), wherein the light source and the scan relay elements (14, 16, 18, 20) are configured to provide a two-dimensional scan of the light beam which is transferred from an apparent point source at a pupillary point of the eye to the retina of the eye, and a static aberration correction element which has a shape defined to provide correction of aberrations of at least some of the scan relay elements (14, 16, 18, 20) and a location within the scanning laser ophthalmoscope chosen to provide correction of aberrations of at least some of the scan relay elements (14, 16, 18, 20), which location maintains transfer of the light beam from the apparent point source at the pupillary point of the eye to the retina of the eye, wherein the static aberration correction element is configured to modify the phase of the light beam to provide correction of aberration of at least some scan relay elements of the scan relay elements, characterised in that the static aberration correction element is configured to provide aberration correction by imposing, onto the phase of the light beam, one or more phase characteristics of the static aberration correction element, wherein the one or more phase characteristics imposed onto the phase of the light beam are consequential of a depth of the static aberration correction element which is spatially variant along a major axis and a minor axis of the static aberration correction element. a light source configured to emit a light beam, scan relay elements (14, 16, 18, 20), wherein the light source and the scan relay elements (14, 16, 18, 20) are configured to provide a two-dimensional scan of the light beam which is transferred from an apparent point source at a pupillary point of the eye to the retina of the eye, and a static aberration correction element which has a shape defined to provide correction of aberrations of at least some of the scan relay elements (14, 16, 18, 20) and a location within the scanning laser ophthalmoscope chosen to provide correction of aberrations of at least some of the scan relay elements (14, 16, 18, 20), which location maintains transfer of the light beam from the apparent point source at the pupillary point of the eye to the retina of the eye, wherein the static aberration correction element is configured to modify the phase of the light beam to provide correction of aberration of at least some scan relay elements of the scan relay elements, characterised in that the static aberration correction element is configured to provide aberration correction by imposing, onto the phase of the light beam, one or more phase characteristics of the static aberration correction element, wherein the one or more phase characteristics imposed onto the phase of the light beam are consequential of a depth of the static aberration correction element which is spatially variant along a major axis and a minor axis of the static aberration correction element.
A method of balancing an assembly of rotary components of a gas turbine engine including first and second main components (32, 27) and intermediate components (46, 48, 50, 52) adapted to be positioned in-between, each rotary component having at least one mating face, a respective reference and a plurality of stacking positions, the method comprising the steps of: measuring the concentricity of the first and second main components (32, 27); measuring the parallelism of the mating faces of the first and second main components (32, 27) relative to the respective references; generating an assembly unbalance for each combination of first and second main component stacking positions, determining the lowest assembly unbalance and defining the first and second main component stacking positions of the lowest assembly unbalance as optimal first and second main component stacking positions; measuring the parallelism of the mating faces of each intermediate component (46, 48, 50, 52) relative to the respective references; generating an assembly unbalance for each combination of intermediate component stacking positions relative to the optimal first and second main component stacking positions, determining the lowest assembly unbalance and defining the intermediate component stacking positions of the lowest assembly unbalance as optimal intermediate component stacking positions. measuring the concentricity of the first and second main components (32, 27); measuring the parallelism of the mating faces of the first and second main components (32, 27) relative to the respective references; generating an assembly unbalance for each combination of first and second main component stacking positions, determining the lowest assembly unbalance and defining the first and second main component stacking positions of the lowest assembly unbalance as optimal first and second main component stacking positions; measuring the parallelism of the mating faces of each intermediate component (46, 48, 50, 52) relative to the respective references; generating an assembly unbalance for each combination of intermediate component stacking positions relative to the optimal first and second main component stacking positions, determining the lowest assembly unbalance and defining the intermediate component stacking positions of the lowest assembly unbalance as optimal intermediate component stacking positions.
A feeder operation inspection device for a feeder for conveying a carrier tape, the feeder executing a conveyance process for conveying the carrier tape by a designated conveyance amount, characterized by the feeder operation inspection device comprising: a storage device configured to store multiple image data obtained by causing the carrier tape to be imaged by a camera at multiple different timings during execution of the conveyance process, an image processing section configured to deduce a position of a brightness change point group, which is a set of brightness change points where an amount of change in brightness relative to a periphery in the image data is equal to or larger than a specified value, for each of the multiple image data; a calculating section configured to calculate an actual conveyance amount of the carrier tape which is actually conveyed through the conveyance process based on the position of the brightness change point group of each of the multiple image data; and a determination section configured to determine whether the feeder operates normally in the conveyance process based on the designated conveyance amount and the actual conveyance amount in the conveyance process. a storage device configured to store multiple image data obtained by causing the carrier tape to be imaged by a camera at multiple different timings during execution of the conveyance process, an image processing section configured to deduce a position of a brightness change point group, which is a set of brightness change points where an amount of change in brightness relative to a periphery in the image data is equal to or larger than a specified value, for each of the multiple image data; a calculating section configured to calculate an actual conveyance amount of the carrier tape which is actually conveyed through the conveyance process based on the position of the brightness change point group of each of the multiple image data; and a determination section configured to determine whether the feeder operates normally in the conveyance process based on the designated conveyance amount and the actual conveyance amount in the conveyance process.
A gear arrangement, in particular for a rotary connection (112a, b) of a wind turbine, comprising a first gear, a second gear in engagement with the first gear, wherein in the engaged position a gap space is provided between a first tooth and a second tooth of the first gear and a tooth of the second gear, and a sealing element which is arranged between the first gear and the second gear and seals off the gap space to prevent lubricant escape, characterised in that the sealing element - has a first sealing lip, and - a second sealing lip substantially parallel to the first sealing lip, and - rests on the first gear in such a way that the first sealing lip is seated at a flank of a first tooth and the second sealing lip is seated at a flank of a second tooth adjacent to the first tooth, facing the flank of the first tooth. - a second sealing lip substantially parallel to the first sealing lip, and - rests on the first gear in such a way that the first sealing lip is seated at a flank of a first tooth and the second sealing lip is seated at a flank of a second tooth adjacent to the first tooth, facing the flank of the first tooth.
A shell-and-tube type reactor for carrying out catalytic gas phase reactions and comprising a ring-shaped vertical reaction tube bundle surrounded by a substantially circular cylindrical reactor shell and having a heat carrier flowing therethrough; alternating ring-shaped and disc-shaped baffle plates (22, 24) for the heat carrier, which comprise partial flow openings, having a cross-section that is at least partially variable over the reactor radius, for the heat carrier to pass; and ring channels (18, 20) provided at least at both ends of the reactor shell for peripherally supplying or discharging the heat carrier, which are in communication with an external heat exchanger and at least one external circulating pump, wherein the ring channels (18, 20) comprise openings, which are formed in the reactor shell and through which the heat carrier is supplied to the interior of the reactor shell or discharged therefrom, characterized by flow control means (38, 42, 44) distributed at the outer and/or inner circumference of the tube bundle in the circumferential direction of the reactor, and in that the partial flow openings within at least one ring within at least one type of the baffle plates (22, 24) have cross-sections that vary in the circumferential direction of the reactor in terms of controllable conditions for a flow against the tubes.
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery characterized by comprising: an electrode group comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a battery container in which the electrode group is accommodated; an insulation member (40, 41) arranged between the positive electrode and the battery container and between the negative electrode and the battery container; and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution in which the electrode group accommodated in the battery container is immersed, wherein the insulation member (40, 41) comprises a resin and an inorganic material, the resin being at least one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate and fluororesin, characterized in that the inorganic material is zeolite, and the insulation member (40, 41) comprising 10% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less of zeolite. an electrode group comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a battery container in which the electrode group is accommodated; an insulation member (40, 41) arranged between the positive electrode and the battery container and between the negative electrode and the battery container; and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution in which the electrode group accommodated in the battery container is immersed, wherein the insulation member (40, 41) comprises a resin and an inorganic material, the resin being at least one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate and fluororesin, characterized in that the inorganic material is zeolite, and the insulation member (40, 41) comprising 10% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less of zeolite.
Connecting device for connecting a container containing a powder/granular product to a device, the connecting device comprising: a base body defining a connecting opening to/in which the container, in accordance with the intended use, is guided for connecting from an external environment with a transfer section which can be opened and closed again for removal and/or introduction of the powder/granular product from/into the container by a user; characterized in that the connecting device is configured to generate a gas flow in the base body in such a way that leakage of the powder/granular product through the connection opening into the external environment is prevented both in a state in which the transfer section is guided to/into the connecting opening and in a state in which the transfer section is not guided to/into the connecting opening. a base body defining a connecting opening to/in which the container, in accordance with the intended use, is guided for connecting from an external environment with a transfer section which can be opened and closed again for removal and/or introduction of the powder/granular product from/into the container by a user; characterized in that the connecting device is configured to generate a gas flow in the base body in such a way that leakage of the powder/granular product through the connection opening into the external environment is prevented both in a state in which the transfer section is guided to/into the connecting opening and in a state in which the transfer section is not guided to/into the connecting opening.
A vehicle installation structure for attaching to a vehicle panel, comprising - an air extraction duct which has a first duct part and a second duct part adjacent to the first duct part, and which is configured to extract air from an inner space to an outside space of a vehicle through the first duct part and second duct part, - a loudspeaker device configured to face a first side of the vehicle panel and comprising a housing and an air communication duct which is configured to be attached to the vehicle panel and to connect an inner space of the housing to a space facing a second side of the vehicle panel which is opposite the first side through an opening in the vehicle panel, - wherein at least a portion of the first duct part and at least a portion of the air communication duct are formed by a common duct, and - the second duct part has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end opens into the air communication duct and the second end is configured to open into the inner space of the vehicle, wherein the second duct part has a length between the first end and the second end which is at least three times a length of the air communication duct, so that the second duct part is at the first end acoustically closed at least at a frequency band at which the loudspeaker device is configured to operate while air is extractable from the inner space to the outside space through the first duct part and second duct part. - an air extraction duct which has a first duct part and a second duct part adjacent to the first duct part, and which is configured to extract air from an inner space to an outside space of a vehicle through the first duct part and second duct part, - a loudspeaker device configured to face a first side of the vehicle panel and comprising a housing and an air communication duct which is configured to be attached to the vehicle panel and to connect an inner space of the housing to a space facing a second side of the vehicle panel which is opposite the first side through an opening in the vehicle panel, - wherein at least a portion of the first duct part and at least a portion of the air communication duct are formed by a common duct, and - the second duct part has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end opens into the air communication duct and the second end is configured to open into the inner space of the vehicle, wherein the second duct part has a length between the first end and the second end which is at least three times a length of the air communication duct, so that the second duct part is at the first end acoustically closed at least at a frequency band at which the loudspeaker device is configured to operate while air is extractable from the inner space to the outside space through the first duct part and second duct part.
An RFID wireless terminal apparatus for backscattering an incoming radio frequency signal comprising: an antenna for emitting a backscattered radio frequency signal responsive to an incoming RF signal in accordance with an adjustable reflection coefficient of the antenna, the incoming RF signal having been transmitted at a carrier frequency; a variable impedance circuit having a switchable impedance element in parallel with a fixed impedance element, the switchable impedance element having a control input for switching the switchable impedance element between (i) a control-on state in which the switchable impedance element has a null impedance notch response at the carrier frequency and a high impedance response at all other frequencies and (ii) a control-off state in which the switchable impedance element has a high impedance response at all frequencies, the variable impedance circuit further having a variable impedance circuit output electrically connected to the antenna for adjusting the adjustable reflection coefficient of the antenna; and a band-pass delta sigma modulator having (i) a delta sigma modulator input for receiving a delta sigma modulator input signal to be modulated onto the backscattered RF signal and (ii) a delta sigma modulator output coupled to the control input of the switchable impedance element of the variable impedance circuit. an antenna for emitting a backscattered radio frequency signal responsive to an incoming RF signal in accordance with an adjustable reflection coefficient of the antenna, the incoming RF signal having been transmitted at a carrier frequency; a variable impedance circuit having a switchable impedance element in parallel with a fixed impedance element, the switchable impedance element having a control input for switching the switchable impedance element between (i) a control-on state in which the switchable impedance element has a null impedance notch response at the carrier frequency and a high impedance response at all other frequencies and (ii) a control-off state in which the switchable impedance element has a high impedance response at all frequencies, the variable impedance circuit further having a variable impedance circuit output electrically connected to the antenna for adjusting the adjustable reflection coefficient of the antenna; and a band-pass delta sigma modulator having (i) a delta sigma modulator input for receiving a delta sigma modulator input signal to be modulated onto the backscattered RF signal and (ii) a delta sigma modulator output coupled to the control input of the switchable impedance element of the variable impedance circuit.