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Method of producing a liquefied natural gas stream, wherein before liquefaction heavier hydrocarbon components having a molecular weight higher than that of butane are removed from a natural gas stream to be liquefied, the method at least comprising the steps of: - providing a vaporous feed stream of natural gas at a feed stream pressure and a feed stream temperature; - feeding the feed stream into a distillation column having two or more separation stages; - drawing a bottom stream from a lower part of the distillation column and an overhead stream from an upper part of the distillation column, the overhead stream containing a lower relative amount of the heavier hydrocarbon components than the bottom stream; and - liquefying at least a part of the overhead stream thereby obtaining a liquefied natural gas stream; wherein the step of feeding the feed stream into the distillation column comprises the sub steps of: - splitting the feed stream into first and second substreams at a selected split ratio; - feeding the first substream into the distillation column via a first feed point at the bottom of the distillation column below the lowest separation stage thereof, at a pressure not lower than the feed stream pressure minus a pressure drop brought about by the said splitting of the feed stream, wherein the first substream is not warmed between splitting the feed stream and feeding of the first substream at the first feed point into the distillation column; - cooling the second substream in a heat exchanger to a lower temperature than the feed temperature; - feeding the cooled second substream into the distillation column at a second feed point overhead of the first feed point; wherein the pressure of neither the first substream nor the second substream is lowered in a dedicated pressure lowering device. - providing a vaporous feed stream of natural gas at a feed stream pressure and a feed stream temperature; - feeding the feed stream into a distillation column having two or more separation stages; - drawing a bottom stream from a lower part of the distillation column and an overhead stream from an upper part of the distillation column, the overhead stream containing a lower relative amount of the heavier hydrocarbon components than the bottom stream; and - liquefying at least a part of the overhead stream thereby obtaining a liquefied natural gas stream; - splitting the feed stream into first and second substreams at a selected split ratio; - feeding the first substream into the distillation column via a first feed point at the bottom of the distillation column below the lowest separation stage thereof, at a pressure not lower than the feed stream pressure minus a pressure drop brought about by the said splitting of the feed stream, wherein the first substream is not warmed between splitting the feed stream and feeding of the first substream at the first feed point into the distillation column; - cooling the second substream in a heat exchanger to a lower temperature than the feed temperature; - feeding the cooled second substream into the distillation column at a second feed point overhead of the first feed point;
An optical device, comprising: a transmitter module; a receiver module; and a switch comprising: a first port coupled to the transmitter module; a second port coupled to the receiver module; a third port configured to couple to a transmitter fiber; and a fourth port configured to couple to a receiver fiber; the optical device further comprises: a microcontroller coupled to the transmitter module, the switch, and the receiver module, wherein the microcontroller is configured to instruct the transmitter module, the switch, and the receiver module wherein in a data mode, the optical device is configured as a transceiver that transmits and receives optical signals; in a first monitor mode, the optical device is configured as a fiber monitor that monitors the transmitter fiber; or in a second monitor mode, the optical device is configured as a fiber monitor that monitors the receiver fiber. a transmitter module; a receiver module; and a switch comprising: a first port coupled to the transmitter module; a second port coupled to the receiver module; a third port configured to couple to a transmitter fiber; and a fourth port configured to couple to a receiver fiber; a first port coupled to the transmitter module; a second port coupled to the receiver module; a third port configured to couple to a transmitter fiber; and a fourth port configured to couple to a receiver fiber; the optical device further comprises: a microcontroller coupled to the transmitter module, the switch, and the receiver module, wherein the microcontroller is configured to instruct the transmitter module, the switch, and the receiver module wherein in a data mode, the optical device is configured as a transceiver that transmits and receives optical signals; in a first monitor mode, the optical device is configured as a fiber monitor that monitors the transmitter fiber; or in a second monitor mode, the optical device is configured as a fiber monitor that monitors the receiver fiber. a microcontroller coupled to the transmitter module, the switch, and the receiver module, wherein the microcontroller is configured to instruct the transmitter module, the switch, and the receiver module wherein in a data mode, the optical device is configured as a transceiver that transmits and receives optical signals; in a first monitor mode, the optical device is configured as a fiber monitor that monitors the transmitter fiber; or in a second monitor mode, the optical device is configured as a fiber monitor that monitors the receiver fiber.
A method of producing a center-filled confectionery product comprising the steps of; preparing an extrudable confectionery shell material, preparing a center-fill composition which is capable of forming a pumpable liquid when heated, wherein the center-fill composition comprises 60 to 90% xylitol by weight, and 5 to less than 30% water by weight, heating the center-fill composition to a temperature sufficient to convert it into a pumpable liquid, holding the liquid center-fill composition at a temperature sufficient to maintain the center-fill composition in a liquid state, coextruding the confectionery shell material and the center-fill composition as a liquid-filled rope, forming the filled rope into individual confectionery pieces, and allowing the confectionery pieces to cool to less than 26°C to form a confectionery piece comprising a confectionery shell at least substantially surrounding a crystalline center-fill; and optionally forming a confectionery coating which substantially surrounds the confectionery shell.
An elevator system, comprising: a hoistway; an elevator car movable along the hoistway; one or more electrically-conductive tension members operably connected to the elevator car to move the elevator car along the hoistway; and a health monitoring system for the one or more tension members; wherein the health monitoring system (60comprises: a transmitter including a transmitter coil configured for placement at the tension member(s); a receiver configured to be positioned at the tension member(s); and a controller operably connected to the transmitter and the receiver, the controller configured to: direct an alternating current through the transmitter coil, resulting in the generation of a magnetic field and eddy currents at the transmitter coil; and evaluate fluctuations in the magnetic field detected at the receiver, the fluctuations indicative of wear and/or damage to the tension member(s); characterized in that: locations of wear and/or damage of the tension member(s) are located on the tension member(s) utilizing elevator control system position information. a hoistway; an elevator car movable along the hoistway; one or more electrically-conductive tension members operably connected to the elevator car to move the elevator car along the hoistway; and a health monitoring system for the one or more tension members; a transmitter including a transmitter coil configured for placement at the tension member(s); a receiver configured to be positioned at the tension member(s); and a controller operably connected to the transmitter and the receiver, the controller configured to: direct an alternating current through the transmitter coil, resulting in the generation of a magnetic field and eddy currents at the transmitter coil; and evaluate fluctuations in the magnetic field detected at the receiver, the fluctuations indicative of wear and/or damage to the tension member(s); characterized in that: locations of wear and/or damage of the tension member(s) are located on the tension member(s) utilizing elevator control system position information. direct an alternating current through the transmitter coil, resulting in the generation of a magnetic field and eddy currents at the transmitter coil; and evaluate fluctuations in the magnetic field detected at the receiver, the fluctuations indicative of wear and/or damage to the tension member(s); characterized in that: locations of wear and/or damage of the tension member(s) are located on the tension member(s) utilizing elevator control system position information.
Gearing comprising a superposition gearing device, in particular a differential gearing device, torque flows being able to be merged by means of the superposition gearing device via two driving shafts (3, 21) of the gearing, a first of the driving shafts (3, 21) driving a central gear, in particular a sun gear, of a planetary gear train, the first driving shaft being mounted freely by being - mounted in a first axial region on ring gears (14, 15, 16) of the superposition gearing device - and mounted in a second axial region on an output shaft of a driving apparatus, in particular on an output shaft of a motor, in particular an electric motor, by means of a shaft coupling, characterised in that the gearing has a compensation mechanism, the shaft coupling being formed having axial securing by means of coupling teeth or a folded seam connection, the first driving shaft being axially supported against a cambered end face of the output shaft of the driving apparatus, and simultaneously being secured axially by means of a support ring screwed onto the output shaft of the driving apparatus, or the first driving shaft being axially supported against an idler gear by means of a fishplate screwed on frontally, and being axially secured by means of an axial-securing screw of the fishplate, and one part of the compensation mechanism having anti-friction bearings, which are equipped with two rows of barrel roller bearings having axial mobility provided by an operational play between the bearings. - mounted in a first axial region on ring gears (14, 15, 16) of the superposition gearing device - and mounted in a second axial region on an output shaft of a driving apparatus, in particular on an output shaft of a motor, in particular an electric motor, by means of a shaft coupling,
Joint to elastically connect two elements (1, 2), comprising a rotary joint which rotates around a pivot joint axis via which the two elements (1, 2) can be rotated relatively to each other, a deflection roller with a roller axis parallel to the pivot joint axis, an elasticity element with an elongated flexible deflection element, with the deflection element extending in a plane perpendicular to the pivot joint axis, with the deflection element connecting the two elements (1, 2) and abutting a circumference of the deflection roller, with the deflection roller having a number n, n ≥ 1, of circumferential elements which are distributed around the roller axis and whose edges face the respective deflection element to form the circumference of the deflection roller, with the deflection roller further comprising a first guiding device and a second guiding device, with the first guiding device having n first guides, each of which extends into a plane perpendicular to the roller axis and in each of which one of the circumferential elements is guided, with the second guiding device having at least one second guide which extends into a plane perpendicular to the roller axis and in which the circumferential elements are guided, with projections of the first and second guides, into which the same circumferential element is guided, intersecting at non-vanishing angles on a common plane towards the roller axis. a deflection roller with a roller axis parallel to the pivot joint axis, an elasticity element with an elongated flexible deflection element, with the deflection element extending in a plane perpendicular to the pivot joint axis, with the deflection element connecting the two elements (1, 2) and abutting a circumference of the deflection roller, with the deflection roller having a number n, n ≥ 1, of circumferential elements which are distributed around the roller axis and whose edges face the respective deflection element to form the circumference of the deflection roller, with the deflection roller further comprising a first guiding device and a second guiding device, with the first guiding device having n first guides, each of which extends into a plane perpendicular to the roller axis and in each of which one of the circumferential elements is guided, with the second guiding device having at least one second guide which extends into a plane perpendicular to the roller axis and in which the circumferential elements are guided, with projections of the first and second guides, into which the same circumferential element is guided, intersecting at non-vanishing angles on a common plane towards the roller axis.
A non-solvated crystal of N-(2-aminophenyl)-6-(7-methoxyquinoline-4-oxo)-1-naphthaleneformamide, wherein said non-solvated crystal is selected from non-solvated crystal A, non-solvated crystal B, and non-solvated crystal C, wherein the X-ray powder diffraction pattern of said non-solvated crystal A has characteristic peaks at reflection angles 2θ of 6.88°, 9.26°, 12.74°, 13.82°, 18.58°, 20.86° and 25.72°; the X-ray powder diffraction pattern of said non-solvated crystal B has characteristic peaks at reflection angles 2θ of 4.88°, 9.68°, 12.74°, 14.52°, 17.72°, 24.30° and 25.26°; and the X-ray powder diffraction pattern of said non-solvated crystal C has characteristic peaks at reflection angles 2θ of 4.84°, 9.68°, 12.92°, 14.60°, 16.46°, 17.44°, 22.00 and 25.28°. the X-ray powder diffraction pattern of said non-solvated crystal A has characteristic peaks at reflection angles 2θ of 6.88°, 9.26°, 12.74°, 13.82°, 18.58°, 20.86° and 25.72°; the X-ray powder diffraction pattern of said non-solvated crystal B has characteristic peaks at reflection angles 2θ of 4.88°, 9.68°, 12.74°, 14.52°, 17.72°, 24.30° and 25.26°; and the X-ray powder diffraction pattern of said non-solvated crystal C has characteristic peaks at reflection angles 2θ of 4.84°, 9.68°, 12.92°, 14.60°, 16.46°, 17.44°, 22.00 and 25.28°.
A spermidine synthase variant consisting of an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein alanine, which is an amino acid corresponding to position 213 of SEQ ID NO: 3, is substituted with valine.
A radiation detector comprising a pixel element, the pixel element comprising: a first diode element having a node capacitance associated therewith, the element being operable to pass electrical charge therethrough between terminals thereof in response to incident radiation; and an auxiliary charge storage reservoir, wherein the auxiliary charge storage reservoir is coupled to the first diode element by means of a second diode element, wherein the detector is operable by means of charge transfer between the auxiliary charge storage reservoir and a first terminal of the first diode element to reduce a rate at which an electrical potential (Vx) of the first terminal changes in response to a cumulative amount of incident radiation, characterised in that the second diode element is a transistor with a gate and a drain of the transistor connected to a node between the auxiliary charge storage reservoir and the transistor and a source of the transistor connected to the first terminal, or in that the second diode element is a diode with an anode of the diode connected to the node between the auxiliary charge storage reservoir and the transistor and a cathode of the diode connected to the first terminal. a first diode element having a node capacitance associated therewith, the element being operable to pass electrical charge therethrough between terminals thereof in response to incident radiation; and an auxiliary charge storage reservoir, wherein the auxiliary charge storage reservoir is coupled to the first diode element by means of a second diode element, wherein the detector is operable by means of charge transfer between the auxiliary charge storage reservoir and a first terminal of the first diode element to reduce a rate at which an electrical potential (Vx) of the first terminal changes in response to a cumulative amount of incident radiation, characterised in that the second diode element is a transistor with a gate and a drain of the transistor connected to a node between the auxiliary charge storage reservoir and the transistor and a source of the transistor connected to the first terminal, or in that the second diode element is a diode with an anode of the diode connected to the node between the auxiliary charge storage reservoir and the transistor and a cathode of the diode connected to the first terminal.
A sliding door assembly, comprising a guiding rail, a door panel, and a guiding mechanism connecting said door panel to said guiding rail such that the door panel is slidable in a moving direction along said guiding rail, said guiding mechanism comprises a driving means (36, 38) for automatically moving said door panel along said guiding rail from a closed position to an open position, characterized by an actuator (40, 42) connectable to said driving means (36, 38) and configured to activate said driving means (36, 38) when the door panel, in its closed position, is exposed to a pressing force in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of said door panel 20), wherein the door panel, when it is, in its closed position, exposed to a pressing force in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of said door panel, is moved in the same direction as the pressing force for activating said driving means, wherein the guiding mechanism further comprises a groove, extending along the guiding rail, and a hook being moveable in said groove between a first end wherein the hook is engageable with a loading catch connected to the door panel and a second end wherein the hook is engageable with a driving catch connected to the door panel, wherein the actuator (40, 42) comprises a cantilever pivotable around a joint, and wherein one end of the cantilever is engageable with the hook when it is positioned at the second end of the groove, and wherein a second end of the cantilever is engageable with the loading catch such that the cantilever is pivoting when the door panel is exposed to a pressing force in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of said door panel for releasing the hook from the second end of the groove.
A process for killing bacterial spores, comprising: contacting the spores with an aqueous composition comprising water, peracetic acid, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, a buffer, a corrosion inhibitor, a surfactant and a chelator for a period of time in the range from 30 seconds to 20 minutes to effect at least a 4 log reduction in the number of spores capable of reproduction, metabolism and/or growth, the aqueous composition having a concentration of peracetic acid in the water in the range from 0.005 to 0.08% by weight; the weight ratio of peracetic acid to hydrogen peroxide being in the range from 0.001 to 0.2, the concentration of acetic acid being in the range from 0.001 to 0.3% by weight, the temperature of the aqueous composition being in the range from 10°C to 70°C, wherein the spores are on a substrate, the substrate comprising a medical, dental, pharmaceutical, veterinary or mortuary device.
A method for producing a block copolymer membrane in flat sheet geometry, the method comprising: - providing a polymer solution of at least one amphiphilic block copolymer in a solvent; - applying the polymer solution onto a substrate to provide a cast polymer solution; - applying an electrical field having a field strength from 0.5 kV/cm to 10 kV/cm for a time period between 1 second and 120 seconds to the cast polymer solution in a direction substantially perpendicular to the cast polymer solution; and - thereafter leaving the cast polymer solution to rest for a period of time of 0 seconds to 120 seconds and immersing the cast polymer solution into a coagulation bath thereby inducing phase inversion to produce block copolymer membrane in flat sheet geometry. - providing a polymer solution of at least one amphiphilic block copolymer in a solvent; - applying the polymer solution onto a substrate to provide a cast polymer solution; - applying an electrical field having a field strength from 0.5 kV/cm to 10 kV/cm for a time period between 1 second and 120 seconds to the cast polymer solution in a direction substantially perpendicular to the cast polymer solution; and - thereafter leaving the cast polymer solution to rest for a period of time of 0 seconds to 120 seconds and immersing the cast polymer solution into a coagulation bath thereby inducing phase inversion to produce block copolymer membrane in flat sheet geometry.
A method for utilizing computer security services, the method comprising: storing, in an electronic database, a plurality of rules that indicate when to use either a first cloud service or a second cloud service for at least one of the security services; receiving a request from the antivirus software running on a client computer to access the at least one private or public security service that analyzes an unknown object received on the client computer and generates at least one application control rule that specifies how to process the unknown object on the client computer; determining, by a hardware processor, at least one parameter relating to the received request; applying, by the hardware processor, the at least one parameter to the plurality of rules to determine an instruction indicating whether to transmit the request to the first cloud service or the second cloud service; and transmitting (540, 550) the request to one of either the first cloud service or the second cloud service, based on the instruction, to use the at least one security service, wherein the first cloud service is a private cloud service and the second cloud service is a public cloud service. storing, in an electronic database, a plurality of rules that indicate when to use either a first cloud service or a second cloud service for at least one of the security services; receiving a request from the antivirus software running on a client computer to access the at least one private or public security service that analyzes an unknown object received on the client computer and generates at least one application control rule that specifies how to process the unknown object on the client computer; determining, by a hardware processor, at least one parameter relating to the received request; applying, by the hardware processor, the at least one parameter to the plurality of rules to determine an instruction indicating whether to transmit the request to the first cloud service or the second cloud service; and transmitting (540, 550) the request to one of either the first cloud service or the second cloud service, based on the instruction, to use the at least one security service, wherein the first cloud service is a private cloud service and the second cloud service is a public cloud service.