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A circuit configured for sensing a current flowing through a sense capacitor in a series-resonant DC-DC converter, the circuit comprising: a signal generating stage; a gate driver stage coupled to the signal generating stage and configured to provide signals to a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor; a switching node connected between the high-side transistor and the low-side transistor; a transformer; an inductor connected between the switching node and first terminal of a primary winding of the transformer; a first capacitor connected between a second terminal of the primary winding of the transformer and a common reference; the sense capacitor having a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the primary winding of the transformer to form a current divider with the first capacitor, the sense capacitor having a sense current (Is) flowing through it that is proportional to a first current (Ir) flowing through the first capacitor; and a transimpedance amplifier, which is a current feedback amplifier, coupled at an input thereof to the second terminal of the sense capacitor, wherein a voltage output of the transimpedance amplifier is proportional to the sense current (Is) flowing through the sense capacitor. a signal generating stage; a gate driver stage coupled to the signal generating stage and configured to provide signals to a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor; a switching node connected between the high-side transistor and the low-side transistor; a transformer; an inductor connected between the switching node and first terminal of a primary winding of the transformer; a first capacitor connected between a second terminal of the primary winding of the transformer and a common reference; the sense capacitor having a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the primary winding of the transformer to form a current divider with the first capacitor, the sense capacitor having a sense current (Is) flowing through it that is proportional to a first current (Ir) flowing through the first capacitor; and a transimpedance amplifier, which is a current feedback amplifier, coupled at an input thereof to the second terminal of the sense capacitor, wherein a voltage output of the transimpedance amplifier is proportional to the sense current (Is) flowing through the sense capacitor.
A Multi-use Dust Mitigation System, MDMS, comprising: a finger section (302, 502); a hand section (304, 510) physically attached to the finger section; a fabric-material within both the finger section and hand section, wherein the fabric-material includes a front-surface and a back-surface; a plurality of conductive-fibers within the fabric-material, wherein the plurality of conductive-fibers are approximately parallel along the fabric-material in a first direction and are approximately adjacent to the front-surface of the fabric-material; an input-signal-source configured to produce an alternating-current, AC, voltage-signal; and a plurality of input-nodes approximately adjacent to the fabric-material, wherein the plurality of input-nodes are in signal communication with the plurality of conductive-fibers and configured to receive the alternating-current, AC, voltage-signal from the input-signal-source, and wherein the plurality of conductive-fibers are configured to generate an electric-field on the front-surface of the fabric-material in response to the plurality of input-nodes receiving the AC voltage-signal from the input-signal-source; wherein the plurality of conductive-fibers generate a standing-wave, from the electric-field, along the front-surface of the fabric-material in the second direction that is approximately transverse to the first direction. a finger section (302, 502); a hand section (304, 510) physically attached to the finger section; a fabric-material within both the finger section and hand section, wherein the fabric-material includes a front-surface and a back-surface; a front-surface and a back-surface; a plurality of conductive-fibers within the fabric-material, wherein the plurality of conductive-fibers are approximately parallel along the fabric-material in a first direction and are approximately adjacent to the front-surface of the fabric-material; an input-signal-source configured to produce an alternating-current, AC, voltage-signal; and a plurality of input-nodes approximately adjacent to the fabric-material, wherein the plurality of input-nodes are in signal communication with the plurality of conductive-fibers and configured to receive the alternating-current, AC, voltage-signal from the input-signal-source, and wherein the plurality of conductive-fibers are configured to generate an electric-field on the front-surface of the fabric-material in response to the plurality of input-nodes receiving the AC voltage-signal from the input-signal-source; wherein the plurality of conductive-fibers generate a standing-wave, from the electric-field, along the front-surface of the fabric-material in the second direction that is approximately transverse to the first direction.
Device for generating a second temperature variation ΔT 2 from a first use temperature variation ΔT 1, this device including: - an elastocaloric material layer (30; 104; 112) the internal temperature of which is able to vary by ΔT 2 in response to a given mechanical stress variation Δσ applied to this elastocaloric material layer, the given variation Δσ being induced by the first temperature variation ΔT 1. - a suspended element (24; 82) in mechanical contact with the elastocaloric material layer so as to apply to this layer a mechanical stress that varies in response to the use temperature variation ΔT 1, characterized in that the suspended element (24; 82) is arranged so as to make the mechanical stress applied to the elastocaloric material layer vary by Δσ in response to the temperature variation ΔT 1, to generate thereby the second temperature variation ΔT 2. - an elastocaloric material layer (30; 104; 112) the internal temperature of which is able to vary by ΔT 2 in response to a given mechanical stress variation Δσ applied to this elastocaloric material layer, the given variation Δσ being induced by the first temperature variation ΔT 1. - a suspended element (24; 82) in mechanical contact with the elastocaloric material layer so as to apply to this layer a mechanical stress that varies in response to the use temperature variation ΔT 1,
A method for measuring particulate emissions of aircraft engines on test benches, characterized in that the inlet of a first flow splitter is connected to a probe for withdrawing exhaust gas of the aircraft engine, the exhaust gas flow is split by way of the first flow splitter into a particle line and a line connected to a blow-off valve, that a pressure sensor is used to set a predefined overpressure upstream of the first flow splitter, that the particulate line is connected to the inlet of a first dilution stage in which the exhaust gas is diluted at a certain ratio, and that excess volume escapes on the first dilution stage via an exhaust having a valve, furthermore that the outlet of the first dilution stage is connected to the inlet of a second flow splitter, that an outlet of the second flow splitter is connected to an instrument for particulate measurement, and that another outlet of the second flow splitter is connected to a pump for setting a predefined flow through the particulate line.
Rotary-drum heat-pump laundry dryer comprising: a revolving drum structured for housing the laundry to be dried, a hot-air generator comprising a heat-pump and being structured to supply a stream of hot air through said revolving drum, and an outer boxlike casing comprising reciprocally-faced front and rear walls (2a, 2b) and a lower supporting base which is structured for resting on the floor and for housing at least part of the hot-air generator, wherein the lower supporting basement or socle is made in plastic material, and wherein a laundry loading/unloading opening is formed in the front wall, wherein the drum extends inside the boxlike casing coaxial to a longitudinal reference axis L while remaining locally aligned to the laundry loading/unloading opening on the front wall of the boxlike casing, a number of idle supporting rollers being arranged approximately at the two axial ends of the drum with their rotation axis locally substantially parallel to the longitudinal reference axis L of the drum and being fitted in a free revolving manner; the hot-air generator comprising: - an air conduit; and - air circulating means which are located along the air conduit and are structured to produce, inside the air conduit, an airflow (f) which flows through the revolving drum and over the laundry inside the drum; characterized in that the rear wall of the dryer comprises a supporting bulkhead made of plastic material, wherein the supporting bulkhead comprises a circular groove for accommodating a sealing gasket and the dryer further comprises a circular sealing gasket being fitted or recessed into the circular groove, or the supporting bulkhead comprises a cylindrical gasket-supporting collar protruding from the inner face of the bulkhead and the dryer further comprises a circular sealing gasket being fitted or recessed into the gasket-supporting collar; and wherein in use a circular rear rim of the rotatable drum is pressed on the sealing gasket; and in that two supporting bosses of two drum supporting rollers are made of plastic material and carried out in one piece with said supporting bulkhead. a revolving drum structured for housing the laundry to be dried, a hot-air generator comprising a heat-pump and being structured to supply a stream of hot air through said revolving drum, and an outer boxlike casing comprising reciprocally-faced front and rear walls (2a, 2b) and a lower supporting base which is structured for resting on the floor and for housing at least part of the hot-air generator, wherein the lower supporting basement or socle is made in plastic material, and wherein a laundry loading/unloading opening is formed in the front wall, - an air conduit; and - air circulating means which are located along the air conduit and are structured to produce, inside the air conduit, an airflow (f) which flows through the revolving drum and over the laundry inside the drum;
A system for capturing a rail and/or flange feature on a free flying spacecraft, comprising a capture mechanism including a two stage grasping tool including i) a quick grasp mechanism having opposite clamping jaws (5, 6) configured to be sprung closed, said quick grasp mechanism being mounted for movement in a housing, a trigger mechanism, said clamping jaws (5, 6) configured to be sprung quickly and sufficiently shut when triggered by said trigger mechanism such that the feature cannot escape from said clamping jaws (5, 6) thus achieving soft captures of the feature; and ii) a rigidizing mechanism, independently actuated from said quick grasp mechanism and configured to, upon completion of the soft capture of the feature,draw the quick grasp mechanism and the soft captured feature toward said housing until said feature abuts against a rigidisation surface located in said housing to rigidize the soft captured feature and spacecraft relative to said housing. i) a quick grasp mechanism having opposite clamping jaws (5, 6) configured to be sprung closed, said quick grasp mechanism being mounted for movement in a housing, a trigger mechanism, said clamping jaws (5, 6) configured to be sprung quickly and sufficiently shut when triggered by said trigger mechanism such that the feature cannot escape from said clamping jaws (5, 6) thus achieving soft captures of the feature; and ii) a rigidizing mechanism, independently actuated from said quick grasp mechanism and configured to, upon completion of the soft capture of the feature,draw the quick grasp mechanism and the soft captured feature toward said housing until said feature abuts against a rigidisation surface located in said housing to rigidize the soft captured feature and spacecraft relative to said housing.
A physical exercise system, comprising: a first sensor module (110, 110A, 110B) removably attached to a first moving part of a first exercise machine (1212, 1223), the first sensor module (110, 110A, 110B) being configured to detect movements by the first moving part and transmit detected data by a first communication connection; and a control module (140, 140A, 140B, 140C) being configured to receive the detected data, calculate a first movement value using the detected data and transmit the first movement value to a display device (172, 172A, 172B, 172C), characterised in that the control module (140, 140A, 140B, 140C) receives a start token from a cloud-based application server to start detecting and calculating the first movement value, and the control module (140, 140A, 140B, 140C) transmits an idle token to the cloud-based application server when there is no angle change being detected for a predetermined time period. a first sensor module (110, 110A, 110B) removably attached to a first moving part of a first exercise machine (1212, 1223), the first sensor module (110, 110A, 110B) being configured to detect movements by the first moving part and transmit detected data by a first communication connection; and a control module (140, 140A, 140B, 140C) being configured to receive the detected data, calculate a first movement value using the detected data and transmit the first movement value to a display device (172, 172A, 172B, 172C), characterised in that the control module (140, 140A, 140B, 140C) receives a start token from a cloud-based application server to start detecting and calculating the first movement value, and the control module (140, 140A, 140B, 140C) transmits an idle token to the cloud-based application server when there is no angle change being detected for a predetermined time period.
A system for cleaning an annular area in a well, characterized in that the system comprises: - a first pipe body and a surrounding second pipe body positioned in the well; - a first annulus located between the first and second pipe bodies (4, 6), the first annulus containing a clean fluid defined as a fluid being substantially devoid of flow-inhibiting contaminants; - a second annulus outwardly surrounding the second pipe body, the second annulus containing contaminants to be removed therefrom; - a plurality of sets of holes formed through walls of the first and second pipe bodies (4, 6) and dispersed along a longitudinal section of the well for allowing fluid communication between the first pipe body and the second annulus, each set of holes comprising holes (22a, 22b) aligned substantially radially through the first and second pipe bodies (4, 6); and - a washing tool positioned in the first pipe body at the longitudinal section, the washing tool comprising a set of spaced apart flow guides (28a, 28b) configured to enclose of a limited number of sets of holes along the longitudinal section, the flow guides (28a, 28b) cooperating with an inside of the first pipe body to form a confined pressure compartment for the limited number of sets of holes when operational in the well. - a first pipe body and a surrounding second pipe body positioned in the well; - a first annulus located between the first and second pipe bodies (4, 6), the first annulus containing a clean fluid defined as a fluid being substantially devoid of flow-inhibiting contaminants; - a second annulus outwardly surrounding the second pipe body, the second annulus containing contaminants to be removed therefrom; - a plurality of sets of holes formed through walls of the first and second pipe bodies (4, 6) and dispersed along a longitudinal section of the well for allowing fluid communication between the first pipe body and the second annulus, each set of holes comprising holes (22a, 22b) aligned substantially radially through the first and second pipe bodies (4, 6); and - a washing tool positioned in the first pipe body at the longitudinal section, the washing tool comprising a set of spaced apart flow guides (28a, 28b) configured to enclose of a limited number of sets of holes along the longitudinal section, the flow guides (28a, 28b) cooperating with an inside of the first pipe body to form a confined pressure compartment for the limited number of sets of holes when operational in the well.
A photoelectrode, comprising: a first III-nitride nanowire layer; a transparent substrate, in contact with the first nanowire layer at a first substrate surface, wherein the transparent substrate is one or more of indium tin oxide, fluorine-doped tin oxide, and aluminum-doped zinc oxide; and a second III-nitride nanowire layer, in contact with the substrate at a second substrate surface, substantially opposite the first substrate surface. a first III-nitride nanowire layer; a transparent substrate, in contact with the first nanowire layer at a first substrate surface, wherein the transparent substrate is one or more of indium tin oxide, fluorine-doped tin oxide, and aluminum-doped zinc oxide; and a second III-nitride nanowire layer, in contact with the substrate at a second substrate surface, substantially opposite the first substrate surface.
A method of performing ozonolysis on a molecule in a liquid, the method comprising: providing a composition having a liquid and ozone, wherein the liquid and ozone composition has a temperature between 1 to 1.2 times the critical temperature of ozone expressed in K and a pressure between 0.5 to 2 times the critical pressure of ozone, wherein the molecule is dissolved or dispersed in the liquid; and reacting the molecule with the ozone, and the liquid is liquid carbon dioxide or a carbon dioxide expanded liquid comprised of light hydrocarbons C 4 or lower, methanol, ethanol, alcohols, hexane, fluorocarbon solvents, CF 3 CO 2 H, HSO 3 CF 3, organic acids, or combinations thereof. providing a composition having a liquid and ozone, wherein the liquid and ozone composition has a temperature between 1 to 1.2 times the critical temperature of ozone expressed in K and a pressure between 0.5 to 2 times the critical pressure of ozone, wherein the molecule is dissolved or dispersed in the liquid; and reacting the molecule with the ozone, and the liquid is liquid carbon dioxide or a carbon dioxide expanded liquid comprised of light hydrocarbons C 4 or lower, methanol, ethanol, alcohols, hexane, fluorocarbon solvents, CF 3 CO 2 H, HSO 3 CF 3, organic acids, or combinations thereof.
A polymeric composition comprising: from 1-50 wt.%, based on the sum weight of and, of a propylene-based polymer; at least 50 weight percent, based on the sum weight of and, of an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer with a density less than or equal to 0.91 g/cm 3 (g/cc); and from 1 to 30 wt.% of a block composite comprising a soft copolymer, a hard polymer and a block copolymer having a soft and a hard segment, wherein the hard segment of the block copolymer is the same composition as the hard polymer in the block composite and the soft segment of the block copolymer is the same composition as the soft copolymer of the block composite, wherein hard segments refer to highly crystalline blocks of polymerized units in which the monomer is present in an amount greater than 95 wt.%, and soft segments refer to amorphous or elastomeric blocks of polymerized units in which the comonomer content is greater than 10 mole.%, wherein: i) the hard polymer is a propylene-based crystalline polymer; ii) the soft copolymer is an ethylene/α-olefin polymer; and iii) the block copolymer comprises the propylene-based crystalline block and the ethylene/α-olefin block. from 1-50 wt.%, based on the sum weight of and, of a propylene-based polymer; at least 50 weight percent, based on the sum weight of and, of an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer with a density less than or equal to 0.91 g/cm 3 (g/cc); and from 1 to 30 wt.% of a block composite comprising a soft copolymer, a hard polymer and a block copolymer having a soft and a hard segment, wherein the hard segment of the block copolymer is the same composition as the hard polymer in the block composite and the soft segment of the block copolymer is the same composition as the soft copolymer of the block composite, wherein hard segments refer to highly crystalline blocks of polymerized units in which the monomer is present in an amount greater than 95 wt.%, and soft segments refer to amorphous or elastomeric blocks of polymerized units in which the comonomer content is greater than 10 mole.%, wherein: i) the hard polymer is a propylene-based crystalline polymer; ii) the soft copolymer is an ethylene/α-olefin polymer; and iii) the block copolymer comprises the propylene-based crystalline block and the ethylene/α-olefin block. i) the hard polymer is a propylene-based crystalline polymer; ii) the soft copolymer is an ethylene/α-olefin polymer; and iii) the block copolymer comprises the propylene-based crystalline block and the ethylene/α-olefin block.
A method of downloading a multimedia content from a server to a client through a wireless communication network, the multimedia content being subdivided into a plurality of portions and for each portion the server storing a plurality of versions thereof each of which is encoded with a specific encoding quality, the method comprising: - selecting by the client, among the plurality of versions of each portion of the multimedia content, a version of said portion of the multimedia content to be downloaded on the basis of wireless communication parameters determined at at least two different layers ( 201,202,203) of a wireless communication network OSI protocol stack at the client, characterized in that the wireless communication parameters determined at the at least two different layers of a wireless communication network OSI protocol stack at the client comprise: first wireless communication parameters determined at an application layer of the OSI protocol stack, second wireless communication parameters determined at a level of a data link layer of the OSI protocol stack, third wireless communication parameters determined at the level of the data link layer based on measurements performed at a level of a physical layer of the OSI protocol stacks, and in that the step of selecting a version among the plurality of versions of each portion of the multimedia content comprises: - selecting versions having a same specific encoding quality for a number of consecutive portions of the multimedia content to be downloaded. - selecting by the client, among the plurality of versions of each portion of the multimedia content, a version of said portion of the multimedia content to be downloaded on the basis of wireless communication parameters determined at at least two different layers ( 201,202,203) of a wireless communication network OSI protocol stack at the client, characterized in that the wireless communication parameters determined at the at least two different layers of a wireless communication network OSI protocol stack at the client comprise: first wireless communication parameters determined at an application layer of the OSI protocol stack, second wireless communication parameters determined at a level of a data link layer of the OSI protocol stack, third wireless communication parameters determined at the level of the data link layer based on measurements performed at a level of a physical layer of the OSI protocol stacks, and in that the step of selecting a version among the plurality of versions of each portion of the multimedia content comprises: - selecting versions having a same specific encoding quality for a number of consecutive portions of the multimedia content to be downloaded.