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A circuit interrupter device with line power and neutral return power current paths, and an apertured current transformer configured to detect ground fault current anomalies, comprising: a substantially rigid conductor surrounding and holding a flexible conductor, the substantially rigid conductor and the flexible conductor passing through the aperture of the current transformer inside of the circuit interrupter device, characterized by the substantially rigid conductor being formed from a flat plate having first and second terminal strips and a wider central portion which has been rolled into a substantially tubular form thereby creating a substantially tubular portion for fitting through the current transformer.
Process for producing SiOC-bonded polyether siloxanes branched in the siloxane portion from mixtures of cyclic branched siloxanes of the D/T type, characterized in that it comprises in a first step reacting cyclic branched siloxanes of the D/T type with acetic anhydride optionally in admixture with simple siloxane cycles under acid catalysis to afford acetoxy-bearing branched siloxanes and in a second step performing the equilibration of the acetoxy-modified branched siloxane with trifluoromethanesulfonic acid and in a third step reacting the trifluoromethanesulfonic acid-treated acetoxysiloxane with polyetherols optionally in the presence of bases and optionally in the presence of an inert solvent. in a first step reacting cyclic branched siloxanes of the D/T type with acetic anhydride optionally in admixture with simple siloxane cycles under acid catalysis to afford acetoxy-bearing branched siloxanes and in a second step performing the equilibration of the acetoxy-modified branched siloxane with trifluoromethanesulfonic acid and in a third step reacting the trifluoromethanesulfonic acid-treated acetoxysiloxane with polyetherols optionally in the presence of bases and optionally in the presence of an inert solvent.
Stereolithography machine comprising: - a container suited to contain a fluid substance and provided with a transparent bottom; - a support plate provided with a hole, said support plate being designed to house said container so that said transparent bottom faces said hole; - a radiation source arranged below said support plate, suited to convey a radiation beam towards said transparent bottom through said hole; - a temperature control unit suited to maintain said support plate at a predetermined temperature; characterized in that said temperature control unit comprises at least one heating element thermally coupled with said support plate, and heat conduction allows said support plate to heat said container. - a container suited to contain a fluid substance and provided with a transparent bottom; - a support plate provided with a hole, said support plate being designed to house said container so that said transparent bottom faces said hole; - a radiation source arranged below said support plate, suited to convey a radiation beam towards said transparent bottom through said hole; - a temperature control unit suited to maintain said support plate at a predetermined temperature;
A process for the non-oxidative conversion of saturated C 1+ hydrocarbons into unsaturated C 2+ hydrocarbons and hydrogen in the presence of an unsupported carbon-based catalyst having a carbon content of at least 90.0 wt% and a metal concentration which is less than 0.3 wt%; with wt% expressed based on the total weight of said carbon-based catalyst, wherein the process comprises the steps of: a) supplying said carbon-based catalyst to a reaction zone, b) directly heating of said carbon-based catalyst contained in said reaction zone by means of induction heating thereby indirectly heating the reaction zone containing said carbon-based catalyst to a reaction temperature of at least 350°C; c) supplying a reaction gas comprising saturated C 1+ hydrocarbons to said heated reaction zone comprising said carbon-based catalyst; and d) subjecting said reaction gas to a non-oxidative conversion in the presence of said carbon-based catalyst in said heated reaction zone thereby converting at least a portion of said saturated C 1+ hydrocarbons into unsaturated C 2+ hydrocarbons and hydrogen. a) supplying said carbon-based catalyst to a reaction zone, b) directly heating of said carbon-based catalyst contained in said reaction zone by means of induction heating thereby indirectly heating the reaction zone containing said carbon-based catalyst to a reaction temperature of at least 350°C; c) supplying a reaction gas comprising saturated C 1+ hydrocarbons to said heated reaction zone comprising said carbon-based catalyst; and d) subjecting said reaction gas to a non-oxidative conversion in the presence of said carbon-based catalyst in said heated reaction zone thereby converting at least a portion of said saturated C 1+ hydrocarbons into unsaturated C 2+ hydrocarbons and hydrogen.
A method for assigning addresses to a plurality of modules in an industrial control system, the method comprising the steps of: assigning a first address to a first module in a bank of modules, the first module selected from the plurality of modules, wherein each of the plurality of modules is connected in a sequence for communication between each of the modules and the first module is located at a first end of the sequence and assigns the first address to itself; generating a second address with the first module, the second address being different than the first address; transmitting the second address to a second module located in the bank, the second module selected from the plurality of modules; verifying the second address received by the second module, wherein the verification is performed by the second module; assigning the second address to the second module with the second module when the second module has verified the second address; and repeating the steps of generating the second address, transmitting the second address, verifying the second address, and assigning the second address with each of the remaining modules in the bank, wherein the second address is replaced by a unique address for each of the remaining modules until each of the plurality of modules in the bank receives one of the unique addresses. assigning a first address to a first module in a bank of modules, the first module selected from the plurality of modules, wherein each of the plurality of modules is connected in a sequence for communication between each of the modules and the first module is located at a first end of the sequence and assigns the first address to itself; generating a second address with the first module, the second address being different than the first address; transmitting the second address to a second module located in the bank, the second module selected from the plurality of modules; verifying the second address received by the second module, wherein the verification is performed by the second module; assigning the second address to the second module with the second module when the second module has verified the second address; and repeating the steps of generating the second address, transmitting the second address, verifying the second address, and assigning the second address with each of the remaining modules in the bank, wherein the second address is replaced by a unique address for each of the remaining modules until each of the plurality of modules in the bank receives one of the unique addresses.
A method for measuring properties of a flowing multiphase mixture comprising the following steps of: rapidly and repeatedly measuring an electrical property of the multiphase mixture over a period of time; processing the rapid and repeated measurements to determine a succession of values of permittivity and/or a conductivity of a liquid phase of the multiphase mixture within the said period of time; further processing the succession of values of a permittivity and/or a conductivity of the liquid phase to determine at least one of a water-in-liquid-ratio and a liquid holdup of the multiphase mixture from the permittivity and/or a conductivity; and detecting peak values in the succession of values of permittivity and/or conductivity and processing the peak values to determine at least a water-in-liquid-ratio of the multiphase mixture, characterized in that the multiphase mixture comprises three phases, and the step of rapidly and repeatedly measuring an electrical property of the multiphase mixture over a period of time is carried out using at least two sensing electrodes positioned around the same cross section through the flowing mixture, wherein conditional time averaging is used to allow the identification of liquid slugs and liquid properties in the three phase mixture. rapidly and repeatedly measuring an electrical property of the multiphase mixture over a period of time; processing the rapid and repeated measurements to determine a succession of values of permittivity and/or a conductivity of a liquid phase of the multiphase mixture within the said period of time; further processing the succession of values of a permittivity and/or a conductivity of the liquid phase to determine at least one of a water-in-liquid-ratio and a liquid holdup of the multiphase mixture from the permittivity and/or a conductivity; and detecting peak values in the succession of values of permittivity and/or conductivity and processing the peak values to determine at least a water-in-liquid-ratio of the multiphase mixture, characterized in that the multiphase mixture comprises three phases, and the step of rapidly and repeatedly measuring an electrical property of the multiphase mixture over a period of time is carried out using at least two sensing electrodes positioned around the same cross section through the flowing mixture, wherein conditional time averaging is used to allow the identification of liquid slugs and liquid properties in the three phase mixture.
Compacting and transfer device of groups of filter bags containing infusion substances comprising a transfer unit of a group of filter bags from a collection station to a packaging station; the transfer unit comprising a transfer and rotation element of the group of filter bags and a compacting element of the group of filter bags, the transfer and rotation element transferring and rotating the group of filter bags by 180° from the collection station to a release station and the compacting element transferring and compacting the group of rotated filter bags from the release station to the packaging station; said device characterized in that the transfer and rotation element comprises a lifting device of the group of filter bags developing along a vertical axis capable of transferring the group of filter bags from a first horizontal plane to a second horizontal plane at a greater height with respect to the first plane; the first horizontal plane and the second horizontal plane defining a specific level difference (h), being provided on said lifting device a plurality of loading and withholding elements each of which is closed to maintain inside it a group of received filter bags from said collection station to said packaging station during the whole transferring and rotation movement and is opened to release said contained group of filter bags when rotated by 180° at said packaging station, said packaging station being positioned in correspondence with said second horizontal plane, wherein each loading and withholding element of the group of filter bags has a pair of forks holding the group of filter bags and at least a supporting plate suitable for supporting said group.
A thermal energy storage and recovery device comprising a container having a first fluid terminal (110, 210) for inserting a heat transfer medium into the interior of the container and a second fluid terminal (120, 220) for extracting the heat transfer medium from the interior of the container, a heat storage material (a) for receiving thermal energy from the heat transfer medium when the thermal energy storage and recovery device (100, 200) is in a first operational mode and (b) for releasing thermal energy to the heat transfer medium when the thermal energy storage and recovery device (100, 200) is in a second operational mode, and a plurality of enclosures each being filled at least partially with a part of the heat storage material, wherein the enclosures are spatially arranged within the container in such a manner that (i) a flow of the heat transfer medium is guidable between the first fluid terminal (110, 210) and the second fluid terminal (210, 220) and (ii) a direct thermal contact between the heat transfer medium and the plurality of the enclosures is achievable as the heat transfer medium flows between the first fluid terminal (110, 210) and the second fluid terminal (120, 220), characterized in that the enclosures are made at least partially from a fiber material. (a) for receiving thermal energy from the heat transfer medium when the thermal energy storage and recovery device (100, 200) is in a first operational mode and (b) for releasing thermal energy to the heat transfer medium when the thermal energy storage and recovery device (100, 200) is in a second operational mode, and (i) a flow of the heat transfer medium is guidable between the first fluid terminal (110, 210) and the second fluid terminal (210, 220) and (ii) a direct thermal contact between the heat transfer medium and the plurality of the enclosures is achievable as the heat transfer medium flows between the first fluid terminal (110, 210) and the second fluid terminal (120, 220), characterized in that the enclosures are made at least partially from a fiber material.
A system (10, 110) for focusing and accelerating a beam (14, 114) of electrically charged particles, the system comprising: a beam generator (12, 112) for generating said beam: at least one charge pulse generator (16, 116, 116') for generating at least one electrical charge pulse; at least one focusing and accelerating device (20, 120, 120', 220, 320, 420, 520, 620) comprising a body (22, 122, 122', 222, 322, 422, 522, 622) with a core, said body defining a charge path extending along said body, wherein said beam generator is arranged to direct said beam through said core, and wherein said at least one charge pulse generator is coupled to said body to deliver said at least one electrical charge pulse to said charge path, said system further including means for controlling (18, 118) said beam and the delivery of said at least one electrical charge pulse to synchronise the passage of at least some of said electrically charged particles through said core with the passage of said at least one electrical charge pulse along said charge path, wherein said charge path extends around the longitudinal axis of said core, characterised in that said charge path is substantially helical in shape. a beam generator (12, 112) for generating said beam: at least one charge pulse generator (16, 116, 116') for generating at least one electrical charge pulse; at least one focusing and accelerating device (20, 120, 120', 220, 320, 420, 520, 620) comprising a body (22, 122, 122', 222, 322, 422, 522, 622) with a core, said body defining a charge path extending along said body, wherein said beam generator is arranged to direct said beam through said core, and wherein said at least one charge pulse generator is coupled to said body to deliver said at least one electrical charge pulse to said charge path, said system further including means for controlling (18, 118) said beam and the delivery of said at least one electrical charge pulse to synchronise the passage of at least some of said electrically charged particles through said core with the passage of said at least one electrical charge pulse along said charge path, wherein said charge path extends around the longitudinal axis of said core, characterised in that said charge path is substantially helical in shape.
A method of obtaining a doubled haploid maize plant comprising: (a) isolating an immature haploid embryo obtained by pollinating silks of a maize ear with a maize inducer line; (b) contacting said isolated haploid embryo scutellum side up on an embryo culture medium containing a chromosome doubling agent to produce at least one doubled haploid embryo cell; (c) culturing said isolated embryo scutellum side down on an embryo maturation medium that does not contain a chromosome doubling agent to generate a doubled haploid maize plant from said doubled haploid embryo cell; wherein step (b) occurs 4-21 days after pollination; and wherein the inducer line contains a marker gene that is expressed in embryo tissue and said marker gene is expressed 4 or more days after pollination. (a) isolating an immature haploid embryo obtained by pollinating silks of a maize ear with a maize inducer line; (b) contacting said isolated haploid embryo scutellum side up on an embryo culture medium containing a chromosome doubling agent to produce at least one doubled haploid embryo cell; (c) culturing said isolated embryo scutellum side down on an embryo maturation medium that does not contain a chromosome doubling agent to generate a doubled haploid maize plant from said doubled haploid embryo cell;
Laser processing device, which is designed to process the surface of a workpiece by means of a laser beam, comprising - optical elements (KS, FL) for focusing and/or swivelling a device head containing a laser beam, - a sealing bonnet, which is held on the device head and can be placed with its peripheral contact edge on the workpiece surface, - a safety switch device, which can be actuated by pressing the sealing bonnet onto the workpiece surface, characterized by a gas removal device (AA, AK, KA, SC), which is designed to remove gas from the sealing bonnet, wherein a connecting unit, which contains the safety switch devices and at least part of the gas removal device (AA, AK, KA), is arranged between device head and sealing bonnet, and wherein the sealing bonnet is detachable from the connecting unit. - optical elements (KS, FL) for focusing and/or swivelling a device head containing a laser beam, - a sealing bonnet, which is held on the device head and can be placed with its peripheral contact edge on the workpiece surface, - a safety switch device, which can be actuated by pressing the sealing bonnet onto the workpiece surface,
A method for determining a degree of impurity of water, comprising the step of: - performing a dynamic light scattering analysis of a multitude of samples of a water to be tested, characterized in that each sample of said multitude of samples comprises added single-size polymer beads of a respective size and in a respective known amount; and by the further steps of: - determining a smallest size of said single-size polymer beads giving rise to a detectable signal, discernible over a background noise level, in a size distribution curve of said dynamic light scattering analysis; - determining a smallest amount of said single-size polymer of said determined smallest size giving rise to a detectable signal, discernible over said background noise level, in said size distribution curve of said dynamic light scattering analysis; - assigning a degree of impurity of said water to be tested in dependence of said determined smallest size and said determined smallest amount of said single-size polymer. - performing a dynamic light scattering analysis of a multitude of samples of a water to be tested, - determining a smallest size of said single-size polymer beads giving rise to a detectable signal, discernible over a background noise level, in a size distribution curve of said dynamic light scattering analysis; - determining a smallest amount of said single-size polymer of said determined smallest size giving rise to a detectable signal, discernible over said background noise level, in said size distribution curve of said dynamic light scattering analysis; - assigning a degree of impurity of said water to be tested in dependence of said determined smallest size and said determined smallest amount of said single-size polymer.
A spray washer, comprising: at least one spraying pipe provided with at least one water injection nozzle; a transmission mechanism comprising a driving gear and a driven gear meshing with the driving gear, the driven gear being connected to the spraying pipe to drive the spraying pipe into rotation; and a driving mechanism connected to the driving gear to drive the driving gear into rotation, characterised in that the spray washer comprises a plurality of spraying pipes, and further comprises a first transmission wheel and a first linkage; wherein one end of one of the spraying pipes is connected to the first transmission wheel, and the other end of the spraying pipe is in communication with a water source; wherein one end of the first linkage is hinged to the driven gear, and the other end of the first linkage is hinged to the first transmission wheel, to drive the spraying pipe and the first transmission wheel into rotation with rotation of the driven gear; and wherein the spray washer further comprises a second transmission wheel and a second linkage; wherein one end of one of the spraying pipes is connected to the second transmission wheel, and the other end of the spraying pipe is in communication with the water source; and wherein one end of the second linkage is hinged to the first transmission wheel, and the other end of the second linkage is hinged to the second transmission wheel, to drive the spraying pipe and the second transmission wheel into rotation with the rotation of the first transmission wheel. at least one spraying pipe provided with at least one water injection nozzle; a transmission mechanism comprising a driving gear and a driven gear meshing with the driving gear, the driven gear being connected to the spraying pipe to drive the spraying pipe into rotation; and a driving mechanism connected to the driving gear to drive the driving gear into rotation, characterised in that the spray washer comprises a plurality of spraying pipes, and further comprises a first transmission wheel and a first linkage; wherein one end of one of the spraying pipes is connected to the first transmission wheel, and the other end of the spraying pipe is in communication with a water source; wherein one end of the first linkage is hinged to the driven gear, and the other end of the first linkage is hinged to the first transmission wheel, to drive the spraying pipe and the first transmission wheel into rotation with rotation of the driven gear; and wherein one end of one of the spraying pipes is connected to the second transmission wheel, and the other end of the spraying pipe is in communication with the water source; and wherein one end of the second linkage is hinged to the first transmission wheel, and the other end of the second linkage is hinged to the second transmission wheel, to drive the spraying pipe and the second transmission wheel into rotation with the rotation of the first transmission wheel.